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8 per cent. on bond and mortgage, In al
most any section Of this country, and in
some sections at q much higher rate.
Now 81 1000 loand at this rate for sixty
years, interest being paid semi annually,
would amount TO s134, ,1O7 AS; or in other
words, 1t would take the entire earnings
Of more than seven laborinR men to pay
the interest on $1,000. This estimate
makes no account of the cost of support
Ing the labOrers and their families, and
taking into account the fact that a labor
or could scarcely subsist on less than a
dollar day, we can only conjecture how
many laboring men must give their sur
plus earnings to pay the owner Of this
1000 for the use Of 1t for sixty days.
The above gives only faint conception
Of the misery, oppression and robbery Of
labor hidden behind the term 8 per cent.
interest (usury) Down with such satanic
invention!
But while those labOrers will have
produced millions Of bushels Of grain,
built thousands Of houses and produced
an abundance of the necesssrles and
comforts Of life, blessed humanity, en-
rlched the world and made progress posi-
ble,what has the owner Of this 81, 900 done?
What has he done, we ask again? Moth
ing! His $1,000 have not increased q
penny. 1t has not produced a grain Of
sand. 1t has deteriorated. Then why
should society, an enlightened nineteenth
century civilization, progressive peo-
pie, one which prides itself on its educa-
tiOnal achievements, countenanCe such
an internal system, whereby the drone
gets twelve times more than the honest
worker, who produces the honey.
If per cent. produces such disastrous
effect, what can we say of 10, IL, 15, 20
and 25 per cent, compounded semi-an-
nually and frequently quarterly rates,
now actually prevailing in some parts Of
the country? We can only imagine and
are led to the conclusion of Napoleon
Bonoparte, who, when shown an interest
table, and after having pondered 1t
awhile, exclaimed: "The deadly facts
herein revealed lead me to wonder that
this monster has not devoured the whole
human race" But, as Bacon said, "Usury
(interest and rent) gathered the property
OF the nation in the hands of the few"
Interest is the direct and unavoidable
cause Of money panics, which panica
simply indicate that the settling day with
the lenders OF money has come, and the
production of past labor must be sur
rendered to them. Then manufacturers
suspend and laborers are thrown out Of
wOrk-to beg, to starve or steal.
We can not adequately estimate the
loss entailed, or picture the demoraliza-
tion Of people subject to money panic
That money panics must result from
usury Is self evident II we consider the
enormous proportions Of interest. We
speak Of interest on money as though al
money paid in interest was paid for the
use Of money alone, when the fact is bu'
a small proportion of the the interest
paid by the people is for the use O.
money. Every debt no matter how
created, whether for the transfer of rea
property or the transfer of watered stock
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-30
COMING TO MONTANA,
LlEBIG & Co

VIII BE- at Hcbel FloFNnoe, MiAooulk, january II,
70 and a, 1891; At Philipshnr1, JAluary "a. land
Is; patients At Granite and Rnnssy cors TO
sPhilipaburs, At Deer LodgA January a. Mo-
Rurnsy House; atlths Montana, Anaconda. Janu-
AIRY 70 and %. and at the Meruhanta Hotel, Hcle-
n, the week MISUNDERSTANDING 2 70 I. Can
only spare above dates this trip. On account o. Tho
many cittss in MontanA to b. visited.
LlRBIG WORLD DEPENSARY.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-30
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The Central lodging house, of San Jose,
CAL, burned Tuesday morning. There
were sixteen people in the house. John
Foley and Chas Nofd were burned to death
and one other person was injured. Several
shops we're also destroyed.
The body of b. II. Campbell, ex United
States marshal for the district of northern
Illinois, who mystsriously disappeared two
months ago, was found i'll the Chicago
river near the Rush street bridge Wednes-
day morning. 1t was much swollen and
%disfQured, but the features are still reeog-
nizable. Il
1t developed Tuesday at San Marco, Tex.
that u lynching party of determined men
had made up their minds to hang Col. Geo.
snyder, the wife murder, last night. The
sheriff spirited the prisoner away. however,
and placed him in Jail at Austin.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-30

another prshisAoric ditch which ID from ita
capacity and attategto position--iocateo
NJ il 10 just below the mouth Of the Aqua
ths or sh,D wrisn . sssosis s nov w" inow wn' a. the he
Arixonn canal emptied-suppossd to be =
continuation of the same system. Com
mencing whore II eau take from the Giia
not onlS all the water OF that stream desired
and east Of il az we'll, this ruin uns duo
wcst for nearly nifty miles, forming with
the ruin reclaimed by the Arizona canal =
continuous line OF over 100 miles In length:
Here, too, the settler has been At work and
tho old ruin has sprung int new iass
OF tho Buckeye. canal. Notwith-
standing, however, the changes wrought by
the nav order OF things. the old canal can
be traced for milessbeyond the line 81 the
present settlements. So distinct are iss re-
mains that teams can be driven through
them with ease, while between it II the
ella river, in the lands irrigated from II.
can be found the relics OF the Older civili-
cation in profusion, not,only in the shape
Of ruined buildings. but pottery, stone I'M
etc.
Ii ia on this canal after it has crossed
she H~aasayAmpa river that one finds the
strongest evidence Of the great length OF
time during which this system OF lrriga-
tion was maintained. A few miles below
Az H0AAAt WAOAOA ~ ASO
il sravcrsss n malpais mesa for several
miles, from which il falls abruptly into a
valley some forty or fifty feet below.
Where this fall takes place the waters o.
the canal have cut away fbr several teet
the walls of the mesa, which are OF the
hardest volcanic character. AZ every cyl
dence indicates that the attrltion OF the
water alone has don this, centuries u
have been required for the work. For some
reason or other the point where this fall
occurs has apparently been regarded with
more than ordinary interest by the Older
aboriginss, as the surrounding rocks are
covered with hieroglyphics Of every descrip-
ton and of which the present Indians
know nothing, while on account Of them
the white man has given the locality the
name Of painted Rocks"
The instances here cited are merely a Few
of the most prominent examples where the
remains of prehistoric acequias have been
utilized for modern husbandry. But the
very convenience with which they have
been thus utilized has been the means of
celebrating the principal features OF the
great system of which they we're a part.
Once that an old ditch is repaired or re-
built it ceases. from an antiquarian stand
point, to be OF interest, and soon even its
prehistoric origin is forgotten. 1t Is to be
regretted, therefore, that the government
in the interest of science has made no pro-
vision by which the few remaining ruins
of this description still intact can be given
a thorough and scientific investigation be-
fore the last traces of this ancient akill in
irrigation engineering have disappeared
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30
NORTHERN PACIFIC TAKES HOLD
It's onaeiais Appointed TO Operate the
Lake SHORE.

It's Ofhciais Appointed TO Operate the
Lake shore.
Ths Seattle lake shore & Eastern railroad is
low practically in the hands of the Northern
Pacific railroad. In accordance with telegraph
ic instructions from President Dunhara, who is
II New York and has been attending 3 meeting
of trustees in that city, the following circulars
were issued yesterday:
sxArTLE, LAKE SHORE & EssTKRS
RAILWAY COMPANY,
sKATrLx. WISH. Nay =, 1881.
tCirculsr No. .
Mr.. J. NJ. Hsnnaford has this day been ap-
pointed traffic manager Of this eomnsnys rail
way. A. s. DUNBAR. President
= SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE & EASTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
SEsTTIr, Wash. May =, 1891.
fCircnlar No. &
Mr.. G. W. Dickinson has this day been an
rointed superintendent OF this compenys rail-
way. vice +. W Damn, resigned. Mr. Dickinson
win have exclusive control of the traftie and
phvsieal operation of the railway OF this COM
pany. aud his Instructions will be respected &C
cordingiy. The chief engineer, secretary. cash
Ter and auditor viii report as heretofore 20 the
undersigned. A. ;. DUNHAs, President.
Mr. Hannaford il general traffic manager and
Mr.. Dickinson assistant general superintendent
of the Northern Pacific. 80 that their appoint
ment is equivalent 70 & transfer of the road 20
the operating department OF the Northern Pa.
cific IL IL understood that Mr.. Dickinson's sp-
pointment as superintendent is only temporary.
and that the position 10 ultimately 70 be hlled
By Nicholas o Brsen. who IS now trAtnmssier Of
the Montana Union road, with headquarters 81
Butte. That road IL used Jointly by the North
ern Pacific and Union Pacific. Mr.. Dickinson
and Mr.. o'Rrien are now at Tacoma and are ex-
pected here any day.
The stock OF the road has not yet been trans
ferred, ss far as is known by the officers in this
city. but all the preliminaries have been ar,
ranged. and IL will only be few days until the
change will be completed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30
TIE BLANzLf RATES.
hesrins of the Grievance
A.ainst Northern Pacific.
LAKE SHIRE LINE TRANSFERRED.


SPOKANE, May 2o-The fnterstate commerce
commission concluded It's hearing today of the
complaint OF this city against the Northern Pa
ciSc railroad in the matter of freight rates. J..
NJ. Hannaford, general traffic manager of the
Northern Pacific; j. C. Stubs, third vice presi-
dent Of the Southern Pacific: b. Campbell, gen.
eral western freight agent of the Union Pacific:
President Newberry, of the Chamber OF Com
merce, and large number of other witnesses
took the stand. The controversy conferred
mainly around the question of water competi-
ton at terminals. The city attempted to prove
that II ia uncomfortable, and the railroads to
show that IL IL heavy.
Chairman Morrison, OF the commission, CUES
TONED Mr. Hsnnaford closely about the .blan-
ket rates OF the Northern and Union Pacific.
sswhen the Union Pacific reaches Pendleton
from the East why does 1t not drop rates there ?'
asked Morrison.
"a blanket rate seems to settle that point"
Uas the reply.
"Yes," said Morrison, athat 10 what am talk
ing about Why should there be such Q big
blanket"
Mr. Hennaford made no reply, and the audi
ence broke out in applause. The attorneys will
submit briefs Judge Turner, for the city, win
submit his in three weeks, and the railroads
asked for seven weeks time, which was granted.
J. G. Mcknight win prepare the latter brief
The railroads asked for the privilege of taking
dispositions OF shIppsrs at terminals for future
submission. This the commission took under
advisement Tomorrow the commission will
take up cases brought up by the Farmers Alii-
ance Of Washington In the matter of grain rates.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30
THE WASHINGTON PIONEERS.
What VIII BE Done ut the Reunion /
Port Townsend.

Posr TOWNSEND. May ss-The pioneers Of
Washington wall hold their annual reunion az
Fort Townsend. at Red Menu hall, Maple ave-
nue., Tuesday, June :. 81 10 o'clock q m for the
purpose Q. elseting officers for the ensuing year
and trsnsaeting the usual routine business
Some important changes viii De proposed. one
o; which is to have sl the o1leers selected IN
one place. AZ present the president resides az
SEoAomfsh; one vice president resides a. seat
tie aud ore at Pert Townsend the secretary re-
sides Al Olympia, TIE Treasurer at Seattle. ard
TIE board OF executive officers are scsf,srinr
tnces this arrangement IL IS very iaconvenieist
Ior the officers 70 meet together and consult ilf
TIE good Of the association, and consequently
instead Of strong. healthy nlxsts0z i. il in
weak, GisorgsniEed state. which nay be se-rae.
mozlhand. The annual meeting is Simply a rer7.
lar picnic, very enjoyable, but something mere
than picnic 10 expected OF q society eapaSls
o. producing - many desirable results. such a.
collecting ali the Interesting history of thu STATE
tro2 the tine OF its separation FROM Oregon as
q territory until IL has risen 70 tie dignity ~
one o. tas nsoss important states OF tie NartA.
~est coast There should also be . museum Of
the products Of eur state. and Q Aagary for col.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT.
Convicts to Build Siberian Railroads
Smallpox and the Grippe In Japan.
D. 80 We

Convicts to Build Siberian Railroads
Smallpox and the Grippe In Japan.
By Steamer Psrshia to Vancouver.
The Russian transport. St Petersburg, called
at Singapore about the middle of April, en- route
to Siberia, with 500 convicts on board They are
to be employed on the railway construction in
progress in Siberia
After much delay the expected change in the
Japanese cabinet occurred on May ], Count
Yamagata resigning from his post, and Count
Matsukuta being appointed in his place a. gin.
lister president OF state. No special political sig
nifcance attaches 70 the change. Count Yama-
gaia beoueaths to his successor no problem of
any special difficulty except that OF treaty re-
vision, the terrible heirloom OF al japanese
cabinets.
The authorities of Yokohama have driven the
beggsrs from that city, and are determined to
keep them from plying their mendicancy there
in the future.
The Peking Gdsete reports the campaign
against the aborigines in Szechuan complete
success. Ten engagements were fought and
over 1000 of the insurgents killed.
Smallpox is still raging at Toxic In Japan
The new cases officially reported daily are from
six TO sixteen cases.
Sixty-four earthquakes were felt in Japan on
twenty four days of March last; the greatest
number occurred between the hours OF and Z
q. N. The severest oscillations took place be-
tween the hours Of and p n, the disturbed
area being also greatest Sc that time. The most
severe earthquake was the FIRST, which occurred
on March !.
Yokohama advices. OF May /, report trouble
having occurred between the foreign and Chinese
employees of the Chinese Engineering and Min
ing Company, and of the Railway company, 81
Tongshsn. One hundred Chinese set upon and
brutality beat one of the foreigners. who Was
rescued from the mob by 9 kaiping driver, who
put the victim aboard his engine and rode OF
with him. The vieeroy. Ii, has issued orders
for the punishment OF the ringlesdsrs.
The grippe first made its appearance in No
veuoer, in Wakaysna prefecture. since which
l7,445 persons were attacked. There were 40
deaths.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30
TWO NEW RAILROADS PROJECTED.
"A Forked Line Through the Southern
Half of the State.

The Columbia River & Eastern Railway Com
pany and the Puget Sound Southern Railway
Company were incorporated yesterday by ]. r.
Mcdonald, A. II. Anderson, A. NJ. Hagen, J. C.
Day. OF Missouri, and Josiah Pierce, OF North
Dakota. The corporations are separate and each
hes q capital stock of 100000, divided into
$1,000 shares OF 500 each.
In the articles incorporating the irst-namcd
company, among other things. IL is represented
that the business OF the corporation viii be sto
lay out and construct q railroad from some
point on the Columbia river in wahkiakum
county. By the most practicable and convenient
route, in q general easterly direction TO and
across the Cascade mountsias. ard TO some
point on the eastern boundary of the state,
where connections can be had with
railroads In Idaho: TO lay ont and
construct a railroad from some point on
the Columbia river. in wshkiakum county, in 4
westerly direction to some other point on the
Columbia river or mouth thereof, in the state Of
Washington
provide for the construction of railway "from
some point on the branch Of the Puget Sound
ut or near the mouth OF the Nesqusliy river, tn
Thurston county, Wash, by some practical
route. in q general essteriy direction TO the
Cascade mountains; across said mountains, and
TO some point where connection can be had
with railroads in Idaho. and 70 equip and fnrn-
isH t0cu Ulnncn lesue as nay hereafter Dc De-
cidsd upon"
Regarding the plans of these companies, J. R.
Mcdonald said 10 a observation-disclosures re-
porter yesterday: I'VE propose 70 bEiid line
from the mouth OF the NesqusIly river up into
the timber on the mountains in general south
easteriy direction This win be the Puget Sound
southern railroad We also propose TO build q
line from the mouth OF the colunbIA river. up
the river for some distance, and then strike
northeasteriy into the timber. Under ore
charter o. the other Nc shall extend the line
across the mountains by the Cispus pass and
across the state into Idaho, keeping generally 20
the south OF the Northern Pacific and
near the Columbia river. We shall run
through Klickitst comfy, and probably
through the walla walla country. The
two roads will connect on this side OF
the mountains snd develop rich section OF
timber and mineral country which is a. vet al
most untouched. We have q pass which il
much lower than any other in the mountain
s1G We can cross IL either without tunnel or
with very short one. Our route is the short
es: TO the wheas-growing section and We have
the best anchorage on the Sound at the mouth
Of the Nesqually river We own q large body Of
timber land which will be developed by these
lines We have no connection with any other
railroad and have the money at hand 20 com
pete the lines, as we will demonstrate within
the next thirty days Seattle win be the head
quarters of the lines and we expect TO spend
large sums OF money in this city within the
next two years"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30
BLUEBEARD HAD A CONSCIENCE.
California Rancher Tells How ne
Killed Two Wives In the East.

AUtcQ AWO NANSs an ss*N $500
sAcRAxESTo. May "a strange story came
to light today In an equally strange manner.
Justice of the Peace w. A. Henry was sitting In
bis private once whsn two men drove up In
cart, and one OF them, an old man agea aoou.
s., asked 70 see the judge privately he SAID
his name was John Sewald, and that ne nad
lived on q ranch . few miles south OF here,
near sutterville, for the last six years.
lie said his conscience had been torturing
him for the past two years, until IL had become
simply unbearabie, and he bad concluded to
confess and take the consequences sewaid was
accompanied By his eldest son, and as the latter
had never heard OF his fathers crime the old
man requested him to hear the confession. JUS
tics Henry thought he had 3 crank 10 deal with
at FIRST, and 20 humor him took him into back
room and told him 70 proceed.
sewald then went on TO tell remarkable
story of how he had murdered two wives in the
East Eleven years ago, he said, he lived IN
Ohio with his wife Catherine and four children
Prior to that time 1t had been q happy house
hold, but At this time his wife began 70 drink,
and IL became impossible for him TO live longer
with her. He took two OF the children and NED
TO Minnesota, locating at Anoka A few months
later his wife followed him, and their unhappy
Life was resumed. Finally, sewald says. he be-
came SO exasperated AZ her drunkenness ana
seedlings that he concluded TO put an end to It
He went TO town, purchased arsenic and put IT
in her whisky. She died in two days and he
buried her without causing suspicion
Three years later he moved with his family to
Wayne, Neb., and after living there some time,
married again The second matrimonial ven
ture according 70 his story, was worse than the
first, and he was very unhappy again. He sue
eeeded 50 well the first time in Kidding himself
OF his wife, that he tried il again, and this time
sInothered the second wife with bedclothes.
This time, however. the coroner of Wayne in
vestigased but could get no evidence, and Sew
aid escaped. He came 70 California then and
took up his residence near here
Justice Henry believes now that sewsid tells
the truth Others who have known him dur
ing his residence here say he Is not insane, but
has been morose over some great trouble weigh
ing on bis mind The matter was reported 70
Sheriff stanley. and that ofscial took sewald
into custody at the laster's request until the
matter il investigated.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-30

lectirg ali historical matter, such ss manu-
kcriut notes and publications OF everything Per
tanning to our history, with portfaS oi w
pioneers and brief histories OF their lives suen
work il 10 thought. can Be better oone oy nav
ing the prcsident, secretary and treasurer res.os
at one place, and with most phone. ~. sas 49,
ence would be given to Olympia, the esrisal,
with such men a. George Barnes a. presiaene
Albert A phiIlips treasurer, aud MI. Reed . son
as secretsrv These. IL selected. could WORK To-
rether Al ALI times In harmony. II Seattle
should be selected, satisfaction would De felt
with Henry L Yesler, PRESIDENT n A Jenny,
treasurer. and Thomas Proscn - Secretary OF
a. pc so-,.end should Be selected, such
names an James G. Swan ss president, N. d. Hill
AZ treasurer and Frank B. Turpin as
secretary. These are names which simply
occur st the moment OF writing Just
10 illustrate the idea But one thing should be
rememherec-ss IL proper and parliamentary
that all persous elected should be from those
present st the meeting. 30 tnsi tns parties
thev vsh and IL il therefore desirable that there
be full attendance at the meeting on Tuesday
next at Port Townsend.
M orator having been selected for the occa-
sion. AZ Judge Jacobs time IL too much occu-
pied to permit OF his preparing an Grafton, he
has suggested that next Tuesday evening be 3
sort of oratorscal class meeting, where personal
experiences
would give q more enjoyable time than . long
grafton. such speakers as Judge Jacobs, Elwood
Evans. Frank Henry. II. l. Yesley. Fleetwood. of
Packvoods pass Charley Weed. Edward Ed.
redge, Henry Roeder, J. G. Swan, W. D. Hill,
and scores of other pioneers could tell truthful
stories of old times which would make the class
meeting q success So much for Tuesdays
doings.
On Wednesday there viii be picnic on Mon
gan's hill. at the Mountain View grounds and
house OF Hon. David T. Denny, where the old
Puget sound pioneer fare OF pork and beans.
brown bread. hard bread and molasses and great
clsm-bake of fifty bushels of clans. and halibut,
will bs cooked in real oid-fashioned Indian
style by the Claliam Indians. under direction of
the Prince of Wales. eldest son OF the late Duke
of York. assisted by his mother. Queen Victoria,
Patrick Henry. Charley York. Thomas JET
ferson, of the royal house of ClaIlsm, with their
wives and retairers. so a 70 give the pioneers q
"reminiscences of early pioneer life on Puget
sound. The usual picnic delicacies found at
every banquet of the pioneers win be In plenty.
Judge Swan will look after the Indians and the
clam-bake The Prince of Wales Subjects COM
menced run on the clam banks Friday morn
ing so as 70 be sure aud have the CLAIMS all free
from sand by the time OF the feast The clerk
of the weather has promised pleasant time.
and the pioneers who visit Port Townsend may
be certain OF pleasant reunion