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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
WIN Probably Be War.

ent In Bangkok tslegraphs: "Despite the
most pacific assurancec from the French
minister. who undertook TO stop the ad-
vance Of the gunboats and arrange eQuita-
bly, all differences, the Comete and Incon-
stante slipped across the bar this evening
and exchanged shots with the Hakanak
forts. Two men- of-war then proceeded to
Bangkok. and are now anchors rsed with the
Runboat Lutin. opposite tho British leea-
tion. One sailor was killed and two
wounded In the exchange of shots at Hak-
anak. The king 10 now holding council.
II il comes 10 fighting fearful scenes will
probably be Witnessed"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
Worst storm In Years.

KALAMAZOO Mioh.. Jaiy l3.-Ths worst
electr ical and wind storm In years passed
over the CITY this afternoon. Lightning
struck ten places In the city. including the
First Prssby tsrian church. Great damage
TO property In town and surrounding coun.
try Was done.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
The Stop 1t Great Falls.

Inc STOP ~ WFO1g F0IIB
Special to The Independent.
GREAT FALLS, Jaly 13-Secretary Of the
Interior Smith and party arrived from the
east this morning By the regular west
bound passenger In ths private car Mani
toba. They were met at the depot by
prominent citizens and escorted in car
riaRss around the city. visiting tho smslt-
e.s. the Giant spring and other POINTS of
interest. After an informal luncheon at
the Park hotel the patty lsft for Helena by
n epeCial train.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
A Railroad Mans Change.
Special to The independent

Special to The Independent
M1ssouLA, July 13.-B. Haskell. master
mechanic of the Rocky Mountain division.
Northern Pacific railroad. has resigned his
position here and will take that Of supsrin-
tendsnt Of motive power and machinery for
the Detroit. LansinR & Northern and the
Chicago g. West Michigan railroad. Both
Of these roads are under one mana cement
and operate 843 miles Of track In Michigan.
Mr.. Haskell will leave hero July 20.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14

Owosso. Mich. july l3.-EnGinssrs rep-
rssenting forty different railroads are In
ssorst session In this city. Tho delegates
refuse 10 reveal the object OF the meeting.
although Il IL generally believed they have
under consideration the Ann Arbor troubles.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
Assessment of Nissoula County.

Assessment Of AIissoula County.
Special to The Independent.
N1ssouLA. July 13.-'The assessment roll
for Missola county for the year 1898 has
been returned by Assessor VIM. Berry. In
the aggregate II shows valuation amount
ing to nearly $5.oO0O0o. To this will be
added tho supplemental roll, which will in
creaAs IL to considerably over that amount.
Next Monday the county commissioners
will meet - = board Of equalization, At
which the roll will bs revised and the tax
levy established for the year.
The roll shows over twenty nine parties
assessed at over $40. .000 and the Northern
Pacific railroad company at $116. 165 which
does not include read bed. etc., valued bv
the state board of equalization. This will
increase the roll nearly $l,O0O,0o0.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
STATE NEWS.

Trial for Stealing Cattle I. Progress At
Phiiipsburg.
Special to the Independent. .|
PMLlpsBURa. July 13.-The ease Of the
State of Montana W. Chas. Boyd and Gus
Tinstadt. for cattle stealing. WAS called in
The district court at two O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. Hon. r. B. Smith. Of Helena,
has been retained to assist the prosecution,
and Judge N. w. Mcconnell the defense.
Tho ease 10 attracting considerable. alton
tion, and the afternoon was consumed In
attem ptinG 10 secure q jury. After the
regular panel was exhausted . new veniHs
was issued. rsturnable this morning at nine
O'Clock. The jury was soon completed this
morning and tbs case has been in progress
all day. Judging from the progress made
to-day the trial Of the case will occupy
several days.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

urustfuIness ana cordIaIiIy assuring
to the world, the descendants of Co
lumbus, the monarchs Of Spain and
other countries and the pope have
sent to this distant spot things price
less as the utility of Columbus is de-
vefoped more and more with centuries.
There is hardly museum in the world
which rallies about it's central idea
such q collection as this, and great
deal OF it is due to the young news
paper man, Curtis, who, meeting me-
accidentally In the convent here.
Showed me through til part.
In Rabida I saw several paintings IL
Illustrative of the story of Columbus.
They were hardly painted more than
fifty or sixty years ago, and I judged
by the portraits of Queen Isabella and
her sister, Montpensier being there.
that the Montpensiers, as sop to the
Spanish, had these pictures made. Cur
tbs had every one of them copied, much
larger than it was out there, by artists
good enough for this purpose, and he
has also had copies made of nearly
everything in or about Spain which
would pictorialize Columbus, and he
set to work Capt. Frank Madison and
other consuls abroad, who were in adj
vantageous places, to procure material,
and the result is something surprising:
Said he to me:
Here, is a book which first contains
the name America This man up
here, whose portrait you see painted,
was a bridge builder in Saint Die,
France, and he had got down to Paris,
and there he saw an account Of tho
discovery of America by Americas Yes
puci. When he got back to Saint Die,
he found a monk, whose picture also
show you here: about publishing =
little book or geography, in 1907. Co
lumbus was about that time dying
.obscure1y in Spain. The monk was
very glad of the information, and he
put it in his book, which said in
the title, Also Four Voyages Of Amor
icus Vespuci.' Now" said Curtis,
pointing out the book itself, here in
Latin you see the first suggestion that
America be called for Americus, and IL
says this: Now that these parts have
been more widely explored, and an
other fourth part discovered by Amor
icus Vespucius, do not see why we
should refuse to name it America:
namely, the land Americus or Americas,
for it's discoverer, Americus, q man Of
sagacious mind, since both Europe and
Asia derive their names from women..
..Now," said Curtis, ''here is Pic
ture of the man who printed the book, I"
pointing out another oil painting OF life
size. Here Is a picture Of old Saint
Die, with walls and towers around Il.
where all that took place. Here Is .
picture Of Duke Rene, of Lorraine, who
founded the society which published
the American book. This man, by the
way, overthrow the duke Of Burgundy,
by calling in the Swiss TO aid him.
Here are some coins Of Rene. Here I
have had painted the church In Saint
Die. Now have saint Die ss It now
stands painted. Here is picture OF
the house Of the man who printed. the
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sister of the queen of Spain, the
duchess of Montpensier, had a, French
husband, who considered that he
might have chance to govern the
land, and he wanted to do some-
thing popular So Rabida was ha-
bilitated, paintings put in it and
given the appearance which / saw
last spring. As near as can
remember, the essential difference
between the convent there and here
is in number of side walls or yards
being put upon the original convent,
a veranda or loggia opened toward the
ocean, and the cupola heightened.
The convent here is not very much to
see outside; it does not stand on suf-
fciently high ground to suggest all
Rabida, which is about seventyfve TO
one hundred feet above the waters
edge and far enough back to permit Of
broad, inclined planes to be built to it,
which was done last year, and new
pier put there; and now the place
where Columbus was undoubtedly a
guest is in better shape than it has
ever ebeea1. The walls were fully
scraped while t. was there and many
mural paintings of an early age in art
disclosed. A good deal that was mys-
terious was found under the floors,
such. as vaults to bury the dead. In
that building the carpentry was re-
stored in several of the rooms, notably
the prior's parlor and sitting-room, and
in his Office at the front of the con.
vent, whence he saw Columbus out,
side. In brief, Rabida in Spain is a
strengthening, high object on the top
OF hill, good ways back from the
water, and with the monument to Co.
lumbus built last year rising conspicu-
ously by its side, which can be seen
from Huelva, three miles opposite, an
important town; and it is also three
miles from Palos, little hill village
which furnished Columbus sailors.
In Chicago Rabida is whitewashed-
looking building, low-pitched and not
many feet above the water, which has
been made to come in like dock and
inclose it. ~ d. :8s
As soon as you get in the chapel Of
the Chicago convent, however, you
find everything very much as. at Palos.
The sculleries,' stables, etc, are not to
be seen, but the center or enciente of
the convent is all here, and it Is filed
with paintings and relics leading to
the central idea, which makes the Chi
cago Rabida one of the greatest shrines
IN. the world at this moment. With.a
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

book which named America. =
We next came to two portraits Of
/ Americas Vespucius, resembling each
other, and yet not the same. ''Now,
this portrait which you see here was
painted by pupil of Michael Angelo,
Bronzino. One of our consuls, named
Lester, wrote the life ofvespucius and
got his portrait, which he sold to Mr..
Mcguire, Of Washington. The other
portrait belongs to Mr.. Cotton, Of
Washington City, who bought it in
Venice. Now you know that in tho
course Of time Elina Vespucius, one Of
his descendants, came to Washington
to lobby for grant Of land. Here is
her petition for the grant. Here is the
report of the committee, rejecting il. !"
II see that you have some things
which belong to this country, and yet
are Columbian" I'll
"Oh, yes; you know, that Columbus
was first buried in Seville, and his re-
mains afterward disinterred, and taken
to San Domingo, and then taken up
and put in box of iron, and the ashes
carefully assorted and placed in q. lit
tie jewel box. Now, three pinches Of
those ashes were taken out with the
fingers, and one of the pinches belongs
to a man in the state Of New York
who in some way had been acquainted
with the ecclesiastic who disinterred
the remains. He has lent us those
ashes, and we have put them in sim
liar casket; and also had the box in
which the ashes Of Columbus were
taken up exactly reproduced. and here
it is"
ALI books Columbus is known to have
used are shown in the. original or
copies in this collection. The pope
has sent here cordially many things,
among others a letter written by Pope
Nicholas in the year 144s, long before
Columbus, to some Irish bishop, con-
corning the church in Greenland. The
bull which Pope Borgia issued. divid-
ing America between Spain and
Portugal, Is here, with map-not q
copy, but the original. The busts Of
that pope, and all persons concerned
in the matter, are given. Letters
i from various other popes commanding
American matters are shown. Tho
first map In 1.-THE world which shows
America aupon it, in that word, Is
givenshere.s- AL the books Of Ptolemy,
belonging to Mr.. Thacher, of Albany,
are here TO be seen, and an original
copy OF, the life of Columbus, by his
Uegitimate son, Ferdinand. go,
i--A.A-s- GEORGE ALFRED TowNsEKD.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
THE PALMETTO PLAN.
How South Carolina Will Regulate
the Liquor Traffic.

The world VIII Watch With Interest the
Operations Of the New Dispensary Law
by which the State Expects to Make a
Million q Year.
"A The SO called dispensary law, under
which the state Of South Carolina takes
exclusive control Of the sale Of intoxi-
eating liquors within her borders. goes
into operation July |. Although it is
calculated that the state will probably
make q profit of 81, 900, 900 on the |, $780,
900 gallons Of liquor annually consumed
by its inhabitants, the primary object of
the law was the regulation Of the liquor
traffic and not the raising of revenue.
Still South Carolina is not now a
wealthy state, and If the profits of her
state bars are anywhere near what they
have been estimated her taxpayers will
probably appreciate the ensuing relief
from their onerous burdens.
Under the new law no person can pur-
chase less than half pint or more than
Eve gallons Of any Intoxicating liquor,
and it is only proourable in sealed pack
ages, which must not be opened on
the premises whore they are purchased.
Every purchaser has to fill out blank
application stating his age and residence
and for whom and for what the liquor is
required. These applications will be
furnished by the county auditor to the
dispensers, and all unused or mutilated
blanks must be accounted for. The dis
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

hated by numbers and not by their COM
mercial names They will be sold at
the uniform price of Is cents bottle.
Whisky will probably cost So a gallon,
a rather steep price for ordinary goods,
but the consumer will have the benefit
Of the certificate of the state chemist as
to it's purity.
There ID probability of the constitu-
ticnslity Of the law being contested in
tho federal courts on the ground Of some
Of IT. provisions conflicting with the in
terstate commerce act, but the advocates
Of the dtapsnsary expect it to receive .
fair triai
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
RABIDA. IN CHICAGO.
$ Il 10 GA
- n 10 80 1911 AE3
The Many Interesting Exhibits 1t
Contains.
The Building Reproduced as 1t Was In the
Time of Columbus, Rather Than as
1t Is To-Day-Some Rare
RELICS. ,
COPYRIGHT, 1898. I

looPYRIGHT. 1881
might illustrate by running in
terview how knowledge has accom-
panied the Columbian show.
Not many persons have been to the
convent of Rabida, near Palos, in
Spain. Having the lust of the ewes
somewhat, made that journey only a
year ago, SO that my recollections of
Rabida are very fresh When I saw
the Rabida convent in Chicago, said
to Mr.. W. E. Curtiss, one of the active
leaders who got it up:
Except the chapel and the patio OF;
doubled asteried court, 81 sdosnot recog7
nize much here M
,s WELL said Mr.. Curtiss, 1--WE have
made Rabidas as it was when Columbus
SawsN, and not as 1t is now.ss,
Twas satisfied with this explanation.s
: Itseens that the commencement of
Rabida convent was very far IN anti
guilty. One account says that in the
time of Emperor Trajan, who was
born, l think, in Spain, Rabida was put
up as a temple to Proserpine as a sort
! OF shrine for Trajan's deceased daugh-
ter. 1t is said that criminals could es-
cape to this temple and be safe, and
that virgins were sacrificed on its. altar
by the OWNERS. Ifsuch is the case, it
was as inhuman temple as that in Mex
leo which Cortez found, and where the
priests, on stones, mutilated and vivi-
sected maidens and warriors. According
to the story, this church is very nearly
as old as Jesus, for some Christian
monks took it in the year 159, and
when the Moslems came in, seven hun
dred years after Jesus, they made it
one of their mosques, and then sold it
to the Christians to worship, by pay
ing money for the privilege. The
Knights Templar used it, and when
they were dispossessed all over Eu-
rope because they put on too many
airs and had too much treasure other
monks, and finally the Franciscans,
took the. convent. tt thus seems to
have a. continuous history from the
second century of the Christian era
down to 1885, when the monks Of st.
Francis were disseminated on account
of eating too much for the good Of
Spain. After Napoleon got possession
of France his mother-in-law thought
Rabida would be a good place to put
some of Napoleon's restorative money,
for Napoleon was rebuilding, through
his bright architects, many old
(, chateaux and broken palaces. The
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

We az Agents for thePatent
ExceIsir Wood Trunks. They
are mae expressly for parties
going the Worlds Fair, be-
ing UBREAKABLE, Don't
buy a Junk or Bag until you
have sen our immense stock.
We deiier goods bought of ms
to mos any part of the State
free of barge.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

penser is required to refuse the applica-
tion Of any person whom he knows to be
minor or an habitual drunkard and
may even refuse to sell to persons who
want the liquor merely for conviyial
purposes. He is not permitted to sell
anybody more than one supply on the
same day. Clubs are prohibited from
keeping liquors on hand for their mem
bsrs, and there are stringent provisions
against the violation of the law by drug
gists.
''The State Dispensary" is the legal
title Of the legal headquarters of the
liquor traffic. and it is located in the old
Agricultural hall ct Columbia. It is
under the direct supervision Of Commits
sioner D. H. Traxler, who was, up to the
time Of his appointment by Governor
Tillman, successful merchant. He is
thorough business man and 9 member
Of the Baptist church. His wife is prom
'iinent in the w. G. T. u. The commits
sioner's salary is $500 year and his
term of Office two years. He will fur
nish all local dispensaries with their sup
plies and is allowed by the law to charge
profit Of 50per cent on the cost price,
which profit, ofiscourse, goes into the
state treasury.
At present local dispensaries will be
restricted entirely to county towns and
can only be established on the petition
of a majority Of the freeholders.
No person is eligible for the position Of
county dispenser who keeps hotel, res
taurant, saloon or place of amusement,
nor any licensed druggist or person who
has been convicted of violating the ex-
else laws. The county dispenser is per-
mitted to add an additional SO per; cent
profit to that paid the state commission
or. and this is to be equally divided be-
tween the county and the town wherein
the dispensary is located. Charleston
and Columbia are the only places in the
state permitted to have more than one
dispensary. The former city has 10 and
the latter 8. Six of the counties will
have none at all, as the new law is not
intended to supersede the existing local
option law.
One Of the peculiarities Of the new
condition Of things will be observed in
the sale Of beer. Six or eight brands
are to be used, but they will be desig-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-01-19

mittsd elimpses into his homo life, the
Same principle seems to have controlled
bic private affairs. Those who pride
themselves on being practical politicians
may have but feeble commendation Tor
his administration a. . chief maaistrete,
but their faint praise cannot Affect tho
character, nor 10 II In the power Of man to
undo the great good he undoubtedly &C
complished. Thrice elected Roveruoe OF
Ohio, he failed in no duty that promised
TO exalt the commonwealth that gave him
high honors in return for his brainy devo-
tion. As o member OF the house Of rcprc-
sentatives, he was firm friend OF all that
was honest and true; rs president OF tho
United States -inauguratcd after the
most memorable election struggle In the
nations history-hc set his face against
all manner of wrong and gave unilinch.
ing encouragement to labors. charity and
political righteousness. That such o
course should result in superficial unpop.
ularity was to bo expected, but time Will
bring Justice"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-01-19
DEMPSEY ON The STAND
Story Of the Alleged Leader Of The
Homestead PoiSoneN.
NO POWDERS GIVEN THE MEN
Witnesses Testify to Sickness Ex.
listing at the Mill Before the
Strike-Confidence In
Their Master.

PITTsBURG. Jan. fs.-The defense In the
Homestead poisoning case against Hugh
Dempsey occupied this mornings session
of the court by examining . large number
of witnesses, to prove that sickness In
the mill was not unusual. Many testified
that previous to tho strike they had SUI
fercd from illness the symptoms OF which
were similar to those which killed the nom
union men.
At the afternoon session. after several
unimportant Witnesses were examined,
the defendant, Hugh Dempsey. was
called. lie said: II first saw Gala
CHER in my Office. He was brought
there by Beatty. Davidson was there.
They were introduced to mo by Beatty.
Beatty said the men were TO 60 to Home
stead to get work and report to me how
things were running in the mill. Nothing
was said about putting powder In the food.
did not employ them for that purpose.
promised them compensation. ! never
gave Gallagher or Davidson any
powder. 1 did not say I wanted
TO give tho men anything to
weaken them. I did not talk to them
about strike IN Chicago. know nothing
about any plot to poison"
Much stir was created In the room dur.
ing Dempsey's cross-examina ton by his
great agitation. He became much ex.
ha,isted and II was feared that he would
faint and thus produce n somewhat unfa.
vorab,e impression. When asked why he
hired the men TO spy for him In the Home
stead mill. he replied: because I got .
telegram from New York asking mo to
learn the condition of affairs in the mill,
as they mere trying to arrange . scttis-
mcnt with Andrew Carnegie"
At the conclusion Of Dempsey's cross-
examination court adjourned.
The local assembly, Knights OF Labor
to-day adopted resolutions OF confidencs
in Dempsey. and promising him moral
| and financial assistance In his trial.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-01-19
IDAHo'S LEGISLATURE.
BiIls introduced I'm tho senate and tie
HOuaa.

hOueo.
Special Dispatch TO- the standard
BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 1s.-In the senate to-
day Underwood of Bear Lake introduced
bill amending tho act providing for the
organization Of the idaho militia. John.
son of Washington introduced . bill es-
tablishing the agricultural college at
weiser.
The house to-day passed the Sanders'
home bill with only one dissenting vote.
The bill does not mention any particular
location for the home. but that the most
available site offered be accepted. Tbs
committee on state affairs and federal re-
lations submitted partial report showing
the total debt Of the state to be s2lS, ,1V,
with Sa5o 80 assets. The total bonded
debt of the state is sa5l 900, which can b
increased under law to A75.000. The
committee estimated the expense for
state government for the next two ysars
at s32s, $50.
Barrett of Bear Lake, introduced two
bills, one providing for the payment OF
expenses Of the county assessors, who as-
scmblcd here last year. The convention
was necessity and there be no legal pro-
vision at that time for payment OF the
same. The other bill provided for the
maintenance of the penitentiasy by the
contract system.
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SUFFERING IN EUROPE.
Appalling Reports Of Misery Caused
Intense Cold Weather.

Appalling Reports OF Misery Caused By
Intense Cold weather.
BERLIN, Jan. ls.-The bodies Of three
persons who were froEen to death were
found in the streets to-day. Navigation
has been suspended on the Elbe at HAM
burg. The poor of the Prussian citieo are
suffering keenly. The depression In trade
has left tens of thousands OF unemployed.
The socinl democrats are busy sowing so
ciAlistic propaganda among the unem-
ployed. To-day four meetings were held,
all very disorderly. The mcetines 70
solved to demand that public works be
undertaken, In order that idle mon
with families to support might fnd
employment. Horrible stories como
from the remote regions Of Europe, and
especially the Balkans, Of death and suf.
fering caused by the severity Of the win.
ter. In Servia the wolves abandoned the
forests and prowled about tho towns and
villages In search of prey. A young girl
was devoured by wolves in the suburbs Of
Bregradc.
Dispatches from Russia state that there
Is great suffering IN provinces where tho
famine prevailed last year. Wild nni-
mails. made desperate by hunger and cold.
invaded villages and devoured both hu.
man beings and domestic animals.