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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-02
ON TRACK AND DIAMOND.

Winners of Events Contested by Horses
and Ball Clubs.
ST.. Louis. May 1.-Slow track. 6ix fur
longs. Midway won. Vashti second. Mist
Terry third. Time, 1929.
Four furlongs-Miss Hazel won. Fran
oesca second, Hope third. Time. :554.
Six fuflongs-Grass Widow won, Josie
D second. The Jewel ,hird. Time. l:23115.
Six furlonRs-Davazaca won, Pebble
Rock second, Mean Enough third. Time
1:221a.
Six furlongs-Glookner won, Highway
man second, Wedgefield third. Time
1:2l4.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-Fins track. Fiv.
acknowledgements won. Little Mat Soc
ond. Tattersall third. Time. 1:O4A.
Six farlones-Poor Johnathan won, Bell
wood second. Indigo third. Time, 1:l8.
Six and one-half furlonQs-Lizetta won
Logan second, Illumina third. Time
1:22A.
MISREPRESENTATION won. Plsvmar second
Larohmont third. Time. l:44.
Handicap steepleohase-Can Can won
Return second, Ecarte third. Time, 4:22
NASHVILLE. May 1.-Traok muddy. Sever
furlonss-H Helen N. won, Forest Hose sec
Mile-Tenny Jr. won, Little George SEQ.
ond. Brooktrout third. Time, 1:b115,
Half mile-Vivindiere won, Shuttl,
second, Anna Msyes third. Time. :52.
Seven furlonRs-Asben won. Hesperie
second, Billy Smith third. Time. 13l4.
Six furlonRs-Miss Mamie won, Deni
zstte won. Bucephalus third. Time. 1905
BaAe Ball.
| PIrTsBuRa. May 1.-The Pittsburg- Chi.
caRo game was postnoned; rain.
| ST. LOUIS. May 1.-Home team battsd th,
ball with ridiculous ease. st. Louis IL
| Louisville l.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-Hamilton's tws
mutfs won the game for Boston. Philadsl
phia 2. Boston 3.
NEw YORK May 1.-Thero were no par
tioular features of to-day's game. Nov
York 8, Baltimore 5.
WARRINGTON, May 1.-Favreps good play
ing WAS the feature OF to-day's game
Washin Qton IL, BROOKLYN g
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-02
burglars at Bo ulder.

Special to tho independent
BOULDER. May lon the night Of April
20 burglars entered the hardware store of
B. +. Hooper Il Son and took four revolvsrs.
Nothing else was taken. Thoy also tried to
get into the residence of W. L. Sweet, but
were frightened away. About midnight an
entrance Was forced into the residence OF
T. A. Wiokes. but nothing WAS taken.
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An Old Timer Conc.

Special to The Independent.
BouLpER May Phil Smith. an old
timer. died hero yesterday Al the residence
Of his daughter. Mrs. Rose MCGUIRE. the
cause being old age and general debility.
The funeral services were held to-day.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-02
Her L0ve Not Reclprooated.

Special to The independent.
GREAT FALLS. May l.--Word reached
here to-day OF suicide which occurred at
Cascade Saturday night Pearl Thomas. q
female barber. shot herself through the
heart with a thirty oaliber pistol.
She was infatuated. IL Is said. with GER
tain barber Of this town. and is supposed
to have killed herself because he went to
Benton and married another woman .
week ago.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-05
TOOK THEM ALL PRISONERS.
How Three Bandits Captured Railroad
Station and All In It.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, December 4.-Late
Saturday night, three men entered the
Chicago & Northwestern depot at Lu-
zerne, 80 miles west of here, and at the
points of revolvers commanded Agent
Thompson to deliver what money he
had. He quickly gave up the express
and railroad money. when the bandits
locked him in the freight room, telling
him he would be killed if he made any
noise. In few minutes the night oper-
ator appeared and he was robbed and
put in the freight room with the agent.
A freight crew came into the depot soon
afterwards and they too were soon hus-
tied into the freight room, minus their
money and watches. Then came several
passengers, one after another, all of
whom were similarly treated. When pas
seneer train No. s pulled into the station
the conductor found the three bandits in
possession of the depot. He quickly no.
titled The passengers that holdup was
imminent and 20 men drew their revol-
vers to give battle to the bandits. The
latter, however, on seeing the display of
force, fled and were soon lost to sight in
the darkness. They secured about $500
in cash and several watches The CON
ductor released the prisoners in the
freight room.
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GOOD OLD DEMOCRATIC TIMES.
Employees of Meriden Cutlery Com.
pany Learn Something of Them.

Meriden, Conn, Dec. 4.-When the
employees of the Miller Brothers Cutlery
Company reported for work this morn
ing, they were greeted by the following
notice
1.-The Wilson bill, as reported. reduces
the duty on pocket cutlery about go per
cent If it becomes law, it will become
necessary to reduce wages from 40 to so
per cent We shall make no reductions
on what little work we may have to do
this month. If we start I'D after January
lst we shall probably reduce wages not
less than 25 per cent. IT the bill finally
passes in its present form, still further
reductions may be expected. We shall
use every honorable means to have the
schedule amended favorably, and give
our employees the benefit of it. We
make this statement early, that any of
our operatives who desire may have
ample opportunity for seeking work for
next year in better favored occupations. .
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broken by jumping from third story
window, is still alive, but there are no
hopes of his recovery. The others who
We're injured are doing well.
WORSE THAN PRIZE zEFIeHTlNo.
Football as Seen by Man Who Would
Face Corbett Rather Than Play

New York, December AIN today's
Daily America Langdon Smith has this
40 say about Football VS.. Prizefight-
ing:''
Much that is true and great deal that
is false has been written and said about
the brutality of football and its dan
ger to life and limb. Writers on the
subject who have never seen five-ounce
boxing glove in their lives consider that
they have reached the sharpest limit of
critiscism when theyl say football is las
brutal as boxing"
They feel themselves entitled to criti-
else because they have seen one sport
and have read sabout the other. As a
matter of fact, brutality is not an essen
tial factor in either game when conduct
ed as it should be.
Boxing is only brutal where the men
fight with bare fists or under old rules.
but this seldom occurs nowadays. Foot
ball is only brutal when players lose
their temper, strike with their fists or
try to injare an opponent by jumping
upon him with their feet or knees.
1t is seldom that game is played that
siugging does not occur 1 do not re-
AiASAAioOA W Al6FO oNCI Socu d COQC6SL CQdE
some of the players did not slug and
that others were not slugged.
30 This is worse than prize fighting, be-
cause the smuggling takes place when the
men are at the boiling point of anger.
Prizefighters strike calmly and dispas-
sionately. and often smile when they are
being struck. A football player clenches
his teeth and sails in because he is fight
ing mad, and all the worst elements of
his immortal soul are just then on the
surface. This is the "brutality''. of foot
ball.
When writers speak about the .sbrutal-
ity'' OF football they mean, in reality, the
hazard Of the danger of it. The s'brSutali-
ty'' of it lies in the displays Of temper:
the danger of it lies in the fact that no
player knows just what he is going up
against in the next play or how he viii
come out of it.
am fond of all sports from football to
casino. | am especially partial to foot
ball and boxing, vet if were obliged to
choose been charging modern rush line
or being knocked out by pugiiist, I
think would take the Cerbett end of it.
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SENATORS NOT EAGER.
The Upper Branch Opened Proceedings
With Little Enthusiasm.

Washington, Decem ber 4.-The second
quietly. Indeed, it was subject of
general remark that, in view of the num-
Der and Importance of the matters of
legislation expected to make the 53rd
Congress memorable in the economic
history of the country, there was re-
markable lack of public interest ex-
hibited on this, the opening day. Usual
ly the entire Capitol building is thronged
with people when Congress meets, but
today the visitors were not..numerous nor
were they early in making their appear
ance and, half an hour before the noon
hour, the galleries in the Senate and
House were scarcely more than half
filled. Perhaps this was to be accounted
for by the bleak and boisterous weather,
typical winter day in this climate, with
brief intervals of sunshine and longer
spaces of cloudy skies and rough and
frosty winds. Also, it may have been
that the interest was slackened by the
knowledge that the opening day was to
be destitute of all those formal cere-
monies, such as the election of Speaker
seats in the House, which are always
relished and looked forward to by the
people of Washington.
At five minutes before the time for the
gavel to fall in the Senate there were but
five Senators on the floor The big
baskets of flowers on some of the desks
were the most attractive objects present.
The Senate cIings with tenacious grip to
the traditions that surround it, and it
would not comport with the dignity OF
the upper body to assemble in the
chamber at too early an hour. Hence
it happened that but few Senators ap-
peared in their seats until almost the
stroke of noon.
The Senate was called to order with..the
usual formalities and the President s
message was received soon after Secre-
tary Cox Immediately entered upon its
reading in a distinct voice. There was
general.stir of respectful attention mani
tested on both sides of the chamber but
as the reading of the MESSAGE proceeded
and it was found to be SO far different
from what had been anticipated the in
terest manifested in its contents percep-
tibly diminished.
"A number of reports and large num-
Der of bills and petitions were laid be-
fore the Senate and referred. The Senate
then adjourned.
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RADICAL SCHEMES FOR FRANCE.
Casimir-Perier's Programme Was Re.
ceived with Cheers.

Paris. December 4.-Today, in the
Chamber of Deputies, letter was read
from M. Casimir-Perier resigning the
presidency of the Chamber. Immedi-
ately afterward, NJ. Casimir- Perier read
ministerial declaration. The prime
minister said the result of the recent
general elections proved the inalienable
attachment of the people to the republic
cialists who seek to overthrow the prin-
ciples of the first revolution, including
liberty of the individual and property
rights. The government intended to
combat socialism by real reforms and
the amelioration of the condition of the
working classes. The prime minister
announced that radical reform would be
effected in the system of direct taxation,
which will be placed on more Just ba-
sis. This statement was received with
cheers. Continuing, M. Casimir-P Perier
said the land laws would be recast and a
pension fund established for the benefit
OF old and disabled workmen. The
Bank of France would be renewed as the
bank was essential to its financial sta
blllty. The government, he said, would
organize an agricultural credit and in
surance, and would oppose the separa-
ton of church and state and the revision
of the constitution. The home and for
eign policy would be inspired by the dig
nifty of great nation, able to defend its
rights by pacific means.
posed that general amnesty be granted to
III nn1itioa1 an6 CT, slya offo dor
and the Chamber agreed to an immedi-
ate discussion of the proposal After a
short discussion the proposal was re-
iected
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Republican Mayors Elected.

Woonsocket, R. l., December Adam
]. Bother, Rep, was elected mayor to-
day. The city council is four-ffths Re-
publican.
Willimantic, Conn.,, December 4.-Wil-
linn antic held its first city election today
and elected the entire Republican ticket.
George M. Harrington was elected may
or.
Rockville, Conn, December 4-The
annual city election here today resulted
in the Republicans electing E. Hevens
Henry, ex-state treasurer, mayor, and
the entire Republican ticket, by 22O ma
jority. The Republicans retain control
of both branches of the city government.
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Refuse to Have Their Hair Cut.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, December A.
The students at the Riverview Military
Academy in this city are at odds with
the Faculty over the fashion of long
hair. Within a few months the boys
have adopted the new fad of letting their
hair grow long, and the principal Of the
school does not consider it good form.
So he has issued orders commanding
them to have their hair cut. This has
made considerable trouble, some of the
boys claiming that their hair is their
own, and that they have the right to
wear it as they please. OF course this
disobedience involves punishment, and
as consequence several of the recalci-
trants are walking marks in the drill
hall, and declare that they will continue
to do SO until summer before they will
permit hair of their heads to be
touched.
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SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
Ex-Speaker Reed the Centre of An Ad
miring Crowd

Ex Speaker Reed the Centre of An Ad-
miring Crowd.
Washington, Decem ber 4.-The scene in
the House at the opening was pictur-
esque. 1t seemed very natural, owing to
the presence of SO many familiar faces on
tho floor. Every body had greeting for
everybody else. Republicans, Democrats
and Populists alike scattered in groups
about the chamber and laughed and
chatted, occasionally jesting with each
other about the recent political upheaval
in New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio.
Ex-Speaker Reeds popularity was never
more conspicuous. He was the centre of
an admiring crowd from the moment of
ways and means committee meeting and
came in late. He carried copy of the
amended tariff bill in his hands. His
appearance indicated that his vacation
had agreed with him. He is looking
less rotund than formerly and the change
is becoming to him. Another of the
Rebulican leaders who was late in put
ting in an appearance was MI. Burrows of
Michigan. Mr.. Burrows will make the
opening speech of the Republican side in
opposition to the tariff bill. and he has
been at work for weeks with facts and
figures to support his argument Mr..
Wilson of West Virginia, who is by
virtue of his position as chairman of the
ways and means committee, the leader
of the House, received welcome which
partook almost of the nature of a recep-
tion. That his popularity with his Con-
gressional associates is not bounded by
party lines was evinced by the fact that
the Repu blicans greeted shim as enthu-
siastically as the Democrats did. At one
minute after twelve Speaker Crisp called
| the House to order. The roll call dis
| closed 24o members present. A commit
| tee was appointed to waite upon the
| President and inform him that the House
was ready to receive any communication
| he might wish to make.
Mr.. Hines, Democrat of PENNSYLVANIA.
| offered resolution providing that a
committee be appointed to investigate
the existing strike on the Lehigh Valley
railroad, its causes and effects, and if
nossible, suggest remedy.
II was 1.35 before Executive Clerk
| Pruden appeared with the President $
message. The House clerk at once began
reading the document which was atten-
rively listened to by an unusually large
nnmber of members. There was no in
dination of applause or censure.
The deaths Of Messrs. Charles H. O'Neil
and william Lilly of Pennsylvania, were
announced and the House adjourned.
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BRIEFLY TOLD.


Rev. DR.. Proes, Roman Catholic bishoa
of ST. Johns, N.F., is dead.
Green B. Raum, Jr,, son of the ex-com.
mis- ioner of pensions, has failed. He il
grocer at Perry, II. His liabilities ars
heavy.
The handsome house and valuable
laboratory of DIR. E. Truedau, manager of
the Adirondack Sanitarium, Saranac
lake, NY, burned yesterday.
The New York Tribune learned that
the Court of Inquiry in the matter of
who was to blame for the grounding of
the gunboat Machias while coming from
Boston to New York has exonerated its
officers.
A New York paper prints the opinions
of 1873 members of Congress on tho sub
ject of taxing incomes. OF these, II
favor an income tax in some form, 81
oppose it, and five are against 1t but may
reconsider.
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GROVER AND LII.
Their Alliance Finds Great Favor Will
John Bull.

ii.
London, December 4.-Commentino on
the Presidents message the Daily
Graphic this morning compliments Mr..
Cleveland upon his continued firmness
and consistency.
The Morning Post says: @There is no
indication in it of party exultation. Mr.
Cleveland leaves his countrymen to draw
their differences from the facts detailed
although nearly every paragraph would
be instructive reading if printed in
parallel columns with some of Nh Harril II
sons high sounding orations. y ,''- :
The Daily News says: "The messooa
is well worthy of the great nat;ons1 ] !
crisis in which it is delivered. The inl
ference from the Presidents facts ans ,,i
figures, whether intended or not. is that n4
it Is the true policy of the Unitad S+atas yHas
to cultivate close relations with ths h'a.ss niS
home and extend and strengthen th ula
commercial Intercourse Of the t,no yno
nations"
The Times says the message eyb;;,i+.
clear and we'll reasoned views Of noi;ul. Us
1rhe portions bearing upon foreian p1eaGs. =
are conceived in highly creditabisa a s,...s aias
and with an adequate sense of natSpna5 p.ris
df9nity.n The Times commends '..atsl
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The tert Of the Presidents message will
be found beginning on the second page.

Washington, December 4.-The general
respecting the Presidents message is
doubtless one of disappointment, not be-
cause of whatsis said SO much as because
of the omission to treat in detail many
matters in which members Of the two
houses feel deeply interested. This par
ticularly applies to Hawaiian affairs.
The message is generally regarded by the
Democrats as an able state document,
calculated to secure the united support
of the party Of the President. The
Republicans take issue with him in
some Of the most important statements
and particularly denounce his utterances
on the tariff. !
Mir. Wilson, Dem, chairman of the
ways and means committee, said: II am
especially pleased at what he says on the
tariff question:
Ex-Speaker Reed said: aThat part Of
the message which relates to the tariff is
most surprising. 1t asseverates that the
House committee in charge of that sub
ject formulated plans and devised
methods of taxation which, as a member
Of the committee, / never. even heard
plOpODOQ. IL, 10 4dbtEf GIL uuuSudl S6uEd-
tion to learn of the deeds of a committee,
not in the committee room, but from the
President of the United States. It is bad
enough to have tariff bill made up by
little coterie but to have it communi-
Gated TO the President before it reaches
even the committeG still less the House,
shows a determination to be moved by
no facts and Modified by no arguments y
Senator Palmer, Dem, Of Illinois,
chairman of the committee on pensions,
said: I am Inclined to think the Presi-
dents idea eoncerningfraudulen pensions
is wide of the mark. I believe my
acquaintance with the old soldiers and
the pension list of the country is as ex-
tensive as that of any one man, and I
| am prepared to say that the number of
fraudulent pensions is exceedingly small
and the clamor raised about them has
very little foundation. do not believe
two per cent of the pensions issued are
fraudulent
Senator Hale, Rep, of Maine, said:
sThe Republicans will certainly take
issue. with the President on the tariff
Those at least, from the East will no
| doubt endorse his suggestions regarding
our finances
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As Read at the Hub.

Boston, Dec. 4. The Herald editorial
ly says the Presidents message will in
crease the confidence of the country in
its author.
The Post Dem).says it's reco mmenda-
tions had mostly been foreseen and its
statements of policy are generally re-
assurance of what has already been
understood.
The Globe (Dem) says the President
stands firmly, as always, for the right as
he sees it and it endorses the line of
tariff action indicated by the message.
The journal (Rep) devotes it's editor
ial comments to the tariff portion of the
message and says that to abandon the
system of the past 80 years for the ex-
pertinent urged by the President (mean-
ing the Wilson billy would be the height
of folly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-05
THRONE BUILDING NEGLECTED.
The New York Sun Says Garden Seeds Gel
More Attention.


New York, DecemberA. The Sun says
of the Presidents message: "Mr. Cleve-
land devotes more s$acesto what he re-
CARDS as the excessive purchase of seeds
by the department of agriculture than to
the momentous enterprise of throne
building which he has undertaken in
Hawaii He devotes almost as many
words to the condition of the North
American Indian tribes as to the tariff
which occupied all his thoughts in 1887.
and which has become in 1888 an affair
not merely Of promise, but of perform
ance. For these reasons, the message
may be fairly criticised as unsatisfactory
in range, if not actually evasive in inten-
tion. The personal note sounds as usual
throughout the message"
The Tribune says: In it's treatment
of nearly all domestic questions, the
message is creditable in character. In
the main it is reasonable in it's sugges-
tions. The country will judge the mes
sage and the President himself mainly
by the position he has taken regarding
the question which most vitality affects
the Industries and earnings of American
workingmen"
The Herald says: "It is plain to see
that Mr.. Cleveland considers the success
of tariff revision essential not only to the
welfare of the country but the salvation
of the Democratic party. Both the Presi-
dent and the ways and means committee
have evidently realized from the force of
popular sentiment that the American
people will not countenance a general
income tax They apparently have yet
to learnssthat no sort of an income tax
will be tolerated in this country.n
The Times commends Mr.. Cleveland's S
utterance on Hawaii as an honorable
purpose and declares that the pension
reform as outlined is =" absolutely true and
sound"
The Recorder says: "The message is
an insult to American common sense. 1t
is a menace to American labor and
capital
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mometer, 17.O; maximum velocity of
wind, IA, NV; total precipitation. 0. 60
inch


The following are the observations for
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, Dec 4, taken
at p. m., 10th meridian time, the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature, direction of
the wind. state of the weather:
Boston, 2O0, NV, clear; New York,
2S0, NV, clear; Philadelphia, 2so, w,
clear; Washington, 2s0, W, clear; Alba
ny, 16o, N, clear; Buffalo, 1eo, E. clear;
Detroit, 20o, SW, clear; Chicago, 2Oo, S,
cloudy; st. Paul, 24o, Sc, cloudy; ST.
Vincent, l0o, N, snow; Huron, OAK,
420. NV, fair; Bismarck, 2So. NV,
clear; Jacksonville, 240, w, rain.
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Calais, December 1.-The bodies of
Peter Kennedy and John Moore, who
were burned to death in the Pettigrove
House yesterday, were found in the ruins
last evening. They were prepared for
burial, and after services held this morn.
ing were placed in the receiving tomb to
await the action of friends.
William Armstrong, whose back was