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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-08
A Record. Made at Helena in 1889,
Broken Yesterday at Deer
Lodge.
The Former Was Made by Cy.
clone and the Latter by
Eclipse, Jr.
Marcus Daly's Crack Horse Montana Eas-
lily Wins the Rich Lorillard Stakes
Other Sporting News.

DEER LODGE. July 7.-[special. THE
races we're good to-day and created great
interest. In the first race record was
broken. The racs was three-eiRhths of a
mile dash, weights to age, each 122'pounds.
The entries we're Eclipse, Jr.. The jew,
Yellowstone and Bay Tom. A good start
was had with Bay Tom little In the rear.
But they came like whirlwind
and Eclipse, Jr. passed under
the wire in 81 1-5, Yellowstone second,
Bay Tom third, and The jew close at hand.
This time is correct, many claiming thirty
four seconds. The fastest time heretofore
made was by Cyclone, at Helena, in 1889,
in 3I.
Five-eighths of mile, handicap, the
starters being Half Moon, Blue Dick, The
Jew, Comet. Wedgerfeld and Deward Re-
gent, who were assigned positions in the
order named. The race was taken by
Comet in 1903, Dewarf Regent second. The
Jew third.
TrottinQ, gentlemen's roadsters. for en-
tries. The race is hardly worth mention
ing except for the hubbub which it created.
At one time it seemed as if Pandemonium
was being emptied. There were five heats,
the best time made being 1926.
There will be some consolation races to-
morrow afternoon, when the meeting will
close.
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She Joined the Army.

CHICAGO, July 7.-Wealthy Mrs. Petruella
Durham, whose attempts to turn over large
amounts of money to the Salvation army
i'll this city against the wishes of her rela-
tives caused much comment somo time ago,
filed bill to-day against her brother
in-law, w. IL. stubbings, charging
him with defrauding hor of her inheri-
tance of $40 900 and demanding an account
ing. Stubbings, she EXPLAINS. was the
trusted tinancicr of the family, but sho as
serts that he has abused tho confidence re-
posed In him and that his pretended eff
forts to shield her fortune from being dis
spated in II scheme for his own benefit.
Mrs. Durham Its daughter OF Peter John
son. II wellkuown resident OF Chicago, but
since her Salvation army experience be
gan she has married and now lives in Cali
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
fused or fnil to respond to the signals. II
WINS thought TINT every chance Of failure
had been provided against.
ftcporters Not Allowed.

S1Nd SIso, July Tho witnesses TO the
execution gathered Mt the prison In re-
sponse to the warden's invitation half an
hour or more before the time fixed for ths
electrocution TO take place. Tho warden
had invited the full number Of those whom
the law Observation-Disclosures all wore
present. Tho crowd outside the prison was
composed almost entirely OF repreaentn--
tives Of newspapers and of two press asso--
Citations. Warden Brown declined 10 por"
init Representatives OF tho press nssocia~
tions to have access to the execution
chamber, either as hssistants OF hg wit
nosses. and 1T WAS known several days be-
fore the execution took place that accounts
which might be published must be obtained
from the twelve citizens who w.ro invited
to be present, II they could be rersnaded to
talk about IL. Extenaivo prepara-
tions Ind been made to ham
die what news conld bG OBJ
tained na rapidly M possible.
Nehr tho place whore tho temporary exccu-
ton room waa built was n small frame
building OF Two rooms, Special wires had
been strung TO IL aid operators sat with
fingers on .he keys from midnight Of sun
day waiting for the gignnl 10 seud news tina.
the executions had tnkan place. The West
cru Union Telegraph company had put Ok
ira operators in tho office At the rhlroad
station further down the track to handle
the reports OF special correspondents.
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MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
i. j. Smith Comes Through Flvo Blasts
In Mine.

In a Mine.
BUTTE, July 7.-v[bpecinl. There was n
miraculous escape ut four o'clock this
morning In the Elvina mine, north OF
Walkerviile. =. j. Smith. the contractor
for the mine, was sinking double com
partment shaft, which IL down 40 feet.
This morning Thomas Noonan was at
work with him there. At the time Of the
accident five shots were prepared for ex-
plosion. Tho fuse had been ignited, but
through cnreletsness the mon fingered too
long. They were in tho bucket, but had
only been raised about ten feet when one
OF the shots exploded. Flying rock strik-
ing the bucket, knocked Smith out,
and he fell to the bottom.
Noonan hung on and escaped unhurt.
Noonan wanted to return for his comrhde
but Smith would not permit 1t, thinking
thnt his time had come and deciding not to
endanger the life of another man. He had
scarcely arisen when three more shots ex
ploded and Smith was thrown violently
into the air. He was badly bruised and
bleeding, but succeeded in climbing to a
bulkhead, which he reached just as the last
shot exploded. The bucket was now lowered
and Smith, to the joy OF his friends, was
found to be alive, although badly gashed
and bruised. His clothes were in shreds
and his body burned with powder, but he
could talk. He has been removed to the
hospital and Is doing we'll.
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witnesses fro.s u was distinctly
brutal. He took d., the chair
quietly, suffered th~ to bind
him without protest ant. awaited
the shock. II came to him y the other
three and with like results. the first con-
tact did not destroy all appearance OF life
and the second burned the flesh.
The autopsy on the bodies WAS commenced
early in the morning and lasted until we'll
along in the afternoon. Those wko con-
Quoted the operations were Drs. Nc
Donald, Rockwell, Southwick, Daniels
and Prof. Landy. The body of JuRro WAS
the first to be placed under dissecting
knife. AS to the result of these e1amina-
tions there appears to be difference of
opinion among those who took part in the
autopsy. Some of the physicians report
that no burns nor marks were discovered,
while others tell exactly an opposite story.
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DISPOSITIONS NOT ALLOWED.
Ruling by COMM 9issioner Carter on Land
Once Case.

Ruling by Compissioncr Carter on Land
Office Case.
WAsH1NGToN, July t. Special. l. Land
Commissioner Carter has made an import
ant ruling in the various controversies over
the Thompson. Mont, townsite contest
with mineral claimants. The case was
closed in May, but various reports we're re-
ceived at the general land Office that the
register and receiver of the Missoula land
Office were violating the rules and the prac-
tice of the Office and department in allow-
ing testimony to be taken in the form of
in different sections of the
state. The commissioner has teleeraphed
the Missoula land officers to exclude all
this testimony from consideration and to
decide tue case according to their best
Judgment on the testimony made up at the
regular henring.
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Washington Park Meeting.

CHICAGO, July TRACK slow. Six fur
longs-Two Bits won, Carlsbad second,
Blaze Duke third. Time, 1881.
Mile-Pennyroyal won. Reputation Sec
ond, Hazelhurst third. Time, 1855.
Handicap. mile and three-eighths-Los
Angeles won, Ormie second, w. G. Morris
third. Time, 2:37.
Nine-sixteenths of mile-Long Light
won. John DAILY second, John Irwin third.
Time :h91a.
Mile and ree-sixteenths-Lela May won.
Zemer second, Lillian Lindsay third. Time,
2:14.
Mile and e-sixteenth-Lady Blackburn
won, Harry Weldon second, Corrinne Kin
ney third. Time, 201.
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The Four Murderers We're Exc
cuted by Electricity at Sing
Sing Prison.
Elaborate Preparations to Keep
the News From the News
paper Men.
Utter Failure of This Attempt-The Exc
cution Was an Improvement on tho
Kemmler Affair.

SING SING, N. ", July -Four murder
ers were put to death by electricity in tho
stnte prison here early this morning. The
men were James j. Slooum, who killed his
wife December 81, 1889: Harris A. Smilcr,
ex Salvation army captain and bigamiat,
who murdered his second wife April 3. 1893;
Jsseph Wood, aqucduct laborcr, who mur-
dered fellow lnborer. nn Italian named
Carlo Ruff, In May, 1889. and Shibuya Ju-
giro a japanese sailor, who brutally killed
Il fellow countryman, Murn Canni. The
execution of the four men is declared TO
have been perfectly successful and without
any of the horrors attending the execution
of the murderer Kemmler at Auburn prison.
There are, however, statements from wit
nesses which do not confirm assertions by
the officials There Ia an interest
ing fact connected with the expert
ments made yesterday in the
presence of witnesses of to-day's
eiectrocution. which has n bearing on the
seeming inefliciency of single contact. A
dynamo was run up to speed which
would generate from 1900 to 1.G00 hundred
volts, the force of the current which, it had
been determined, would be turned into the
bodies of the condemned men to day. The
first contact on account of the greater re-
sistance OF the animal was twenty eight
seconds. It did not kill the animal. 1t
seemed TO have stunned him and a second
current and third were turned on before
the work WAS completed. The necessity of
two contacts which is affirmed to have been
the case in each of the electrocutions to-
day, finds its excuse, if not its explanation,
in the experience with the horse at yester-
days experiment. The witnesses of the
execution signed an agreement last night
that they would not reveal what occurred
within the execution chamber.
The autop6ies were performed by four
O'Clock this afternoon and the corps of
physicians left for the depot short time
after for New York and Albany. DR.. Nc
Donald who conducted the execution and
autopsy. WAS asked for statement. He
declined to give any information, saying
the results would be given out in Albany
from an official source. Asked to deny the
statement that the men did not die instant
ly he snid. II have nothing to say as to
that. Inconsistencies was immediate and
the men suffer- ed II opain. They made no
resistance at all"
do you deny that they were burned?"
~ decline TO be interviewed on that
point"
DR.. Ward was asked, Did the first shook
kill the menY"
II do not care to answer that. / think
the execution was successful"
Tie bodies of Jugiro, Wood and Slocum
will be buried late tonight in the potter =
tiild in quicklime. Smiths body will be re-
moved by his wife in the morning.
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BRAZEN MIR. QUAY.

The Arch-Corruptionist VIII Not Retire
Is u Good Republican.
PHILADrLpHIA, July THE Inquirer to-
morrow will contain an interview with SEN
ator Quay concerning the recent address of
the independents, in which he says i'll most
emphatic manner that 30 far as
1t refers to him it is absolutely
false from beginning to end.
He denies every charge and says the men
who signed the address are not republicans.
IAN OF them,' says he. "voted for Pattison
for governor, many of them for Cleveland
for president, and you will find among
them n number of free traders. l can stand
attacks coming from such democr acic
SOURCES"
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FOR HIS WIFE'S AFFECTION.
Denver Man Awarded One Hundr OF
Thousand Dollars by a Jury.

Thousand Dollars by a Jury.
DENVER, July For the past fortnight
the doors Of Judge Marsh's court have been
securely guarded from the intrusion of the
curious public. The attraction within was
the suit for 100000 brought by Cecil A.
Deane against S. Willis French. whom
Deane accused of alternating the affections
OF his wife, Clara r. The trial is said to
have been replete with spicy incidents and
racy occurrences that would have staggered
roue, No explanation of the star chamber
session was necessary; decency demanded
closed door sessions of the court
Bitterly as the case was contested, 1t was
mild in comparison with the shafts of sar-
casm and invective shot in argument. All
tho great lawyers engaged e1erted them
selves to the fullest, ana for nearly four
days the jury was treated to an oratorical
disl,tay But argument finally ceased, and
at noon the Jury retired and their dellbera-
tions ended at eight o'clock in the evening,
when verdict of 100000, the full amount
sued for, was returned This is the largest
verdict for damages ever returned in Arapa-
hoe county. French will apply for new
trial.
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Found q Coal Vein.

GREAT FALLS, July 7.-[Special. IA new
coal mine has been discovered on the line
of the Great Falls Il Canada railroad. 1t is
in Kennedy's coulee some distance this
side Of the Canada line, and is about twenty
five miles from the railroad. The mine has
been developed some and shows good vein
and very promising. Two large specimens
weighing several hundred pounds each are
here as samples and are pronounced supe-
rior to the Lethridge coal. The mine is the
possession of some Great Falls capitalists.
Judge Benton went on visit to Helena
and the Flathead country to-day.
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

J. H. Phillipston and his son we're killed
by IN incoming passenger train while CROSS
ing tho track OF the Big Four rond at New
port, ILL.,. just across the river, yesterday
afternoon.
United States District Judge Seay has
rendered decision adverse to the Chero-
kee title to tho strip. which. II sustained.
virtually oxtingushes all rights OF the
Cherokces to tho land.
Mrs. Jane Davis died Mt Kansas City
Tuesday. rho left 81 800. 600 In bank. Be-
coming too i'll to work she refused to touch
her money aud starved to death before her
co ndition was discovered.
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Am Erroneous statement of History.

WASHINGTON, July 7.-Col. Nicolay, who
WAS one of President Lincoln's private sec
retaries, to-day sent dispatch to Mrs.
Hamlin stating that the editorial in this
mornings Philadelphia Times to tho effect
that Lincoln was opposed to Mr.. Hamlin's
denomination as vice-president in 1864 is
entirely erroneous. The dispatch says that
on the contrary Lincoln favored Hamlin's
denomination but withheld any opinion for
or against the candidate. Nicolay also ex-
presses the deepest sympathy for Mrs. Ham
lin and the nations loss in MIR. Hnmlin's
death,
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Racing at Brighton Besch.

BRIGHTON BEACH, July TRACK fast.
Six furlongs-Tattler won, Beck second,
Nord Halmery third. Time l:1519.
Five furlongs-Cruiser won. Stryke sec
cond, Tanner third. Time 1868.
Mile-Longford won, Reel second. Rogers
third. Time, 1:4334.
Mile and one-sixteenth-.J. B. wo n, Han
nah second, Va9abond third. Time, 1:50.
Six furlongs-Belle colt won. Refraetion
second. Theirs third. Time, 1:17&.
Mile and e-eighth-Dead heat between
Tea Tray and Lowlander, st. Luke third.
Time, 1:574. Tea tray won the run off in
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Midsummer Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA, July 7.-Opening day of
Driving Park association.
Two twenty class, $Go0-Leicester won,
Charley G. second, Maggie third. Best
time, 2,lSt4.
Two twenty-five pncing-Lizzie Mont
won, Windsor II. second. Henry b. third
Best time, 2:22l5.
Two-year- r-old colts stake-J. j. Audubon
won, Favor second, Fascination third.
Time, 2:2331.
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More Cyclones In Misslssippi.

New ORLEANS, July 7.-Dispatchos re-
ceived here this morning report damages
by storms AZ follows: In Lafayette parish
many houses wore blown down and damage
done to farms. Morthbort Washington
was killed under the ruins OF his own house,
In West Baton Rouge parish many build
inRs were demolished About eight o'clock
this morning n cyclone passed through tho
country three miles from Gloster. Many
houses were destroyed. A negro woman
and her child woro killed and several other
persons wounded.
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But They Got tho News.

SNG SING, July 7.--One of the witnesses
briefly tells the story OF The execution M
follows; About four o'clock the witnesses
and jurors were led into the death cham
ber. The experts had previously exam
that the machinery OF death would work
perfectly. At four o'clock Slocum walked
into tho death room accompanied by Father
Creedon. He seemed to be making a tre-
mendous effort to keep his coInposure.
He had received Father Cree.
don's last offices and had declared
himself ready TO dio. He was then firmly
piled. Death was instantaneous. There
was a sudden contraction of the muscles
and then all was over.
smiler followed next. Rev. Mr.. Edgcr-
ton cheered him up. Before Smiler had
time to think, he WAS strapped into the
chair and an instant later the current of
electricity flashed through him that sent
him into eternity. Next followed Wood.
the negro. He had been worked up to
state of religious enthusiasm. and 1t was
while in this frame of mind that he was
fastened in the chair and killed by the ia
tai shock.
Jugro WAS stubborn to the last. There
was the usual ferocious, ugly look on his
face. He was closely guarded and short
work was made Of him. There was no
apparent hitch in the four executions and
they were pronounced success. The death
of the four men appeared to an observer
to be painless. death came like fash.
The doctors took charge of the four bodies
Immediately after death and began an au-
topsy to discover as far as possible how rap
idly had been the killing and the precise
effects produced. The witnesses were be-
sieRed by reporters as soon as they made
their appearance from the prison. All Of
them refused to say anything, however, ex-
cept that the execution passed off without
any hitch and had been a success from a
scientific standpoint. Warden Brown had
laid strict injunction of secrecy upon all
of them, and had evidently made such i'm
preston on their minds that they we're 10th
to talk. All looked thoroughly used up.
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FIRE, STORM AND WRECK.
The Terrible Experience of n Schooner in
tho Pacific Ocean.

The Terrible Experience of Schooner in
the Pacific Ocean.
SYDNEY, N. s. W., July 1.-THE crew of q
schooner which arrived here from New Zea-
land say that the bark Compadre, bound
from Calcutta to Chill, caught fire at sea
and the captain made for Bluff Harbor,
New Zealand. The bark was overtnken by
a fearful hurricane and eventually was so
storm stricken that she became water
logged and began sinking Finally she
drove upon ridge of rocks off Auckland
Islands. The crew managed to swim
during terrible privations until rescued bv
a sealing vessel. which conveyed them to
New Zealand. Before the crew were rescued
one seaman hunting food was lost in the
bush, and is supposed to have died of star
vatiOn
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Fire In u Mine.

WHITE LAKE. Mimi, July Fire ragged
in the shaft Of the Homestake mine from
Wednesday to Friday mornings. Two
miners, L. Timothy and George Drake,
were suffocated by gas, despite the efforts
of citizens to extinguish the hre and save
them. Four citizens were Frustrated while
attempting to descend the shaft before tho
flames were eXtinguished.
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A Murderer Run to Earth.

SAN JOSE, July Manuel Soto. Span
lard, while searching this morning with a
revolver for his wife, who hnd left him be-
cause of previous murderous assaults upon
her. shot and killed neighbor named
Nicholas Smith who had warned the woman
to flee. Soto then deted the police but the
latter followed him into house and killed
him after a number of shots OH both Sides
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WON BY MONTANA.
The Rich LoriI1ard stakes Landed by Mr.
DaIy's Horse.

3
MORRIS PARK, July 1.-THE fact that the
Lorillard stakes, worth $17.5S0 to the win
ner, was decided here to- day would, it WAS
thought, attract q large crowd, but the
journey here is an exceedingly disagreeable
one, and only about 5000 saw Marcus Daly's
colt Montana. by Ban Fox, dam Queen,
gallop away with the rich prize. 1t was an
easy victory. Tack fast.
Seven furlonRs-L' L'Intriguante won,
Chesapeake second, Sir John third. Time,
1:c7.
Six furlones-M Merry Monarch won FIRE.
mont second. Anna B. third. Time, 1:13.
Mile and three eighths, Lorillard stakes
Montana won, Strathmeath second, Pes
Sara third. Time, 2:25.
won. Ben Kingsbury second. Lynn third.
Time. 1:56A.
Six furlongs-Fred Lee won, ST. Florin
second, Happenny third. Time. liza.
Mile-Riot won, Vardee second, Adalina
third. Time. 1:42.
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Failed to do Him.

GALVESTON. Texas, July I'm the rooms
of the Galveston Athletic association last
evening Charles johnson, of Minneapolis,
light weight champion, fought with Iom
Monaghan, Texas light weight. johnson
WAS to knock Monaghan out in ten rounds,
but as he did not the victory was awarded
to the Texan.
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The Llbpl Disnllssed.

Los ANaErEs, CAL. July 7.-JudGo Ross,
in the u. S. district court to-day dismissed
the libel on tho schooner Robert and Min
ME. seized in connection with the tltata
episode. In tho decision he says: while
the fact alleged may be good reason for
conilstio eating the ltata. there is nothing to
show that the schooner was fitted out for
the purpose Of WAT aud henoe the libel il
dismissed.
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Went TO tho Rottom.

MILWAUKEE, July IA special from Port
Washington, Wis, says: Tho schooner Sill
YER Cloud. of Shebovgan, capsized in a
squall. and ia now on the beach, Capt.
Johnson, his wife and child were drowned.
The seamen were rescued in an exhausted
condition.
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LONDON, July after break fasting with
the queen at Windsor, the emperor of Ger
many drove to the park, where he watched
n military ride of the life guards. 1t was
Il most skilful equestrian performance. The
emperor said it was one of the finest mill
tary spectacles he had ever seen.
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BASE BALL GAMES.

The Home Club Mentioned First in the
Record Here Printed.
LEAGUE CLUES
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 6.
ASSOCIATION CLUBS.
Baltimore 9, Cincinnati 8.
Washington Ia, Louisville z.
Athletics Z. st. Louis l.
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Strikers Killed and Wounded.

ROME July IA riotous strike occurred
to-day among the reapers in the Nollotri
district. Troops were sent to quel the dis
turbance and shot two dead and wounded
number of others.
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a Rig Purse for Slavin or jackson.

SAN FRANoIsoo. July THE directors of
the California Athletic club have offered
purse of $4,000 for finish fight between
Peter Jackson and Frank Slavin. The
offer has been telegraphed to slavin and a
reply is expected shortly.
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Catholic Com n,unicants.

WASHINGTON, July T.. Superintendent
Porter, CT the census bureau. has in prepa-
ration bulletin upon the membership O
the Roman Catholic church in the United
Htates which will show membership of
$3.50, 600 communicates over IL years of
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Liebig international Surgical Institute.
The surgeon of above institute in San
Francisco and Kansas City will be at the
New Merchants hotel, Helena. February I'd
o 9TH, 1891. for the purpose of arranging
with ali desiring treatment or appliances
for deformities. Measurements made for
braces and surgical apparatus.