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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18
The Pacific Roads.

Charles +. Adams appeared before The
house committee Oh Pacific railroads this
morning and submitted printed reports Of
The agreement previously made 10y him.
he then discussed the Frye bil. That bill,
he said. placed the Union Pacific aud Central
Pacific on very different relations 20 ihc
government. As a meter of principle the
Union Pacific could make TO objection to
that course. The Central Pacific never had
and never would have the local trade
which the nion Pacific possessed. The
question WIS whether the burden should
bu pfnporiiouHte 10 the strength of The
companies. Hc always maintained IA deal
ing with the Pacific ruilronds. that tho
government. so fnr Hs its conirac, was Con-
ctrn,d. hu. divcstcd ltsllf ol IFS sovereignty
and dealt with them rs q banker or an md
yidual would do. Tho government wis ius.
titled n SAVING fhni the Union Pacitic. in
view OF It's situation, should bpar the tcnyi-
or burden that the Central Pnclic could not
Denr without being crushed. lie did not
obipci tu tho general provisions Of tnc rye
biz, nor insist that the l'ni0n Pacific -huuld
b, placed uii cqpni terms with the CouirM
laci.lc. neither was he here 20 say that tlc
torirs Imposed ou the Central larile werc
fnn lti..cui. On iue contrary. he Nas c3'A-
pcll,d to say that ao provisions % tla b.l
ialosrd as hchvy @ l1ad ms thc Central Ia.
zinc could btai. H. did not think Tint the
uiun l'nciiic would Lc willing to take Tho
pruprry Of the Central Pacific Will hcny-
or load than the FRYE bill imposed upon IL.
Tho irke lin VAS q good md fair hill ~
m1iN respects. bu' there were % fcw matte
l.l pniais in which be would like 90 sec u
ulunlilpd.
lite was forced to the conclusion tlai tho
hardcn which the Frye bill imposed upon
tie I nion Pacific WIS too severe and heavy.
lie did not think lie would be- willing to 10
responsible for thc results of the future, II
ihe conditions of that hill were imposed ua
the company. cp ciglly ~ this time it wis
not o. the interest 0f the governmeni on ~
the people that the Union paclnc should
coasc from being dividend paying ~ ck
and hocone a speculative stock; ccuse - ho
an investment stock and become "a Wall
II rect stock. II WIS not 90 the interest of
IA, government nor ~ the mon Pacific
thn, tho company should be launched on
long voyBpc Oi hlty years, weighted down
10 tho wnter line. ~ that those who nnvi-
gated the cTnf should spend half their
time ia clinging, in order "a save themselves
from every wave that swept over the deck.
The FRYE bill loaded the company down 10
the water line, beyond what be considered
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18
BARKER AND yElnART MINES.
Mr, Raymond Says They viii Rank with
the Best In the Country,

GrEAi FNts. March LII Special At q
meeting OF the board oi trade this evening
letter OF much interest TO miners was read
10y the secretary. Ii was from k.M. Ray.
mond. the eminent mining expert, who WIS
here s0mo months ago. Referring to the
Belt mountain mining regions, be says;
Putting together whai have socn and what
! have heard from intelligent observers.
have hwn led To- the conclusion that IN
these mountains and IN the rocks upou
their fauks. There ere numerous extensive
and valuable deposits of silver mud lend
ores, destined 20 become, MS fast ~ the fncil-
itirs of transportation are extended io
them, The sources ofa large ore supply. The
Neihari district presents large number OF
veins carrying rich silver ores, associated
with iron and manganese in such u awayns To
rend,r them specially desirable for smelling
mixtures. As might be naturally expected,
this district shows al present tue most nc
tive development, but was personally still
more surprised with The groat area, Of
which The Barker district forms bui n small
part. Explorations actually demonstrate
the occurrence of argcntiicrons lead
cnrbonaies and Galenas. such as have
made the prosperity of Leadville.
in Colorado. After ma active practice Of
nearly thirty years. am far less confident
Of my opinion concerning q given mine
than ! WIS At the beginning, but | feel
much better able 90 Judge of the probable
future Of a whole district; and while have
no doubt that rich bouanzas will be- discoy.
cred by lucky miners in Neihar and Barker,
attach greater importance from my
standpoint or yours 10 the evidence that
whether this or that mine produces largely,
the aggregate product will be very large for
many years,
Mr.. Raymond refers 60 ;ho smeliers here
and adds; 81 ann quite confident that the
supply from that region will soon equal and
ultimately far exceed the present capacity
of the works"
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DYNAMITE IN THE WOOD.
j. V. Skidmore. a Miner Near Butte.
Terribly Injured by Myster-
ious Explosion,
He Puts Two Sticks of Wood in
a Stove and tho Result is
a Wreck.
Trouble Over Mining Claim which May
Have Had something 10 DO
with H.

Buln, March H. Special. IA dastardIy
attempt on the lives of ihroo miners WAS
lnalo yesterday morning. s. V. SlSidmoU
and lis partners. \. J. Mewilliums and
William Dcdrck occupy lit,lc house
which is situated about lO1 Yards IN the
rear of Mohonoy's boilor works on East
Park street. Yesterday morning the mrn
aross about & O'Clock und after getting
breakfast McWilliams and DedriclS went to
work. A. iO'clock Skidmoro wished to 20
to town 10 buy some coal. As ho wanted
the iru 20 be burning when ne cnme back he
put two sticks of wood into tho cooking
stow in the front part OF the house. lie
then went outside for a moment. and re-
turned Ia the house 10 get the key 81 NJ 10
lock mp from the outside. Hc WAS standing
near the door of the house, about ten feet
away from the stove, when terrible otplo-
sion occurred, which blow tho heavy stove
into pieces, none Of which were larger Than
mans hand. The pieces passed through
the walls on all sides and through the cell
ing, hoor and front door. by which Skid
more wis standing.
How Skidmore escaped with his life is
mys,ory. He received some severe injuries.
One piece Of stove struck his left leg below
the kncc and tore half the flesh and muscles
from the limb. Another piece struck him
in the left cheek and cut opon the flesh 70
the bone for several inches. lie sustained
numerous other cuts and bruises of minor
importance. He WAS hurled senscless
against the wHll and WIS picked up a few
seconds later by neighbors. DIR. Norcross
attended his injuries and this morning said
he anticipated no serious results. Il il
bard 10 estimate the effect of the shock on
the injured mans system. ID was first
thought Skidmore's partners had left
some giant powder in the stove
90 thaw out hat they deny this.
Skidnore is at n loss 10 know who could
have done the deed. Some time back hc
located the Yellow Jacket mining claim.
on which the house is situated, under the
name of the Retori clnim, His partners in
tins location are Edward Wagner and A.
Brissncr. They claimed that the ground
had MT been properly represented. OF
course some ~ feeling arose out of this ac-
tioH il.s Ski2more refuses 10 express any
definite opinion. lie believes that this bad
feeling had something 10 do with the at
tempt on his life.
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The s,IiLe,,n England.

IoSDoS, March l7.-1en thousand miner,
in North Wales have joined tho strike.
Twenty thousand Tyne side engineers havo
joined the strike. Several mills OF Lanca-
shire b0vo been compelled 10 STOP work on
account Of the scarcity of coal arising from
the strike. Others are running on hali
tine. The coal carters ~ Liverpool have
joined the strike,
A conference 0f coal mine owners of Ian
cnshirc, Drfbyshire, Leiccstershiro aud
norihwHrds held to-day 10 consider the sit
nation urislng from the strike, refused 10
RrHui the demand for nm advance Of wages.
A committee was appointed 10 meet n con-.
mlitco 0t iue men lhnrdaY and endoav0r
to secure Joint action looking ~ an mr.
ungomont OF a method for regulating work
and tho avoidance Of strikes IN The future.
The pHc,a on the cOal exchange nave nd
yanced greatly.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18

In the house to-day on motion Of Mckee.
of California, the senate bill passed with
an amendment striking out the appropria
tinn clause increasing from Slj0.0OO 10
S00.W1 the limit of cost OF the public
building at Sacramento, Cal.
Mckenna, of California. under insifuc-
tions from committee on the eleventh cen
sus. moved TO suspend the rules aud pass
the bill authorizing the superintendent Of
census to enumerate the Chinese population
in such a inanntr as would enable him To
make a complete and accurate descriptive
list Of an Chinese IN the United
States "a the time of the taking of the cen
sls aud 10 give each person 50 enumerated
n certificate continuing the particulars nee
essary to fully identity him and such certi-
licates shall be tie sole evidence of the
right Of the person 10 be and remain in the
Emitted States. The bill further provides
penal statutes against the Chinese who
shall sell. transfer or dispose of such cortl-
hcaieS. The sum of Sl0OOlj is appropriated
To carry out the provisions OF the aui. lhll
pHs-ed without division,
ndcr suspension of tho rules the follow
ing bills and resolutions were passed: The
JOINT resolution requesting the president TO
invite the king Of the Hawaiian Islands 10
select delegates to represent his kingdom ia
the pan-Amerlcan congress; the bill crea-
ting The Offices uf assistant general snper.
nteudent and chief clerk 0f the railway
mail service. Adjourned.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18
Considering windo,a's Ian.

Eleven members of the house committee
ON coinage weights and measures were
present to-day when the Window silver bill
WAS under discussion. The amendment 10y
Banine, proNding for free coinnee when
the price Of silver reaches one dollar for
g7l. - grains pure silver, was adopted by a
majority vote. Williams offered anamcnd-
mcnt. which YVES adopted. mrilling out the
section authorizing ihe secretary OF the
treasury 60 suspend Temporarily the receipt
of silver bullion ~ nuy TIVE when he is sat-
isiied that combination or speculative ma
nipulation of the market makes the price of
silver arbitrary. nominal or fictitious. A
motion 10y Bartinc providing that notes lie
issued for silver bullion deposited shall he
redeemed upon demand in lawful money was
lost and motion 10 reconsider was made.
which was pending when the hour for ad-
ionrnment arrived. Members of the con-
mittee were absent from this mornings
meeting and what las been done to-day
may be recalled or amended az the next
meeting.
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To rrnycni Smuggling.

Senator Squire to-day introduced hill
appropriatmg $1,000 10 be expended ANNA
ally for he maintenance and equipment OF
two fast steam launches for service ON
Puget sound. The object of the bill is 10
prevent small craft in the sound from land
ing Chinese and contraband goods, II has
the approval of the treasury officers. Col
lector Bradshaw has written letter in
which he estimates that the two launches
will save 20 the country about $4,000.
When Squire was governor be wrote to Sec
retary Manning on these subjects. and rec
commended that something be done 10 pre-
vent the small craft from eyadng the GUS
tom officers IL is contemplated thnt the
launches shall lie swift enough 10 overhaul
any OF the small smuggling craft on tho
sound.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18
A LEGAL LEGISLATURE.
Decision OF The Supreme Court ON an Inn
poriant Question.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE supreme
court to-day rendered n decision in nm in
teres,ing case growing ont of the acts of the
fifteenth session Of the Idaho legislature
The appellants alleged that they declared
the council and house OF representatives.
adjourned nj midnight after session of
sixty DAYS. this being the limit of the lcgis-
lHtlyc session under the congressional law.
They assert that some of the members OF
each house remained behind, elected new
presiding officers and paesed number of
acts. They sued to have these acts dc
clared null and void, and the proceedings
eXpnneed from the records. The Idaho SUI
pfcIue court denied The applications and this
court ailirnis the Judgment. The court says,
in pnri. the safety of our institutions de-
peuds IN n considerable measure upon the
legislative. executive and judicial depart
m,nts being kept separate. ers unop nopr
of them infringing ON the others. II is not
one of the lnnci IONS of the court 60 inquire
into the record Of legislative body. and
10 determine whether the body aesuin-
ing to be the Legislature Is legal
or not. A suit presenting this question
might perhaps arise in some case growing
out OF the acts pnssed by the legislature;
but the court does not pass IN the present
case upon how lar IL would bo Justified. in
such suil, IN induiring INTO the validity of
the legislature. as the case at issne does not
require II 10 do 10.
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krllo,,s Elrrilnn nlll-

Kelley. If Kausos. TO-DAY introduced
bill in tn house 10 provide for the election
Of members uf the house. II declares that
no state law or constitution shall deprive Il
citizen. duly authorized 20 vote for mom-
Der OF the legislature. OF his right 10 vote
except upon conviction of felony. Con
rless is TO ix the congressional election
districts Of each state Immediately upon
tie publication OF the census returns and
the determination of the basis of roprcsen
iatiun. Districts are 20 hc mnde upof cpnllg
uuustcrritory. and AS nearly equal IN populn-
latim as possible and IN case congress
fails to arrangc the districts ninety days
before election. rcpr, natives ufc 40 be
elected from the state al lntgc. Elections
are to held on the Australian sys'cn.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18
CUT ny A MADMAN.
A Tough Character in Washington Fatally
Stabs - Woman.

A Tough Character In Washington Fatally
Stabs Woman.
WAISGIoS, March 17.-Ono OF the Iuost
atroclous murders that over occurred in
Washington was perpetraied last night.
Mary Hardly for several years lived with
Alfred Riggs, and WIS regarded as ;he wife
of Riggs. Riggs is tough character
While the womHn was alone last night
Riggs was seen 10 enter the house and make
his way TO her room. Precisely whEt fol
lowed will probably ncycr be know. screams
of 'mnrdcr' police" soon came
from the room. and attracted the
attention Of the neighborhood. 4 ten
mt on tho lower noog, Warren Johnson by
name rushed up stairs and throwing
his weight against the dUpr. burst it oprn.
As he entered terrible sight met his pnko.
Riggs held the woman 10y the throat on the
Hour, while with his disengnged hand h"
WAS iabhing q kulie into every part oi her
body with the fftuzy Of n ruAdmau. John
son rushed ~ him and hurled him into
corner, from which he soon nrusr aud mhd.
for the peUcemaker. apparently with the in
tcntion of killing him. lie slnshed and
stabbed him several times. and would no
doubt have killed him hut for thu npproHch
0f uthors On the stairway. which brought
him 80 hiA genteH. He Jumped from tie
window and made his escape. The woman
wRa clt ia nB many as Twenty-Five plncca,
and IL IL impossible for her ~ live. John
sDn received four very bad cute.
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IIrr ON oilcr CrrrI..

GGrAr HLLs, March IL Special. -
Freighters who arrived hero to-day bring
word that on Saturday night lire broke out
in the barn of John NJ. Campbell, who lives
on Otter cre,k. The flames made rapid
progress, destroying the whole building
with three horses four or FIVE tons of hay,
three sets Of hurness, worth $40. and two
saddles. Mr.. CampbeIl's plo@. harrow aud
mowers were likewise burned. lIu sue.
ceeded III rescuing y valuable stallion
that was near the door. Mr.. Campbell was
reading N his house az the time. lie sup
posed iha' the noise he henrd WAS caused
by the break up OF the ice on Otter creek
bat the hlaXo soon alarmed him. The prop
erty was nor insured
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18
rhr mcrnl.l.. Lll,le mntehol.

Since the announcement was mado that
The present incumbent OF the Helena post
Office would be removed, plenty of tcle-
grams have been received suggesting candi-
dates for the place, some of them pretty
vigorously Suggesting that James Il.
Walker be appointed. Walkers uncle, Soc
retHIy Blaine, hns been interested and is
urging Walkers appointment. The Helena
Herald, with which Walker is connected.
has recently volunteered an unusual amount
of unpleasant criticism upon the Harrison
family, nnd Representative Carter feels
TINT he cannot consistently recommend To
the prceident for postmaster any man
whose paper has INDUCED in unnecessary
abuse Of his family. aud Mr.. Walkers ap-
poiniment is by no means assured. The ap-
poiniment will be decided upon in few
DAYS,
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Ma TIONAL CAPITAL NEWS
Senate Secret Sessions Receive 4
Setback and SO Does
Ingalls,,
President Adams, Of the Union
Pacific, Discusses the Frye
Debt Funding Bill.
Kelley. OF Kansas. Comes Out with New
Election Bill Concerning Members
OF The House.

WAsuINoToNn March I7.-ln the senate
to-dny, while petitions wcic being present
ed. CocNrcll rose TO present circumstances
against the txlfadilion treaty with Eassia,
but WIS notified Tint that WAS q matter for
cXoeutiyo session,
After some debate the presiding officer
submitted the question as 10 whether the
petition should be read in open session and
II WIS decided il should be. The petition
was therefore presented and soyernl other
ike petitions from German labor societies
st. Louis and the vicinity were likowise
Iird.
lucs offered preamble nnd reSolu-
NJ forth tho widespread depression
If the agricultural interests uf
IA. IA people. the enormous and pp-
PM. mount of morgaged Indebtedness
ON lg cultural lnnds; the total failure Of
homo markets to furnish renunorai i've
prices for farm productions; the palpablc
scarcity and insuiiicioncy of money III cir.
culation ana in tho hands Of the people with
which 10 transact the business Of the country.
are circumstances Of The most oyerwhclm-
Ing Importance 90 the safety and well be-
ing of the government. Therefore le il
itNhlNchs itlftt " - llt ilAtlANi hilN hl ttlA-
gress IN the present criHis 10 lay aside all
discussion aud consideration OF nero party
issues, and give prompt and Immediate at
tenilun TO the preparation and adoption of
snch measures as are required for the relief
OF farmers and other oyeriHxed and under
paid laborers of The United States. lie
asked that the resolution I've printed
Hnd laid On The table and gave
notice that at close of morning business
Wednesday. he would ask permission Ia
submit some remarks 10th senate in rcla-
tion 10 il. Call asked that
his resolution III relation 10 the
nominations of Sawyer and Stripping
as Judge and district attorney for
tho northern district Of Florida. be laid he
fore the senate The presiding officer ruled
that amy motion for consideration IN open
session, of executive session business.
should bc made la executive session; he
therefore declined 90 entertain the resull-
tiuu. Call said he had submitted another
resolution on the same subject. which be-
asked TO have read The presiding officer
said be had examined The resolution
and be thought II open ~ the same obiec
tions. He did not regard the resolution rs
in order with open orders. After brief
debate the seilatc went into executive ses-
sion. although Cnll appealed from the Dc
cisiun of the chair. When the doors H.
opened the Blair educaiionnl bill was taGen
up and Daniel spoke III advocacy thereof.
Morgan opposed the bill. The urgent de
hCiency bill was then taken mp and some
amendments agreed 10. Adjourned.
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GREAT FALLS NOTES.
surveying the Neihart Line Celebrating
~. Patrieks hay.

~. Patrick's bay.
GRgAr FANS March IT, Special "A
large pariy of surveyors. under the charge
of Engineer Frank Young. arrived here to-
day. They will proceed to Monarch, the
end Of the grade on the Neihart branch. M
once and locate n line up Bclt creek into
the town OF Neihart. As the distance is
but fifteen miles. tins survey will re
quirc but a comparatively short time, and
The contract for the completion of the road
will doubtless be let soon.
ST. pairick's day was celebrated in Sand
Conee, Barker. Neihart and Kibbcy. AZ
Ncihnri the silyer-iongued orator. Charles
u. Egan, made one VI the stirring addresses
Tor which nc is famous. In this city Com
pany A gave tonight grand ball in com
plimcni 10 the Irish naiiounl festival.
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The Conference Nearing nu End.

The work OF the Pan-American confer
ence has SO far progressed that an adjourn
ment is confidently expected within the
next three days. With that in view ar-
rangoments are making for trip through
the south, which will end the official hos
piialities Of the United States 10 the dele
CATION. Senior Mendonor. Of Brazil, one Of
the committee appointed to devise and re-
port plan for expressing the grateful up-
preciation by the visiting delegates uf
couFiesics and hospitality. proposes that the
delegates from Coutral aud North America,
in Washington, rs gift 10 the people of
the United States. erect n monument TO
commemorate the gathering Of the first
congress of all The nations Of tho Western
hCmisphere.
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FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES.


lSpIlSAloLis. March 1.-THE wholesale
book house of Bowen, Morrill, Go. burned
to-day. The rear wall fell. crushing num-
Der of hremon. AZ lenst ton men were
killed and several wounded. The
dead are George Faulkner Ulysses CHASER,
Al Hoffman, 4. Hormor, Richard iowrie.
Gins. Jenkins. Thomas A. Plank, George
Glenn Andrew Cherry and John Burkhart.
Tho wounded taken out are; Anthony v.
Volts, i.ewis Rafort, 1homas Barnett, A. X.
Mercer. Webb, Robinson, VIM. Partcc,
Henry Woodruff. Ebenezer Leech. VIM.
Leong, Wm, Heinsley,. Some Of these il
h ibonght eAnnOt live.
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CBHAoo, March IA special FROM Ia
COMA says a desperate prize lighi occurred
there to-day bctgocn Jin Smith, oi Dcnycr,
and Barney Curtis, Of Spokane Falls, Fight
iug NJ catch weights Sixteen rounds were
fought. Curtis had the worst Of Il from
the start. but seemed able 10 strnd my
amount uf punishment. Finally ~ Tho
sixteenth round Curtis WAS put ~ slocp by
a righi-handor from Smith, which Mnded
under his chm
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The Worlds FAIR iIiII.

AZ tho meeting Of the Worlds Fair COM
mittoe to-day in the absence of two mem-
beers favorable 10 Chicago. il was voted To-
hx the time Of opening the fair April B.
ls'i2. and the closing in October. a. The
meeting tomorrow nm effort will ho made
20 revise this action for che dedication Oc
tobcr H., 1892. and for the regular opening
April 1s!ei
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MAuixoloN. March 17-1he decmn.
posed body oi man was fouad yesterday
IN iLe poiomac river. The wife Of Bcnia-
mis- A. Jones' tho dciaa.liug pay CLERK Of
Major Goodlio. ol the marino corps, this
morning identified the body ms that If hrr
husband WHO has begn missing since
Christmas dNy
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-18

Nlw ioEg, March l7.--Io-uigh' John H..
Sullivan said. "a shhll never fal; again
under London rules, and ! will only en-
gage IN one more glove contest, mud TINT
Will probably ho with other J1ckaou or
Slayiu. 1hr Athletic club. where the light
takes place. viii have 10 put up S2i,OO0, /
hove not como down one penny IN iny price
aud don't intend to-