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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

IT seems to be slowly dawning upon
some OF our esteemed republican con-
temporaries that the supreme court will
have and can have nothing to do with
the forthcoming organization OF the
legislative assembly. Section, article
Nv. OF the constitution Of the state Of
Montana declares the law of the mat
ter in these emphatic terms:
"The powers of the government Of
this state are divided into three distinct
departments: The Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial, and no person or col
lection OF persons charged with the OK
ercise Of powers properly belonging to
one of these departments shall exercise
any powers properly belonging to either
of the others"
The supreme court in which our re-
publican friends seem to take so much
comfort has nothing to do with the leg
islative muddle except to carefully keep
its hands off
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
A Janitor. Weary of Life, Lies Down I
Die, But Is Still Alive

A Janttor. Weary of Life. Lies Down to
Die, But Is still Alive.
s. j. Blanchard made an unsuccessful at
tempt to shuttle off this mortal coil yester.
day morning. He is the janitor of the
Power block. man about Is years of ace.
and has family consisting of wife and
three children. His one great failing seems
to be drink. to which he resorts to drown
his moody feelings when matters are not
going right. Ordinarily he is a sober and
industrious man, but of late things seem to
have gone wrong with him. 1t is said that
his greatly depressed spirits lately mani
Tested are due to loss of 300 on the recent
election. This, coupled with considerable
Indebtedness, rendered him decidedly
gloomy. and to his close associates his
action of yesterday was not a surprise. as
he has frequently talked in a wandering
strain within the past two weeks,
When he left home yesterday mornino he
complained of feeling unweil, and asked
his wife to 90 down and assist him in
weeping out some of the ofices
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

THE Washington correspondent of the
st. Louis Republic, in noting the sub
serviency OF western republicans in con-
gress to Hoar and Edmunds, says:
SHELBY NJ. Cullom, of Illinois, Allison
and Wilson, OF Iowa, Ingalls,, of Kansas,
Spooner, OF Wisconsin, the illegitimate
senators from Montana, the senators of
the two Dakotas and others are as sub
servient to the nod and wink and the
command Of the New England senators
as if the commissioners Of the great
western commemorative were the slaves
OF the Yankees" How about the west
ern worshipers OF the fat car Of the
house?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

The agitation in favor of doing away
with grand juries is likely to be carried
into the legislatures of several states
this winter Many students of the sys-
tenn favor it's abolition. Here in Mon
tana the trainers of our constitution
wisely gave our judges discretionary
powers in the matter OF empannelling
grand juries in these words: "A grand
jury shall only be drawn and summoned
when the district Judge shall in his dis
erection consider it necessary and shall
so order" The people, therefore, in the
various judicial districts can put the
systcm into desuetude by electing
judges who are not partial to grand
juries.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

The republicans of California are
stoutiy resisting the adoption of the
Australian ballot box system. They fear
that under its operations Stanford's
Doodle, which carried the state this
year, viii become Intellectual The San
Francisco Chronicle coolly observes:
1lnasmuch Is the democratic party Of
this state was overwhelmingly beaten
Mt the polls, it is safe to say that there
y no popular demand for the adoption
q The Australian system" It condemns
- Nv With tho sweeping statement
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
PERSONAL.

Hon. James G. Tuohey, of Boulder, was
in the city yesterday.
Bernard Brown and wife leave to-day for
Chicago to be- absent about two weeks.
James Conley returned yesterday from
the Dakotas. He leaves for Deer Lodge to-
day and will attend Missoula's necktie
party on Friday.
William Muth returned yesterday from
New York and "all points east where he
has been rusticating for six weeks. He says
that Helena is becoming known in the east,
ana he anticipates a heavy influx of eastern
capital to Montana next year.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

The st. Louis Republic dashes this
cup OF cold water on the suggestion
that Gen. Miles is possible candidate
for the seat that Mr. Harrison now
keeps cold: Gen. Miles will have to
run on his own responsibility if he
wishes to run for president in 1892. The
republican party still has Son of His
Father or SO on hand in the event that
Blaine fails it,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

that under every modification OF the
system there is loophole somewhere by
which the bought voter may carry out
his bargain and escape detection and
punishment There is nothing that
men like Stanford so much dislike as q
system under which men vote as they
choose.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
ALLIANCE PLATFORM.

Between the new platform adopted in
recent session by the Farmers alliance
at Ocala, Fla and former manifestoes
of that body, there is little or no mater
ial difference. Prominent among it's
planks are tariff for revenue only, a
graduated income tax, free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver. 1t cries for the
enactment of laws against alien owner
ship Of lands, and requires that corpora
tions shall no longer be entitled to rob
the citizens of this country of public
land beyond their needs Gambling in
grain is denounced, while state and fed
eral control Of railroads is warmly advo-
Gated. The farmers express their de-
sire for sub-treasuries in preference to
national banks, and these to make loans
at low rate Of interest.
Their leading demands are in perfect
touch with the national pulse. Reform
is no longer a party cry The recent
elections proved it an almost universal
shout. The president and his advisers,
persisting in their logged, mulish OBJ
stinacy, may shut their ears to the pop
ular demand, and. ignoring the national
vote of want Of confidence in themselves
and their measures, they may take ad
vantage of their official positions to
drive through measures that are utterly
repugnant to the nation at large. They
may do.so, but they will simply be driv-
ing another nail into the coffin that is to
be screwed down IN 1892.
A fairer or juster tax than graduated
income tax we have yet to find. 1t IS in
this way that England raises the princi-
pal proportion Of the revenue for the
conduct of her government. Free coin
age Of silver the country must and will
have. Speaker Reed may bulldoze and
President Harrison may veto to theil
hearts content. They are simply run
ming their head against rock by theil
opposition to the measure. Chauncey
NJ. Depew may rally all Wall street
round his presidential nomination ban
ner by declaring against the will of the
people and in favor OF spectators, blu,
Wall street is not the United States, as
Chauncey may discover. Under the pre-
cious Window bill, that Tom Garter
helped to father, silver is simply com
modify. Silver must stand on the same
level as gold, must be coined ant
treated as it is, and then we may expec,
some lasting relief for the present tinan
cial stringency.
In their advocacy Of the sub-treasury
proposition the agriculturiste, We i'm.
agine, are not perfectly consistent. Ii
their declaration of principles they avov
their belief sin the doctrine Of equa
rights to all and special privileges t,
none. We demand" they proceed, 'tha,
our national legislation shall be Sc
framed in the future as not to build w
one industry at the expense of anoth
er." Well and good There's no doubt
whatever about the fair play of that
statement. But if the alliance party
means what it says and says what i,
means, how does it happen that it is de-
handing legislation, through the sub
treasury scheme, in the interest OF its
own special class? It won't 20. gentle
men. Take it back.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
HELENA. MONT, DEC. 16, 1890.

FMontanians abroad will always find The
DAILY INDEPENDENT file at their favorite
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York: Grand Pacific, Chicago; West, Minneapo-
10: Baldwin and Palace, San Francisco; st.
Nicholas and McDermott, Butte; Leland, Hotsl,
9pfingtield Ill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
Lost,

Three checks for Sss.75, 1855 and
$127.43, payable to Floweree & Lowry, and
drawn by r. B. Harrison, stock commits
sioner, on the First National bank. Lib
eral reward if returned to the First Ma
tiOnal bank,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
Well to Remember This.

Well to Remember This.
People buying holiday presents should
that everything bought at
w. Weinstein g. Co.
can be returned and exchanged after
Christmas, if desired, just as we'll as before;
and if the money returned is preferred that
will be paid just as freely.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

Sieds and sleigh, IN every variety, from
cents mp, at The Bee Hive.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

For Hosiery. Yarns. Underwear aud
Gloves try the kaittinG Factory, ans ss1th
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16
BORN.

REEDER-In Helena. Dec 18th. to the wife of
George X. Reeder, city engineer, daughter.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-16

Weinstein's
speckled DANTE cigars will be sold until
Christmas for 81 box.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05
weLL-KNowN PERSONS.

Kalskaua costllest vice is poker, which
he rs fond o. playing without limit. ard
i Is 81 the poker table that be loses most
Of his salary Of about 800, 600 yearly.
Chauncey NJ Depew, they say, gives
every year three or four scholarships at
Yale 70 deserving young men, whom he
chances 70 meet or hear Of.
The chief note Of the speeches AZ the
banquet Of the Tariff Reform League IN
Boston, the other night. was that Cieve-
land mast be the candidate In 1892.
Lord Wolselsy has stated before a Par.
liamentarg Committee that II only 100, 00C
men were landed IN any part OF England
be would not be able 70 prevent theil
capturing London.
J. Stanley Brown. who was Garfield
private secretary and who married Mis-
Mollie Garfield, has recently become pri
vate secretary 20 Secretary Rusk, OF tn
Agricultural Department.
Leonidas NJ. Miller the Democratic
Congressman from Oshkosh, is full
blooded Greek the first man Of that rae
who ever held seat In the COngressfo
the United States Miller is not Hell
lenie name. and Mr. Miller does not know
his patroDymic neither does be speak .tbi
language Of his ancestors He was wal
picked up upon the battlefield Of MISC
longhi In 1924, and takes his name from
his preserver aud benefaetor, Col. j. z
Miller Of Vermont.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05
ore purpose and bring about different
purpose ignorant or dishonesti
WINDOW ADVERTISING.

One OF the Wild Western papers pub
lshed story 10 the effect that window
advertising had reached such climax in
New York that one stocking dealer, on
Grand street, kept bevy Of pretty girls
In his window who were occupied in ad-
justing and resdiusting carriers on their
shapely legs. The New York Sun has
investigated and denies the story thus:
OF course, the whole thing was gross
libel on the storekeepers and working
girls of this city, and very likely even
the people in the West, who are accus-
toned to great sights, never believed
for a moment what the wicked CORE
sponden wrote But, truly, the mer-
chants Of this town co make clever ex-
hibitions behind the glass fronts OF their
stores. In several places along upper
Broad way one may see men making bon
bons or pulling great rope Of old fash
toned molasses caudy in the show win
dow In lower Broad way there Is a
Laundry behind whose plate glass sit seF
eral girls ironing collars and cuffs oy
machinery. A few blocks distant, In a
very small window, sits q girl humping
a typewriter. Almost across the street
in larger window space, man
appears from time 70 time who
seats himself IN a stationary boat
and pulls vigorously upon the
oars OF rowing machine A
little way bove the Hoffman House, on
Broad way, crowd gathers frequently
to watch a man perched up before .
bench. behind a win6oF, making kid
gloves Just below Twenty-thlrd street
a little bi; OF fellow from Japan coops
himself up behind a glass wal and
paints pots with curious fgures and
tracIngs A few doors below 3 solemn
Turk shows people who are standing On
the sidewalk the process Of making
rugs. over on sixth avenue is 3 store
where some men make ssusAges in full
view Of passers by, and further down
the avenue Is store the window q
Whish Is full Of girls rolling cigarettes
All these things interest people who
are walking Along the street. and many
persons especially our cousins from the
country. stop and look on. and often
blockade the sidewalk Perhaps one Of
the most curious Asss Of this sort o.
advertising was that seen in Brooklyn
the other day. Ii shs 6isplay window Of
large dry goods house stood small
plaster cast Of the Venus de Milo. The
artist q the haDle had contrived 10
clothe the beautiful Greek maiden OF az
srs Of two Thousand years ago withA com
bination suit Of black underwear
peculiar 20 tits age. The
8 e7ss we're shcrt. and he brok n
arms OF the model OF the celebrated
statue were 10 sight The white Of the
ulssfzw and the biack OF the mbination
suit made q sharp contrast The figure
stood in the central part Of the window
space, and people who went by were
greatly tmused The underwear was
suggestive Of what the prudes might dc
II they had q chance 70 drspe the statues
in our art useums. al the same, II
was a stunning method Of getting people
TO lock a. that sort OF underwear.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05
FOURTH ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Company,H Drilled by Lieutenant Brown
old Members Given Honorary Relations

Company,H Drilled by Lieutenant Brown.
Old Members Given Honorary Relations
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Dec. Tho fourth
annual inspection Of Company H., n g..
D. VAS held in the armory in the Old
Court house, last evening. and was wit
messed by large crowd Of citizens.
II was conducted by q. Leroy Brown,
Eleventh Infantry, IT, s. A.. and Inspec-
tor General T. F. Armstrong, First In
fantry, \ G d. About forty.hve men
and officers were Ia line when
Lieutenant Brown began the work of
ex tmiuing the equipments Of each soldier.
Tns men were afterwards drilled in the
m nual of arms ard in marching move
m ants At the conclusion the lieutenant
co nplimented the men on their soclerly
bearing and on the condition of their
arms and uniforms He also ocmpi
IA ntsd Captain Eoyd and his men on the
h ,ndsome GImory. There We're about 100
sitors present from distance,
ueug whom were Colonel John NJ
Newell. W ilmingtou; Colonel +. r.
Cooper, Dover; sheriff William simmons
John H. Roduey, Esq Thomas Holconb
ESQ and others A civil meeting fol-
lowed the inspection and the following
ex members were elected as honorary
members Of the company John Fogg,
Z w. Hanf, II. w. Hushebeck, ]. d.
Duncan, Henry and Charles Holschu-
maker. 5. T. Lenders, ]. r Connolly,
aud 20 Lambson. The company is ar
ranging for an entertainment to be given
BY home talent in the Opera House in the
holidays.
A rise belonging to Mlrtin Leonard,
proprietor Of the Dobbinsville Hotel,
took fright while standing on Delaware
street near Market yesterday afternoon,
and ran out to Union thence to South
and down Railroad avenue rapidly II
was captured at Seventh street before
much damage was done. The carriage
was broken ard the horse slightly
bruised
The Virginia Spotswood Missionary
Society Of the First Presbyterian Church
will give a supper In connection with its
Orange Tea" In the cid Court House
TO morrow evening.
The Board of Trade will meet in itE
chamber in the old Court House thil
evening. Reports from the committees
on pamphlets and new industries will BE-
heard.~
The pet Maltese cat, Stamp" which
hes been prominent figure in the pos
Office here. has strayed away.
Mayor Wilmer Hanson and Mrs Han
son were in Philadelphia yesterday.
The petition for light at the Batter,
station is being widely circulated
Two young men have decided to settlt
a difficulty between them in a tistic duel
The merchants are getting their stor
windows in readiness for the holiday dis
play.
St. Peters T A. B Society will cele
brate its first anniversary with appro
pirate exercises Monday evening.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05

Ii seems that the electric companies
have expended great deal Of effort,
time and money 70 prove that the erimi-
nails Kemmler and Jugiro should not or
could not Be comfortably executed By
eisetricity and very little II any Of these
things to prevent the frequent and hOrri-
bic fatality Of the wires on the streets.
The instantaneous and deadly effects Of
the current have been demonstrated time
and again on the streets, while the
lawyers In the courts were maintain.
ing that the current As applied
for the execution Of criminals, II not 4
harmless and agreeable sensation, wa
snch q slow and tedious death. that tbs
criminal would become impatient or di,
81 old age Meantime the wires hans
unguaroed on the streets TO administer
their deadly shocks, just as II they wer'
IS harmless as 80 many pieces OF MeKin
lryed binder Irvine
Evening journal., 1890-12-05

A DECISION rendered by the Court o;
Appeals Of New York holds that where 8
municipal corp ration Is bound BY rs
charter 70 care for the streets. it Is liable
for damages for personal injuries, not
withstsnding that the duty Of keeping
the streets in repair is ia posed upon The
lot owners BY the municipal authorities.
The lot owners are liable TO the munich
pality only for the expense Of repairing
the streets after notice has been served
upon them. The court contends that any
other conclusion would tend directly Il
demoralize The public service and to dis
order. decay and impasssbility OF the
public highways. Suits which have been
iied against the property holders in New
York viii now Be brought against the
city for not compelling better observ-
anoe Of the laws in the interest Of public
safety.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05

TINE proyerbisl Smart Alec" wrote to
she Philadelphia Ledger telling Of an
English manufacturer, on whose goods
he tariff had been raised from As 10 90
psr cent who proposed TO deduct 10 per
cent. On the duty for the benefit Of
>1is American customers The Smart
Alec's" argument from tLat unsup-
ported and obviously Isolated fact,
wGs that the foreign manufacturer
paid the taxes. He did not comprehend
evidently that bis fact II It were
worth anything whatever 70 the discus
sion was a tact to show that protection
does not protect" that raising the duty
DOES not prevent the foreign competi-
lion Of cheap labor But the charity o
the Englishman did not cut into tn
Mckinley prices very deeply since Their
would still be a net tariff Of "a per cent
o=Ainst his goods. The protectionis
crank has a difficult task In srguln
against common sense, facts and philoi
ophy all at ones.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05

NEw YORK, Dec. 5-Cal Mccarthy, Of
Jersey City, the featherweight champion
Of America, and George Dixon. the eolored
boxer OF Boston, who won the title Of
champion OF England by defeating Nunc
Wallace 10 London, have signed articles to
eight twenty-five rounds with four ounce
gloves before the Puritan Athletic club, Of
Long Island City, on Feb. 3. The club
guarantees a purse Of 1900, OF which the
loser will receive only $500 and Tom
O'Rourke for Dixon and Joe Early for
McCarty made bet OF 1900 on the out
the question Of superiority ia glove fight
ing, or the referee will be empowered 10
order additional rounds in case neither has
a decided advantage at the end Of the
twenty-ifth.
Evening journal., 1890-12-05
DELAWARE COLLEGE TRUSTEES.

Morrill, Bill Discussed and Committees
Appointed. to Make &c Operative
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Dec 4.-The trustees of
Delaware College met in the presidents
room on Thursday, to consider questions
In connection with the new Morrill, bill.
spprov' August so The first SIS, 600,
intended for an equipment fund, is now
IN the hands of the treasurer.
A history Of the movement which led
TO the passage Of the bill was given bv
President Rgub, who also outlined the
course TO be pursued in the considera
ton Of the provisions Of the bill. After
full and free discussion and inter
change Of opinion COMMITTEES Of sever
was appointed consisting Of President
Raub, Hon. Charles B. Lore, Manlovs
Hayes, Captain G w. Roberts, Hon. W.
F. Causey, DIR. W. q. Purnell and DR.
George w Marshall, to whom was re-
ferred the questions of the establish
ment Of new Departments in the college
the employment Of additional professors
or assistant professors, the adjustment
Of salaries, and the consideration Of the
proper expenditure of the equipment
fund now on hand
A committe was also appointed to Sc
cure the necessary legislation to make
the bill fully operative in connection will
the college. Steps were also taken to SO
cure the FIVE acre plots at Dover anc
Georgetown. authorized at the meeting
of the board last June.
The trustees present were DR. L. p
Bush, George 6. Evans, DR.. H. G. M
Kollcck. James Hossinger, S. Minot Cur
tbs, d. J Murphey, Howard Reynolds
G. W, Roberts. John Bewley, Manlov,
Hayes, John F. Salisbury, President
Raub, Dr. G. w Marshall, Hon. w. F
Causey, e r. Paynter, Esq, Hon. c. G
Stockley, DR.. W. H. Purnen.
At the meeting OF Colcil last night /
was decided to have the streets lighte,
n the future BY electricity instead o
| gasoline The lights to be used will b.
twenty four candle power incardescent
Evening journal., 1890-12-05
GENERAL KINNEY BETTER.
His Interest in tho n. G. D.-A Popul,
Teacher ResiRns.

His In ttrest in tho n. G. D.-A Popular
Teacher Resigns.
Special Correspondence RvENIEo Journal.
Dover, Dec 5.-General R. r Kenney
is improving slowly. BE has been con
fined to his room for ak weeks with the
most serious attack OF illness he ever had
He was able yesterday for the first time
to leave his bed. but he does not expect
70 leave the house before Christi mas.
Despite his serious lines the general
takes a lively interest In the inspcc-
ton Of the National Guard now going on,
and one q his deepest regrets Is that he
IL not able, personally, to attend the in
epection OF each company. He feels a
justih bic pride In the present efficient
condition OF the guard
Miss Lizzie Pennington, daughter OF
Congressman ]. B Pennington, who has
for years efficiently taught IA the Dover
public schools, has rendered her resigna
tion, TO take effect January /. Teachers
sud scholars will part with NJ IS Pening
ton with regret Miss Annie o. Collision
Il spoken of as her successor.
The revival services at the NJ. K.
Church is increasing In interest.
Dover Is having taste o. old time
winter weather. and the fruit men are
smiling. II the cold snap continues fol
FIVE or six weeks next years fruit croI
will have a chance.
A number Of Dover's business men me-
again last evening TO devise plans TO gel
new Industries 70 locate here. An or
ganizAtion was effected by electlng Mayo
Reedy, PRESIDENT + g. Jones and A. A
Watson, presidents, and J. Frank
Alice, secretary and treasurer.