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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-08
PLACATING FRANCIS JOSEPH.
The Prussian King Evidently Striving to
Do So-SOcial Reforms.

The Prussian King Evidently Striving to
DO So-Social Reforms.
BERLIN, Sept. 6.-Emperor William, Gen.
Won Moltke, Gen. Won Goltze, Count Won
Waldersee. Archduke Stephen and Admiral
Sterneck, of the Austrian navy, to-day
watched on board the flagship Baden the
maneuvers of the feet in Flensburger ford.
The opinions of experts, both British and
Austrian, concur as to the admirable cOndi-
ton of the German fleet and the wonderful
developments of the navy. Public interest
in the maneuvers is slight, but the emperor
has kept attention centered upon his move
ments by suggestive utterances at official
banquets, obviously aiming to proclaim
steadfast adhesion TO the Aus
trian alliance. The Relchsanzi-
ger publishes the official version
of these speeches. which is calculated to
soothe Austrian jealousies, arising over the
Peterhof interviews and to prepare the way
for conferences with Emperor Francis
Joseph during the manoeuvers in Silesia.
Government circles are agitated over the
new project for a reform of the herrenhaus,
initiated by the emperor under the instiga-
of Herr Miguel. 1t is the intention of the
government to SO recognize the herrenhaus
as to the conservative majority In that
house, hostile to- ihe social reforms pro-
posed BY his majesty. One report is that
the minister approve a still more radical
schceme of recognizing the house on a
basis akin to modern ideas of senatorial
representation. In connection with this re-
form Herr Miguel and Herr Furth have
prepared bill which proposed the
abolition of the seignorial privileges still
possessed by land owners in East and West
prussia, Brandenberg. Pomerania, Posen,
Silesis and Prussian Saxony, by which local
elections are controlled, and local govern
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THE AMERICAN BLONDIN.
He Walks Over the Niagara Gorge ON Q
Rope.

He Walks Over the Niagara Gorge ON Q
Rope.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. Sept. 7.-WilliamJ j.
Dixon walked across Niagara gorge ON a
rope yesterday afternoon in twelve and one
quarter minutes. On his way across he
stuck out one leg at the quarter and three
fourths distances and lay down on his back
in the center of the cable.
After resting few minutes on the Amer
ican side Dixon returned to the wire with
hoop on his ankles and walked out to where
the stars and stripes foated in tho breeze
l50 feet from the cliff and went through
several maneuvers, winding the flag about
his shoulders. Then he went on to the Ca
madam side, stopping and performing the
same feats with the Union Jack as he had
with the American flag.
Dixon is of Irish descent and was born in
New York, but for several years he has re-
sided in Toronto. He had no motive in
making the perilous trip other than that
when crossing the suspension bridge a short
time ago he noticed cable and remarked
that he could walk across it. The result
was to-day's performance. He did consid-
cradle rope walking in his youth and has
practiced in Toronto for several weeks past.
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An Editor Classified.

LONDON, Sept. Harris & Pettis' new
play. IA Million of Money was produced
successfully at Drury Lane theater last night.
During the first act Mr.. Whistler, the artist.
meeting Moore, the editor of Hawk, In the
lobby, chastised him with cane until by
ISLANDERS interfered, when the men were
separated. Moore declares Whistler at
tackled him from behind. Whistler then
flung his card at Moore's face. According
to another account Moore knocked Whist
ler down after receiving blow from the
latter's cane. Il is said Hawk recently
printed an article rejecting on distin-
guished deceased friend of Whistler. Sub
sequently Horace Lingard questioned
Moore angrily about this article in Hawk,
and another fight and wrestling scene en-
sued.
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A NOTORIOUS MAYOR.
This Time Gleason Assaults q Newspaper
Man.

This Time Gleason Assaults q Newspaper
Man.
New YORK. Sept. Mayor Gleason, of
Long Island City, committed an unpro-.
voked and brutal assault upon George A.
Crowley. newspaper man, this evening.
Crowley stood talking with number of
prominent gentlemen in Miller's Long
island City hotel when the mayor entered,
and, seeing Crowley, exclaimed: "You
are loafer and thief
Crowley resented the accusation, whereupon
Gleason struck savage blow in his face,
knocking him down.
The mayor in his fury kicked the pros
trate Crowley several times in the face,
splitting his lips, smashing his nose, and
knocking out several teeth. Gleason was
finally dragged away and Crowley taken
into restaurant, where the blood was
washed from his face. In the melee
Crowley, who is near-siRhted. lost his
glasses and returned to find them,
As he entered the barroom Gleason again
rushed at him and knocked him down. The
mayor was finally induced to desist and
Crowley went out in search of warrant for
Gleason's arrest, but could find no mapis-
trate at home. The grand jury will con-
vene tomorrow and Crowley intends to
take steps to have the mayor indicted for
assault.
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A CHINESE BATTLE.
Two Rival Companies Come Together in
n Fight.


Two Rival Companies Come Together in
Fight.
SAN Francisco, Sept. Tin Chinatown
this morning the Ping Ting Kong society
was holding outdoor religious services
when members of the Chez King Tong COM
company interfered. Instantly knives re-
volvers and clubs we're drawn and two shots
fired. Ching Moy, of the Ping Ting Kong
society, was seriously wounded. Chinese
focked to the scene from every quarter and
two Chinatown watchmen who drew re-
volvers were swept away by the mob.
Ping Ting Kong men then rushed to
where the Chez Ting Kong society was
holding an outdoor festival, intending to
retaliate. Another melee ensued and
Ping Ting Kone man was wounded. Police
men arriving from the central station and
dispersed the Chinese with drawn revolvers,
Further trouble is expected.
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. THINKS IT WILL BE RIGHT.

both Governments Desire Closer Iscla.
tlons
BALTIMORE, Sept. 7.-Samuel Kimberly,
secretary to the legation of the Central
American states and consul general of the
United States at Guatemala. starts for his
post tomorrow. Speaking of affairs of the
Central American states, Kimberley said:
II think the department. at Washington has
perfect confidence in Minister Miner, Gua-
temalans are an impious race and would be
wisest to move slowly. Central Americans
are desirons of having closer intercourse
with the United States and our government
has taken deep interest in the matter. Some
little diplomatic complications may arise
on account of the Barrundia affair, but not
of so serious a character as to cause a breach,
and the whole matter will be Strengthened
ont -
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Cattlemen Arc Barred.

New YoRk, Sept. THE riotous conduct
of cattlemen on the ocean steamships re-
turning from Europe has been the theme of
many complaints made at the barge Office.
These men go to Europe to take care of
large consignments of cattle, and on the
outward voyage are kept busy and out of
mischief. but when they return home, With
nothing to do. trouble begins. The latest
case of disturbance raised by cattlemen
was on the steamship Amsterdam. which
arrived to-day. There were sixteen in this
crowd, and their actions were so outrageous
that the steamship company has decided
not to ship any more of them as passen-
gers. Lines that sail from England also
have boycotted them.
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TO REDUCE THE ARMY.
President Diax Proposes to Cut Down Ex-
penses.

President Diax Proposes to Cut Down Ex-
pens0s.
CrrY OF MExIco, Sept. 7.-President Diaz
is maturing plan for the reduction Of the
army, which it is intended shall be COM
posed solely Of volunteers. It 10 believed,
20 far az can be judged at present, it would
have the effect Of eliminating criminal and
otherwise undesirable elements from the
army, which it is said will hereafter be
principally used on the northern and south
ern frontiers, and in territory occupied by
Indians. There are large numbers Of off,
GERS supported on the retired list, and if
these are disbanded it will cause saving
to the country of several millions annually.
II the presidents plan is carried into effect
It is supposed that many OF these officers
guard and other services in the service of
the states.
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mont held in the grip Of these feudal super
iors. The supreme motive of the govern
ment is the conviction that the proposed
social reforms are impossible without the
prior sweeping away Of legislative obsta-
cles. Prince Bismarck and the princess
left Hamburg tonight on their way to visit
the ex-chancellor's aunt at Krochlendorff
The princess stay at Hamburg has been one
prolonged ovation. Count Herbert, at a
meeting with Emperor William, at Pots
dam, promised to use his influence with his
father to induce him to cease his revela-
tions, and return to friendly relations with
hin majesty.
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house. The secretary may have uncon
sciously drawn inspiration from 1t, or ~
may have evolved his ideas from his OWE
brain. Possibly he learned nothing sboui
the reciprocity doctrine has been promul.
gated BY him at time and in . mannea
when it would attract universal attention
Very few persons paid any attention to
Charles Stewards report. Not more than
score OF members in the forty-eighth con-
Rress knew that he wrote it. Only . very
few Of his colleagues in the present con-
gress are aware of the fact.
Belford's and Jordan's bills were intro
duced not long after Hinton Rowen Helper
had given vent to his scheme for a railroad
from the Arctic circle to Terra del FueRo.
The two bills were regarded 40 the result Of
Helpers project. The whole scheme was
evidently regarded as chimerical. Gov:
Curtin, OF Pennsylvania, was chairman OF
the committees on foreign affairs. Charles
Stewart had been placed upon the commit
tee by Speaker Carlisle. II was his drst
term in congress. Few knew him. Gov.
Curtin manifestly had an appreciation Of
his worth, for he made him chairman Of
the committee to which the two bills
were referred. Another member Of the
subcommittee was ). illiam Il. Cox, Of
North Carolina.
Nobody supposed that anything would be
done with the bills. When Charles Stewart
made his report to the full committee, how
ever, everybody was surprised. Its import
ance was recopnized at once by Coy. Cur
tin. He warmly complimented Mr.. Stew
art. William w. Eaton, of Connecticut,
was at this time member of the commit
tee on foreign affairs. The report threw a
Hood of light upon his mind. He saw it's
importance and agreed with it's conclusions.
1t was unanimously adopted by the conf.
mittee. It threw Helper into ecstasies. He
wrote Stewart that when the Arctic circle
and Terra del Fuego were connected by
rail the name of the first locomotive run
ming over the road should be .Texas," and
the name of the first palace car "Charles
Stewart"
Charles Stewart is no longer a member of
the committee on foreign affairs. In the
following congress he was transferred to
the committee on rivers and harbors. The
transfer was made at his own request. He
believed that he could serve the interests
of his constituents better as member of
that committee than as q member of the
committee on foreign affairs. The first
congressional district of Texas may have
gained by the transfer, but the nation at
largs was loser. It will be a long time
before the committee on foreign affairs
makes report more concise and more inn
portant. AMOS j. CUMMINGS.
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THE SPOKANE DISASTER.
Fourteen Bodies Recovered, but Several
Men Missing.

Fourteen Bodies Recovered, but Several
Men Missing. ...
SPOKANE FALLS. Sept. THE men who
were engaged in the work of rescuing the
unfortunate victims last evening of the
awful explosion were compelled to quit a,
II O'Clock last night, because of the nea,
presence to five other blasts that might be
accidentally exploded. Up to that time
fourteen bodies had been taken out of the
mass of rock, and there were twenty-seven
men yet unaccounted for.
It is believed now the premature blast
was caused by some ones carelessness. Il
is the custom to prepare blasts and charge
them and at hours Of - and 6, after the
men have left work and gone to places Of
safety, to explode them. In this case ont
blast had been prepared. and Foreman Nc
Pherson was preparing second. Either the
rock was too hot from drills, or else the
tampinR exploded it, and that the explo-
sion also set off the first blast. The man
who was drilling was blown to atoms. al
we'll as MCPHERSON and some others. The
man who stood beside the tamper escaped
with slight bruise, although twenty thou
sand cubic feet of rock we're hurled hun
dreds of feet in every direction. An
other man who was near the deadly
blast, and who was supposed to be
dead, was seen shortly after the explosion
in half crazed condition, walking around
with his clothing torn to shreds. Blasts
are SO arranged that the rock is thrown
from the hill toward a cut. Not anticipat-
ing blast, about thirty men were under
the cliff when the explosion came. Great
masses of rock and earth were raised in the
air and pitched over into the cut, buryine
men beneath its awful weight. None of
them had time to run, but few escaped in
a miraculous manner. hundred men
were at work in adjoining cuts and at once
rushed to the scene and began the work of
rescue. From the huge mass of debris
groans and shrieks issued and the air was
filled with the appeals of the wounded and
dying. In half an hour, however, all was
still, except the noise made by working
men with their picks.
The work of rescue was resumed to-day,
and continued until all the rock dislodged
by the premature blast was removed. No
bodies were found in addition to the four
teen recovered last night. One man died
in the hospital to-day and it is reported
that two others have died at their homes.
Several of the injured cannot live. The
general foreman now says there were forty
two men in the gang in the cut. OF this
number fifteen or seventeen are dead,
eight in the hospital, and the whereabouts
of others is not determined. Contractors
think, however, they will turn up to- NOR
row at roll call.
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A Suspected Man Arrested.

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. York Reed, who
has served as freight brakeman on the
New York Central, was arrested to-day by
their detectives, and was closeted all day in
Supt Bissell's Office. It is reported he is
suspected Of completely in the wreck of the
Montreal express last Friday.
Tonight Lon Miller, q Knight of Labor
and striker, was arrested at Grcenbush Hol-
low. for completely in the wreck.
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A Cigarette Did 1t.

New YORK, Sept. Ethel Curtis, 10
year old typewriter and stenographer, was
smoking cigarette in bed at her home on
Lexington avenue this evening. She fell
asleep, the cigarette dropped from her
hand and ignited the bed clothing and the
girl was terribly burned about the body.
She afterwards died of her burns at Belle
vue hospital.
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Lillian Grubb Dead.

BALTIMORE, Sept. LILLIAN Grubb, the
well-known actress and singer, and wife of
David Hayman, manager of the "Shenan-
doah' company. died at the home of her
father in this city this morning. The i'm
mediate cause of her illness was mal-nutri-
ton, and for three or four years there has
been gradual decay of the vital power.
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Mexlco's Finances.

CRY OF MEXICO. Sept. 6.-From reliable
authority the Associated Press correspond
ent is enabled to state that President Diaz,
in a speech to congress on the opening will
announce the cash receipts in the federal
treasury for the fiscal year ending last June
amounted to $37, ,OOO, 600, against $32 OoO, 600
the preceding year. This has never been
equalled in the history of Mexico. The
government has decided to reduce the army
and change the system of recruiting.
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Ought Not to Have Been There.

PLEASANT HILL, No.. Sept. T. John
Parker and A. D. Wells. young farmers.
made application late yesterday for admis-
sion into q disreputable house. They
forced their way into the house and became
engaged in a quarrel with seven other men.
During the quarrel reyolvers were draw
Parker was shot through the head and in
stantly killed. Oliver Hughes was shot
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Compliments From willi.m.

BERLIN, Sept. AT a banquet given by
Emperor William to the officers of the fleet
at Grovenshein last night, he praised the
seamanship and proficiency in gunnery and
torpedo work displayed at naval maneuvers
yesterday. He added he believed the fleet
equal to the most trying work that could
he required of it,
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Cleariny House Exchanre,.

BOSTON. Sept. THE total gross ex-
changes for the last week, as shown by dis
patches from leading clearing houses of the
United States and Canada il $l,094, 72O, 79O,
an increase of 81 per cent. as compared
with the corresponding week last year.
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General Noyes' Funeral.

CINCINNATI, Sept. THE funeral services
of the late General E. F. Noyes were very
largely attended to-day. Among the hon.
orary pell bearers was ex-President Hayes.
Eight generals of his old rec eeiment were
active pail bearers.
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Social Science Congress.

L1EaE, Sept. 7.-Social Science congress
opened to-day, Two thousand delegates
were present from all parts of Catholic
Europe. 1t was resolved to send teleQrams
to the pope and King Leopold expressing
devotion of the members.
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They viii Stand Firm.

SYDNEY. Sept. 8.-The strikers held a
monster demonstration to-day. Resolu-
tions were adopted declaring that the men
to-day, all manned BY blacklegs.
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Destitute and Suffering.

BERLIN, Sept. Tt is estimated that 49,
600 persons in Prague are rendered desti-
tute by the flood, and thousands more are
sufferers in other flooded districts. Sub
scription lists are opened here and at
Vienna.
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AHarmless French Duel-

PARIS. Sept. 7.-Mermeix, the alleged au
thor of charges against Boulanger, fought
a duel to-day with Labruyrer, of Gilblas.
The latter was slightly wounded.
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Australian Labor Tro ubles.

MELBOURNE, Sept 7.-Employers decline
to confer with strikers. The Broken Hill
miners struck to forestall an announced
stoppage affecting 5000 men and $75O,OOO
capital. Other stoppages are imminent.
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Should Look Out for themselves.

Should Look Out for Themaolves wv
CoRK, Sept. 7.-Wm. o. 'Brien. speaking at
Meelen, County Cork, said it would be Ire
lands own fault if a single child starved.
Tenants ought not to pay a penny of rents
until their families are provided for. They
had no business to make begging appeals to
1rishmen abroad but should look to Bal
four and his sublime schemes.
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THE
|c,,LOTHIER.
Ne STRICTLY SQUARE
ICE, CASH DEAL ING.

|As coming events casttheir shad.
|ysbefore, SO we might announce
lat in the preparations we are
|aking~ you will see one Of the
|satest "Clearance Sales ever
|own in Helena. On the eth page
next Sundays edition Of The
dependent will te our monster
Evertisenent, showing in detail
|nat we can only here announce
a gen eral way. .r
Dur south window might give
la a faint idea Of what we pro-
Ese doing. True, it is only a neck
+" window, but "straws show
aich way the wind blows" and
|hen man can buy tie for about
.e-third it's value, he has certain
a right to imagine he can buy
aer goods correspondingly cheap.
70 the average mind that "want, "
t by strange mutations of fortune
"Opens to wander into some other
ore than ours, is generally illum
ed ere long and declares: "Why
IS 90 to Harris. He's got 'en. "
.at is right. In the words of the
1strious patriot and statesman
our peerless state WE'VE GOT
M-and have got EN- for the boys.
N our young friends will please
member that any boys suit (save
secialties at $2.75 and under) pur.
[ased during the week will have
"a premium nice wagon. You
n see them at our store. None
IL be sold under any conditions,
they are solely for our young
ends. FIow's that7 We hope it
At as "chestnutty" as some OF
p advertising (7) dodees which
Ave lately appeared, which reflect
i little credit as the styles of bust
SIS their users are endeavoring to
;roduce.
1t is well known by all who
sow us that when we start to
sar out stock it has to 90. We
We a large lot of goods which we
1st SSH or carry over. We need
Ese room, and strange as it may
pear we need the money. Take
ook at our stock and you will
~ that it is difficult to handle a
,ck as crowded as ours. There
e we are going to sell them, even
the expense of values and prof.
+. They must go, and if prices
IL have any influence we will
ass you up.
II is not long, the sale will be
tpt up seven short days, and what
p have left will be "salted" down
It'll next year. We would ra ther
We fresh goods to show then.
business has been good. It is al
.ys good with us, but we want
better, and we know that in or.
n to increase it we must sacrifice,
? do this with good grace, and
ssa't wish to hold the goods till
VI, styles are old, and then sell
em at half price.
bur patrons abroad can send in
lii orders, rely on our judgment
will give you the best we have
judgement as well as clothinu
whatever does not suit can be
1rned. We guarantee satisface
Ia, and treat all alike on the high
de principle of One Price and
/ 1are Desli ng.
II