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Going East-save Time.

Going to Chicago and east your short
quick route is via st. Paul and ''The North
western Line" Leave Butte $40 a. NJ.
Helena 10:15 q. IN. to-day, reach st. Paul
6:S5 e. m. second day. connecting with fast
day train of ''1he Northwestern Line"
leaving 81. Paul 500 a. N. daily and ar iv-
ing Chicago 9:35 p. N. same day. making
less than sixty-three hours from Butte a
less than sixty hours from Helena, which is
several hours less time than via any other
line to Chicago.
This 9:35 r. m. arrival in Chicago insures
connection with all the principal lines from
Chicago east, and '"The Northwestern
Limo" is the only limo from st. Paul that
makes all of these connections in Chicago.
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They WIN Assume 1t.

WASHINGTON. March 24-The rush for
Office continues and the number of callers
Oh the president to-day showed no falling
off as compared with previous days. To a
gentleman who saw him with reference TO
the reappointment of two former ot1icehold-
ers who were endorsed almost unanimously
by their congressional delegation and by a
large number of prominent people. Clsve-
land intimated that if he made the appoint
ments desired he would do 80 with the
understanding that the people OF the COM
munity would assume responsibility for the
action.
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NOTICE or SCHOOL MEETING.-NOTICE
~ is hereby given that the annual school meet
IN OF school district q. / will % held nj tho
Central tehuot build ne in taid diBtrict. county
Of Lewis and Clarke, state of NJ yntann. on Fat
two truEl"os to serve for II term OF three yoHrs
each, and such other business as may come Lo-
fore the mo"t4ng.
Also Tor tho arposc OF voting upou tho prop
osiiion of providing by iaxntion tho sum OF
Sa3.ODo to MAINTAIN the schools Of eai,i district.
Tho polls viii b" open from two O'Clock y. IN.
to six y. III, of said day
=. W. LtSGHORNE.
e. u. MILE
g ID. GREE NFIEID.
II. 4. G, kLEiNSHMIDT.
JACOB WALKER.
Attest: FRED GAMER,
+. ". Hills. Clcrk.
Helena, Mont, March o. 1893.
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It Should be In Every House.

j. B. Wilson, 81 Clay street, Sharpsburg,
Pa, says he will not be without DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumptions. Coughs
and Colds; that it cured his wife, who WAS
threatened with pneumonia after IN alta ok
of "la grippe" when various other remedies
and several physicians had done her nc
good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport. Pn.,
claims Dr.. Kings New Discovery has done
him more good than any thing he ever used
for lung trouble. Nothing like 1t. Try it.
Free trial bottles at H. NJ. Parchen & Co.'s
drug store. Large bottles. 50c. and 81.
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TREES IN FRENCH CITIES.
Arboreal Beauties Cared for UndOr Mu
nioipAl Regulations.

ArbOreal Beauties Cared for n MM
nioipNl Regulations.
One OF the chief beauties Of the larger
French cities and second only to their sdi-
fees and monuments are tho trees. The
almost inte,minabls vistas Of c~hestnuts
aud acao;as. stretching along tho broad
and we'll paved avenue a. far az the sye
can reach, their bending branches almost
touching one another in an endless arch Of
vtrdure. form not only a delightful per-
spectivs for the eye. but serve TO add
beauty 10 cities already beautiful and grace
and symmetry to whatever might DO harsh
and forbiddinu.
This. however. ia not the result OF ma
lures h%andiwork alone. for science aud nrt
have lent their aid. The planting, ma we'll
~ the maintenance OF the trees in French
cities. Is ar item OF no little Importance in
the annual budget prepared by the NUM-
oipal council. which does not look upon
their preservation as OF less consequences
than the repairing of roadwa,s or the
lighting Of the streets.-London Times.
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Fall Into Had COnNDRuy.

HAzELuuRsr. Miss. March 24.-At two
yesterday Bon Mccoy and John
Terry were hanged. Mccoy and Terry
were members Of the gang who robbed
Watkins and Taylor and murdered
Davis, all prominent citizens, near this
place last September. Terry stoutly pro-
tested his innocence to the last, while Nc
Coy admitted his guilt and attributed his
disR end to evil associates.
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Young Harris at Sing Sinp.

SING SING, N. Y, March 24.-Carlyle W.
Harris. the young medical student con-
victed of poisoning his bride, Helen Potts,
and sentenced to he elect. ocuted, arrived
here from New York this morning. He was
placed in the Cell recently occupied by Nc
Elvaine. electrocuted for the murder of a
grocer in Brook yn. He looked pale and
worn. but took matters quietly.
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Gentlemen of Good Sense.

ATLANTA, Ga. March 24.-In an inter
view with the son of Thomas F. Winnat.
peoples party ex.congressmau. he an
nounced that there is room for only two
great parties, and says If the democrats
carry out in good faith their platform the
peoples party will give full credit and act
accordingly. Hon. Thomas Wilson, the
most notable third party leader in Georgia,
takes the same position.
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NATIONAL
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HELENA, MONTANA.

HELENA, MONTANA.
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Glass ~" s 10 per share monthly.
" ]" 100 per share monthly.
Z" 't'' LOO and upwards. Z por cent interest
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Prepaid Il. md l.. stock Participates in earnings.
For tle proyident tho above offer tho best and
safest of al methods Of saving. Apply for
membership, or particulars and facts.
Office: Merchant. SatI Bank building.
JOHN B. WILSON. President.
VIM r.. WHITAKER, Secretary.
T.. W. KNIGHT, Jr. 1 reasurer:
Depository AMI trusto, OF Securities First
National Bank, Helena
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TUFTS PILLS in use thirty years.
VIII Retain Good Rules.

WASHINGTON, March 24-Secretary Car
Isle evidently intends to support the presi-
dents civil service policy as strongly as
possible. Carlisle said to-day no pressure
could be brought to bear on him which
would induce him to abolish a good rule.
even if it had been made unde. republican
administration
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ETUDY LAW
AIT HOME

TAXA CouRsE IN THE
sprsgrs ~Correspondon
. School OF Lew. ...
Unexpectedly
Send ten cents (staRpa)
Ter particulars to
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No. 3S3 whitney =.
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- ~ 81
Total assessed valuation of all real
and personal property for the years:
1S90-$25, 731, $50.
1S9l-S2S,9 ls, 4Oi.
1S92-S24, 49,, 240.
Rates uf taxation:
~1S90-oeyen mills.
lS9l-I'en mills.
lsae-Elght and one-half mills.
Total assessed valuation of all real and
personal property on which taxes have not
been paid:
1e90-S325, $50.
t1S9l-Sl32 532.
lSS2-$lll, 625.88.
Total delinquent tax for years:
1855 79.65
lsJl-S1,3o5 .32.
loJ2-$948 80.
n Respectfully submitted,
t.|1f j. S. TooKER, Clerk.
Examined. found correct and ordered re-
corded and printed.
I. W. KNIGHT. Chairman.
March lG, 1893.
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GENERAL SCHOOL FUND.

Es4 COUNT INDEBTEDNESS.
To balance bonds, warrants and
accrued interest to March l.,
1892 1904. $50 53
To warrants issued during year ISL, 09S 9S
To, interest on bonds to March
], 1893 11.4OO 90
IBID 1867. 159 81
The sun., 1893-06-23
FATHER AND DAUaHrER DEAD,

Another Daughter Sick. and n Younger
Daughter Suspected or Poisoning Them.
81. LOUIS. Juno 22.-Mrs Charles Stewart,
daughter Of John McKibben. who died at St.
Lukes Hospital on Tuesday under circum-
stances strongly indicating that he had been
poisoned. also died at 2 o'clock this afternoon
at her homo in this city. Mrs. ]. c. Briggs. an
other daughter OF Mr. McKibben. is very sick.
and the sickness Is pronounced the same as
that which resulted in the death Of her father
and sister. There are reasons for believing
that the food eaten by the McKibben family on
Friday last at dinner was poisoned. but
no steps have been taken to clear up the case.
possibly involving murder. An inquest was to
have been held this morning on the body of Mr..
Mckibben. hut 1t was postponed.
McRi6bena'sa aa family consisted ] OF Ms WIFE the
ter, Maude. who is about nineteen years old;
Owing to domestic trouble Mrs Mckibben did
not live with her husband. but with her daugh-
ter. Mrs Briggs. Maud McKibben helped Mrs;
bought some corned beef and cabbage. The
fact that she did not eat any Of the food has led
to her being closely questioned and to the
It has bean learned that DR.. b. j. Ludwig re-
fused to sell Miss McKibben'flve cents worth
OF arsenic and also five cents worth Of strych-
ninea few days age; She said she wanted Il
use some Of the preparations for that purpose.
Her reply was that she had only five cents.
Msnde and her parents had had frequent mis-
70 ss
arrested. but is under surveillance.
In the death Of John McKibDen the theatri-
cal world loses one OF tho best property hand
was born in Philadelphia, and has a brother
living there.
The sun., 1893-06-23
LIVES LOST IN 4 TORNADO.
Probably Twenty People Killed In = Biz
Kansas Wind Storm.

PERRY. Kan. June 22.-The most destructive
tornado that ever visited eastern Kansas
passed through Williamstown and the sur
rounding country in Jefferson county about
O'Clock last evening. 1t travelled southeast
and took in an area half mile wide and about
six miles long. Not house. barn or tree was
left standing in its path. 1t was accompanied
by q terrible rainstorm and midnight dark
moss.
Eleven doad bodies have so far been dis
covered. and II Is known that at least five
more were killed..
The dead are /. F. Evans. Emery Evans,
Mrs. John Hutchinson, samuel, Kincade,
Clara Kincaide Sadie Kincaide, Walter Kin.
caide. Eva Kincaide. William Kincaide. and
Samuel Stewart.
The bodies are horribly mangled. Mrs.
Hutchinson's arms and limbs were found in q
tree mile from tho house. Eva kincaide's
head was severed from the body.
Among the fatally injured nre James Baker.
William Goepfort. and Mrs. Goepfert.
Among the seriously injured are Bose Gray.
Horace Gray, Arthur Jones. Walter McCracken.
1t Is probable that at least twenty persons
have been killed. and thirty houses blown
DEs MoISgs. Ia, June PA tornado passed
trough Adair county southwest OF here. last
night. and devastated u strip a. quarter OF n
mile Wide. A large number OF farmhouses
wurs destroyed. hut no fatalities are reported
4 child was carried twenty rods through tho
air. and escaped unhurt
The sun., 1893-06-23
THE COURT OF GERRY.
Police Justices Object to irresponsible he.
view of Their Commi tments.

Police justices Object to irresponsible he.
view of Their Commi tment..
Police Justices Hogan and Simms called on
Comptroller Myers yesterday to protest. on
behalf OF the Board OF Police Justices, against
the attitude which the omptroller has taken
on the commitment OF children to institutions
Of detention. education and reform. and par
ticulary against his instruction or request to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children regarding such commitments.
The Police Justices said that the mptroller
had practically constituted the agents Of the
Gerry society courts OF appeal to review their
findings. In his letters to the society, they
say, he requests that its agents report to him
II the commitments OF hildron were legal
and proper" II the report is aga inst the COM
mitment. the Comptroller asks that the COM
mitted child be discharged. SO that Its support
Justices Hogan and Sig,ms said that they
objected to tho review OF their Official action
by Com modore Gerry's yonnc men. and that
the Police Justices are competent to deter
mine II q child is proper subject Tor commit
:" Only the other day" said Justice simms.
"I committed II child at the request OF its
mother who was earning only Ss Hn month f.aI and
agent admitted all the facts. but said that the
woman ought to support her child on the -
month"
Comptroller Myers explained that he intend
ed no discourtesy 10 the Police Justice nor
any usurration Of their powers and privileges.
but he said that he was the auditing officer Of
the city. and that he found it Necessary To- ex-
anime all claims against it to ascertain ii the
city should pay.
Both the Comptroller and the Police Justices
EXPRESSED the hope that their little difference
would be satisfactorily adjusted.
The sun., 1893-06-23
SIZE DEFIES THE POLICE.
Mrs. Rice Preaches Again mt the Corner
Where She Was Arrested.

CHICAGO. Juno GA granddaughter OF tho
famous Lady Watson Of London was arraiEned
at the Desplainos Street Police Court to-day
for violating the city ordinances prohibiting
the gathering of street crowds. She is Mrs.
Margaret J. Rice, and all over Canada and in
some cities Of the United States she is more
familiarly referred to as the wife Of the cow
hoy preacher" Mrs. Kice's offence consisted
in obstructing tho corner Of Peoria and Madi-
son streets by addressing a crowd which was
attracted there by tho feryor Of her preaching.
She is very young, not being yet IL years old.
and both she and hcr husband are among tho
most remarkable people the police have had
dealings with in long time.
Mrs. Rice Is the daughter OF the lRte Hon. 7.
w. Shields of Toronto Canada The cowboy
preacher has been arrested seventy or eighty
times for obstructing the streets. and his wife
has likewise been a prisoner In different cities
for the same reason; and 1t has been their
practice to pay no fine on such occas sons.
Rice says the present arrest Is the result Of
spite.
In court Mrs. Rices dress was Of fashionable
cut and natty sai ilor hat, with stand up col
lar and necktic. completed her attire. On her
fingers shc wore several diamond rings.
Not guilty" was her answer A technical
offence was made out and the smallest fine. SIS,
was imposed but Justice Doyle suspended the
fine and Mrs. Rice was allowed to go. Her
friends have secured Luther Latin Mills to
push a criminal case against the police for false
arrest.
Tonight Mrs Rice preached from the same
corner and the police were deilcd.
The sun., 1893-06-23
ATTEMPT TO ROB An EXPRESS
Tho Train Fired Upon aud tho Coaches
KIddled with Hullets.

DENIsoN. Tex, Juno 22.-The south-bound
Missouri. Kansas and Texas express No. 3
was fired into at Strngtown at l o'clock last
night by n band OF outlaws. supposed to he
tho Dyer gang. The train was running on
time and did not stop. One OF the brakomen
said:
The freight engine that was pulling us
saved US, The regular engine was off, and
razor r-back hog was on. The bandits were in
ambush ut the south end Of the switch. and
when we whistled the bandits thought it WAS
a freight and laid low. They saw the
coaches, however. and fired. We We're drumming
twenty miles an hour. They tagged the on
cineer and fired at him. the ball going through
the cab window. The passengers hid their
money and other vaiuabes and then lodged
behind the seats. eats The bandits riddied the
probably six robbers. Fifty shots were fred
The train was rich one. especially n ex.
Marshals went from here this morning to pur-
sue the bandits. News by runner says that
the officers are close upon tho bandits In
kaney Bottom.
The sun., 1893-06-23
MRS. ron Ax WOULD LIKE 40 KNOW
who the Man fs She Married and What
IIns Become of Him,

Just where and who DR.. Carl Won AZ Is are
questions which have been nppermost In the
mind OF his pretty young wife, Marie. for three
weeks. Marie is n plump lttlo German with
rudy cheeks and n good figure. Her parents
died and left her small estate in Germany.
She came to America TO 500 the country and
found living here so much more expensive
than she had expected that she got work in
the family Of Mrs. Louis Kaiser at 211 East
114th street. She was unused to work. and
her thoughts turned to matrimony.
One day sho came across an advertisement
in n German paper Tho advertisement de-
scrlbed DR.. Won AK as ON educated man with
money at his command, who had travelled so
much that he had not had time to look about
him for n wife. and 20 advertised for one.
Marie. who was then Miss Mare Mattmncller,
and was % years old answered the advertise
ment, and received ietttSr in return, Event
pr, Won AK was a dark haired man Of
anecdotes OF his alleged travels in India. Aus
train. and less remote nlaces, and. besides. he
money money. When Marie asked him one day why
most noble tenIimsnts HeyG;uld marry %G 3G
my my vile know that did not marry her for her
money? Besides. have enough for all our
Marie could not hc less confidential and the
Doctor learned of her little property, Tho
eonrtShiG progressed rnpdy Tho Doctor
i4h., be paid 500 for a wedding onint and mar
The couple, went 70 Washington. Within a
covered cure for cholera that would make
him famous as well as rich. hnt he he, needed
expecting n rCmittanco from Gcrmnny,, He
sent her on to New York to get 1t. business
engaGcmcnts prevented his accompanying her.
There was, some little hitch IN getting the
ward her some money until she could get hers.
Sell the small diamond pin | gave you" he
wrote back. I'll have been promised position as
assistant rhysican in the German Hospital IN !,
three months" The next. day, June z. he
wrote again. saying he had found employment.
The last letter bade her good by" hut there
was an Interrogation point after the good.hy
that puzzled Mrs. Won AK more even than the
farewell.
Marie says the doctors in the German Hosri-
tai told her they had never heard Of DR.. Won
Ak. 4 rigorous inquiry by the anxious young
wife ha, failed to discover any one else who
knows or has heard Of the Doctor. Mrs Won AK
Is living at 233 East lOsth street. She Is Won
dcring whether she should go to Washington
to search for her missing husband.
The sun., 1893-06-23
PRANKS OF LIGHTNING.
1t Punches Holes In Old New Jersey
House, but Hurts No One


AsBuRY PARK. n j., June 22.-Durng a gale
and rain storm, which sprang up suddenly
carly this afternoon. lightning played a num-
ber OF pranks with tho old-fashioned ma ms ion
OF Mrs. Elizabeth A. White. at the head Of
Deal Lake. In the front yard stand three tall
trees only q few feet apart. From one OF them
to the porch OF the house is POLE on which q
hop vine runs and covers the three trees. A
heavy bolt OF electric fluid struck the trees
and nearly denu uded them OF bark Following
tho pole TO the house, the lightning scattered
In ali directions. Part went down to the
ground after knocking the corner post OF the
porch into spinters. and made hole in the
soil which would hold u barrel.
Another bolt skipped through tho house on
the floor In u diagonal direction until it
reached the side OF tho building, where it tore
out the wall and weatherboarding Another
holt went along the wall through tho dining
room, whers Il knocked the bottom out Of a
coal hod and made Il hole over fifteen inches
square in the flooring. Another bolt struck
the Kitchen stove and jumped over to the win
dow. where 1t pupched!a hole the size OF q bull
pump and melted Il brass chain which held an
iron drinking cur.
frightened while the spllnters were flying
around and big halls OF all col OTIS were splitting
and sputtering through the house. The bolts
left behind a strong smell OF sulphur
The sun., 1893-06-23
ERGor KILLED, MRS. PHIL1IPP.

DR.. Kent Confirms tho Su<pIcIons OF tho
Relatives Who Stopped the Funeral.
When Mrs. Catherine Phillip. widow OF DR..
James Sweeney. OF Brooklyn. died on April II
at her home. rs Devoe street, Williamsburgh.
some Of her relatives suspected foul play.
They communicated with Coroner Crenmer
who stopped tho funeral until an autopsy w:s
made.
Death was attributed to exhaustion. but DR..
Kent, OF the Brooklyn Health DEPARTING ent,
was directed to mako a chemical analysis OF a
portion OF the woman's organs. Tie inquest
was adjourned until the chemical analysis
could be finished.
Last night Coroner Creame er held the inquest
In the Even Street Police Court Or. Kent's
report showed that Mrs phillipp died OF ergot
poisoning George Phillip. whom Mrs. Phil
testified that his wife had made will in his
favor before she died lie said that II she took
The Jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Phil.
lipp's death was duo to poison.
The sun., 1893-06-23
Hos7ILI1IKS IN TIE COURT ROOM
Witness Sigier Grabbed n bouquet Holder
TO Back Up His Opinion Of nv. Hainer.

to Back Up His Opinion Of nv. Haiuer.
PATERSON. June 22.-E b. HaAnes. President
OF the Ners Publishing Company sued Will
liam l. 1. Bamber. President Of the Call Pub
fishing Company. for SlS for publishing a
biography OF Vim. Bamber in the centennial
number Of his pnper. At tho trial too day Po-
lice Com missioner James c. SiGler was called
to testify as to Mr.. Hnines's reputation for
veracity. Without any hesitation the witness
said:
neither would nine-tenths OF the people in this
CITY,"
An exciting scene followed these words. Mr..
Hnincs jumped up and hegan denouncing the
witness. The latter seized bouquet holder
who threw a chair at him, Commissioner
Sigler then chased Mr.. Haines around the
room. while Judge Kerr raped for order until
Constable James Riley and Janitor. Rancier.
together with dozen lawyers. interfered and
storped hostilities. The court then adjourned
for dinner.
At o'clock Judge Kerr called the plaintiff
and the witness before him and ordered each
to make n public apology or pay fine Of $25
They chose to apologize
The suit ended in u judgment OF $12 in favor
OF Mr.. Haines.
The sun., 1893-06-23
SIX ITALIANS sCALDED.
Somebody Let Steam Into . Boiier on the
Chester While They Were Cleaning It

Six Italians were scalded yesterday after
noon while cleaning n boiler aboard the steam-
shin Chester Of the American line. Four OF
tho men were badly hurt Th" other two es-
capcd with slight injuries
Tho Chester lay at the company's nier at the
foot OF Grand street Jersey City. Her boilers
having become badly scaled. Chief Engineer
Campbell set six Italians at work to clean
them. The manhole on the top Of one boiler
was opened aud tho mon climbed inside with
tools to scrapo the tubes. They had hardly
got inside when somebody who did NOS know
OF their presence opened n valve, allowing
steam from another boiler to rush in.
The screams Uf the mon caused tho steam to
be- duickl, turned OF The two mon nearest
the open manholc climbed ont at tho flrst alarm.
The other -four had To be helped out hy Engi-
ncCr Campbell and his Subordinates. They aro
Antonio Srnlaiani i5 years old. Of 23S Null
berry street. this city; Baolu Scaltani 90 years.
oi 3i2 Columbia street. Brooklyn: Ignazio
Malcsclla. 3S years Old. OF - Elizabeth street.
and Salvador Swagra. % years old. Of - a Nor
rs street. this city. All four had inhaled steam.
aud tho surgeons at tho City Hospital. where
they were taken. are doubtful IL all of them will
recover.
Capt. Lewis made an investigation but had
not succeeded last night in learning who
opened the steam valve.