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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25

Special to Tho independents
ST. Paul. March u. Thomas q. Neal a
lineman on the Northern Pacific, to-day IN
this city secured verdict for SIS, 500
against TINT company. Neal was working
on tho limo near Canton, Mont, when ho
lost his log by means OF "a blast near by.
He sued tho Northern Pacific for SIC. 900.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25

To-Day, Captain Anson and
the Chicago Club players will
report for duty and start, for
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Two games will be played
there March 3oth and 31st, and
between April 1st and 10th, the
Chicago's will play the Pitts
burgh and other clubs at At
lanta before beginning the regu-
lar championship series on April
27th. The season promises to
be ne-of great interest.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25
Closed on Certain Dnys.

WASHINGTON. March 24.-The cabinet
meeting to-day resulted in the issue OF
notice by the Presidents direction that the
offices of members of the cabinet will not
be opened Tuesdays and Fridays. cabinet
days. this action being rendered necessary
for the uninterrupted and more efficient
transaction of government business.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25
Mystery of the Box Unsolvcd.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 2i.-Tho mystery
of the dry goods box, found by Compton
Mccoy floating down the Missouri yestcr-
day, has not yet been solved. Coroner
Reynolds found that there were six bodies
instead of i've, four being men and two
females. Nothing can be learned of the
emigrants who disappeared some time ago
from Ernlo
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25
Killed by Falling Rock.

Special to The In dependent
BUTTE, March 4.-John Lamberton lost
his life in the East Gsey Rock mine about
noon to-day. He was working on stope
with others between the 700 and 800 foot
level. A huge piece of rock fell from the
face of tho drift and struck Lamberton.
He was removed to hospital. whore he
died this afternoon. He was native of
Cornwall.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25
Livingston News.
ial to The Independent.

Special to The independent
LIVINGSTON. March 24.-1n the district
court to-day Judge Hen1y granted new tri-
ais to Chas. Bloom and Chas. Northrup,
each convicted at tho Janury term of court
of murder in the second degree. An appeal
in both cases will be taken to tho supreme
court.
Word was received here to-day that Ell
mer Blair, ranchman residing on Shields
river. fell dead while dancing at q neigh
boris last night.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25
GREAT FALLS NEWS,

Lad Badly Injurcd--Ne Hotel Com
pnNy-Odd Follows.
Special to Tho Independent.
GREAT FALLS, March 2+.-Matthsw, the
six-year-old son of Lawyer Cooper. and a
nephew OF Walter Cooper. of Bozeman,
was seriously injured this morning. While
trying to climb upon a heavily loaded
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-25
At Other Places.

MEMPHIS March "a 24-ToleRraphio repo, Is
from lupelo, Miss, state that no damage
was done in that city as reported last night.
V1NcENNEs. Ind. March GA horrible
tornado passed through this county last
evening. Houses, barns, trees, fences, etc..
were laid low for a distance of twelve
miles. Several Thousand dollars worth of
property was destroyed.
MOBILE. Ala, March 24.-Early this
morning a Cyclone passed one mile north
Of Shubuta, Miss, going southwest. AT
Arista. Johns Place, a tenement house
containing negroes, was leveled and two
negroes killed and three injured.
ALEXANDRIA. Ind, March pa tornado
struck the oity last night damaging resi-
dences, business blocks. and destroying the
Lippinoott glass factory. John Angle. Jr.,
was instantly killed; Frank McShafery,
Peter Hanlan. Ernest Frey. Branham, and
others injured seriously.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
CONDENSED TElEGRAMS.

STEAMBOAT pilots on some of the
|crafts passing along the Ohio have had
narrow escapes from being shot by
toughs living in house-boats in the
vicinity of Huntington, w. Va.
THERE has been a considerable re-
vival in industrial affairs at Florence,
Ala, recently and the outlook is very
promising. A number of small indus
tries have recently resumed operations
and others are preparing to do so.
In consequence of the destruction of
|crops by frost last summer, famine and
disease are now prevalent throughout
Finland. More than 200, 900 persons are
dependent upon charity.
GEORGE A. JENKs, of Brookville, Pa,
has received from President-elect Cleve-
land the official announcement of his
selection as United States attorney
general.
THE building, machinery and stock of
the Harry Weissinger Plug Tobacco
Company at Louisville, KY, were
burned on the 21st, entailing loss Of
$500, 900, on which there was an in
|surance of S130,750.
THE Minneapolis and st. Paul eleva-
tors are filled with wheat, and serious
problem confronts the owners. AS the
railroads will not permit their cars to
be utilized for storage purposes, the
elevator men are in a quandary as to
where to put their May wheat.
SPOTTED fever has been epidemic in
Marshall County, KY, for several weei-s,
and fifty deaths are reported.
FIVE inches of snow fell at Louisville.
Ky., on the 21st, seriously interfering
with street car traffic. 1t is feared that
the snow will cause flood, as the river
is very high.
THE large hominy mill of the Hudnut
Company of Terre Haute, located at
Mount Vernon, Ind, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the goth. The loss
is about 500, 200. fully insured.
GEN. z. G. T. BEAUREGARD, the last
of the generals of the Confederate mill
tary service, died at New Orleans on
the Goth.
THE bill providing for the enfranchise-
ment of Mormons, has passed the Idaho
Legislature and gone to the Governor.
WHILE out with party of young peo-
pie, practicing pistol shooting near
Monticello, Ca, on the Goth, Miss Ida
Kelly was accidentally shot by her
cousin. Miss Brown, Of Rentucky, Yho
gas visiting her.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25

Populists Devlsing Means of Getting Even
with the Republicans-Tho State Militia
Likely to be Recognized on PopuIist
Basis-Col. Hughes VIII be Court Mar
tailed.
TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 19.-There is
much talk among the populists of taking
legislative action next week in relation
to some of the actions of the past week.
A member said yesterday that he would
do all he could to secure the passage Of
bills withdrawing appropriations from
the State university, State normal
school and other state institutes that
sent young men here to help defend the
republican house. Adjt.-Gen III. III.
Arsz says that in less than six months
he hopes to have the Kansas state
militia in such shape that when he
should call for the aid of the troops he
would have 1000 men on whom he could
depend to obey the orders of the gov
ernor. He said this in discussing the
dismissal of Col J. G. T. Hughes of the
third regiment, who was relieved from
duty because he disobeyed the order of
the governor to take possession of rep
resentative hall Thursday.
Col. Hughes will be tried by court
martial for insubordination. lie says
he will not be satisfied unless his trial
is held as soon as possible. '"There are
three ways an officer of the militia can
leave his charge" said he. ''Die, re-
sign or be dismissed after trial by
court-martial. I expect to be tried,
and want to be tried. ! do not expect
to get my shoulder straps back again,
for think the populists will reorgan-
lie the militia as much as possible so
as to get men who will be in support Of
their cause / am told that my COM
mission as colonel has not been re-
voked, but that am dismissed from
the service. ! want trial and dis
missal in a formal and military man.
rar before 7 will he Sa atiSfied" "
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
HUNTSVILLE. ALA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is 1898

NEAR Shawnee, o., on the 18th, Mrs.
j. Fl. Hilton, aged 20, met with horri-
BILE death at her home. She was sub
ject to fits, and having one during the
absence of her husband, fell against
the CRATE, where her clothes caught
fire, and she slowly burned to death in
the presence of two helpless children.
On the 18th Joseph Benson, employed
as hooker-on at the Rankin wireworlxs
in Pittsburgh, Pa, was working near a
set of rolls, when a red-hot bar of iron,
half an inch in thickness, flew out and
struck him under the left ear Itpassed
entirely through his neck, protruding
several feet on the opposite SIDE A fel-
low-workman succeeded in pulling the
bar out after Benson had sunk to the
ground unconscious, but physicians pro-
nounced the injury fatal
AT Fruitdale, O., on the goth, Capt.
aged II, were run down and instantly
killed while crossing the track of the
Ohio Southern railroad
THE second trial at Denver, Col, of
DR.. T. Thatcher Graves for the alleged
murder of Mrs. Barnaby has been set
for May %. Meanwhile the prisoner
will remain in jail, having refused offers
of bail
On the Goth the National Wall Paper
CO. factory in New York, consisting
of six floors, packed with stock, was
burned. Loss on stock estimated at
$3.50, 900; on building $50, 200.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

Tho Boiler of n Locomtive Engine Blows
Up Causing Death and Havoc In Its
Vicinity.
Fort WORTH, Tex, Feb. 20.-The
boiler of a Texas & Pacific freight
engine exploded in the yards yesterday
morning, creating death and terrible
havoc Engine 319, which had been
in use one and one-half years, had been
run out of the round-house to go on its
run at II o'clock. Steam was up and
sufficient water was in the boiler, and
she had $50 pounds of steam on fifteen
minutes before the accident happened.
The boiler1exploded, arousing the en-
tire city of 10000 inhabitants for miles
around. The shock broke window
glass in the immediate neighborhood
and at many points for eighteen blocks
away. Huge pieces of the engine were
hurled to almost incredible distances
around the yard, and the bell has not
vet been found. Those killed and in
jured are:
John Mills, fire knocker; horribly
mangled and killed outright.
Robert Thompson, night round-house
foreman; right leg broken, face and
body badly scalded and eyesight de-
stroyed.
S. M. Deats, night hostler; right arm
broken, left leg and knee-cap badly
bruised, face and eyes scalded and head
bruised
w. E. Haden, night car marker; nose
broken.
w. r. Barrett. night yard foreman;
left hip dislocated and face bruised.
w. D. Ford, foreman; seven ribs
broken and hurt internally.
The injured were taken to the hospi-
tails. All will be cripples for life.
Conductor Craine and Engineer Sam
pie were sleeping in caboose seventy
feet from the explosion, but knew moth
ing of the occurrence for an hour after
ward. One of the yardmen was repair
ing the sir brakes under the engine cab
and was 10. scratched. Thousands ~
pessls have viewed the wFsSsi
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
a HORRIBLE FATE.

Joseph Benson ImpaIed on a Wire Rod
as 1t Emerged from the Rolls at the
Rankin Wire Works at Pittsburgh, Pa.
PITTSBURGH Pa, Feb. 19.-Joseph
Benson, employed as hoolSer-on at
the Rankin wire works, met with a hor-
rible accident while at work yesterday
morning, which will result in his
death. Benson was working near a
set of rolls, when a red-hot bar of iron.
half an inch in thickness, flew out and
struck him under the left ear. 1t
passed entirely through his neck, and
several feet of the rod, which was still
being thrust out Of the rolls, had been
forced through the gaping wound be-
fore Benson was rescued. A fellow
workman succeeded in pulling the bar
out after Benson had sunk to the
ground unconscious. Benson was re-
moved to his home in Braddock, and
several physicians were summoned.
They pronounced his injury fatal and
his death question of only a few
hOurS
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
NfISCKLLANROUa.

On the 18th the Wyoming Legislature
adjourned sine die, without having
made choice of United States senator.
This leaves the selection of senator to
the governor, providing it can be shown
that such an action will be legal If
the governor can appoint. John G.
Thompson will probably be selected.
A NUMBER of earthquakes have been
felt in the Yellowstone national park
during the last few weeks, one of which
was of the most terrific force.
THE whisky trust investigation, which
had been delayed several days. owing
to the absence of witnesses from Wash.
ington, was resumed on the 22d.
THE republic of Colombia has granted
temporary extension of the Panama
canal concession. The extension is
until March s.
AT Harrisburg, Pa. the Farmers
bank closed its doors on the goth,
pending an investigation by the state
banking superin ntendent. 1t is expected
that the depositors will be paid in full,
but the stockholders may lose 40 per
cent. of their stock.
On the Goth, owing to the failure o.
the cortes to approve the financial
schemes of the ministry, the Portuguese
cabinet resigned.
THE Reading railroad interests were,
on the Goth, as the result of suit by
the third mortgage bondholders, rep
resented by ex-senator Platt, placed in
the hands of receivers. Chief-Justiee
Paxson of Pennsylvania, President Nc
Leod of the corporation, and Elisha p.
Wilbur, president of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Co. ,Nre the receivers.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25

There was not even the formality of a
vote. The executive journal was read,
containing the nomination of Judge
jackson. which had previously been
reported favorably, and when the presi-
dentof the senate said: ''If there are no
objections the nomination will stand
confirmed" not a senator opened his
mouth. In this quiet way all the op-
position disappeared and Associate
Justice jackson will, as soon as conve-
nient to him, qualify tor the place to
which he has been appointed by a re-
publican president.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
NE WS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CoNGREssIoNA1 ppocrrn,xos.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate. on the 18th, the Nicaragua canal
Dill gave way to the sundry civil appropriations
Dill All amendments reported by the commit
tee Including tho Worlds fair items) were
ulsposed OF except the series relating to river
and harbor improvements A message from
the president relating to Hawaiian affairs was
received, and the senate Immediately went into
executive session. In the house the invalid
pension appropriation bill was taken up, but
the general debate ended without action.
In the senate, on the 18th, consideration OF
tne sundry civil appropriations bill occupied
the session. The various amendments recon-
mended by the committee appropriations to
reduce the amounts inserted by the house Of
representatives for some Of the great interna-
tional improvements were discussed and voted
down. An amendment involving the continu.
ance OF the Office of supervisor OF elections
gave rise to long and heated political discus
sion. In the house the session was almost
entirely devoted to the consideration Of the
pension appropriation bill, the feature of the
day being personal collision between Turpin
tAia) and Waugh tlnd.l, which but for the
prompt Intervention of friends might have re-
| suited seriously.
In the senate, on the 17th the sundry civil
bill occupied the exclusive attention of the
members. The amendment which had been
discussed on the 18th, and in effect is to con :
elections, was carried by party vote. All the
| committee amendments having been discussed,
| the bill was opened to general amendment.
In the house, after q stormy session, the pom
| sion appropriation bill was passed and the post
Office appropriation bill was considered without
| action
| IN the senate on the 18th, five or six hours
were consumed in the debate on the 3 per cent
issue amendment to the sundry civil appropria-
| tions bill. The Sherman amendment was
agreed to and the bill went over without final
| action .....I In the house consideration OF the
post office appropriation bill progressed quietly
until the item OF s196 900 for special facilities on
the trunk lines from Springfield, Mass, to New
| Orleans reached and the debate on this
/ item was interrupted, the house proceeding to
| pay tribute of respect to the memory Of Repre-
| sentative John c. Warwick, of Ohio.
IN the senate on the Goth. all the amendments
offered making appropriations for, or increas
| ing the limit of cost of public buildings were
adopted. The sundry civil appropriations bill
was then taken up and occupied the remainder
of the day. 49,. In the house the New York and
New Jersey bridge bill was passed, when after
| the disposition of some private bills, the naval
and agricultural appropriation bills were called
up under suspension OF the rules and passed.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25

Of the Murder of Pinkerton Detectfv,
oConnor. Killed During the Homestead
hiot-He Has, However, Yet to Answer
TO Charges of Treason. Riot and Con-
spiracy-iiis Release ON Bail VIII be
Sought.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 10. - Hugh
ODonnel was declared guiltless of
the murder of I. ]. OConnor Pinker-
ton detective, whose lost his life in
connection with the Homestead riot of
July +. Hugh O'Donnelrs case was
the third tried on this charge, and
the third acquittal Among attor-
neys it was felt that the plea
decided upon in O'DonnelPs case was
hazardous. The result, however, has
justified the oft-heard assertion that it
would be almost impossible to secure a
conviction in any Of the cases.
The attendance at court was not
large. As soon as court was opened the
jury filed into their places. O'Donnell
appeared careworn, and evidently had
slept but little during the night. He
stood and faced the jury at the COM
mand of the court. The moments de-
lay, while the foreman fumbled
through his pockets in search of the
sealed envelope containing the all-im-
portant document, was painfully op-
pressive. O'Donnell's gaze was riveted
upon the foreman, his chest heaving
with suspense The clerk of the court
hastily broke the seal and read: eve
find the prisoner not guilty"
O'Donnell drew a long sigh of relief
while his face flushed with pleasure.
The murmur of approval that sounded
through the courtroom was quickly
hushed and the jury dismissed. O'Don-
nell, who was still standing in the
prisoners box, turned to his wife and
niece, who Immediately rushed to his
embrace, while the tears that welled
from the eyes Of the trio coursed
down their cheeks, Counsel and
friends pressed about them, rendering
cOngra tulations. O'Donnell was per-
mitted to remain in the courtroom
about half an hour. and was then taken
back to the Jail, pending application
for his release on bail, which will be
made some day next week.
ODonnell must yet answer to treason,
riot and conspiracy. Bail was once re-
fused on the additional charge of MUIR
der pending.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
A PIONEER GONE.
Death of Judge Hastings a San Francisco
Millionaire.


SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 20.-Judge
S. C. Hastings, millionaire and pioneer.
died Saturday in his 10th year. He
was born at Watertown, n. Y, in 1914,
but went west to attend school. He
and Henry Ward Beecher were stu
dents together at Lawrenceburg, Ind.
He then settled in Iowa and studied
law He was first supreme judge of
the Hawkeye state, and took Iowa into
the union in the twenty-ninth tn congress
He was married to Miss Arzela A.
Bradt, of Iowa.
Judge Hastings came to California
early in the fifties, and was the first
supreme judge of this state. He was
prominent in legal practice, and held
many offices. He founded the Hast
ings law college of San Francisco. and
accumulated a large estate, which he
divided among his children about four
years ago. reserying only enough to as
sure him good maintenance. His sors
tune was estimated at u SOC, oea,
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the 18th d. Lancaster Drew, the
cashier of the Central Savings Fund and
Trust Co. of Philadelphia, who alb
seconded recently with $40 of the in
stitution's money, was arrested in New
York city.
On the night of the 14th the east,
bound Great Northern passenger train
from the Pacific coast, with two en-
pines, was ditched four miles west Of
Bartlett, N. D., by broken rail. Oh
the twenty-six passengers on board
nine were hurt, two seriously.
SHIRLEY QUILTING and James Ewing
settled a quarrel, on the 10th, by fight.
ing it out with pistols. They met near
the house of Ewing's father, John
Ewing, a wealthy and prominent man,
four miles from Catlettsburg, KY. 1t
was duel to the death. Both parties
fred and Ewing fell dead, shot through
the heart. Quilting was mortally
wounded and died an hour afteward.
THE Chicago and California express
on the Santa Fe road, running at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, was
wrecked, on the 10Th, mile east OF
Rutledge. Mo-, by spreading rails. The
chair, tourists three sleeping and a
dining car were thrown from the track.
Several persons were injured, but none
killsd.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
THE WALKER FAILURE.
Gov. Mckinley was Grossly Deceived by
the Man He Observation-Disclosures Offer
the Governor Financial Assistance.

Gov. Mckinley was Grossly Deceived by
the Man He Observation-Disclosures Offer
the Governor Financial Assistance.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., Feb. 19.-The sole
absorbing topic on the streets is the
failure Uf 1ODolt l., Wa1Lar the
banker and capitalist, and the conse-
quent ruin which has been visited upon
Gov. Mckinley. It is said that the
governor supposed all along when he
signed note that all the previous
notes had been paid, but it was not
so. When the crash came Mckinley
found that he was liable for every
note that he had indorsed, aggregating
$50, 900 and over. The exact amount
cannot be learned, as the affairs of
Walker are in such badly mixed up
condition that detailed statement
cannot be made out for several days.
just prior to the failure of the stamp
ing works, which caused the crash,
Walker assigned all his personal
property to Gov. Mckinley, aggre-
eating about s25, 900. This leaves
the governor to pay about $40, 900.
This he might do, but he would have to
sacrifice his property, and he would
thus be without dollar in the world.
However, his Youngstown friends have
offered to loan him enough to tide over
the difficn1ty
Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-25
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

SENATOR STEWART, on the 18th, sub
mitted an exhaustive report from the
senate committee on mines and mining
relative to the cost of production of
gold and silver. The conclusions drawn
are that the cost of production of silver
and gold is about equal to the estab-
lished ratio of 25 S-10 grains of gold to
412 1-2 grains of silver and that in both
cases the cost of production, making ac-
count of ali legitimate investments, is
much greater than the coinage value.
IT is asserted that Mr.. Cleveland has
decided not to make the White House
his private residence during his official
term. He is negotiating for lease of
the old Admiral Porter residence, which
has been closed since the death of the
admiral.
On the 10th Jose M. Rasson, Mexican
minister to Japan, died at San Fran
cisco from dropsy.
On the Goth Rolin Robinson, of Pal
myra, Mich, died at Adrian, aged So.
When boy he worked in the Wayne
Sentinel office at Palmyra, N. ", and
assisted in printing the first edition Of
the 'Book of Mormon" or gold Bible,
for Prophet Joseph Smith.
IT is stated that the czarowitz tele-
graph ed his congratulations to the pope
on the occasion of the pontiff's jubilee.
On the goth w. N. Roach, democrat.
of Grand Forks, was elected United
States senator from North Dakota, on
the sixty-frst ballot. Roach was the
regular caucus nominee as per pro-
gramme, and all the democrats and
populists went to him.
On the Goth Minister Lincoln pre-
sented William Waldorf Astor and
Lieutenant-C commander VIM. S. Cowles,
the recently-appointed naval attache
at the American legation, to the prince
of Wales at the levee held at st. James
palace by the prince.
GEN. P. G. T. BEAUREGARD, the we'll
known confederate commander who
enjoyed the distinction of having be-
gun the actual hostilities of the civil
war by directing the bombardment of
Fort Sumter, died at New Orleans, on
the night Of the goth, aged IS years.