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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
The Union Pacific to Run Line Of
Steamers From Portland to
the Orient.
AS a Result a Lively War is Ex-
pected Between tho Transcon-
tinental Roads.
Pay-The Northern Pacific May Fol-
low suit

Bosroy, March 81 Special. AFTER
some weeks of evasion and semi-deninls the
Union Pacific Go. to-day acknowledged that
General Trnllic Manager Melleu has signed
in san Francisco on the part of the COM
pauy q contract which enables that road TO
run monthly steamer OF their own be-
twcon Portland, Ore, md China and japan
ports. This is naturally not cheerful news
for tho Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail,
for these companies hnye already been great
ly aggravated by the previous condition of
competition for trans Pacific traffic.
and according 10 the representative Of
the latter companies here there will
bo music soon in u general rate war. What
intonsiiies the surprise of the Southern
Pacific is the fact that the Union Pacific
has n half interest in the ownership OF the
Occidental n Oriental company. For this
reason il was not believed that the Union
Pacific would put ON n steamer service 10
Portland. in competition with the steam
ship company of which IL is n half owner.
but the reason will be readily appreciated
when IL IL known that IL gets the haul OF
steamship freight received nj San Francisco
only from Ogden 20 Omaha. With Port
land service II will get the entire haul
from the ocean 10 Omaha. The Canadian
Pacific now hauls all tho flour
from Oregon and Washington TO China and
Japan. The Portland line will make a bid
for -four shipments, cutting rates TO get
aheAd of the Canadian Pacific.
The new line makes the fourth trRns-Pa-
ciiic service 10 the Pacific coast, with Van
couver, Portland and San Francisco as ports
OF entry. Of the four companies the Pa
ciic Mail and Oriental and Occidental each
have three steamers, with n vessel arriving
and departing every month. The Canadian
Pacific has three steamers, with vessel
service n month. The new Portland line
will also have three steamers, with
one arriving and departing from
Portland each month. Everybody
is now wondering whether the Northern Pa.
cifc and Pacific Mail will mike deal for
another line that shall have Tacoma as its
terminal, and whether the Santa Fe will not
get ambitious TO place itself on footing
with It's " at nyals in this respect, by in
ducing some company or syndicate 10 run a
steamship service Ia San Diego. Both pro-
jocts have been talked of more or less par
ticulary steamer service from Tacoma.
It's establishment is thought 10 DO more GER
tain now than ever before. on account of
tho new venture Of the Union Pacific
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
oneof NIcGonlvaI's victims.

NEW York, March S1.-F. A. Fox. 1S7
Montgomery street, san Francisco, patenieo
Of a car coupler, writes the Herald in regard
to his experience with the blackmailers in
Sheriff Flack's Office. He came here on
business and a man claiming nm interest in
his car coupler took out an order of arrest
for him. Deputy Sheriff McGonigal waited
till night before hearing it, then coolly de-
manded 800 as The price for allowing Fox
10 remain at liberty for twonty-f0ur bours.
TO save annoyance and distress 10 his wife.
who was with him, he was compelled 10 pay
it, and before the twenty four hours had
ended the court declared there was no
authority TO arrest him under such circum-
gtQuceg
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Granville Under Water.

MFAmnis, March 3l.-The Appeals Green
vile, Miss, special says The levee north
of the city gave way at noon, despite the
efforts o. the people, and the water poured
in upon the city, which has always been
above the level of the Mississippi at the
greatest height. Tho flood is tremendous.
and the water is pouring in from the three
breaks above and spreading in all direc-
tions, inundating plantation after planta-
tion, which in the floods of 1852 were above
the water. Ii ii estimated by engineers
that large portion of the city will be
flooded and that the greatest height the
water will reach in the lower parts will be
three feet II is greatly feared the heavy
winds and rain prevailing will cause the
leyees 10 give way IN new places. The
water from the Austin break will have M
outlet into the Yazoo river, which will in
undate n large section of country in Sun
Flower and lazoo counties. No lives are
reported lost and no actual suffering is an
ticipated.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
The Montana Senatorial Case Now
Has the First Place on the
Calendar.
Much Discussion Expected and
Some OF the Republicans Yet
Open to Argument.


WASHINGTON. March Sl.-[Special. The
Montana senatorial contest now occupies
the position OF unfinished business in the
senate and will come up tomorrow nfter
morning business is disposed of. Eight or
ten senators have given notice of their in
tention 10 speak ON the case, and the first
two or three days may be consumed in the
discussion. The republican senators seem
disposed TO put in Sanders and Power on
the information az hand.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
FLASHES FROM ABROAD.

Listers spinning factory at Bradford,
England. burned yesterday. Loss 10000.
Negotiations have been entered into by
the respective chief officers fOr the estab-
lishment Of thorough co-cpo.n ntIon by the
German ana English trades unirns.
A contract has been made between Guate-
mala and French syndicate for the con-
struction of n railroad from the capital to
the Atlantic. Ia connect with the Central
railway running between the capital and
the Pacific, thus completing the inter-
oceanic route across the republic.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

LIVINGSTON, Mont, March 3l.-fspecial.
Conductor Vim. Allen, who was arrested
on warrant issued 10y Coroner Moore,
charged with being responsible for the col
lision nj Hall Siding in which Frank Sud
low, the Minneapolis man, was killed, had
an examination before Justice HOsford this
afternoon and was acquitted. The evidence
ia the opinion Of the court wis not sulli-
eiently eliminating to hold Allen to tho dis
tTict court.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

Representative Carter and Capt. Boutelle.
of Montana. Gen. Benjamin IL. Bristow and
Mr.. Archibald Rogers, of New York, Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt and Mr.. Arnold Hague,
Of the United States Geological survey, ap-
peared before tho public lands committee
of the house in favor of the senate bill for
the maintenance and better protection Of
the Yellowstone National Park. Iague
protests against granting nny right-ofwny
or franchise for railway purposes through
the park, and while regretting tho necessity
of cutting OF nuy of the northern territory
admitted the necessity of some means for
reaching Cooke City by rail. An amend
ment proposed defines the boundary az fol-
lows: Making II coincide with the bound
airy of Wyoming and Montana to its inter-
section with the north bank of the Yellow
stone river; thence along said north bank TO
its junction with the Lamar river. some
times called the east fork of the Yellow
stone; thence along the north bank of said
river TO its intersection with tho parallel
Of forty-four degrees. fifty minutes;
thence due east along said par
allel 10 the meridian of one
hundred and nine degrees, thirty minutes
west longitude; thence due south along said
meridian."' This would allow n right-of-
way for railway purposes from Cinnabar to
Cooke City, and would at the same time
permit the construction Of any railway up
the Clark's fork of the Yellowstone river
from the east. The area cut off il only n
small corner in the northeast Of the pnrk.
The northern boundary enst of the Lamar
river would run along the ridge between
Soda Butte ID jache creeks. leaving Soda
Butte canon entirely outside the iurisdic-
ton of the park. The committee, with the
possible exception Of Mr.. Holman, is favor
ably inclined toward the amendment.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Petitions from the Bar.

A large number of petitions from bai
associations from many states in the unior
were presented TO the senate this morning
asking for legislation 20 relieve the United
States supreme court Of the vast amount OF
business il has on hand. Among these
were petitions from Helena, Boulder City
Missoula county, Billings, Great Falls
Butte City, Philipsburg and Gallatin coun-
ty. Mont, and the bar associations of Hen
nepin and Ramsey countless Minnesota.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

BouLnrR, March 81 Especial. THE un-
finished Hummer block ON Main street was
sold NJ sheriG's sale to-day at the court
house, under foreclosure of n mortgage held
by John T. Murphy, Of Helena. This is the
building against the erection Of which mn
injunction WIS issued last summer at the
instance Of adjoining property owners on
yond the street line. The property was bid
in ~ $3.50 by j. 4. Murphy. for himself
and Herman Cans, md it is expected they
will complete the building as soon as mat
ters cau be arrungcd
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
A Man Mllh a nnuhIc IIcnrl.

The Mercer County Medical society de
voted the better part of It's session in Tren
ton, n. j., 10 the examination of VIM. King
a oolored citizen with two hearts. lie is
about i3 years Of age, and the examination
proved that he had a double heart like that
found in some Of the lower animals. He
has wonderful control over these two blood
pumping organs, and, TO show HIS powers,
for sixty seconds. lie clnims that his mother
discovered bis double hoart when he wns
about six months old. The NJ. DIS consider
il one of the nineteenth century Wonders.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
A nnecr sI,enn.

George Soyingle Of Stoverton, o., is the
owner Of rore specimen Of the sheep kind.
IL has the nose aud feet Of dog, but it ia
in all other respects n sheep. Instead Of
having the ordinary teeth of the sheep
species. the animals mouth both upper and
lower Jaws, are filled with long aud sharp
wolf like fangs, rendering II extremely diff
ficult for it to pick grass like other sheep.
II gets its chief substance from twigs and
young shrubs, the bark and tender wood of
which il deyOurs groedily.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Four MILLION Mic. Of nlood

The mathematical hend has recently been
AT work upon a calculation Of the work pcr-
formed by the human heart. His calcula-
tions are curious and give the work OF the
heart in miles and beats. II is based upon
the presumption that the hoart beats sixty
nine times each minute and throws blood
nine feet. Computed thus tho mileage Of
the blood through the body might be taken
us 2O7 yards per minute, seven miles per
hour, lGS miles per day, 6l,320 miles per
year or 4, ,292, 400 miles a lifetime of seventy
year
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
japanese Coal for America.

CHICAGO, March 3l.-N. Tomonari, civil
engineer Of Japan, is in this country in
speeting engineering enterprises with a
view 10 their application by Japanese syn
dicate, backed by the government, with ST.
100000 preliminary capital, for the deyel-
opment Of tho coal mines in northern
Japan. The intention is 10 export coal TO
San Francisco for Pacific coast use. He
SAWS success is assured.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Vice Admiral Stephen Rowan, U. S. N,
tretiredl died of Bright's disease yesterday.
Dilworih Chnate. the reporter who secret
ed himself IN the jury room while the jury
was considering the Flack case, has been
sentenced 10 80 days imprisonment and
Hued 500
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
De.trnction of q Conrent.

MuwAuGm, March 3l.-Fire broke out
at . o'clnck this evening in 81. Joseph's
Catholic convent, mud the entire building
and contents were burned. Sister Banker
Gnting escape cut on. jumped from a
fourth story window aud sustained fatal in.
juries. Two young candidates, Rose Mint
and Mary Mcriner, jumped from third
story window and were soriously injured
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Tmn ninnlh. fnr EInrIt.

NEw YoRr, March 3l.-Sheria Flack has
been sentenced 20 two months in the county
jail and fined $500. Joseph Meeks wns son
tenoed to fine of $500 aud ono months
imprisonment in mil. william J.. Flack 10
$500 iue and Imprisonment in tie ponitou-
tiAry for four months.
Judge Vanbruut granted n stay OF pro-
ceedings in the case OF Flack and Meek.
pending an appeal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
To Represen, the Great Northern.

81. PAUL, March 3l.-lSpecial. lit was
learned to-day that J.. $. Greycs has been
appointed general eastern agent of the
Great Northern line, and also the Northern
Steamship Co., with an Office in New York.
Greyes has for number of years past been
general eastern agent of the West Shore,
and IN addition to being ono Of the most
popular. hns always been considered one of
tbe best posted railway officials in New
York
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

Senator Plat, chairman of the committees
on territories, says the senate will not take
up the admission Of new states until the
Idaho bill passes the house. He called on
Struble, the house chairman, this morning
and urged him TO hurry the measure
through. Delegate Dubois has been trying
TO get the committee on rules TO fix day
Tor the consideration Of Idaho, but has not
yet succeeded.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
conrnd Lurinn sion. Down.

NEw York. March 3l.-Conrad n. Jordan
this afternoon resigned the presidency md
directorship of the Western National Bank,
Brayton Ives being elected to succeed him
The resignation was great surprise, but it
is said there is no friction among the di-
rectoTs.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Grain Must he Paid.

The court Of claims to-day gave judgment
in favor Of Representative Grain, of Texns,
in his suit TO compel the government TO re-
imburse him for money lost through the de-
falcation Of Clerk Silcoti.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
THE RAGING MISSISSIPPI.

McitlnE SHOWS ana htgh winds Causing
Great Damage In the Low Lands.
MrMruIs, March 3l.-Rain has fallen in
torrents since last night and the Mississippi
river is again rising. Probably all the low
lands below Helena will be oyerilowed. A
break in the leyee occurred at midnight at
Austin. Miss., and this morning IL widened
10 ;0l feet. There il no possible way Ia
close il and il may increase TO AN unlimited
extent. All the plantations in the vicinity
ARE being rapidly submerged and the ten
ants are leaving without saving any of then
effects.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
The Cattle Must Go.

Acting on the decision Of the attorney
general that in the absence of the law there
for Indians cannot lease their reservations.
the commissioner of Indian affairs has is
sued notice that all cattle on Indian land
in Indian territory, for grazing purposes,
must be removed not later than October.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
DROWNED In surnr Creel,.

MILFORD, ILL.,. March. 3l.-Grant Adsit,
his wife and two year old child and daugh-
ter Of Elmore Thomas. attempted TO cross
sugar creek in wag on this morning. The
creek WAS swollen, the wagon capslzed, and
all but Mrs. Adsit were drowned.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

DErRoIT, March 3l.-Tho hendless frag-
ments of the left side Of mans body, with
one leg attached. wns found in stream
in the eastern part Of the city
this morning. There is no clue TO the iden-
tity OF how IL got there.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

ST.. LOUIS, March 3l.-Twenty inches OF
snow fell over an area of 100 miles from
this city yesterday. Half Of this has melt
cd and the rest will melt soon, adding 10 the
already dangerous floods on the Mississippi
below here,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

Chairman Milliken, OF the house commit
tee on public lands and grounds. has as
sured Senator Squire that his bills for
sites in Washington will all be fnyorably
reported and no doubt pass the house.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Kemmler,s Last Month.

BuFFA1o, March 3l.-Kemmler has been
sentenced TO death by electricity at Auburn
prison during the week beginning April -.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01

CIscrsNATI. March 3i-'rhe Queen n
Crescent officials received word tonight
that the crevasse at Austin, Miss. had be-
come unmanagcable and the whole lazoo
delta was being flooded. There ia n tre-
mendous loss Of property. The railroad *
interfered with by the flood for twenty five
miles, and may be washed away.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-01
Ve,oed by Hin.

ALBANY, n. ", March 3l.-Gov. Hill has
vetoed the Saxton ballot reform bill.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18
GRAND BANQUET
rendered the Delegates to the p. C. C.
c. Immigration Meeting.
The Success of the Great Institution Pledged
In Sparkling Wine by Eloquent
Tongues at San Angelo.
San Angelo Standard.

San Angelo Standard.
The banquet rendered by the citizens
of San Angelo, under the auspices of the
San Angelo board of trade. in honor OF
the visiting members of the directory of
che Pecan Colorado Concho immigra-
ton association, was undoubtedly the
best entertainment of the season, and is
one of the frat steps that has been taken
in drawing together as a unit the vast
interests of the Pecan-Colorado-Co Con cho
country in a social as well as business
way. AS Will be seen from the list of
names given further on 1t was the finest
body of representative men that ever
met in the district. The commodious
dining hall of the hotel San Angelo was
the scene of festivities, and about 10
'olock the following gentlemen sat
down to ''eat, drink and be merry to
the most elaborate spread ever given in
the city, which was prepared to perfeo-
ton by F. Gordui:
Browuwood was represented by
Charles Il jenkins, attorney and editor
of the Bulletin, and S. II. Brown with
Hurlbut s. Semple.
Sherwood by Joseph Funk, county
commissioner ana slOckmAn.
Lampasas by ]. T. Johnson, the wool
merchant.
GreenviIle by J. W. Raney, banker.
Fort Worth by D. A. Walker, repre-
senting the Texas printing and litho-
graphing company.
Coleman by j. E. McCord, banker
and land agent.
Paint Rock by W. T. Melton, editor
Concho Herald.
Ballinger by D. P. Gay, merchant and
banker; A. S. Reed, cashier Ballinger
National bank and president of the P. C.
c. association; W. A. Proctor, county
judge; j. Y. Pearce, druggist, A.
Matthews, merchant.
San Angelo and Tom Green county by
A. j. Baker, merchant and president of
the San Angelo board of trade; Chas.
A. Daley, W. s. CunDin CHAM, Z. G.
Taylor and Frank Lerch, land agents;
Chas. B. Metcalf. farmer, stockman and
county commissioner; ]. L. Millspaugh,
president San Angelo wsterworks conn.,
pany; Jos. Tweedy, member city coun-
Gil; Geo. E. Webb, cashier Concho Ma
tlonai bank; Arts B. Sherwood, banker;
s. W. Hill, attorney; E. Cartledge,
stockman; W. A. Wright, attorney and
chairman of the county Democratic exc
cutive committee; T. G. Wynn,
county attorney; Charles R.
Brown, merchant and member of board
of trade; J. s. Shupert, merchant; F.
B. Pearce, editor Enterprise; Marion
Robertson, member city council and IN
surance agent; Harry Hickey, proprie-
tor Crystal ice factory and manager San
Angelo electric light works; Ed Duggan,
district and county clerk; B. W. Rimes,
merchant and farmer; Henry FeiIchsn-
field, merchant: Ralph Harris, banker
and stockman, and J. G. Murphy, edi-
tor San Angelo Standard.
Disposition Of the following menu on
beautifully printed cards from the stand
ard office was then made by
the guests, during the course
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18
GUNS AT THE POLLS.
Causes of the Present and Past Troubles
in the Chicasaw Nation.
Admirable Conduct of the squawmen in View
OF Their Superior Numbers-How the Many
suffer for the Bad Reputation
Of the Few

PoTTsBoRo, TEX, Aug. 16, 1890.
Rditor Gazette.
wired You on Wednesday from Oak
land, l. T. q, the status of affairs at that
polling place, and in justice to the citi-
zens of the Chickasaw Nation and the
public generally, I think a fair state
ment covering the causes of the present
and past troubles there should be pub
lished.
To briefly state the cause, 1 need sim
ply say it is the old story, viz, a strug
gle for mastery between the races of the
white men and the Indians, but this
struggle differs from that which Boone,
Mccullough, and the pioneers of former
days carried on, in this-that Boone
warred with the rifle, but the white man
who struggles there now uses for hi
chief arm a marriage license. The
daughters of the Chickasaw people have
looked with loving eyes on the pale faces
of Texas cowboys and Kansas apple tree
peddlers to such an extent that there are
IN Pickens county alone about 100 white
men living with Chickasaw wives, and I
know of some white men here who are
seeking chances
TO SECURE CHICRAsAw WIVES.
One party in particular has had his
license in his pocket six months wait
ing for some dark-eyed damsel of Chick
asaw extraction to attack him with her
eyes. This intermarriage for a number
of years has rather mixed up affairs over
there so that now there are about four
GLASSES of people or castles in the Chioka-
saw country, viz: l. Full bloods.
2. half breeds. 8. Squaw men or those
married TO Chickasaw women, and 4,
non citizens who pay permit money each
year to carry on business and have a
better chance to look out for eligible In
dian maidens. According to the gener-
ally accepted meaning OF the constitu-
ton until a year ago squaw men or those
with no Indian blood in them were
allowed all the rights of citizens includ-
ing the right to vote and hold Office, and
being somewhat smarter than the full
bloods, they carried things their own
way, monopoliZing the Offices and con-
trolling things generally. a great many
of the half breeds voted with the squaw
men and among these half breeds
are some prainy splendid fellows, but
some half breeds also voted with the full
bloods among whom 1 might name
Lobe Love. who is the big man up the
creek IL all this trouble and he is a
SLICK POLITICIAN,
who knows what old man Lobe wants just
little better than anyone else. There
were two political parties, the Full
Bloods, or Pull Backs, as some call
them, and the Progressive party. Two
years ago Governor Byrd. present in
cumbent, was candidate for governor on
the Full Blood ticket, and Guy was can
didate on the Progressive ticket.
Guy had served two years and was very
popular with his party, and his friends
felt so sure OF his election that they did
not put in their best ticks, and Mr.. Byrd
having learned great lesson from the