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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-23
WATERS ARE HURLED OUTWARD.
Families on High SDots
AIOnE the MiSsissinni.

Memphis, April i5.-The river continues
10 rise at Vicksburg and all points south.
and the situation along the Louisiana
system of levees is acute. Waters are be-
ing hurled outward with tremendous
force, and several thousand orkm are
working and watching day and night in
an effort to hold the entertainments intact.
Much suffering still exists in the lower
country, where hundreds of families have
deserted their cabins and are huddled on
nigh grounds. On a plantation 10 miles
west OF Helena Sylvester Sanders, a col
ored tenant, his wife and five children,
We're overwhelmed by the current and
all persisted. Near Greenville today two
negroes were drowned in an attempt to
reach dry land.
Word reached Vicksburg during the
day that many negroes We're in imminent
peril at Davis island, where the break
in the private levees occurred and a relief
steamer was Immediately dispatched to
the island.
The work of relieving flood sufferers
with government aid is progressing
smoothly. From Memphis to Helena To-
cal relief stations ave been established
and placed in charge of responsible men.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-23
RECORD OF CONGRESS
WESTERN SENATORS INSIST rrpON
CHANGES in WOOL SCHEDULE.
to the Dingley TariM
Bill to Frauds Hith-
ertO Perpetrated.

upon the first skirmish of the tariff
question in the senate the silver republic
ans with the exception of Mr.. Mantle
OF Montana, voted with the democrats
anu popuilsts. An amendment to the
lhdlan bill has been adopted. oneninr the
Uneomphagre Indian reservation in
otah TO mineral entry. The provision as
70 Inc children of a white father and In
dlan mother Was modified SO as to give
ohese ch!ldren tribal rights on consent of
val ~ ny 10y ol the tribe and the appro-
val OF the secretary or the interior.
To Protect the Wool Men.
western senators will stand together
lor important changes in the wool sched-
ue OIL the Dingley bill. The senators
most prominently Identified with the
movement are Messrs. Mantle, Carter.
ohoup, Warren and Burrows.
An amendment was agreed upon pro-
Vld1ng that an additional duty of four
cents per pound should be levied upon
sklrted woods and woods imported in 1890
ana prior to that time. The principal
change, however, to be proposed is upon
Wool and carnels' hair Of the third class.
Inc Dlngley bill proposes an advalorem
duty OIL 81 and S. per cent respectively
upon woods of this class valued under
and over 10 cents per pound. 1t is pro-
posed now to strike out the Dingley bill
clauses relating to third class woods and
to insert instead the following:
ON woods of the third class and camels'
halr of the third class the value of
winch shall be eight cents or less per
pound in the wool markets of the United
states, the duty shall be five cents per
pound, and on all the woods and hair of
this class the value of which shall ex-
ceed eight cents per pound in the gen
eral markets of the United States, there
shall be an additional duty of one-half
of one cent per pound for each increase
of one cent per pound in the value there
of.
1t is claimed for this amendment which
is the most important of all the amend
ments proposed, that it will largely pre-
vent the frauds which it is alleged were
perpetrated on the advalorem duties I'M
der the Mckinley law, by reason of which
1t is asserted hundreds of millions of
pounds OF wool used in the manufacture
of clothing which properly belonged in
the first-class, were imported at third
class rates on the representation that
they We're to be used in making carpets.
statements Denounced,
In the house Saturday Mr.. Bailey of
Texas produced a newspaper article ac-
cusing him of wearing Mr.. Reeds col
lar, and acting under Mr.. Reeds sug-
in acquiescing in the republican
policy of inaction. Denouncing the state
ment as a lie, Mr.. Bailey repeated the
reasons for his course heretofore given
by him. Mr.. Dearmond of Missouri, in
replying to Mr.. Bailey, declared that the
verdict of the caucus had been the en-
of his policy of fighting the
republicans at all points, after which
the house adjourned for three days.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-23
KANSAS LEGISLATURE BOODLERS,
The TOpcka Investigation Brings
Out Interesting Testimony.

Topeka, Kan, April 14.-Tn the legisla-
tive bribery investigation M. w. Mead of
Panta said c. r. Walters of Labelle
county told him he had received 500 for
opposing a certain bill and that he was
to receive $500 more. AT the close of the
session he exhibited 800, which he said
he had made during the session. Walters
said to witness -that-it was eesy for A
man of ordinary intelligence to make
money.
j. M. Doyle of Republic county testified
that he was approached by q stranger
before the house had voted on the stock
yards bill, and asked how he stood on
the measure. Witness replied that he was
for the bill, whereupon the man said:
IF you We're against it there would be
some money in it for YOU
Representative Pau Russell said S. r.
Boyd had offered him $1,000 if he would
influence Senator Crossan to vote for
the Hanna substitute to the stock yards
bill,
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The Virtue Nina.

The Virtue mine in the Baker City dis
trict in eastern Oregon, is down 800 feet,
and there is a beautiful vein of quartz,
upon which the owners are now working.
There are Is men employed, and quartz
enough is being taken from the mine to
keep the 20 stamp mill in operation. 1t
is reported in Baker City that 100000 has
been taken from the mine within a year.
The pumps are taking from the mine 275
gallons of hot water a minute The Flag
staff mine in the same district IS owned
by a French syndicate. The mine shows
5000 feet of development. The shaft is
down 700 feet. The owners ave expended
a large amount of money in developing
the property, which at present is equipped
with 10 stamps, and 10 more will shortly
be added, @
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Ilis Fight for n Butte Mine,

An exciting fight for a mine took place
at Butte, Mont, the other day when the
Michael DaVitt mineral claim sold at
sheriff's sale for s351 ,0GO to ii. l.. White
more, presumably for F. Aug. Heiilze
and the Montana Ore Purchasing Com
pany. The claim was not supposed to be
worth more than SIS, 900, but it's location
between the Pennsylvania, owned by the
Boston & Montana company, and the Sno-
homish, owned partly by the Butte &
Boston, and the further fact that the
Butte & Boston recently started a suit
for $161 900 against the Heinze people for
ores alleged to have been unlawfully TAX
Ell from the Michael Davitt, greatly in
creases the Importance of the claim to
both parties, who were seeking to gain
poSSeSsion of it.
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BISHOPS WIFE AN ODD FELLOW.
Initiation of the Lady Has Created
Wide Comment in England.

London, April 19.-Mrs. Randall David
son, wife of the bishop of Winchester
has been initiated a member of the Royal
Lady Mary College of Odd Fellows, at
Farnham. 1t is said that there was no
deviation from the regular ritual on ac-
count of the high standing of the novice
in society and the church, and that the
proverbi3l goat played a conspicuous part
in the comforting of the third degree.
Lady Mary Arkwright, the president of
the lodge, was master of ceremonies and
gay a dinner in recognition
of the valiant manner in which the Dish-
ops wife went through the ordeal. The
affair has created no end of ak in high
Episcopal church circles.
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HOUSES GONE AND LIVES LOST.
Death and Disaster Follows Il Cy-
In1a In tlAn Sox.fla

CIO1C M NJ OuC
Atlanta, Ca, April 14.-Telegrams from
Ozark, Ala, Valdosta Crossing and the
Inflated town of Arlington, Ga, show
that this section has been visited by an
other gulf cyclone, ascending the APP
palachicola river and sweeping north
of the Chattahoochie and the Flint riv-
ers, where it divided. In one direction,
toward Ozark, where timbers were up
rooted and houses blown to pieces, sew
eral lives were lost, among them Mrs.
Powers, who was caught beneath falling
timber of her house and crushed. The
rest of the family were rescued, among
them a baby three weeks old, whom the
mother protected at the loss of her own
life.
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BONDS PUT TO PRIVATE USES.
University of Illinois Funds Were
Lx SnauIliuu

~ ST1HUT5ITHE. "
Chicago, April 14.-The disappearance
OF $4o0,O OO endowment bonds of the Uni
Verslty OF Illinois caused a general scan
nlng of securities held by different bank
ing institutions in this city and it has
been discovered that the First National
bank has in its vaults nearly 5000, 900 of
the bonds. Some of these bonds were
sold outright to the bank, others were
held as collateral for loans made to
Spaulding. Another national bank is
SAID to hold some of these bonds. On
Saturday, April 3, the last business day
before the failure of the Globe Savings
bank, Herbert Skinner, Spaulding's pri-
waite secretary, drew SIS, 600 from the
Globe Savings bank and deposited in the
Northwestern bank to Spaulding's pri,
vate account.
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HE BECAME A RAVING MANIAC.
HypnOtical Ohio Farmer Relieves
Himself an Indian Warrior.

Defiance, Ohio, April 16.-Amos keenan,
Of H~icksville, this county,, a well-to-do
farmer, has suddenly passed from a
harmless hypnotic state to a hopeless
state of insanity. lie is a believer in spir-
itualism, and for a year past has paid fire.
quent visits to an Indian medium and hyp-
notist at Fort Wayne, where he allowed
himself to be placed under the influence
Of the medium in order that he might
better study the secrets of the heart. In
these seances Keenan, was given to be-
lieVe himself an Indian, and it was while
impressed with this hallucination that
his mind gave way and he became a raw
ing maniac, initiating the habits of an
Indian, even to the war whoop.
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National Reform Press Association
Has Taken That Stand.

Girard, Kan, April ia committee of
the National Reform Press Association
have, in accordance with the resolution
adopted at the recent convention at Mem
phis, decided to wage war on Marion I!ut-
Ter as chairman of the p%opulist national
committee, and also to attempt to reor-
ganize the populist party.
In accordance with this decision, the
committee issued a call for a national
convention to be held at Nashville, Tenn,
July next, representation to be one del
egate for every $50 middle-cf-the-road
votes cast at the recent presidential cleo
ton. This call for a national convention
bears the signatures of Milton Park. w.
5. Morgan James H. Ferris, Abe Stein
berger, w. Il. d. Mays, Joe Parker, Jas.
S. coxey and Frank Bearkitt, all of whom
participated in the conference here.
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Suicide at Chicago.

Chicago, April I'D. Cameron, who
said he was the son of a wealthy mine
owner and Spectator of San FIR .ncisco,
committed suicide in a cheap hotel by
shooting himself through the head. From
the little he said at the hotel and pawn
shops, it is inferred his wife left him sew
ecal months ago and came to Chicago.
and his object in coming to this city was
to locate her. He evidently failed to do
so, and this, coupled with his penniless
condition, is supposed to have driven
him to suicide.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-23
GRANTS BODY MOVED LAST TIME.
Now Rests in the Imposing MauSO-
leum Prepared for 1t.

New York, April 19.-The body of Gen
eral Grant was removed Saturday after
noon from the temporary tomb which has
sheltered it for nearly u years to the i'm
posing mausoleum which is designed to be
its permanent resting place. There was
no ceremonial, and beyond the attendance
of a guard of honor the removal was ac-
complished without special incident. The
interest of the public was attested by
the presence of several thousand people
although the hour had not been previously
announced.
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Chicago, April 19.-Mrs. Clowry, wife of
Colonel r. G. Clowry, vice president and
general superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, dice at Lin
coin, Neb., yesterday of apoplectic paraly-
SIS. Mrs. Clowry was a woman of rare
culture and accomplishments. Her musi-
cal compositions Were numerous, one of
her earliest efforts reaching the eXtraor-
binary sale of over one million copies.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-23
Ross1and,s Ore shinn,ents.

The shipments of ore from the mines of
Rossland from January 1 until April 10
amount to 1886 tons, of which amount
the lie Roi has shipped Hip tons: the
War Eagle 2991 tons, Iron Mask, $685., Co
lumbia and kootenay, 445; Josie, 126; the
balance, $40 tons, is from seven other
mines, of which Sc tons were Concentrates
from the o. X. The shipments for the
week ending April 10 We're: lie Roi, 4G5
tons; War Eagle, 400; Iron Mask, GO, a
total of S65 tons,
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Killed Himself in II Chanel.

brunswick, Ga, April 16.-The dead body
of Charles Hoffman,, a well-known and re-
Spected citizen, was found in a chapel
about four miles from this city. He 4
evidently gon into the building for the
purpose OF committing suicide, and be-
fore taking his life had knelt in prayer
When found he was in a kneeling posi-
ton with his head resting upon the bench.
He had shot himself through $ha head.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-23
CUBA RAINY SEASON NEAR AT HAND.
NeNle Orders Hospitals Erected
EelsaI,ts' Homes to Be D~e&troYed.

Havana, April 16.-In view of the APP
proach OF the rainy season, Captain Gen
eral Weyler has ordered the erection of
an lnllrmary on the trocha and the ex-
tension Of military hospitals. New nos
pltalS Will be constructed at Trinidad,
Casilda, Isabella, and Saguai. TIE cop
tain general has ordered the demolition
of all houses inside the cultivation zone.
This is on the theory that the peasants
will remain at night in the ~blockhouses
and remove their families TO towns. in
this way, says Weyler, the regulars will
not b" exposed to risk, in case of insur-
gent aggression, of shooting women and
children
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Bcnded for. Sa5.OOO.

A majority interest in the Maud S. and
Ben Hassen, on the north fork of the
Salmon, has been bonded by a Victoria
company, for $25, 900. The manager of the
purchasing company will Immediately put
a large force of men to work. A 200 foot
tunnel will be run on the Maud S.. to tap
the ledge at a depth of IT'S feet. Both
properties show up large bodies of low
grade ore. The same company is also the
owner of the Aberdeen, Inverness and
Hamill claims, on the north fork of the
Salmon, on one of which a 100 foot tunnel
has been run his winter.
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ChinRmen for Guha-

Montreal, April 16.-A party of 81 China
men arrived in Montreal last night by the
Canadian Pacific railway from China via
Vancouver. Tomorrow they will con-
tinue their journey to the southwark,
where they will take a steamer for Ha-
vana. They are going to work on the
sugar plantations of Cuba, and say they
are going at the instance of the Spanish
government, which has sent agents to
China to induce immigration to Cuba.
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London, April 19.-The probate of the
will of the late Jean Francois Grevelet,
known to the world as Blondin, the fa-
rope walker, develops the fact that,
Notwithstanding the thousands of times
he has risked his life, and the princely
that for years rewarded his dar-
ing, he died a poor man. His personal
estate has been appraised at but $500,
while his holdings of real estate were
confined to the house at Ealing, in which
passed the closing years of his life.
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Congressman Holman Failing.

Washington, April 15.-Congressman
Holman of Indiana is lying critically i'll
at his home in this city, and small hopes
of his recovery are entertained. Holman
had a bad fall ten days ago, and his pres
emit condition is the result of the shock.
He has been in frail health for months.
Holman is IS years of age, and is serv-
ing his 10th term in congress-. the longest
house career of any man who ever sat in
the lower branch of congress-.
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Tnmpn and EHElani's Queen,

washington, April little gOVernOr of
Florida has notified the secretary of the
navy that the citizens of Tampa are pre-
pairing for an extensive celebration of
Victoriass birthday next month. The
British governments, as a mark of appre-
citation Of the spirit of the occasion, will
send a WarShip. one OF the British north
Atlantic squadron, to Tampa and the
governor asks that the navy department
detail a United States man-of-war to as
SiSt in the celebration.
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A Valuable SapDhire.

A beautiful sapphire, Weighing seven
and a half ounces, and for which a New
York jeweler has offered $500, was found
a short time ago in the Moore claim, on
OLD FORK OF the north fork of the Payette,
and was accidently forked out of the
sluice box by one of the boys. 1t tests
SS5 karat, at $25. There are but four larg-
er ones on exhibition so far as known.
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Ovation to Fitzsimmons.

New York. April l4.-Bob Fitzsimmons
and his party arrived here to meet a
demonstration A score of newspaper
did their best to get Fitzsimmons to
talk, but he absolutely refused. When
the boat reached New York, Martin Julian
absolutely showed Fitzsimmons into a
carriage beautifully decorated with flow
ers. When the carriage reached the street
Fitzsimmons received a royal welcome
from 5000 people.
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IndI Est.te mt Portland,

POTtIan1, OF, ApTlI IS.-IHE ItuF1dT
court has landed down a decision in the
case of Hillyer against the estate of w. S.
Ladd. The amount sued for is about
81. Geo. GOO. The decision is in favor of the
add estate on all points. Mrs. tiillyof,
who was the wife of a brother of w. s..
Ladd, was suing for profits claimed 10 ac-
crue from securities in the hands of w.
S. Lad as trustee. Among other things
she claimed a large profit in the Willard
deal and the sale of the Q. r. N.
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SLOGAN Dividends,

another dividend of $40, 900 on the 18th of
the month. This will make the seventh
dividend of a like amount paid by the
company in seven months. F'rior to the
commencement of regular dividends,
s32,ooo had been paid to the owners at
different times, making a total of $172, geo
paid to date. The owners Of the Roco,
another SLOGAN property, nave ~announced
that they will pay a dividend of $50, 900 en-
May 1. This will make $150, 900 paid by
the Reco.
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Three Cent Fares.

Indianapolis, April 1G.-The new laws
are now in force by the governors proc
lamation. The chief interest here at
taches to the 3 cent street car fare. The
Citizens Street Railway Company gave
no Instructions to conductors, and de-
clines to consider the law until a decision
is reached in the federal court, where a
test case is under
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Anti-Corporation Le-islation.

Austin, Texas, April 16.-The senate of
the Texas legislature has passed a dras-
tic anti-corporation measure, in the shape
of Il bill imposing against life insurance
companies a 2 per cent annual tax on
gross earnings, and against fire and tidel-
ity companies a tax of l per cent. They
also tax dining and sleeping cars 10 cents
for every 100 miles Travelled. They also
provide a franchise tax of 80 cents on all
foreign corporations with a capital stock
of $1O0, 900, and 81 for every additional
$1,000 caniIaI stock.
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Corn for Starving Hindoos.

Chicago, April 19.-Rev. r. G. Hobbs of
Jacksonville, this state, who has been
successful in securing a cargo of corn
for the famine sufferers of India, which
will shortly be shipped from San Fran
cisco, will probably go to the famine
stricken country to see that the supplies
are properly distributed.
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BIG COAL MINES WILL BE OPENED.
Galleries Idle for Fifteen Years to
BE 0DeEntcG.

Hazelton, Pa, April 16.-Active work is
IN progress at the Ebervale and Harleigh
coal mines, which were drowned out near
~ Is years ago, and to recover which the
famous Jeddo tunnel was driven. 1t is
the intention of the company to strip the
veins between Harleigh and Eberville,
and when opened this will make the lars-
est stripping in the country. AS soon as
the necessary excavations can be made
there will be twenty years work avail
able for 1000 men.
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On TOulOn Mountain

The Scotia Mining and Milling Com
pany, operating on Toulon mountain, in
the Colville reservation, has just tunneled
through 20 feet of ore at a depth of 200
feet from the surface, and nave arranged
to put down a shaft 100 feet on the vein
and drift both ways from that depth.
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On Quartz Creek

The sum of $50, 900 has been refused for
the Dundee of the Parker group on
Quartz creek, in the SLOGAN district. The
offer was made by an English company.
The shaft is down 100 feet and a crosscut
has been started. The ore now in the
bottom of the shaft is a rich looking
quartz very much like that in the Elise.
The entire bottom of the shaft is in fine
ore.
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Ell Paso, Tex, April 16.-Magdalena Cal
deron, a veteran and a member of the G.
A.. r., has been arrested in Juarez, MeNi-
co, at the instigation of the Mexican con-
sui of this city, charged with being a con-
spirator against the Mexican government.
Colonel Buford has wired the sac Depart
ment at Washington filing a complaint,
n asking for a demand for his release.
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GREAT EXCITEMENT IN WHEAT.


IN
New York, April 19.-The street is still
talking of the tremendous excitement in
the wheat market Saturday, when prices
advanced four cents a bushel in a little
over two hours. Transactions ran up into
the millions. The shorts were completely
sta~fnpeded. War news and foreign buy-
ing were the factors which occasioned the
tumult. Nc limit was set on the execu-
ton of foreign orders, and it was bought
in at any figure. During the regular mar
ket session May went from 7S1sc to 49,
and later on the curb to 79l5c. The total
sales were between 5000, 900 and 1000, 600.
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Famine Situation in Indin.

Bombay, April 15.-The report of the
viceroy, the earl of Elgin, on the famine
situation, just issued, shows that includ-
ing the native states, 2,S53,000 persons are
employed on the relief works, against g.
al 323 persons SO employed a month ago.
The report adds that the prices of grain
tending to decline, owing to the rains
and improved harvest prospects.
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Profit in Low Grnae Orc.

FoIIoW1ng IS the report Of the Alaska
Treadwell Gold Mining Company for Jan
uary: Ore milled. 1874 tons; s%ulphurets
treated, 4S0 tons; bullion shipments, $685.
1879: bullion from sulphurets, l4,353; aver
age yield per ton. $1.99. To produce this
result a large quantity of ore must be
handled.