The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-18
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BREVIIIES.

CHICAGO, May Fifty members OF The
Boxmakera' union struck hara to-day for
increased wages.
CALCUTTA, May 1z--Gishoras u Co.
failed, through losses IN indigo and er-
change. Gross liabilitlea amoant TO 81
10000.
lCHIuAao,- May l7.-Dsnnis Lenhy b CO..
Wholesale dealers in WOODEN cloths. failed.
Liabilities estimated at 100000; aaR ctr
nomiaally tho same.
PHILADELPHIA, May 17.-It Ia I'D
here that Secretary Blaine has appointed ~
Junior counsel for the United States Bar ing
SEA hrbitratora Russell Duane. Esq.. Of this
city.
CAIRO, ILL.,, May 1.-THE United States
warsh1p Concord arrived this morning.
Ehs was INST below the city by several boats
and tugs and escorted to the landing. Sa-
lutes we're exchanged.
ORANGE, N. j., May ia general strike
by journeynnen carpenters have taken place.
saturday n the boss carpenters refused.
Work ID at = standstill. Twenty firms shut
down..
MINNEAPOLIS. May 17.-By the explosion
OF q Burlington freight engine near Dead
wood, s. D., Monday morning, Engineer
Rhinshard and Fireman Wilson were in
stantly killed and Brakeman Nelson fatally
injured.
PHOENIX. A. r., May 17.-Estimates gath
ored from the principal cattle ranges
throughout the tsrritsry show \ loss of
stock the past year Of is TO 25 per cent.
The loss, however, is more than covered by
the increase.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May H.-At Childers-
burg. enrly Monday morning, three negroes
namea Berry Rowden. jim Rowden and
Will Canter were hanged and shot on the
bridge Of the Georgia Central railroad over
the Coosa river.
New York, May 1.-THE handsome hall
OF the I~oellner M~aennefchor society, East
Brooklyn, was totally destroyed BY tire
Monday morning. The total loss to the
society il placed At $15O,O0O. vita insur-
ancs between $4,000 and 800, 900.
GAINESVILLE, Tex. May 1.-THE rains Of
Saturday night proved . deluge. Crops
we're ruined for miles, and more than seven
teen hundred fest Of santa Fe track washed
ont between this city and Purcell, I. IT,,
while nearly svery bridge il Rone.
CINCINNATI, May 17.-Fraak y. GRANGE.
salesman in ! dry goods store on Main
street, shot and fatally injured Miss Hattie
Hagedorn, Z salsswomaa in the sans store,
and them committed suicide. They had
boon keeping company and she threw him
Over.
P%ITTsBuRa, May Transformations were
filed to-day against the proprietors Of the
Dispatch, Leader and Press BY Robert
Mcclure, agent Of the Law and Order sooi-
ETY.. for pursuing worldly employment ON
Sunday. The defendants will give bail for
trial. -.#$#
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, May 17.-south-
western Texas has been visited the past
twenty-four hours by heavy rams. in some
places the first for three years. Rain fell
over an area Of 800 miles square. from
TO El Paso, and to Corpus
549 55#s
= HUNTINGDON. Pa. May IA cyclone OF
great destruction passed through Canoe
valley last night. laying barns and fences
and uprooting whole orchards in its
path. Tn wind was accompanied by atre-
%downpour OF wator and caused
great damage.
RICHMOND, Va. May ia special from
Merton, Wise county. says Ira Mullens, q
character, while driving was fred
by his wife. brother-in-law and child, all of
whom, with him self, were killed. There is
ne Glue to the Wanderers.
EscANABA, Mich, May ia hundred
union miners, armed with clubs and e
attempted TO drive non-union mon
mes with . volley from Wholesalers and
beat : hasty retreat. leaving ons Of their
numbor badly wounded behind.
ST. Louis, May 1.-THE case Of Marion
Hedspeth and his wife, Frances, charged
complioity in the Glendale train rob-
berry, for which A. ID. Slye il now serving a
term, was called at Clayton to-day. He'd
speth was granted a change of venue to st.
Charles county, and the case against his
wife continued.
CINCINNATI, May 17.-Speoials from tho
Soioto valley state hat a furious rain and
wind storm yesterday did much damage to
The American Straw Board works, Heifner
Brothers q Co. mills, Wsldon's elevator,
The Roth Block. and did much other dam
Court House. The rainfall was phonom-
small. ss.
Tucson, Ariz., May 1.-THE democratic
territorial convention convened Monday.
The following delegates wore elected to the
CONVENTION: A.sG. Oliver, A. G.
Baker, Id. J. Nugent, l.. @. Hughes, II. T..
ElinRwood, Henry I. Smith. The oonven-
or his settlement of the Apache problem in
Arizona. ~@ -@-= "
NEW YORK, May 17.-Mrs. Emma Book
With, to whom has bean offered the nomin-
.tion for the vice-prssidency Of The United
States on an equal rights ticket, declares
hat while she would accept the position
With either Belva Lockwood or Frances
as nominee for first place, she
would not run on the same ticket with Vic
oria Woodruff.
SPRINGFIELD, No, May H.-Gsoree l..
and D. F. McConkey. prominent
at Forsythe, fancy county, are in
all here charged with killing Deputy Sheriff
and participation in the lynching
# J. w. Bright, wife murderer. March -
asst. Other arrests and highly sensational
are expected.
EuTAw, Ala, May ia mob of fifty
men gained admission to the Green county
all Sunday morning and carried away a
legro prisoner named James Jones, who
lad been brought from Pickens county for
afe keeping. Sheriff Meredith assembled
posse, overlook tho mob. 'and after threat ,
ming them with q fight the prisoner was
eturned. "."f s-@
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 17.-Twelve
1arzR rsvolutionists appeared in the fed
raj oourt to-day under Indictment for VIC 4
ating the neutrality laws of the United
A sensational feature of tho day
vas the positive announcement by United
'tates Attorney Evans to Judge Maxey that
1arza himself would be in custody before
he term Of court concluded.
NEW York, May 17.-At a banquet at
Union Theological seminary last night,
declared. amid handclapping ap-
,roval, that nc matter what tho course OF
he Presbyterian general assembly at it's
meeting at Portland, Ore,
hould be touching the orth odoxy Of Rey.
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