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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-07

LONDON. Feb. 6.-An explosion occurred
to-day i'm the colliery at Abersychan. Mon
mouthshire. Three hundred miners were
imprisoned several hours. An opening
was finally effected and at noon 2OO were
rescued. Numbers of those taken out
were severely injured. RescuinR parties
are still searching for those remaining i'm
the mine. II is feared il will he impossi-
bile to rescue the miners who still inn
prisoned.
The owners estimate that 10 persons
bodies have been taken from the mine.
not known whether they are dead or
alive.
The cause Of the explosion was the
flooding OF the pits adjacent To that i'm
which the explosion occurred. this forcing
the gas into the pit where work was in
progress, and where they were ignited.
The explosion had tremendous force.
being heard mile away. The first party
of searchers organized endcavored to pen
citrate the pit through the old workings.
They got far enough tn be able tn ss.s.
groups of dead. hut they could not reach
them and were compelled tn retreat by the
suffocating volumes of smoke. Upon the
first appearance OF diminutive volumes
OF smoke the rescuers went down the
main shaft. They rescued large number
of miners yet alive. but all were badly
burned, and they brought out sixty dead
bodies, nearly all SO mutiated that recog
milton OF their identity was impossible
| The latest estimate of the dead is 15O.
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t:ixlat Mem Killed.

PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 6.-Details have
just been received of am accident to "a con-
str,iction train on the Union Pacific near
Cascade locks on Sunday morning stating
that the train consisted of an engine. ten
der and c.,i,posc. the latter having on
board ~ men. The engine had almost
cleared the trestle when the un,icr-span-
ming of th.. second and third bcnts, which
had been weakened by the flood. gave
away. The engineer felt IL and pulled the
throttle wide open, and managed tn clear
the wrecked part with the engine; but the
caipoosc and tender went down ~ feet.
Eight. men were killed instantly. Their
Andrew Frost, Thomas SkolhiInc. August
Carson. Charles Rcstpif. John Schroeder.
Henry Cronch and William Cole. Coles
body was buried beneath the debris and
could not be gotten ont until yesterday.
when il was pulled out with ropes.
Eighteen other men were less in
jurcd. Some of them are. expected to die.
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wAsHINGToS. Feb. .6.-Attorney General
Miller has given an opinion to tine secrc-
tary of treasury that the territory know as
"No Mans I.and'' is included in the eastern
judicial district of Texas. and criminal
offcnses and violations of the internal
revenue laws committed there are cogniz-
able i'm that district. The governments
jurisdiction over this territory has been "a
matter of dispute for many years.
The house committee ON rules i'm its ses-
sion this morning amended tine code to
correspond to the action of the republican
caucus yesterday afternoon. One of the
amendments which WAS OVERLOOKED in the
abstract sent out last night il of imDort-
ance. il strikes out of the new code the
authority conferred upon committees
reporting general appropriation bills. Ii
il learned that this action was directed by
the republican caucus yesterday only after
n bitter fight, during which Cameron and
Mckinley were finally overcome 10y the
opposition under the lead of Pay-on. As
amended the rule il in the exact shape of
the corresponding rule in the preceding
house.
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coLoReD MEMS CONVENTION.
Cosaplsiabag nj Injuss TreatUseat at the
Hands Of the sOaihern People.

sosnplsaasag of tnjust Trest@ent at the
dsnsas Of the sOathern People.
wAsHINGroN, Feb. 6.-The colored
mems convention to-day elected ex-Sena-
tor Pine chf,ssck, president Of the national
organization, and issued an Address tn the
people of the United States. Attention il
called to the fact that popular els-s.tions
i'm many states Of the south are farcical
fornalitsps, where the votes OF colorcsi
men are suppressed by violence or ne,i-
tralized by fraud, their rights denied
and themselves and their wives. dIs,iGli-
tcrs, mothers and sisters are made the
special objects of uufricnslly state lcgisla-
ton and arr compelled To travel i'm filthy
and inferior cars. Coiors'i American citi-
fcnsc- through unfricn.lly courts
and are submitted while under
and inh,ln,an treatment. In addition col-
orcd American citizens when suspected
of having committed certain otfeuses. and
"f the law, W. arS % in MANY ny i%ssam.es, % and as
we b,iieve with the knowledge and
through the connivancc Of said officers.
children in many of the said states are
not afforded the school facilities tn which
they are entitled; The labor system of
most OF the southern states were unjust
ana unfair, and coloresl Americans sch
dom IL ever enjoy fair ar reasonable
are taxed without representation. and
compelled To obey laws they have
no voice in making. The adj
the instruments through which the will
OF the people is executed. Our purpose il
to see and impress upon the public mind
the Justice and fairness OF our claims 81
| that no political party can safely afford "a
| ignore them. We urge upon colorcd
American voters that the questions relat'
\ ing to the governmental and adnninistra
| tive policy we should make secondary and
| subordinate without regard To the attitude
| Of parties upon such questions. We fee
| il our duty to support only that party and
! only such candidates as are known tai bs
| friendly to our cause. until all politica
| parties will accord to us the rights aut
| privileges to which We ars, entitled under
the constitution aud laws of the land
| Tho Address favors the Blair bill placins
| the federal elections under federal cou
| troll, and emphatically denounccS tl,. bil
| for the deportation Of colorcd men.
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DENvER, Feb. "a Durangcr. Col, suc-
cial says grave fears are entertained by
the settlers of San Juan county, New Mex
leo, over the demonstrations being made
by the Navajo tribe of Indians. A courier
"Wednesday brought in word that - few
days ago the Navajos drove the family of
Joseph Stcrrit oil their ranch and run oil
~ head of horses. Sheriff Xii Carson and
"a posse recovered the animals, when the
Indians threatened tn clean out every
white settlement On the san Juan, La
Platte and Animsas rivers. There
bDO warriors camps.ti at the west waters bs-
tween the La Plata and Ojo Caliente, 6O
,uises- sssssth ssS lh,rAsaDc the trcsskSe
arises osit of the killing of "a Navajo In
dian weeks ago 10y ranchinan
named John Cox. The Indians demand
SUD. ar ten head Of horses for the dead
buck, and il refused. they thrs,aten tn
murder every white ON the river. The In
lians have sent the ssltIaws and young
ones back tn the reservation. and citizens
of Durango and vicinity very much
alarmed.
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PILING FINES RIGHT UP
Absent Democrats Who Hay Have to
Bust Their Bank Accounts.
Isisaicuaous Isesoluts0as which Kiag Rick
ards Passed. No quorum Being Pres-
emt One senator who WAS
Hanged at Glendivc.

The Wild West never was witness to
proceedings more supremely imbecile
than those which no quorum of the
state senate evolved at yesterdays sit
ting. Richards is rolling up fines.
which he has no right to impose, at a
rate that will put most Of the democra-
tic senators into bankruptcy before
they know it. These senator's fled from
Helena, shaking off the snow of that
city from their patent clasp gums as
they took their flight. Cnhappily, one
of their number let himself get ar
rested at Glendive by an officer who had
no right to touch him, and he will be
hack in Helena bright and early this
morning.
a dispatch received from Helena at
the hour of going to press this morn
ing says that "A writ of habeas corpus
has been procured i'm the case of Sena
tor Becker who was arrested yesterday
The hearing is announced for to
day.
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Of every street i'm South Missoula a<isli-
tions.
Judge Knowles Of Butte is taking am
active interest In the enterprise. and
enough money has been raised tn insure
the success of the enterprise.
Five of the offending dcmocratic s<na-
tors passed through Missoula last night
on t2e way to Spokane Falln, where they
will remain for the next IL days. The
STANDARDS reporter met the gentlemen
ON the west-bound train and conversesi
with them ON the situation. They unani-
nlotlsly lameuted the circumstances which
compelled them tn quit Helena, hut they
felt that they were justified in trying to
spare the state Of Montana further dis
grace i'm the continuation of shameful
proceedings at Helena.
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ro Amend tn. Marriage Laws.

OTTAWA. Ont, Feb. 6.-Senator Mac
donald Of British Columbia last N ight gave.
notice OF his intention to introduce N bill
tn amend the act respecting offenses
l,ting to the laws of marriage. Ii il
designed more particularely to prevent
the practice of polygamy by the Mormons
of Gar,lston. and other places in the terri
tories. The penalty provided for poly
gamy for assisting in polygamous
marriages il imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years or "A fine not exceed
ing $50. or both. The bill also proposes.
tn dislualify any person guilty of otfenSe
under the act from voting at any election
i'm the Northwest territories. or for being a
candidate for any public psssitou.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.-Rev. w. r.
Nichols. who was to-day elected assistant
bishop II California by the Episcopal do
cese of San Francisco. is rector of 81.
James church i'm this city. Mr.. Nichols is
now in his And year. and was educated at
Trinity college, Hartford. receiving q
clerical education i'm Beerley divinity
school. Mi,idletown. In June. 1883. he
was elected assistant bishop of the Ohio
diocese, but declined the office.
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Against In,~r-Coii~wia,. Leagues.

BosToN, Feb. 6.-President Elliott of
Harvard i'm his annual report. xpressedh his
disapproval of the intercollegiate league.
which he considers weaking the cause
of good and prolific in producing q,Iarrels
ts.tween colleges waich ought Ia have
better business on hand than football
s.ontrpyer~ie,.
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THEY DECLINE TO VOTE
Democrats Adhere TO Their Policy and
Reed Counts q Quorum.



wAsHINGroS. Feb. 6.-The republican
submission of the code of rules to-day il
regarded by democrats victory
cured by the active and persistent dispsrt-
ing of Reetl's usurption of power. The
speaker was overr,iletl i'm the adoption of
"a new rule forbislsiing riders ON appropri-
alton bills, and he furious because
the caucus insisted that he should not
continue to count silent democrats In
the absence OF n specific rule tn that effect
the democrats will fig gIt against the ador,-
tiou OF several proposed changes.
The postotiice department announced
examinations tn In. held by the civil SER
vice commission for railway mail service.
at Miles City on May Ii and at Helena
May IL. As Mr.. Carter predicted. G. w.
Irwin was to-day nominated for the ofYice
Of marshal. His confirmation is looked
Tor within "a week.
By Associated Press.
WAsHINGToN. Feb. s.-Thc democrats
this morning carried out their policy of
silent protes; against the rulings of tisse
speaker 10y declining to- vote upon th..
question OF approving the journal. The
| Instrument. however, was approved: yeas.
| l5i; nays, %. A constitutional quorum bss-
ing counted by the speaker. the commit
| tee on rules reported "a new code: ortiers-i
| printed aud rs-committesi. The senate
direct tax bill was referred tn the commit
| tee ON judiciary.
| The committee on invalid pensions thi.
| afternoon reported back the senate ''di--
ability" bill with "a substitute making the
rate for total disability $50 per month
| and partial 81 per month. The bill -,
| amended passed.
The bill for the relief of the survivors of
the Samoan disaster also passed. did
the bill creating two new land districts in
Montana.
Tarsncy of Missouri offered a resolution
rcciting that il is charged that many hun
slrs.tis of individuals entered Oklahoma ina
violation of the act of congress- and the
proclamation OF the president; and
directing the speaker to appoint 70 select
coruIuittes. to investigate the matter. Re-
ferrs.tl.
The following bills were introduced and
referred: by Williams of Illinois. direct-
ing the secretary of the TREASURY To pur-
chase, at market price. <UD,UU worth of
silver bullion per month and have IL
coined as fast AS purchased into standard
| silver dollars. BY Dor~ey-Authorizins
the issue of SssD.uDtsD 5Dyear two pei
cent. United States bonds, to bss used n
\ chisively for the purpose of secur
ing the circulation of Nationa
banking ..ssociation-. BY Hayes
"a hill providing clerks for members ana
Perkins, reported from the committee oi
| Indian affairs ,and the house passed 1
after "a short disctssionb. "a bill extending
10y two years the time within which ths
Kansas City 4 Pacific railroad compan,
may construct "a line through the. 1udiar
territory. Adjourned.
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wAsBINGroN, Feb. 6.-After some mis-
ccllanco,is business the senate took M,
the bill to provide "a temporary govern
mcnt for the territory of Oklahoma, which,
was adopted with some amendments, and
laid the matter over.
Blair spoke two hours ON his esiuca-
tional bill and then yielded the floor tai
conclude Monday.
The conference report on the senats,
Joint resolution for the removal OF ob-
str,ictions to navigation in the Missouri
river was prosecuted and agreed to. This.
house. amendment reducing ths. amount
from <9lD.tsD to S15,UD. and inserting n
prov ison of S15.oaD for Improvement at
the mouth of the Columbia river. Adopted.
The executive session then adjourred.
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Heavy suow An knn~>>

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 6.-An Associated
Press dispatch from Oakley. kansAa, sAys
a heavy snow storm IL i'm progress through
out the entire western portion OF the
state, but far travel has not been
DELAYED.
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Refused To Pardon Him.

CHic AGO. Feb. 6.-tsovernor fifer to-day
refused to pardon Michael Leyden,
one of the Chicago Doodle
commissioners. now i'm Joliet prison.
Leysicu's prayer that the time
he spent in jail at Chicago pending mn APP
peal to the supreme court. should be APP
piled his prison sentence. The gov-
ernor ds-Slins,si to take that view. Next
Monday. however. Leytien with all the
other boo<ile conyicts. Oclis. Varueli.
wasserman and Van Pelt will be
leased. their terms expiring that day.
Leyden's plea FOR pardon was to enable
him tai regain his citizenship.
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Looking Them up.
Special to the Standard.


MfssoULA, Feb. "a ripple of excite
ment was created I'm the sherih's Office at
3 ID. IN. to-day, when Sheriff Houston re-
ceived the following dispatch: "By or
der of the state senate this day entered
upon the Journal, you are hereby instruct
ed to take into custody and bring to the
bar of the senate either or all of the fol-
lowing named senators, who are absent
without leave: J. A. Baker. X. g. Resld.
w. l.. Becker. William NJ. Thornton, G. j.
McNamara, &. w. Hoffman. William Par
berry and ID. j. Hennessy.' The dispatch
was signed by j. +. Richards. president
OF the senate.
Among prominent arrivals i'm the city
to-day Is United States Circuit Judge
Knowles.
r. NJ. Mason. representing a Spokane
syndicate purchasing large landed inter
ests, lis here.
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Tonight there was held n meeting of
proPerty-owners the south side OF the
river and a company was formed Tor the
purpose OF taking water from Missoula
river for irrigation and other purposes.
The water will be taken from the river. 80
that n small ditch will ran upon each side
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17

tanned in the early trading in Sugar Refneries
and Lackawanna. The general list, however,
was well held and the foreigners. turning buy
ers, fractional advances were scored before
noon IN almost everything traded in.
Inc pressura upon the COalers and 81. faui
Dy the bears later sagged of everything, and
the level of the opening prices was generally
reached. The buying in the last hour. how
ever, was most urgent, and these losses we're
generally made up, the market closing dull but
nrm at slight fractions better than first figures.
The final changes are in but few cases for more
than small fractions, and are fairly evenly di-
vlded between gains and losses. and, while
Sugar is off u and Lackawanna ! per cent,
Pacific Mail is " higher and Chicago Gas
per cent. Kansas and Texas securities show
an increased trading and attract more atten-
tion since the Trust companies delivered the
new certificates, the preferred stocks being
traded in in the regular list for the frst time
to-day.
Railroad bonds were dull throughout: sales,
SISl,OOO. Governments bonds have oeen dull
but firm. State bonds have been neglected.
The Post says: The lower prices for stocks
In the afternoon were almost entirely the erect
OF some heavy manipulation and trading by
professional board room spectators IN st.
Paul. which they contrived by one method or
another to depress nearly l per cent between
IL O'Clock and o'clock. There was nothing in
the condition or prospects OF the ST. Paul
property or in the general railroad or monetary
situation, in the holding of ST. Paul stock to
cause decline, 1t was purely manipulation
and exchange room tactics that made the
l1wer prices for that stock. it was induced by
tie extreme dullneSs of the market, and had
me slight effect to make fractionally lower
p ices Tor the other stocks.
The following table shows the prices or active
stocks OH the New York stock Exchange yester-
day. Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH by
WHITNEY Il STEPHENSON, oldest PittsburR MEM
bers of New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth
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AT THE BANKS.

Financial Matters in Good Shape-Demand
and Supply Liberal.
There were no special features developed in
the local money market yesterday. The de-
mand for loans was moderate and the supply
of funds liberal, although some of the banks
claimed to be rather shor;. Rates were steady
anc unchanged. Checking and dIscounting
were well I'D. showing that business was all
right Exchanges were 81 7S0,7T6 OF and bal
ances $I22, ,l53 A. .....-
London cables received in Wall street yester
day we're of more hopeful character. and to
the effect that tho tOrtnighty settlement had
been effected without the trouble anticipated
in some quarters, and thar the governors of the
Bank of England would probably not make any
change in the rate of discount.
Money on call at New ork yesterday was
easy ranging from 334 per cent last loan 8,
closed offered at g. Prime mercantile paper,
5A@775. Sterling exchange quiet and steady
mand.
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Grain, Flour and Feed.

Cereal markets are firm, notwithstanding
liberal receipts. Corn and oats have found a
higher level, and are firm at the advance. Hay
shows least inclination to advance. Sales on
call at the Grain Exchange: One car mixed
spot 1870; one car No white oats, spot, 45c;
one car No. white oats 47c, 10 days. Receipts
as bulletined al the Exchange: BY Pittsburg
Ft Wayne and Chicago Railway, IL cars of oats
l of wheat. 9 of barley. 8 of hay, of -four. of
malt BY PittsDurg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
cars of corn, of oats, 8 of hay l of wheat
By the Baltimore and Ohio, car of oats l of
BY Pitt. burg and Western!2 cars of corn. Total
receipts. 81 cars.
Prices are for carload lo's on track:
WHEAT-No. 2 red, 81 03@1 o.; No, 8, 81 OOl
I0L
CoRN-No. yellow ear 6l@62c; high mixed
ear, 59G6Oc; No. yellow. sheled, 5S14G59c; high
mixed sheled corn, 571a05Sc.
OATs-No. ], 4624@947c; No. white 4694616c;
extra No g. 4504515c; mixed oats 43044c
No. Western, ,67Q6Se.
FLoUR-Jobbing prices-Fancy spring and
winter patent flour. IS O0@6 25: fancy straight
winter as 25Gl5 so, fancy straight spring IS 25
as so: clear winter, So O0@5 %; straight xxx
bakers, 81 75@5 90. Rye -four, 81 25G4 So
BuckH heat -four, 1870 y b.
M1LLFEED-No. l white middlings, $2l 500
q 90 p ton; No. 2 white middlings Sl9 5O@
20 50; brown middlings, sl7 00@lS %; winter
wheat bran, SIS 50Gl8 90.
HAY-Baled timothy No. ], $40 5O(llI 90; No.
2do. S. 50Gl9 90: Loose from wagon Sll OOl5i3 90
according to quality: No. 2prairie hay Is 5O@
8 90; packing do 81 00@7 so.
STRAw-Oat, 81 75@S 90: wheat and rye, 81 80
AZ "a
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HOME SECURITIES.

Luster Active and dStronger-Other Gains and
Losses Without Significance.
Luster was again the center of attraction at
the local stock calls yesterday, over 300 shares
changing hands. The first transaction was at
10 and the last at 1917. The close was 1875 bid,
with none offered under 1875. While some OF
the business is no doubt attributable to the coV-
ering of shorts, the bulk of it seems to be due
to favorable news from the mine, giving reason
able assurance of success.
The other active stocks were Philadelphia
Gas. PittsDurg. Virginia and Charleston Rail-
road and Pleasant Valley. all of which we're
about steady. Electric and Switch and Signal
were weaker. Pittsburg Traction was the
strongest of its class. closing at S4l against 3s
at the opening. Freehold Bank was offered at
a concession, probably on an imperative order
to sell.
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Closing Bond Quotations.


NEW YoRK-Clearings. $751; 1863. 757; balances,
81, ,9s3 2S7.
BOSTON - Cearings. sls.22C.sOl; balances.
81. .S4S 93l.
PHILADELPHIA-Clearin S13. .5S1, ,926: bal
ances. 81. l9l. $50. NJ oney, 6 per cent.
BALTIMoRE-Clearings,S S2562, l23; balances,
$685.. .699
LoNDoN-The amount of bullion Withdrawn
from the Bank of England on balance to-day is
f90.O00 The bullion in the Bank of England
increased fS7l 900 during the past week. The
proportion OF the Bank of England's reserve to
liability is now 330S per cent.
PARTs-Three per cent rentes. 93f 52115c for
the account The weekly statement or the
Bank of France shows a decrease of % SOC, 900
francs gold and 550.00O francs silver.
CHICAGo-Clearings, Sl4, 695.000 New York
exchange was Soc discount bid. The rates on
money were unchanged at 6 per cent for call
and 647 per cent for time loans.
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Boston Stocks.
ON THE RIVER FRONT.

The Damp Weather Not Enjoyed by the
Denizens of Water Street-Looking Out
for the Little Tug Stella McCluskey-
Little Grains of Sand.
Strange to say. rlvernen do not enjoy damp
ness unless It'll part of the river that flows at
their feet. When the water comes down from
the heavens in sections too small to float boat
and yet too thick to dodge, the denizens of
Water street usually hunt dry place in the
packet landings, where they sit the old ones
telling stories of the good old river days when
railroads were not so plentiful and the younger
men listening with envy to these tales. Such
day was yesterday. A dull heavy rain per-
meated the atmosphere with an indescribable
dampness that would be more enjoyed if it
were not The river continued to fall. and at 8
o'clock the Market street gauge told Of only an
extra denth of 10 feet inches
The little tug Stella McCluskey still lies at
the bottom of the river. though some time was
spent yesterday in trying to lind her resting
place. All the fishing possible yesterday failed
To locate the little Stella, but work will be
pushed until she again floats on the surface.
Her owner has no hopes of recovering her for
several days. at least until there is less water
in the river to contend with.