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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-28
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
Ex-senator r. w. Palmer. of Detroit
Elected President. I

Ex-senator T. W. Palmer. of Detroit,
Elected President.
CHICAGO, juns 27,-Ex- Senator Palmer,
of Michigan, was unanimously elected pres
dent of the Worlds Columbian exposition
at to-day's meeting of the national commits
sion, andJ. 3. Dickinson, of Texas, secretary.
The committee on permanent organization
recommended that the officers consist of
president, five vice. presidents, treasurer
and secretary; the first vicc-president to be
Of opposite politics of the president and the
other four to be equally divided between
the parties. The report was adopted and
election Of president and secretary settled
as above. The matter of vice-presidents
was referred back to the committee to re-
port recommendations.
The executive committee of the National
Live Stock association called ON President
Palmer this afternoon. He promised that
the commission would carefully look after
their interests and advised them to present
their request at once, insisting strongly
upon the definite amount of space being
asked for and upon a rough estimate being
made. He further advised them to a sk for
200 acres.
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Gen. Ruger Wants the Information
Published in the Independent
Long Since.
He Instructs COL Swaine TO Inves-
tigate the Recent Cheyenne
Trouble.


MILES Crry, June 27.-(spsoial. Col.
Swayne, commanding at Fort Ke0Gh. to-day
received telegraphic orders from General
RuHer. commanding this department, 70
make full investigation In the matter Of
the reported wanton and malicious killing Of
cattle by Cheyennes since the arrest of the
four Indians for the killing Of Bob
Ferguson. The colonel dispatched ono of
his staff officers to the city, who inter-
viewed Hon. ]. Scott. Stock Detective
Smith and other cattlemen. They win also
go to the reported scene of the killing, and
interrogate ranchers in the immediate
vicinity. The result will be forwarded to
the east as soon as practicable.
The directors of the Horse Sales and Fair
association held a meeting to day, and APP
pointed a committee to carry on the Arst
sales meeting of the association 81 the
grounds just completed. Tho dates fixed
are for the week beginning August 18th
next. 1t is probable that thousand horses
from this part Of Montana will be on sale
here at this time. Nearly that number are
already pledged to be here.
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TEACHING TEMPERANCE.
The Preparation Of Special Lessons Dil
cussed at PittsburR

The Preparation of Special Lessons Dis
cussed at Pittsburg.
PITTsBURa, June 27.-The International
Sunday School convention this morning de :
cided that the second Worlds, and seventh
triennial International Sunday School con-
ventions are to be held together in st. Louis
in 1898. At the afternoon session Miss Will
lard. president of the w. G. T. u, spoke in
support of proposition to set apart four
Sundays in each year to be devoted to
teaching temperance in the Sabbath schools,
the international committee to furnish
appropriate lessons. After lengthy dis
cussion an amendment by II. T. Jacobs,
chairman of the International executive
committee, was adopted. It says in part:
I'm selecting the course of the
lessons for the year 1892 the lesson commit
tee found in the course in one quarter a
suitable temperance lesson and therefore
they made the lessons for the thirteenth
Sunday a missionary lesson. In another
quarter for the same year they found in the
regular course suitable missionary lesson.
Therefore for the thirteenth Sunday of that
quarter they have given temperance lessons.
For the two remaining quarters of that
year they have selected temperance lesson
and missionary lesson, leaving it optional
with schools to use either. The committee
cannot say in advance just what lessons will
occur in any year, but think it possible the
selections for other years may be like the
selections for '92. The lesson committee
for Great Britain urged that the committee
continue to have optional temperance les
sons, stating that if only temper
ance lesson is selected many schools
would not use it, but select other
lessons, and the plan be impaired.
The executive committee therefore recon-
mend that the convention approve the ac-
t1Qn of the lAR9On m niffoQ nj mr. Tod IN,
the selection of lessons for '92, and further
recommend to the publishers of lesson
helps throughout the United States and
Canada to make the roles upon temperance
lessons full as upon other lessons of the
quarter and also to specially emphasize the
subject of temperance in the lessons in reg
ular course, where it can be suitably done.
After several interesting addresses on the
work of the convention adjournment was
had.
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SHE READ IT. Z PAPERS
And Saw an Item Al .ut Her Dead Hus-
bands Vas. Estate,

And Saw an Item Al .ut Her Dead Hus-
bands Vas. Estate.
SAN Francisco, June 27.-Mrs. Jennie
Douglas, of Vancouver, B. c., owes to a
chance newspaper item the discovery of her
rich husbands death at Cloverdale. CAL,
last spring. Douglas, who was wealthy
Scotchman, died, leaving no provision for
paying the undertaken. although in his ef-
fects were found certified checks for S5, 600.
The undertaken brought suit to prevent the
checks from being sent to Scotland, where
the de ceased had left a'will. Mrs. Douglas
saw an item regarding the case and at once
came to Cloverdale. The deceased had
married her ten years ago, and taken her to
his home on Douglas lake, B. c., 200 miles
from civilization. His fine mansion which
he had described she found to be a log
cabin with dirt floor, bunk for bed,
and no means of cooking but frying-pan
She vainly tried to set some of the COM
forts of life, and at last left for Victoria,
where she took charge of boarding house.
She lost all trace of Douglas until she saw
the account of his death. She will claim
widows share of thes estate in Scotland,
which is said to be worth several hundred
thousand pounds.
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A PATRIOTIC APPEAL.
The People Asked to Protest Against tho
Destruction of Liberty

The People Asked to Protest Against tho
Destruction of Liberty.
WASHINGTON, June 27.- The northern
democratic members of the house have pre-
pared a formal protest against the national
election bill, which is termed the "extraor-
dinsry, dangerous and revolutionary meas
ure now proposed by the leaders of the
party in power" The protest says if the
power claimed by the majority resides in
the constitution. which we deny, the repub-
lie has gone through the difficulties of the
formation period, made a heroic struggle
against dissolution, triumphed and sue
cessfully readjusted itself to the
changed conditions without the exer.
else of such power by the federal
government for ono hundred years and
over. The bill is purely partisan meas
ure, intended primarily to control the
election for congress and the presidential
election in all states, and to intimidate,
hound and obstruct and harass by political
prosecutions in unfriendly hands adverse
majorities in cities of the north. 10 carry
on this scheme of imperial government
millions of dollars will be taxed from our
people, and the judiciary of the United
States prostituted to the basest PARTISAN
ship in the management of elections and
these invasions Of the liberties of our peo
pie will be left for safety to partisan
juries in federal courts composed entirely
OF men of the party in power. The protest
appeals to American freemen without
regard to party to enter timely protest, by
way of public meeting or otherwise, against
this consolidation of government power by
the destruction of popular rights and very
foundation of American liberty, as this
vicious and unpatriotic measure is a most
serious menace to the very life of the re-
public. The issue is, shall political party
elect itself and keep in power by paid
agents who are to control political elections
in all the states.
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Will Be Satisfied With That Portion
On Which Helena Is
Built.
Heirs of A. 8. Maxwell, a Pioneer,
Have q Bonanza in
Prospect.
Ono Of Them Will Re Here Before Very
Long To Establish the Family
Claim.

SAN FRANc1sco, June ga special to the
Examiner from Oakland, CAL, says: Many
years ago, A. S. Maxwell, then prosperous
business man of Saratoga, N. Y, left his
home to 90 into the far west. In 1862 he
penetrated the then almost unknown ooun-
try which is now the state of Montana and
the territory of Idaho. Mr.. Max
we'll was in search Of gold. He be-
went to acquire land that would en-
able him to go into mining on a large
scale. There was a little party of them who
crossed the mountains and plains of the
great northwest under the protection of a
company of United States troops. The
little party had gone to open up the country
and to improve it, and for this reason this
courtesy was extended to them. Mr.. Max
we'll and his friends prospected all through
the territory, and they located several tracts
acquired many acres Of valuable property.
Then Mr.. Maxwell determined to return
east and organize company to
work these mines, for all of this
land was located for mining purposes. He
had been elected to serve two terms in the
territorial legislature, and had become
quite we'll known throughout the country.
He went back to his old home in Saratoga,
where he was taken sick with typhoid fever
and died very suddenly, leaving no will.
When the estate was settled up somehow
the Montana land was forgotten. Some of
the claims were jumped and worked out
and then deserted, and by and by town
grew up on the edge of one of the claims.
This town was Helena. Squatters drifted
in on the claim and when the city of Hell
ena was struck by the boom the town grew
out on the claim until portion OF the
old mining property located by A. s. Max
we'll SO many years ago is now in the center
of the city and covered by nice buildings.
1t has been recently discovered that the
heirs of A. S. Maxwell all live in Oakland,
and have suddenly awakened to the knowl-
edge that they have some very valuable
property of which they had no suspicious.
There are five heirs-Mrs. L.. L. Salisbury,
Mrs. f. E. Bunce, Mrs. Elizabeth Reed, the
widow of Charles Reed of the London and
Paris bank, G. w. Maxwell and Ed. G. Max
we'll. They have been looking up their claim
to this property, and they now discover thst
they have the deeds and absolute title to the
land, and that it stood absolutely in the
name of their father in 1858 when he died.
The property has never been probated, and
the matter having been placed in the hands
of lawyers, their title has been pronounced
perfect. Mr.. Salisbury is preparing to visit
Helena and establish the claim of the five
heirs, one of whom is his wife. Much of
this property is in the center of the town,
and is believed to be worth nearly $2,OOO,-
600.
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COrbin Rctiros.

PHILADELPHIA, June g.-Austin Corbin
formally resigned from the presidency of
the Reading road to-day and A. A. Nc
Leod. vice president and general manager,
succeeds him. In his letter of resignation,
dated London, Mr.. Corbin says that at
several times since the discharge Of the re-
ceiver and surrender of the property into
the hands of the company he had prepared
to retire, but hitherto had been prevented
by circumstances. He further says there
has been accomplished substantially what
he set out to do, and it only remains to
conduct the growing business of tho COM
pany with intelligence, prudence and care.
Corbin still retains his position as men,
ber of the voting trust.
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THE LOVE OF A LADY.
1t Causes q Dominic and an Armor
Lots of Trouble.

1t Causes q Dominic and an ArmOrer
Lots of Trouble.
New York, June N.-Charles E. Bryant,
the armorer of the Twenty third regiment
in Brooklyn, had some trouble with Rev.
Walter B. Floyd of Harlem, about the at
tentions of the latter to Miss Bryant, his
daughter. He and Mr.. Floyd visited the
Myrtle avenue police station after they had
some words at the armory, but no arrests
were made. It is said that after their
departure from the station the armorer
again denounced Mr.. Floyd, and there was
a report that he hit him twice in the face.
Mr.. Floyd has been suitor for Miss Bryant's
hand for some time. and owing to her faith
er's opposition has been obliged to resort to
with the young woman. From Feb. IA to a
week or more ago he rented a room at 4Os
Myrtle avenue, and the windows COM
manded view, it is said, Of the rear of the
armory. It has been reported that he WAS
seen to throw kisses from his window.
Mr.. Floyd said that a secret engagement
was entered into between Miss Bryant and
himself.
''As to the trouble on Friday afternoon,
did call on Mr.. Bryant on that day. I
had heard that he had expressed wish to
see me. After few words between US he
ordered me to leave the house. I did not
quest I accompanied him to the police
station, wheret he sergeant re-
fused to arrest me when asked to
do SO. Outside Mr.. Bryant tried
to draw me into quarrel, but I told him it
was no place to fight. He struck at me, but
lodged the blow. made no return"
Mr.. Bryant told the police sergeant that
he wanted Mr.. Floyd to cease sending let
ters to his daughter, and the minister says
that the letter which he understands as
having enraged her parents was the one
posted recently to Miss Bryant. It chided
her for not keeping certain promises.
In relation to his rooming in Brooklyn,
Mr.. Floyd says he did rent the room on
Myrtle avenue. The statement that he
threw kisses from the window he denounces
as untrue.
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The grand jury has indicted every brever
and distiller of Baltimore for violation AZ
the high license law passed by the last Len
islature.
Defaulting State Treasurer Heminuvar
of Mississippi, was found guilty ana ~.
tenced to five years imprisopment. No a..
peal will be taken.
At $3.50 Friday morning, in tho countv
Jail, at Pine City, Minn., VIM. Booker ~
hanged for the murder OF his hrother. IN
law. VIM. Coomb, and wife, last November.
The presidents of tho sea-boaxd trunk
lines spent Friday in considerina - sas1
bound freight war. It was decided e. rno-
ommend to tho central tIafao aenocda afinn
to restore the rates. =
A sensation was created at Chioaso HI.
day afternoon by the fling OF efinnlatior
dismissinR the suit of Ck arltpn aesisef ~
Chicago gas trust. Il was on I'M 10 tSsS
Col. George =. Davis was appoinfsa -.
or, and the dismiasal OF the suit vnl ~ ~
receivership. n
Herbert :. Beeoher. eon Of - - He.,v
Ward beecher. has bsen aequif1sd & - n.
s. district court at Seattle, On ~ eSax~s ~
larceny, in abatracting book &c. ~ ~.
ords OF the custom honae a Hoft TulSers1 -
vhiis eollsctoe Of e1s1ons. "a
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BOUGHT BY BRITONS.
The Roach Ship Yards and the Morgan
Works Sold.

The Roach Ship Yards and the Morgan
Works Sold.
New YoRK, June X.-A company of Brit
ish capitalists has been formed to acquire
from the representatives of the late John
Roach, the ship building yards and engine
works at Chester and the Morgan Iron
Works of this city. The new corporation
will be known as Roach's Shipbuilding and
Engineering company (limited). The pre-
liminary prospectus sets forth that the
share capital will be 100000. In addition
to the share capital n debenture capital of
management in the United States will con-
sist of John B. Roach, president of the
Chester works; George e. Weed. president
of the Morgan Iron Works: Henry Steers,
president of the Eleventh Ward bank, and
William Rowland, of New York city. The
National Bank of Scotland is named as the
bankers of the new corporation.
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A Heavy Transaction.

BENTON, June N.-[Speoial. WORD has
just reached here Of heavy transaction "a
sheep and ranch property near Stanford. "a
which Bower Bros become owners OF b. D.
Philips 1900 acre hay and stock farm. to-
gether with some 5000 head Of sheep. The
same parties have also purchased the John
Scott ranch, on Surprise creek, and the two
transactions entail the investment Of some
sc, 900. With these additions to their for.
mer holdings, Bower Bros. become about
the heaviest investors in this class of prop.
erty in Montana. Another transaction In
sheep took place at Big Sandy yesterday.
Brooks Bros. selling some 1900 head 81
wethers at 1926 per head. The purchaser
will feed for market at the Minueapolia
stock YARDS
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KANSAS Cry, June 27.-A delegation of
100 business men from New Orleans, repre-
senting every department of mechanical
and commercial interests of tho Crescent
city, arrived this morning over the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis, direct from
New Orleans. on the way to Ogden, Utah.
where will be held the coronation of Rex
Walmsley, a wealthy citizen of New Orleans.
The Louisiana rifles, of New Orleans, ac-
company the party, which left tonight ON
a special train over the Union Pacific for
Ogden.
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rhlnk II will no Retter.

WASHINGTON, June 27.-The secretary Of
the navy received u telegram from Capt.
Erbern, president of the trial board, saying
that the trial trip of tho Philadelphia
WAS success, and that the vessel is now at
Clamps yard, at Philadelphia. This is all
the information received by the depart
ment. 1t is unofficially stated, however,
that the vessel developed an average speed
of - s. 12 knots, nearly half knot in ex-
cess of the contract. The contractor are
somewhat dissatisfied with the conditions
of the trial, and, believing the vessel is cap
able Of higher rate of speed, will ask for
another trial.
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Capital Notes.

The house committee on invalid pensions
has decided to report a bill granting PEN
sion Of 800 per month to the widow of Gen.
eral Crook.
Anna i. Jekins has been made postmas-
ter at Piegan, Choteau county, Montana. A
postoffioo has been established ut Nine Mile,
Missoula county, George H. Brown, post
master.
Valente, Brazilian minister to the United
States, said tonight that there was no
foundation for the story that there was
likely to be trouble between Chill and Bra
I'll and that the latter country had entered
into an alliance with Peru and the Argen-
tine Republic against Chilli.
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TALKED TOO MUCH.
The Reason Why the Filibustsring schsm,
Failed.

Ahe Reason why the F1libustorlng scheme
Failed.
SAN Francisco, CAL, June 27.-Walter g.
smith, governor-general Of the organized
hllbusters, whose attempted raid on
Lower California was recently exposed, has
returned to his southern home after a
weeks sojourn in this city. While here he
told the whole story of the filibustering
movement to reporter. He says that the
English Colonization company was at the
bottom of the scheme, which was in fact
simply revolution. Maj. Scott, the gem
eral manager of the colonization company,
first broached the subject to him (smith) at
San Diego. Scott il q member of the Eng
lsh Royal Engineers and came to Lower
California; on two years' leave Of absence,
which has expired and be is on hie way to
India to join his REGIMENT.
Smith says: ''scottswanted a number of
Americans to locate Mt Ensenada, to take up
residence there and become citizens Of
Mexico. At the proper time an uprising of
the people would take place, arms and am
munition being previously smuggled into
the territory from the United States. An
independent governments was to be set up in
Lower California with Ensenada as the cap
ital: l accepted Scott's proposition, and at
has invitation made the trip to Lower Cali
fornia. II the scheme had been carried out
l would have made clean $4,000 by tho
operation. My printing office at San Diego
/ intended to remove to Ensenada, where I
was to start daily paper that would be-
come the official organ of the new inde-
pendent government. was to be made
governor general at large salary. At
Scott's request, before visited Ensenada,
saw Gen. Edward Hill in San Diego. Gen.
Hill was with the Mexican volunteers in the
war of the rebellion. As he was an expert
in military affairs we looked upon him as
companied me to Ensenada, and after look
ing over the ground we both concluded that
the scheme was feasible. It is my opinion
that it would have be,a success had not
Scott taken SO many en- into his conf
dence. He talked enti 5ly too much"
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A FLUTTER IN SOCIETY.
A Wealthy Citizen Sued For Divorce and
AlimOny.


AlimOny.
PINE BLUFF, No., June 27.-Judge Cady,
one of the wealthiGst citizens of this county,
has been sued for divorce and alimony by
Rebecca Cady, of St. Louis. The fair
plaintiff, whose maiden name was Bradford,
alleges that Cady and herself united into a
common law marriage in st. Louis in 1868.
and that Cady deserted her two years later,
leaving her daughter to remember him
by. She afterwards traced him to Texas,
where they played married folks again and
again he deserted her. She next heard of
him in Pine Bluff in 1886, where he had
married the second time. The wealthy de-
fendant denies the marriage, and says that
she sued him for seduction under promise
of marriage and breach of promise and re-
covered $500 in the st. Louis circuit court,
and that he satisfied the Judgment. This
wife and daughter was an unknown guam
tity in Cady's history, and the prominence
Of the defendant and the beauty Of the
plaintiff and daughter causes quite dutter
in society. t
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II lyes to the Soldiers

OTTAWA. KAN. June 27.-Grand Army
Day of the Chautauuqa association has
been pronounced success. Over twenty
thousand people assembled in the taber-
nacle to-day to listen to addresses by Gen.
AlRer and ex-President Hayes. Gen. HAYES,
in bis speech, said there could be no politics
must be full measure of patriots. The
flag should not only wave on every school
house but on every church. The ex-presi-
dent made stirring address on the subject
OF the obligations of the government to the
soldiers.
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Allowed to Appeal.

Ell PAso, Texas. June 27.-Walters, the
man sentenced to be shot by the Mexican
judge at Paso del Norte, has been allowed
to appeal to the supreme court of the state
of chihuahua, Mexico, as has also O. Lough-
lin, the other American sentenced TO ten
years. The prisoners are held at the mill
tary barracks OF Paso del Norte pending
the decision.
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Carbon Burned Down.

DENVER, June T.-A Carbon. Wyo., special
to the Times says the business portion of
that town was burned this morning. Losa
$lO0,O00 with small insurance. The fire
started in room in one of the hotels in
which . drunken man had been put TO
sleep. Meagre details have reached here.
Twenty houses were destroyed, as also were
the leading mercantile establishments of
the town. No lives were lost.
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Added Difficulties at Dunbar.

DUNBAR, Pa, June 27.-The flames which
have been burning in the Farm Hill mine
burst from the mouth of the pit tonight,
and efforts to e1tinguish the fire have
proven fruitless. The rescuing party were
compelled to stop work, but the district in
spectors bravely volunteered to finish
it themselves. The task is now an ex-
tremely dangerous one.