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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-30
ANACONDA'S TRADE.
Railroad Men a. tho Great smelter Town
Locking Over the Ground.

BUTTE, Jan. 2s.-[Speclal to the indie
pendent ". G. Bogue, chief engineer of
the Union Pacific railway system, and his
first assistant, Mr. Smear, have been In
Butte to-day and went down 10 Anaconda,
where consultation was held with resi-
dent Engineer +. w. Blackford. In IN In
terview with your correspondent Mr..
Bogue said that the Union Pacific would
be very foolish II II was unwilling 10 ex-
pend from $50, 600 to 100000 on the track
between here and Anaconda, in the effort
TO make the service satisfactory TO the Ana
conda company. II Is believed that Mr..
Bogue Is here TO prevent, II possible, by
promises OF good service the
construction of an independent
line TO Anaconda IL Is now
well understood here that Robert Law has
different and greater powers than any OF
the Montana Union will make desperate
attempt In the next few months TO make
the service between this place and Ana
conda entirely satisfactory 10 the great
smelling company. There Is also no doubt
that the Union Pacific will at once proceed
to construct a branch from Anaconda
twenty miles west TO Silver Lake, where
there have been several important mining
claims, notably that OF the Silver Reef, sold
TO Superintendent Stallman, OF the Ana
conda smelter, for $4,000.
y. W. Kendrick, chief engineer Of the
Northern Pacihc was also In Butte today,
accompanied by Col. w. Y. Sanders, the
company's attorney. They spent the
greater part OF the day on the big Ana
conda hill and refuse 20 talk about their
business. IL is said, with great show of
probability, that the Northern Pacific will
operate the Anacorda company's road II IL
is built, and many believe that the North
ern Pacific Intends TO build the road TO OPP
crate In connection with their Rocky Fork
coal scheme.
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The Agreement, Mot Ys. oper..l.s

CHICAGO, Jan. 2s.-All the roads repre-
sented At the western railroad presidents
meeting sign the new agreement to-day
except the Burlington * Northern. which
refused 10 do SO unless lis northern com
petit0rs, the $500 route and the ST. Paul
and Duluth llues were brought into the
fold. This rather tangled matters again.
and committee WIS appointed 10 labor
with the Burlington a Northern and secure
It's signatures we'll as those OF the Illinois
Gulf, which were not represented at the
meeting. The agreement cannot become
operative uni, IS these signatures are OBJ.
tAinrd.
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A DIVORCE WILL FOLLOW.


BUTTE, Jau. 29.-[Speclal TO the Inde-
pendent. james Dewitt, miner from
Silver CITY, Idaho, found his wife here In
a sensational way last evening. lie arrived
on an evening train and went down TO the
Comlque TO have a little time, and was
astonIshed 10 ind his wife among the In
mates Of the house. A scene ensued, and
he will apply for divorce. The woman
is young and good looking, and has two
children. Dewitt sent her TO Seattle 10
visit her mother and supposed all along
that she was still there. Her letters were
forwarded through friend, who mailed
them In Seattle, and she got her husbands
from the came sOnIce
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.no,her lndlanapoII. Nan In Irovble

lsDIASAPoLIs, Jan. 29.-Thls city was
treated 10 another financial sensation this
afternoon in the assingment Of John 4. Sui
livan, clerk Of this, Marion county, to
Phillip ~. Capen as trustee, for his credl-
tors. Sullivan for several years has been
one OF the most prominent democratic poll
ticlans OF the city. lie says his liabilities
are only s35 600 and his assets are s75 900
lie dates his financial troubles 30 thu time
" his indictment with Coy and Bernhei-
mer, now serving sentences In the Michi-
gan City penitentiary. Sulliyans case
was never tried
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-30
6lanhope Predicts War.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Stanhope, secretary
OF state for war, addressed n meeting in
Lincolnshire last evening. iIe said a thun-
derclond was hanging over Europe, and
that sooner or later II would burst, bring
ing the fieTcest and most horrible war ever
known. II was impossible 10 view the
preparations for war now being made
throughout Europe without feeling that
war was approaching. He hoped, how
ever, that the wisdom OF EnRland's states
men would prevent that nation being In
yOlyed.
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Probably Fatal s,abblng Aar.y.

BUTTE, Jan. 2s.-[Special to the Inde-
dependent. Late last night a stabbing
ARRAY occurred at South Butte. James
Carson, railroad man, was drunk, and
stabbed Thomas Fennel In the abdomen.
Carson had no provocaton whatever. as
feDnel merely asked hlm civil question.
Fennel has been working In the Northern
Paclhc yards at MissOula as a switchman
and only arrived in Butte yesterday. He
Is at the Sisters hospital and will probably
die. Carson Is In jail.
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At the Opera House.

The Ross Osborne dramatic company
presented "a Celebrated Case to faIr
audience at the opera house last night.
The play went OF smoothly and gave much
better satisfaction than did It's first presen-
tation. The actors were In much better
voice, and Miss Osborne hardly appeared
her first performance. Tonight Valerie"
which Is accounted Miss Orborne's strong
est play, will be presented with a full
caste,
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oai... Plan MOI Eaa,lhl..

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-The Oates
naturalization bill was abandoned to-day
by the house committee on judiciary. 1t
was found that 10 Withhold the rights OF
citizenship i've years would. In connection
with the alien land art, operate 10 prevent
an emlgrant from purchasing home or
farm for himself until the end OF the
period. A new bill will be presented by
Oates At the next meeting Of the committee.
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FOUR PLACES FIXED?
Blaine. Allison, Alger and wanamaker may be
In Cen Hsrrlson's Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-lt was learned
tonight from gentleman whose informa-
tion Is direct that four places In Gen. Har-
rison's cabinet have been definitely settled,
and while not all Of them have formally ac-
cepted there Is no doubt about their ulti-
mately doing so. la the first place Blaine
wrote 10 Gen. Harrison more than ten days
ago accepting the secretaryship OF state.
Allison will be the next secretary Of the
treasury. This has unquestiOnably been
decided ON, and although Allison's letter
accepting the honor has not been written,
II will be within n week. Alger will be a
member OF the cabinet, taking the position
master general.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-30

OTTAWA, Jan. 29.-It is reported In Off
clal circles that the government will short
ly announce lis abandonment Of the modus
ylyindi which iauthOrizes the Issue Of a
fshinR license 10 American vessels. The
existing licenses will continue " hold good
until they lapse.
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osraln to tlSh, IN. oeIe,.a purIII.,

MNSEAPoLIs. Jan. 2s.-Patsy Cardiff
to-day signed articles Of agreement 10 fight
Peter jackson, the colored pugilIst, In
April, the fight 10 be TO finish with small
gloves, at the rooms of the California Ath-
letic club, San Francisco. The winner
will receive $500 and the loser $500. Car
din has gone INTO active training. He says
finish Eight Is his forte, and expects 70 win.
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Is the Copper Syndicate Going 10 pl.e..9

BosToS, Jan. ga special cablegram
was received to-day by the Chadwick lead
works OF this city, stating the great Euro
pean copper syndicate refused to buy any
more copper, and the market was quite de-
moralized. This is interpreted as being
the practical breaking up Of the syndi-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-01-30

Burrows, Michigan, presented petition
OF l3,0 600 citizens Of Utah against the ad-
mission Of that territory as state. The
house then went into committee OF the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
On a point raised by Grain the clause
was stricken out extending the act of lss5
apprOprlatiDg SlSO.O 10 enable tie secre.
tsry ~ war 10 acquire valid title tO Fort
Brown military reservation. Enloe, Ten
nessee, offered an amendment authorizing
the secret service Of the treasury depart.
ment 10 be used In detecting pretended
dealers In counterfeit money; agreed TO.
The committee then rose and the bill
passed.
Dunn. ATkansas, from the committee on
merchant marine and lsheries, reported a
bill to provide for the better protection OF
the fur seal and salmon fisheries Of Alaska.
Adjourned.
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The demand for wool at Boston Is fair,
while the price continues steady and with
out change.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
VARIOUS DAKOTA MATTERS,
Dakota Coal Mines.

The coal mines at Sims, on the Northern
Pacific, are forty miles west Of Bismarck.
The entrance to the mines is in the side of
hill, the hill being about 100 feet high,
The passage way inclines down slightly for
200 or 800 feet when coal is found in vast
quantities. The vein is six feet thick and
very fine. Every fifty feet side tunnel is
dug from the main or entrance tunneD to
the distance of fifty feet, then large
room is dug out as log as it is considered
safe and then another passage way to a.
new room, and so on. After entering the
mine 1900 feet, the air becomes quite OPP
pressive. The miners get rs CENTS per ton
and can mine from three to four tons per
day. The capacity of the mine is 200 tons
per day. The coal bunkers at Mandan are
large. The cars are drawn up an inclined
plane to tramway some twelve feet from
the ground and easily unloaded. Their
capacity is said to be 10000 tons.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

A HAWAIIAN convict who was con-
demned to death had his life spared on
condition that he should be inoculated
with leprosy by way of experiment. The
incubation took place three years ago,
and the unfortunate man, who would
surely have done better to go to the
scaffold, is now tubercular leper. The
experiment was perhaps hardly neces-
sary. The fact that Father Damien
has become leper since he went to re-
side in settlement of lepers is proof
enough that the disease is contagious.
Now, however, there is no longer room
for any doubt which may have been felt
upon the matter at one time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
NORTHWESTERN WHEAT STOCKS
The Amount Only About Onc-Half That
of Last Year.

The amount of wheat in all the country
elevators in Minnesota and Dakota was
7.241 600 bushels Feb. l, against S.O15OOO
bushels one month before and 1926. 900
bushels Feb one year ago and nearly as
much two years ago as last year. The stocks
in store in Minneapolis were 7.442 .G45 bush
els, against 1902, 459last year. Duluth stocks
were 1,229.371 bushels. against 6,812.3O2 a
year ago. and in st. Paul 100000 against
100000 last year. The combined stocks out
of farmers hands last year and in country
and city elevators, exclusive Of mill and
private elevators in Minneapolis, We're
33.735,46l bushels against total OF
16,2O2,O16 bushels now. There is an I'M
known quantity in mills at Minneapolis and
in private storage. perhaps 1.oOO,ODO BUSH
els, which is probably about the same as
last year. By adding that the total would
be II ,2O2, O16 bushels now against "a. 735, AGO
bushels last year; that is by including pr-
waite stocks both years. Or there is approx
imately half as much now as last year, and
nearly the same difference compared with
Two wears ago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.
Publication in London of Daily Newspa-
naner OH the American Plum.

paper on the American Plan.
A London EnglanD special says: The
London edition Of the New York Herald
was successfully issued the other morning.
Il is an eight-puge sheet not quite so large
as the New York edition. but topographic
ally as near like it as regard for English
tastes and traditions would permit. The
salient feature is the American news. the
first page being devoted to cables from
America. The financial department gives
quotations from Wall street and commercial
reports from Chicago and New York. The
interest manifested in American markets by
European investors is remarkable. and
the first people to give encouragement
to the new edition were brokers
in Capel Court Sport. society. naval and
military affairs have liberal space. and the
rest of the paper is devoted 10 giving the
news of the United Kingdom and Continent
in the bright. comprehensive style peculiar
to American journalism. The British pub
lie viewed the encroachment of American
journalism in the citadel of conservatism
with mingled good humor and astonish-
ment. Some newspaper proprietors view
with alarm the Introduction of American
ideas. The Pail Mall Gazette has an article
deploring the establishment Of the issue of
paper seven days in the week, all English
papers suspending publication one day to
give all employees rest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

The ruling powers of Harvard have
some quaint notions. There is glee
club of students Of the university which
occasionally makes tours through the
country and trades off its vocal notes for
United States and National bank notes.
The authorities Of the university 90 not
view this with favor, but since they can
not stop it they seek to have these
musical tours carried out with as little
injury as possible to the dignity OF t the
institution. So they have ordered that
while the glee club may advertise Itself
by what are called dodgers, by postets'
and by hand-bills, and may even hang
up in street-cars telling where 1t IS TO
hold forth, yet it must under no CIR
cumstances advertise in the newspapers.
The line is drawn at big bill seucA VI
fence. That is decorous, and does no'
sr,lv the fair fame Of Harvard. bu' al
humble line or two in modest corner
Of the most respectable OF newspapers
would be a disgrace. One eau 'e"AA
curious reasoning at university
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

, a GEORGIA negro, who breaches for q
i1Slng' recently selected this text: "Be
y therefore wise as serpents and harm
less as doves" and than began: "Well,
ofedderln, in order that we may all
know what we are talkin' about, I will
1es drap the word serpint and say
snakes. You has all seen snake when
he didn't want to hear nothing. He jes
puts one ear right down on de ground
and sticks he tail in de odder."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
Brief Mentions.

Indians are doing an extensive business
in hauling wood into Pierre.
The Union Banking company of Aber-
deem has been organized with capital
stock Of 100000.
The grand jury at Aberdeen found sixty
indictments, mostly against saloon men
and blind-pig keepers in violation OF the
local option law. 1t is understood the in
dictments are mostly against Aberdeen
parties.
Ha1pers Magaeine for February contains
an illustrated article on Dakota from the
pen of Commissioner 2. F. Mcclure. The
article tells succinctly of the varied re-
sources and wonderful development of the
great territory. Among the illustrations
is one of the great artesian spouter at
Yankton.
The through overland passenger and
mail '"ain going west from Bismarck on
tie 80. hern Pacific is now drawn by two
pondero;:S engines and contains fourteen
cars. t.. immense propelling power is
made ne,ss:;ary by the fact that the line of
the road is up grade from the Missouri
river to the Bozeman, M. T., tunnel, the
highest point of the road. Passenger
travel is on the increase, large proper
ton of the passengers being Swedes and
NOrwegianS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

EIGHTY years ago Isaac Jones pur-
chased twelve acres of woodland on
Manhattan Island for So, 12O. Joshua
Jones, son, who became owner of
seven acres of this land, was bachelor,
who died in New York last spring and
this portion of the estate was sold
at public auction recently, realizing ST.
$4,000. The tract sold occupies an
entire square, half of another, and one
quarter of third.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

A CAPE BRETON paper says that a
farmer named Rory Morrison, who lives
near Sydney, worked last summer forty
days on the Cape Breton Railway. He
walked sixteen miles a day from his
residence to his working place. Dur
ing that time he worked 44O hours and
travelled GAO miles. He also worked on
his farm at harvest time. He reaped
with q reaping hook 400 stocks of oates
and dug upward of 200 bushels of pota-
toes. All this was done and other
things too numerous to mention. He
had wife and little family. He is about
forty years old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
An Expensiya Office.

The territorial auditors report shows
some interesting figures. The veterinary
surgeons salary expenses and awards for
horses and cattle killed foots up over
$4,000. The travelling expenses of the
Office show that he travelled about
$4,000 miles, an average of about 1870
miles day for 365 days in the year. The
killed as having the CHAMBERS, while the
claim is made that tho ailment was an Ill
cerated tooth. Sixteen horses had been
killed in one county. The Office stands
good chance of being abolished.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

just below the railroad bridge at Bis
marck are the steamboat ways of the Pow
ers line. Here, lying high and dry, rest
the steamers Rosebud, F. Y. Batchelder
and Missouri, in winter quarters. 'ut the
halcyon days of steamboating in Bismarck
are passed. The Manitoba railroad has the
sinch Ito use western phrase,) on the
Montana traffic, and the Assiniboine,
Great Falls, Helena and Benton freight
all goes that way. Forts Lincoln, Yates,
Stephenson and Berthold are about all
that are shipped to from here.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

COLORADO bids fair to rival Pennsy1-
wanna as an oil State. In the valley Of
The Arkansas, near Pueblo, about twenty
wells have been bored, and the yield is
thousand barrels day. The oil is
green, excellent in quality, and, what is
better, has an agreeable smell. There
are no gushing wells as yet, but the
average flow surpasses what other States
have afforded.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
THE ITALIAN BUDGET.
A Deficit of Over Forty Million Dollars
Esire nchInent NeceSsarY.

A Rome telegram states that in the Cham
Der of Deputies Sig. Peruzzi, Minister OF the
Treasury. announced that Notwithstanding
position Of the country and the development
a deficit OF nearly s4O,OOO,OOO. He proposed
to meet this deficit with the funds at the
disposal of the government for civil and
military pensions, which would be paid from
the ordinary receipts. He said it was esti-
mated that the budget for 1881 would show
u deficit of SlS, 900, coo TO meet this deficit
the government would retrench in all de-
partments to the extent of $G.OO0.0O0. and
impose new taxes to make up the remain
der. He admitted that the taxpayers were
already overburdened.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

AMONG the living sovereigns men,
'lohed IN the new "Almanach of Gotha"
1nose who have reigned longest are the
Emperor of Brazil, who assembled the
,nfone IN 1881, at the age of 6; Queen
Nletorla, in 1887, and Duke Ernst of
D. oaSe- Coburg- Gotha, crowned in 1914.
Inc oldest sovereign is Pope Leo Kill,
VINO Is rs years old; the youngest is the
hlng OF Spain, not vet 3.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
Time to Finish the Gravestone.

Doctor (passing a stone-cutter's
yard -"Good morning, Mr.. Jones.
Hard at work, 1 see. [ suppose you
finish your gravestones as far as In
memory Of and then wait for some
one to die, eh?"
why, yes; unless some ones sick
and you're doctoring 'em; then keep
right on"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

An old man on the Vermont border,
says the New York Herald, died the
other day, and in his last hour he con-
fessed that he had been a smuggler for
forty-seven straight years, and had
beaten the Government out of tens of
thousands of dollars.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

The death of Miss Lucinda Wash
burn, a wealthy and aged lady Of
Sacramento, CAL, recalls the fact that
Miss Washburn was among the persons
selected by Troy Dye and his gang to
murder. Troy Dye was public admins
traitor of Sacramento, and he thought
he could kill certain rich men and wo-
men who had no relatives, administer
upon their estates and pocket the pro-
ceeds. The gang started business by
numbering an old farmer named Tullis,
for which crime Troy and others were
hanged On the trial it was shown that
the gang had large number of rich
spinsters and bachelors on it's black list.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

Mr.. DAVID NJ. STONE of the New
York Journal of Commerce is perhaps
as literally the editor of his paper as
any newspaper man in the country.
With single exception not all editorial
that he has not either written himself
or carefully edited has gone into his
Journal during the last twenty-nine
Years
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

GENERAL BouLANGER's one idol in
life is said to be his mother. She was
with him in 1857 during the ten months
III which he was in danger from wound
received at Solferino, and which has
never entirely healed. He spends every
Sunday afternoon and evening with
her, and if away always sends her tele-
frrau
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

LIE Congressional Committee were
.oio at Detroit that hundreds of Cana
>'an laborers cross the river daily to
work on the American side, while hun
~, or Americans are out of work.
ne Canadians work for less than
-1iieflcans. Detroit was shown to be a
Jumping ground for Canadian paupers
Gnu insane, who are helped across the
'ofuer by benevolent societies."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

AT a recent meeting of the American
oinitnologists' Union Ernest E. Thomp-
son' OF Canada, said that some birds,
especially sparrows, have ventriloquial
aot 81 Birds, when surprised in the
wv " singing, will be silent for a mo-
A'' and then give forth faint song
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15

A FARMER IN Fulton County, Georgia,
according to the Atlanta Journal. has
had several pairs of socks and a pair OF
gloves made from the hair of his head,
which is more like the wool of sheep
than anything else. 1t is soft and long,
and curls but little, and is of brown
color
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
The West Virginia Official Vote.

The official vote of West Virginia. as re-
turned to the Secretary of State at Wash
ington. and taking the vote OF the highest
of the electors-they only differ q few
votes-exhibits the following totals: Cleve-
land. 7s.677; Harrison. 7S.171; Fisk. 1.50S;
labor candidate. 1852.