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The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
KILLED HIS WIFE.
Dastardly Deed of a Faithlsss Hus-
band in 8 Washington School
Room Yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah =. Allen Shot Down in the
Presence of Her Pupils With
out Warning.
After shooting His Wife the Murderer
Turns the Weapon Himself and
Ends His Existence.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE little girls
attending the third grade in the jefferson
public school in the southern section of
this city were standing in the aisles this
afternoon about to bid their schoolmates
goodbye when the teacher. Mrs. Sarah +.
Allen, was fatally shot in their presence
by her faithless husband, who then killed
himself Allen had been supported from
the earnings Of his wife as a school teacher
until some time ago, when she left him on
account of his disSipated habits and fre-
quent abuse and violence. He has annoyed
and threatened her several times since. She
refused TO have anything more to do with
him and she had been warned very recent
ly 10 beware of him.
The children were the first 20 see him
when he entered the school room and when
they showed how startled they were at his
appearance, he called on them not 70 make
any noise or he would shoot. Mrs. Aliens
attention had meanwhile been attracted,
and she started TO move, but her husband
by this time was upon her and saying
"Now I've got you where 1 want YOU" be
fired at close range, the ball taking effect
near the right ear and passing through the
head. He then turned the pistol on him
self and inflicted fatal wound. The mur-
dered wife and suicide fell together on the
school room floor, his arm about her neck
and the revolver lying ON her cheek.
The startled and ror-stricken children
created panic, but some OF the most col
lected of them ran for other teachers, who
succeeded in restoring order. The police
and physicians were summoned, who did
all that was possible TO make Mrs. Aliens
last moments free from pain She lin
gered for some time and then passed away.
Her husband expired few minutes after
the arrival of the police
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
BENEFITS LATEST.
The Owner Of the New York Herald on His
Way TO u KharfouIn


The Owner Of the New York Herald on His
Way TO Khartoum.
NEW YORK, May I7.-It is stated tonight
that New York newspaperdOm ana the
clubs are greatly excited over a report
from Europe that James Gordon Bennett.
proprietor of the New York Herald, has
gone TO khartOum, the capital of the
Mahdis territory. Mr.. Bennett left Paris
three weeks ago, went TO Marseilles. then
to Alexandria and this week is in Cairo.
Two stories have been cabled over in ex
PLANTATION of this singular Journey.
One is that at Partisan club
one night a discussion arose during
which an English army officer said il was
impossible for any foreigner 10 enter Khar-
toum and depart alive. Bennett declared
any one possessing sufficient brains ana
money could visit the Mahdi and return
unscathed. He offered a heavy wager that
he himself would do il within q period of
six months. The bet was promptly accept
ed aud Bennett, accompanied by an init
mate friend, started forthwith uDou his
hazardous journey.
The other story is more startling. Ii 8
70 the effect that on the evening in Que.-
ton az the club Bennett received q message
from correspondent al Cairo, stating b..
had adV.ces that Gen. Condor was stil
awe, aud Kept aclOse prisoner. and that the
Mahdi, by reason Of his reverses during the
past year, was willing 20 have Gordon ran
sOmed for q million francs Within the next
four days Bennett made all arrangements
for the trip and for the payment of the
ransom, and set out for Egyut But little
can be learned AZ New York in cOnfirma-
ton of the story. One OF the editors Of the
Berald says they have received a cable
gram from Mr.. Bennett at Cairo, but moth
ing is known about his prospective move
ments
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
PROGRESSIVE PIEGANs.
Northern Montana Indians Who Are Rap.
idly Advancing In Civilization.

Northern Montana Indians Who Are Rap
idly Advancing In Civilization.
GREAT FALLS. May I7.-[Special 70 the
independent Major Baldwin. the agent
at the Piegan agency. gives a good account
of that once troublesome tribe. He says:
"The Piegan Indians are in good condition;
they have good prospects and are making
steady progress They have quit horse
stealing, not q depreciation claim for the
loss of property having been filed against
them for any act committed within the past
three years, although numerous claims are
pending for robberies prior TO that tine.
The Piegans have wholly abandoned their
medicine lodge or annual gatherings, one
of the worst Institutions Of Indian life and
the cause of so much crime. They have
built" continued the major, "sixty miles
of fence about their homes and farms, none
of which existed two years ago They
hauled all their own freight from Fort
Benton last year, and were paid in cash for
doing so. They are more honest, industri-
Gus than they ever were"
care they well fed 81 be was asked.
They are" he replied. 1--WE distribute
the meat from twenty to twenty-six good
beef steers among them weekly. When l
took charge of the agency only eight steers
were killed weekly. AS 10 the animals,
they are also better of. We procured re-
Gently ten fine Norman stations and 100
good American mares so as to improve
their stock They now have plenty of ma
chinery, mowers and reapers and are quail
ifed to take care of them. The best men
in this country bear witness to their i'm
proved condition. Many of them have
taken up lands in severalty, although none
has been allotted them as yet. They wish
for such allotment, which tends TO break
up their tribal relations"
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
The strike sun On.

BERLIN, May l7.-Negotiations between
the mine owners and striking miners. look
ing 20 a settlement of their disputes, have
been suspended, owing 10 the KrableT mine
owners refusing 20 negotiate.
A conflict occurred between the military
and strikers near Breslau. The troops fred
upon the strikers, killing several.
Although the negotiations between mine
owners and strikers 50 far have been a fall
ure, IL is hoped the masters at their meet
ing at BOchUm tomorrow will accept The
terms of the miners The miners dele
gates to-day reported 20 the strikers at Post
Mund the result of their visit 10 Berlin.
Over {, 600 strikes approved the proposed
compromise and declared their intention
70 aecede to nothing beyond that. A large
proportion OF the miners have resumed
work, relying upon the empeTor's active
influence with their employers.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
THIRTY-THREE MISSING.
No Tidings of Part of the Crew of the
steamer Alaskan.

No Tidings of Part of the Crew OF the
steamer Alaskan.
PORTLAND, Ore, May 17.-No tidings
were received to-day of the members of the
crew of the ill-fsted steamer Alaskan, who
il is supposed ere this have reached land
or have gone TO the bottom of the sea. The
Oregon Railway * Navigation company
has wired to all points along the coast to be
on the lookout, and if the men are found it
will not be long beforesthe company's Off
cials here are notified. An effort will also be
made to get word to the lighthouse tender,
ManzanOla, which is cruising along the
Oregon coast The steamer Columbia
sighted the ManZanola Wednesday, and
the lighthouse tender is supposed 70 be at
this time somewhere off Cape Blanc.
When the boats containing the men put out
from the sinking ship they headed for
land. They may have escaped the
raging billows only TO be dashed
to pieces against the rocky cliffs. A. they
were eighteen miles OFF shore, and the
storm had not abated up to the time that
chances are rather against them, but all
hope is not abandoned. Ii is not known to
a certainty Just how many men we're on
the ship. The crew numbered forty -four,
and after the vessel put to sea three stow
aways were found Two stowaways are
among the rescued. One of them said 20
day that he knew there were five stow
aways which makes the total number
aboard forty-nine. OF this number ten
have been rescued six have died and thirty
three are missing.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
POISONOUS ICE CREAM.
Fatal Results Likely To Ensue Prom Ia
ing Church Ice Cream.

Fatal Results Likely to Ensue Prom Eat
ing Church Ice Cream.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Worlds
New Haven, Conn.,, special says: South
Glastonbury has been having a May festi-
val in the interest of st. Luke's Episcopal
church. Last night thsre was the largest
attendance since the fair hogan, and the
many quarts of Ice cream, particularly
vanilla, that disappeared was both
surprising and pleasing 20 the
managers. After returning from the
hall to their homes over a hundred per
sons who had eaten ice cream at the fes-
tival were taken i'll aud there
were calls for doctors from all
parts of the town. The four phy sicians
were kept busy last night and to-day car
ing for the suffering people. The symp-
tom IN every case were those that attended
poisoning, the sufferers being first attacked
with vomiting. then by gripping
pans in the stomach and commissions.
In many instances whole families
were taken sick, while in others only few
members suffered from the strange disOr-
der. In this way the cause OF the trouble
was traced TO vanilla ice cream, sold at
the festival Physicians express but slight
hopes for the recovery Of thirty -four Of the
victims who partoOk Of large quantities Of
vanilla cream. They are ignorant of any
known remedy for the disorder and all
they can do is 20 administer a drug that
Will make the patient more comfort
able. In other cases, where the victims
paTtoOk sparingly Of the.cream, the effects
of the poisoning are less severe aud
the physicians are hopeful of recovery. An
official investigation has been ordered and
the responsibility of poisoning will be 10
Gated IL possible.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
WILLARD AHEAD.
The Fight for the Control of the
Oregon Transeontinental Results
in Smiths Defeat.
The Fierciest and Most Exciting Con
test Ever Witnessed on the
Floor Of the Exchange.
The stock of the Company Touches the
Highest Point for six Nears-The
Injunction SUIT.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE last hour of
business on the New York exchange to-day
marked the climax OF one of the most ex-
citing chapters of Wall street history, and
closed the fercest fight that has ever been
known on the floor OF the exchange. The
prize for which the battle was fought was
the control of the Oregon Transcontinental
company. q company with a capital of $40
0O0, 900 and holding control OF the most I'm
portant railways in the Pacific northwest
The control Of the company is now held by
Henry Willard and associated with him
are the magnates of the Standard Oil COM
pany, Baron Bleichroder, Bismark's finan-
ciaI agent, Edward t. Abbott, Jno. Ire
vor, w. l.. Colby and some of the largest
bankers in the city. This is the aggreea
ton of capital the enemies of Willard
worked against, The opposition in
clIded all the big insiders in the
Union Pacific road, Charles Francis
Adams, Sidney Dillon, Fred
Ames, Elijah Smith and others
as prominent. Elijah Smith had charge of
the campaign to down Willard and pro
ID psed to take his place, as he did once be-
lore, in the crash following the driving of
the gold spike on the Northern Pacific
road.
For long time both were active in
quietly accumulating stock, but u was not
until to-day, the last day on which TO reg
lister stock TO vote at the election, that the
supreme effort was made on the exchange.
All regular sales made are not deliverable
until Monday, but sales made CT cash stock
had to be delivered before 2:l5 p. N. Out
of $4,000 shares of stock traded in to-day
% 900 shares were cash stock, and the price
moved up from S37 per share to S64 so per
share before the exchange closed. From
$40 to s45 the stock moved up l per cent
At time; then il jumped 3
per cent on single transaction,
and after moving up per cent more made
a jump of per cent to $50. Ii soon sold at
S64. 125S, the highest point reached in years.
All the time trading was marked by iR-
tense excitement, and the day will never be
forgotten by those who took part. After
the registry books closed Willard met
Elijah Smith and said: 81 have won. |
have 20l, 600 shares locked up in my boxes"
AS the capital stock of the company is 400,
900 shares this would give the Willard party
], 900 shares majority, but Smith would not
admit that he was defeated, although he
did not claim a victory.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
THE FIRST EXAMPLE.

The Warrant Issued for the Execution of
william Kemler by Electricity.
BUFFALO. n. Y, May 1.-THE death
warrant of William Kemler. the first man
convicted under the electrical execution
law, has been signed and he will be taken
to Auburn state prison in a few days. The
warrant is directed to the warden CT the
Auburn prison and provides that the SEN
teDce be executed upon some day within
the week commencing June "a in the year
of 1889. and within the walls Of Auburn
state prison within the yard or inclOsure
adjoining thereto, bY then and there csus-
ing to pass through the body Of him, the
said William Kemler, a current of cleo
tricity of sufficient intensity to cause death
and that the application of such current OF
electricity be continued until said William
Kemler Is dead.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
CHURCH CONVENTIONS.
North and south Presbyterians aud the
Question of Cooperation.

North and >oufh frerbyter1ans aud the
Question of Cooperation.
CHATTANOOGA. May l7-In the general
assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church to-day, the committee on the con-
ference of the Northern and Southern gen
ersl assemblies for cooperation in church
work, read its report The joint commit
tee, waving consideration of differences.
agreed to recommend 70 the two assemblies
that the relations OF the colored people in
the two churches be allowed 10
remain IN statu quo, the work
among them to proceed on the same
lines as heretofore; that all proper aid, COM
fort and encouragement shall be extended
by each church 70 the educational and
evangeliZing efforts of the other for the
colOred race, with view 10 the encourage
ment of evey laudable effort to this end on
both sides. AS 10 cooperation in matters
that such CO operation Is already secured
between the business departments at
Richmond and Philadelphia The COM
mittee states il makes no report with re-
gard 20 cooperation in educational insti-
tutiOns, as that question is cOmprehended
in the larger one of the evangeliZation of
the colored people, and will no doubt be
controlled by the decision OF the general
assemblies in relation TO that great interest
By vote of seventy-four TO ffty-two the
assembly concluded o print and hold over
the report for further discussion.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
ROBERTS INDICTED.

The slayer of J. w Crawford Likely to
Experience Butte Justice Very soon.
BUTTE. May l7.-TSpeciai to the Inde-
pendent THE district court to-day i'm
paneled a special grand jury TO investigate
the killing Of J. W. Crawford. better known
as Long Tex, who was shot in cold
blooded manner on Tuesday by Harry
Roberts. The,grand jury held its session and
returned an indictment of murder in the
1rst degree. Ii looks as if this would be
another case OF lightning Instice in the
Silver city. The district court is IN session
and Roberts will be tried IN day OF two
At the furthest. as criminal business is now
being heard. Roberts chances 70 hang are
A l and public sentiment Is very much
against him.
The funeral procession was under way
last evening to bury the remains OF his VIC
tim, Crawford, when a telegram arrived
from relatives Of the latter in Butler, NO.
The telegram stated that they would like
70 have the remains forwarded, but were
too poor to pay the charges. Crawford
left no estate, but his friends at once sub
scribed the necessary amount and his re-
mains will be embalmed and forwarded TO
Missouri tomorrow.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
THROUGH THE AIR.

Lightning Transportation a. Demonstrated
to a Boston A udieDce.
NEW YORK, May IA new scheme of
transportation will be introduced between
New York and Boston, whereby II is said
large packages of mail and cars containing
passengers can be whisked from one place
20 the other. a distance of 29O miles. in less
than an hour An experiment with the
new machine was had in Boston in the
presence of many scientist, inclndtng A
z DOibear, OF Tufts College, who an
nounced that he was thoroughly satisfied
chine consists of magnetic car hanging
from q single rail which IL follows like 3
streak of electricity. With one horse
power, 10 is said, one ton can be thus trans
ported LAO miles in day at cost Of
thirty cents
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
MILLS APPOINTED.

A Number of Lucky Ones Yesterday,
Among Them the Deer Lodge Editor.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE president
to-day appointed VIM. ID. Lee, of New
Mexico, associate justice of the supreme
court of New Mexico; John w. Witcher.
of Nevada, United States attorney for the
district of Nevada; James w. Savage, of
Omaha, government director of the Union
Pacific; James III. Mills, Of Montana, col
lector of internal revenue for the district of
Montana; John X. Lynch, (colored) of
Mississippi, fourth auditor Of the treasury
Lew w. Habercom, of the District of Co
lumbia, fifth auditor of the treasury.
fhe following appointments have been
made in the geological survey: William
ii. Hall. of California, and Edwin :. Net
Teton, of Colorado, supervising engineers;
Arthur ID. FOote, of Idaho, LYMAN
Bridges, of California, Alexander o. Bro
die, of Arizona, engineers for irrigation
surveys; Willard ID. Johnston, of the DIS
trict of Columbia, topographer; William
Byaste, of Maryland, photographer.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
KANSAS SUBMERGED.

Great Damage to Railroads From High
Water. All Trains Being Delayed.
KANSAS CITY, May IA heavy rain
storm passed over this section to-day, do
ing great deal of minor damage to this
city. The railroads are all badly demoraI-
lied and not road sent in a train exactly
on time tonight. Most of the roads are
from one to three hours late but the west
ern lines are in worse shape. and the Den
yer express on the Union Pacific, due at 7
a. m, did not get in until O'Clock this
afternoon A large portion of the bluff
facing the Missouri river was washed down
over the Chicago il Alton tracks and that
road was compelled 10 use the Wabash
tracks tonight
To-nights reports regarding tO-day's
storm Indicate IL was more serious than at
hrst thought The railroads are the chief
sufferers. Two spanS of the Rush creek
bridge. on the Chicago & Milwaukee rail
way, near Liberty, Mo-, are washed away,
and the trains between Kansas CITY and
Chlllicothe were abandoned. The Kansas
City. St Joseph & Council Bluffs tracks are
submerged for two inches for a long dis
tance- Near Parkville the Hannibal tracks
are also under water. All the east bound
Rock Island trains go from, Kan
ca Cameron TS The wa Union P,cifc igfSsePh halo 70
damaged near Manhattan, Kas, where the
kaw river is thirteen feet above low water
mark The Missouri Pacific is badly de-
mOralized in all directions, and its trains
are from two To four hours late. Several
bad washOuts are reported between here
and the Little Blue. In this city the IISth
street cable line was delayed six hours on
account of the flood. Between 18th and 18th
streets for distance of two blocks in the
eastern part of the city the entire surface
is under water. The floors of nearly all
the dwellings in that territory are sub
merged, causing great Inconvenience. At
Kansas City, Kans-, 81, 900 worth of dam
age was done. In ArmOurdale a number
OF cottages were Il oded. while on Split
Log creek there is an area of ten acres that
y now lake from i've 10 twenty feet deer.
The house of Mr.. Heller was flooded to the
ceiling and the family rescued with diff
Guilty.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
HARRIS,
ONE-PRICE CLOTHIER
St. Louis Block, Main St,
HELENA. NJ. I.
HARRIS,
HELENA, M. T.

n. Bout of town orders
will receive our best attention.
Goods sent on approval to any
part of the territory. Price list
and rules for self-measurement.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
Tn. Mind Reader. Death.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE coroner to-
day held an inquiry into the manner of the
death of Washington Irving Bishop the
mind reader. DIR. Ferguson, who made the
autopsy, said he did so at DIR. lrwin's re-
quest. He made n specially of autopsys.
de made the autopsy of Bishops body at
S;45 o. N. DIR. Irwin said he thought death
occurred at noon. Lawyer Atchison, rep
resenting the family, and the district attor-
ney declared q crime had been committed.
1t is a misdemeanor 10 perform an autopsy
without the coroner's consent and man.
slaughter IL the man was not desd when
the autopsy was made. He thought bail
should be fixed binding all who were pres
ent at the autopsy. DIR. Irwin and DR..
Ferguson were held in 50 900 each to await
the INQUEST which will be held next week.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
The Fire Record.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. May 17.-One of the
most disastrous fires for years visited Coun-
Gil Bluffs this M rning, destroying Stew
arts packing house, containing loo. 600
pounds Of meat Loss $500, 900.
ROCKDALE. Texas. May IA lamp ex
Ploslon sci nre 70 tne house Of Louis
Palmer, and his wife and two children
were burned - death Palmer was badly
burned In trying 70 rescue them.
INOIANAPoLIs, May 1.-THE business
portion Of HuntingtOnburg. Dubois county.
was nearly destroyed TO day by ineendiary
nres- The losses aggregate Sl75,OO0, with
little insurance.
A telegram tonight from NoblesoiIle,
twenty miles north. says the town
Is on IRE and in danger OF destruction.
The hre was finally extinguished, but no
estimate OF the losses or insurance can be
given tonight
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
TOOK Ten INNINGS.


At Louisville-Columbus, 3; Louis
Vile, 4.
5.
At St Louis-St Louis. 10; Brooklyn, g.
At Kansas City-The Kansas City-Ath
letic game was postponed on account of
rain.
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
Prom Natural cnn...-

BUTTE, May l7-lSpecial to the Iude-
pendent Coroner Howard summoned a
jury this morning to investigate the death
OF harry Miles, who died suddenly at s:sO
last night at his room in the Montana Iron
Works building Niles was 30 years Of age
and unmarried. lie had been on pro-
tracted spree, and fell ih q at on Sunday
evening. DR.. Harding attended him and
administered two tsblespOonspoOnfuIs Of
looelia On Monday evening. the doses both
being taken inside OF half an hour. The
case causes considerable stir In the mpdj.
dict that Niles came u his dean from
natural causes ~
The Helena independent., 1889-05-18
was . Haven for worker.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE investigation
into the condition OF the insane asylum " as
continued to-day. One of the attendants
admitted that under q former administra-
ton one of the patients was beaten 70 death
by another confined in the same room. DIR.
Noble. q member Of the medicall staff, tes-
tilted that nearly 800 patients were con-
fined TO his care, and that q large proper
tion of his work was in treating wounds In
tights between patients Another witness
testified that attendants were appointed on
recommendation by the county commits
not based on fitness for the work, but be-
cause they had q political 'spull." The con-
sequence was that many of the attendants
were wholly unfit for the duties they should
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