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RUSSIAN FAMINE.
Conspirators Take Advantage OF the
Situation to Incite a Revolt.

ConSpfrators Take Advantage OF the
Situation to Incite u Revolt.
LONDON, Oct. IA dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from st. Petersburg says
revolutionary society at Iieff has been
endeayoring to take advantage of the
prevailing famine to excite revolt, and
that exiles from Switzerland and France
have guided the movement. Numerous
arrests of real and suspected members
have been effected, among whom were
several students of the University of
Kieif. These circumstances determined
the authorities to make domiciliary visits
to the lodgings of certain young men
whose political leanings seemed doubt
ful, and these visits led to the discovery
of secret literary clubs, the members of
which read privately the writings of
Count Tolstoi and of Saltikeff, which are
prohibited by the Russian Government.
but are published in Geneva. The
students, whose objects are not political,
have all been arrested and are being
treated exactly in the same way as real
conSpirators.
The students of the university, indig-
nant at this injustice. called meeting to
petition the minister for the release of
members of the literary clubs, but the
rector dissolved the gathering in spite of
the protest of all present, and the Gov
ernor-General threatened to surround the
university with Cossacks.
Medical councils have been summoned
in the distressed provinces of the Empire.
Scurvy and typhus are raging in the
wake of famine.
NoU0sti says that famine prevails in
thirteen different Governments of the
country and 100000 persons are in
urgent need of succor.
The Government is purchasing corn for
81. = L -
stricken districts during the winter
months. The Government is also nego-
tiating for the purchase of large quanti-
ties of breadstuffs in the United States.
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Big offer to Corbett and Mitchell.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Olympic
Athletic Club of New Orleans offers Sl5,-
600 for fight to finish between Corbett
and Mitchell, and Corbett win bet $4,000
on the outside. Ii the offer is not ac-
cepted by Mitchell it will be open to
Slayin
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DEATH ON THE RAIL.
A Baltimore and Ohio Passenger
Train Jumps the Track.
THREE COACHES THROWN OVER
AN EMBANKMENT.

Two Passengers Killed and Fifty
Badly Injured-Eleven Men Receive
Serious Injuries by the Explosion
of Locomotive Boiler-A Boston
Journal Gives Credence to a Report
That Compromise Has Been Eff
fected in the Searles VIII Contest.
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Canadian Cabinet.

TORONTO, Oct. 14.-It is stated on good
authority that the Minister of Railways
and Canals has been selected, and that J.
j. a. Chapleau gets the vacant position,
and that j. A. Quimet, late Speaker of
the House of Commons, succeeds him as
Secretary Of State. Lieutenant-Go Governor
Anglers of Quebec, it is further stated,
will enter the Cabinet at the close of his
term in October, and Sir Adolph Caron
will succeed him as Lieutenant-Gov-
ernOr.
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LONDON, Oct. 14.-Salisbury, in behalf
of England, has informed the Porte that
if vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet
are allowed to pass the Dardanelles,
Great Britain claims the same right for
her volunteer vessels.
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A strawberry bed in Lansing, Mich.
is leaing for the third time this season.
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THE PosToNrAN ASHORE


HULL tMass.), Oct. 1.-THE steamer
Bostonian OF the Leylan line, which
sailed from Boston for Liverpool this
morning, is ashore on Georges Island
Shoal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

The patriotic citizens Of Helena who
endorsed the check OF Manager Locke,
Of the Emma Juch Opera company,
will be glad to learn that when Miss
Juch's salary was attached in lndianap-
oils the other day that gifted lady re-
marked: "How horrid; if they had
waited until l got to New York I would
have sold enough United States bonds
to discharge the debt"
The date Of the prima donna's ar
rival in New York will be watched with
interest.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

VIZ quite concur in the opinion OF our
esteemed Butte contemporaries that
Butte is all right. OF course it is. The
man who can't look beyond the present
temporary lull and see a long career OF
glorious prosperity for the great mining
center Of the continent is a victim OF
hopeless myopia. And the same promise
holds good of Anaconda, Helena, Bozs-
man., Great Falls, Missoula and other
Montana cities. While the newspapers Of
rival towns indulge in banter and jest
at one another's expense, the inhabi-
tants Of these various communities have
the friendliest feeling for n another,
the closest interests in common, and all
feel that they are citizens of a state that
is moving forward to a great destiny.
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In spite of its progressive and liberal
spirit the new commonwealth OF Aus
tralia has its race problem which threat
ems to be as stubborn and difficult of
solution as our own. New Zealand is
the dlsaffected colony that threatens to
stay out of the federation. Sir Charles
Dixie in a discussion of the situation in
the Forum says: "Sir George Grey
thinks that a barrier against the partic-
ipation of New Zealand in Australian
federation is to be found in the colored
labor question, which he believes IS
one of the first difficulties which an Aus
tralian federal Parliament will have to
face. He has declared that the north
ern territories, if they are to be worked
at all, must be worked with colored
labor, and although he is opposed to
the employment of Chinese labor,
thinks that kanakas and Indian coolies
might wisely be employed in the north.
Sir George Grey's information differs
entirely from my own, which is to the
effect that, even in the event of a dtVi-
sion of the colony of Queensland, the
majority of the people in the north
would oppose the introduction Of col
CURED labor; and ! regard it as most
unlikely that this question w,ll be raised
in the federal parliament should it meet,
or at least be raised with the slightest
chance of a reversal of the recent policy
of exclusion of colored labor. No
doubt the growing of tropical produce
upon the northern coast will be pre-.
vented if | am right. but | firmly be-
lave that the Australian people have
made up their minds hat the continen,
is to be reserved for white men, anG
that those Industries which cannot be
supported by white labor, are not tc
be encouraged upon Australian SOIL
This sentiment comes from one of thu
most liberal and enlightened leaders O
public opinion that England has pro
duced. Had it come from the lips oil
gentleman south of Mason and Dixon
line the republican party would hav
made an entire campaign on it.
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THE SHADE GRAPH Err,

had a chat Yesterday afternoon with
George Il. Davis, who lives on the Crow
reservation near Laurel. No man III the
country is better versed in the Crow Ian
guage or better acquainted with the habits
of this tribe. lie has lived among them
twenty-five years and is qualified to speak
on any subject connected with this branch
of Out national wards, and III addition his
opinions are to be respected because he is
"A man of standing in eastern Montana.
While talking about the Crow reservation
yesterday afternoon Mr.. Davis Eaid: at is
not generally known hat gross abuses exist
IN the agents management of affairs on the
Crow reservation. The agent there is Major
NJ. L. Wyman, who is altogether untitled for
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

lifelong republican. The firm nj
lures the Morse twist drill, sold all over his
and Europe. For over twenty
six years it has imported steel rods and wire
for use in making drills. tnps and small
tubes. taking the product OF a famous Lam
cashire works because it wRs better steel
than could be obtained in this country. Be-
fore the Mckinley tariff law went into Of
feet the duties assessed on bars and wire
were considered reasonable in comparison,
satisfactory to importers and affording am
pie protection to makers of bright steel
wire in this country.
Under the new tariff, however, Mr.. Taber
shows invoices of goods which show thai
goods that paid a duty of S47S.27 under the
old tariff now pay s a,a6a.6o, an increase
Of $40 per cent. Such duties are
not protective. They are prohibitive,
a hinderauce and a wrong to man
ufacturers. Mr.. Taber says his firm
sold last year over 800, 900 worth of goods
abroad, moro than $4,000 of it going to
Germany, supposed to be the cheap labor
centre. This shows that an American con
Germ can import it's raw material from Eu-
rope, pay a reasonable duty thereon, and
put the manufactured article right back
into the cheap labor centres of Europe ana
underssll foreign competitors. With free
raw materials a much better showing would
be made.
Under the Mckinley tariff, however. this
American industry is crampea, contracted,
burdened, obliged to contract its market.
This is but one instance out of many that
proves how burdensome is the outrageously
high, prohibitivc duties levied by the Nc
Kinley tariff.
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A GREAT SERIAL STORY.
THE FIRE WORSH|PPER'S
A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN PERSIA,
From the French of Andre Laurie,
Author of Captain Trafalgar" From New York
to Brest in Seven Hours" Etc.
SECRET-

Under the above title The I~NDEpEND-
n will begin the publication next
Sunday, and in THE WEEKLY INDIE
Of June III, Of a striking his
torical romance which will run about
two months.
In this tale Andre Laurie, a collabora-
tor and pupil Of Jules Verne, has writ
ten a story of strange adventure that
rivals the work OF his master in interest
and invention. It is the narrative Of the
adventures of a young archeologist and
his sister in the land of the Shah, where
they have gone to unear.h, if possible,
the ancient city of Ecbatana, Of which
all traces we're long since lost. They
are assisted by an old priest of the Zorro
astrisn religion, who wishes to use the
scientific knowledge of the young archa-
olegist to recover, if possible, some of
the lost treasures of the Fire-worship-
pers. about which traditions have been
handed down,
The story opens in the cavern home
of the old priest. Then follows the en-
trance, effected by the ~archaologist and
the Fire-worshlpper, to a subterranean
passage, which leads to the buried city.
They have many strange adventures in
this underground labyrinth. They find
the ancient temple of the Fire-wor-
shippers. Many marvels of old-time
civilization are discovered. They are
lost in the lntrioacies of the subterra-
mean halls and passages and temples.
After a variety of incidents of thrilling
interest they are happily rescued from
their strange predicament.
The story will be of fascinating inter
est alike to old and young. It's por.
trayals Of the ancient civilization with
which it deals will be faithful and life
like, and it is the aim Of the writer to
instruct as we'll as to interest. Graphic
illustrations will appear with each in
stallment.
The story is one that will richly repay
perusal and we can promise our readers
a rare treat.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

A REPORTER of the Minneapolis Tri-
bune, who had charge of Bob I%ngersoll's
recent lecture on Liberty From Rell-
gion". did not wind up with the usual
"at the conclusion of the address the au-
dience dispersed" He put it thus:
He ceased; the spell was broken; the
stern reality of catching a street car
home swept with cyclone force upon the
listening multitude.' There are no flies
on that reporter.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

The Iowa democrats will enter the
political lists early this year. Their
state convention meets in Ottumwa just
three weeks from to-day. Gov. Boies
will be renominated without opposition
and he will be a hard man to beat. The
republicans will make desperate efforts
to regain the state, and if they fail they
recognize that their chances of carrying
1t in 1892 will be well nigh hopeless.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

HENRY GEORGE, JR., a genuine chip of
the old block, is writing depressing let
ters from England about the poverty Of
the people. Yet statistics show that
pauperism has decreased in Great Brit
ain from fifty to the thousand in 1861 to
twenty to the thousand in 1889, while in
the past thirty years (under so-called
proteetion) pauperism has steadily in
creased in the United States.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

A New YORK lawyer has achieved
newspaper notoriety by calling Edison
"only a shrewd mechanic" but up to
the hour of going to press Mr.. Edison
had not retired from business at the old
stand,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

Fort SHAW is to be abandoned. The
day is not far distant when one big cen
trail post will suffice for Montana and
the adjacent country. Such a central
ization would be more economical and
advantageous IN every way.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

ONE Of the most oppressive features
of the Mckinley tariff is the duty on
steel, which is made burdensome both
to manufacturer and consumer. The
New Haven Register cites the following
case of an increase of $40 per cent:
The head Of the Morse Twist Drill and
Machine company is Edward S. Taber, .
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the position. He is there for what money no
can tna in tho business. He IA the tool Of
the big cattlemen, including Nelson Story,
Paul Mccormick and the Chicago hrms.
He controls several influential Indians
around the agency and they do 40 he tells
them. The Indians on the western part Of
the reservation are greatly neglected.
When supplies, including agricultural i'm
Elements, come, Wyman distributes them
among the Indians around the reservation
because they do 40 he says. TN the other
hand he ia In turn controlled by Story, who
has been the actual agent for . good many
years. Wyman ID also = tool OF the North
ern Pacific Railroad company. In q word
he ia a very bad official for the lndiana ana
should be removed by the government a.
Washington. / can produce q mass OF evil
dence for the veri6cation OF my statements"
NV
az came to Helena twenty-five years ago
Yesterday" said John H. Curtis tonne while
talking about the past, present and future
OF the Queen city. MIR, Curtis is one of the
fortunate men OF Montana. He came here
wears ago with less than 81, and now Is
worth, l am told, fully $3OO,Oo 0 in mines
and real estate. Mr.. Curtis will return to
live in Helena because he thinks 1t is the
best town on earth. He 10 50 years old,
sound in health and bright as a new dollar.
He therefore sees no reason why he should.
not have the full enjoyment OF life for
many years to come. Mr.. Curtis reached
Fort Benton May %, 1866, on the steamer
Waverly. He was a passenger in the hrst
coach that ever left Benton for Helena.
The coach was owned by Charles G. Hunt
lev, who charged $25 fare and % cents q
pound for baggage between the Two
cities. On the evening Of the tirst
day the party reached Twenty-eiRht
spring where they camped until the follow
ing morning. The next night they eamped
at Lyons Hill and on the following day they
were whired up in front of the Crystal
Palace hotel. where the Cosmopolitan now
stands. The hosiery was kept BY Captain
Cox, who charged twenty-five dollars q
week for bed and board. Curtis had fve
dollars, half of which he gave to Scott
Elder. The hotel dinner was a rather pic
turesque affair. The walters wore red
shirts with the sleeves turned up and re-
volvers and bowie knives in their belts. AS
MIR. Curtis says they looked like bloody
butchers. They passed the coffee and tea
pots around in their hands and poured the
different drinks into tin cups. One pilgrim
called out that he wanted a beef steak. The
waiter dropped the coffee pot. reached for
his knife and yelled. "What son of q gun IS
calling for a steak before his timer
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

THERE are only two ex- presidents living
HAYES and Cleyeland-and no ex-vice presi-
dents.-Herald.
When did your uncle Hannibal Ham
lin begin to fit about on golden wings,
as the Prince would SO beautifully
mt itp
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

The Alta California, which has been
dead for several years, has at last dis
covered that fact, and suspended pub
LEGATION. In that respect it IS more
fortunate than certain Montana news
papers that have long been dead and
don't know it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

BosToN and San Francisco are both
bidding for the democratic national
convention. The party should not go to
extremes. Helena is safe middle
ground. And think what a glorious
wigwam the Broadwater natatorium
would make-with the water turned off.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

FARMER INGALLS, is losing none of his
e~pigrammatic wit since he took to the
potato field. Asked by IN inquisitive
reporter in Chicago, the other day,
whittier he was travelling the ex- senator
replied, "In search of the %1tata," and
passed on.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
HELENA, MONT, JUNE 8. 1891.

HvMontanians abroad will always find The
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their favorite
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New
York; West, Minneapolis: Baldwin and Palace,
San Francisco; McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel,
Springfield. Ill.
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While Mr.. Curtis was eating he heard
some one yell; 1--WE have a man for break
fast this morning" The pilgrim was I'M
decided for a moment whether he was in a
community of South Sea cannibals or
among white men. However, he followed
the crowd up Main street, over to Bridge
and then up to Dry Gulch. There he saw a
mans form dangling to the limb of the
historic old pine tree. The fellow was
Frenchy, who killed a man, was tried and
acquitted, and returned to Helena to be
executed by the vigilantes. This wa a
tough sight to the young tenderfoot, and he
would have given five years Of his life If he
could only have been returned that minute
to his Missouri home. However, he re-
manned with the country and prospered be-
You'd his expectations. After olerking a
while for his brother, Col. @. D. Curtis, he
finally went into the grocery business
for himself from which he retired to go
into mines md real estate. One Of
his earlier investments was the purchase
of a lot on Benton avenue for $3.50 fer
which he afterward refused $4,000. He
also invested $500 in forty acres. now
known as the Hershfeld addition. He
atterward sold thirty-eight acres of this for
$40, 800, and is reserving two acres for his
home when he again settles down in Hell
ena.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-03

When Roland Reed and John Mcguire
get together stories worth telling are sure
to follow. Yesterday afternoon in a group
of friends they were talking about funny
experiences in securing property" The
property baby" is not always an easy arti-
Gle to procure. For instance, on the open
ing night of Lend Me YOU Wife a year
old baby was required for a few minute
A %youngster of the right age could not be
found. The nearest approach was a boy
who, as Mr.. Reed says, was old enough to
vote. So a dummy Was procured in the
following act when Miss Rush addresses
the baby and says, "Oh. 30 sweet
ana only six months old" Last year when
Mr.. Reed was in a Pennsylvania town the
property man of the theatre started out to
find a baby. After a long search he re-
turned with q little colored baby the use of
which was out Of the question as Miss Rush
is supposed to be one of the loving parents.
John Mcguire once had a funny experience
in the same line. Phosa McAllister came
through this country a few years ago play
ing the leading role in standard dramas
under Mr.. Maguire's management. One
night she was in Deer Lodge to appear in
East Lynne. Mcguire sent out a man to
find a Little Willie. thinking there would
be little difficulty in finding a ive-year. old
boy in Deer Lodge who could tread the
boards. But no boy appeared and
all we're on needles and pins for
East Lynne without Little Willie would
be Hamlet without Hamlet. just as the
curtain was about to 90 up the messenger
returned with a colored five year old boy.
Mcguire, however, with his usual fund of
resources yelled to the stage hands to bring
all the white grease paint in the house and
rushed the boy back into one of the rooms.
Then he fell to work and painted the boys
face as white as he could make it. The
result was that the young man looked like
a chocolate maroon. He went on the stage
and took his place. When the fair Phosa
rushed on the stage to grasp her darling
she gave one glance and then yelled: Great
Heavens, where did you get it?" Tn
audience caught on II the melodrama fol
a moment turned into n roaring comedy.
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Car new potatoes and onions and cars cabbage.
five days from Los Angeles, Just arrived, Morris,
Steel, & Hindson.
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Go to Tho Bee Hive and buy one of the cele-
and prices are 1898 per cent lower than inferior
CarrlaHeS.
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For Sale.
Household furniture consisting OF one
dining room set, carpets, one chamber set,
chairs, stoves, etc, at Alb Seventh avenue.
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CHILpREN:,,!.,s
~
CLOTHING


Ladies who visit our store to
purchase Children's Suits, Knee
Pants, Hats, Caps and Shoes for
their little ones, r becoming
more and more convinced that
we are the right house for these
goods.
FIRSTLY-We have a sepa-
rate department with plenty of
light, where shopping is a
pleasure for anyone.
~SECONDLY-We have a full
stock of Suits, from 4 to IS
years, in all the different styles
and patterns.
buy our Chill
dren's Clothing of firms that
make nothing else, and they
get them up in the best way
possible.
FOURTH-We mark them with
a small profit, in order to build
up a large trade in that line.
sell goods at strict
ly one price, where n dollar
does as much for one as an
other, and do exactly as we
advertise.
We have a lot Of big bargains
in Blue and Gray Blouse Suits
that we are selling at $1.35,
ST.. 50, $500.
We have also a fine lot OF
Mothers Friend Shirt Waists at
soc. and upwards. Call and see
them.
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The story is one that will richly repay
perusal and we can promise our readers
a rare treat.