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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-13

just Received.
One Thousand dollar invoice of Whiting
y Sons celebrated brushes.
Also, q car Of walls. TASKS and shelf bot
ties.
Agents for Cooper's sheep dip.
Agents for Mnilinokrod's sheep dip.
Agents for 6enour's floor paint. best on
earth. II. NJ. PARoHEN & Go.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-13

Place your orders for bunting ct The Bee Hive
before the assortment is broken. ~
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-13

New books ut Tho Bee Hive at popular pricss
line III the city. -
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-13

Special sale of lace curtains this week at The
Bee Hive. NJ
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
4 Deadly Shock.

Sing Sing. n. v. Dec. 2O.-!Thc day of
death for Murderer Fred Mcguire dawncd
with cloudy skies. Tie doomed man slept
we'll last night, and this morning evidenced
no sign of breaking down. He ate q light
breakfast. convcrscl with Rev. COnklin and
Chaplain Edgcl'ton, of the prison. and as the
time approached for the summons to take
his place in the death chair. seemed to be
fully resigned to tho fate which awaited
him. He has confessed his guilt of the
crime for which he was convictetk He as
sumed full responsibility for the murder Of
Mrs. Gregory, and went to his doom Il PEN
itent man. Mcclure walked steadily be-
tween the two ministers. holding tight onto
their arms. He appeared calm and even
stolid: He stepped quickly to the chair, sit
ting down as calmly as he would have done
in any ordinary chair. lie rested his head
back on the rubber cushion and placed his
arms upon the arms of the chair and closed
his hands tightly. The guards and attend
nntS quickly bound Mcclure in the chair.
The electrodes were placed ut his head and
on the calf of his right leg. One leg of his
trousers was split in order to apply the
e rciro,lcs to the flesh.
Only W shocks were administered DIR.
Abbott says Mcclure was killed by the first
shock. which lasted twelve seconds. Not Il
SCorch or q burn was found on MLcC;uirc's
body. Tier" was 10 dis .oioration of any
kind. EicctrocutiOl proved an entire sue
cess in this case.
The crime for which Mcclure suffered
death was the murder of Mrs. Gregory. the
wife Of Il farmer. near MiddlctOwn. n. y.
session of Il sum OF money, something over
500.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
People in Print,

Gov. Russell. the youthful chief maeis-
trate OF Massachusetts,. is lelt-handed.
Able Renedictine Smith. who was we'll
known III America. has died in Rome of
pneumonia.
John Whitmore. traffic manager Of the
Fitchbrrg railroad, has become insane and
is now in q EuSton asylum.
The bark Ge,. Tohey has arrived at Val
paraiso. Her captain reports the loss of a
seaman named Holaate, who is said 10 be a
son of Judge H,,lgate OF Wisconsin.
The late Gep.. Lucius i. Polk. whose
death occurred recently at Ashwood. Tenn,
commanded u division of Gen. Clcbnrnes
Confederate forces at the hattie OF Chicka-
mau-a.
Miss Schleincr. an Edinburgh barmaid
has recovered $40, 600 for breach OF promise
from a guest Of the house named Simpson.
German walters are very com,non in Scotch
hotels.
Gounod, the composer, says his first in
spirations came while playing cards. The
games he used to play while writing
Faust" have evidently gene out of fash
ion.
Hon. Henry Gray, one OF the few surviv-
ing members of the Confederate congress
and hligadier general of the Confederate
army, ~ dead at Conspatta, La. aged sew
c%l,ty-one.
The ONE medal of fhc Astronomical
Society ofthe Pacific has been awarded to
Prof. u. Il. Barnard for his discovery of
Jnpiter's fifth moon by photography Oct.
II.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
Restricting IMMIGRATION.
c-or.~ror. Give Their Views.

GOyernO Give Thelr sle"s
New York, Dec. 2O.-Thc World prints ,e.,
tiers from a number Of governors OF sta ~
regarding the immigration question. rol-
lowing are the replies OF the Nofth"estei"
executives: I'm
st. Paul, Dec. 15.-In my judgment no III
migrant should be allowed to lanu on u
shores who does not hold a certificate Oh tne
consul from the part Of departure that nc
has never been guilty of crimes against ms
own government, is possessed OF sumclent
education to read and write ana ehousn
means to provide for his own support ~
least for asycar after he enters our poftS;
Pierre, S. D., Dec. -5.-American iaDor nus
thc same right to protection as Alnerlcnn
cDpital. and it should be protected ny tne
same Legislative restriction against ioreiEn
competition. All other methods to maihta,d an
labor above Europe are unnatural f,.aniv
doomed to fixture. Where capital can 1 iseay
priced domestic labor there can exist no uiSr
@tinction in values. Protection next ss tIa
from cholera demands 81 restriction issue
from sentimental or lena SosiG;l G9 2I :
tons. A. q: MlIiALEi
bismarck. n. D.. Dec. 10.-Gov; a. n.
Burke wishes to be quoted as not only iaVol,
ing temporary restriction of Immigration 10
Though infected immigrants. but as being
ton Should be permanently restrlctedd
against paupcr and ignorant classes ana
against all others who cannot, through rigld
examinations, demonstrate their pcriect
knowledge of our republican institutions
and political forms of government.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
In Rad Shane.

Chicago. Dec. 20. Wcst-bound freight
rates from the Atlantic scaboard arc AGAIN
in bad shape, Notwithstanding the solemn
promises recently made by the Eastern
roads to restore md maintain the agreed
tariff rates. Chairman MidgIey, OF the
Western Freight association. is in receipt
of Il communication from General Trafflc
Manager Barry, of the Boston Il Maine
road, declaring that one of the fast freight
lines operating over the Vanderbilt system,
in connection with a railroad west of Chi
cago, is quoting a rate from Boston to st:
Paul of 30 per cent lower that the agreed
basis of $1.3O. 1t is also announced that the
Kanawah Dispatch is quoting a rate OF 10
per cent on dry goods and boots and ! shoes tSs
Mississippi river on business destined to
points west thereof. In view of this break
ing down of the tariffs the 500 line claims
the right to make differenliai rates on the
basis Of 81 cents tirst-class. instead of $50
from Boston to st. Paul, and, of course. the
National Dispatch will be prompt to meet
any such action. The astonishing thing
about this is that every Interested line was
represented at II conference in New York a
few weeks ago. when an agreement to re-
store and maintain rates Oh Il basis after
Dee. 1 was unanimously adopted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
Record of

Fire damaged Pcase e. Co.'s piano fac
tory at New York to the extent Of $50, 000.
John O'Donnell drank muriatic acid at
Waukcgan, ILL.,, and lived but n few minu-
ties.
Thomas Ryan, an employee Of the Illinois
Central Railroad, was shot and fatally in
jured at Amboy. ILL.,, by Samuel Barney, q
passenger brakeman on the same road.
1t is reported from Newport, o., that the
boiler exploded in Swift's rolling mill, kill
ing five men and wounding several others.
Two persons were killed and three were
seriously injured at Alexandra, Ind, by
the fall ofthe brick walls of a building that
was recently Quilted by fire. The dead are
John Fink and Wilbur Marley.
The proposal is seriously made that the
head Of Mrs. Potter Palmer, president of
the board of lady managers OF the worlds
fair. should adorn the silver dollars to be
coined during the exposition year.
Mrs. Zeigler, of Alton. ILL.,, was serious
ly burned in attempting to save the lives
other two children. whose clothing took
fire. The youngest child was burned to
death.
Sicgfried Tollstoi. q Swedish tailor Of
Mansfield. ILL.,, fell from a train and lay in
sensible for twenty. -four hours, when he
was found. his feet frozen stiff in a pool of
water. He may not recover.
Poisoned meal, prepared for rats, was
used by the family Of Robert Brown, of
White Oak, O. for making brcakfas. cakes.
All the members of the family purtook of
the cakes and are c. itically ill.
Lewis Fustin, Z pears old, while playing
with q revolver at Mount Clemens, M,ch.,
"
Is years old. T!lc coroners jury cxoner-
ated the boy.
A Greensbu-g, Pa, special says: VIM.
Hunt and George Ralph. miners in the
that was forced down by the falling ofth
root.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
General News.

Operations Ut Cave Creek olyx mines in
Arizona have been suspended.
The Des Moincs, Ia, City Council voted
to issue saloon licenses.
Asyndicate OF New York, Pennsylvania.
and Illinois capitalists has bought Ii, 600
acres Of oil land in Ohio.
In q public address at New York. DR..
McGlynn advocated the opening Of the
Worlds Fair OH Sundays.
A bill is before the South Carolina legis-
lature to allow women to vote aud hold
office.
Francis Murphy. of gospel temperance
fame, is going to establish o home for fall
ell women in Pittsburg.
Frank McGraw, Of Lima, O., was found
dead in q passenger station there. Excess
sive alcoholism was the cause.
w. j.. van Maanen & Co, New York COM
mission merchants, have failed with liza
bilities OF $40. OO0.>
A monument to the Howitzer Artillery,
of the Confederate army, has been unveil-
ed at Richmond, Va.
George j. Gould has been elected prosi-
dent of the Manhattan Elevated Rail-
road. !,
1t is semi-oficially announced that
Archbishop Corrigan will be made o cardi-
nal.
Minneapolis will raise $3.50, 900 tocover
the expenses of the National g. A. r. En-
campment.
William A. Beach, for thirty.fve Yeas
manager OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company in Toledo, o., died suddenly Of
heart failure.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
Sinful DoinSs.

A. IL. German. for two years city clerk of
Colorado Springs, confesses hat he has EN-.
bezzled Sc, 500 of the city's funds.
L. i. Hallock, q telegraph operator, sui
cided on his mothers doorstep at Kansas
City, by shooting.
R. T. Blanchard, formerly a Chicago real
Mont, to a year i'll the pe%nitentiary. Z
Elmer Willard, who killed DR.. Chorp at
Logansport, Ind, last April, was sentenced
to seven years in the penitentiary for man
slaughter.
Francisco Pagiliabo and his wife, Glenn
entina have been arrested in New York,
charged with bringing four Italian girls to
this country for immoral purposes.
Mathew Bird. a native sof 1.-THE West In
dies. ha. been arrested at New York and
confessed that he murdered Engineer
kucklehorn.
A.. C. Henderson, bookkeeper at Salt
Lake City for the Studebaker Manufactur-
ing Company, is missing. He is short
5000 in his accounts.
William r. Blandford, a prominent bust
ness man of Clinton, Ind, has disappeared,
leaving debts and forged notes to thu
amount of 500, 600. He lost his money in
gambling.
Edmund Lutz, 16 years old, shot and
killed himself at Philadelphia. because his
father insisted hat he should find employ
ment.
"A jury has for a second time convicted
and sentenced to death Walter Shaw, the
murderer Of his mother and aunt at Hous-
ton, Tex, last March. Shaw was once be-
fore convicted or his own confession, but
was granted o new trial.
A negro woman is under arrest at Edge.
fed. S. c., for numbering her 2-year-old
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
A Ncfarioux Traffic.

Chicago. Dec. 2O.--Joscph MERCER. keeper
of Il notorious dive at Hurley, Wis, is
locked up ut the central station. charged
with enti"ing young girls from this city to
his Wisconsin den. lie has been engaged
in this traffic for several years.
Last Friday afternoon Officer Kindlin, ut
the Northwestern railway depot saw Mer-
cier and two girls sitting if the waiting
room. Detective Kramer was in the depot
and kindlin remarked to him that nuIncr-
GUS times he had seen MERCER with girls.
Kramer approached the three and listened
10 their conversation without arousing
Mcrcfcr'S suspicious.
After listening IL few minutes Kramer
stepped up to the trio and asked the girls
where they were going. One Of them, re-
piled that they We're going to st. Paul to
work in Il confectionery store. MERCER
became indignant and claimed to be Il
wealthy confectioner ut st. Paul. Kramer
called the girls aside and learned who they
were. They said they had never seen
MERCER until that day and lie had promised
to pay them fabulous wages to work in his
The girls told the officers that u woman
had met him OH Madison street Il few
days before and asked them if they wished
to 90 to st. Paul. If hey would go with
out telling their parents. the woman prom
ised to buy them beautiful gowns and jew
elry. When Mercicr was arrested he had
three tickets for Hurley In his pocket.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
CHASTITY ggaEc.

st. Louis. Dec. 2O.-Thc CHASTITY work of
Il ST. Louis murderer or Il dissccting stu
dent was the terrible revelation to-day III
the baggage depot ut Quincy, Ill. The BODY
of q white man was found chopped to
pieces ant jammcd in an old soap box.
This receptacle had been shipped from the
union depot in st. Louis as baggage: II
was only three feet in length ana ABOUT
one foot in depth. When 1t reached
Quincy, Baggagcman w. l.. Kendall
opened thc.box and made the discovery as
above. The police We're notified aud took
charge of the remains, At the union depot
here ii was stated that two young, men
dressed in the height of style: checked this
box to Quincy. and Il similar one to- q
small town on the Missouri Pacific railway.
The railroad people think it is the work
Of two mcdical students who wanted IaIt nivb to
the body at Quincy had not been called for,
and the police think it hardly probable
that a student would take such sh;aStiy OBJ
der is thought to be at the bottom of 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
Death nclca.cd Her.

rawtucket. Il. l., Dee. 19.-1:ose DonohMe
died here on Friday. aged forty-seven. sne
was stricken with paralysis at the age OF
nine and for ,hirty-cight years had not left
the little crib in which her three feet OF
body rcposcd, nor during that time had
there been an apparent growth In the
limbs, shoulders or trunk. After a time her
feet became locked, one OH top OF the other,
and knit together, SO that the right foot,
which was beneath the lsft, could hardly
he seen. Nevertheless, her head grew as
rapidly to it's proper proportions as that OF
~ person who enjoyed good physical health.
Her hands were painless and the four fin
gers on her right hand and the three on her
left we're homeless bits of flesh, six inches
long. Her memory was remarkably clear
and her eyes bcamed with brightness and
intelligence. She WAS IL constant reader OF
religious works and ~remcnbered everything
she read and would repeat 1t from memory.
She devoted all her time to rending works
of eminent Catholics and In prayer. Al
though she never expressed 1t when people
called on her. II could he plainly seen from
her manner that she was i'll at ease when
gazed at too long. In regard to her condi-
tiOn she would never say a word and was
;.:.ays as happy and contented as possible.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
Fntlure Of Il. speculator.

Chicago. Dec. 2O.-Dcnnis . Sibley. one
Of the Oldest and best known board Of trade
dealers, was forced to make All assignment
to-day for the benefit Of his creditors. Sib-
ley's liabilities vii reach 3D.. 92. His
assets are as yet undetermined. But it is
thought that they will not exceed $4,000.
but possibly may reach $4,000. Mr.. Sibley
had been buying corn heavily for December
delivery i'll New York, expecting that when
navigation closed freight rates would go up.
and with them the price of corn and other
cereals BY the failure over forty. Chicago
board Of trade men are caught for sums
Co.. Norton 4 Worthington. Kennett l.
Hopkins and Ciuerdon G. Moore are among
the beANiust losers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
Keeping Warm.

It is often said that residents II
the extreme north do not feel the
cold so keenly as the records OF the
mercury would lead one to expect.
This fact, ii it is a fact, may perhaps
be accounted for in more ways than
one, but the explanation offered oy
Mr.. Julian Ralph in his book -
Canada's Frontier" seems to %
adequate. 49,.
He says that the reason why the
people do not suffer more from .
low temperature is because every
his stockings at once, all his flannel
shirts and drawers, all his coats on
top Of one another, when there
is nothing left, draws over all ablans'
ct suit, a pair of moccasins, q tuqus,
and whatever pairs of gloves he nap.
pens to be able to find or borrow"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
TUESDAY, Dec. 13.
SENATE.

Senator Daniels introduced a resolution
asking for astatement of the government
positions which are inside or outside the
civil service rules.
The Joint resolution for the appointment
Of q committee to make an agreement with
the five civilized Indian tribes regarding
an allotment OF their lands came up in thee
senate to-day and was laid over for action
tomorrow.
Among the bills which were introduced
today and referred were the following: By
Mr.. Gallinger, to suspend immigration un.
der certain circumstances; by Mr.. Prefer.
to facilitate promotion in the navy; by Mr..
Mitchell. to provide fora national encamp.
ment at the worlds fair; by NJ. Cullom, to
amend the interstate commerce law.
The anti-option bill was taken up and the
time was occupied by Mr.. George in advo-
cacy ofthebill.
HOUSE.
The greater part of to-day's session of the
house Vas consumed i'll the discussion Of
the bills referring the ancient Well and La
Abra Mexican awards to the court Of claims
to pas among the allegations ofiraud made
in each case. These were passed and with.
out transacting any other business Of pub
lie importance the house took an early
adjournment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
\ SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.
CRIMINAL CAREER OF A YOUNG
ST. LOUlSAN.
Edward Foerstal. Son Of the City
Treasurer, Attempts Arson to
Hide Heavy ENLIGHTENMENT,
and, Failing, Kills
Himself.
A Series of Sins,

st. Louis. Dec. 2O.-Deposed. a short
age in his accounts Of $G3,O2O.16, his
son dead, Il suicide, with absolute ruin
starring him in the face, Michael J.
l'ocrstel, until tonight city treasurer of
st. Louis, is one of the most miserable
Of men.
An investigation of his affairs. pre-
cipitatcd by the events related, resulted
in the discovery Of the shortage given,
the immediate removal of the treasurer
by Acting Mayor A. p. Wallbridgc and
the appointment as temporary treasurer
of Charles Parsons, the best known
banker of the city, who Immediately
gave the required bond of S5OO,O0O, and
assumed the position. But little after
dawn this morning, when suicide added
its dark intimationS to the cloud OF
charges, countcr-chargcs, dcnials and a
ha~lf-supprcssed scandal, which has been
hanging over the Office of the treasury OF
the city of st. Louis for weeks past.
Edward Focrstel, first assistant and
son of Michael J. Foerstel, city treasurer.
at S O'Clock this morning, shot himself
in the right temple, the ball passing
through the brain, lodging under the skin
on the left side, and causing a fatal
wound.
For weeks past stories Of peculiar do
ings in the t%reasurcr's Office have been
afioat. There have been suits brought
against the treasurer by money lenders,
notorious for their usurous charges; as
scrticns regarding real estate deals of
the treasurer and his son, and allcga-
tons Of use of the city by some one who
rccouped the treasury, previous to the
regular examinations by borrowing from
the shylocks, who at least sued the
treasurer himself OF notes which he de-
clares to be forgeries.
Amid the wild deductions drawn from
the flying rumors. which could not i'll
any way be verified, there came this
morning at 6 o'clock the announcement
that fire had been kindled shortly before
in the city trcasurer's Office, where,
with the doors Of the vaults wide open,
Il too apparent attempt had been made
TO destroy everything in that Office and
so Forever conceal the guilt of any one
who Should he guilty of wrong-doing.
Scarcely two hours later came the news
of F0crstcl's suicide.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
La Dor.

Nearly LOCO. 900 wase-earners were repre-
sentcd at the twelfth annual convention OF
the American Federation Of Labor, which
convened in Philadelphia.
The dispute between the striking oper-
ators and the rock Island Railway Com
pany appears to be as far from settlement as
ever, neither side being inclined to yield.
The federation of Labor contributes
81, 600 toward the Homestead strikers de-
tense tund and $500 for the relief Of strik-
crs' families.
Chief Arthur, o fthe Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers. will return to New
York, and will have q conference with
Chauncey NJ. Depew regarding the alleged
grievances Of the engineers Oh the YAM
derbilt roads.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
VIII Cost Four Lives.

Cincinnati, Dec. 20.-In Il fight which
took place early Saturday morning between
Il gang of laborers at Hog Run. near Wal
ton, n.y.. on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, two men We're killed and two
more are dying of. their injuries. Several
days ago the pay car passed over the road
and all hands were paid. They have been
celebrating the event ever since. Friday
night the fight commenced, in which all
the men joined. Razors, clubs and stones
were the principal weapons used. Early
started in the direction OF the place where
the mob was last seen. They soon came
rapyjnc a were nerf the b ,sbieeta of fou a1sl men. N two 9
were dead and the other two are dying.
There is intense excitement about the scene
the climax OF a series Of crimes In that
section,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24

babe and hen serving it cooked4o her
friends at q quilting party as roast pig. 1t
is probable that she will be lynched.
Charles Ryder, a farm hand employed by
Benjamin E. Tanning, of River Head, L..
l., is under arrest charged with poisoning
his employers family by putting Paris
green in the breakfast cocoa. The family
will recover.
At Belleville, ILL.,, the police made two
important arrests, the prisoners being
Henry Moss and David Hendricks. coun-
terfeiters OF the United States silver
dollars. Moss was caught trying to shove
the queer"