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Vol. IX. THE RIVER • doLt, RESS. t). Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, September 4, 1889. No. 45. CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER. ii ,..g e rei%es all 0% ation at Dakota Points- - 1M Mission not a Politleal One. o iia - rowN, Dak., August 28.-Con- aresaman Springer, of Illinois, arrived nere this afternoon, and was serenaded an d given a reception this evening. He made a apeech in which he said his mis- sion was not a political one. That he w as not here to _claim any particular c redit for the passage of the omnibus bill, and advised the people by all means to ratify the constitution. Mr. Springer's efforts coupled with those of ex -Gov. Ord - .way, io securing the admission of North ; itakota into the Union at the same time ! and under the same terms as South Da - ;rota are r well known, and he was ap- plauded throughout his speech. He goes to Bismarck to -morrow and will be at i Farger h u rsd ay. SPRINGER AT FARGO. at the real estate exe auge for $2:0,000. ; Col. Larnout, who was President Cleve- , i There was no other offer. land's private sec . retar_y_, was the pur- chaser. were rendered homeless. The loss of UNSPEAKABLY DISTRESSING. credentials in the hands of the committee identified with the interests of Choteau beaten for the nomination, and thought morning in time to meet the delegates to !he convention. His stay in Fargo will aot be limited and the citizens will no loullt do themselves honor by giving fiiin grand reception. BISMARcK WILL CELEBRATI•:. BISMARCK, N. D., August 'al. -Con- gressman Springer, of Illinois %%ill be here to -morrow, and the democrats are pre- paring to receive him with open arms. Inasmuch as he was chairman of the com- mittee on territories, and was tha most aanspicuous among those interested in nis famous omnibus bill, under which the territories are taking on statehood, he is a drawing card in North Dakota. He viii be invited to address the meeting on :he issue to -morrow evening. He will re- turn to Fargo to -morrow night to be pres- ent'during the meeting of the state con- . - antiofl. i .-- - county and ask the earnest support of ad it was policy upon the part of the tepub- • Vann°, N. D., August 28. --Hon William ; nized by a supplementary report of the dean party to take O'Neal upon the con- irrespective of party. Springer arrived in this city this morn- I Mrs. Maybriek. committee. Carried. 1 On motion the convention adjourned i. d Lions above stated. i Cooper wanted to know if 0.'Neal want- sine die. , ng and was entertained by the demo- ! . Smith inquired whether there were an ' .:ratic committee at breakfast. He left ' LONDON, August 30. Upon reaching Coteau°, August 31. The Rev. J. 0. S. persons present from unrepresented pre- I ia the afternoon for Jamestown and Bis- prison Mrs. Maybrick was examined by a Huntington, 0. H. C., arrived in the city ; cincts that they might be recognized as : ed the nomination. :aarek, and will return here Thursday prominent physician and upon his order this morning, en route from the Illinois ' delegates as he didn't think papers A delegate said he did. That settled it a placed in the intirinary. -411.- • _ Suggested Navy Changes. - WASHINGTON, August 30. --It is report- ed that the officers of the navy de- partment contemplate asking congress for permission to consolidate the navy ma- rine and other subsidaries of the depart- ment with the navy proper. This carries with it the condemnation and sale of all :he revenue cutters and other vessels un- lit for use in war and the building of a fleet of torpedo boats and gun boats of the fourth class and cruisers to take their n' es. REPUBLICAN CIRCULAR Issued to Catch the Votes of th • Cow Coun- ties in Montana. WASHINGTON, August 28. --The republi- :an national committee has not been idle about the campaign in the new states. A .3ircular has just been printed for circula- tion in Montana, which is designed to aid the party in that state. It bears the words \endorsed by the republican na- tional committee,\ and advocates the - res- toration of the duty on hides. It shows that in 1870, before the duty was taken off hides, the importation amounted to $10,000,00O 3 while in 1888 the importation amounted to 823,000,000. It also shows that the decrease in the price of hides has fallen from twelve and one-half cents to six cents in the same time. The circular states that one fourth of the price of a steer is the hide, and that the reduction in the price of cattle on the hoof is dike to the removal of the tariff on hides, hearing the stamp and pledge of the re- publican national commitiee to do all in As power to restore the tariff on this par- ticular production. It can have no other effect than increasing the republican ma- j ority in the cow counties of Montana. With a republican congress and republi- -an president there is a good prospect of carrying out the proposed restoration. The new state is to be flooded with this literature. This is just the beginning of a campaign which promises to be vigor- ously carried on by the republican na- tional committee. South Dakota Republicans. HURON, S. D., August 29. -The republi- 2an state convention effected a permanent organization this morning with Sol Star as chairman. In the afternoon the plat- form was adopted. It favors the adop- tion of state and national laws prohibit- ing the liquor traffic; opposes the en- .- o . oachments of corporations and trusts and demands stringent laws, state and na- tional, declaring the formation of all trusts and combinations for the purpose 'af controlling or enhancing the price of any necessaries of life unlawful and con- • trara to public policy, and providing for their suppression and the punishment of all parties intereated.therein. S. Gifford and J A. Pickier were nom- inated for congress by acclamation and Arthur C. Mellette for governor. The ticket was completed as follows: J. H. Fletcher, lieutenant governor; A. 0. Ring - Sued, secretary of state; L. C. Taylor, au- ditor; Mr. Smith, treasurer; Major Dal - lard, attorney general; G. L. Pinkham, superintendent of schools; 0. 11. Parker, land commissioner; Carson, Kellum and Bennett, supreme court judges. Fatal Railroad Accident. LEADVILLE, August 30. -The express on the South Park was derailed near Eastbrook last night by the spreading of the track and seven ears were thrown down the embankment. Josiah Gale, of Galesburg, Ill., was instantly killed. A m., August 30th, 1889. Owing to lack of THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. time to complete a thorough organization N ttttt inatcs . 11 With011i Taking a of the territory, it was decided not to nation place • a state ticket . in the field this fall TI ittee st ate centralcomm was elected; also a state executive com- mittee consisting of M. J. Hall, chairman, and E. M. Gender, of Bozeman, and W. F. cummins, of Helena. County tickets will be placed in the tield where practi- cable. The platform of the national pro- hibition tasty was endorsed. . - number of other passengers were injured Lamont's Purchase. but not seriously. - Disastrous storms. the franchises, tracks, etc., :if the Broad- - - • . way surface railroad were sold at auction ' LONDON, August 30. -Advices from Yo - kohocua state disastrous storms have re- cently occurred in Wallayania. Tan thousand persons perished in the floods following the storm and twenty thousand On motion of W. Gould Smith, Charles G. Fish was admitted as a delegate from upper High wood. Johnson, chairman of the committee on credentiale, submitted the following re- port: The adjourned meeting of the republi- can convention met at the Grand Union club rooms Saturday at 12 m., and was called to order by Chairman Lincoln. Nrav YORK. August 30. -At noon toolaa Smith suggested that the roll of pre- cincts be called by the secretary to give thoee delegates who were not present, at the first session of the convention an opportunity to answer to their names. Johnson moved that delegates who were not present at the first sessmn place their I of them objected to the medicine they I were asked to take, and Mr. 0. G. Cooper, one of the stiffest -backed and clearest- • headed republicans in the county, ex- pressed his disgust at the proposition. He wanted no democrat as candidate for sher- iff upon the ticket and suggested that no nomination be made, and that the mem- bers of the party vote for whom they please. This brought Smith again to his feet. He declared the platfi ran of the republi- can party was as broad as the great terri- tory of Montana itself; that it could take Mr. O'Neal upon it; that in taking him the party exacted no pledges from Mr. O'Neal that he would support the repub- lican ticket, nor did that gentleman re- quire pledges from the party to -support him. Ile referred to the late democratic convention in this county, in which B. F. O'Neal was a candidate for sheriff and Marias; James Wright, Turner's ranch: John Grant, Big Sandy; S. L. Potter, Du- puyer; A. C. Warner, Choteau; E. E. Par- sons, Shonkin: S. M. Walters, Eagle creek; 0. G. Cooper, B. num; Chas. Fish. Highwood; G. F. Mille-, Belleview. Smith moved that Messrs. W. J. Miner. W. S. Stocking and B. L. Powers be ap- pointed a committee to appear before the county commissioners to present the names of republicans selected by the con- vention to act as judges at the ensuing election. Carried. The following resolutions were intrc. duced by 0. G. Cooper and unanimously passed. , Resolved, We. the repu_blicans of 4'ho- team county, in county convention assem- bled. do hereby heartily endorse the ac- tion of the state convention and pledge ourselves to support the entire ticket. Resolrid, We further recognize that our candidate for governor is thoroughly property was enormous. l'ureliase ui Bonds. WasetaarroN, August 30. -The secreta- ry of the treasury to -day bought - $1,132,000 worth of government bonds. Four per cents registered at 8129. An Uncierical Act. -- PAUI„ August 30.-A Catholic priest named Quinn, of Spokane Falls, was fined 8100 in the police court yesterday on the charge of taking indecent liberties with little girls. He paid the fine. He is a teacher in the Spokane Falls catholic schools and left there to go to Baltimore to defend himself against the charge of immoral conduct He is DOW suspended. - _ Mica Mining Company. HELENA, August 31. --The first mica mining company ever formed in Montana I was organized yesterday. Articles of in- corporation for the Montana Mica Mining company were filed v,ith the secretary of the territory, with ; C. Pine, II. D. Glas- ner and Geo. M. Smedley as incorporators The capital stock is$1,000,000, divided in- to 2:10,000 shares at $4 par value. The ob- ject of the company is to work, develop and explore for mica, and to ship, sell and manufacture mica. --..-. -.- A Double Hanging. FORT SMITH, August 30.-1 double hanging occurred here to -day. The two men were Jack Spardeo, a Cherokee In- dian, and Wm. Walker, a negro. Both were murderers. Walker listened to the reading of the death warrant with seem- ing indifference. Spaniee, when the guard entered his cell to handcuff him, seized a chair and threatened to beat to death any one who touched him. his object was to induce the guards to shoot him. HERE'S THE CLOVEN HOOF. Maryland Republicans Opposed to Civil Service Laws. BALTIMORE. August 29. --Last night the federation of republican clubs of the third congressional district, which repro - dents twenty-three associations, adopted the following: Resolved, That we, as republicans, pledge ourselves not to support anyone for office. either national, state or city, who is in favor of the present odious civil service, or its application in the distribu- tion of public patronage, whereby the ma- jority of appointments are awarded to young men fresh from schools and col- leges, while active, intelligent and faith- ful men of our own party, are barred out on accout of age, or have failed to answer foolish questions not pertinent to the ser- vice in which they are seeking employ- ment. We believe that the present civil service law is a relic of European govern- ments, is injurious to party success and not at all appropriate to a republican form of government, and therefore should be repealed. Beating the Record. NEW YORK, August 30.---The new Ham- burg -American steamer Columbia to -day concluded the fastest trip on record from the Needles to Sandy Hook -time, six days, eighteen hours and twenty minutes. The previous record was six days, twenty- one hours and twenty-eight minutes. American Bar Association. CHICAGO, August 30. Bar association to -day elected Henry Hitchcock, of St. Louis, president, and a list of twenty vice presidents. Among ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 30.-- Mrs. them are President Harrison of Indituia; Mary Donnelly, theuuree stabbed by Mrs., ex -Attorney General Garland for Arkan- Robert Ray Hamilton, has been declared SAS, and Decius S. Wade for Montana. Such is the Moult in the Illinois Mining Districts. mining districts to his home in New York ; and was subjected to an interview. \The situation in the mining regions,\ said he, \is unspeakably distressing. Hun- ger and disease are abroad and death is desolating the homes of the hopeless vic- tims of this unnatural struggle. It would be hard to exaggerate the horrors which I have witnessed during my week's trip through the coal region. It is bad enough everywhere I went, but it is worse at Spring valley than elsewhere. But even there the POVERTY-STRICKEN INHABITANTS are not like the poor I am used to seeing in New York. .There is no whining; the people show intelligence and pride; even hunger has not debased their feelings, as one might expect. I am used to scenes of want, but what I saw at Spring Valley was different. It was more pitiful than anything I ever witnessed before. I went among the cottages. They are nice and are surrounded by pretty lawns and gar- dens, but the awful poverty within was shocking. Women told me that they had not so much as a piece of soap with which to clean their clothing; and their stoves were rusting for want of a little polish. Sickness is increasing, and the doctors told me the people were so ENFEEBLED BY LONG PRIVATION and anxiety that an epidemic might break out at any moment. Business is utterly dead. Merchants are giving their goods away. The people go to the drug stores for medicine, and the druggists supply them as far as may be, but take no ac- count of the purchases on their books. Despair is written everywhere, but there is determination also in the faces of the hungry men, and they .will not yield. The award of the arbitration committee was a 6. Nomination of candidate for county distinct victory for the strikers; it was a asaessor. vindication of the principle of arbitration 7. Nomination of eandidate for county and a clear endorsement of their refusal attorney. 8. Nomination of candidate for clerk of district court. 9. Nomination of candidate for super- intendent of common schools. 10. Nomination of candidate for public administrator. 11. Nominations of candidates for three county commissioners. 12. Nomination of candidate for oaro- on credentials that they may tie recog- to accept the degrading terms of the ope- rators. What is the outlook? Well, it is black enough. The mine owners profit whether the mines are operated or not. When production is lively land values rise; they sell lots at a handsome advance, the miners prosper and build houses and then hard times comes; wages are cut; a strike or lock out results; the operators repossess themselves of the miners' homes, and in due time another wave of prosperity rolls up and again the opera- tors reap a rich reward in advancing land values.\ THIS • IS RETALIATION. Moverneat to Expel all Americans from China. SHANGHAI, August 30.- -Intense excite- ment prevails amongst Americans resid- ing here in consequence of news received from Pekin that prominent Chinese offi- cials have petitioned the government for the expulsion of all Americans from the country. It is reported that Prince Chun, the father of the emperor, is advocating the expulsion of Americans. Mataafa Still Reigns. LONDON„kugust 30.-Advices from Apia, under date of July 20, state that King Malietoa declines for the present to assume the royal perogative on the grounds of illness, and Mataafa still reigns. Lynched. amounted to anything. I Roosevelt moved that a committee of three be appointad on and order of business. Carried. The chair appointed as such committee Messrs. Stocking, Warner and Potter. Smith moved that the convention ad- journ to 1:30 p. Iii. to inset at the court house. Johnson moved to amend that the con- . vention meet at the Grand Union club rooms. Carried, and the convention took a recess to 1:30 p. AFTERNOON SESSION. To the Hon. Chairman Republican Coun- ty Convention, Port Benton, Mont.: We your committee on credentials sug- gest that in addition to parties already having seats in this convention the fol- lowing named parties be admitted as del- egates: Dupuyer-S. L. Potter. Choteau-A. C. Warner. Shonkin-E. E. Parsons. Eagle Creek-Geo. M. Walters. Bynum -O. G. Cooper. Highwood C. G. Fish. lZespectfully submitted, A. C. JOHNSON, W. G. SMITH, JOHN HF.7.EKIAH. t' Smith moved that the report be adopt- - ad. Carried. ,The committee on order of business re- ported as follows: To the Chairman of the Republican Coun- ty Convention of Choteau County: ' We your committee on order of busi- ness respectfully report as folloss: 1. Nomination of candidate for state senator. 2. Nominations of candidates for two representatives in the state legislature. 3. Nomination of candidate for sheriff. 4. Nomination of candidate for county treasurer. 5. Nomination of candidate for county clerk and recorder. tier. 1.3. Nominations of candidates for township officers. 14. Nomination of county central com- mittee. W. S. STOCKING, S. L. POTTER, A. C. WARNER, 'ommittee. On motion the report was adopted and nominations for state senator Wf1.8 de- clared to be in order. Stocking nominated W. Gould Smith. A delegate nominated Major Lincoln, who declined. Johnson moved that Mr. Smith be de- clared the nominee of the convention for state senator by acclamation. Carried. Calls for Smith brought that gentleman to his feet with a speech too long for re- production in these columns. The gentle- man was heartily applauded during its delivery and at its close. REPRESENTATIVES. Stocking nominated J. M. Boardman and 0. G. Cooper nominated Samuel Mitchell. Both gentlemen were declared the nominees of the convention by accla- mation. SHERIFF. When this order of business was an- nounced by the chair W. Gould Smith arose and in a labored speech placed B. F. O'Neal in nomination for the office. It CHARLESTON, W. Va., August 30. ---John was apparent the duty was not a pleasant Tanner, a negro, who killed , e Charles one for the silver-tongued orator of the Walker in July last, was taken from the Marias, but he managed to perform the Fayetteville jail last night and lynched. grand crow eating act with as few facial distortions as could be expected under the circumstances. But it was hula:dilat- ing to the gray-haired veterans of the re- publican party, the olo iron -clads who have withstood the shock of many a dem- ocratic charge, and disdained to compro- mise with their foes or to show the white feather under the most discouraging situ- ations, to be compelled to embrace and take to their bosoms a professed demo- crat who had for years fought them in many a closely contested campaign. Sonie Out of Danger. The American Montana Prohibitionists HELENA, August 29. -The prohibition , ists of Montana met in convention at the Good Templar's hall in Helena at 9.30 a. out of danger. Hanged. 'uMBFAILAND, Md., August 30.--Gar- litee, who murdered his wife, was hung this morning. Death was instantaneous. and a motion was made to nominate .O'Neal by acclamation. When the chair- man put the motion a few faint \ayes\ ; broke the almost deathly silence which ! prevailed, while not a \no\ was heard. • Thus a republican convention of Choteau I . -county, boasting of its power to wipe the ' earth with the democratic party, made I room upon the ticket for an unrepentent, life-long enemy. When nominations for county attorney were in order a delegate named James M. Addle for the place and Mr. Addle was upon motion nominated by acclamation. Smith moved that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to wait upon Mr. Addle and inform him of his nomina- tion. The chair appointed Messrs. Smith, Johnson and cooper as such committee. Mr. Addle soon appeared and made a speech in which he said he understood the soundness of his republicanism was doubted by some. He assured the con- vention that he would prove by word and deed during the campaign that such sus- picion was without foundation in fact. He thanked the convention for the honor and retired. For clerk of the district court G. W. Crane, F. C. Roosevelt and J. C. Duff were placed in nomination. The chair appointed Messrs. Minugh, Fish and James Rowe tellers. Smith moved that the convention take a recess for five minutes. He said he wished the convention to make its nomi- nations without resorting to a ballot, and he thought a brief consultation among candidates and their friends would bring about the result. Smith's motion pre- vailed. Upon the reassembling of the conven- tion Smith announced that Mr. Crane would, for the sake of harmony, with- draw his name in favor of Duff. Cooper said he came down from Cho- teau for his friend Warner, and if ballots were to be taken he wanted Warner to be placed in nomination. Roosevelt moved that the convention proceed to an informal ballot for clerk of the district clerk. Carried. The result was announced as follows: Roosevelt, 6; Duff, 7; Warner, 4. The chair ordered a regular ballot to be taken, and while members were voting Mr. W. J. Miner announced that Duff withdrew his name in favor of Warner. A new ballot was ordered and before it was commenced Cooper withdrew the name of Warner. Warner moved that Roosevelt be nom- inated by acclamation. Carried. na The : following is the full ticket norm- ted For state senator W. Gould Smith. For representatives J. M. Boardman and Samuel Mitchell. For sheriff B. F. O'Neal. Treasurer W. J. Minar. Clerk and recorder Charles E. Miller. For assessor, Chas. W. Cooper. County attorney James M. Addle. Roose- velt. Clerk erk of the district court F. C. Roose- Public administrator C. W. Ayres. Coroner Wm Copestick. Superintendent of common schools MISS Mary E. Finnigan. County commissioners: W. L. Lincoln. C. W. Gray and G. D. Patterson. For justices of the peace, township No. 1., T. C. Burns and B. L. Powers. Constables L. alinugh and Al Rowe. cENTRAL COMMITTEE. Smith moved that Jere Sullivan be made chairman and G. W. Crane secreta- ry and treasurer of the central committee. Carried. Smith moved that the delegates pres- ent select one committeeman from each precinct represented. Carried. The following selections were made and unanimously elected as members of the Choteau county republican central com- mitt ee: Jere Sullivan, chairman; G. W. Crane, secretary and treasurer; W. L. Lincoln. Chinook; L. Min ugh, )(antic; J. H. Rowe, RUSSELL HARRIsON. Rod in Pickle for the Voting Man Held I rushy. The approaching political campaign in Montana promises a good deal ot discom- ' fort to the Harrison • administration, in that it is likely to unmask some of Prince Russell's political intriguery, - which will not put the federal administration in a very favorable light before the country. Col. Schuyler Crosby. the ex -governor of Montana, is down east looking up some evidence to be used in the trial of his case against Russell Harrison, and he has been telling the newspapers that he has a rod iii pickle for Russell IIarrison that will warm the young man's jacket in fine style and will cause him to regret that he ever came in contact with a MONTANA BUZZ SAW. He lets it drop out incidentally that he has some matters in course of develop- ment that will be more than interesting for some of Russell's retainers, among whom are included such well known poli- ticians as ex -Secretary McCutcheon, C. W. Cannon, Wilbur F. Sanders, the pros- pective senator from Montana, and Wil- liam Sprague, of Conkling-shot gun no- toriety. Co!. Crosby declines to go inta- details at present, but assures the New York newspapers that when the proper time comes he will furnish the public with a DISH OF HASH of most unsavory quality, and that the Russell Harrison gang will all be in the dish. In the meantime the politicians of Montana are all preparing to enjoy (ros- by's promised feast. It is nuts to the democrats and scarcely less relishable 1 ,, the republicans who resented young Harrison's attempt at establishing a re- publican dictatorship in Montana. Prob- ably the truth of the whole matter is that the Sanders -McCutcheon combination had a scheme to make a STOOL PIGEON of young Harrison as a means of con- trolling the federal patronage to their personal and political ends, and the young fellow had no more sense than to be worked by them. His pa did not get him away from Montana a moment to soon. and if he could secrete the young man in some out of the way place in the Alps un- til after the old man's term expires it would surely promote the welfare of tbe Harrison administration. -St. Paul Globe Marshal Nos le. Washington special: There is one man in Washington who has occasion to re- member Deputy Marshal Nagle, who shot Judge Terry in California recently. That man is O'Brien Moore, correspondent of the St. Louis Republic. Moore was edi- tor of the Tombstone Ariz)( Epitaph se , eral years ago and Nagle was marshal of the place. One day Nagle shot a man. and Moore denounced the act as a cold- blooded murder, and it was a shame that Nagle was protected by his position. Na- gle went gunning for the editor and found him on the street. Several shots were exchanged. Moore lost the end of a finger and Nagle was shot through the neck. Nagle's wound was quite serious and he promised to renew the tight when he recovered, but he never has. The man Nagle killed -was a personal friend of Moore's, and the shooting of Judge Terry has not increased his admiration for the man. BALFOUR'S PROPOSAL. Irish Protestants Will Determinedly Op- pose It. -- BELFAST, August 30.-- -A crowded meet- ing of Protestants was held here to -night to protest against Mr. Balfour's latest proposal to endow a Catholic university in Ireland. Grand Master of Oriingetnen Kane was among the speakers, and he de- nounced the government in measured terms for its cowardly surrender. His language was most bitter in condemning the scheme, and he declared that Mr. Balfour's proposal would meet with op- position on the part of all- Irish Protes- tants.
