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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
The Wisconsin Fires Are Now RAG
ing Over Two Hundred
Square Miles.
WOrBhipperS at Ashland Called
From Church to Fight
the Flames.
Many Lives Known 10 he Lost and
Nothing But Kain Can Stop
the Holocaust.

ASHLAND. Wis. Sept. I7.-This bns been
an exciting day for Ashland. At noon tho
people were called from Worship by Gre
ala ms. The cinders and smoke became
almost binding NIL over the city. Over
thousand volunteers wcro added to the fire
departments to fight the flames which
rushed In on the city from the Odnnha
Indian reservation. At three O'Clock there
was org of despair among the people
living near the Mi waukee, Like Shore u
Weste railroad shops. The water works
had given out. Chemical engines were
brought mr., bat they were useless to try 10
stop the flames. IA high gale Of wind was
blowing. The coal shops caught fire and
tho dead" locomotives were fred up and
run all the rolling stock to the
lake. Household goods were burned and
over hund ed families are already
homeless. Twenty men we're overcome
In fighting the flames and taken to the hos
pital. Three families near MarenQo per-
ished. There WAS no help to 60 to thcm.
At Pafishville large iron plant IL burn
ing. large number of women and ohil-
dren who rushed to the lake front wsre
only saved BY . desperate effort with the
rat1ol wagon.
The fire is the same that has been raging
further south all the week and tho heaviest
part did not reach hero until to day. Set
tiers arriving have pitiful stories to tell.
and are being cared for by those who still
have houses. A man named Egstrom was
driven crazy by the loss of his wife and
family of two children. His hair
and eyelashes and clothing we,e
n rrA frnv Rod nd
woman and baby, suppos. d to be the
wife and child of a settler, we're picked up
in an insensible condition to. night near the
White River road. The child died soon
after arriving here. The mother is in a
delirium, and 1t is sui posed the husbnnd
yerlshed at the Odanha reservation. The
Indians are camping on raft in the Bad
river. and are Eemmed in with an archway
OF flames. All communication is cut off
from the surrounding small towns to-day.
1t ia impossible to give the details of to-
days holoeausts and losses. but if rain
docs not come tonight the death list will
run up high.
As nelr as Gamble estimated the hre now
ooyes nearly 200 squa miles and il
sweeping moth. The damage to standing
pine will be very heavy and approxinates
not less than s. 000.0 900.
There are Il number of small towns and
villages through the burned section that
may have shared in the disaster, including
Marengo. White River. High Bridge and
numerous others. If the path of the flames
took in such settlements, woe and death
surely have been left in their wake. Par
ishville which ia reported On fire tonight,
| is oom: osed of about 100 buildings in addi-
tion to the big plants of the PariAh Manu-
featuring company. employed in the max
ing of mining and sawmill machinery.
In Ashland there is no immediate danger
of a general confaRration unless a wh l.
wind of tite should sweep the city of the
face of the earth.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

The disaareeable state Of the weather
made heavs overcoats luxury on the
streets OF Helena last night.
Prof. r. G. Young and E. N. Wood re-
turned on Saturday from a duck hunting
trip on which they had great success.
"Big Bill" HAssemsr, OF last seasons
Helenas. has joined m independents ball
team at ST. Louis. CONF oaed of profess
SIGNALS out of jobs.
The Montana club will give its second in
formal reception next Thursday evening to
ladies and gentlemen. The reception will
be from eight to II p. M.
Charles Allard Ia preps ing TO take his
herd of butfa 0 on the road end will exhibit
them in the various cities of Montana.
His first stop will be at Nissoula.
The enrolment III the Butte public
schools for the week ending FRIDAY, Sep
tember 15 reached 2,939 This is 456 more
tamber last yea.
The district court of Butte has taken un-
der a,ivisement until to-day the quest ion OF
compelling the state board of equalization
to meet again and assess railroad property
in tho limits of the smoky oity.
Edward L. Dunphey died Yesterday In
il lena. He was u brother of the late Eli
jah NJ. Dnnphey. and came TO Helena early
In the seventies. He was II horse trainer
and we'll known to many old Montauians.
man named Jack Hickey gave the po-
lice some trouble late last night on Ciore
street, where he smashed window i'll one
of the houses while drunk. He resisted a :
rest and Sergeant Fey and Officer Davis
had to put nip ers on him.
The following Helena people registered
at she Montana state building in Chicago
recently: Jessie brown. James Mver, j. A.
Burth, B. W. Sehiheder, Mrs Fred J. Ster-
ling, j. Fred Bottome. ID. w. Jones, jr, q.
A. c. Lehman, Mrs. j. j. Cu,rah, Il. j..
Mogford. William :. Boil and wife, and
Robert I. Mulford.
William Godfrey. travelling auditor OF the
Great Northern Express company, has re-
moved his headquarters from Helena to
Great Fails. nis terrisorv hns bSen OK
tendad and now includes the line from Iari-
moro, OAK. to Butte, as we'll IA the Neihart
and Sand Coulee branches. Mr.. Golfrey
waa formerly resident of Great Falls.
until about three years ago.
Prot. II. +. Woihtman, professor of AQri-
culture In tho university of Breslau, Ger
many, accompanied by hve students Is III
Tho lstate. Last Weanead at Miles City IA
committee of the chamber OF commerce
took them in hand. showed them the Bow
and Arrow beef herd swimming the Yellow
atone, took them to the Indian Damp at
Fo / keoSh, drove them along tho limo of
the ditch, Toasted them on waterM o Ions
and witnessed the loading OF "A cattle train.
The party will he in the county about
three months and left Thursday evening
for the Manhattan farm IN the Gallatin
valley.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
LIVELY WEEK IN CONG KEsS.
Tho Repeal OF the Election Law in thu
House, sitysr In tho senate.

Tho Repeal Of the Election Law in the
House. silysr In tho senate.
WAsHiaoTos. Sept 17--Indications point
TO very lively week In the house. Tues
day the battle owe. the Tucker bill will be
resumed and continue for the remainder OF
the week. The democratic managers con-
hdently expect majority of their own.
lhia Will enable them to put down the I'LL
buster OPP oaItion Of the republicans. Con.
Tracy and the democrats who acted with
the republicans last week will also. 1t is
understood, come into camp. Aa soon as
the Tucker bill is reported to the Lnuae ths
committee on tules will Immediately apply
the machindry necessary to bring il into
the arena of debate. Tho understandn
TO day Ia that not more than week at the
most will be granted for the discussion OF
the measure. The republican leaders will
use every means in their power to fight this
measure. but once the special order is
adopted they will be bound hnnd and foot.
Gen. Grosvenor, Of Ohio. the leader of
she republican forces in the house
against the repeal OF the election
law. says OF the present posi-
tion OF his patty hssooiates: when the
president called congress In extraordinary
session in midsummer the democratic lead
ers. recognizing the divisions in their pa ty
appealed TO ns 10 stand by and sustain the
administration from overwhelming defeat,
The republicans. almost to a man, recoe-
| niz.ng the condition of tho country, de-
| manded that partishnshlp bs laid aside, and
| resolved to support the administration and
| force into law q measure DESIGNED to affec,
party success. A measure more partisan
than any that has been introduced in TWEEN
ty years is now to he forced upon US.
desire to sound only singIe note of warn
ing. The bill to repeal the Sherman silver
law Ia not yet q law. II substitute hap
pens to pass tho senate. when il returns
here, the administration may not be able
| to muster TO its support the solid republican
vote"
| Repeal will again occupy the attention of
| the senate this week to the exclusion OF
almost every other subject. There will,
however, be & break in the monotony to-
morrow, caused by q recess in observance
| of the centennial celebration OF the laying
| of the corner stone of the capital, and pos
sibly another change Of prog ammo Tues
day, when Senator Voorhees, will attempt
to extend the day session into the evening.
The silver advocates are expectel to do
most of the talking, as it has been the pol
| icy of their opponents to avoid making
! speeches. There is much interest in Sena-
tor Voorhees' announced intention to at
tempt to prolonR the daily sessions. II he
should succeed in forcing the senate to 81,
at night, there a 9 those who think the
change would be only temporary.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
ESTHER'S FATE FORETOLD.

The Stars say She Wnl be Rtch and Have
husband and Three Boys.
New York. Sept. 17.-Little Miss Esther,
the new American princess Of tho house of
Cleveland, has . future before her that will
be romantic and a career that will be dis
tinguished if the po tents Of stars and the
signs of the heavens are to be Il usted. Her
ho' oscope has been cast and the whole
planetary system seems to have done it's
| prettiest to give the new baby place in
future American annals. This Ia what the
astroloQer said at the conclusion of hsr
study: ~ Is. indeed. of fortunate nativity.
The baby 10 destined to arrive at great
eminenoo, TO b come noted and prom-
nent like her father. She ia fated
to be we'll made. rather tall
mother. of compact and graceful frame.
She will be- of light complexion, brown
| haired. with high forehead and deep. ex-
pressive eyes. The planets tell of a oour-
teous and gentle disposition. Cool nn-
ture, mildness and charity will be her chief
characteristics. The forecast of the early
part of her life shows sickness and trouble
| of a critical so t. After that her health
| will gradually improve, though other ortiz
cal times nte to come. Her intelle ctuality
will be very ma ked and there is every sign
of hez becoming notable woman. AS q
aid song. Size will take Il place in
rublio affairs in all probability.
Wenlth she is certain to acquire. il not
through her own mental exertions. through
marrlrse at any rate. The planets say this
will not take place before she is "a and abe
will enter the marrinQe stnga only once.
The marriage will bs one of great worldly
advantage. Her future husband the signs
| make out of a character not at all unlike
hers. In appearance he will resemble her
self. Th4 marriage is destined no be a very
happy one. They will have no moro thnn
| three children and they are likely to be
| boys, but there is danger of two of them
DYING in infancy. Miss Il Esther is destined d
| TO a long life."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
THE EXODUS FROM THE STRIP.
An Illinois Man Denounces the Govern
ment as n BuncO Steercr.

An Illinois Man DenOUncos the Govern
ment n BuncO steercr.
KANSAS O1rY. Mo-. Sept. 17.-There was a
big exodus of disappointed people from the
Cherokee strip to-day. The Santa Fe
brought In three special train loads this
morning and the Rock Island two. All the
regular trims ON both roads were crowded
with men and women who were glad
enough to get back to civilization, A
whole party of people from Illinois who
in the strip, came back on the Santa Fe.
/ hey were the most forlorn looking party
of officials the union depot had ever seen
They made the run ON foot from the
line north OF Orlando .. T., and got
nothing after having stood In line
for four days at a registration BOOTH sleep
ing on the ground and existing on muddy
water and dry bread. Enooh Hooker. of
Green county. Illinois. acted as spokesman
for the party. Uncle Sam has turned
bunco eefer." he said. He has turned
over = lot of land of no value to poor poo
pie. and il they are ever able to pay for it,
he will be receiving money under false pre-
lenses. Tho railroads and the news apsrs
were in the play. too. predict this winter
will SEQ more sickness. suffering and death
among the people who have gone to
this promised land than has ever
been seen In any pioneer settlement.
When We made the run the crush was
something terrible, and casualties were
numerous. Just before the gun WAS fred
one man started on foot into the strip. A
soldior on Ruald called upon him to halt,
and raised his tifle TO his shoulder. The
man's partner rushed up to the soldier and
told him NOT to fire. Tho man kept on
running. The soldier hrea aud the man
dropped dead. The mans partner fired
and the soldier dropped dead. just then
the signal gun announced the start of the
race. aud the double tragedy was over
looked in the excitement. We are glad to
get back, and there is no sour grapes i'll it.
We honestly would not take claim i'll the
new country ~ a gift now. after what We
Aaw of it. -
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
Montana National Getting Ready to
Resume lis Business on or
Before Dec. 4.
Plan Adopted by Denver end
Other Cities to Be Oar
ried Out.
Balances Due Customers VIII He pnId in
Certificates Hearing Interest, In
Five Equal Instaiimen.a,

Ever since the suspension of the Mon
sanh National bank the:e have been Of
forts made by Receiver MARROW and the
officers to bring about Il resumption, There
has been cor espondence With the comp
troller OF currency, and the plans OF the
Denver, Spokane and other banks which
have resumed have been carefully studied,
and the proposition OF the Montana Ma
honai given below meets with the appfo-
val Of tho comptroller Of tho currency, II
now remains with the depostors to agree
to make IT "A success and enable the bank to
open i,s doors on or before Dec. /. The oir-
cnlar sent ont to depositors on last 5atur-
day 10 az follows;
Helena. Montana. Sept. 1G 1893 To the
depositorf OF the Montana National bank
OF Helena, Montana: Owing to the unpre-
oedented withd avail Of deposits, and the
impossibility of making collections during
the sp' ing and early summer. we were com
Ie.led to close orr doors on JnIy a. To
assist In making collections the bank was
placed in the hands Of receiver on Au-
gust 2, since which time, with collections
already made and amount assured from the
snme source during the coming three
months. we are satisfied. provided the de-
poaitors will az ee to extend the time for
YIN ,rt of their deposits. as per terms
hs einafter stated, that we can safely re-
sumo business by the first day OF December,
1888. 1t ls proposed to resume business
without the borrowing Of any monsy, and
with no existing indebtednes except 10 de-
posltors. With this in view, We ask your
assent to accept from us in lieu of bal
ances due you. with acc ued interest TO
Aug. /, 1893, certificates of deposit. bearing
date and interest from Aug. l, 1893, at the
rate of six per cent per annum. payable in
five equal instalimenss Of 70 Der cent each,
The frat installment payable June l. 1894;
the second installment payable Oct. !. 1894;
the third instaliment rayable Feb. l, 1895;
| the fourth instalment payable June l. 1896;
the fifth installment payable Oct. l, 1896.
The bank reserying the right to call them
for payment at earlier dates and also the
privilege of resumng prior TO Dec. /.
II this meets with your views, please sign
tho enclosed acceptance and mail to us at
your earliest convenience, in enclosed en-
yelOpe.
John T. Murphy, H. +. Galen,
+. b. Werok. Robt. /. McCulloh.
| Herman Cans, G. w. Cannon.
A. L. smith.
Committee of Directors.
We, the undersigned depositors have Ao-
| cepted above proi osition and recommend
its acceptance by all depositors.
Nick Kessler, John B. Brondel,
Bald Butte Mining A. g. Clarke,
Co.. John La son. Aarys-
Wise Goolkind, vile,
Hugh hcQuaid. r. o. Hickman.
Peter Larson. John Winscott,
Z. G. Babcock. II. g. Hale
Cans d. Klein, G. M. Jeff,ies
M. Connors, F. Z. Hoss,
W. G. Bailey. G. A. Molson,
II. J. sohreiner.
Depositors in Montana National Bank.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
LIKE RATS In A HOLE.
Hundreds Drowned In Caves Where They
Had Sought Refuge.

Hundreds Drowned In Caves Whore They
Had Sought Refuge.
MADRID, Sept. T.-The distress in the
flooded districts of New CASTLE continues,
and the loss OF life 10 greater than antici-
pnted. Fresh sto ms and continued
downronr has delayed the departure OF re-
lief trains. Roms villages have been on
tirely isolated for days. and sta vation is
starring the inhabitants in the face. Some
caves in which the terror-strioken inhabit-
ants of Villa Canas sought refuge are fairly
ohoked with the eorpses OF mon, women
and ch,ldron. About eighty bodies
have already been recovered. but
thia number is said TO be
far below the actual total loss of life. Bus
mess In the flooded distriots 10 entirely sus-
pended and will 40 remain TO- some time to
come Great damage WAS done in other
pprts of the peninsula. Plantations, vine
yards and buildings in the vicinity Of hala-
mancn suffered severely. and largo num-
Der of cattle we're drowned. The queen
regent has aent a donation of money for tho
relief OF starving inha bitnnts aud subsotip-
tions for the same purpose are being raised
in other quarters.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
A PANIC AND AN EXODUS.
Yellow Fever Is p.ctnreh Epidemic In
BrunswicR, Ga.

Yellow Fever Is p.c'nreh Epidemic In
BrunswicR, Ga.
SAVANNAH. Ga, Sept IA special to the
Morning News from Is unswick to- night
SAYS eleven new osses OF yellow fever do
veloped to-day and an epidemic has been
declared. Such was the announor ment made
by Col. Goodyear at the board OF health
meeting to- day. sending thrill of horror
throuah the Rrief-s token residents of
Brunswick present. With hea t.
breaking sorrow huud eds hurriedly
rushed 20 tho trains this afternoon aud
it will need no military force
to dopopulata the city. There are poor In
Brunswick for whom the government and
the people of tho country must think.
Work will be commenced on the hospital
buildings Tomorrow. During tho hu ry
and huatls of leaving today many nailed
up their stores and then hod. The change
in the weather In nnfavorabls and the
worst may be expected.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
HOW TO CLIMB HILLS.

Valuable Pointers for the Manv Knights
of the Modern Wheel.
A riders hill olim binR capabilities depend
on other things than muscle and machine
habit and preston ability, for instance
says the Detroit Journal. He gets into the
habit of walking up hill or struggling up
1t on the machine. until the belief IL
formed that it cannot be surnounted in
any more comfortable manner. But ono
day. on some imp omptu dust up." he
skins up like a bird' without distress; SO
he always takes care to 90 up in similar
style thereafter.
Strange hills have knaok of looking
much worse than they really are when
viewed from the top of the preceding hill;
but 1t Is merely an optical illusion which
1t is never good Ian to Iide every hill
one can. but hill climbing is rendered cas-
ier by not paying too much attention to
the inolinea. as is evidenced when riding
with companions or in the dark.
If hill 10 at all stiff it Is bad to keep
looking At the top; the eyes may we'll be
turned in the dii cotton of the feet. see
that the heels al Q kept down we'll to the end
of the stroke. and be very careful not to
press on the pedals as they rise. We be-
lieve this is much moie common fault
than is generally supposed, especially when
pedaling slowly and hard.
Though it is generally better 10 keep mp a
considerable momentum. one can some
times get up hill more comfortably by 60
ing quite slowly and without any furry.
One ls less liable to back pedal then and
probably there Is less suffocation arising
from rapid waste of tissue.
For ordinary climbing the body should
be inclined forward from the hips. SO IA to
bring the muscles of the trunk into play,
and the saddle and handles should be con-
venientiy placed. neither being toe far back.
Nearing the top. or for change on q long
hill, one III y ait right up and pull on the
handles; but this, the yet position of all the
theorists, cramps the lungs and blows
one 80 quickly that it cannot be retained
long.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
Gold and the balance,

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE net gold in
the treasury to-day 10 stated 10 be $97,-
t3a, 094. and the net oash balance 50. 927, 24O.
as compared with u gold reserve of 500 COS
l25. and a net cash balance of $ll. IA, 1877
on the first of the month. The receipts of
the e~eoyernment this month ny to date were
Sl2, ZIG 900. and the expenditures $13, 44O.
600 National bank notes redeem dut ing
the week ended to-day were 81, 4b2. 2bh. a
marked increase over what the rodemptious
were several weeks ago.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
Awful Bntchery of Prisoners.

COLUMBUS, Miss. Sept. l7.-Pickens
county. Alabama. comes TO the front again
with nh awful butehc ing of p isoners con-
fned in the Jail at Carrolton. Paul Archer.
Will Archer. Polk Hill, Ed Gnyton and
Eleon FAINT. all negroes. and the latter n
woman. we,e shot to death hursday might
hy mob of mnsked mon. Tho mob oyer
powered the qua is of the Jail and forcing
their way to tho cells of the victims place;
Winchosters through the grating and fred
volley. The neRroes were suspected oi
burning y mill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18

\, TONIGHT the billiard match
between the great experts Ives
and Roberts, opens in Central
Music Hall, Chicago.
The game is to consist Of 6ooo
points to be played on a six
pocket English billiard table,
with 3A Inch pocket and 2A-
inch balls, 1000 points each night
for six consecutive nights. The
stakes are $1,000 a side, and
great billiards are looked for.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
Hs's Golng to Marry Mias An Fonr.

WARRINGTON, Sept. H.-One of the social
sensations of autumn in naval circles will
be the ma rase OF Commander Whiting to
Miss ALI FonR. daughter Of the Millionaire
Chinese merchant of Hawaii. The en-
eagement has frequently befote been 10
orted and often denied. but friends OF the
prospective groom have abundant rroof
and are authority for shs statement that
the report of the engagement 10 correct
aud the marriage will take place during the
present rear.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
THE CATTLE MARK ET.
Largest Run of Westerns Reported THIS
Season.

Largest Run of Westerns Reported THIS
Season.
The cattle market OF sned the week some
what debilitated and with lower rices, ths
supply being very heavy. says the Stock
growers journal. Considering the large
supply, she market for western rangers
could not be called really bad. though fig
U es were huctuating and uneven. On
Monday ths highest figure realized was So. 30
for Montanas averaging li3i. The next high
eat was S3. rs. for Montanas averaging 1903
pounds. There was about $4,000 range cat
tie the market. Tho largest run of
western cattle this season WIS reported.
The cry was still they come. and the week
will be characterized by heavy rsssigts
with the inevitable effect on prices.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
The rarif, nl,, wIi Soon lie Ready.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE time allotted
for the ublio hearings before the ways and
means committee will expire nexi We'd
nesday unless the committee reoonsidsrs
ts action, but 1t IL believed
majority will consent to no suoh arrange
III nts; therefore. ID seems probable tho
work of preparing the new talH bill will be
commenced during the coming week.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-18
Distress Among English Miners.

LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE distress In ths
mining districts increases, and there IL no
appearance at present Of the strike coming
to an end. In the Wakefield districts 4.000
children are being fod by charitable organ
izstions. In Dsrbyshire whore 90. 900 pso-
pie ale idle. the strike fund Ia exhausted.