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DAILY INDEPENDENT. HELENA SUNDAY MORNING MAY IA. 1893
THE Y. M. c. A.
Closing Session OF the Cony ention Mt In.
0lnnNnOlia,

Closing Session OF tho Cony entlon Mt In
dianapclis.
INDIANAPOLIS, May l3.-The internationa
convention Of tho Y. NJ. G. A. met in fna
session To-day. Tho session was occupied
with wi, Il y reports from the conference
committee on permanent organization and
the reading Of papers.
Among othe. resolutions n c%ondemning
the proposal to open tho Worlds fair gates
with an admission fee az an evasion n
worthy of law abiding people. and request
ing President Cleveland TO have tho attor-
ney general take such legal steps 10 are
necessary TO prevent violation Of the not OF
cong esa.
The committee on permanent o~rGaniza-
ton recommended that tho next conven-
tion be arranged for BY tho international
committee, md that 1t be located east Of
the Ohio. During the afternoon session
tho presidsnt OF tho convention called at
tention to the fact of the preaencs of Gen.
Harrison and John Wannmaker. and APP
pointed a committee to escort them
TO tho platform. On being in
troduoed the e1-prssident made
an interesting speech, reciting
the great good being accomplished by the
Y. NJ. c. A., and said he recalled with
pride the fact that the first institution he
was ever president Of Was the indianapolis
Y. NJ. G. A.
.Wsnamaker said he always felt rich
whom no remembered he owned a founders
share in the Y. M. 9. A., and il President
Harrison is proud of the record OF his as
sociation as president. he was proud of the
fnct that he was the first association gem
eral secretary.
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Excursion to California and Utah.

The Union Pacific will sell. May l5,
round trip tickets at the following rates:
Helena to San Francisco. going via Ogden
aud returning same route. SIS.
To San Francisco, going via Ogden and
returning via Portland. or vice versa, 800.
To san Francisco, going via Portland and
returning same route. $75.
To Los Angeles. going via Ogden and
Sacramento and returning via San Fran
cisco ana Ogden, or vice versa. $3.50.
10 Los Angeles via Ogden and san Fran
cisco and returning via San Francisco and
Ogden. $93.
10 Los Angeles, going via Portland and
passing San Francisco in one direction. re-
surninR same route. $50.
TO Los Angeles, going via Portland and
sssurn'nR via Sacramento, or vice versa,
Above tickets good going sixty DAYS. good
nonths). Wa
To Salt Lake, Utah. round trip, $50, good
Sky days. Remember this is the southern
ana quickest route to the coast.
~ II. o. WILSON.
Freight & Pass. Aet.. Helena. Mont.
L. l.. LomAx,
u. /. L. A., Omaha, Neb.
Go to The Bee Hive for hosiery and underwea.
mis- week.
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SHERIFF's sALE-BY VIRTUE OF AN Elk,
court Of the First judicial district Of the state
Of Montana, in and for the county of Lewis and
Clarke, in the suit Of Benoni Steele against john
re Carpenter a,e and iszie Carpenter. duly attested
upon all the right, title and Interest Of the said
John I. Carpenter and, Lizzie Carpenter In and
to the following described property. situated in
Lewis and Clarke couaty. state Of Montana yiz:
in tho original towns!te of Helena; lot mum
bored twelve !Q2) in block nineteen ny in the
Jockey addition TO Helena; lots numbered aia
90 and seven az in block three l) BAssett's id.
dition to Helena, al in Lewis and Clarke
county. Montana.
Together with all and singular the tenements,
hsreditAments and appurtenances t%hereunto be.
longing or in an,wise. aupertaining.
Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday. the
10th day OF hlsy A: D. 1898. al the hour of /.
o'clock m. of said day, at the front door Of the
conrt house. city OF Helena, I will sell all the
right, title and interest of the said John :. Car:
penter end .izzie Carrentor in and to the said
for cash in baud.
Given under my hand this the 22d dny OF
April, A.. ID. 1893.
CHARLES d. CURTIS, Sheriff.
~ FRED f. Hoss. Cnder Sheriff.
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PHooHeosAts FOR MILITARY svppL1Ea-

PROPOSALS. FOR MILITARY sUPPLIEa-
Office Of Chief Quartelmastsr, Department
ct Dakota, Saint Paul, Mimi, April Is. 1873.
received Ct THE Office, or At the following named
posts. and q Helena, Mont. mil u O'clock q.
m. on MAY y, 1888, and opened then. Tor fur.
CnAkt.O VI during tho f.cal year commeucina
July !; lsoS, a. may b required at st. Paul. Min
p.srok. Grand York. and Fort. huforl. Penn
ntnA; and ! Atoe, \. D.; Brookings and Forts
1leado, Fully and Bisseton AGENCY. g. d.; Hell
tnA' Deer Ledge. and Borts AssinniEoine. t;us-
9er. koosh, AissoulA lamps | opiar river and
merritt, Mont; Fort. Yellowstone, Wyo.. and
eioux City. Iowa. Blank forms OF propt sais,
nt.hsd ON application 70 tins ofioe. or to the
euafterma'''rs at the v,r,ous Ioint, namei.
ouartcrmastsr. U. & Army. Chief Qusstss-
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,oan & Saving Union
HELENA, MONTANA.

Building and Loan ~Btock-sAHsst Iavese-
mont. Most Saved at Least Cost.
Glass AS 40 per share monthly.
II" 100 per share monthly.
Leo and upwards. 7 per cent interest
Gertificates, interest 8 Per cent, payable quarterly
For the prevalent the above offer the best and
safest Of oil methoas OF saving. Apply for
membership, or particulars and facts
Once, Alerchants Natl bank Building.
JOHN B. WILSON. President.
wv. }. WHITAKER, Secretary.
4. W. KNIGHT, Jr.. Treasurer.
Depository and trustee Of Securities First
National Bank. Helena
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Hoods SarsapariHa
HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable, Der
fectly harmless. always reliable and beneficial.

NOTICE OF SroCKHOLDERS' MEETING
~ Notice is hereby given that there will be n
meeting of the stockholders of tho Silver Dollar
Word. in tho fittsbnrg block. in the city Of Hell
ena. lewis and Clarke county. Montana; said
meeting will be called at four o'clock Il. M, on
Monday. the I'D day of May. 1893. for tho pur-
poee Of ~electing directors for the company for
the ensuing year and for tho purpose of consid-
ering the matter OF making tho stock OF said
comp'ny assessable. and for such other purposes
as may properly o me before said meet ng.
JOHN j. FALi.ON.
Inis oth Gay OF MAY, 1888, Secretary.
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Two Million Free Gold.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-At the close Of
business to-day the treasury had on hand
$s24.32 of free gold. and had accepted but
had not yet put on the books 81 Go, 900,
making a free gold balance of 81, OOO, OO0
above the 500, 000, 600 gold reserve. The
gold came from the west. Among treasury
offiials the financial situation is regarded
with satisfaction.
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TREASURE HILL MINING COMPANY
half miles south from St Louis. In Jefferson
county, Montana
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting Of the
April: 1898. an assessment, mo. Y Of one mill
per, share was levied upon the capital stock Of
AID company, payable to tho undersigned at lis
1893. Any stock upon which said asfessment re-.
mains unpaid, on May Is. 1904 shall be deemel
1t public auction, and, unless payment shall be
made before. will be old on juno II, 1888. to pay
the delinquent assessment. together, with the
costs Of advertising and expense Of sale.
WI. MAoHAFFIf, eecretary.
Office State Publishing Co.. Ill to IT'S Broad
way. Helena, Montana.
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Western Banks All Right.

WASHINGTON, May A.-Comptroller Eok.
els said to-day the bank failures reported
in the west do not effect the general situa-
tion in tho east. Everything looks we'll for
honestly conducted banks and there is al
healthy a has s III ths west. he says, as in
the east. and all his confidential reports
from the west are good.
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Presidential Appointments.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-The president
made the following appointments: Samuel
F. Webb, of Arizona. collector OF customs
for Altoona; Frank F. Church, of Idaho.
assay er of the United States assay office in
Boise City. Idaho.
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Gibbons win Box Dempsey.

graphs Capt. A. W. Cooke from Passaic.
N. j., that he will accept $1,000 to fight
Jack Dempsey. 1t referred 20 an offer that
Gibbons replace Billy Smith In the match
to box Dempsey ut the Coney Island club
June 30, owing to the death Of Smiths
vito.
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That cure of g. w. Turner of Galway, N. Y.
of s%crefuia. by Hoods sarsaparilla. WAS won,
derfui. W."
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THE INDEPENDENTS
GREAT BOOK OFFER.

To n one who will send ~ FOUL of the
four Issues Of the same date, or from four
issues Of different dates) accompanied BY
+ CENTS In silver or postage stamps, We
will send postpaid BY mail ANY THREE
ROCKS to be selected by yourself from the
list printed below:
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DEAN WRENCH.

Who Wal Recently Chosen Successor to
Phillips Brooks.
William Lawrence. who has been elected
to the biahoprio of the Episcopal church to
fill tho place of the late Phillips Brooks.
has been dean OF tho Episcopal Theological
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The largest and best line of baby carria ges in
the city ut The lea Hive.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
pe~truoaurp -1>pn and sto,dv ESo
Closing


Money on call noninally 3 per cont. Prime
mercantile paper COS par cent. sterling ex:
change firm, with actual business in bankers
bills at S4.s5@4 85H for sizty-day bills. and
S4.eSAG4. e9A for demand.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, May lathe Evening Journal Re-
ports, Cattle s;eceipts. LOO; no business OF
note; top steers. s5.SOM6 .0O: prime, $4.go@525
others. 81. 2o@4. e5; stockers. So. 60@4. 70: Texans
S2.9JG4, 35.
,Eogs-Recetpts 11,ooo; orened brisk, strong
closed 5G1Oc lower; mica and packers, $3.50
7.a5; primo heavy and butchers' weights. $7.bV@
Z. 10: prime light, 81 5oae7 Is; pigs, $6.5O@7.2s.
s~heep-Receipts LOCO: stronger; grass Texans
50. $50 4, 60; ratiye and western welhers. S5.0O4
$50
CHICAGO PRODUCE.
CHICAGO. May 13.-Wheat-Fasy; cash, 1850
July. 7GAc.
torn-kasier; cash. 424c: July. 1870.
Ont.-Easy: cash, @0hc; July, l9Mc.
Tarley-62c.
Po%rk-steady: cash. $1,000; september
S1O.4Th.
ard-staedy; cash, $40. 40; September, $40. 81
Ribs Steady: cash, $3.50; September, $40. Is.
thoulders-$l Goa IL. %.
Short clear-S1025M les
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The Thomas Cruise

' SAVINGS BANK. OF HELENA.
Incorporated Under the laws o.
Montana.
PAID IN CAPITAL, 100000.
eIhANK i; GRusE...;."x...Vi ce-Presideni
MM. J.; C0GkEs;;;..As' Treas and Secretary
Trusteess
Thomas Cruise. Frank II. Cruise
VIM. ]. Cooke, VIM. j. Sweeney.
John Pagan.
Allows per cent. interest on Savings DepositA
surrounded Janusry and July.
Transacts q general banking business. Draws
exchange on the principal cities Of tho United
States and Europe.
Deals In county and city bonds and makes
loans on real estate mortgages.
Ofiee hours from 10 u. m. to 4 n. Also Oh
Saturday ard Monday evenings from = to .
s'clock.
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LOR SALE-HOTEL DOING BEST BUSI-
L ness OF any in city. Over S6, 600 profits la st
four years. $500. cash and easy terms on
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OETis Employment Agency.

SS3 North Main street. Ta,sp"o"s w
TIME CHECK6-I will oash AL time checks
on tho Red Mountain Milling Co. AMI any othel
time checks.
WANIED-2 mon for dairy farm
l sheep-herder.
20 F%inlandcrs to chop wood.
railrpad lAborere, freo fare
2dining-room gifls..
2 girls for Homework In city,
3 girls for thu country.
FOR REMIT hotel, furnished.
FOR SALE-Wood in lots to suit pufchasofs.
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT POWER MIN
~ ing Company; Works located on Red
mountain, in Lewis and Clarke county. Mon
tana.
Notice is hereby given that at q meeting of the
tru.tees of the said company held on the 18th day
OF April. A d 1873, an assessment Of one-half Of
stock OF said company. payable on the 18th day
OF , ay, A. b; 1888, to Massena Billiard, secre-
ena. in the county of Lewis and Clarke, state Of
Montana, Any stock upon which eaid assess.
ment shall remain unpaid on MAJ 10. A.. d.. 1885,,
srail be deemed delinquent. and shall he duly
ADVERTISED for sale at public auction, and unless
payment shall be made before will be sold on
the 18th day of June. A. l.. 1891, 10 pay the de-
%linqnent ass easements, together with the costs
of advertising and cxpenees OF sale.
MASSENA BULLARD.
Secretary OF Pioneer Mining lompany. Room
8, Gold Block. Helena. Mont.
lated Helena, Mont, April g. 1893.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

HELENA. hont., april Ii. 1898. /
Notice ie hereby, given. that the f~ollowina
named settler has tied notice of his intention To
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will te made before register and
receiver at Helena. Mont. on May 10. 1898. VIZ:
laul Kramer. who made homestead application
No. s's2J for the swh sen. sen swA, sec, II, tp.
10 H.. kg. ".
lie names tho following witne,ses to prove his
continuously residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz:
Albert busch. George A. Zwanzig and Gustsf
Herman, all Ct Helena. Mont.
Any person who desires to protest against the
allowance of such proof, or who knows Of any
substantial reason, under the law and the regu-
l,tions of the interior department. why such
proof should not bs allowed will be given nm
0! portunity at the above mentioned time and
placs 10 cross-examine the Witnesses of said
claimant. and to off r evidence in rebuttsl Of
that submitted by c. aimant.
4. A., SWlGGETT. Register
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FOR

EOR SALE-$2.3 800 HOUSE FOR Its: II.
per month or to suit. II. b. Reed d Co.
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,OsT.ONTHuhsDAY MORNING. A BLACK
lice. I"A' -
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LOR SALF--A FINE LARGE DRIVING
horse; 1850 pounds weight. seven years
old; q lady can drive him anywhere. Inquire of
{. Il. Mortel. II North Main street.
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EOR EXCHANGE-TlMBER LAND IN KEN
l lucky and tennessee. ranging In price
acre want town property or western fnrms;
MAKE offers. Address III. y. Eenn. Dayton, U.
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FOR sALE-CHOICE CORNER LOT; SOUTH
eide of boulevard; $3.50: $500 down, balance
on time. Address SIG fifth avenue.
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OsT, sTRAYED or STOLEN-ONE BRIN-
- die COW. age about six years. left horn bro.
ken of. branded !; u. X. on left hip. Suitable
reward will be paid for return to Lenox.
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Interest allowed on deposits mads for . speoi.
led time.
Transfers Of money made by telegraph.
Exchange sold on ths principal cities e The
Unitsd States and Europe.
Bsxes for rent at reasonable rates In our drs
md burglar proof safe deposit vaultA
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TOR ShIE-TWO GENTS BICYCLES, ONE
4 Victor and one Crescent. Positive bargain.
Jake's Loan Office. So South Main street.
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EOk sALE-GOOD MULE; SOUND AMI
kind: will tell at a bargain. Room 9, Ia
Broadway.
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EOR RENT. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. r.
l Reed 4 Co.. opposite Grand Central Hotel.
Largest list in city.
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MONEY To LOAN.
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

MONEY TO LOAN-A ~. PALMER SEE
AL adv. pages -
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LOST.

OSl-ByNCH OF KEYS AT THE POsTOF-
ice. Finder pleass return to "a North Zen
ton avenue and receive reward.
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NISCELLANEOU

FOR SALt-CHEAP. HOTEL RANGE AN ID
steam table and furniture. Inquire at At
lsntic restaurant.
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EOR RENT-FoUR-ROoM FURNISHED
! house. Apply Sol Beattie street. cornel
Sixth avenue.
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III FVIVTS,
M ANTED-CHILDRtE TO CARE FOR ny
w tho day. week or month. sB5 Third
street,
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this week.
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SITUATION WANTED-BY AN ELDERLY
commended. Inquire at lis East Cutler street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-16

Estimates OF the Number OF Brco' iyn Men
Who Mnlked Home From N.M Y0rh.

Estimates OF the Number OF Brco Ign Men
Who Walked Home From N.w York.
The fog last evening was beauty. At the
home going hour the cable cars had to creep
carefully along Broadway while the Rripmcn
pounded the bells and the policemen helped
the pedestrians across the crowded streets.
You could lot see block ahead and Broad
way was all cloud-capped towers.
The Brooklyn man who does business In New
York thought of his dinner and perhaps OF his
family. II he was in the habit OF taking o
ferryboat. he wished he had more life lnsur-
ance. and decided to try the bridge. Per.
haps at n small estimate. the minds OF
200 600 men were filled with these thoughts.
Bridge Between 8 and 7:3o and pushed and md
were pushed until they oozed into bridge
car II they were in luck. or walked across II
Yes. sir" said the small policeman at this
side OF the bridge promenade. fully 10000
,,tapw many People TSiGedr said the
b 4 III III take my oath there were more than
And now" said tho big policeman, whose
cars that were already full. you've come TO
Just the man for figures. l didn't count but l
can estimate; and 7o.OOopeople walked across.
Without discussing the figures, 1t may safely
be said that It was an unusually big crowd
only eleven trains were on the circuit instead
OF twelve and these seemed to make no i'm
preston on the crowd. The bridge entrance
was blocked for two hours by men and trucks.
and the horse cars in Park row were stopped:
The Roosevelt Ferry had quit, and the Grand
slowly, At =. the bridge platforms were we're
On the east side elevated lines there. was lit
tie. trouble because the fog seemed to be
lighter theIe. so the elevated road neople said.
and also because the system OF train running
is less complicated On the west side on
count Of delay from fog signals and slow run
ming to avoid danger OF collisions. the trains
began to run behind at about five o'clock.
Five minutes' delay on one train was added
to Ave minutes oil another until finally the
whole system was three-qparters OF an hour
behind. Not until late in tho evening did the
Sixth and Ninth avenue roads catch up.
Most OF the North River ferries ran on half
time and some still less frequently. while
the fog Was al Its worst The fog was SO thick
ut b clock. that the big Sound boats stuck to
their slips -.--- '--'.
From his lofty perch In the Equitable build
ing Farmer Dunn could make no obseryations
Of the world in general but he said that the
cause OF all the mist and darkness Was the
sudden rise In Temperature. To-day It will
probably rain in the morning, but toward
afternoon the therm omet will begin to drop,
and this evening II will be cold again West
winds will drive OF tho fog.
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SKELETONS IN THE WALL
They Are Those OF Woman and q Child
Believed TO ne Victims or Murder.

They Are Those OF n Woman and q Child
Believed TO ne Victims OF Murder.
Hartford. Conn. Dec. 15-The little town Of
Attawaugan. about four miles from Putnam.
Windham county has vibrated with excite
ment this week over the finding OF two skele-
tons in a partition wall OF one OF the Oldest
houses in the place.
The skeletons were found between tho par
titions near the chimney by workmen while
tearing the house down. The house is at
least century old
One OF tho skeletons was that OF an adult
female and the other was that Of little child.
The skin was dried hard on to the bones and
the hair hung long and matted from the skull.
When asked for an explanation OF the mys-
terry. one Of the oldest Inhabitants told the fol-
lowing story:
Some twenty years ago there lived in the
old house q French family, which consisted OF
father, m other and one child. The father was
brute. He often got drunk and abuaed his wife
shamefully. The woman was young and bore
good reputation. she wa. nard worker
ing the house was found deserted, and.
as II was the general opinion that the
family had decamped during the night.
no iETsStis8 Alton xss MADE iao6Stslly auI-
ing drunken car6usal thu -fssband killed his
wife and child. ana then. In order TO avoid de-
lection. secreted them in the walls"