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RIVER RESS. ol. VIII. Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, March 7T, 1888. No.

2. WHICIH CONVICT IS IT? One of Themn Doing Time at Deer Lodge to be Taken to Kansas and Tried for Murder. Governor Leslie has just received a peculiar communication about a very remarkable case. The peculiarity of the former is that it mentions neither names, places nor dates, and the request is remarkable in that it asks the governor to pardon a convict serving time in the territorial penitentiary at Deer Lodge in or Jer that he may be taken to another state to be tried for his life. It seems from the letter to Governor Leslie that some time since a man was arrested for the attempted murder of two men in Montana.

The county is not specified nor the date of the occurrence given. Both of-the intended victims were shot, but neither of them fatally. The convict Iwas tried, convicted and sent up for five years. During the time he has been imprisoned it has been definitely learned that he is guilty of having murdered a man in Missouri, and that he also murdered a public oflicer of Kansas and wounded another in the same state. A clear case has been found against him in reference to the Kansas murder, and the authorities now desire to have the man pardoned from Deer Lodge in order that he may be taken to Kansas and tried for his letter, which simply asked Governor if he would pardon the man on proper representations being made to him, giving as the reason for ask-.

ing it that by the expiration of the man's term the witnesses might be dead or out. of the country, was signed by a public of- i ticer of Montana, but the governor refused to divulge who it is, least it might defeat the ends of justice. Gov. Leslie replied to the yesterday, saying that if he had positive assurances from the authorities of Kansas that the convict would be tried for the offense and that it was shown to him that there was a chance of conviction he would granta pardon. It is therefore probable that the men who are working up the case will take steps at once to put all necessary information on the su.b)ject before the chief executive of the rritory.

--Independent. Arrested for Using Giant Powder Instead of Fish Poles. Forty-six Chinamen camped on the Davis ranch, Bitter Root railroad, were arrested Monday charged with killing trout with giant powder. They were brought in by Sheriff Heyfron and lodged on the second floor of the court house, which was converted into a temporary jail. Hearing yesterday was postponed until to-day.

It is asserted that these Chinamen have been killing fish by the wholesale, and the rod and gun club have taken the matter in hand and propose to enforce the law. The club will see that all provisions of the law are enforced, and it is understood that they will stop the dumping of sawdust into the trout streams. Probably there is no mill man man in the county so poor as to be unable to take care of his sawdust, but ui so, the club will give him the necessary Times. Quite Possible. The Bozeman Courier of recent date remarks with a sigh: Only fifteen marriage have been issued by the probate judge since the new law took effect, Sept.

ist, 1887, which don't speak very well for the marrying proclivities of Gallatin county 'esidents. The charge for a license is the r. mrinal sum of $2. It Ais possible that if the law were reversed and a bounty paid where a tax, is now required we might work up quite a boom. A Cattle Deal.

The Yellowstone Journal says: Mr. Luthur J. Whitney has closed a deal by which he transfers his stock ranch and cattle to the Howes, Strevell Miles Cattle company. The figure paid for the stock cattle was $20 a head, with spring calves thrown in. The ranch was sold for a nominal figure.

Mr. Whitney does not intend leaving the country but will engage in other business. The Last of It. The small-pox seems 4o have run its course in Butte, and it has been almost two weeks now, since the last batch of new cases. Nearly all the patients who were first taken have entirely recovered.

The county physician does not expect any more cases. In this connection it may be stated that nearly everybody in Butte has been vaccinated, and the sore arm epidemic is also about over. Applicants for vaccination are now few and far between. --Inter Mountain. 1-------Killed at Last.

"The Lynx of Chestnut Valley" is kill- I ed. This lynx has defied for months the sportsmen of the valley. He has been a growing fat on the prey which he found on his predatory excursions. The other day Robert Chestnut was out on a sport- i ing trip. He saw the famous lynx and marked him for his own.

Taking careful aim he fired and in a moment the lynx rolled over dead. The ball had struck it in the side. Mr. Chestnut sent the dead animal to his friend, County Clerk Matkin, who has transferred it to Mr. Sinclair.

He has skinned the animal, which will soon adorn his collection of zoological specimens. The lynx weighed 39 pounds, and had teeth which interlocked viciousSly. Henceforth there will be less anxiety in the Chestnut valley. Robert Chestnut is a veteran sportsman. He has been in valley since 1864 and is known far and wide as a good -Montana's Christening.

The Helena Herald says: Col. Dolman, of Butte, some time ago wrote to a friend a in the east to procure from ex-Governor 3 McClurg, of Missouri, a statement as to the origin of the name Montana, Mr. Mcs Clurg having been a member of the house committee on territories at the time Mon- tana was organized. The gentleman was communicated with on the subject and the following was his reply: LEBANON, December 5, 1887. 1 Senator Thos.

H. Carroll: 1 DEAR slip enclosed to me 3 by you taken from a Montana paper gives as good and correct a statement as to how 1 Montana got its name as can, I think be found. The name was given by the house Icommittee on territories in view of the real, or then supposed, features of the Scountry. The name seemed appropriate: I and was and is euphonious. The house did not therefore change the name, but passed the bill as introduced by the com- mittee.

I had the honor to be one of that committee: but the credit for the beautiful name is due to Hon. James M. Ashley, of Ohio. May its beauty never be tarn-ished. Truly your friend, J.

W. MCCLURG. SHOT IN WYOM ING. D. C.

Dye, Formerly of Eillings, Dies at Arland Postoflice Billings special: News has been received here that on the 22nd ult. D. C. Dye was killed by Victor Arland at Arland postoffice, on the Stinking WaterI river, 140 miles from Billings. The parties are well known here, and Dye's violent death excited no surprise, as he had frequently been an actor in gun fights of less tragic termination.

In the early days of Billings he was steward and his wife waitress at the Windsor hotel. He was extremely jealous of the attentions paid his wife, who was fond of the admiration which her personal attractions secured. Several times he was imprisoned for ill treating her. They removed from there to Wyoming, where they kept a ranch and restaurant. Arland kept a store at Crossing Stinking Water, and is a merry Frenchman, respected and of peaceable disposition.

The day before the encounter Dye had a fight at Arland's I place with some Lothario whose name is not learned, and it was on Dye's return from his ranch, armed with a deadly Winchester to take revenge on his adversary, that Arland interposed to prevent a breach of the peace, and had to kill his man to do it. So far as heard no steps have been taken to arrest Arland, whose action is considered by neighbors justified in self defense. Mother Goose and Her Family. The entertainment given Friday night by the children of the public school was a decided success in every particular. The house was crowded with the fond parents and numerous friends of the little ones, as well as our citizens generally and many strangers who were in town.

To enter into a detailed account of the performance would require more time and space than we can devote to it this evening. Let it be sufficient to say that the exercises were delightfully rendered, and not a hitch occurred in the entire programme. The children, large and small, were perfect in the parts assigned to themnand in acting, singing and recitation fairly covered themselves with glory. Professor Danks and the assistant teachers are entitled to great credit for having in such a short time so admirably drilled and trained, the several classes in the different pieces. The entertainment will be repeated to-night with a more extended programme.

Let every one attend and encourage the children in the good. The object sought to be obtained is a good one; to add needed volumes to the school library and secure charts and other articles needed for the use of the school. Still They Come. The Toronto Mail says that last year" neally six hundred families emigrated to the United States from the district covered by the American consulship at Toronto, and took with them in cash and effects about $1,750,000, and adds that the exodus from the dominion is a notorious and painful fact. and that the only honest course is to look the truth in the face and cast about for some better remedy than high taxation.

TREMENDOUS EXCITEnMENT IN HELENA. A Wonderful Spring Creates the Agitation, But Fond Hopes are Disappointed. For some time past the officials of the United States assay office at Helena have observed a rich and delectable flavor in 1 the fluids drawn from the faucets of their water pipes, which not only, tickled the palate but produced a singularly pleasing effect upon the nervous system. As a Sconsequence the liquid became rapidly 1 popular with Uncle Sam's employes, who did little else than stand about the generous fountain and draw their regular salaries. Soon the matter leaked out, and an inquisitive public began to inquire the occasion of the strange phenomenon.

An eminent scientist hearing of the matter, concluded, after sampling the goods, that i an everflowing spring of pure whisky had burst from the earth, and thereby "troubled" the waters. This announcement created the wildest excitement among the Helena millionaires. Green Preuitt, Charley Cannon, Mrs. Howard and Bloody Knife, at once started out prospecting for the source of the wonderful spring. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union 3 met in extra session and passed burning resolutions denouncing intemperance and demanding the right of female suffrage.

A. J. Davidson called a special meeting of the board of trade, which adopted a pre. amble and resolutions as follows: Whereas, An unfailing spring of pure and unadulterated whisky now bursts 3 forth from Mount Helena; and, Whereas, No such miracle has occurred in the world's history since Moses smote i the rock, which produced nothing but water for the thirsting Israelites; and, Whereas, We have plenty of water but no good liquor; and, Whereas, By mixing the two we can supply the universe with a healthful, bracing tonic, warranted to cure indigestion, consumption chilblains, childrens diseases, croup, corns and convulsions; and. Whereas, The value of corner lots must thereby rapidly appreciate; and, Whereas, The whole world will now flock to this mighty city; therefore be it, Resolved, That a day be set apart and especially designated, as one of rejoicing, and that the business men of Helena are hereby requested to close their places of business on said day, and devote the hours thereof, to assisting the United Staes officials at the assay office in earnin their salaries, by standing around the faucet and partaking of the tempting berarage; and be it further, Resolved, That the secretary of the board of trade be authorized and is hereby instructed to issue a new pamphlet which will, in fitting language, desceibe the magnificent location and delightful climate of the various additions, lying nine or ten miles out of town, and to particularly state that similar springs can be found on every lot in the glorious city of Helena.

The above resolutions were adopted amid tremendous applause, and th6 mem- 1 bers thereupon adjourned to sample the waters, stopping for a few moments at Marks' sideboard to get a bracer before making the experiment. Recent developI ments have caused much sadness in the tents of Helena millionaires, which is more fully explained in an extract from the Helena Herald, which appears in another column. Wormwood and Gall. An investigation of the East Side Water companies pipe at the assay office yesterday revealed the fact that it was completely clogged with a mass of worms, rotten wood, bugs, creepers, weeds and dirt, all in a partial state of decomposion, and smelling so foul that the room had to be fumigated, before the workmen could proceed with their unenviable task of cleaning the pipe. Finally the mass of filth was removed and dumped into the sink, where it formed a pile of rottenness fully a foot in diameter and three inches high.

And all this came out of a two inch pipe. It had accumulated there during the winter, and all the water used in the assay office had first to percolate thiA nasty mess, before it could be drawn fism the faucet. The worms, bugs, have been put into bottles (and they nearly filld two quart bottles) and will be sent the Board of Health as a sample of what East Side water is flavored with. Afr the Board gets through with them thoy will be donated to the Montana Historical Society as a nucleus for an entomological museum. Well, the Woolston water is promised by the first of April and we must be content to live on worm diet for a month Herald.

Sultry Weather in Dakota. A gentleman who arrived from the east last evening remarked: "No, there; js no snow in Minnesota or Dakota, bait we were delayed four days between Villistown and Minot, by drifts that weres left over from last winter." "Is the weather soft and sensuous?" asked a reporter. 'Decidedly so. Trees are btiding, boating is a regular amusement, and Sunday school picnics are the regular of the day." "I thought you left St. Paul wih a partner, also a commercial mans.

"So I did; but one day the lunati ent out on the depot platform to the pulse of the thermometer. While he was hunting up zero, a gentle zephyr from the north froze him stiff. When the train pulled out he was still standing there as natural as life, a monument as it were, to the delights of winter climate in that torrid zone. Will Not Down. The Daily Butte Inter Mountain of the 2nd says: A young man named HumL phrey has been taken charge of by the county physician and sent to the pest I house, having a well developed case of -small-pox.

Humphrey is a cowboy, and was employed in Beaverhead county preL vious to coming here. He was discharged from employment about two months ago and came to Butte. Since getting here he has been living from hand to mouth and sleeping in chairs in the saloons. Small Economy. It is said our government is very rich and knows not what to do with its surplus, and still the "sunrise gun," which is usually fired at military posts, has been discontinued because it entails an expen diture of the price of one pound of powder, and Forts Keogh and Custer have been forced to a correspondence of several months to obtain permission to use up some damaged powder which was good for nothing except to make a little noise, its force in explosion having been reduced to nothing, practically, by age and the Journal.

THE MARRIAGE LAWS. Some Points That Should be Remembered. To save trouble to many persons we call attention to a few provisions of the marriage law not generally understood. The laws of the last regular session of the legislature, which contains the territorial marriage law, were not distributed in pamphlet form, and but few have access to the compiled statutes, since completed. The territorial and United States laws must be taken together: 1.

No license can be granted where the male is under eighteen years of age or the female under sixteen years of age, even though the parents consent. 2. Males between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years and females between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years must have the written consent of the father, if living, or if not, then of the mother or guardian or other whose care and government such minor may be. 3. The marriage ceremony must take place in the county where the license is issued.

4. The certificate of marriage must not only be signed by the person officiating, but must be signed by two witnesses and signed by the bride and groom; the latter requirement being made obligatory by the United States statutes in order to head off the polygamous Mormons. These are only a few of the salient features of the law, but which seem to be overlooked, and the observance of which I will save the probate judge considerable 1 annoyance and perhaps the persons officiating high penalties. A Plaint from Dakota. A gentleman of Fort Benton recently received a letter from a friend in Dakota, says: "This country is played out.

Blizzard has followed blizzard until a man has to climb a telegraph pole in order to find out where his stable is located; but on top of all that, every county in the territory, but seven, has voted for prohibition. Life has come to be a burden. What shall we do to be saved?" Come west, young man, come west. Montana has no blizzards, is never snowed under, and is a land of promise and plenty. Here you will find temperance but not prohibition, while the Salvation Army is barred from the sacred limits of our domain by legislative enactment.

Trust in God, young man, and take the west bound train. Will Tackle the Montana Circuit. The last issue of the New North-West, after copying the article that recently appeared in the RIVER PRESS relative to Daniel B. and his equine companions, now enjoying life at Mr. Blevins' stables on Highwood, says: "Mr.

S. E. Larabie informs us that the owners have concluded not to ship their horses, but to retain them here and enter them in the Montana circuit races this year. This was determined after full consideration of the question, and shows the extraordinary inducements offered on the Montana circuit this season." A New DemoratW Weekly for Missonla. a-Missoula, March has now become an assured fact that Missoula is to have a new democratic paper; not a daily as was first intimated, but without doubt a full fledged weekly, to further the interests of the democratic party before the campaign starts.

The men at the head of the enterprise comprise many leading democrats of the county. DOWN TO DEATH. Three Miners Precipitated to the Bottom of a Shaft. BUTTE, March Lawerence, Fitz Dell and James Reegan were killed today by being precipitated down a shaft in the Goldsmith mine. A bucket was used for hoisting instead of the cage.

The men were being lowered to commence work on the morning shift, and when within fifty feet of the bottom the wire rope broke. The shaft is 220 feet deep, and when men from the "top climbed down the ladder way, Lawrence was already dead, Dell died in a few minutes and Reegan after being taken to the surface. Deil was a single man without relatives here. The other two had families. There will be one funeral for all three, probably tomorrow afternoon.

Lawrence's mother lives on Big Hole, forty miles away, and has been sent for. The Territorial Treasury in Good Condition. HELENA, March G. Preuitt, ter ritorial treasurer, reports that after all registered warrants have been paid there will still remain a balance of $25,946.40 in the treasury. The President Asked to Explain.

WASHINGTON, March house committee on foreign affairs have authorized a favorable report on Morrow's resolution, requesting the president to communicate to the house what steps, if any, shall be taken in the direction of treaty stipulation, or otherwise, to prevent the continued immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, notwithstanding the provisions of the treaty of 1880, suspending such immigration. Haven't Kissed and Made Up. BUTTE, March night the usual performance at the Comique was varied by an act not set forth on the bills. It was the result of a little difficulty between two of the female attendants on the lower floor and culminated in a genuine fight. The cause of the fracas is not known.

It may have been over a lover or it may have been over percentage checks, but no matter what the origin of the quarrel, when the angry dames got together the fur flew. The audience were disposed to let the battle proceed to a finish, but the management decided otherwise, calling it a case of draw. There were no bloody noses or black eyes as a result, but judging from the amount of hair pulled, which would fill a hotel mattress, there must have been a pair of sore heads. As yet no arrests have been made, but there is no telling what the day may bring forth, as the girls have not as yet kissed and made up. Hope to Adjust Difficulties.

WINNIPEG.March Manitoba legislature adjourned last night for two weeks, to allow the government to enter 3 into negotiations with the Dominion for the settlement of all differences existing between the two governments. Petition Denied. SAN FRANCISCO, March supreme court has denied the petition of the Sharon heirs for a rehearing of the case in which the lower court decided that Sarah Althia Hill, now Mrs. Judge Terry, was legally married to the late Senator Sharon. Cyclone in Kansas.

CHICAGO, March Daily News special from Newton, Kansas, says: A cyclone last night unroofed the Newton carriage manufactury and destroyed seven dwellings. Wm. J. Lacy was killed outright, Mrs. Smith had her shoulder broken and Miss Shabbell fatally injured.

Alexander the Great. CONSTANTINOPLE, March sarcophagus containing the body of Alexander the Great has been discovered at Saida. Dr. McGlynn Victorious. NEW YORK, March Patterson to-day granted Dr.

McGlynn a permanent injunction restraining Henry George and followers from incorporating as an antipoverty society. Mitchell Gives Bonds to Keep the Peace. LONDON, March Mitchell, the pugilist, was summoned beire a local magistrate to-day to answer the charge of arranging for a prize fight with John L. Sullivan. Mitchell, accompanied by Row- 4 ell and Kilrain, appeared and disavowed 1 any intention to break the peace in England.

He was bound over in the sum of £200. A Supposed Pauper. CEDA RAPIDs, Iowa, special telegram: Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney was found in a hotel here to-day in a dying condition. She was supposed to be a pauper and had been kept by charities in this city for a number of years, but upon investigatiou $1,000 in money and notes was found upon her person, and a memoranda showed her to be quite rich.

The Sorghum Sugar to be Contested. WASHINGTON, March attorney general has caused to be prepared a bill of complaint bringing suit against Morgan Swinson, the purpose being to cancel the sorghum sugar patent taken out by him. The document sets forth that Swinson's discovery was made while he was an employe of the government, receiving a salary for conducting experiments in that lit.e: that the Improvement is of great pu importance and was, properly speaking, made for the department of agriculture to the end that this industry should be available and remunerative to all citizens who desire to engage therein; that the respondent is demanding large sums of money for the this process so as to est i and grievousiy opprrU pI 9pon an invalid patent. Tirj oi agriculture, referring to the- tii i. is informed that a trust is beirng ir to control the manufacture of or; ugar by means of the Swinson He says the case of the governtlr.

very strong. The I)- Prince. BERLIN, Marcl, L. dispatch from San Remo to the Nor, crman Gazette says that persons wh. "'yve seen the crown prince state that.

looks many years older than when he left Berlin. His beard is white has become very thin. He now hardly 154 poands and has written a wii; nrid political testament for his son, William. The Tagblatt says Dr. I mann has asked Dr.

Lover to preparo William for the worst. All kinL rumors are in circulation here. GROW! 4RE SERIOUS, The loeomotive Engineers NEW i.b. of all the roa into the city were present at to-day of the Brotherhood of ve Engineers to take action iugton strike. A long set of rec.

adopted, in which various rai supposed to be secretly aiding the Burlington are denounced. It is recommended that if the trouble is not settled in a reasonable time all the brotherhood men upon the connecting lines with the Burlington system will resign on a given date; and if this is not sufficient to their just and reasonable that the entire organization throughout the United States, from Canada to Mexi co, will join with the strikers in a universal demand for their acknowledged rights. One of the delegates who was here said that at the meeting the prevailing sentiment was that the Burlington trouble must be fought out to a successful termination at all hazards, and, although the engineers regret resorting to extreme measures, they are determined to carry their point, even if they have to stop the turning of every engine wheel in the country. An Author Gone. BOSTON, March Bronson Alcott, the well known author, died to-day, aged 1 88 years.

Confirmed. WASHINGTON, March the confirmations by the senate to-day were Moses J. Liddell; of Louisiana, to be associate justice of the supreme court of Montana, and E. H. Briscoe, of Mississippi, to be agent for the Crow Indians of Montana.

To Reduce the Internal Revenue Tar. WASHINGTON, March is stated thL internal revenue reductions were agreed upon yesterday by the democrats of the ways and means committee, and will be reported to the full committee early next week and considered with the tariff. They effect a total reduction of about $24,000,000 or $25,000,000. The tobacco tax, except on cigars and cigarettes, will be repealed, reducing the revenue about $19,000,000. The licenses abolished will make a further reduction of $4,000,000 to $5,000,000.

There is no reduction on spirits of any kind. The manufacturers of fruit brandies are allowed to place their product in bonded warehouses and take warehouse receipts for the same. The Clouds Darkening. BERLIN, March imperial family has ceased to hope for the recovery of the crown prince. The first result of the microscopic examination by Professor Waldmeyer, as communicated to the Emperor, are unfavorable, disclosing traces of cancer.

The full official, report of Prof. Waldmeyer will be delayed until Dr. Recklinghauser makesan analysis. Apart from the result of the examination, court dispatches confirm the progress of symptoms tending toward a fatal issue. A $3.00 premium and the RIVER PRESS one year, for $3.50..