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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Wants Immigrants,

New YORK, January 16.-General F.
F. Millen of this city, has made con
tract with the government of Venezuela
to take out the greatest number of emmi-
grants possible. They will be citizens Of
the republic of Venezuela from the time
of their arrivals there, and will be
exempt from military service for ten
years. The government promises to pay
the passage Of all immigrants over six
and under fifty, but they, when they
reach there, must accept the order to that
part of the colony destined for them. The
government agrees to give each person Of
adult age title to 12 acres of cultiyatable
land, on condition that it be cultivated,
and the grant. if this be done, will be
doubled after the first year.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Masons and Liquor Dealers.

Montreal special: At the approaching
meeting of the grand lodge of Free
Masons of the province Of Quebec the
following motion will be discussed: .No
saloonkeeper, restaurant keeper who sells
spirituous or intoxicating liquors, OF tav-
ernkeeper or bartender shall be eligible
to make or become member of the fra
ternity of Free Masons in the jurisdiction
of the grand lodge of Quebec; that any
member of the fraternity OF Free Masons
in the jurisdiction of this lodge becom-
ing a saloonkeeper, restaurant keeper
selling spirituous or intoxicating liquors.
or tavernkeeper or bartender shall here
after be deemed, on proof thereof, to be
guilty of an un- Masonic offense, the pun
ishment of which shall be suspension or
expulsion from the fraternity, and the
erasure of his name from the roll Of his
own lodge and the grand lodge"
Another subject for discussion will be
a proposed suspension of the edict Of
non Masonic intercourse issued against
the grand lodge of England in 1885, on
account of there being three lodges in
Quebec under the jurisdiction of the
English grand lodge, which refuse to
come into the Quebec Jurisdiction.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
To Prevent Railroad Collisions.

An invention of Herr Gieszl of Brun,
for preventing railway collisions is being
highly spoken Of among Austrian engi-
neers. It consists of pilot engine, or
safety lorry, worked by electricity, and
running at some distance in front of the
train.
1t stops the train automatically, and
runs at any speed. From d dynamo cleo
tfic machine on the engine of the train a
current is conducted through the rails to
the pilot engine. The engine driver has
the lorry perfectly under his control, and
the distance between it and the engine
may be varied to suit curves or other con-
ditipns of the line. The pilot engine. is
fitted on the exterior with a number of
glass vessels, one or more of which must
be broken if they encounter any obstacle
The glass vessels contain mercury con-
facts. and AS the breakage causes an in
terruptien of the current the vacuum
breaks Of the train are automatically
applied.
Two express trains runHing at full
speed toward each other would thus be
automatically stopped by the collision of
their respective pilot engines.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Death of Mrs. Vaughn.

Yesterday the Tribune made reference
to the critical condition of Mrs. Robert
Vaughn, and today it is our unpleasant
duty to report the death of that estimable
lady, which occurred at her late home on
Sun river, last evening. DR.. Brown, who
returned this morning, brings the sad
news, which was fully expected by these
who learned of her condition yesterday.
The child which was born on New Year
is we'll. and may live to solace the grief
stricken husband and father.
Mrs. Vaughn, we believe, was native
Canada, and it is but little over a year
since she was married to Mr.. Vaughn,
bringing sunshine and happiness to the
home of that sturdy and well-known pio-
neer, and the loss to him is greater than
words can tell. The deceased was a
sister of Mrs. John Spencer of the same
valley. She was well known and esteem
ed by many friends at Great Falls, and
one of her last requests was that she
should be buried at this city.
Mr.. Vaughn has the fullest sympathy
of this community in the great loss he
has suffered, and on every hand only
words of regret are to be heard. The
arrangements for the funeral are not yet
known, but will be announced as soon as
DOssible
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Back From Kentucky.

S. E. Larabie has just received from
Lexington, Kentucky, his two noted
Thoroughbred brood mares, Christine and
Gypsy. The former is the dam Of three
first-class race horses, full brothers, sired
by Regent, namely: Bonnie Australian,
Vice-Regent and Montana Regent. The
latter has worldwide reputation. He
won over $4,000 III stakes in 1886 as a 8
year old, and was sold by Mr.. Larabie for
$500. Many horsemen thought him the
best race horse at all distances on the AM
erican turf last year. Christine and Gyp-
sy are in foal to the great LongfelloW,
whose stud fee is now $500, and book full.
They will in future be bred to Regent,
owned by Kohrs s Bielenburg. Mr.. Lar
able says if he can get some full brothers
or sisters to Montana Regent he will be
satisfied He also says that he would
sooner have colt out of Christine by Re
gent than by any living stallion. Deer
Lodge Nese Northeast.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Butte's False Prophet.

The Great Falls Tribune is highly
elated over the prospect of a big smelter
being erected there for the treatment of
copper ore from the Boston Con. compa-
ny's mines. Great Falls has never had
but one Tribune, yet we fear that the
Tribune is destined to have many great
falls, and that this smelter story is one of
them. The Inter Mountain hopes to see
the Boston Con. people erect reduction
works on the banks of the Big Hole,
where all the natural advantages are
favorable for the upbuilding of plant
and city equal to those at Anaconda
Butte Inter Mountain.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
The Utah Woo1groweas.

SALT LAKE CITY, January IA. = The
chamber of commerce recently approved
the following resolutions submitted by
the committee on wool:
The woolgrowers of Utah territory, rep
resenting capital of $S,000,000, beg to
submit to you, through their chamber of
commerce, the following preamble and
resolutions by them adopted at their con-
vention held this 9th day of January, 1898.
WHEREAS, The woolgrowers of Utah
territory being assembled in convention
in the city of Salt Lake this 9th day of
January, 1888, representing 2,50O,000
sheep and capital of $S,000,000 invested
and an annual yield of 100000 pounds
of wool, and
WHEREAS, Any reduction in the pres
ent tariff on wool would seriously Grip
pie if not destroy the wool industry of the
territory, thereby throwing out of en-
ployment thousands of men, causing
hardship throughout the territory; there
fore, be it.
Resolped, That we, the woofgrowers in
convention assembled, protest against any
reduction in the tariff as relates to wool
and woolens, and
Resoloed, That we pledge ourselves to
work for the maintenance of the present
tariff on wool and woolen goods. and to
stand by all committees and associations
in giving full and complete protection to
all the American industries in need of the
same, and cordially invite their co-opera-
ton in this matter; and
Resogyed, That we call upon our dele
gate to congress to do all in his power to
aid in protecting interests of such vital
importance to us.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18

900 bushels, the value at S646,000,00o.
The area of wheat at 100000 acres, the
product at 456,000,000 bushels, the value
$4,000 900. The area of oats at 26,000,
600 acres, the product ut 659,000.0o0 bush
els, the value s2oo,ooo,ooo. The reports
of winter wheat do not show much
decrease of the area of acreage; the
decline appears to be between one and
two per cent. The condition is, affected
somewhat by the dryness of the seed in
the district that suffered from drought,
delaying the seeding, termination and
growth. The average condition is 95.
The condition of winter rye corresponds
very closely to that wheat.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Was Carlisle Elected?

The statements of counsel for Mr.
Carlisle, before the house committee on
elections yesterday, place the speaker in
an awkward and unpromising position.
The counsel claim to be able to prove, in
brief, that when the polls closed on cleo
ton day Mr. Carlisle was defeated in his
district by more than 1000 votes, and that
his despised opponent, the candidate of
the labor party, was elected by 800 major
ity. They go on to charge that the result
was reversed by holding back the returns
from the back counties, reopening the
polls the next day and overcoming the
majo ity against Carlisle by methods al
ways irregular and sometimes dishonest.
The more serious charge is made that
Thoebe's lawyer was brihed and an at
tempt was made to bribe himself to
abandon the contest OF course nobody
pretends that Carlisle was not the choice
of large majority of the voters in the
district. The theory is that he despised
his opponent, neglected his canvass and
was defeated by accident. The fraud, if
there was fraud, vas in reopening the
polls and bringing in his tardy support
ers to vote after election day The house
can hardly give Mr.. Carlisle his seat in
view of the intention of his constituents
to elect him, if they neglected to do So
in law and in fact. If the facts stated
by counsel can be proved by evidence
the house may be compelled to deprive
itself of its speaker. This will be great
misfortune Mr.. Carlisle's ability and
integrity make his loss from the national
councils a calamity to be deplored by all
political parties and to be averted by any
sacrifice short of that of right and jus
tice.-.Saant Paul Pioneer Press
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
THE ROCKY FORK ROAD.

Word comes to US that the Rocky Fork
people are pushing on to Cooke with all
possible speed, and assert that they will
surely have the work done by early spring.
There were very few indeed who believed
that the Rocky Fork, could be built in the
winter time; but they have misjudged
the resources and wonderful energy of
the men in charge of this great work.
The road is now about to be finished to
its first stopping place and will then, we
sincerely believe and confidently prophe-
sy, as We did when the road was first be-
gun, be constructed to Cooke in time to
carry out its rich ores next summer
B0sgnaan Chronicle.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18

in the tanks of the cotton seed oil facto
ries. It remains for Ne. Orleans to per-
feet that, in endeavoring to do which
months of labor and thousands of dollars
have been spent elsewhere. The pro-
duct made at other places would turn in
a few days to a yellowish color, render
ing it useless for the purposes in view.
That manufactured here, we are told,
retains its whiteness indefinitely. Atany
rate, the sample before US is for the pres
ent pretty fair evidence of the correct
ness of the statement. Under this pro-
cess the finest grades of soap and candles
can be readily, and, above all, cheaply
manufactured. incidentally, we learn
that during the course Of experimenting
further valuable products were shown to
be feasible. Be this as it may, the uses
to which cotton seed may be put are fast
developing, and the country has even now
mine of wealth in what but few years
back was held of little money worth
Tie Cotton World.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18

of Montana No. hard, which is ground
at Great Falls into flour, to be distributed
throughout the civilized world
In that time the traveller will find in
the north the rich valleys and bench lands
of the Sun and Marias rivers covered
with fields of waving grain, while in the
west and south he will see on the vast
plain which stretches to the Belt, High
wood and Rocky mountains abundance
of the milling worlds long sought desire
Montana No. wheat
H. 0. Chowen, the president of the Cat
aract Mill Company, received his business
training at Minneapolis, in the house of G,
M. Loring & Co. Preston King the vice
president, is a son of colonel William S.
King, and himself a prominent citizen Of
Minneapolis Frank B. Wilcox also
comes fIom that city, where his people
are sold timers
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
MONTANA WOOL INTERESTS.
A Woo1grower Says That Free Trad
Would Ruin the Industry.

A Woo1grower Says That Free Trade
Would Ruin the Industry.
N. Stockner of Melville, Montana, pub
fishes letter on the subject of wool in
which he says: "From the following
facts it will be clearly shown that the ruin
of the growers and of many others, who
make their living from this business is
assured if the tariff ON wool should be
abolished. We received this year IS cents
per pound for WOOL A sleeps fleece
weighs generally pounds, so that a flock
of 1000 sheep would yield 5000 in wool.
The herder for such a flock receives $40
per month and his board, which makes
$3.50 per year. Now deduct the tariff Of
10 cents per pound from this amount, and
there remains balance of $3.50 for 1000
sheep. not enough to pay the herder's
wages without counting provisions, cloth
ing and general wear and tear. Under
such circumstances it would be impossi
BILE to carry on the wool business in this
country any longer. Great Britain and
other nations would derive the benefit
from it, and in the end Americans would
have to pay more for their home manu-
featured goods than they are doing now.
Besides hard-working class of American
citizens, who are now only by close atten-
ton to their business, perseverance and
self-denial, able to make both ends meet,
would be completely ruined"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Conner Boom.

Since the rise in copper the old dump
at Clark's Colusa mine has become inn
mensely valuable, and is now being
Mr. Clark states that he is now produc-
ing 10000 pounds of fine copper per day.
He is also reported recently to have
closed contract for 2 100000 pounds of
copper for early delivery at Is cents.
These are prosperous times for all the
copper producing concerns of Butte
Butte Inter Mountain.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
GREAT TUNNELS.
ENGINEER RAY SAYS THE ROAD
TO BUTTE WILL BE OPEN IN MAY.
The Woodville Tunnel to be Completed
Next Month The Wickes
Tunnel Half Built
Hard Work.

BUTTE. January 12-Engineer n. c.
Ray of the Montana Central informs the
Inter Mountain that the rock cuts on this
end of the Montana Central will be finish
ed in few days. The principal one of
these is that between Yankee Doodle and
Dixie gulches. 1t is about 1000 feet long
and in some places is 70 feet deep. 1t
was big undertaking in itself. He ex-
poets to let daylight through the Wood
vile tunnel by about the 1st of February
or few days afterward. The mountain
has been penetrated about 500 feet on
each side, and there is still 270 feet to
cut out before the headings will meet.
The tdnnelers made 80 feet progress in
December, Notwithstanding the Christ
mas times, and think that in January they
can come pretty near knocking out the
27O feet yet remaining. Then this end of
the line will be ready practically for the
tracklayers.
The work has generally been in hard
rock, but wherever there is even hint of a
tale seam in the formation, the tunnel is
solidly timbered, as the company does
not intend to take chances ON any Mullan
tunnel accidents. 1t costs more at the
start but it will be saving in the long
run.
The Wickes tunnel, which is little
over $500 feet long, is now about half
completed. The ground is not SO good
there and the tunnel will be timbered
throughout. In.some places it is almost
like bed of ashes and the pick can be
struck in up to the eye. They can not
finish there much before the 1st of Sep
tember, and in order to not delay track
laying an overhead line will be built across
the range. The survey shows that it will
be necessary to have a three per cent
grade, which is only little more than
half as steep as that or the Mullan tunnel
overhead line.
"You still expect to have cars running
into Butte by the 1st of next May?" was
asked.
eyes; by sometime between the 1st
and 18TH .....
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
The Three SIuegers.

The big sluggers are having a breezy
time chinning each other, and evidently
have come to the years of understanding
how to do it. Nevertheless it is interest
ing, as it shows the situation. Sullivan
relieves his mind in letter to the editor
of the Sportsman thus: MY desire is to
fight Kilrain. | whipped him once and
can do so again, and they well know it.
You hold $500 of Harry Phillips money,
which goes on the following proposition:
That we fight next April. on the condi-
tions that Fox bets 10000 to 1000, either
dollars or pounds, or if he wishes the
match six months off, and demands the
dog collar thrown in as chrome for the
winner, then the stakes must be doubled
to 10000 to "A, 900 as fair remuneration
for the use of my name for that time.
The belt must become the absolute prop
erty of the winner. All that is necessary
to insure a match is for Fox to authorize
his representative in London to cover the
e500" kilrain being asked to state his
relations to Sullivan, replied substantially
as follows: "It is we'll known in the
United States that Sullivan sneaked out
Of match with me after Dragging about
what he could do in the ring. To CON
clude, will answer him in his own Ian
guage: 4 shall have no use for beaten
man, which he will surely be unless he
crawls out of the match with Mitchell. :"
Mitchell said: .The public of England
aud America know well that have been
on the track of Sullivan for the past four
years. Kilrain has done what Sullivan
never dared to do, fight man he had
never seen, and who had worldwide
reputation as a wonder He left his own
country to do it, with no one at his back
to make a win or wrangle of it,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
PUBLIC OPINION.
MINERAL LANDS IN DANCE

Unless there is prompt and energetic
action on the part of the people of Mon
tana in the matter it is evident that one
half the mountain lands, where all or
nearly all the minerals lie, will as surely
become the property of the Northern Pa
cific railroad company as will the agri-
cultural lands. Such state of affairs is
not to be regarded with complacency,
and we do not believe it will be so regard
ed by the miners of Montana nor the cit
izens generally when they come to un-
deretand the matter.-Helena Iadepend-
pDf
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
Montana Advancing.

The course of Montana during the
year just closed has been steadily onward
and upward. Not many people abroad
begin to comprehend that great terri
tory. In the first place, few comprehend
what its mighty area of 145,776 square
miles means. 1t means a country equal
in extent to all New England, with New
York, New Jersey, Delaware and half of
Pennsylvania added; it is in size com
pared to the German empire as seven to
ten. Speaking of that, SON. chow when
ever the name of Montana is spoken we
think of Germany; that land of Central
Europe, which is too cold for the tender
fruits, but which raises men who are the
monitors of Europe. who stand living
wall against invasion from any quarter,
only Germany has been rounding into
form through 1000 years. while there are
plenty of men now living who remember
distinctly when there was hardly q trail
blazed on all the area that now consti-
tutes Montana. But Montana, like Ger
many, is grand tract of mingled noun
tains, rolling lands and plains: sturdy
race peoples Germany, sturdy race is
fast peopling Montana. Men who mature
in climate like that are bound to be
patriotic. The long winter evenings
draw families and neighbors together in
close communion; love of home becomes
a passion, and love of heme expanded, is
patriotism The sharp climate and the
hills make sure that the race will be
as brave as it is strong, and in the years
to come, whenever the nation may need
defenders it will be absolutely certain
that the contingent from Montana can be
counted upon for everything that man
can do in the way of toll, or dare in the
way of danger.-sa5t Lake Tribune.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
THE ICE KING ENTHRONED.
A Notable Lack of Caloric---Hot Drinks


The weather still keeps intensely cold
This morning the thermometer stood at
IL below zero. The strong wind which
sprung up last night drifted the snow in
binding sheets, making travel extremely
difficult. The storm seems to be general
throughout the country, delaying trains,
obliterating roads and keeping back the
stage coaches from "a to 36 hours. When
winter set in last year and was so severe
it was expected, and reasonably too. that
this winter would be much milder, with
more chinooks and fewer billiards. The
contrary has been the ease, however. The
lowest point reached by the thermometer
last winter was 40 below, on February
g. This winter the mercury has
touched the 40 point twice. A few years
ago the extreme cold was seldom accom-
panied by any wind When the ther-
mometer stood at 40 and 30 below zero
the air was STILL Within the last few
years however, the climate has undergone
a change and now when the mercnry
takes drop, it is almost invariably ae
companied by strong winds.
1t may be interesting to note the
length OF time the Missouri has been fro
zen as compared with former years.
This winter the river was frozen solid
November 1S, and has so remained
without a break up to the present time.
| The ice has varied in thickness from a
few inches, until now it is from "A to Is,
and yields bountiful harvest to the ice
men. In other years the river was sell
dom frozen SO early and the soft winds
broke up the ice at intervals. People
now long for the chinook wind, which,
laden with the balmy air of southern
California. sweeps over the prairies, scat
tering the huge snow drifts, melting the
streams and uncovering the rich grass to
the famished cattle. Before its influence
the hills and valleys lose their snowy
mantles, old king Boreas is rudely thrust
aside and "old man chinook" holds the
reins of power over his bearded rival
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
SOUTH AMERICA NEGLECTED.

The pitable feature of our foreign com
merce is the neglect Of South America,
the field that promises most for the flu
ture; which Americans ought to control
and which would be enough in itself, for
with it, would come under our flag the
full trade of all the zones, and its extent
would be over continent.-SaH Lake
Tribune
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
TOO C0NFIDING.

Hamburg's arrest will be a rude awak-
ening to the confding Helenaites, who
are out at least So for deed to lot in
the modern Garden of Eden as they
thought. But every sharper that comes
along seems to find no difficulty in play
ing Helena people for suckers, and the
higher he flies the reader they are to be
gulled-Butte IHSner
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-01-18
PAYING HER WAY,

Seven per cent bonds of Fergus county
to the amount of $4,000 were issued last
week. The commissioners of Fergu 5
county found it necessary to issue the
bonds to pay the sum Of $4,000 due
Meagher county December 1st, and other
outstanding Indebtedness. = Lsringston
ERterprise.