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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
An Appalling Accident on the West
ern Extension of the Great
Northern.
Seven Men Instantly Killed, Five
Others Injured Fatally and
Six Seriously.
False Work Under Bridge Over tho
Wenatchee Gives Way-Trains Coll
lido In "a Tunnel.

SPOKANE, Oct. M.-[Special. Am appal-
ling accident happened on the construction
line of the Great Northern railway at eight
O'Clock this morning, resulting in the death
of seven men and the fatal injury OF five
more and serious injury to six Others. The
dead are John Leonard, conductor, of st.
Paul, John johnson, James Wright, Daniel
Wakhux. Nels Nelson. J. Brody and A.
Oleson. The last six were all iaborers.
The fatally injured are f. Gilman, back
and both legs broken; j. Robertson. skull
fractured; q. Nelson, chest crushed by tim
bers, both arms broken; J. j. Campbell
struck in abdomen by the end of u steel
rail, entrails piotrudinp; j. Lanville, head
crushed and body terribly lacerated. The
seriously injured are Geo. Nelson, Charles
Anderson, Robert Anderson. A. Eaxwell.
G. james and Henry Sayne. ALI those men,
toned are laborers except Conductor Leon
ard.
A track laying crew finished work up to
Wenatchee river and this morning started
to lay rails across that stream. The cast ap-
. oach and first span were crossed safely.
When the middle of the second span WAS
reached the false work under the bridge
collapsed and the track machine, together
with two car loads of ties and three cars
loaded with rails, fell into the river. sixty
feet below. The men were thrown in every
direction and some of them buried under
| the ties and rails. The water was about
three feet deep and ran through solid rock
channel. Conductor John Leonard, of st.
Paul, was standing on the end of the train,
and his body was afterwards found with
heavy rail lying across the head and an
other across the feet, holding him under
water. The body was badly mangled.
| The work of relief began at once and tel
egrams were sent to surrounding towns for
aid. -Four physicians were on the ground
in one hour, and the injured were taken to
the hospital car and cared for as best they
could be with the limited accommodations
ro be had there. The bodies were laid side
| by side on the bank and an undertaken
summoned from Rock Island. The remains
were afterwards placed on board a train
and taken to Wenatchee, where all but
Leonard will be buried tomorrow, Leon
ards body will bs brought TO this city to-
morrow and embalmed and sent to ST. Paul.
The accident was due to the undermining
of the false work of the bridge by water.
That part Of the road is now under control
of the contractors and has not vet been ao-
oepted by the railroad company.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
DECORATED THE DOG.

The Owner Objected, n Quarrel and a
Shooting Follow.
BUTTE, Oct. Especial. l-Gordon Sher-
man was shot in the abdomen this after
noon by Balcain Petit. The two engaged
in bar room quarrel in a fve-cent joint
on East Park street and this developed
into fight in which Sherman seemed the
aggressor. Petit drew his revolver and
shot Sherman. The latter is alive but the
extent of his injuries cannot yet be told.
Sherman has served a term in the peniten-
tiary.
The shooting was drunken quarrel in a
bar room. Petit had decorated Sherman's 8
dog with Butte For The -Capital' badges
which Sherman objected to. There was
however, no talk on the capital. Both men
were drunk
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
Victims of the Firsw FORKS

Los ANGELES. Oct, 24.-The funerals of
the victims of Friday nights explosion
took place to-day and were largely attended.
To-day it was ascertained that another per-
son ia so DANCE ously injured that she may
die. Miss NanNorman was standing with
a young man a block and half away from
the ire works when the explosion occurred.
She was struek on the head by a fragment
of tho burst mortar, fracturiuG her skull.
She was leaning on the young mans arm
at the time. The oououssiou knocked him
senseless. The case was not reported until
to- day. 1t is now believed the other
wounded will recover, with the exception
of little Frsda Rapp, whose condition is
critical.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME.
Foreign Owners OF the Town VIII Pa
the Bill

Foreign Owners Of the Town WIN Pay
the Bill.
MIssoULA. Oct. M.-[Special. l-To-mor-
row committee of twenty-five citizens.
selected from the various towus in Missoula
county will visit Anaconda at the invita-
tion of the capital club of that city. The
object in view by the Anaconda people in
extending this invitation is to have the op-
portunity of presenting to representative
Missoulians the advantages which they
claim for their city as the seat of state GOV
eminent. The exact programme by which
the visitors are to be entertained has not
been announced, but they are assured that
erything will be done to make their visit
one long to be remembered as shining ex
ample of Montana hospitality.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
Fusion Effected.

CHIcAao. Oct. ai.-John IL. Drake. of
Aberdeen, S. d.. recently appointed United
States consul to kiel. Germany, is in the
city. He is quoted ss saying ]. M. Greene,
of Chamberlain. s. D., chairman of the
republican state central committee, has
just been informed of the withdrawal of
the democratic candidate for governor.
the demooratio eleosoral ticket and ma
jority of the state ticket, The name of
Abe VanOsdel, of Yankton, peoples party
candidate for governor. will be substituted
for that of Peter Couohman. democratic
candidate. The namea OF tho peoples
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25

PIERRE, S. D.. Oct. "A. M.--The secretary Of
state has received the signature Of G. l..
Wood, democratic candidate for congress-.
This seems to indicato fusion with the
populists. II In believed the other candi-
dates will resign and that the tickets will
be divided aboot half and half. This is
the last day designations can be received.
The tickets are already printed without the
reBiRnations, and the printing OF new tick
cts will cost $4,000 and be charged to the
counties whore tho resIRnations render re-
printing necessary. 1t is believed many
counties will refuse to order new tickets.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
SIXTH WARD j. u. CLUB.

Aunt Jerusha's Mistake or Too Clever by
Half To- Night,
The young people of the Sixth ward who
have made the Sixth Ward ). ID. club a
popular institution, will give an entertain
ment this evening, presenting Aunt
Jerusha's Mistake or "Too Clever by
Half" In the cast are Sadie Lamey. Min
ME Mulloy. Cora Tuohy and Clara 1ieticn.
Tha second part of the programme will
consist of musical and vocal numbers.
Among those who will take part are Mr.
Larson, flute solo; Evelyn French, song Sc
lecsed; A. Oldham, violin solo, Sounds
from Home;" Lena Fleur. recitation; MIN
ME Mulloy, won't You Come Out ana
Play;' Misses Marie and Annie Tietjen,
Song of the Nightingale"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
Lsarned Men Tor CIe,e,and.

AMHERST. Mass. Oct. M.-Eighteen of
the thirty three members of the Amherst
college faculty have como out for Grover
Cleveland and signed the following paper:
with Cleveland's views on public ques-
tiona we agree. We admire his courage,
his constancy. his public spirit, his studions
neglect of his merely personal interests
whore they conflict with calls OF public
duty. We remember his tariff mesaage his
pension vetoes and his letter against free
silver as conspicuous instances of bis disre-
Rarding personal considerations for the
public good"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
Paving Contract Let.

GREAT FALLS Oct. 24.-[Specsl. THE
city council tonight awarded the contract
for paving Central avenue. Park drive to
Sixth street, to Henry Vogel. Two courses
of vitrifed brick are to be laid on a con-
crete foundation. for ga. 20 per square yard.
The contrrct for curbing will be awarded
later. Vogel did the brick work on the
Anaconda smelters and at present is build
ing a court house at White Sulphur.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25

CARLISLE. Pa, Oct. 24.-Four large noun
tain fires are raging in this vicinity. Two
il the south mountain have a front of forty
miles and are sweeping southwark. The
warehouse of the Philadelphia Il Reading
railroad at Harts Run was destroyed last
evening and now all that is left there is
one house aud stable.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
A Family Row.

CmcAao, Oct. 24.-John Biddulph Martin.
British representative at the Worlds fair.
and husband of Victoria Woodruff. was to-
day sued bY his brother in-law, DIR. Herbert
Clafiin. for $50, 600 for Islander. 1t is said
there has been iil-feeling tor some time be-
tween the two. but the climax came last
week when Martin declared that Clatlin
amounted TO nothing. He ls also accused
of declaring that Claflin has been receiving
money from Sir Francis Cook, brother-in in
law TO both parties.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
Mascot Stage Carpenter Dead.

MIssouLA. Oct. A.-[Speoial. Joseph
For some time past he has been stage car
penter at the Mascot theater in this city
and has occupied similar positions in a
number of theaters in the middle and west
ern states. He came here from Helena. He
was 32 years old and has a sister and child
living in Minneapolis.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
Credit Where Credit Is Due.

BILLINGS, Oct. M.-[Special. "A meeting
tonight at the court house was addressed
by Charles S. Hartman and Senator God
dard. The fambeau club, preceded by a
brass band, paraded and made good dis
play. Hartman gave Dixon great credit
for his zeal, industry and ability in the
preparation of the mineral land bill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25

ON OCTOBER a5TH, 14oo,
Godfrey Chaucer, the father of
English poetry, died in London.
The place of his birth is un-
known and the details Of his life
are meagre enough. John of
Gaunt, brother Of Edward III,
was his patron and procured for
the poet many Offices, but the
Dukes death reduced him to
poverty. 1t twas during the latter
days of misfortune that the
great poet wrote the immortal
Canterbury Tales.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25

party candidates for electors will also be
substituted for tho democrats. "This
means fusion III South Dakota" said Mr..
Drake, .'and IL is directly against the
wishea OF q majority of tho democrats, who.
In their state convention, voted almost
unanimously against fusion"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-25
work and Freight Collide.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2i.-By collision be-
tween freight and work trains ON tho Mil
waukee Il Northern, between Elkhart and
Plymouth, this morning. Thomas Fitzget-
aid, of Depere, and Nick Pfingle. of Elk
hurt, were killed and several injured. some
fat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13

III the early part of this summer we
had a severe thunderstorm, accom-
panied with q high wind, about sun
down. The next morning, on entering
the sitting room, | saw an object on the
carpet near the window Of All unusual
appearance, and presumed some one had
purchased a green rubber frog and
plt ed il there for mischief On a closer
inspection | found il was a live frog,
white belly, quite a dark green body,
and black spots, black stripes across the
legs, body three inches long. He was
very livc.y, and | found him pcrched on
the low window still when | came back
with the watering pot to secure my
visitor. ! covered the top with cXCep-
ton of small space for air, intending,
after my return from the city, to leave
him out and see if he started in the di-
rcction of the nea est water, some dis
lance off: but before the rest of the
family saw him he had somehow made
his ESCAPE.
had often heard Of it raining frogs,
tOads, etc, but here had stronger evil
dcnCe than had ever heard of, as this
front room was the second story. and a
very high one therefore lie could not
have jumped up. He was not born there,
excerpt he was borne on the wings Of the
wind. He could not be accounted for
except the storm picked him up over
half a mile off al least, as neither the
Little Miami nor the Ohio River. with
no creeks between them and rs, was
nearer than that distance, aud carried
him to the floor Of the upper porch,
when he hoped or was carried into the
room by the storm before the windows
were closed, viii | learn was done
after the fury Of the storm had com.
Innnneh =\afi1rn.s Realm
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13
WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS,
Switch Opened and TV Trains Wrecked
Three Persons Killed.

Switch Opened and TV o Trains Wrecked
Three Persons Killed.
KANSAS CRY, NO., Feb. S.-One of the
wrecklng that ever occurred in the
West took place on the Chicago K Alton
road near Larrabee, Mo-, at an early
hour yesterday morning, costing three
lives. The dead are
OLE ELIcKsoS, freight engineer. crushed
and burned.
THOMAS HISDERMAS. freight fireman,
burned, died at daybreak.
JOHN KELLER, passenger fireman, killed
instantly.
The only person injured is:
CHRIS ADLEMAN. passenger engineer.
The limited express for Kansas City,
which left Chicago at 6 O'Clock last
night and due here at s O'Clock this
morning, was late on leaving Mexico.
On siding at Larrabee stood freight
No. IL, headed eastward. When the
passenger engine struck the switch it
started off OH the siding. When the
passenger engine struck the freight To-
connective, q. dickson, of Roodhouse,
H., the freight engineer, was crushed
into a jelly and then burned to cinder.
Engineer Alderman was thrown forty
feet, and had both legs broken and his
head cut severely, but he will live.
John Keller, the fireman of the passen-
ger, was killed instantly, and when
helpers removed Thomas Hinderman,
the freight fireman, from the wreck his
legs came off. The smoker and chair
cars were badly broken and twisted,
but not a passenger was hurt severely,
although every seat and every berth
was occupied.
The switch was found locked, but the
conductor of the freight and the LARA
bee swltchman say that they saw man
throw the switch when the passenger
-biStla5
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13
lH.rGWiny Toe Nails.

Charles i. Williams. resident phySI-
clan Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadel-
phia writes to the Scientific American
az follows:
Il have noticed in several of the late
| issues Of Your valued paper some meth
DDS of treatment of ingrowing nails. As
! have had number Of cases come I'M
der my notice in dispcnSary practice,
probably the course of treatment that
We pursued may be Of interest to some
OF your readers
an al cases, and even III several
forms of tnQrOwing toe nails, where one
would be disposed to think the only
procedure would be 20 Cut off a pc ton
Of the offending nail, together with the
matrix or bed of the nail, we resortcd 10
the simple method OF packing the i'll
growing portion of the nail with cotton.
After the nail has been well packed, a.
few drops Of tinCture of chloride OF iron
are allowed to soak into the cotton The
iron acts as an astringeEt, hardening
the usually Very tender and sensitive
examinations II also deadcns pain to q
great extent, and by its stimulating ac-
tion causes healthy tissues 10 form
rapidly. The packing is repeated three
mes weekly, and at the end OF one or
two weeks the use Of the iron NAV be
discontinued. The nail. however. is 10
10 be well packed with cotton until the
ingrowing portion has grown out and is
able to be properly trimmed IN trim
ming the nail one should be very careful
TO cut them straight across. and not -
carry the scissors deep down into the
corners Of the nail
Il have seen some Of tic worst cases
OF ingrGwing toe nails cured by follow
ing the above plan OF treatment
Il An closing out my entire stock =
said the farmer, a. hc put up a wire
fence
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13
The Duliy paDpr.

Dorothy Maddox has a good word TO
say for the daily newspaper. She finds
that it matters not how fascinating a
woman's mannerism if her mind Is
found to be an empty waste. 1t has be-
come a positive necessity for the sister
who goes out into the world to he well
up on current topics Of the day. these
embracing, of course, an intelligent
comprehension of the affairs OF com
munity. city and state. No medium
can be found which covers SO much
ground as the daily newspaper. 1t IS
the channel through which the .ght-
est ard best ideas of the age sek an
outlet, and the clever woman realizing
this reads her paper with the same reg
ularitv that she takes her meals. Moth
ing SO quickly establishes woman in
the good graCes of Il masculine friend
as to find her thoroughly in touch with
the foremost events of the moment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13
ROYAL RANGER RALPH;
49,: Oh -
The Waif Of The Western PrairiieS.
BY WELDON j. COBB.
CHAPTER XXyI-COntinu

It was fully two hours before the
bandit band reached the ravine. The
rain was now falling in torrents; the
situation was most gloomy and uncom-
Portable one. Before them ran the river,
broad and deep, and with swift cur
rent
"Ha. What is ths?"
Danton's words announced that he
had found a canoe 1t was quite large,
and evidently belonged to the Indians.
Where it lay there were marks on the
bank as if a second canoe had recently
been there.
1.-THE girl must have escaped by way
Of the river" remarked Despard
"Ycs, and she had help"
"How do you know that?"
There are the footprints OF two per-
sons here"
"Ha."
Both small and apparently those of
women"
"Then she had a companon?"
"Undoub edly. One of them wore
moccasins"
"An indiana
1.-The Modoc princess.
"Impossible!"
at must be White Fawn."
DeSpard turned pale. lie dreaded the
vengeance Of Shadow Snake and his
daughter.
@Let rs hasten," he said.
sand take the canoe?"
yes"
at will not hold more than half of
as"
"Then let the others cross over and
get away from the Indians as best they
can"
This plan was consummated. A por-
ton of the band were rowed across the
river. Despard, Danton and the others
then directed the canoe to midstream
and allowed it to proceed down the
stream.
They passed the cliff and the ravine
in safety and soon left it far behind.
Apparently they were safe from pursuit,
and won d not be followed in time to be
overtaken. The Modocs, in the ravine
beyond their foe in the fort, had not
witnessed their departure Somewhere
down the river. in advance of them,
they theorized. was the canoe contain
ing the Modoc princess and their es-
capped captive, IneZ Tracey.
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leaving Darrell Grey. They had OBJ
served the canoes, and White Fawn
selected one of them. She knew that
the river led to some settlements, and
for the present her only thought was TO
place Inez in position Of safety.
The rain made their situation eX-
tremeiy uncomfortable, but White Fawn
resolutely piled the paddles, and they
made swift progress. 1t was not until
after noon that any incident occurred
that D any way tended to alarm them.
At point where the river divided,
as she looked back, the Fawn saw a
canoe coming down the stream about a
mile distant This caused her TO- hasten
the progress of their own boat An
hour later, in the distance, she heard
the sound of shooting, and she deter
mined to abandon the canoe
Then followed a weary tramp through
the forests. At last, towards nightfall
they reached what looked like mining
settlement. Then a small village came
into view, and on its outskirts they came
across a rather pretentious inn, desig
rated by large sign-board as the Fair
Play Tavern
"Wo have reached a place of safety, :"
said the ModOc princess, as she desig
mated the ia ,ern. "Eou are wearied
and pale See; yonder is a white squaw.
Speak to her
woman, apparently the landlord :
wife, was visible at the rear door of the
inn. Inez approached and addressed
her.
She told her briefly that she ard her
companion had lost Their way, met with
bandits, and wished to remain at the inn
all night The sight of money in
fluenced the woman to agree to give
them shelter.
A sigh of relief escaped the lips of
lnez as she found herself with White
Fawn in q comfortable room of the
tavern. She, however, expressed a
deep anxiety for her lovers safety
White Fawn stated that with the morn
ing she would return to the scene of
their r. cent adventures.
A meal was served in their room, and
Inez sat at the window gazing out at the
front of the tavern.
She started and uttered cry of dread
as the lights from the bar-room showed
two new arrivals. At glance she rec
ognized them as Danton and Dyke Des-
pard
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13

Danton stood by a table pale and
alarmed. Confronting him with drawn
revolver were two men.
Their backs were to Despard, and
they had not noticed his entrance. The
outlaw stood spellbound as he fccog-
nized one Of them as Darrell Grey. TIL
other revealed himself by speaking at
that moment.
"Jim Danton." he was saying, in Il
low, determined tone, "if you do not in
stantly tell Us where Dyke nespard is |
will kill you"
1t was the outlaws bitterest enemy
who spoke-Ranger Ralph.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13
II 1S1DDeurs

- 1t'oEk1 -
the worst forms of catarrh, with
the use of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
cdy. It's mild, soothing, cleansing
and healing properties effect per-
feet and permanent cure, no matter
how bad the case, or of how long
standing. It's remedy that sue
ceeds where everything else has
failed. Thousands of such cases
can be pointed out. That's the
reason its proprietors back their
faith in it with money. They offer
$500 reward for a ease of catarrh
which they cannot cure. It's a
medicine that allows them to take
such risk. Doesn't common sense
lead YOU to take such medicine?
AN advertising fake" you say.
Funny. isn't it, how some people
prefer sickness to health when the
remedy is positive and the guaran-
tee absolute.
Wise men don't put money back
of 9 fakes"
And taking" doesn't pay.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13

CRAGIN x Co.. Philadelphia, Pa, will
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Soap wrappers DohbinS SOAP is for sale
everywhere, and len cents. anyyGirme OF
surprise Series" best authors. 25 cent
novels, about 200 pages each. Send one
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13

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had. and can see To thread rs fine a
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ELY BROTHERS, So Warren St, New
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