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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-04-24
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Athens, April 18.-The Greek command
er at Actium, opposite Prevesa, tele-
graphs that the Greek steamer Mace
donia, which was fired upon this morning
by a Turkish battery while leaving the
9ulf of Ambracia, did not sink in deep
water but was able to run ashore near
the entrance Of the gulf
The Greek commander requested III
structionS by telegraph and the minister
Of war ordered him TO bonn eard Prevesl
Immediately. At 10 o'clock q. m. the
Shatidaki fort fired a few shots Oh the
Greek gunboat which replied, effeclually
silencing the Turkish battery. At II
o'clock the Greeks began to attack the
Turkish forts outside the entrance Of the
gulf, partly to divert the encmys atten-
ton and partly in order to prevent a mas
sacre of Greeks at Prevesa.
According to the latest kilograms from
Actum 1000 Greeks have crossed the gulf
are now marching on Prevesa. Various
reports are current as TO the landing OF
insurgent bands to Challzis peninsula.
The 5iza1ldadi batteries attacked by
Greek warsnips have been completely de-
stroyed. The Greek battery at Aefalipan
shia co-operated effectively with the flo
tilla in the bombarding.
The Greek troops have occupied the
citadel at Preyesa and it is believed that
the Turks are bombardins Nonitza.
All the forts except Ana, which is the
strongest, have been destroyed at Pre-
vesa by the bombardment of the Greek
feet.
According to the treaty of Berlin the
Turks had no right TO erect Notifications
at PreVeSa
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London April 20.-There is said TO be
a sharp difference Of opinion here be-
tween the military poweEs-lsussia. Aus
ro-Hungary and Germany-and the mari
time powers-France and Italy-as to the
most expeditions and least violent method
of compelling cessation OF hostlllt!es
should this result not be reached by the
exercise of diplomatic pressure at Athens
and Constantnople. The likelihood that
force will be employed by Europe, II
resort to force become necessary, would
seem remote. as the contingencies OF mill
tary intervention might be more serious
than the hostilities now in progress. 1T
is reported a the foreign office that the
communication received here from the
marquis of Salisbury after his interVle"
with Queen Victoria at Nice supports the
theory that the British government is US
ing its utmost energy to persuade Doth
the combatants to make a cessation OF
the conflict at the stage which it has
reached now
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BATTLESHlP OREGON'S CONDITION
Ee;,nuge to the Ship VIII Not Prevent
Her G0Isi@ TO Sea.

Washington, April ia further report
from the captain of the Oregon, now in
dock at Bremerton, WASH. shows that
Tie obstruction upon which the snip set
lied when waiting to enter the dock. was
the Wreckage OF a temporary cotferdam
used in the construction Of the dock and
forgotten in the clearing up. The dam
u.e to the ship, however, will not pre-
vent her from going to sea at once,
and unless the report Of Constructor
Camps, who is now engaged in making
a more detailed examination of the ships
bottom from the inside, goes to show that
the INJURIES are more serious than appear
now, it is probable no attempt will be
made at present to repair them, but the
work viii be done when the Oregon again
goes into dock to be fitted with her big
E,els, some time during the summer.
New Hull Plates Ordered.
Seattle. Wash. April 1G.-There is still
same llacert ainty as to the actual extent
of the damage to the battle ship Oregon.
There has been some delay in pumping
the water out Of the dock, and until the
dock is clear a thorough examination can
not be made.
An order for two hull plates to replace
those damaged has been sent to san Fran
cisco.
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WATERS ARE HURLED OUTWARD.
Families fEudsslesi OF EEi@i, spots
Al0IS the tEESA:s:si tai,i.

Memphis. April i5.-The river continues
to rise at NicllsburS and all points south,
and the situation along the Louisiana
system OF levees is acute. Waters are be
ins hurled outward with tremendous
force, and several thousand Workmen are
working and watching day and night i'll
an effort to hold the eInbankments intact.
Much suffering still exists in the lower
country, where hundreds of families have
deserted their cabins and are huduIed on
high grounds. On a plantation 10 miles
west of Helena Sylvester Sanders, a co..
ored tenant, his wife and five children,
We're overwhelmed by the current and
all perished. Near Greenvlle today two
negroes were drowned in an attempt to
reach dry land.
day that many negroes were in imminea,
peril at Davis island, where the break
in the private leyees occurred and a relief
steamer was Immediately dispatched TO
The island.
The work of relieving food sufferers
with government aid is progressing
smoothly. From AIemp!ais to Helena To-
cal relief stations have been established
aud placed in charge of responsible men
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COAST CITIES MOSTLY FAVORED.
British Columbia Prospective Lines
Cam Get Aid.

Victoria. Z. @. April 15.-In moving the
premier intinfdted that the government
would in committee introduce an amend
ment that pracllcaliy gives all that the
deputatiOn from the coast cities asked of
the government a few days ago. AS in
troduced the bill, besides providing for a
bonus to a road from Rute Inlet to Ques-
nelle in the northern part of the prov
ince, gave a bonus to two sections, from
the coast to Chilliwack and from the
town of Penticton to Boundary creek. in
the southern part of the province, for a
road to kaotenay. The amendment will
give a bonus OF $1,000 for go miles from
Point Roberts to Penticton On condition
that the railway ferry is daily run be
tween Point Roberts and some point on
Vancouver island.
Semlin then moved an amendment that
:'4e e3'crunent should build q branch
from PentictGn to Boundary creek and
that a survey should be made by the gov
crnment of the rest of the roads. This
he speaker ruled out of order, a pri-
vate member has no right to move for an
expenditure Of public funds.
Rithct the chief promoter of the Brit
ish-Pucific, supported the government
policy strongly and went into elaborate
figures to snow that while the province
was giving aid the dominion govern
ment ought also to do so, seeing that
British Columbia paid greater proper
ton to the dominion per capita than 90
other provinces of the dominion of Can
ada.
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WORKING FOR AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Meeting of Executive Council of the
Federation Labor.

Washington. April 2o.-In acordancc
with the action of the last national con-
SentiCn. the members of the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor is in session to inaugurate a cam
paign for an eight-hour working day
which. it is proposed, shall go into Ct
feet one year from the lst of next ,Iay.
So far it is ertain that these organlZa
lions Will act in oncert on the eight-hour
program: brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators. Cigarmakers' Intern alonal
Union. Brewery Workers National Union,
International Typographical Union,
Amcrian Federation of Musicians Sea-
mons National Union, brotherhood Of
Elec rical Workers. BARRIERS National
Union, Bakers National Union. Granite
Cutters National Union and the Bro ~h@r
hood Carpenters and Joincrs. 1t is regard
as probable that before the end of the
year every body Of organized labor in
this country. Whc---.-r belonging to the
federation. the Knights of Labor. or dis
associated with either organization. Will
have entered into 4 compact to act with
he eight-hour committee. A similar
movement is under way in England ana
on the continent.
The following named members Of the
council are in attendance: Samuel Com
pers. p. J. Mcclure. James Duncan,
James O'Connell. NJ. NJ. Garland. John b.
Lennon and Frank Morrison.
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WHITE CAPS AT WORK IN TEXAS.
Negroes Being Driven Out of Dallas
County by Threats of Injury.

Dallas, Tex. April i6.-White Cans are
terrorizing negroes in various parts of
Dallas county. Fully 100 negro farm Ia
borers and tenants nave been compelled
to leave the farms and plantations and
flee to this city and the smaller towns for
safety. Notices have been posted at night
on fences and cabin doors ordering ne
gres to leave or takes the cons quences.
White farmers and planters have also
been similarly warned against nlnploy
negro labOrerS or renters where white
men can be had. A planter named Lewis
and Il widow named Corbey received no
tees last week that if negroes Were en-
ployed the White Caps would burn the
Lewis and Corbley homes and SOW the
farms in Johnson grass.
Sheriff Cabel endeayored for thirty
days or more to capture the White Caps,
but his deputies are so we'll know that
the law breakers eyade detection and ar
rest. Sheriff Cabell has at last been COM
pu He'd to call on Adjutant General Nab
rey for assiS ance, and that official has
put mon from the state ranger service
who are strangers in Dallas county to act
as q secret service force 10 break uD the
White cap organization. Sheriff Caben
hopes to capture tine leaders soon and
restore order and confidence in the dis
turbed districts.
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Heroic Struggle to Protect the Money
i'll the Bank.

* Summersworth. n H, April 19-While
resisting the entry Of two desperate and
determined robbers ana during a heroic
struggle to protect sl50000 or more in
money and securities in the compartments
OF an open vault of the Great Falls Ma
tlonal bank Of Somersworth. this after
noon, Cashier Joseph a. Stickney was
struck down and brutally murdered near
+ the desk which he had occupied for years.
After killing Sticllney the murderers ran
sacked the vault and fled with all the
cash with the exception of q few gold
pieces. AS near as can be estimated
$eOo0 was taken. but it is possible that
the loss will exceed this sum, as none
but the dead cashier knew the exact
amount that was in the institution at
the time.
The robbers, after knocking Stckney
down with Il blackjack, cut his throat.
The most remarkable feature of the rob-
berry is that 100000 in bonds of the Unl,-
ed States, which We're kept in one of the
drawers of the big vault and which the
robDerS examined hastily. were not TAX
en-. Neither We're any of the negota bic
paper and securities of the bank-in fact
nothlng IS missing except the cash.
The men made their visit to the bank
at the busiest time Of the day. in the To-
c2Gty where the bank is situated. and so
completely and thoroughly did they ac-
complish their robbery that only an UNI
certain clue and a very meager descrip-
ton was obtained
Mrs. SWazey left her desk at
noon. The cashier, however. remained
looking over the banks accounts, and it
is thought he was preparing to so out
when the robbers entered. The first sus-
picon that the bank had been robbed
was at two minutes to p when Frank
p. Reed went up the staircase of the
bank building and found the thick plate
glass in the outer door hall door of
the bank completely shattered. He noti-
fled City Marshal Eaton, and they broke
in the door and found evidences of a
desperate struggle On the floor in a
great pool of blood was the lfeless body
of Stickney. His head had been nearly
severed from the body, the robbers hav
ing cut his throat. The head was mark
ed with several deep gashes made by a
heavy blackjack and the skull was frac
tured. The body was covered with blood
and the walls and furniture bore addi-
tonal evidences of the terrible deed.
Stickney had died fighting desperately.
Alleged Murderer Caught.
Montreal, April 20.-Joseph Kelley ac-
cused of the murder OF Joseph a. Stick
ney cashier of the Great Falls National
bank, at Somerworth. n. H.. has been
captured here by Detectives Campau and
0 keefe, in a house of i'll repute.
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isia IlsD.

The new fee bill required fee of 10
cents for every bill presented to the board
or county commissioners.
The First National Bank Of Idaho has
compromised it's suit against Ada county
to recover So 0O0, by paying $4,000.
The state auditor has received orders
from the president Of the board of trustees
Of the Albion normal school, to pay the
warrants issued the teachers Of the school
for back ray. They amount to $1Il2-19
The principal at st. Margarets at Bose
has received a communication from Bish-
Op Talbot stating that he mas the promise
Of q $23. .0G0 contribution on condition that
a similar amount is raised by the trustees
Of st. Margarets and Of the boys school
at Laramie. The $4,000 will then be d.
vilcd equally between the two schools.
The state engineer has been busy con-
sutinS with representatives of the Varl-
Gus irrigation companies Of the state re-
garding the late laws passed by the last
legislature. One provision of law requires
companies to sell water by quantity and
rot by acreage. They are now consult
ing as to the best devices for measuring
the water in their respective localities.
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Business Stopped IL Ecrse EEssgstc AND
t3p ss.:2e0iS Closed.

Tcfre Haute, Ind, April 16.-During the
two days the remains OF ex-senator Dan
iel Voorhees, have been here, the funeral
has been delayed awaiting the arrival OF
his eldest son, Charles Voorhees,. OF Spo-
kane, Wash. They have lain i'll state in
the parlors of the Terre Haute House,
which he has made his home since he
broke up housekeeping number of years
ago. \ steady stream OF people has pass
ed through the Observation-Disclosures room
and looked upon the face of their dead
friend.
During the afternoon all places of bus
ness in the city We're closed. The pub
lie and private schools Were dismissed, and
the whole town united in doing honor
to the memory Of its DISTINGUISHED son.
Various Masonic lodges participated in
the funeral exercises, while the city
council and many civic and military Of
ficers followed the remains TO the grave
in the Highland Lawn cemetery, where
he was laid beside his Wife, who died sew
eral years ago. The funeral was the most
impressive that ever took place in the
history of this city taking place from St.
Stephens Episcopal church.
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TO WAGE WAR ON MARION BUTLER
National Reform Pres, 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
rh:s decided TO wage war on Marion I!ut
Ter as chairman Of the popuist national
committee, and also 10 attempt to feor-
ganiza the pcpulist party.
In accordance with this decision, the
committee issued a call for Il national
convention to be held at Nashville, Tenn,
July next representation % be one del
egate for every 80 nildle-cfthe-road
votes cast at the recent presidential cleo
ton. This cali for a national convention
bears the signatures Of Milton Park, W.
s. Morgan. James Fl. Ferris, Abe Stein
berger, w +. D. Mays. Joe Parker. Jas
S. Coxey and Frank Bearllitt, all of whom
narticipated in The conference here.
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Western senators will sand together
for important changes in the wool sehed-
ule Of the Din&ley bill. The senators
most prominently identified with the
movement are Myssrs. Mantle, Garter
Sh0up. Warren ana Burrows.
An amendment was agreed upon pro-
viding thar an additional duty of four
cents per pound should be levied upon
skiTted woods aud woods imported in 1895
and prior to that time. The principal
change, however. 10 be proposed is upon
wool and camels hair Of The third class.
The Dinghy bill proposes an advalorem
duty of - and 5S per cent respectively
upon woods Of this class valued under
and ever u cents per pound, 1t is pro-
posed now TO strike out The DingIey bill
clauses relating % third class WOODS and
to insert instead the following:
On woods Of the third class and canlels'
hair of the third class the value of
which shall be eight cents or less per
pound in The wool markets of the United
pound. and on all the wools ana hair of
This class the value of which shall eX
coed eight cents pei pound in the gem
cral 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 i'll the value there
Of.
Il 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 un-
der the Mckinley law. by reason of which
il il; asserted hundreds of millions of
pounds of wool used in the manufacture
of clothing which properly belonged in
the tirst-class. We're imported at third
class rates Oh the representation that
they We're 10 be used in making carpets.
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Hattie of Ia:snHSnia I'nsA.

London, April 19.-Telesrams from the
war in Macedonia say that a fierce battle
ragged in Nilousna pass all Saturday
night. The Greeks, who entered and de-
scended toward the valley, encountered
four battalions of Turkish troops, who
drove them back, and at the point of the
bayonet rescued the force garrisoninS
the Turkish blockhouse, which the Greeks
had encircled before entel'iig the pass,
20C0o troops being engaged in the contest.
The Turks fought like demons the Turk
ish artillery doing splendid execution un-
der The command of Ria Pasha. Hafiz
pasla was killed.
TIE key to the Miouania pass is Me
I2o,.s a position Of the greatest import
ance, where the Turks are strongly en-
lrenched. The latest news is that the
Turkish forces still hold their ground al
that point.
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TURKEY DECLARES WAR
GRECIAN EOSTiLfTiES ON THE,
FRONTIER.
Greek Gunboat Siienccs Turkish Bat
teries-I'ierce Fight Between
the Land Forces.

Constantinonla. April 10 An official
communication to the newspapers states
tIltt tne imperial government has spared
no pans 10 preserve the peace, but that
Greece having sent troops 10 Crele in de
nance OF the wish of the powers, and
having begun hostlIties on the frontier
has compelled Turkey to defend her in
tealily and to retalate by an act OF war.
The minister OF war has given explicit
orders to Edhem Pasha in accordance
WITH an imperial decree approving tine
decision Of the council and adopting the
plan OF operations formulated by the mil
Itary commission. The TRADE throws the
entire responsibility for the war upon
Greece.
Edhem Pasha is authorized to take i'm
mediate action, defensive or offensive, in
accordance with this plan, and in the ex-
ercise Of his best iudgrnu.-t
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Boom Breaks ut Post Falls.

Spokane, April 20.-A boom containing
about 100000 feet Of pine saWlog5, belong
ing to the Spokane and Idaho Lumber
Company, broke at Post Falls, Idaho,
Yesterday For a time it was feared the
logs would do great damage when they
reached Spokane. The time consumed by
some of the logs in travelling the 20 miles
by river from Post Falls TO this city is
surprising to many. The first logs from
the broken boom reached the upriver
dam within three hours after the break
took place This indicates a current OF
Oyer L miles an hour. ------
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BISHOPS WIFE AN ODD FELLOW
Initiation Of the lady Has Created
Vi.:, Cornztcnt IN f,E.isian nG.

London April 19,-alrs. Randall David
son. wife Of the bishop of Winchester
has been initiated q member Of the Royal
Lady Mary College Of odd Fellows, at
Farnha1n 1t is said that there was no
deviation from the regular ritual on &C
count OF the high standing OF the novice
in society and the church, and that the
proverbi4l scat played a CONSPICUOUS part
in the comforting of the third degree:
Lady Mary ArlSwright, the president OF
The lodge. vas master of ceremonies and
afterwards; gave a dinner in recognition
of the valiant manner in which the Dish
ops wife went through the ordeal. Ihe
affair has created no end OF talk III hl&h
Episcopal church circles.
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7hgre are about - cases OF 'l'iit'lei l 20
in Dillon and the schools have beeA
q I'D inle.ini., Is.
Some Of Tile agents Of the cattle com
1,ani r. who have been over the ranges,
do not find the winter losses as large as
thy feared.
h4tta resumed work on the building at
It.llon ana it will be finished early IN t'e
summer.
n the creditors approve, the Merchants
National Bank Of Helena will be re-
cucncd. paying a dividend OF ~ per CEN
dawn ana the balance in SIX equal pay
12auts. -
El,tte Cinnamon have applied to the
I-nfted States court for an injunction re
s.r.;rfag The labor organization from
interfering with their business. Eminent
counsel have been retained, the SoTcEll-
1nant authorities at Washington cohsulted'
and a suit Of unusual Importance pro1n!s-
ed. ...l,.
Choteau. Cascade and Teton counties
contributed ma jority of the land entries
and final proofs fer the quarter ending
March 81. in the Helena land office.
rtn question 0f fencing the BlacEloot
r,,e,,.va1ign IS being agitated, and it seems
10 be the general wish of the Indians 10
have it enclosed within barbed Wlre
fence, so as to keep ntruders OF ana the
natives within. IhlS IS not aSlecdol7 ~
the large CattIemen, who in the past nave
,nonouolized tWo-thirds of the range
Justice Hunt, OF the supreme court OF
the state in an opinions rendered last
week in y case against a corporation, has
settled the question Of liabilities OF pftSl-
dents Of interpretations and the llabllity
Of incorporat.ors for the acts of Their
presidents Tine court holds that he
president of an incorporation has no i'm
Piled authority w virtue Of his office 10
Act as agent Of the Incorporation, but on
thc other hand must derive his power by
delegation of the board of directors, un-
less he may be acting within the ordinary
scope Of the business Of the incorpora-
tiOn.
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GREAT EXCITEMENT IN WHEAT.
war News and the Foreign Demand
Advances the Price.

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 q little
over two hours. Transactions ran up into
the millions. The shorts We're completely
stampeded. 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
lzet session May went from 13kc to lSc
and later on the curb to 19lac. The total
sales were between 6,C00. 900 and 1000 GOO.
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St. Petersburg, April 20.-ReferTlng TO
the formation of an alliance between bui-
garia. Seryia and Montenegro, it is semi
officially pointed out that the league be-
ing formed is not only for the protection
of the governments named against Iur-
key and Austria, but against pam Hellenic
aspirations in the Balkan peninsula
Therefore. it is added. Greece is unable to
count upon any support III the present
conflict from the countries indicated, anu
moreover. their respective ministers nave
positively assured Russia their govern
ments will maintain strict neutrality.