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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-01
Murder the Motive for Arson.

DENVER, Sept. 30.-The Buena Vista hotel
was destroyed by fire at an early hour this
morning. Gustave kearse, q lodger. per-
ishod and Anna Gunderson, A. McDugal,
and Tom Arnold. severely. perhaps fatally
burned. ihe police believe the fire incon
diary and the deaiRn murder and robbery.
kearse liz known 30 have had large sum of
money last night and no trace of 1t was
found on the remains.
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Closing the Conferenne.

NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 30.--The final DAYS
proceedings of the German Catholic con
gress began this morning with solemn
MAS of thanksgiving. Rev. DIR. Pople of
Washington, preached the sermon, speak
ing manly on the social question. which,
he said, should be viewed from the stand
point of religion. At meeting of the
priests society. Rev. ii. Messner was elected
president for the ensuing wear
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-01

New York, Sept. 0.The United States
steamer Philadelphia arrived to-day and ID
has been learned that the recent accident
during tho sham battle at Baltimore came
near blowing mp the ship. When the oatt-
ridge exploded before the breech OF tho gun
closed, the chute leading to the magaxlns
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TOOK BUTTE INTO CAMP.
Helena Wins the First OF the Series by =
Good Margin.

BUTTE, Sept. 3d. Especial - Hslons
wiped up the earth with Butte to-day In
the first game of the concluding series.
About 100 people were present Lnod
pitched wildly for Butte. In the third in
mag he gave five men basea on balls and
hit another. seven runs being scored. In
the fourth the fret two men at bat, Huston
and Hatfield, smashed out homo runs. Cap
linger then took Luoid's place in the box
and stopped Helena's heavy work.
Butte. .................12 2 o 90 l O O o. 4
Helena ................0 0 Z 0 OIL *-l2
Hits-Butto G, Helena IL; Errors-Butte
]. Helena 2; Battories--Lucid and Caplin-
ger. Brennan; Munday and Lobeck.
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Tho ssrike May snrend

CEDAR RAPIDS, H., Sept. 30.--The oper-
ators' strike situation is becoming more
serious. A number of trainmen's meetings
have been called to consider tho matter and
Chief Operator Ramsay said to- day an in
vestieation il being made concerning the
connection of the Rock Island with the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids u Northern. If
1t ia found that the Rock Island owns Il
controlling interest strike will be declared
ON that road.
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MCKINLEY Law Cost $500. 900.

SAN Francisco, Sept 51.-Judge Ross
United States district court, decided thas
the Mckinley act did not repeal the act of
1883, granting the right of drawback of Is
cents per ton on imported bituminous coal,
afterward used for fuel on Ameaioan steam
vessels engaged in the ooasting trade. The
decision will result IN the payment of $780,
600 TO coal dealers in this city, who, since
the passage of the act, have been deprived
of the drawback on all coal sold to Amsri-
ca N Rteamers
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Energetic Campaign in Iowa.

New YoRK, Sept. 30-A number of prom
inent Iowa democrats had lengthy con-
ference with the democratic campaign COM
mittee this afternoon, urging that with
proper effort Iowa can be carried for Cleye-
land and Stevenson. The committee de-
cided to aid by the general distribution of
documents and the assignment of speak
ers. An energetic campaign is already be-
ing conducted in Iowa by leading demo-
TO
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Gravesend Races.

GRAvEsEND. Sept. 30.-Conditions per-
feet. Mile-Crotohet won, Major DAILY sec-
ond Silver Prince third. Time, lila.
Mile and one e-sxteenth-Dolly McCone
won, Dagonet second, Temple third. Time,
1:491s.
Six furlonRs-Wbite Rose won. Strath-
meath second, Tormentor third. Time,
1:1419.
Mie and one-quarter-C Candelabre won,
Leonwell second, The Pepper third. Time,
2:0915.
Five furlongs-Uncle Sim won, Maid
Marian second, Chattanooga third. Time,
1:O2.
Six furlones-Walcott won, Lallah Sec
ond, Holy third. Time, 1:15S.
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To Accelerate Moyements.

GUTHRIE, o. r., Sept. 30.-Many bush
fires could be seen in the Cherokee strip
last night. Boomers are enraged at the
slowness with which cattle are being re-
moved and fired the grass. There is no
chance to check the hre and it is thought
many cattle will perish.
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Not Commissioned Mnraerers.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Ths departments
of state is informed by the Chinese minis
found upon Cinnamon recently arrested in
Detroit, for being unlawfully in the United
States, to show that the society issuing
thom had such object in view as the muir
der of the emperor of China.
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Fire In tho Sixth Ward.

Fire started In the basement OF William
L. Kelly's merchandise and grocery store
at Bozeman avenue and Roberts street at
2:30 this morning. The Sixth ward hose
conn pany soon had the fire under control.
The damage 10 mostly by water and not
estimated,
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Established a Century Record.

Toronto, Sept. 3o.-David Nesmith,
champion long distance rider of the Tor
onto Bicycle club, to-day established
track record for 100 miles. He covered the
distance in 5:32:9 1-5. resting for fourteen
minutes at the eighty-third mile, owing to
stiffness.
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On the Cinder Path

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Sept. 3d. Windle
made mile, flying start, to-day in 2:04 As,
beating Zimmerman's record and the
worlds record, 2:06 As. Windle passed the
thrse-quarter post in 1852 3-5, lowering the
record, 1888 3-5, by Tyler.
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BANK CLEARINGS.

business Done During the Past Week in
the Money Centers.
New YORK. Sept. 3o.-The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet's, shows the banks
clearings for the week ending Sept. %, with
percentage of increase or deorease compared
with the corresponding week of last year:
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CmoAao, Sept 30.--An indictment against
Michael Q. Mcdonald for attempted bribery
in the Garfield park esses WAS turned into
court to-day. The extreme penalty IL u
fine Of $4,000. Mcdonald was released ON
: 900 bail.
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To- DAY, at the MADISON
|pQUARE GARDEN, New York
Eity, the National Exhibition of
Food Products will be opened
by President Harrison.
The display will include every
Fariety of manufactured articles
Ind also all products directly
rom the soil, sea and dairy.
Here one may see what Ameri-
fans eat and the variety Of our
national fare.
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Total for the leading cities of the United
States, Sept. 49, was 81, ,057 h4l 070 dec. 169 per
cent compared with same week last year.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

The facing slips, in addition to fur
niShinS the addresses of packages. are
used for the III osc OF Checking" cr-
rors against the clerks. III any mistakes
are found in II package, the fact is noted
on the back OF the slip, which is returned
To the division Office, and there filed
against the offender. In this way an
exact account of IL clerks errors is kept,
and the greater the number the greater
the d%iscredit. 1t is therefore IL great
deal of an object for II clerk to exercise
much care in his work, for when his mis-
takes are too frequent he is liable to be
reduced in the ranks, if not discharged
altogether.
On the fast mail the paper clerks en-
crcise great care in the distribution of
daily papers, because of II fine imposed
ON cach error. III the paper clerk throws
o So, reported on his check by the clerk
receiving the wrongly thrown package.
The clerk making the wrong throw is
then charged at the publishers price
with the papers delayed by being wrong
ly thrown. During the past month the
paper clerks on the fast mail were so
accurate. that III IL cemt was collected
from them. For he preceding month
forty cents was collected. This illus
trates better han anything else the pro-
ficirllcy that has been acquired in the
postal service.
In distributing letters errors are bound
to occur, although the number is very
small, considering the large quantities
of letters handled by the clerks. Let
tiers frequently stick together, causing
errors to he made. The similarity of
TIL" names of towns also causes many
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

like postoilicc boxes, and contain about
1900 pigcon-hoics. Each %pigeon-holc
represents IL town or IL postal route.
Clerks stand in front of the cases and
throw letters into the holes with IL
rapidity that is astounding. 1t looks
like play. Ii is not play, however. but
mental work of the hardest kind. Phys
icnl endurance IS requirad also TO enable
the clerk To stand in front of the case all
night long and meet the .,waying mo-
tions of the car.
Tho method employed in asserting the
letters may tie easily explained. In
Missouri there are ia counties. At the
Office of Superintendent Lindsay is IL
scheme of the States i'm his division.
The scheme for the State OF Missouri
shows where the mail for each county
should be sent, with all exceptions
noted. The clerks OH the fast mail that
morning were supposed to know the
schemes of Missouri, will. ia counties;
Kansas, with l06 counties: Colorado. 81
counties; Arkansas, ~ counties; Nc
braska, so counties, besides having IL
knowledge oil what are known as
"massiag schemes of scvera! other
States. On the easthound trip the
clerks must know. in addition to Mis-
souri,, the schemes for the States of
IlllIlolS. lnulaIa. onlo, Nenttcky, aliu
must have Il general knowledge OF sew
eral adjoining States. AS the schemes
do not give all the owns in the counties
oil the various States. postal clerks
are required To commit To memory the
names OF the towns and the counties
they are in. Tho cnormity OF this task
can he conceived when ii is known that
there are about $500 postol1iccs i'm Mis-
souri,, l,S0G i'm Kansas, 40 in Colorado,
1850 in Nebraska. and from 2.5GD 10
5000 each in Illinois, Indiana and other
adjoining States. When the letters are
tied up q facing slip is put III each pack
age. On the slip is put the destination
of the package and the name OF the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

herewith. is ii Boston production.
The motor is mounted centrally on
the front axle, with the armature
above and parallel with the axle: ON
each end of the armature shaft is Il
crank disk from which extends to
connecting rods to clutches below the
axle, these clutches being mounted
upon short Shafts. arranged to re-
volvc beneath the axle, with pinions
mounted upon the outer end and set
to mesh into gears mounted upon the
hubs of the wheels.
The motor is of Il c%loscd-fleld type,
working at 1000 revolutions per min
ute, with a potentiality of forty volts.
Upon level grade a speed of from ten
to fifteen miles an hour can be accom-
plishcd. The steering apparatus and
brake are ingenious and readily oper
ated by the person in charge of the
vehicle. Relying upon these auxiliary
attachments, the steepest hills may
be climbed. The vehicle cannot go
backward, unless so directed. Should
the motor fail to act, IL connection
break, or an accident of any kind oc-
cur-the carriage will stop (and this
irrespective of the brake).
Incidentally it may he mentioned
that the storage cells with which tho
carriage is fitted also furnish light
and heat, if requisite. at but slight.
increase in cost of running.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

took the quickest route for his home
where he could eat breakfast and go Il
bed, to sleep until 8 o'clock In the even.
ing, before going to the depot to do the
Same thing over again.
The Railway Mail Service is peculiarly
an institution of the United States. Tht
first idea Of the distribution Of mail OF
board trains while they we're in transit
originated with q postoface clerk at St,
Joseph In 1862, which was then a dis.
tributing. postoflce for the West. Mai
was made up there tor different towns
and sent out in boxes. In 1854 the sug.
gestion OF the st. Joseph MAI had been
worked out to such an extent that rail.
way postal service was established be.
tween Chicago. ILL.,, and Clinton, Iowa,
improvements Q made, a system es.
tablished. A germ in 1864, Il has be.
come q giant It challenges the admira.
ton OF business men, the model postal
service of the world.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

the depot, and, as the train rushes along.
the pouches will be drawn under the
wheels unless thrown off at exactly the
right spot. 1t looked as il the bags of
neil were thrown from the car before
b station was reached, and struck the
ground after the station had been pass
ed. This was not the fact. however.
The sucks strike exactly in the center
OF the depot platform on a spot that has
been worn almost through by having
mail thrown upon it. So expert have
the clerks become in striking this D O
that but cne bag of mail has been drawn
under the wheels during the past year.
The next stop was at Scdalia. Here
another engine was coupled on, and u
breathing spell taken by the train crew.
Tho postal clerks did not rest ut Sc.
dalia, however. but busted themselves
in putting off about one-third of the
sacks that We're in the storage car. The
sucks contained mail for Texas, parts of
Missouri and Kansas and other States.
They We're put OFF at Sedalia to catch
the sorth-bound Missouri. Kansas and
Texas train, which leaves that city at
9:l5 IL. m., about two hours after the ar
rival of the fast mail. Several large
sacks of newspaper mail We're put off at
this point for Texas. Several pouches
of letter mail for Mexico were also
dropped at Scdalia. After LEAKING Sc
daily the train did not again stop until it
reached Pleasant Hill. At this station |
large quantities of mail for Southwest
Missouri We're put off. This stop occu-
pied but thee minutes, and then the
train rushed, not stopping again until
Kansas City Was reached. At each
after leaving Jefferson City
mail was taken on by means of the
catcher. The bag to he taken on is sls-
pended on Il crane at the side of the |
track. AS the train approaches the sta
ton the engineer whistles and the clerk
springs to the door of the car. With one
he grabs the device for catching
the pouch from the crane, while in the |
hand he holds the pouch to be
dropped at the station. Before You
know what has happened the exchange
of mail has been made. Long practice
is required before the catcher can be
properly worked. Pouches are FREE
Quently missed when the clerk is not to
blame. If the car should sway the least
bit in passing the crane the catcher
fails to do it's work and the pouch is
missed.
And now the train is reaching Kansas
City. Seven stops have been made.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13
Napolcons of Finance.

One day Rev. Mark Guy Pearse, in.
a tramp through Cornwall. came to "a
little village in which a tea meeting
vas going on. Mr.. Pearsc- entered.
the little chapel and Joined in the
tea. He was in the most u%nclerical
of costumes, which was an act of
sense on his part, but during the
process of tea one OF two of the "lead-
ers" managed To recognize him..
Whereupon n of them approached
him and said, in anxious whisper.
"Be you Rev. Mark Guy Pearse?:n
"Yes, l be-" he answered. 81 thought
as how you was. Now, do you see,
we want to raise IL little money. and a
thought have struck us. Now, dt
zee just come ont quiet like and say
nothing to nobody, and then we will
put zee in the vestry, and we will go.
into the chapel and say: REV. Mark
Guy Pcarse, author of @Daniel
Quorm," is in the vestry. and IAN be
seed at threepencc each, the proceeds
to go for the good of the cause.,"-
New York Tribune"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

therefore, be unable to endure the hard
ships incident to II business requiring
continual physical and mental labor and
strong muscular cXertion. But no mat
ter how we'll equipped u man may be for
this service in every other respect, he
cannot hope to obtain the maximum of
usefulness unless he is gifted with an
excellent memory and c%ultivates it per-
sistently. Every clerk gets IL "lay-off, +"
not for rcst but for study and eNnmina-
tion. On the ST. Louis and Kansas City
fast mail the crews made two round
trips i'm succession, taking four days of
almost continuous work and then lie off
four days. While off they put in the
time resting and studying. New post
Offices are continually being established
and old ones are being established every
day. The railroads are constantly
and every change involves II change on
the postal clerks Scheme" which he
must work. and commit to memory.
The postal clerk must keep whole
volumes in his head, and knows that
forgetfulncss is charged up against him
every time. He cannot plead, as other
brain-worllers sometimes do, that his
brain didn't work right. He must re-
member, and remember Instantly, with
Il precision that is required in no other
business.
Then there is the matter of honesty.
Temptation is OF every side. Letters
containing coin so through his Sands
every day. His sense of touch becomes
so delicate that he cnn detect money in
Il letter every time. Magazines that he
would like to read are before him, but
not for him. A thousand other snares
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13
A FAST MAIL TRAIN.
DATA CLEANED IN AN Exc,r-
ING NIGHT RIDE.
kansas city Reached from st. Louis In
Seven and Onc-Iialr Hours-Twclve Tons
of Mail Handled : How tho Men Work
and How They Are Paid.
Am Unrlyau. l sxstcm.

A flight with the fast mail from st.
Louis to Kansas City was taken by IL
reporter for the Globe-Democrat the
other morning. The fast mail line from
st. Louis tn Kansas City is one o. The
most Important lines in the service, and
the reporter had an excellent opportuni-
ty OF witnessing the enornou, work
attendant upon the delivery of the tons
of mail that go ovcr this line each night.
The clerks who go out with the last
mail to Kansas City &c to Their train at
e:3o p. IN, SEVEN hours before the fast
mail starts. On reaching the train
their worl; sonlmclccs. h ends ri 1O.ip
the next morning. No ciSht-hour d =,
lof the PASTA! clerk.
Wien the start was made AZ ; O'clock
the crew was almost huii d beneath th"
avalanche of sacks ana! pouches 1hat
had been loaded into the car. The ears
were very long, each beng about sixty
ieet. Eacn car was SO crowded with
racks AID cases that barely room for
thu clerks remained. Each car was
a!iindantly lighted from overhead lamps
ami heated by IL water heater in he
first car. Except wlsl-,oolns the ars
had no coLvelicnrns. No chairs We're
there, ana the clerks would not have
found time to use them if they ha! Leon
there. Tire boys all carry blankets and
quilts with thenl, and should they hap
pen I +. finish their work before the run
is c mp.rtca. they throw their blankets
over Il pile OF mail bags and do2c off UNI
Til Kansas City is reached. This lux
airy, however, is seldom offered them ON
the west-.,ounl trip.
The work is al! done in tho two front
cars, the rear car being loaded with
through mail. Most OF the sacks and
pouches IN this car had been worked
up" by States on Eastern routes and, as
they W., re for the far West, they were
not TO be opened until nearcr their des-
tinations. The second car is devoted 10
the distribution of letters and Missouri
papers. The rear half OF the car is
fitted will. cases for the distribution of
letters. These cases loo!i very much
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

are in his way. Eis pay is small.
Should he become dishonest IL few
breaks will land him in the Peniten-
tiary. To the credit of the 5000 postal
clerks on duty for Uncle Sam, let it be
aid that that worthy is seldom obliged
to put his legal finger on one of them.
Danger is also always i'll front of the
postal clerk. His car follows the en-
CINE. In IL smash-up the postal car is
the first to be wrecked. Thirteen postal
clerks have been killed this year and
many others injured. Postal cars are
so crowded that, in Ease of accidents,
considered, the life OF the clerk is not
an enjoyable one.
But the train has been rushing on and
has now reached its first stopping place,
Pacific. A pouch OF letters and three or
four bags of paper We're put off and
several sacks of mail taken on. The
stop consumed four or five minutes of
time. Then the train rushed on again.
Mail was delivered at the stations of
Washington and Hermann, but none
taken on. The next stop was made at
Chamois, about 100 miles out OF ST.
Louis. Here IL large basket of hot
lunch was handed into the letter car,
and the clerks from the other cars came
in to assist in disposing of it. AS the
boys crowded around the basket the
clerk in charge noticed that one of the
boys was not present. Where's Jim?"
he asked. Sick" was the reply. The
reporter was also suffering with
sea-sickness and was unable to do
justice to the lunch. SEA" sick
ness is OF frequent occurrence
among postal clerks. Riding on the fast
mail is moi riding in a sleeper or on a
chair car by any means. The mail ears
being next to the engine are con-
stantly swayed from side to side,
and as the clerks are on their feet they
receive the full effects of each bump and
jolt. Sacks of papers We're thrown off at
Dauphine, Usage City ind jefferson
City, no mail being taken on at either
station. At jefferson City the sacks of
mail have to be thrown off with great
care. The track makes b sharp curve at
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-13

errors in The distribution of both letters
and papers. With poor light, tired eyes,,
and much work before him, a postal
clerk can hardly be blamed for throwing
Il badly addressed letter for Holtcn,
Fan. 10 Horton, Kan, or IL paper for
Lcona, Kan, To Lcnora, Kan. To avoid
mistakes OF this kind, every letter
should have the county OF it as part OF
the address, unless the town to which
the letter is going is Il large one.
Appointments 10 clerkships in the
postal service are made through the
Civil Service Commission. 10 test fit
ness 70: the service applicants for APP
pointmcits are examined by local Civil
Service Boards appointed 10y the COM
mission. The examinations are held
twice Il year in each State, and the app
plicants are examined in the following
subjects: Orthography, copying, pen-
manship, arithmetic, letter writing, the
geography of The United States, and
especially of the State OF railway mail
division in which the applicant resides,
and in the railway systems of the State
or division. Applicants must be not less
than Is nor more than 35 years of age.
Any clerk removed for ~intoNication can
not be reinstated. New appointces are
Given II probationary term of six months,
with pay at the rate of $500 per annum,
except in cases where the run is n small
one and the average miles run per day
are less than eighty; then the pay is at
the rate of $40 per mile. For example,
if II branch line is seventy-two miles
long ard trains meet ut an intermediate
point, SO that two clerks are needed to
man the line, the pay of each would be
1920 per annum. When the probationary
term expires. if a satisfactory record and
proper progress are made, a permanent
appointment is made and the pay In
creased to tho S90O-per-annum rate, and
later on to $1,000, ii placed in the class
running an average of 1G0 miles or YER
per day. On the heavy lines each postal.
car contains several clerks who get from
$500 to $1,000, the man getting the
highest pay being the clerk in charge.
The men advance from class to class in
numerical order, tho promotions being