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The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
cnlImn Rranks Out.

Guadalajara, Mexico Nov ao.-An-
other terrific eruption OF colimu vol
cnno occurred Wednesday night. and
the scene. as witnessed from this city.
was grand, No definite reports have
becu received from the Immediate sec
ton surrounding the volcano, but II ls
feared there was severe loss OF property
and probably life.
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01

New York. Nov. 2s-ln the interim
tlonal bicycle tournament yesterday
the mile scratch professional was won
by Zimmerman. 2;ig S-b; the fvc-mllo
scratch professional WAS also won by
Zimmerman. time 1900 80. l,.,
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
oouhle TYaypdy.

Iimrods. N. v, Nov. 9o.-G, N. Rich
ards and Miss Qulrk were found yester-
dny morning in Miss QuirlS'S room at
,he Kendall house, In Watkins, both
with their thronta cut, and both are
dead. Richards killed the girl and cut
ht, ,xvu throut
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
seeleyln Safety.

New York. Nov, 3O.-Lawycr Angel
has made the admission that Samuel c.
seelcy. the defaulting bookkeeper oi
the Shoe and Leather bank, Is In Can
ada. and with some satisfaction, adds
that according 90 the revised statutes
OF thc United States he cannot be eN-
trtditcd from thut country
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
A.p.A. Mon MIssIng.

Denver. Nov. @..On oct. g last clnr-
cncc and James Moulton, two brothers,
lott their homes 90 attend an A. 4. A..
meeting, ana since then they have not
been heard from. II h feared they have
met with foul play.
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01

omaha. Nov. go-lt developed to-day
thai an order wne nlod In the federal
court here from Judge Sanborn, In which
he allowed the Union Pacific railroad re-
cclvcrs Sl2.u0O annually. The receivers
demanded $4,000 ycnrly,
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
BINK CLE1RIlNGS.
Report OF the Business Done at the Principal
Money Centers.

New York, Nov. 3O.-rhe following table.
compiled by Bradstreets, shows the to-
tal clearances at the principal cities and
per centnges OF increase and decrease. as
compared with the corresponding week OF
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
Now bike Swift.

Buffalo, Nov. ~ John PcnEyred, OF the
Press cycling club, rode straight away
unpaccd mile In Harlem avenue IN l'tS 10.
rcduclng Johnsons figures tg-5 seconds.
made here Oct. ~.
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01
>0>o~oeos<0~O%e>
Just
Overcoat
Talk Today.

About how the first stock
that was to last all season
ran out before it had fairly
begun---and how we had to
duplicate and triplicate our
original orders. How 200
of the Poole COats---the only
really stylish and correct
garment shown in Helena
this seasOn---had to be made
to our special Order---for
even the best factories Ordi-
nary work is not good
enough for us---hOw they ar
rived yesterday and are
ready for you, Also about
the assortment we show in
coats of lower price---and
the always necessary Fur
Coat.
Speaking of 0yercOatS the
Boys and Children's line is
worthy the attention of
careful and economical par
ents. You can just as well
have style and wearingqual-
tiles in the little folks cloth
ing as not---DOn't cost any
more than the poorer sorts
do elsewhere.
.o~s~eteO~o4O~O>
The Helena independent., 1894-12-01

Upon the request OF Mr.. Manning. the
resolutions were read II the house to-
day and upon his motion. were ordered
spread on the records of the house.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
MOST STARTLING!
fCOntinUsd from page ~

Mr.. Faulkner (dem., w. Va.) asked q
CLAUSE be added TO the resolution so &s
to give the investigating committee iur-
isdiCtion to investigate and report on
any other charges that might be pro.
ferred before the committee against sen.
Rtors alleging Corrupting influences in
connection with the tariff bill.
Mr.. Lodge indicated q willingness to
accept this amendment.
Mr.. Quay asked that Mr.. Fsulkner's
amendment be modified so as to give the
committee jurisdiction not only OF
charges in connection with the tariff
bill, but Of all legislation.
The suggestion failed TO secure sp-
proval.
AS no response had been made TO Mr..
Aliens insinuation about senators spec
ulRting in sugar stock during the con-
sideration Of the tariff bill, he presented
at this point formal amendment TO in
clude these charges in the inquiry. It
was accepted by Mr.. Lodge, and then,
without division, just as the morning
hour expired, the resolution was adopted.
In accordance with the resolution, the
vice president named ss q committee
Senators Gray, Lindsay, Lodge, Allen
and Davis.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
ElRllg of the Timeg.

Twenty thousand socialists with rcd
flags met in q New York park on May /,
and yet the police failed to get up
riot -Pittsburg KansGn.
~
The convention OF National Textile
Workers just held in Philadelphia was
one Of the most important events in the
labor world Of to-day. The delegates
did not hesitate to tackle the economic
question boldly and progressively, and
they were not ashamed TO stand up and
be counted on minor questions leading
to the corporation commonwealth.
One Of the Rrgt things was the unani.
NOUS indorsement Of the A. +. Of L.
program, tho tenth plank OF which
means socialism. Four big mass meet
ings wsEs held, and the spirit of thS
audiences wRs all on the side Of the COL
lsChve ownership, Down In PhiladSl.
phlS they probably can't hear the Provi-
denCS Geo Whizz croak.
The organization OF textile workers
haS grown over 100 per cent. the past
year, and tho finsnCes of the union ore
in very good shape.
Here are some things the union vOted
for that shows we'll that the textile
workers are thinking, and are begin
ming to 500 tho cause Of the wage slavery
under which they suffer.
Unanimous vote Of A. F. Of L. plat
form; unanimous Endorsement Of Coxey
movement; unanimous Endorsement Of
government enforcement OF eight hours
in all industries under government pro-
tsCtion; adoption OF the referendum, etc.
They also unanimously indorssd the
collective ownership views expressed by
Comrades Martha Avery and GeSsner,
voted to send delegates to the interna-
tional convention, and indorsed the
Paterson, N. j., strikers.- Justice, (Provi-
denoe, r, L)
The advocate., 1894-05-23
The Kansas Mutual Life Association.

The report OF Superintendent Of In
surance Snidsr's official examination of
the sbove-nsmsd associations financial
standing, az published in last weeks
ADVOCATE, is q vindication against false
representations, such as any company or
individual ought TO be proud Of.
In making this examination the super
intendent and the experts whom he en-
ployed had two points In view one a. to
the plan Of insurance, and the other "a
TO the compRny's financial backing and
general business management. In re-
gard TO both points they regard the COM
pany 40 hrstolrsg. It has the required
100000 IN securities deposited with the
state treasurer and has also on deposit
$139,O95, the net present value Of Rll out
standing policies upon which premiums
have been paid. In addition to this Ito
accounts are all in good shape, and tak.
ing these things into consideration it is
mot strange that ID. II. Hite, the inBuH-
snce attorney concluded his official re-
port as follows:
I wish TO say that the result Of an exam
inGtion, which believe unusual in its
severity, establishes the fact that the Kan
Sas Mutual Life is in splendid condition.
The records Of the company show patience,
industry and high executive ability upon
the part Of the managing officers, and 80
far as IL iS possible TO Judge the future By
the past, your examiner is confident that
these gentlemen possess all the requisites
necessary 10 successfully conduct the affairs
Of the company. They are fully aware Of
the serious responsibility resting upon
them. and their administration 10 guRran-
tee 70 the members Of the company that
their contributions will be guarded by
honesty and invested with intelligence.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
The Immigrants Trials.
ComMlInsc0ted,

communicated.
AS the sun sank behind q cloud one
bitter cold evening in December, an i'm
migrant might be seen slowly driving
through the principal street Of q thriv.
ing town in central Kansas. The man
walked beside his jaded team and slowly
urged them on, while in his poorly
covered wagon crouohsd his shlvering
wife and family. During that bleak,
cold day they had slowly plodded their
way westward, and now as night drew
on they were looking for a place to
camp.
The town through which they were
passing had been founded by people who
had reached the location in covered
wagons, and most Of the settlers of the
surrounding country had used the same
mode Of travel in coming to that part
from the states farther east. But that
was all Of twenty years before; now the
people Of the town and vicinity enjoyed
the privilege Of several railroads, and
they seem to have forgotten the needs
Of the camper, though scarcely q day
passed by but what one or more prairie
sChooners passed through the town. The
camper does not ask much Of the pub
lie. The most he asks is some sheltered
place, protected from the wind, where he
may camp without being considered q
trespasser. But even this the town did
not afford. Not o sheltered nook in or
about the town where a natural belt Of
timber, or a creek or river bend, made q
desirable place for camping but bore its
warning sign, ''No Camping Allowed"
or keep of. All trespsssers will be
prosecuted according to law" The
town was having q real estate boom St
the time, and property rights were very
sacred. Delegations cf prominent citi-
zens met Eastern capitalists at the
depots every day and drove them over
the town in carriages, and rendered
them the hoSpitslities Of their homes;
but for the immigrant who reached the
town with all his worldly possessions in
q covered wagon, there was no welcome,
and the "tregpass" signs invited him 10
pass on. Few, as they hurried along on
their way to cozy homes on that cold
winter evening, gave more than q pass
ing glance to the immigrant wagon az 1t
slowly moved down the street toward the
west; perhaps fewer gave to it q second
thought, or asked Of themselves whore
or how those poor people were TO pam
The advocate., 1894-05-23


courage that it required for them 20
again take up their journey Westward
Their destiny WAs q region to them al
most unknown. Its location on tho map
they knew, the description Of it a. given
in papers and circulars they had read,
but not a familiar faOe could they look
forward TO meeting, not q friend was
there to give them Welcome.
Some ten years later we find our inn
migrants living on q claim in western
Kansas. In the meantime they have
progpered in q small way. BY ten years
Of toll and self-dsniAl, they have man
aged to make for themselves q home.
They have gathered about them q few
head Of stock, and have bought such
farm machinery as it was necessary to
have. During those years Of toll and
struggle against unfAvorable conditions,
they were Contsnted in q measure, bat
the mother had never forgotten the little
grave they had Left Q hundred miles 10
the east 1t had been her ono hope and
ambition that some day they would be
able to spare money enough TO enable
them to bring the body Of their little one
from ito lonely resting place and bury it
beside it's brother in the little grave
yard that had been started not far from
their new home. The recollection Of
that bleak, drs0ry afternoon, when they
had been compelled TO turn away and
leave their darling there alone, was ever
In her mind. She and her husband had
often talked the matter over and had ole
ways thought that It would help to blot
out from their minds the recollection Of
that miserable occasion IL their little
ono were buried in the graveyard near
their home. At last, after long waiting
their longing was satisfied. This year
they had made q fair crop, and though
there we're many things that they HtoOC
in need Of, yet they had grown so 90
customed to selc-denial that they man.
aged to do without them. Perhaps there
were some few debts that should ba
paid, but the creditors were willing 10
wait. So the father and mother had to-
gather made the journey on their mis-
sion OF love, and brought back with
them to their home the little form that
ton years before they had left buried
among strangers, and laid It to rest
again In the neighboring graveyard.
Five years from that time, beside that
grave there is another one being dug.
This time the grave is for the mother.
Could the husband have INDUCED in the
luxury OF q marble slab to mark her
resting place, that slab would have
borne the words, Discouraged, Dis
heartoned." For the past FIVE years
they had met with various little mis-
fortunes and dissppointments- crops had
failed, prices were low, stock had not
done well, small debts were contracted
with the expectation Of paying them
with crops that afterwards failed to
grow; and the result Of il all was that
the homestead was mortgsged to get ell
the small debts into one. When the
the mortgage came due, there was no
money to pay it, SO the homestead had
been sold by the sheriff; and
for the second time they found them
solves homeless and almost penniless.
True, they could have stayed on the
The advocate., 1894-05-23

~--H@N N-AR
grant drew his team 10 one side of the
road in the shelter Of q scattered cotton.
wood grove, and the family prepared to
camp for the night. They had travelled
through from Illinois, where at one
time they were the owners Of q little
home Of their own. A few years before
they had bought q small farm there
when land was high and prices Of pro-
duCe the same, paying part cash and OK
peCting to be able to easily pay the bal
ancs when il cana due. Their experience
was the same as that OF thousands Of
others though the land still continued
to produce we'll, prices Of produce had
gone down, and with them the value Of
land, and when the debt came due the
land would not ssll for az much az the
part OF the purchase money still unpaid.
So the home was sold, leaving them,
after all debts were paid, barely enough
to bring them TO Kansas, and they were
on their way to Q point in the West,
where they expected to get government
land and to try and make another start
IN life.
None but those who have travelled
overland with q family in the dead Of
winter can fully appreciate how this
immigrant family passed that bitter
night. The biting north wind, broken
only by the leaflOsS trees OF the scat
tered cottonwood grove, penetrated the
weather beaten wAgOn.cover and rem
dersd Rleep almost impossible. The
anxious father and mother held their
two little ones closely in their arms en-
deSvoring to keep them warm, but the
eldest, @ bright little girl OF seven,
was restless through the night, crying
and coughing and often complaining Of
her throat. Before morning a terrible
dread had taken possession OF the hearts
Of the parents and added to their misery.
They knew the symptoms but too well.
Only three months before, that dread
disease, dlpthsria, had visited their little
home, and the day before starting for
Kansas they had paid q last sad visit to
the grave Of their youngest. The night
passed slowly TO the occupants Of that
covered wagon, and the day had not yet
fully dswned when the father, strug-
Cling through the fresh snow drifts that
had formed during tho night, made his
way back to the town in search Of mOdi-
cal aid. When q doctor arrived, which
was not before the middle Of the fore
noon, the worst fears Of the parents were
confirmed. For three days the frRil
life fingered. In the meantime sym
psthy had not been entirely lacking.
A vacant house, old and dilapidStsd, but
Rfording better shelter than Q wagon
cover, had been secured and many kind
hearted people had contributed towards
the relief Of the distressed family. But
the disease was such that prudence and
the law compelled all, however kindly
disposed, to leave the care Of the sick
child to the parents alone. On the fourth
day this same white.tOpped wagon re-
traced its course for q mile or 30 toward
the east. This time it contained little,
plain, pine coffin. No procession Of
mournerB followed it; but alone the be-
reAVOd father and mother accompanied
their dead to the cemstery, where, with
the assistance Of the sexton, they laid
The advocate., 1894-05-23

When writing to our advertisers al
ways mention the ADVOCATE.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

Apply at once to the ADVOCATE for
special club terms.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

Twenty thousand socialists with rcd
flagS met in New York park on May l,
and yet the police failed to get up
Kansan.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-01
WILL THEY SETTLE?
THE MERCHANTS KICK ON LII
CENSE TAX.
A Division of Opinion a. to What Course
They Will Pursue on Monday.
Some VIII Pay It While
Others VIII Contest.

One of the questions that is exciting
good deal OF interest around the city hall
just now is whsther the Merchants
association will refuse to pay the gen.
eral merchandise license on. Monday.
A large committee from the Mer-
chants association was present at the
meeting of the council one week ago.
and Messrs. Jevne and Steward, on bs-
half of the delegation, stated that they
had given the council ample time to con-
slider the question OF removing the tax.
and while they did not desire to enter
into law suit with the city, they had
prepared an ultimatum, and that was to
the effect that they would not pay the
onerous license tax any longer. They
asked for a definite answer from the
council, but the city fathers were not
prepared to make any promises. and
made general plea for additional time
in W hitch to make up their minds. But
the committee was not built that way,
and they filed eoemnly out of the coun.
Gil chamber with look OF determine
ton on their faces.
The licenses for June expired last
evening and the question is whether the
members of the Merchants association
will step up to the captain's desk on
Monday morning and pay their little
tax. City Tax and License Collector
Wade stated yesterday that if the license
was not paid it would mean a shortage
in the city revenues OF $500 per month,
which would make quite difference in
the reserve account. The license COL
lector yesterday made some inquiry as
to the disposition at the merchants in
the matter. II fnd." said Collector
Wade, that there is q difference OF
opinion among the merchants about
paving the tax. l have eeen quite a
number OF we'll known men on Spring.
Main and Los Angeles streets, and while
some say that they will not pay, others
assert that they do not want to do any
thing that might cripple the city and
will pay the license, with the expecta-
ton that the council will amend the
license law in snch manner as to abolish
the general merchandise tax"
The finance committee OF the council
have been at work for three months on
a new license ordinance, but from what
has been learned very little relief will
be given by it with regard to this partic.
ular form OF license.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-01
TIE "HERALD" ON TOP.

This journal is not in the habit Of
playing the brsggart but it never fails
to achieve record for enterprise and
promptitude when the occasion admits
Of the display Of those qualities. We do
not signalizs ourselves by undue blovia.
ton because we remember the old adage
that good wine needs no bush." This
ia the old world wisdom and should be
respected. On the other hand, we en-
counter in Missouri the homely formula
which runs, "Whoso bloweth not his
own bszoo the same shall not be
bowed" We have therefore struck
the golden mean and announce, with
great modesty, that, as usual, we have
distancsd all competition in the dis
tribution of the HERALD. the strike Of the
American Railway union having given
US the opportunity to show how I'M
rivaled our resources are. All points in
the San Gabriel and Azusa valleys were
reached yesterday morning before s
o'clock. Pomona, over 90 miles distant
from Los Angeles, was reached by pony
express at 9:45, and the papers were
promptly delivered. We will simply re-
mark incidentally that, three-quarters
of an hour later, the esteemed Times ar
rived. All points in San Bernardino,
Riverside and Orange counties were COW
cred by our improvised service, and tho
HERALD was ahead at every point. 1t
might be just as we'll for the good public
to put pin there.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-01
VERY CRAZY.
The Queer Notions of john Cochran, an
Tnsuue Man.

The Queer Notions of john Cochran, an
Iusune Man.
John Cochran was adjuged insane in
Judge Smiths court yesterday and com
mitted to the asylum st Highlands. The
physicians said that he was the craziest
man whom they have examined for a
long time.
He thought one moment that he was
a relative Of John l.. Sullivan, the Su-
preme Being having come to him in a
dream and informed him that he was.
One of the witnessep, A. Berkhardt, who
bore some resemblance to Corbett, he
addressed as "Jim," and was very much
worried lest "Pompadour" Jim and Sal
livan should come together and get hurt.
He also had great amount OF imaginary
trouble about the A. Z. AS, and ram
bled on about them at great rate.
One of his beliefs was that barber had
tried to cut his throat while enavins
him. His brain was in very pertul bed
condition and the physicians regarded
him as dangerous.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-01
THE ANrMUs OF THE WAR.

We are in a state of war-bloodless
and battleless, to be sure, but neverthe-
less with all the inconvenience and un-
certainties that actual war produces in
a country in state of siege. How long
this condition of things will last it ia
impossible to say; but it cannot con
tinue long. 1t must come to an end
coon, for the railroads cannot long stand
the pressure of the public demand for
resumption of the normal condition of
affairs, and the strike is 30 extensive
that the man must ct come point yield
from inability to keep up the struggle
and this contest is such that it must be
kept up unfinchingly all along the line
or fall to pieces. 1t 10 like chain whose
combined strength is only equal to its
weakest links.
The people, so far. are good natured
about the tie up; but the pinch will
come-if the strike boycott last long
enough-when the interruption of traffic
has had the usual effect of making arti-
cles of necessity scarce and dear. Yet il
all this hard experience should result in
breaking up the Pullman system. which
is an unnatural graft upon the railroad
business of this country, the people
would be satisfied.
OF course it is not logical nor reason
able in the American Railway union to
assume the right to dictate to the man
ayers what cars they shall or shall not
haul. This is an interference which is
not at all permissible. Corporations have
the same exclusive right to manage
their own business that individuals
have. The only possible answer to this
is that labor has declared war against
any infringement of its rights
by corporate capital; that it has
made the strike against the Pull
mans test case, and that a COM
plete and comprehensive boycott of their
cars is the most effective war measure
they can resort to. This extreme meas-
ure, of course. leads to the inevitable
resultthat the companies insist on haul
ing the Pullman cars, and the men re-
fusing to move them are discharged.
The companies are in their right to do
this, and the men are also in their right
to quit work.
F! But is it not singular that in all this
we hear nothing from the Pullman COM
pany? That selfish corp oration lies
bsck and looks complacently on the
railroads of the country fighting the bat
tie which it has brought about through
its Unsuitable greed and hoggish selfish
nesa. However this contest may end, i:
should be a lesson to the railroads
to separate themselves entirely from
the Pullman interest. They should
provide their own sleeping cars
and no longer be responsible fol
this wheel within a wheel which has
become SO irksome and 6istastelul to the
public. Why should the roads abdica.s
any portion OF their obligations to their
patrons and give it over to monopoly
outside corporation? When a man buys
ticket for any point. he ought to buy
all the accommodations incident tt
reaching it. There should be no differ
ence between buying . ticket from 9