The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-01
Secretary Noble Instructed the
Army Officers to Order the
Party Out.
4 Friend OF President Harrison Tsls-
graphs Him . Dsn0uncss tho
Act as Outrageous.

Vile. X. A. DAY, OF Butte, y. n. 6nuAfs,
his daughters Clara and Lizzie and son
Raymond. Of Bozeman, Rev. Lucius Kings
bury and wife, of South Dakota. Mrs. +. II.
Les. Of Billings, Miss D. Mitchell, Of Fl.
Wayne, Ind. and q party of seven from
Piqua. Ohio. They all met at
Livingston and went by rail TO Cinnabar,
where they were met by the Wylie tsamsa and
saddle horses. The party reached the Falls
Of the Yellowstone and camped there Iuly
20. While in camp : serg6afs Of TS1SbpAB,
Sixth cavalry. came TO Mr.. Wylis and told
him he would have to hold the party until
he received further orders from his su-.
periors. The next morning Wylie received
4 telegram from Capt. Scott, commanding
Troop B. saying that the party would have
to leave the park. Wylie tsleRrAphed to
Capt. Scott asking the cause of the dstsn-
ton and received a reply from him that
Lieut.. Lindsey was on his way up to tho
falls and that a letter from Secretary Noble
addressed to Wylis was on it's way BY
courier. When the courier arrived it Was
found that the letter was very indef-
mite. It went on to state that
the government had given the ex-
elusive privilege OF carrying pass
engsrs through the park to
Huntley d Clark. and that information had
been received that Wylie was advertising
to carry passengers for hire. This the let
ter stated was against the rules Of tho park
and requested Wylio to please conduct
himself according to the rules. Wylie
tried to get further information by tele-
graph but the wire went down and he could
learn nothing; The party were detained At
arrived be treated the tourists with great
courtesy. The orders were that the party
should leave the park. but az it would take
them about the same length of time to get
out by finishing the trip a. il would to turn
back. the lieutenant told them they might
go on. Wylie with two camping, cars: 4
new thing in the park, was held at the
falls.
The party then went to Yellowstone lake
where they were met by Capt. Scott. who
had gone up the other way through the
Geyser basin. The Helena people say that
Capt. Scott and Lieut.. Lindsey were very
kind to them and the others in the party
and executed their orders without being
overbearing. They did all they could to
make their trip pleasant and the tourists
have no fault to find with them.
MIR. Sohmitt, one of the Helena party,
said that Mr.. Wylie has a letter which he
received early in the season from Secretary
Noble which Wylie claims gives him permis-
sion to carry tourists through the park.
This letter he left at Bozeman. He teIe-
graphed for it from the park. but found
sage had not been received. Mr.. sohmitt
says that Mr.. Wylie thought the Telegram
had been withheld at the falls. The reason
he thought the telegram had not been sent
was because Huntley & Clark would not
deliver any mail coming by their coaches to
Jim Scott. Associated press operator at
the Western Union office in Helena. one of
the party when they we're stopped, left a
valuable overcoat behind. He teleRraphsd
the operator to forward it by the next stage
but when he arrived later found that his
telegram had not been forwarded. nor could
he receive any explanation for the omission.
Mr.. Scott has not recovered his overcoat up
to the present time. Several tslegrams sent
by other members of the party met with
the same fate as MI. scott's.
,ea Hsts,' LEAKING ss,, s she ssrk M NobI s'h% SaS
left Washington and was on his
way to the park. It il supposed that the
object of his visit ia to investigate the con-
dition of affairs. Before coming out of the
park the Wyiie party met Bishop Waldron.
an intimate friend and schoolmate of Pres
ident Harrison. The bishop was very in
dignant that the party should be ordered
out of the park. He telegraphed to Presi-
dent Harrison about it and denounced the
action as outrageous. Mr.. Wylie told the
Helena party that Mr.. Huntley was at Gin
nibar, and boasted that he would not allow
n one to carry tourists through the park;
that be and Mr.. CLARK had the exclusive
franchise for carrying them.
Mr.. Wylie is under contract to take sew
eral parties through the park this season.
One is made up by Prof. Young, and COM
posed of about forty school teachers from
Helena and the east, who are expecting to
enter the park on Aug. 16. IT M. Wylie 10
shut out these parties will have to make
some other arrangements.
Mr.. Schmitt said while his party were de-
tanned at the falls another party, in charge
of NJ. X. johnson, passed them and made
the trip through without being
stopped, or ordered out a. far
rs any one in the Helena party could
learn. johnson. Mr.. Schmitt said. is en-
gagged in the business Of CARRYING tourists
independents of the Hundley d Clark trans
Eortation lines. MI. Wylie also told the
reason why he had been stopped
Introduce the MacMasters' camping cars.
MacMasters is a wealthy man who spends
his winters in Florida and ia n great tourist.
He has patents on his cars. which are being
extensively adopted by tourists. They are
upholstered and afford many convsniences
not to be had otherwise In camp life. The
Huntley & Clark people told Mr.. Wylie
that the cars frightened the horses on their
coaches.
The Helena people thoroughly enjoyed
their visit to the park, although they we're
detained two days and ordered out. If q
martinez had been In charge instead Of
courteous Capt. Scott, they might have