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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-07
TIL HTTIE or LIFE.
VISA Going against : Young Woman NJ
MISUNDERSTANDING Snialde.

49, = 0UHk Nv0kD&A ~
Misaonls--Attsmpt pied Suicide.
M1asouLA, Feb. Especial. Yesterday
afternoon at about four o'clock Mist Nina
Garland entered tho store Of a.. j. Thomas
and q few minutes aftsr took 4 dose on
paris green. Hsr conclusive movements
were soon noticed and DR.. Parsons was in
stantly summoned. She sscmsdd determined
to die, and until morphine was injected
into her arm could not be- made to emit the
poison, but its effects had already taken
hold and after suffering terribly She disd at
sevsn r. m. this svsning. Miss Garland
formerly Taught school in the Bitter Root
valley, but came to Missonla q year since.
She was employed a. type writer for SOW
oral months in the law Office Of Mats d
Denny. More recently she var employed
in the telephone ONCE, from which posi-
tion sha was . short time ago discharged
for violation OF rules. Tt is understood
that before taking the poison she wrote to
her mother, who resides near Erie, Pa.
The contents OF the letter are not known
here. The cause of the act is said to be
resulting from her discharge
from the position in the telephone office,
and tho circulation OF malicious REPORTS
CONCERNING her character. This afte rnoon
she expressed : desire to recover.
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Discussing Options.

WASHINGTON, Neb. GA. J. Sawyer, of
Minneapolis, WAS before the house commit
tee on agriculture again today. He de-
Tended the custom of buying options on
exchange to cover the possibility of loss on
wheat in the elevators. He said the specu-
lators carried the surplus for actual wheat
buyers, and enabled them to sell their
wheat as fast as it could be absorbed. If
the wheat in store was showed forward the
market would be glutted, and cash wheat
would fall to a very low price. By buying
futures against wheat he had in the ele-
vators, the elevator owner insured himself
against loss. A. H. Aldrich, of the Chicago
board of trade, was asked if spot wheat,
which was the wheat the farmer sold. would
not be higher if futures were done away
with. He said if too much wheat was not
sold the price now might be better.
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The Money Promised.

III. PAso. Tex, Feb. 26.-Advices have
been received from John W. Young, now in
London, that an English syndicate has
agreed to furnish the money to build the
Mexican Northern Pacific railroad. The
work will begin Immediately upon Young's
return from Europe. Tho road is already
graded from Dening 100 miles south, and
will, when completed. be l,4O0 miles long,
having a terminal ut T~opolobampo. There
will also be spurs running to chihuahua
and Guaymas. Another spur or branch
will be run from Ell Paso to connect with
the main line at Corvallis, thus giving
close connection with the Texas Pacific and
other American roads.
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Suffering from Exposure.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Feb. 6.-Recent cold
weather has caused great suffering among
new settlers III the In!ian country. Three
deaths nave already occurred and several
settlers are in precarious condition. Mrs.
Tolford and Mrs. Warner, living in q tent
near Purcell. in Pottawatomie county, were
found dead this morning from exposure and
insufficient clothing and food. i. j.
Daniels, from western Kansas, died from
the same causes near Chandler, in Iowa
county. He leaves a widow and five chill
dren. They are all in a most destitute con-
dition.
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III WAGES OF SIN.
Paid by a Beautiful Brunette OF st. Louis
Death,


CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Michnel MCGUIRE, a
restaurant keeper, at 101 North Fourteenth
street, st. Louis, tonight shot and fatally
wounded his mistress, Lizzie Masalang,
who had abandoned him for an advertising
agent named Frank McLain, ind fled to
this city. The girl is a handsome brunette,
formerly a waitress in McGuire's r~estaur-
ant. She received word that Mcclure was
on her trail, and secreted herself, but the
restaurant man found McLain and intimi-
dated him into telling the way to her hid
ing place. Mcclure attempted to force the
girl to go with him, and she WAS trying to
rush away, but was stopped by three bullets,
one of which entered her head. It is said
that in st. Louis Mcclure treated her with
great cruelty for some time, but latterly she
had been protected through fear of expos
ure, he having, while i'll liquor, told her
that after the Adams express robbery he
had harbored two of the thieves. There
after when threatened with violence she
would remind him that she had it in her
power to betray him, and thus, it IS said,
kept Mcclure in fear of exposure.
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Receipts and Expendttures.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Gin responss to a
call for information, the treasury depart
ment transmitted a statement to the ways
and means committee showing receipts and
expenditures from July l, 1891, to Dec. 81,
1891. including receipts and expenditures
on account of the national bank fund. for
the time named. Total receipts. $175, 745,-
2s7; total expenditures. SIZE, 9S4.07
Amount of cash in the treasury used to
meet the requirements of the sinking fund
amounted to 500, 9S6, 2256.
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The White Slave,

PREscoTr, Ariz.. Feb. 6.--Furthor in
formation was received to-day from Verdi
wiley in regard to the alleged abduction of
Alice Packard, II 16-year-old girl, by " Iu-
dians, confirms the report. IL is thought
and as they had three days start of the pur-
suers, there in little hope of o%vsrtaking
them. Armed men are securing the coun-
try in every direction. At tho time of the
abduction tho girl was on tho way to her
urkcle's and her parents, supposing her to
have arrived there. did not know her terri
bic fate until several days later.
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1nsuboruinate Letter Carrie RS.

PH1LApE1puA. Feb. 6.-Three letter car
riels. Francis =. Braceland. Frank Hogut
and James O'Sullivan, were suspended to-
day by Postmaster Field, for She issuance
of a circular letter calling Il meeting OF
Philadelphia carriers tomorrow, for the
purpose of protesting against what they
term departmental construction of tho
letter carriers eight hour law" which they
state deprives tho curriers' of all the ad-
vantaRes they heretofore enjoyed. Az the
paper is couched in decidedly warlike and
defiant terms it was impossible for the
postmaster to overlook it.
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The Helena Public Building.

WASHINGTON, Feb. c. Especial. The
senate subcommittee on public buildings
and grounds to-day reported favorably q
bill for u public building at Helena, cut
ting down the noun from $20O,O0O to
$780, GOO. A report of this kind this early
in the session indicates the passage of the
bill fl the house.
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Robbed a Pawnbrober.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 6.-Sam Snyder. a
pawnbrober, was robbed to-day of 81, 100.
Several men came to HIM. representing
themselves as train robbers and wanted
him to act as ~ fence for their stolen pop
erty. Snyder went to u room last night to
Talk over tho matter with them and was
made prisoner, and told If he did not pny
the captors money they would kill him.
After remaining II prisoner all night, Sny-
der went to the bank, accompanied by two
of the men, and drew the money, the men
disappearing with it Immediately ate.
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jackson win not Fight in New Orleans.

jackson Will not Fight In New Orleans.
ST.. Louis, Feb. 6.-Peter Jackson, the
colored p~ugilist, was seen this morning re-
garding the articles OF agreement signed by
Corbett to fight the winner of the Slavin-
Jackson contest at New Orleans for a purse
Of $4,000. II have said before | will no
fight in New Orleans," said jackson. mot
that don't think / would get fair play
but because OF the feeling there against my
race. AS to the signing Of this agreement,
l will say | shall sign nothing. l viii finish
the fight l have on hand first. and then
look after the other. If I win this fight
with Slavin then | will DO glad to meet Cor
bett and give him the first chance If he
wants it. but before this fight is over, l will
not do anything.'
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Not in Harm

New ORLEANS, Feb. 26.-Hon. A. II. Leon
ard, republican nominee for governor, has
written a letter to Chairman Gage, of the
republican state central committee. inform
ing him that the campaign committee APP
pointed by Gage is not, in his (Leonard's)
opinion, in harmony with tho sentiments
of the late state convention. He believes
the convention meant what it said, at all
events he did, and declines to cooperate
with the campaign committee. He appeals
to the party and hopes it will take such ac-
ton Aa will be noceptableito all republicAns
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Capital Notes.

The house devoted the day to the deliv-
cry of eulogies on the late Representative
Lee (Va.).
Postmaster General Wanamaker has ia,
sued an order giving money order facilities
to all postoiiices where the compensation of
the postmaster reaches 500 per annum.
Secretary Bryant. of the Western Water
ways association, appeared before the sem
ate committee on III to-day and
presented a memorial urging congress for II
more liberal appropriation for the improve
mont of Western waterways.
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Another Gain, for Damages.

SAN FRANcIsco, Feb. 6.-Another claim
for damages was filed against Chilli, this
time by Andrew Mckinstry, n member of
the crew nf the American steamer Kewes-
naw. Mckinstry WINS with Patrick Shields,
fireman Of the kewoenaw. when the latter
wns arrested and 30 terribly maltreated
by the Valparaiso police. His claim IL for
$4,000.
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Fond for thn Hunrry

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Cat IL Meeting of
the Russian famine committee to-day Il
dispatch was sent Miss Clara Barton. of
the lted Cross, saying Philadelphia would,
Feb, 10, ship 5000 tons of goods to
Russia and offering to transport all
grain that arrived before that date. 1t WAS
also decided TO send kilograms to the COVER
nors of Iowa. Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Indiana to send all the provisions they
could control. 1t il expected thnt tho
steamship Indiana, which arrives at this
port Feb. 10, will be secured for the seq
vice.
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0vERMAN's QUEER ACCOUNTS.
Vouchers Which Were Raised by Adding
w %% on q Few Figures.

Vouchers Which Were Raised by Adding
" on = Few Figures.
CLEVELAND, Feb. Cat the Oyerman
court martial to-day Col. Gardner, for the
accused, admisted that Major Overman re-
oeived $284.5O from a firm Of Saginaw,
Mich. a. an engineer officer and failed to
account to the government for it. He also
admitted that the major had received TIA
sums Of money said to have. been received
by him in the specifications to the first
for, but the fact that such retention OF
funds was unlawful or that the money was
intended for the military service was de-
MED. Several witnesses were then exam
ined. L. G. Martin, one of the bureau
chiefs of the third auditors office. was
called as a witness in regard to the charge
that Overman bought, for his own use. a
them to the government as screws. Mar
tin produced a voucher signed by the
Worthington company for $18.27 for
SCREWS and washers. Martin was also
asked to produce the vouchers relating to
the specification in which the mayor is &C
oused of buying cambria from Lampson
Bros, of Toledo, for $500 and charging it
the voucher being for the services of a
machinist. Martin also produced the pay
roll for April, 1890, upon which appeared
the name of VIM. Harris. who aoknowl-
edged having received from the government
$45 for services as .'watchman, boatman
and Ruaes reader" Harris is the man re-
ferred to in the charges as Overman's
cohchman. Treasurer storer, of the
WorthinRton company identified the
Worthington voucher and said on the date
given, neither the government nor Over
man were indebted to his compan for
screws or washers. A member of the firm
of Lampson Bros. produced a bill for S.
for cambria, the voucher for which, it is
claimed, was raised to $22.6O and credited
to machinists services, for help and
material. Lampson said he didn't furnish
or material.
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4. steamer NJ issing.

SAN FnANc1sco, Feb. G.-1he steamer
Humboldt, Capt. Edwards, engaged in pas-
senger and freight traffic between here and
Eureka, which was due here Thursday, has
not yet arrived. Tugs nte out looking for
her, A disnatch from Eureka says nothing
has been heard from her since she left.
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New Club Rooms Opened.

BUTTE, Feb. 6.-[Special. The opening
of the rooms of the new Orc Plata club this
evening was a very brilliant affair. The
new club starts with 129 charter members
and al elegantly furnished suite of eight
rooms in the new Owsley block. The even
ing Was given up to banquetinR, music and
snaach making.
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lilown to

Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 6.-By al explosion OF
nitro-glycerine near Cahokia to-day, White
Spencer, DO years OF age, and his son John,
nine years of age. were blown to fragments.
The cause OF the explosion ia unknown.
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The Anti Lottery People Of Louisiana
Do Not Think Morris Has
Withdrawn.
Suspect He Has Planned q Ruse
to Throw Them OF Their
Guard.
But Vigilance Will. Not Be Relaxed-Aid
From The Outside Asked to Continue
tho War. g#

New YORK, Feb. Ga private dispatch
received by Chas. b. Spahr, one OF the edi-
tors of the Christian Union, from Col. Harri-
son Parker. editor OF the New Orleans New
Delta, the organ of the anti-lottery party.
says: eve will push the fight to a finish.
It is war to the death. We have no reliance
on Morris promises. The Foster ticket
will march on to victory" Mr.. Spahr, who
has been following the campaign il Louis
lana. was speaking with reference to Nor
ris' letter and the present condition OF
affairs. says: "Unless a governor and leg
stature hostile to the lottery are elected the
business of the lottery company cannot
possibly be brought to an end before Jan. /,
1896, and would then probably be allowed
to continue without authorization in the
constitution. With the state machinery in
its hands, the lottery might easily call a
constitutional convention and secure a re-
charter without submitting the proposition
to the peoples
Many Of the anti-lottery people believe
Morris himself, who ia a millionaire with
influential social connections in New York
and Boston, would gladly give up the tight
and retire from tho lottery business with
the fifteen or wenty millions he is reported
to have accumulated, but it would only be
too easy for him to dispose Of his interest
to other men. In spite OF the postal law
fifteen or twenty million dollars a year
come to the lottery company from other
states. Those who have been fighting the
battle against the lottery, therefore, appeal
to their friends in other states to help them
in the struggle. The anti lottery people of
Louisiana have already contributed beyond
their means in carrying on the campaign.
The hardest part of the fight 10 Just ahead.
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win Buila school Houses.

BOHEMIAN, Feb. 6.-[Special. IA vote was
taken to-day on the proposition to bond
the city for 100000 to erect q high school
building and enlarge present ones. The
proposition was carried by a vote of four to
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Died of His Ipiuries.

Sun RIVER, Feb. 6.-[Spscial. Mr.. A.
M. Rowles, of Sun River valley, died in the
hospital at Great Falls last night. His
death resulted from injuries received by q
runaway team some months ago, from the
effects of which he never recovered. De-
ceased was about rs years old, a widower
and had resided in this vicinity for the
last thirty years. He has children residing
in the east, besides three sons in Montana,
two of them prosperous armers of Sun
River valley.
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Won by tho Leadvi1le slurger.

M1ssou1A, Feb. g. Especial. - Mat
Casey. of Leadville. in q finish fight at the
Mascot this evening, defeated Cookney
Lutte, of Wallace. in Il ten-round contest.
The fight WAS 3 lively one. Casey forced
the fighting and showed himself the best
man throughout. Both men were we'll sci
nnead.
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20 wbovs Do Battle.

GREAT FALLS, Fob. 6.-[special. Joe
Pegg, a cowboy, was shot and perhaps ia
tally wounded this morning at seven O'Clock
at Dan Sulliyan's ranch, near Shelby juno
ton. BY another cowboy named Dick Craw-
ford. The shooting was ths result Of an
old fsud. Last night Dan Sullivan gave q
dance and q number Of cowboys attended,
among the number being the participants
of the tragedy. Several times during the
night ths men came near an open rupture,
but were a. often separated by friends. This
morning as the company were separating
Crawford approached PeRg and asked him
to shake hands and call everything square.
PeRR agreed, but az Crawford was riding
away opened fire on him with a s%ix-shooter.
Crawford instantly returned the fire and q
number Of shots were exchanged, one ball
penetrating PeRg's left side just below the
heart. Crawford, unframed. was hurried
away by his cowboy friends and 9 dispatch
sent to this city for medical assistance for
Peqg. At last accounts the wounded man
was in a preoarious condition and his re-
covery ia considered hopeless.
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The rhompson-Houston Com pany

BUTTE, Feb. 6.-[special. An authenti-
Gated 0 of articles of Incorporation Of
the Northwestern Thompson-H Houston Elec-
trio Light company WAS filed for record to-
day, together with the appointment Of H.
w. Turner, Of Helena, as agent of the COM
pany. The same company filed an annual
statement which gives the capital stock At
$1,253,6OO on Feb. l, 1892; tho amount actu-
ally paid in in money. 100000: amount
paid in in other ways. $643. 500. $110,o 600 Of
which is in franchises and territorial rights
and $533, 800 in merchandise and arconnts.
The assets are $2,1s3,,o9S. SO with Liabilities
of the same amount. .~. - .~.
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Commissions on Immigrant Business.
CHICAGO. Feb. 6.-Chairman Walker. Of
the Western Traffic associations, promul-
gates u decision to-day authorizing lines in
the association to pay commissions on
west bonnd immigrant passenger business
not exceeding $10.7b per ticket from the
Missouri river to the Pacific coast. His
ruling is somewhat in line with that re-
Gently promulgated by Chairman Finley, of
the Western Passenger association. tt
does not. however, authorize amy ines
except those west of the Missouri river to
ray tho increased commission. A o, y
sition to entirely ~nbrognte commission
pay ments is now under consideration by
1aembers of the advisory board.
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DEEP WELLS.
The Deepest Ons u situated Near fsslis,
In PFussia.

H&N $50 AEA-- & L4A nfE Mi
The Deepest Ons u situated Near nsslis,
IN Prussia. 4
The dsspsat boring Ia the world ID ~
Epssrnbsso. twenty miles south Of Berlin.
this we'll being sunk for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning . supply OF rock salt. says Spare
Moments. A bors hole Of sixteen fest Ii
diameter vas carried down 70 The depth Of
G60 fest. whore the salt bed began. After .
further descent Of Gao feet the bore VA re-
hucsd 70 thistssn inches diameter, and then
continued ill the extraordinary depth Of
LIZA fest Was reached, without having
pierced through the salt deposit, which has
Nhss the enormous thickness Of d least
1907 feet.
The nsxs In depth IL thst o. the insane
asylum At ~. Iouiat No.. 8,04BM feet,
but which was stopped II that point. A. u
produced only lime; then Watssn's, known
60 The .'desp wsll."'st Titusvills. Pa, 1858
feet, which, however, ID dry and produced
nothing. Then there Ia one Al louisville.
Kentucky. which prodnoss : plentiful
near Paris, 1928 feet; that at Kissengsn. In
Bavaria. 1,87811S feet, and the one in Grsnolls,
near Paris, celsbratsd for its disasters and
delays, which caused Il to OCCUPY eight
years in boring. 1888 TO 1841. but II gives
100000 gsllons daily, the water rising thirty
two feet above the surface, with = tsmpera-
turs of 8l1aa degrees Fahrenheit. Petroleum
or natural gas wells have been sunk TO a
depth of 4.760 feet At PittsburR, Pa, and to
. depth Of 4, 100 feet At Wheeling, w. Va.
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A LAS sUMMONs-IN THE DISTRICT
n court of the Arst judicial district OF
the state Of Montana, IN and for the county
of Lewis and Clarke.
Agnes Bshrens, plaintiff. y. Henry Bsh-
rsns, defendant.
The state Of Montana sends greeting to
the above named defendant: You are here
BY required to appear. In IN action brought
in tho district court of the First judicial
district Of the state Of Montana, in and for
tho county of Lewis and Clarke, and to an
swer the complaint hled therein. within ten
days exclusive Of the day Of ~ssrvios) after
the service on you Of this luminous, II
served within this county; OF, il served ont
within twenty days; otherwise within forty
days. or judgment by default will bs taken
against you, according to the prayer Of said
complaint. The said action is brought to
obtain a decree of this court dissolvinR the
bonds Of matrimony existing between your
self and this plaintiff upon the ground Of
wilful desertion of this plaintiff and upon
ness for more than ono year last past. and
that the custody of the minor child be
awarded to plaintiff. and for alimony.
And you are hereby notified that il yol
fail to appear and answer the said com-
plant. as above required, the said plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief dc.
mahded in said complaint.
district court of the First judicial district OF
the state of Montana, in and fer the county
of Lewis and Clarke, this 10th day Of Sop
TENDER, in the year Of our Lord. one thous.
and eight hundred and ninsty-tve.
JOHN BEAN. Clerk.
BY G. O. FREEMAN. Deputy Clerk.
O. w. F1E1scHER. Attorney for plaintiff.