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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-18
4 pilgrimage 10 Mecca.

The risks Of a pilgrimage to Mecca
may well make the most earnest mus-|
sulman hesitate to undertake that
pious duty. OF the Sc, 900 pilgrims|
who have sailed from various oriental
ports for this sacred spot during the|
last six years, some %, 900 have newer
returned. A few, it is thought may|
possibly find their way back by other
routes. Many it is feared. are muir
dered by gangs of badmashes. who are
believed to travel regularly by the
Jedda steamers marking down pill
grims who are possessed OF valuables
and attacking them when favorable
opportunities occur. IL is said, how
ever, that by far the greater; number
fall by the waysidc on the long tramp
from Jedda To Mecca or Medina. Sd
far as the sea voyage is concerned, the
return voyage is for obvious reasOns
the most dangerous. The overland
tramp 10 and from the sacred cities
has the effect Of lowering the vitality
of the traveller, and he arrives at Jedda
in n state which predisposes him ID
ATTACKS of epidemic diseases engen1
dered by the overcrowding and UNI
speakable filth Of the pilgrim vessels
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-18
Sons of .Anak.

The tallest men OF western Europe
are found in Catalonia Spain; Nor
mandy. France; Yorkshire England;
and the Ardennes districts of Belgium.
Prussia gets her tallost recruits from
Slesvick Holstein. tho original home
of the impressible Anglo-Saxons; Aus
tria from the Tyrolese highlands. In
Italy the progress of physical degener-
alton has extended to the upper Apen-
mines, but the albanian Turks are still
an athletic race, and the natives OF the
Caucasus are as sinewy and gaunt as in
the days of the Argonauts. In the
United States the thirty-eighth parallel,
ranging through Indiana and northern
Kentucky, is as decidedly the latitude
of big men as the forty-second is that
of big cities. The tallest men of
South America arc found in the west
crn provinces of the Argentine Repub-
lie. of Asia i'm Afghanistan and Kay
pootana, of Africa in the highlands of
Abyssinia. -Phila. Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-18
FROM THE JAPANESE.

$50 young he cannot know the way"
fhus heard a mother say.
AT the close of summer day;
But he knew the road, il seems
Into the shadow-land of dreams,
And she wept above his clay,
Since, though young, he knew the wayi
Gone, where summer moths resort,
Or small boats that leave the port,
Sailing over the stormy brine,
IS, with this long sleeve of mine,
Nuder the gloom of alien skies,
G-y my weeping eyes!
il could be where the billow whirls,
IN lacquered skill, with paddle of
pearls,
Young no more, but old and gray,
You may be sure I'd know the way.
-R. II. Stoddard in Scribner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-18
LOST IN THE FOO.
The Son Learned That His Father Pos
sessed "a Few ideas.

Even old hunters. who have roamed
tho plains and mountains until they
are familiar with every foot of tho
ground. are liable under peculiar Cir
cumstances TO become bcwildered, says
the Youths Companion. They ara
completely "turlad around" rs tho
common saying is. The streams alb
flow the wrong way. and the sun sets
in the east. AS soon as the expert
enced hunter realizes his condition. ha
makes a camp, lies down and Coos to
sleep. When he awal<cs everything
comes round all right.
But more troublesome than such an
attack is the coming OF fog. In
few minutes the peaks and headlands,
the guides by which the traveller lays
his course, are Obscurcd and the sun is
hidden. In an article contributed to
The Big Game Of North America"
the Rev. Joshua Cooke narrates his
experience in IA fog while hunting
with his son among the mountains OF
Oregon.
One morning. though there was
every indication that a fog might roll
down by noon. they started for hunt
Several deer fell to their rifles, whom
the son came running, and exclaimed:
Father, the fog is coming. We must
leave the deer; the sun is hidden, and
we have not a compass. Hurry"
They started on run. but had not
gone far before day was turned into
night, and objects at two rods distance
were obscured. The son. ranchman.
familiar with the mountains stopped,
leaned on his rifle, and said:
Father, we are in n bad fix. All
depends upon my keeping my head
level. Please don't give me any coun-
sci, or object to anything | say or do.
1t will only confuse me, and then we
shall be lost. | will do my best"
Before | take up silence" answer
ed the father, ''let me say this: We
are now on an ascent; by keeping up
it as long as it continues. we must
come to some hilltop, which is our
only chance for an outlook if tho fog
should break little"
1T is q good thought, and may save
u.s." replied the son, leading the way
up into clearer ground, and then to
the summit 1t was barely noon. but
the fog made it almost rs dark as
night. Even from the summit there
was no outlook
Il will climb that fir, perhaps can
see from above" said the son. He
went up sixty feet no outlook.
MAY ! speak. my son?"
Yes, for | ain all at sea-
"Well, just beyond the top Of the fir
is the faintest show of more light than
elsewhere. If so, that is the SUM- and
that is south, for it is noon. p"
Then" said the son. pointing his
finger, that is east. and there is our
camp. Don't lose the direction. for l
can't keep it up here.
De came down and took the direc.
ton. BY keeping near objects direct
ly ahead and moving carefully from
one to another, the two men came
within an hour to black cattle-horse
standing at his stake, his body drip
ping with the rain-like mist.
Father, it's Jack, exclaimed tha|
son, as the horse gave faint neigh i
I'VE are safe home! God bless you'll
You didn't bother me to- day"
Two other men OF the company were|
lost that day in the fog. and wandered|
of west instead OF going east. They
were out all night, and were set right
by some Indians. They had to travel
forty miles TO reach tho cabin.
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KEPT THE TRUST.
Instead of Turning 1t Over to the Right
full Heirs-Suit to Recover. -

Instead of Turning II Over to the Right
full Heirs-Suit to Recover.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18.-Sixteen heirs of Chas.
Durkee, at n time governor of Utat, be-
gan suit in the federal circuit court to-day
to recover over $5OO,00 0 of Durkee's estate,
which. it is charged, they did not receive
because of the fraudulent acts of Franklin
II. Head, of this city, and Harvey Durkee,
half brother of the deceased. These two
latter were executors of the estate. Tt is
alleged that through their man1pulations
the rightful heirs were cheated. Mr.. Head
10 charged with having 80 managed the
estate as to get most of it In the possession
of himself and Harvey Durkee. The latter
is now dead. The bin makes sensational
charges. The compliments are Geo. Dur
kee. of De Forrest, Wis, Chas. L. Board
man, of Watertown, s.. D., and fourteen
Others who are scattered all over the ooun-
try. Head, who is a we'll known capitalist
and whose wife was a niece of Ex-Gov.
Durkee, said tonight that the estate
amounted only to $40, 600, instead of $780,
900. 1t has been twice in the courts, both
times going against PLAINTIFF. Head de-
clares the proceedings blackmail.
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THE ST. PAUL FIRE.
1t Licked Up Nearly a Million-The Los
md the

1t Licked Up Nearly 4 Million-The Losers
and the Amounts.
ST.. PAUL, Nov. 1s.-St. Paul last night
suffered one Of the most disastrous dres in
its history. The buildings damaged were
those Of GrigRs, Cooper 4 Co., wholesale
grocers, and Farweil, Ozmun, Kirk y Co..
Wholesale hardware. The total loss is esti-
mated at from $500, 900 to 81. 600, 900, Gov
cred by insurance. The building occupied
by the two firms ia a brick and stone struc-
ture five stories high. and has a frontage
on Third street Of 800 feet and on Broad
cupy two-thirds of the building. The
flames first made their appearance at 1l:44
O'Clock on the fourth floor. Within less
than Ave minutes the fire department was
on hand in force. but a general alarm
had to be turned soon after. The rapidity
with which the tiames spread and the blind
ing volumes of smoke which filled the sur
weather and the inability of the firemen to
get at the fire, rendered their work very
difficult.
In half an hour from the time the first
alarm was sent III the flames leapod through
the roof and commenced to work down the
elevator shaft to the lower floors which
were destroyed one by one. The iremen
turned their attention to the ground floor,
and after Il fight against terrible odds sue
coed in checking the fire, but the damage
on this floor will reach 100000. TIL walls
fell in at $40. The flames set fire to the
frame building occupied by the Northern
Pacific News company.
Soon after the walls of the Farewell o.
nun building fell outward. Several at
tempts were made to save the stock in the
less exposed part of the building, but with
out avail, and the complete destruction of
both stock and building was inevitable.
The building belonged to Ed G. Shepard
and was estimated to be worth 5000, 600.
The losses are estimated as follows: Fare
we'll, Ozmun, Kirk q Co., $500, 600, with an
insurance of s35p.00o; Grigss. Cooper q
Co., on the building and atock, $685. 600.
fully insured. Total loss, 1880, 0Oo. The
flames were under control at 4:3O this morn
ing, but were fast consuming what remained
of the stock. No definite information is
obtainable as to the cause of the FIRE. but it
is thought to have originated in the pack
ing room on the. fourth floor. Both firms
will continue business without Interrupt
ton. Their books and accounts were saved.
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FoR the benefit Of the Helena Jour
nal, which does not yet know which side
Of the silver question to take, and is not
likely to get it's instructions from Wash
ington for some months yet, we have re-
quested Chairman Collins to send it one
Of his neat and able little books on the
silver dollar. To allay any apprehen-
sion on the part Of our contemporary
we will say that it will not be required
to answer the categorical question:
"Are you for free coinage and, if not,
WHY not?"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19
IN 1902.

The result of the recent elections
makes it moro than ever apparent that
President Harrison will DO re-nominated.
We do not believe that any other name
than his will DO considered by the re-
publican national convention. The
smashing democratic victory in New
York, a state in which Blaine has always
been peculiarly weak, must convince
the wiser leaders Of the party that how
ever much they may idolize the man
from Maine his nomination at this time
would not be prudent. But whether they
see it or not, there is no doubt that Mr..
Blaine co~mprehends the situation, and
that he will refuse a nomination at the
proper time. Mr.. Harrison is the logi-
cal candidate Of his party. He repre-
sants it's policies and it's principles. He
is as ultra on the tariff as Mckinley
himself; he is as ~revengeful In his pol
icy OF hate toward the south as Reed or
Chandler; and as an enemy of silver he
is a man after Wall streets own heart.
1t is extremely improbable that any
candidate Of the republican party could
carry New York next year. The party
is shattered and demoralized beyond
hope of speedy reorganization. But
Mr.. Harrison can come as near carrying
it as any member Of his ~party-nearer
than Mr.. Blaine. All the great pro-
tectsd industries of the Empire state
with their millions of capital will be
solidly behind him. The New York
Central Railway system, with it's i'm
mense power, will be welded by MI.
Depew in his interest. The banks and
bankers of Wall street, the money
lenders and Insurers, who are bent on
accomplishing the final defeat of free
silver coinage, will stand round assess
ments for his campaign fund. Not a
single republican interest will oppose
his reelection.
Personal dislike of Mr.. Harrison be-
cause he is selfish, sordid and
place, and the enmity of disappointed
politicians, will have to give way before
the united demand of the trusts, corpo-
rations and money of New York that
the man who has served them without
a question, and without thought of the
welfare of the weak and the powerless,
shall be kept at the post where he has
been SO useful to the men who put him
there.
Day by day the lines are more clearly
drawn and we already see the shaping
of the platform, on which Benjamin
Harrison will stand, going on. The Nc
Kinley tariff law, as the result of the
result Of the Ohio election, has been &C
copied as one plank, and Secretary Fos-
ter, in his speech at the chamber of
commerce dinner in New York on Tues
day night, officially lined out the silver
plank. with all our power" he said,
tive cannot maintain the parity of the
two metals if the policy of free coinage
of silver prevails. If the price of silver
advances from one dollar to S1.29 an
ounce all the silver in the world for sale
will be attracted to this country" "Ben-
jamin Harrison, a high tariff and no free
silver" There you have the whole re-
publican campaign for 1892 in a nut
shell.
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however, had ovsrcstimAted the amount of
alcohol in her seal to produce q powerful
swsat. The result wAs that after topchidR
a match 70 the fluid 1 fierce blue name fo1y
feet long shot up within tho blanketsd en-
closure. Tho bath ended right there, and
the husband has since been In bod.
In one column the Miner informs ri that
IL was "blankety blank. the blank, blank
SMOKE" this other morning, and IN an adj
joining column announces that Hntts %
being we'll advertised as the homo OF great
possibilities. From evidence submitted
our contemporary over tho range will soon
refer to Sheol ~ the temporary capital OF
sinners, and 4 place with even less possible
tiles than Butte.
Hugh McQuaid's absence Of late from tho
club and tho haunts Of good fellows hss at
last been explained. So long as We learned
nothing of this from the Adonis himssl.
we violate no confidence in giving the mat
ter away to m inquiring public. In a word,
he is busily at work preparing . red book
Of the Montana peerage. II 10 needless to
say that the book will fill u long felt want
and that no one is better equipped for
the compilation. From the advance shssts
we find that it will contain a complete list
of Missouri colonies who inherited their
titles: a list of those who won their titles
in Montana; pedigrees SO far as can
be learned; the requirements necessary to
elevate laymen to the rank OF captain: titles
bestowed for extraordinary s%srvices, for in
stance. the elevation Of Sir Valentine La n
benheimer to the title Of duo do Caceac;
thanks for information obtained from the
lord chamberlain of the court of st. James:
steel engraving Of the order of the star and
garter granted to the author when knighted
by her majesty the queen of England and
of India. The book will be hand
printed on heavy Irish linen paper.
bound ia red and gold and published by
the we'll known firm of Longshoreman,
Il PottinRworth, London.
The price will be aG25.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

Mr.. RoGER Q. MILLS is an honest and
able statesman, and would not bring
discredit on the speakers chair, but
some of his personal organs are offensive
in insisting that he has claims on the
office. No party man has claims on an
Office. 1t is solely a question as to
whether the best interests OF the party
will be advanced by selecting Mr.. Mills.
Possibly they will, but Mr.. Mills, having
avowed his candidacy, should wait for the
party to call him, and not let his friends
demand the office for him as a right.
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here, but It must not bring along any
B~almacedas like Cook, or traitors like
Greenwood. We have no nse for Thorn.

THE richness OF the democrats in
presidential candidates seems to en-.
barrass our republican friends, who
have no choice but the lone, lorn Harri-
son for themselves. Tho st. Paul Pio-
neer Press devotes a column to showing
that Cleveland, Hill and Flower will all
be set aside because OF their rivalries,
and William G. Whitney, Mr.. Cleve-
lands popular young secretary OF the
navy, is to be brought out as Newlork
candidate. Perhaps 30, and possibly
not. But whatever tho outcome, our
republican friends must admit that any
one OF that big four would be a mighty
hard man to beat.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

AND still HE INDEPENDENT says nothing
approving of tho cut to be made in Broad
wav's grade. Can it see nothing in a great
public work simply because it is projected
by an enlightened republican administra-
tion?-Journal.
The only votes against the paving OF
Broadway were cast by republicans, viz:
Fuller, Reese. Wilmer and Thompson.
If the democratic aldermen had voted
against it, it would have been defeated.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

A SCHOOL teacher, who is an enthu-
siastic friend of Helena, suggests that
our citizens should 20 ahead with their
plans for an educational convention here
next summer, and says there would be
an o attendance of teachers
from the west and south who are ready
to break away from the old association.
1t strikes us that the proper people
to form a new association are not the
citizens of Helena but the teachers
themselves. The assembled teachers at
Toronto last summer were nearly unan-
imous in the opinion that the conven-
ton should go west. Saratoga at no
time in the directors meeting got the
votes of one-third of the directors. Yet
at the meeting OF the executive com
mittee in New York the other day Cook
and Calkins detied the expression Of sen
timent in favor of the west and declared
that the convention should 60 east and
not to Helena or Seattle. They had
some moral support for their course
from certain directors Of the association
~ a DCOA iiuuoou Wy AI'SICpic 5Cu-
tation Of the situation to acquiesce in the
movement to go to Saratoga, but when
they started out with the purpose OF
defeating Helena and Seattle they had
no backing at all.
We do not know whether the teachers
who belong to the National Educational
association intend to submit to that
sort of business or not. We would
think as self respecting Americans they
would arise in their might and drive
fellows like Cook from power. The
teachers of the west and south must
now clearly see that this little clique OF
eastern men, of which Cook is the head
intends to trample them under foot. We
have no doubt that one of these days the
educators south of the Ohio river and
west of the Alleghanies will have an as
ISOLATION Of their own in which the will
of the majority will be the supreme
law. When that time comes the citi-
zens of Helena will send a cordial invi.
tetion to the new association to meet
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

Up to the hour of going to press Mr..
J. M. Greenwood, Of Kansas City, Mo.
has not sent to this Office a statement
that the letter purporting to be signed
by him, in which his vote was cast for
Saratoga as the place for'the Teachers
convention, was a forgery. Perhaps he
has applied for a writ of extradition for
the forger and is moving secretly in the
mattar.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19
Montana News Via St, PAM.

ST. PAUL, Oct. lS.-A Pioneer Press spe-
cial from Anaconda, Mont, says: Labor
organizations i'll Butte, Missoula, Great
Falls and other cities in Montana have
commenced a strong fight against the Chi
nese. All members Of various unions will
not patronize Chinese, and agree to boycott
all merchants, saloon men, restaurant
keepers, hotel men and others who employ
Chinese in any way. Heads of families are
requested not to employ Chinese as cooks
or servants. The tight promises to be q
hard one. There are over 1000 Chinese in
Montana, and 1,6O0 in Butte alone,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

The esteemed Journal says The IN
DEPENDENT is for Cleveland and the es-
teemed Herald says The INDEPENDENT
is for Hill. Until our esteemed contem-
poraries reach an agreement on this i'm
portant question we do not see how in
the dickens we shall know where we
stand. This is truly embarrassing.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19
Presented to the Library

PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 18.-Prof. Libbey
has presented to the college library the
library of late Prof. Guyot. which consists
of 5000 books and 1000 maps. This COL
lection is very rich in books of early dates
and contains complete sets of scientific
magazines.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
HELENA. MONT, NOV. 10. 1891.

eE- Montanians abroad will always find TnH
D.lly INDEPENDENT on flo At their fsvorits
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New
York: West, Minneapolis; Baldwin and Palace,
San Francisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel,
Springfield. Ill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

WE will not quarrel with the es-
teemed Herald as to what vote Mr..
Blaine probably would get in Montana,
if he were nominated, for he will not be
nominated. The pins are set up for
Harrison and all the Herald has to do
is to shut its eyes, open it's mouth and
gulp down it's medicine like q good little
hoy . . ....
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19
Wages Under tho Tariff

PITTSBURGH. Nov. 1S.-The strike at the
American Iron works was settled TODAY.
the amalgamated association ordering the
engineers to accept thu company's reduc-
ton OF 10 per cent. The plant ia now in
full operation,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19
Two Trains, One Track,

W1LL1AMspoKr, Pa, Nov. 1.-two pas
Henger trains on the Philadelphia d Erie
collided at Birds siding this afternoon.
Engineer Ray, of Harrisburg, WAS fatally
injured, and Mrs. May Nugent. Miss Kate
Rooney and Helen murray, members of u
dramatic company, painfully hurt.
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Lynchers DISCHARGED.

OMAHA, Nov. 1S.-"Uncle Jimmie" Can
o and Capt. O'Donoghue, two of the
leaders Of the mob that lynched the negro,
oct. IL. were discharged from custody this
afternoon, the hearing not developing
enough evidence on which to held them for
trial. There are still eighteen men to be
tried.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19
Live oysters at Motor Office.

Best line OF neck wear in the city at Tho Bee
Hive for SOC.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-19

b i. n. J.. Bazaar has removed tn ront
OF broad way, south of fayntsr Drug Go,
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INDEPENDENT

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@AUCTlONEERS

Household Goods. horses and Cattle will be
sold ut public auction at. low commissions.
Also auction salss will be conducted every
evening at our place OF business, lO2 South
Main street, corner Wall
HOLCBERG Il RECHNITZ,
Auotioneers.