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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
YOUTHFUL TRAIN wREoKHRs.
Boys Aged IL and 10 Years Sent to a
Reform School.

WATERBURY,, CONN, June 3.-Early
this morning the police arrested Charles
Donnelly. aged II. and Michael McLaugh-
lin. aged 10, on charge of attempting to
wreck the noon express on the New York.
Harlem River and Northeastern railroad
Yesterday. The boys confessed, saying that
they only did it for fun. In the police
court this morning both were sent to a res
form school until they are 81 years of
age.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
A Broker Defaults.

PARIS, June 3.-The presiding officer Of
the bourse announced to-day that M.
Verrm, broker who did very extensive
business. was a defaulter on his contracts.
His liabilities amount to 500, 600 francs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
ExnIo1ad hv I,iohtnino,

BERLIN, June S.-Lightning to-day caused
an explosion at the dynamite factory at
Schlebush, near Soling. Several persons
were killed and many injured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
Hietorian Lossine Dead

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, June 3.-Benson
J. Losing. the historian, died at his resi-
dence at Chestnut Ridge to-day. The one
the Field Book of the Revolution
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
rR1rNps on THR NEGRO.
Opening of the second Annual Con-
ference-Hayes' Address.

AEI0lACI-&AAJ Ca @AStGA0o2s
LAKE MoHoNK, N. Y, June3.--The sec
ond annual session of the Lake Mohonk
negro conference was formally opaned this
morning. Members from all parts of the
south were welcomed by A. X. Smiley,
whose guests were at the Lake Mohonk
Hotel. The following officers were elected
Chairman President Hayes.
Secretaries--Rev. 8. N. Newman, D. D.,
Washington, d. G.; Rev. s. ]. Barrows,
Mrs. j. c. Barrows. Boston.
Executive Commlttee-Rev. Lyman Alb
bott, D. D., president; NJ E. Gates. Rev.
Newman, ID. d., Rev. A. w. Pitzer, ID. D.,
John Phillips Garrett, and Rev. Wm.
Hayes Ward, ID. ID.
In his opening address President Hayes
quoted freely from the recent report of DIR.
Havgood declaring that the chapter that
tells of the work and results in education of
the negro in America is not matched in any
history Of any age.
FUTURE oB-THE SOUTH.
Ex-President Hayes called attention to
two facts pregnant with good for the future
well being of ali parties in the south: First,
commerce, manufacturing, mining, farming,
and other terms of enterprise are
giving to the south all the material pros
perity needed for the highest civilization: {:
and second, the increase OF the coiored pop
ulation, as shown by the recent census,
while it has beeus during the last decade
healthful and normal, is not excessive nor
such as to excite the slightest concern as to
the ultimate good relations between the
two races if continued. BY enlighted prin-
ciples let us with perfect faith continue
our efforts to provide education in its full
est and broadest sense for the lately eman-
cipated race in the south
REV. BARRows' TRIP.
Last evening Rev. s. j. Barrows of Bos-
ton gave an address on his recent trip
through the south to study the situation Of
the negro, and to get tho negroes view Of
the situation. His report was an encourage
ing presentation of the industrial, social, re-
ligious aud ethical development Of the ne
gro.
At the morning session Rev A. w.
Pitzer of Washington, ID. c., spoke as @
southern man on what has been done for
the negro in the south. He brought warm
and fraternal greetings from the south, and
declared that every door was now open to
the negro, both as citizen and as a man.
He showed how much the white people
were paying for negro education.
William T. Harris, United States COM
missioner of education, gives tables of
statistics showing the progress in education
in thirteen years. While the white popula-
tion had increased 13 per cent. the school
population had nearly doubled. In the
case of the colored people 1t has more than
doubled. MIR. Harris urged that all who
give money for education in the south
should give 10 for primary education.
Gen. E. Whittlesey OF Washington spoke
of the increasing honesty Of the colored
people.
Other speakers were Gen. o. o. Howard,
Hon. Edward L. Pierce OF Boston and Rev.
DR.. VIM. Hayes Ward Of the Independent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
Pope Leo's VIII.

ROME, June 3.-The pope. in order TO pro-
vide against all possible contingencies, has
Just concluded definitive will. In this his
holiness bequeaths all Of his personal prop
erty 70 the holy see.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
A BOND gNDER 4 CLOUD. =
A Suspicion That it Ia the Work of a
Counterfeiter. ssrgt

COunL6rIolI6F. st.
RICHMOND, VA, June Sod. Ruffln
some time ago received from New York
bond number 775 for $5, 600 issued under an
act Of March Goth, 1851, with all the cou-
pons attached from 1861 to 1886. The bond
Col Ruffin believes to be fraudulent 1t
was sent here by broker TO ascertain its
fundable value. Upon comparison
with genuine bonds of the date named many
discrepancies were found. COL Ruffin se-
cured the services Of the Pinkerton agency,
and through its aid traced up the history of
the purchase of the bond From this source
it was leared that Bernard Sheridan, a
builder of 81 East Twelfth street, New
York, sold the bond TO Wall street broker.
WHERE SHERIDAN GOT IT.
Sheridan said that he got the bond from
his foreman, Bartholomew Healy. The lat
ter's story is that in 1888, while eating his
lunch one day in restaurant opposite the
Tombs, stranger came in and offered the
bond for S5. He accepted the offer. The
broker, John B. Manning, says that
his client, for whom he was offering the
bond, did not sell 1t, owing
to various complications growing out of the
states financial condition at and since the
time it came into his possession. If it be
spurious the state officers agree that it is
hardly probable that a single counterfeit
bond would have been made, and they think
there may be many others abroad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
Cutting Down the Force.

BERLIN, June 3.-Ths government is
reducing the staff OF the Spandau arms
factory from 1000 to 400 men. There is
much discomfort among the men in conse-
cueuco
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
Pnrohases OF Silver.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The amount OF
silver offered for sale to the treasury de.
partment to-day was 904 900 ounces. The
amount purchased was $4,000 ounces, az
97115c to 97sc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-04
BE PASSED BOGUS CHECKS.
Arrest of Swindler on His Return
From Jamaica.

Arrest of Swindler on His Return
From Jamaica.
NEW York, June "a clever swindler,
who has been plucking victims all over the
country, fell into the hands Of two of In
spector Byrnes' detectives to-day. He had
Just arrived from Jamaica on a steamer,
and was arrested as he was registering
at the Morton House on Broadway
He is an Englishman, and
travels under many names, including
those of E. Allaire, Z. A. Cameron and E.
Allaire Chlreton. His instrument of swim
die was the bogus check, and he was sue
cessful in Tampa, Fla. Dallas, Fort Worth,
Tex; Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco,
Cal. ST. Paul, MINI. !; Chicago, and jana
ica, West Indies.
DID UP TAMPA.
On May 12 Inspector Byrnes received q
telegram from Chief of Police w. II. Bell
OF Tampa, asking him to keep watch for
E. Allaire, who had passed two worth
less drafts, aggregating $500. on the
First National Bank of that
place. A week later another
dispatch complaining of swindler named
e. A. Cameron was received from the in
spector general of Jamaica, and it was
from this source that it was learned that
buc Iudu Wd6 Ou EtodtucE DouuQ IOF
this country. His method was to
obtain employment as newspaper
reporter long enough to get acquainted and
select his victim, then shove his bogus paper
and abscond. In his pockets were found a
number Of cards, on which was the name,
E. Allaire, "Kismet." At the corners of
the cards were the names of a number of
prominent newspapers, which Allaire rep
resented as correspondent on horse-racing
maftprs
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16

Promptsattention given to orders from clients
ut home or abroad. by strict attention to bust
ness / hope to retain the patronage of old clients
and merit the confidence of any and all who
may employ me in my capacity as architect and
superintendent of the construction of buildings.
Plans, details and specifications gotten ont for
ba!ldings of any description on tho shortest no.
tic0,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

..Ou,da. describes the new copyright law
"A a recognition by congress of the fact
that your intellect 10 worth as much as your
umbrella.
Boulanger has taken a house in the heart
of the aristocratio Quarter Leopold. in
Brussels, with Prince Victor Bonaparte and
several diplomatists for near neighhors.
Private advioes from Rome say that Pope
Leo's intellect was never clearer than IL is
now, and his physical health ia probably
better than at any time during the past ten
years.
John Bland. a chess player. proposes to
revolutionize the game by making the
board nine squares wide. and adding, be-
sides a pawn, another piece to be called the
''premier'' possessing the combined powers
OF queen and knight.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, accompanied
BY Mrs. Mutt, has gone on a trip to Wash
ington territory to visit her son. At her
age-77-such a trip would seem formidable
were she not a most vigorous and active
woman.-New York Sun.
General Rosecrans, the register of the
treasury, is remarkably vigorous at seventy
one years. He breakfasts every morning
at seven, reaches his desk by nine and re-
mains there hard at work till four. The
bulk of his salary goes to old soldiers.
Emperor William is said to be fond OF
playing Caliph Haroun al Raschid, by go
ing about disguised at night to certain Ii
quor shops and music halls where his
soldiers and sailors are to be found, in or
der to pick up criticisms of his army and
navy.
The marquis of Lorne is writing a novel
to be called "From Shadow to Sunlight"
The scene is laid In the west OF Scotland,
| and the heroine, it is said, is q Transcript
from life of a young and accomplished
American girl, with whom Lord Lorne be-
came acquainted in the United States.
A "gifted tramp named Temple was ar
rested in Clinton, Iowa, the other day. He
could play the piano, drink whisky, recite
poems of his composition, beg for hand
outs, and had several other accomplish
ments. He was at one time a Unitarian
preacher, and said he graduated from Har-
ward college.
Miss Julia Marlowe is said to have the
most wonderful faculty of memorizing Of
any woman on the stage, and she tinds that
this faculty has been intensified by her re-
cent illness. As q test the other day she re-
peated word for word Baron Fava's letter to
Mr.. Blaine, consisting of about 500 words,
after it had been read twice in her pres
ence.
First Assistant Postmaster General Whit
field is authority for the statement that the
Oldest postmaster in the country in point OF
service is Roswell Bearesley, who WAS APP
pointed postmaster at North Lansing,
Tompkins county, N. Y, on June %, 1928,
and still holds the Office. The mystery in
the case is how Clarkson happened to over
look che old man.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
Shark and Gator Fight.

A surveying corps at the mouth of the
st. Sebastian river related to a gentleman,
a few days ago, at Titusville, and he to a
reporter, the particulars of a most desper-
ate encounter between an alligator and q
shark at the first mentioned place, says the
Palatka. Fla, Herald. The engineers had
pitched their tents near the river and Just
above its mouth, and we're eating their din
ner under a small clump of palm. All at
once their attention was attracted to a
violent commotion in the water near the
shore. At first the bodies we're so active
and made the spray, intermingled with
blood, 80 heavy that they could not
make out what the two objects
were. Finally, after about half an
hour of such work, the monsters seemed
to be growing weak and weary. 1t was then
discovered to be a fight to a finish between
a large alligator and a man-eatinp shark.
The former seemed to be trying to get to
shallow water. while the shark was equall v
as determined not to 60. The fight was
still going on. although growing less Wig
orous all the time, when one of the parties
got his Winchester and shot them both. On
pulling them ashore the alligator was found
minus a foreleg, bit off as smooth IA if cut
off with a surgeons knife. The shark had
numerous ugly gashes on his body which
would probably have killed him soon. The
lartv skinned the alligator and saved some
of the teeth of the shark as mementos OF
this singular and sanguinary encounter,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
RAILROADS IN WASRINGrO N

According to the showing of the Illus
trated West Shore, the struggle for rail
road supremacy among the great trans
continental lines is doing great things
for the state of Washington, and Is
going to do still more. The Northern
Pacific, in especial, is displaying a most
~commendable amount of enterprise and
activity. Not content with it's present
terminal facilities on the sound. the Of
ficials Of the road have further strength
ened their position by an extension to
the ocean, at Gray's Harbor, in Chehalis
county. From Gray's Harbor it is in
contemplation to run a line northward
through the Olympic region to the
Strait Of San Juan de Fuca. Thence
the route will proceed by ferry to Van
couver island, and a line of road will
carry freight and passengers on to Vic
toria. The active preparations already
in progress attest the belief of the rail
road in the value Of the scheme. Tht
region traversed is known to be rich il
timber and agricultural lands, and these
with the prospect of mineral wealth
only waiting to be developed, ought t.
attract a considerable amount of i'm
migration INTO a part Of the state tina
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16

The many friends of State Senator
Parberry will regret to learn that the
condition of his health is such that he
is constrained to remove from the state
and seek residence on the coast. The
Bozeman Chronicle says:
DIR. Parberry, of Mesgher county, long
and we'll known in Montana. has concluded
to leave this state and spend the remainder
of his life in California. The doctor was
stricken with paralysis last winter, while
doing senatorial work at Helena and al
though he has recovered desires to sell out
his extensive interests in the state and seek
a milder climate. The doctor, notwith,
standing his opposition to the interests OF
this county, is a man who warrants the
high esteem in which he is held by the PEG
pie of the state, and the Chronicle regrets
that the state is to lose his valuable setv.
ices.
The doctors friends in Helena, we are
sure, will Join The INDEPENDENT in
wishing for him prosperity and restored
health in his new home.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16

is comparatively unknown. Another
proposed extension to Shoalwater bay,
which lies to the southwark Of Gray's
Harbor and in Pacific county, will place
the wheat fields of eastern Washington
in communication with the ocean.
From Willapa harbor, Il branch OF
Shoal water bay, there is already in con-
structlon a branch line to Chehalis, and
the end Of the year will see the last
rail in position. From Chehalis,
it is confidently expected a
route will be run across the Cascade
mountains, to connect with the main
line at Yakima. The advantages to be-
gained from the proposition. il it should
prove feasible, are obvious. The route TO
Portland will be shortened by Il consid-
cradle number of miles, and the wheat
staple of the eastern portion OF the
state can he run in almost a direct line
to the terminals at Gray's Harbor and
Shoalwater bay. Indeed the trans
mountain route has become n necessity.
The present single line is taxed
beyond it's capacity, and the shortened
route proposed with the tribute to be
drawn from a new country will prove a
better speculation than any double
tracking of the present system could be.
On the route to Portland, by the Col
umbia river, the Great Northern is sup
posed to be keeping a watchful eye.
And there is both money and wisdom in
the idea. 1t is the natural outlet for
the agricultural products Of the state,
and it avoids the expense and delay OF
the heavy grades Of the mountain route
further north. Seattle and Fairhaven
will this year form an integral part OF
the Great Northern, and the line will be
pushed on to a junction with the Can
adian Pacific at New Westminster. The
line from Seattle to Portland is too i'm
portant to be shelved, and, when it is
completed, the Union Pacific and the
Great Northern will share in it's bene-
fits. Still another line is in contempla-
ton, from Kettle Falls to the sound,
which would secure to the Spokane and
Northern the bulk Of the valuable
traffic along the international boundary.
The people Of our sister state may fairly
congratulate themselves on the inevi-
table development and material pros
perity that are sure to be theirs.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16

A gentleman was passing near Houghton
square, in Lynn, Mass, just after the recent
storm and discovered a cat ensconced on
the stringer of u wooden fence in n shelter
ing angle. He called the attention of a
neiRhbor to it, and together, thinking that
perhaps the cat was frozen to death. pro-
ceeded to stir it up. The cat got up and in
attempting to jump off the fence hung
suspended like an icicle by the end of its
caudal a%ppendage, which was frozen to the
fence. The animal had crawled in for
shelter from the storm, the heat of the body
melting the snow and then chilling enough
to freeze the tail to the fence. AS it hung
suspended the gentlemen began to look
around Tor warm water or some other
means OF thawinR out. but before they sue
cseded the weight of the BODY caused il
to break its hold, and the cat was released
! from its strange predicament.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
SOME 0 o ENGLISH.

Much Used Expressions Which are
Altogether Incorrect.
HE accepted the invite" II would be
quite as correct grammar to say: "He &C.
cepted the give;'' or "the appointment"
"She took a walk with Edith and l."
Would the speaker say. ''She went with ~
How do the intermediate words alter the
principle of construction? l should not
note either this error or the last were it not
that I nave heard both from the lips of
highly educated persons who ought to have
known a great deal better. ~.
A ~favorite style at present is: "This plant
will grow. don't you Think" Would it
not be more correct as we'll as elegant to
say: D you not think this plant will
grown
The horrible adverb between the infnitive
and verb continues to vex the souls of all
lovers of syntax: "To distinctly speak,"
''To carefully notice." etc.
Another most awkward combination, much
in favor, is: "The death is announced of
Gen. Smith,
Our cousin Jonathan some time ago in
structed US to write someone and anyone,
and now he sends US hyphenless today and
tomorrow. What shall we shudder atne1t?
Our cousin Patrick, who seems to have full
command of many newspapers, is also max
ing us shudder by such ~inelegancies as HE
asked me could l do it, II wondered did he
mean it," We should like to hear them
parsed.
Lastly, what do we mean by styling every
mortal event a function? We used to hear
of the functions of 4 clergyman. an officer
or a minister of state; but until the last
few years we never dreamed of Lady
Blanks evening party being a function or
of applying such a title to Mrs. Dash's con-
cert. Is it not rather absurd and also a
distinct loss rs regards the old sense, for
which we seem to have no other wore
equally Representatives, and Queries.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
How Flies Multiply,

From where do all the flies come? The
question is often asked, and seldom receives
SO satisfactory an answer as has been given
more ny than Id eaoa and tbe tin,o ny lays
laying to maturity is about two weeks.
Most of us have studied geomotrical pro-
gr%ession. Here VIC see it illustrated: Sun
pose one fly commences "to multiply and
replenish the earth" about Juno /. June
Is, if they all lived, would give $50. Sup
pose seventy-five of these are females, july
| would give us, supposinR no cruel wasp OF
other untoward circumstance to Interfere,
II, $50 flies. Suppose 5,G25 of these are fe.
males, we might have July l5, S43, 100 flies.
--Rarebitg,
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TOO MUCH.

"Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars" but not unto Commits
sioner Carter, of the general land office,
the things that belong to his predeces-
sors. Such, however, is the tendency
noticeable in republican press comments
upon his rulings in land matters. The
latest of such comments is found in the
Journal of yesterday in connection with
Carter's decision upon the application
of Henry Filing for patent upon a mill
site appurtenant to a lode claim.
The ruling, allowing Mr.. Filings ap-
plication upon his furnishing proof that
in 1883 the ground was occupied by
houses in which miners resided while at
work in the Mountain Chief mine, is
said to be "directly the reverse of the
previous decisions in regard to mill-site
claims
That statement is "directly the re-
verse" Of the fact.
The requirement of that part of the
revised statutes, section 1887, under
which the application in question was
made, is that "Where non-mineral land,
not contiguous to the vein or lode, is
used or occupied by the proprietor of
such vein or lode for mining or milling
purposes, such non-adjacent surface
ground may be embraced and included
in an application for patent for such
vein or lode"
The use of a millsite merely as a place
for storing timber for use in connection
with a mine, or as ground upon which
boarding or s~torehouses fused or occu-
pied" in connection with the mine have
been erected was very often made the
rulings of Commissioner Sparks held to
be such use or occupation for mining
or milling purposes as is required by
the statute.
This decision by Commissioner Carter,
like many others that during the past
two years have been heralded all over
the land as proof Of increased liberality
in the rulings of the general land office,
is merely an affirmation OF the estab-
lished policy of the general land office,
in many cases originating under the
last democratic administration.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
The Island of Juan Fernandez.

The island of Juan Fernandez, once in
habited by Alexander Selkirk, is now ton.
anted by r former Austrian officer. who.
after being forced by She terrible wounds
which he received at the battle of Sadown.
i'll 1866, to leave the army, grew tired of the
monotony of existence in civilized Europe
and determined to devote his fortune 10 n
life Of adventure. For fifteen years past lac
has been living ON the islnnd of Juan Fer
of European deseiters from civilization
and only communicating with the world
once a year. when he sends his sailing yach,
to Valparaiso for provisions aud supplies.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16
J. MCCONNELL,
H. Architect and Superintendent,

Rooms 36 and 81. third floor Montana National
Bank Building.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-16

WHEN the republicans of Tennessee,
Colorado, California and other states on
his present circuit look back and see the
results that followed Gen. Harrison's
visit to Illinois, Kansas and Iowa just
before the last election, they must view
the future with gloom and apprehen-
cinn