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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-04

Little Rock, Ark. Jan. 3.-C0mmuni-
cation was recstahlshed with all Of the
towns south of here on the Iron Noun
tain to-day and the reports indicate
the greatest suffering by last nights
storm was In the town Of Benton.
where half a dozen small frame houses
were demolished and several freight
cars standing at the station were over
turned. Several persons were more or
less injured and many had narrow es-
capcs and thrilling experiences. hut no
fatalities occurred. II seems the storm
was severest In the southern portion
ot the state and IL Is not unlikely that
casualties occurred In some of the nu-
mcrous lumber camps In that section.
All the towns between Little Rock
and TeXarkana suffered more or less
damage, and reports from the country
give several instances Of damage To
farm houses The rainfall over the
southern portion of the state was the
heaviest In years. The railroads in
many places are under water, hut
trains are now running nearly ON time.
The rainfall at Little Rock continued
until carly this morning, the prcCipita-
tion being more than four inches. The
streets were flooded and in many por-
tions Of the city the water stood To the
depth of foot in many buildings. In
Firth street the water is foot and a
half deep and II crossed Fifth. flooded
Isenbergs dry goods store and other
business places. Ninth and Main was
"A sea Of water for hours reaching IL
depth of u foot. Water street was "A
roaring river from Chester east To May.
carrying everything before IT,
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INDIAN LANDS.
PIatt Will Take n stand Against the Free
Homestead Bill.

Homestead Bin.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Platt will
on Tuesday present the minority report
of the senate committee on Indian RfiIirs
in opposition to the free homestead hill.
which heads the calendar. The report op-
poses the bill on general grounds OF the
vast expense its adoption would entail
upon the government. Commencing with
the year 1889. he says the government
has purchased 3. 20 80 acres OF lands
from the Indians, agreeing 10 pay S.S,eGl.-
l47 for IL, and besides $,.VOO,U0O set apart
was II trust fund for the berefit OF the ln
dams of the great Sioux reservation.
"If." says the report. ''all the land al
ready opened 10 settlement upon Indian
r. reservations heretofore Cedcd shall hc
taken up. the sum 10 be paid, therefore,
by the settlers will be s55.;Sl.06 This bill
proposes 10 release the settlers from the
payment OF this sum-
The report calls attention TO the fact
that il was provided In the acts bearing
uron those settlements with the different
tribes of Indians that settlers should pay
sufficient Tor the lands 10 reimburse the
government for the money paid the In
dians. Several million acres OF land are
embraced in these pending agreements.
The bill as II passed the house only ap-
piled TO lands In Oklahoma. but the
amendments made 10y the senate commit
tee are extended 10 all ceded indian
lands. the amount being more than three
times that contemplated IN the bin ds
il passed the house. All the lands on the
Indian reservations thus opened for set
tlcment have been paid for by the gov
eminent before the opeUing OF the same,
except in the ease OF the Cherokee out
let. where payment was TO be- made m
iuslallncuts and the sum OF Ya>lU .
still remains unpaid. ard In case OF the
Sioux. chippewa and Colville reserv1
tons, where the Indians are to be- paid
as the government shall receive money
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Nooringsport Disaster.

Shreveport. La. Jan. 3.-There is lit
tie to add to the Mooringsport disaster
reported last night. The relief train ar
rived this morning with the following
named wounded who were conveyed to
the hospital: Mrs. Susan Head. body
bruised. cash in abdomen and skull
fractured, Mrs. X. q. Morgan. three
scalp wounds and badly bruised: Mrs.
Morgans child, skull broken; Emma
Morgan, skull fractured; Alice Good
man. skull fractured and broken arm:
paralee Goodman. body bruised. Claude
Goodman. arm fractured. Mrs. Jesse
Goodman. scalp wound and bruised
body: Jordan Robertson. colOred.
shoulder and arm broken. Two of the
four Goodman children killed were
found 100 yards from their home with
their clothes stripped from their bodies.
which were bruised and mangled. OF
the number al the hospital Mrs. Nor
gan's child and Mrs. Head have little
chance of recovery. The wounded are
receiving all the attention and care
that can be given. The path of the
storm was narrow and short. hut terri
blc and destructive. \ number OF
horses. cattle aud hogs We're killed
The body of a man who was blown
from a bridge has been recovered, but
is not identified.
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Rain and snow.

Chicago. Jan. 3-From all parts Of
the West reports Of damage by food
and storm during the last - hours are
coming. In Illinois heavy rain has fall
len. streams are flooded, making the
roads impossible and damaging win
ter wheat. Wheat has been damaged
badly by the "A hours rain and the
roads are impossible. The Sangamon
river is rising. threatening destruc-
ton L. thousands of bushels Of corn. Il
has rained for 50 hours and is still rain
ing hut growing colder
In Northern Michigan the rain is also
severe Near Menominee II has rained
for Is hours. Logging has been sus-
pended lee gOrges at Fisher and other
points on the Nenominer river threaten
serious consequences To Menominee
and Marinette.
In Minnesota a blizzard ragged all
day with alternating rain and sleet.
south Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm. which prevailed all lay yester-
day. The snow driftcd and railroad
blockade Is feared. Nebraska Is suf-
f.rlng from the worst blizzard II has
experienced for years. Snow was Il
riches ON the level last night and the
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ENVELUPED IN FOG
FOR a While New York Couldn't See
Her Hand Before Her.
BOATS DIDN'T TRY TO MOVE
storms In the East, Middle West
and South he Victims of
the Mooringsport cyclone
Cold In rlaces,

New York, Jan. S.-At Q o'clock to-
night a dense fog which hung over this
city. the harbor and North and East
rivers lifted. and traffic which had been
impched ON water and land was re-
sumed. with few exceptions the fer
rics shut down absolutely for the great
~ part II the day aud travellers leaving
for the West and other points, by way
of the Jersey railroad terminals, suf-
fcrcd great deal OF inconvenience and
annoyance,
During the past "A hours the waters
on the Upper and Lower hay have been
.enveloped in a dense fog. Not vessel
has passed In through the nurrOws
since sunrise this morning. Several
steamers are due to arrive In port to-
day and no doubt they are waiting out
side Sandy Hook and Scotland llghtship
Tor the fog To lit. rather than attempt
80 hazardous n thing as finding the
way into port la such weather. At
Quarantine the weather mas been dark
and gloomy and the fog So dense that
objects could not he seen 30 feet away
from the shore. Navigation has been
almost entirely suspended, being con-
ilned 10 II few tugs that. with much
difficulty, picked their way down the
bay and managed Ia reach Quarantine
safely. where they were satisfied to tie
up AT the wharf and not take the risk
of preceding further down the bay as
had been the original intention.
The steamers Orinoco and Sirius
which arrived and anchored m Quar-
antine last evening stili remain fog
bound off that place, their command
ers deemlng II more prudent To wait
until the fog clears. The Wilson line
faaatf a.rt.
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BILLS IN THE HOUSE
Congress Nay Do Something AbOu,
the Pacific Railroads.
THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION
The Debates Are Expected to Be
of Lively Nature-Not Much
In sight for anxious
Cubans.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The house win
get down TO serious business as soon
as it reassembles after the holiday re-
cess on Tuesday. Probably the two
most important pieces OF general legis-
lation TO be acted upon at the short
session have been made special orders
and will consume the entire week. They
are the Loud bill. to amend the laws
relating to second-class mall matter so
as TO prevent the shipment OF books
and serial publications In connection
with newspapers at cent per pound
rate and to cut off the newspapers
sample copy privilege, and the bill pre-
pared by the Pacific railroad commit
tee to fund the debts of the Pacific
railroads and extend their payment for
90 years AT . per cent. The funding hill
has already been debated one day, and
under the order adopted the debate Will
continue Tuesday aud Wednesday and
the bill will be brought to u vote on
the latter day at o'clock. The Pa
cific railroad bill will be taken up on
Thursday. The general debate will
continue until Friday evening. ON SAT-
urday the bill will he open to amend
ment under the five-minute rule and
On Mpnudy lne vote VIII ne taken ON
the bill and pending amendments.
The fate of the measure VIII deter
mine whether the government will
foreclose It's mortgages on the Union
and Central Pacific. Both OF these
roads have defaulted and President
Cleveland served notice In So many
words in his message To congress that
unless some congressional action was
taken Immediately steps would he
taken under the authority of the pres
ent law to protect the governments in
terest by foreclosure proceedings. The
friends Of the roads realize fully that
this is the last chance they will have
To accomplish the funding of the debt
for which they have striven for 10
years and they will use all their in
lluence In its behalf. But the bill has
also many bitter enemies. especially la
the West and on the Pacific coast. Mr..
Powers of Vermont. chairman uf the
committee, will be its principal cham
pion on the floor, while Mr.. Sulzer 0f
New York and Mr. Mcguire of Califor-
MIA will lead the opposition. Both
sides are now figuring on majority
and the fate of the bill is in grave
doubt. The debate is expected to he of
very lively nature, and there may be
some sensational incidents.
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Currency statement.

Washington. Jan. 3-The monthly
statement issued by the comptroller Of
the currency. shows the amount of ma
tiOnal hank notes outstanding at the
end nf the year 20 have been s235. 176.-
3Si. an increase for the month OF s.6i.-
96S. and for the l. months Of s2l. .9iS. $50.
the circulation outstanding. based on
United States bonds. was 2i5.S50. 800.
decrease for the month of s75s.3 .377. an
increase for the l. months Of SIS. 234. =
iI7 The amount ~ circulation secured
by lawful money was fl9,I26.01l. an in
crease for the month OF sl053. 655, and
a decrease for the year OF S3.2S5, 5s7.
The amount of United States register.
ed bonds on deposit To secure circula-
ting notes was .s3s $50. and to Sc
cure public deposits sl5.9eS. 600.
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Al HANNA's hoME.
Mr.. Mckinley Goes To Chureh-He Wants
to lie Left Alone.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 3.-Presdent-
elect Mckinley passed very quiet
Sunday at the home of ". A. Hanna,
This morning Mr.. Mckinley attended
the Franklin avenue NJ. +. church. His
presence at the church was not an>
nounced in advance, and there was no
increase in the attendance. The pas
tor. Rev. Or. Lewis, in his opening
prayer, asked divine blessing upon
those called to high places. When Mr.,
Mckinley returned from church he
was greeted at Mr.. Hanna's home 10y
Senator Cullom. who had stopped for
short visit on his way 10 Washington,
The senator and Mckinley held short
conference. In the afternoon few Of
the close personal friends of the presl-
dent-elect called upon him, II is the
intention of Mr.. Mckinley 10 devote
the coming week To the outlining of
his inaugural message, and for that
reason he desires 10 bc left undisturbcd
as much as possible.
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SIG FIRE.
The Loss VIII Foot Up About steo.eoe-
Persons Injured.

Nashville, Tenn. Jan. About
O'Clock this morning the fire which orif-
mated in the dry goods store of Leeeck
Brothers at IL o'clock saturday WAS w
der control Nine stores and the soon
end of the city market house, conts A.
ing offices of the heads OF the city ae-
partment, were destroyed. Losses anu
insurance are not yet fully oetAl aose-
The total insurance is somewnat IN ea-
cess of $500. 900. The total loss esu-
mated at from S375.OOo 10 sso~ov. ine
origin OF the fre has not oeeh assr
talned. Several tlrcmen we.s lnls'eu
by falling walls. Charles lhofnlS"n,
cashier. ard J. Il. Carr. tasnSset ,, ei tne
Stief Jewelry coIupany' "efe "'"is IA
Jured by falilng Walls.
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Manila News.

Madrid Jan. 3-Advices from Manila
state that three blEs and gunboat
with 600 troops have dislodged body
of rebels who occupied portions of the
harbor works. IL Is reported that sew
eral insurgent prisoners will he shot
at Minalla tomorrow and the public
prosecutor has asked that the death
penalty he imposed upon II others who
We're tried yesterday. The reports from
Manila state also that the revelations
brought about during the trial have
created n sensation. one insurgrnt
said he knew japan intended to send "A
squadron to the PHILIPPINES and to rec
ognize the insurgents as belligerents.
provided the whole Of the provinces
Joined In the rebellion
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Senate Forecast.

Washington, Jan. 3.-I}eyond the fact
that the bill providing for free home
steads on former Indian reservations
on the calendar is the diminished busi-
ness the senate has no programme for
this week. There is liable tn be a sharp
clash of interests in the effort Ia Sc
cure consideration. and a possibility
that this clash may develop an inter-
esting situation. The friends of the
Pacific railroad funding bill will make
an effort to get that measure up for
consideration unless they conclude that
in doing so they may impair ita
chances of passage.
Until the past day or two 1t appears
certain that the Cuban resolutions
would be sprung Immediately after the
beginning Of business on Tuesday. II
is now possible. even probable, that
both questions will go over, at least for
a few days. II the movement To have
the committee on foreign relations
again consider the question as TO when
II shall he taken up prevails, the qucs-
ton cannot he raised until after the
committee meeting on Wednesday, and
the advocates of delay are becoming
quite sanguine that If they succeed in
preventing consideration until Wednes-
day they Will secure a still further
postpOnemcnt.
Senator Gear. chairman of the Pacific
railroads committee, Is doubtful Of the
advisability of pressing for the Consid-
Grafton of his funding bill until after
the action of the house on the same
measure and way wait upon that body.
If he does not delay on this account he
will make an effort to get the hill M
on Tuesday or Immediately after the
homestead bill shall he disposed or
If either the Pacific bill or the Cuban
resolution secures consideration there
will be a sharp contest and much ami
mated debate. The homestead bill Will
be opposed by Senator Plat and others
while Senator Pettigrew will take the
lead in its advocacy.
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81. Louis. Jan. 3.-The heavy rain
which has been falling IN this vicinity
for the past two days continued until
this evening. when a cold wave set In
and the temperature dropped 30 To 40
degrees In n short time, The heavy
rains have caused the rivers on both
sides of the Mississippi To- rlsc above
the danger mark. Al tichland. Mo.
the Gasconade river Is all over the low
bottoms and is rising AT the rate of an
inch an hour. Hundreds OF acres of
wheat and corn in the shock have al
ready been washed away.
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AXTELL ACQUITTED
THE VERDICT is APPROVED BY
THE MANS FRIENDS.
New County Omcinis VIII Take Their
Positions To-Day-The
Roster.
Special Dispatch to the standard.

Spfflhl W tHt
Philipsburg, Jan. 3.-The jury In the
Axtell case was out about two hours
and brought in verdict acquittIng the
defendant. Undoubtedly the verdict Is
popular one and gives much pleasure
to the many friends OF Mr.. Axtell.
Tomorrow Is change day for the
county officers Of this county and the
new officials and their deputies are as
follows: sheriff. Finlay Mcdonald:
under sheriff. Peter Clark; clerk and
recorder Daniel Arms, deputy. Mrs.
Arms. assessor, William Neu, clerk Of
the court. \. A. Fairbairn: treasurer.
James X. Parlce. by appointment until
March 4. superintendent OF schools.
Miss Mary Smith. Now that the cam
paign has blown away, II is admitted
that all Of the retiring officers have
been efficient. capable and Obliging and
have administered their respective Of
fees for the best interest OF the tax
payers OF the county.
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Wages of Ohio Miners Gut.

MassiliCn. Ohio. Jan. 3.-Noticcs have
been posted az all the mines In the Mas
sllon district OF u reduction i'm the prices
OF pick mining from II cents TO 81 cents
per ton. The notice says rate OF ~ cents
has been agreed upon In Pennsylvania
under the long-establishcd system, where
by the Ohio rate is cents less than that
OF the Pittsburg district, therefore the
5l-cent rate win bc maintained under cx-
listing conditions. About 1000 men are
now out. hut II Is thought they will re-
sumo work and continue TIL after the
Joint meeting Of operators and miners at
Columbus Jan. T.
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ONLY AN OPINION
THOMAS LOVELACE BELIEVES
MACEO is ALIVE.
He SAYS Tie Is Convinced That the Cuban
LiNcs-INccutiun Of
Insurgents.

Kansas City. Jan. 3.-Thomas Love-
lace, second lieutenant Of the Soledad.
which was wrecked off the north coast
Of South America last October. Is
spending q few days here with his
mother. while wrecked. Loyelace
spent three days at Havana and has
just returned from the Cuban coun-
try. He talked Interestingly with "A re-
porter. and when asked regarding the
reported death of Maceo, said: Il am
convinced Maceo is not dead. In my
opinion the story of his death was pro-
mugatcd by the insurgents them
selves. The Namoose, thai sailed from
New York and is at present detained
at Key West. can make 2s knots an
hour. and | have some pretty reliable
information that her object was To-
convey Maceo To the other side OF the
island, where he might join Gomez and
the two plan the campaign together. |
have not the slightest doubt in fact
that Muceo is recovering from his
wounds. The insurgents win take no
aggressive action until his complete
recovery.
In three days at Havana ! saw 6S
insurgents executed on a sandbar near
the ship. They stood the prisoners up
in squads Of or 10 and then one So
ldier was selected 80 pick them OF one
at a time. just as though they were
shooting rats. The prisoners We're in
all sorts of attitudes while the shoot
ing was going on. some We're kneelng
in prayer, others were standing erect
but none of them showed any signs oi
fear. The prisoners ranged In age from
boys who could not have been over 4
to gray-headed men. None OF the exc
cutions lasted long. I saw one squad
Of 10 men shot down in about L. min.
utes. At one time 1 saw three officers
of the insurgents executed and they
were allowed n volley from 10 soldiers
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uenth In "a Iandslide,

ST. Louis. Jan. 3.-The Missouri Pa
Ciiir freight No. ran into landslide
near New Haven. Mo. e. miles west nf
here. at 2:3p o'clock this morning, kill
ing Engineer Homer Evans. Fireman
Henry llookup and brakeman J. r.,
Mcqueen, all Of this city. The loco
motive and - ears went into the Mis-
souri, river along which the track ran.
The landslide was caused 10y the heavy
rains.
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Omaha, IAN. 3-The storm which he
gan here Saturday morning still RACES
undated. There has not been much
snow as yet nor IL the temperature
very low huI tho high wind has driven
the light SNOW into deep drifts. only
two and onr-half Inches of snow has
fail, n here. From all over the state
and South Dakota come reports Of snow
and high winds, Telegraph and train
service is imncdcd to "A considerable
extent The worst trouble experienced
by the rairuads Is with snow drifts In
the yards.
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E. C. MACLAY.
The well-known Pioneer business Man
Died ON the Train.

Special Dispatch 20 the Standard.
Great Falls. Jan. Edward G.. Mac
lay a prominent business man OF this
city and L pioneer of Montana. died
suddenly on the train tonight between
Big sandy and Benton. He was appar-
emily In his usual health on the train.
lie was returning from a business trip
To ST. Louis. While smoking he sud-
denly complained of being III ana a
moment later he fell against Commis-
sioner Deylin. The blood spurted from
his nose and mouth and he died within
five minutes. A telegram was sent to
Doctor Atkisson OF Fort Benton, but
before the train reached that station
he was dead. lie was prominent in bus
mess circles for 30 years. The body
was brought here and taken to the
family residence.
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wind piled great drifts six and seven
feet high. Trains are delayed In the
vicinity of Hastings, Last night a
binding snow was falling and a sharp
wind blowing. At Grand Island there
was five feet Of snow in the Union Pa
citic yards.
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Three Train Men Killed.

st. Louis, Jan. s.-Some time this aft
ernoon freight train on the Missouri
Pacific railroad was deralled on Il
bridge near New Haven. six miles east
Of here and thrown into the river.
Three train men Were Killed.
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Philadelphia. Jan 3.-Theodore
Georg" Wornley. ~ D.. Ph. D..
l.. l.. D.. the distinguished chemist, died
to-day at his home in this city. aged 20
years. His death was due To gastritls.
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Kansas city. Jan. 3.-rhe first bliz-
zard of tn" season prevails in Western
Missouri, throughout Kansas and in
the territories. the trains NJ many
points IN Kansas being stalled by snow
drifts
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Another Report rhat n.e.o Lives.

Paris. Jan. The Paris edition Of
the Herald states that II can guarantee
the accuracy OF the rews which IL pre-
sents that Antonio Maceo is still alive
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4 Cardinal Dead.

Naples. Jan. cardinal Archbishop
Of Naples Is dead.