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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05
EIr, Bug. at Nile, Oily.

MILES CITY, Jan. 4.-[specIal TO the
independent 1.-Two more fires here In the
past twenty-four h0urs-a stage stable
used by the Tongue River company was
set on fire about midnight, and tonight the
stable and corral, known as the Elephant
corral, were burned TO the ground. Moth
ing was saved and there was no Insurance.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4-The Times has
adyices from Springer, 0klohama, that the
martial law order Of two years ago has been
put In force and squatters are decamplng.
Springer Is little over three weeks old,
but the day before yesterday II had pop
ulation OF 1900. The soldiers are vigOr-
ously enforcing the order and settlers are
obeying Il with alAcrity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05

BUFFALO. Jan. 4-Kilrain and Mitchell
gave a sparring exhibition here TO night.
There were some Kisses and cries for Sui
livan. Parson Davies, the manager, an
nounced that Sullivan and Kilrain would
meet In Toronto Monday morning 70 draw
up articles Of agreement for fight for the
championship and $40, 900 side.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05
Wool at Bosion.

BosToN. Jan. 4.-Wool has been firm
during the week, but comparatively quiet
In territory wool sales are reported Of fine
at o0Qo2; fine medium at 6s@U0, and
medium at IS. Texas and California woods
have been slow at unchanged prices. Ore
gon wool meets with good demand. with
sales OF eastern nj 1902.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05
RIotouA etrlkara.

DULUTH, Jan. 4-The strike OF the coal
beavers Is becoming serious. A gang Of
Italians at work this morning guarded by
the police were attacked by thirty strikers
and there was sharp fight, the police
using their clubs freely. The strikers were
finally driven of.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05
eerIous Trouble Feared.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. Authorization comes
from Emerson, Missouri, on the Wabash d
Western, that serious trouble is likely to
occur there among the miners The miners
at Emerson. which is known as the ReInck
district, are receiving but so cents, while
those In the remainder OF the district re-
ceive "a cents, and fearing they will be cut
10 the Emerson standard OF 10 cents they
have called the Emerson men out The
latter have refused, and bloodshed 10 feared.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-05
WAR OF THE MINERS.
fierce Conflict Between Knights Of
Labor Coal Miners and Miners
Union Men Near Seattle.
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT.
The Knights Apparently the Agrees
ors. Though Details are Unobtsin-
able-Three Fatalities Report
ed, With Many Injured.

ST.. PAUL. Jan. A Pioneer Press
Seattle, w. T., special says: Since New
Years there has been much wrangling be-
tween the Knights Of Labor and Miners
union, the two rival labor organizations at
the little coal mining town OF Newcastle,
eighteen miles from here. The trouble
arose over Miners union man being
given the preference over a Knight. To-
day the Knights OF Labor began an attack
upon the Miners union men. A force
OF thirty Knights cut the telegraph lines,
stationed sentinels, and began assaultlng
the men at the mines. The attacking party
afterwards boarded the nine o'clock train
at Newcastle, armed with rifles, and rode
to Coal Greek.
AT that point the force OF Miners union
men was attacked by the Knights with
every kind Of missile. The train was ON .
trestle, aud some OF the leaders were driven
and thrown OF, falling seventy feet or
more. The Knights then returned TO New
castle and assaulted the Miners union men
again. Foreman Duncan Ross was badly
Injured. Torrance Mularkey was using
his winchester upon the unlonists, so the
latter brought out their rifles and opened
hre on the knights. Three men fell Their
names are not known. The sheriff
with posse went to Newcastle this after
noon, and as the fighting was very fierce,
he has called for the militia The latest
reports are 10 the effect that the trouble 10
about over. A train arrived late tonight
with one corpse. The personal expsrien-
ces were pretty severe. 8. r. Crobut of
the Miners union, who was injured, says
he was first struck by 9 shot from aKnight,
and was then dubbed down with the butt
end Of gun. Others jumped ON him and
he Is badly injured. The exact details are
NOT nau ahtnioahla
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03
The Popular Vote.

The fact tha5 the Democratic Presidential ticket received a ma jority of nearly 100000 on the vote of the whole country naturally ex- asperates the Tribune. And it at tempts to break the force of the fig ures which shows that MT. Harrison will be a minority President by raising the old cry as to the "Sup- pressed" colored vote of the South.
 It is 2 very easy method of man. ufacturing Republican votes to count every adult male citizen who does not exercise his right of suf- frage.,as suppressed" Republican. This habit originated with Thad Stevens's famous formula in exten- uation of the policy of enfranchis- ing the whole mass of semi-barb&r- ous ignorance at the South; "So many negroes, so many Republican votes" But as a matter of cold fact the rule at the South has been, the larger the vote the greater the Democratic majority.
 In 1880 Hancock's vote in Ala bama was but 90,000 and Garfield s 56,000, a majority of 34,000 This year Harrison received 57.00O and Cleveland 117,000, a majority of 60,000. In Arkansas Hancock re- ceived 60,000 and Garfield II ,000 j; this year the vote is, Cleveland S6, GOO, Harrison 5S, ,000-a Democratic gain of EeQrly 1000G. In Louis jana, Mississippi, Texas, and near ly every other Southern State cx- cept the Virginias the result is the samoan increased vote adds to the Democratic majority. If there had been full vote at the South Cleveland's popular majority in the Union would have been ,200,000.- New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03
Foreign and Domestic Clippings.

The British Parliament was pro- rogued on the 24th.
 The House of Representatives has passed the Invalid Pension Bill, appropriating $S1, ,75S,700.
 The new river and harbor bill, just reported to the House of Rep resentatives, appropriates $11 :9O6,- $50.
 Nine prominent citizens of Craw- ford county, Indiana, have been in dicted and arrested in connection with the White Cap outrages.
 4 bill to revive the grade of Lieutenant-general in the United States Army has been introduced in the House of Representatives.
 According to the estimate of Gov. Pierce, North Dakota has a popula ton of 250,O0O and taxable prop erty to the value of $75,000,000.
 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has reduced the running time of its express trains between Philadelphia and Washington to three hours.
 The famous Havana cigar fac tory, the Henry Clay, has been sold to an English syndicate for S1 .650,- 900. The new propuetors will take immediate possession.
 The dynamite-gun cruiser Vesu- vius, constructed for the Govern ment by the Messrs. Cramps, of Philadelphia, attained a speed of 21 47-100 knots an hour on her trial trip, recently.
 Secretary Whitney, Tn commun- ication to Congress, favors the es- tablishment of an Army and Navy Museum in which to store trophies of victories won over foreign coun- tries.
 The great English race-horse Or monde, the winner of the Derby of 1886, has been sold to an American, said to be Senator Hearst, of Cali fornia, for $85,000-the highest price ever paid for a stallion.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03
The Drift Of Population.

4 careful estimate recently made of the population of the country July 1, 1888, placed it at 63,457,- ; GOO. The basis was the ascertained population in 1880, to which was added the natural increase and the reported immigration of each year. The estimate tallied closely with that given by the Governors or oth- CT officials of each state and terri tory at the beginning of the year, the aggregate by the reports being 62,914,072. All authorities agree that the population of the country will be in excess of 65,C00,000 when the federal census of 1890 is taken.
 There has been some speculation as to the effect which the congress sional apportionment following the census will have upon political par ties, but with the shifting in the position of states. which may req sonably be expected to occur under q vigorous discussion of the tariff question during the next four years, this speculation is not of much val ue. It may be said, however, that with no change in so-called certain and doubtful states, and with the admission oftwo or three new states, New York, New Jersey, Connecti- cut and Indiana will be scarcely less important factors than they were in November.
 But while as between north and south there will be little change in relative strength, as between east and west there will be a marked difference. In 1860 the population of the states and territories west of the Mississippi was 4,536, ,475, about
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03

one-seventh of that of the country :; in 1870 it was 6,477,069 or about
 one-sixth; in 1880 it was 11,299,- 36O or between ,one-ffth and one
 fourth; July 1, 1888, it was placed
 at about 17,O0O,OOO-an under-esti-
 mate, it is believed, and when the census is taken in 1890 it will have between one-fourth and one7thifd of the country's population.
 Assuming that no change will be made in the number of representa- tives in Congress, Michigan is al- most the only state east of the Mis- sissippi which will gain ill congress sional representation, while sever- al will suffer loss. The population of New York is now estimated at 5,80O,OOO. If it shall reach 6400,- GOO in 1890 the state, on congress sional basis of apportionment of 100000, will be entitled to only thirty representatives. loss of four. The New England States would also suffer in the aggregate some diminution. The states west of the Mississippi will be large gathers. Minnesota Nebraska, Cal ifornia, Colorado, Missouri Arkan- sas, and Texas will each certainly have increased representation in Congress, and so probably, will Ore gon. Louisiana will find it diffi- cult to hold her own, and Iowa will probably lose member.-Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03

Captain Isaac Bassett, Assistant Door-keeper of the United States Senate, apd one of the landmarks of Washington, celebratedon the 9th inst. his ffty-seventh year of ser vice to the Senate. He was appoint ed at the personal solicitation Dan- iel Webster.
 Father William J. Larkin, of Chi cago, H., has been appointed by the President to the position of Post Chaplian ir the Army. With this appointment the chaplins corps of the army, of thirty members, will comprise three representatives of the Catholic Church.
 Madame Patti's recent perform ances in Paris of Juliette, in Gou- nod's opera, were highly successful, and the diva promised to return, as soon as her English engagements would permit, to resume the role in which the composer insists that no other living prima-donna will do.
 Lord Randolph Churchill will  leave England for South America during the last week in January, and will not return tlll the middle of May. lie will visit the principal towns of Chili and Peru, remaining some time at Tarapaca, Iquique, as we'll as at other of the principal places in the realm of nitrate.
 Professor Willard Fiske, formerly Librarian of Cornell University, in whose favor the long contest over his wife's will hasjust been decided is living with his aged mother in the palace just outside of Florence which the late George P. Marsh oc- cupied part of the time while he was our Minister to Italy,
 Lord Randolph Churchill's re- cent criticism upon the British Gov ernment for maintaining an made quate force at Suakim has already borne fruit. While the Government has consistently denied Lord Ran dolph's allegations and manifested great indignation over his unex- pected assault, it has dispatched additional troops to the scene of danger, thus backing squarely down from it's untenable position.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03

It is said that the Inter-Sta ate Commerce Commission have never before unearthed as much crooked ness as is revealed by the present investigation. It appears that all the roads have been employing scalpers to sell their through tick cts much below the regular rates, thus permitting roads to quote higher prOportionate rates for short distances. The commissioners have decided this must be stopped. It is said that they will render a de- cisSion that roads which cuG rates through scalpers are guilty of vio- lation of the law. The managers of such roads will be called before the Commissioners and will have the riot act read to them.-Napa Reporter.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03

quire clerks now in the service to pass an examination in order to re- tain their positions, but their eff ciency will be periodically tested by a practical examination.
 Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, has introduced in the United States Senate joint resolution proposing a Constitutional Amendment mek- ing the Presidential term six years, the President to be ineligible for re- election. There are number of Senators who favor this proposi- tion. Senator Blair has introduced bill providing that there shall be established throughout the United States bureaus of information re- lating to employment, occupations, wants, means of Livelihood and houses.
 An interesting relic has been re- ceived at the Washington Navy De- partment. It is a section about feet in length, of one of the timbers of the San Pablo, one of the ships which composed the famous Span ish Armada, which sailed to con- quer England $50 years ago. The San Pablo was one of the ships which escaped. She was afterward renamed Navio Soberano, and after several cruises was wrecked on the coast, near Santiago de Cuba, where the hulk now lies buried in the mud.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03
Lessons from the Returns.

With one State (ColoradO) esti- mated, the popular plurality for MT. Cleveland over Gen. Harrison in the Union is 98,2O4. In 1884, by the Tribune's figures, his plurality was only 23.0Q5.
 In the Northern States Harrison's vote is 4,O74,903 and Cleveland's vote is 3,605,746. Hence the Re publican vote in the North IS 469,- 157 larger than the Democratic vote in a total of 7,680,649.
 In the Southern States Cleve- lands vote is 1,920,757 and Harri- son's 1,353.396. The Democratic vote in the South is therefore 567,- ,361 largerthan the Republican vote in a total of 3,274,153.
 The closeness of the vote in some of the Southern States indicates a probable change in the future, es- pecially now that the Republicans are fortified with Federal patron age. Florida is more strongly Dem- ocratic than formerly, the Demo- cratic majority being 12,9O2 this year, against only 3,735 in 1884. But in Virginia the Republicans are only beaten by 1.539 votes and in West Virginia by meagre S39 ma jority. In Maryland the Democrat ic plurality is this year 6,1S2 in a total vote of 2lO,92O, while in 1884 it was II ,233 in a total of 185,956.
 In the North there are signs of revolution in some former Republi- can strongholds. In Michigan the Republican plurality is 22,903 in a total vote of 475, ,195, while in 1884 it was 42,834 in a total vote of 403,- 15O. The Ohio plurality is reduced from 31, ,802 four years ago to 19,599 this year, while the total vote is in creased 55,751. In California the RepubIican;plurality 0,against 13,12S in 1884.
 Rhode Island now gives only 4,427 plurality for Harrison, and when the disabilities of voters are removed the State will probably be Democratic. New Hampshire re- duces its plurality to 2,370, or near ly one-half. In Indiana the mea- gre Republican plurality of 2,34S, despite the local interest in the can didate, gives promise of Democrat ic ascendancy in the future.
 There is nothing in the returns of the election to discourage the Democracy or to warrant the wild Republican boast of another twen- ty-four years lease of power.-New York World.
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the hulk now lies buried in the mud.
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 Items of a Personal Character.
 The abdication of King Milan of Servia is now considered certain at St, Petersburg.
 Hon. NJ. c. Butler has been re- elected United States Senator from South Carolina for the full term of six years.
 MT Gladstone in a recent letter says that only the kindliest feeling ever prevailed between John Bright and himself.
 Empor William has renewed his grandfather's order that none of the imperial servants shall wear a mustache.
 Rev Dr. Cyrus F. Knight, of Lan- caster, Pa., has been elected Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee.
 Lady Salisbury heads a move ment to present Mrs. Phelps, the American Ministers wife, with a souvenir of her stay in London.
 A banquet in honor of o. s. Straus, tLe American Minister to Turkey, was recently given at the Imperial Palace in Constantinople.
 It is semi-officially announced that MT. Thurman has finally re- tired form politics, and that he will not run for United States Senator.
 MT. Chauncey NJ. Depew thinks that, of all the appointments ill the gift of the Government, the mis- sion to England is by far the most attractive.
 It is stated that the trouble te- tween General Boulanger and his wife will be amicably settled. Mine. Boulanger having consented to re- turn to her husband.
 The health of Senator Beck, of Kentucky, has somewhat improved, but it is not probable that he will be able to return to his duties dur ing the present session of Con gress.
 The election of General Cluseret to the French Chamber of Deputies is contested on the ground that he is an American citizen, he having become naturalized and served in the Northern Army.
 Nlr. NJ. Corry, a well-known resi- dent of Montpelier, Vt., won enongh money in betting on Harrison's election to warrant his inviting L. 300 of his friends, including the en- tire State Legislature to dine with him.
 The Empress of Russia has not recovered from the shock caused to her nerves by the recentrailroad accident in which she so nearly lost her life. She cannot sleep,and grave fears are entertained that her health has been permanently injured.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03
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corporations and individuals of Eureka, Nevada, aggregating about S13,000,000, for cutting wood and lumber off of unsurveyed Govern ment land.
 The new cruiser Chicago is to have costly service of silver, to be used when distinguished guests are entertained on board. It is to be Q gift from the people of Chicago, who at first thought of giving Q handsome library.
 A Boston divine says that the workingmen of New England of late years have turned the Sabbath into holiday and almost ceased to think of church. He fears that Sunday will eventually lose all it's sacredness except to a few.
 Massachusetts releases two State prison convicts every Thanksgiving. This is so that the public may be thankful that two bad men have been turned loose to prey anew up- on them. Those released last year will be back again inside of four months.
 The annual report of the Brook lyn Bridge for the year ending De- cember 1st shows that the total re- ceipts were $1 ,012,2 ,254, and that 3O,- 331 ,2S3 passengers were carried in the cars, while 2,785, 5,533 passengers crossed the bridge by the footway.
 It is said that an American sym dicate, with capital of $5O,O00,0O0 has been formed to construct rail- road in Siberia, and that several former and present American dip lomatic and consular agents are in- terested in the undertaking.
 Orders have been issued directing the vessels of the revenue marine on the Atlantic coast to cruise along the coast during the season of se- were weather, for the purpose of af- fording such aid to distressed nav igators as their circumstances may require.
 The Pope has addressed letter to the Roman Catholic Bishops in the United States, exprrssing great solicitude as to the spiritual well fare of Italians in this country, and announcing that priests will be sent from Italy to localities inhabited by Italian emigrants.
 The production Tn the New York Surrogate's Court, last week, of an agreement between the Stewart heirs, according to which the great estate was to be divided in case Mrs. Stewards will was broken, pro. duced a genuine sensation, and has, apparently, prejudieed the case of the contestants.
 A substantial testimonial fund, obtained mostly in and about Bos- ton, has been raised for the Volun- teer Life-saving crew in charge of the veteran volunteer, Capt. Joshua James, of Hull, Mass, which did such heroic and effective work of Nantucket Beach during the storm of three weeks ago The Massa- chusetts Humane Society will also decorate them with medals.
 
 The Maryland police steamer Governor McLane, during a desper- ate fight with the Chesapeake oys- ter-pirates, rammed and scuttled two piratical schooners after sweep ing their decks with grape and can ister, took another schooner as a prize into port, captured the entire crews of the three vessels, and drove four other vessels on shore. The number of pirates killed is not stated.
 The convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at St.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-03

The boating committee of Yale College has declined to row race with the Cambridge (Englapd) University crew in 1889.