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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06
UTAH KNOCKS.

And now comes Utah asking admis-
sion as a state in this great union. 1t is
claimed that her only bar-polygamy-
to this great privilege is destroyed and
that she can present as clean a bill OF
moral health as any state in it. She has
a population of 207,9O5 souls, much
larger than that of Montana; twice that
of Wyoming and three times larger than
that of Idaho. The government has
taken away the Mormon church proper
ty; its last and only polygamlst news
paper has passed into the hands and un-
der the control of g~entiles and such an
aggressively active anti Mormon senti-
mcnt pervades the territory that it is
quite evident the Mormon power is
fatally broken. The old division of
mormon and gentle is a thing of the
past. and parties are being formed upon
democratic and republican lines each al
~vocating admission with the restrictions
as to suffrage contained in the Tucker
Edmunds act.
In view of the possibility that the ter
ritory may be admitted during the next
session of congress it is interesting to
note its somewhat peculiar history. The
settlement of Utah is the out-growth Of
the prosecution and persecution of the
Mormons at Nauvoo and other points in
the states in 1915, '46 and Al. In the
latter year-so the story goes-spies
were sent to the westward to find a land
where the Latter Day Saints of
Jesus Christ-as they called them
selves-could worship their God,
where there would be none to modest or
make them afraid. The valley upon the
great Salt Lake was chosen, and in 1913
Brigham Young and the"chosen people"
took possession of the land and organized
the state of "Deseret' with a constitu-
ton which congress refused to accept.
In 1850 congress organized the territory
of Utah. and then trouble began. 1t cul-
minated in 1876. when the Mormons
drove the federal officers from the terri
tory, President Buchanan. however.
gave the saints" a taste of federal au-
thority. and from that day the gentiles,
backed by the military and civil power
of the government, have waged an unre-
l2nting and finally successful war against
them.
They have a fair land down there
with a productive soil that abundantly
produces cereals and vegetables and
fruits, while the Wasatch mountains are
rich in gold and silver and copper. Coal
is found in Weber river valley; mex
haustible supplies of salt are obtained
from the lake, and timber for domestic
purposes is within reasonable distance.
The climate is mild and healthy. Its
capital has a population of nearly 1900
people. The territory contains over D.
100000 acres of land. 1t may thus be
seen that Utah possesses the resources to
make a great and prosperous state. 1t
should now be admitted as such and its
people permitted to enjoy the right of
home rule and participation in the gen
eral government.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06
A CRACKER

Among the great enterprises pro-
jected by the energetic, wide-awake citi-
zens of Helena is a $4,000 cracker
factory. That city is bound to create a
payroll. 1t has looked over the field
with an eye to that end and finally de-
cided on a cracker factory. A year or
two ago it thought a w%oolen-mill was the
proper caper, and forthwith ii company
was formed to build one. But after
viewing the situation and learning that
foul water and distant wool were not
among the first essentials to the success
full manufacture of worstcd the promo
tiers of the scheme permitted it to relapse
into %innocuous desuctudc. The Stubs
ferry dam project then took shape and
another company was incorporated to
inauguratc and carry out that great en-
tcrprisc whereby electricity and motive
power were to be generated and applied
in manufacturing establishments at Hell
ena. But it appears that scheme also
went a-glimmering. And now 1t is a
cracker factory. There is one thing
about Helena which must command adj
miration. she always aims high il she
does shoot low.
Helena had IA cracker factory a few
years ago, owned and managed by Mr..
Richard Jockey, one of its most enter
prising citizens. 1t wasn't a $4,000
affair by any means and was running be-
fore the era of railroads in the state.
But it didn't pay and it's astute owner
let his ovens cool and his patrons buy
their crackers in the east. But con-
ditions have since changed. Free lunch
counters are now as: thick as autumn
nal leaves that strew the brooks in Val
lombrosa' all over Helena, while Butte
and other outside camps have not a few,
and crackers are in demand. A cracker
factory will fill a present want in the
state. Helena has spoken for the prize.
She should have it. 1t will add at least
three men to her present payroll.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06
THE FATE OF

The Chinese government has a va,
bringing its delinquent officials to (
without chasing them all we the 81
try at great expense. It simply h
the family and relatives of the det,l
ing officer responsible for his misdal
and if he fail to put in an appear
when called upon, members of hisfsn
must pay the penalty with their hes
When weighed by the scales of es
justice the custom will be found want
in that it makes the innocent suffer n
the guilty, but it is a very satisfying
tom to the government if not to 3
violator of it's written or unwritten Ia,
With this brief preface we will proc,
to the fate of Tcheng-Ki-Tong
This unfortunate celestial was actI
first secretary of the Chinese Legation 1
London in which capacity he had seri
his country during the past six Yea
Tcheng-Ki-Tong vas a fast Gilman.
He doubtless played cards, drank MI
priced wines, INDUCED in fast horses
trained in swell company generally. Nd
funds ran low, and to raise the wind n
prodigal heather resorted to one of N
boldest, if not the very boldest, expeI
ent known in the history of contiderl
operations. He caused a bogus dispat,
to be published in the London Tins
authorizing him to negotiate a loan d
S35,OOO,OOO for his government. IT,
magnitude of the stakes for which IA
bold Chinaman played shows there W.
nothing small about him. There va
nothing too rich for his blood. VIII
negotiating with London and Par
bankers for the immense sum his 90
eminent, having dropped on his gre
scheme, invited him home.
The keen-witted pagan knew VII
that summons meant. He knew III
his head would not be worth to him
pinch of snuff the moment he set foot
China. The game was up and he mu
die. He could have gathered a few tho
sand-possibly a few hundred thousa
dollars-cut off his queue, fed to Anne
ca, disguised himself in the clothing
the country, bought a brown-stone fro
on Fifth avenue, New York, been
ceived in McAllister's 400, married
heiress, and lived the life of a respect
and honored citizen, as many other
swindlers have lived and still do live, b
the knowledge that his family would
compelled to suffer the death he cou
thus escape touched his heather he;
and he obeyed his sovereign's comma
and went home. He was immediate
placed under arrest, his trial shortly t
lowed and the sentence of death pass
upon him. Such is the fate of Tchel
Ki-Tong.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

THE passion for gambling reduces
princes and mobiles, patricians and pie,
beians, the lord of the manor and the
dweller in the humblest cot all to the
same common moral and social level
The now famous baccarat trial in which
the heir-apparent to the throne of En-
gland and a common English country
squire are thrown together in a nasty
heap of scandal goes a long way in proof
of the assertion They are all of the
earth, earthly.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

THE Cincinnati Times-Star goes after
Mr.. Ingalls, without gloves. 1t reminds
the Kansas man that "republicanism
needs no apologies and no warnings
and advises him "to cease his jeremiads
and readiust himself to his old political
relations and to his record as a stalwart
republican" Such language addressed
to Il man who, but a few short months
ago, was a demi-god among republican
leaders shows to what depths political
defeat will hurl a man. When Mr.. In
gals declared that 1.-THE publication of
politics was an iridcscent dream" such
journals as the Times-Star had none but
words of praise for him. Now that the
great republican lion has fallen every
jackal in his party stands ready to de-
our him. Slightly paraphrased the
words of Mark Anthony fit his case:
But yesterday the word of Ingalls, might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there,
And none SO poor to do him reverence,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

IT is said that Helena parties will take
the artesian well sunk down 800 feet by
the late DR.. Brooke and 60 on with the
enterprise in the hope of striking water,
gas or coal. Water is what Helena
wants, and if she can obtain it through
the means noted it will be worth more to
her than all the gas in the country. She
can manufacture what gas she wants
out of very cheap home material.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

A BUTTE Judge has decided that poker
is a game of skill and not of chance.
That Judge has been playing in luck
He evidently never sat in a game for
hours with nothing higher in his hand
than a bob-tail flush or a pair Of deuces
and saw his pile of chips gradually de-
creasing in numbers until he had to
..dig up to ante or he would not have
decided that poker is a game OF skill.
Give q man the luck to hold and the
iudpe the skill and see who will last the
longer in a game.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

EVERY state may have its drawbacks,
but tornados and cyclones are not
among those peculiar to Montana. The
resident of this favored state when read
ing the distressing accounts of the loss of
life and wholesale destruction of prop
erty in some of the eastern states caused
by the jarring elements will breathe a
prayer of thankfulness that his lines are
cast in glorious Montana where lorna
dos and cyclones are strangers.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

The increase of the national debt last
month was something over 100000
That is nothing. When the full weight
of that billion dollar congress settles
down on the national vaults the monthly
flow of treasure upon the credit side OF
the government ledger will be much
more largely diminished. The debt
statements hereafter promise to lack that
roseate hue which has formerly distin,
guished them.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06
FIRST GUN OF THE SEASON..

The peoples party Of Iowa has met in
convention and, metaphorically speaking,
fired the first gun of the season by nomi-
mating a full ticket for state offices. 1t
Endorsed the Cincinnati platform and
adds a few planks to make it meet the
conditions existing in the state. The
fight will now go on, drawing recruits
from both of the old parties and harden
ing all for the great political battle next
year.
In the speeches which preceded the
nominations the true i%nwardness of the
party, as far as it appears in the Iowa
organization, is shown. Said one of the
principal speakers: 1.-The money ques-
ton is the real issue and the alliance
proposes to stop the manufacture of
millionaires and paupers." These are
brave words. They mean, if they mean
anything. that the alliance proposes to
s 'equalize the products of capital and
labor that neither m%illionaires nor pau
pers can be produced through trade or
business channels. This is just what
the democratic party did before the civil
wal and what it has attempted to do
since.
When Abraham Lincoln was inaugu-
rated president of this great nation there
were less than one hundred millionaires,
and not a single tramp in it. When
Cleveland was inaugurated he found a
country containing over 5000 million
aires and 100000 tramps. The policy
of the republican party during a period
of only twenty years brought about this
startling change. 1t had manufactured
%millionaires and paupers by the thous-
ands and hundreds of thousands. A
system of protection which favored the
few and bore heavily upon the laboring
masses did the business. Facts, cold,
clear-cut facts, as evident to the candid
observer as is the MONDAY shining sun
prove the assertion.
a labor strike in this country was not
hii'"h pcioio liiC liSH pioi'cliNc pollcy
of the republican party was enforced.
Trusts, and pools and syndicates among
corporations were unheard of, and a
billion dollar congress an impossibility.
The opportunities for thicving combina-
tons and swindling contractors did not
exist during the good old days of demo-
cratic supremacy. All these are the
outgrowth of latter day governmental
policies.
The democratic party has fought and
is still fighting to restore the government
to the purity of its caller days. 1t has
fought and is still fighting that policy
which breeds combines, powerful monied
corporations, trusts. syndicates and
pools that enrich themselves at the ex-
pense of the laboring poor, and it is
pleased to learn that the peoples party
of Iowa has taken up the cudgels in the
good cause of equalizing the wealth of
the country through legitimate means.
1t has but a single step to take to land
in the ranks of the democratic party-a
party most emphatically opposed to that
policy Of the republican party which has
manufactured and will continue to man
ufacture millionaires and paupers.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06
RUSSELL 4 TALKING MACHINE.

Commenting upon the recent remarks
of Russell Harrison at Chicago upon the
probabilities of his father becoming a
candidate for reelection, the Minneapolis
Journal, a prominent republican organ,
takes the president to task for permitting
his son ''to go about the country posing
as the mouth-piece of the White House
1t then adds:
"The presidents silence on the point
of Russelfs continual announcements
leads the public to suppose that Russell
is really the accredited organ of his
father. If he isn't, his father ought to
shut him up. 1t is certainly eXtraordi-
nary that a president should permit his
son to proclaim his intentions as to the
presidency for the press. Grants sons
were never allowed such latitude. Rus
sell is a talking machine which like
Frlar Bacon's brazen head, keeps its
tongue going so freely that it ought to
be smashed as Bacon smashed his rat
ting brazen head
1t is now in order for the Helena
namesake of the Minneapolis paper to
emphasize its denial that Russell said
anything about his father being a candi-
date for the presidency while he was in
Chicago. The charge that Russell is a
talking machine" will doubtless bring
his Helena organ to the front with a
%scorching rejoindcr. 1t is certainly a
very unkind cut to receive from one of
his political household.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

SOMEONE has figured out that if every
state in the union was as densely popu.
lated as Rhode Island, it would contain
$40, GG,8SO inhabitants. That state has
3lS.44 persons per square mile, and az
there are LOSS square miles or G9G,:32C
acres in it a little more figuring shows
that it has but two persons to the acre
of land. When Montana is as densely
populated as Rhode Island is-and il
doubtless will be in time-the state viii
contain a population of 1S6,OOO,OOO souls
With these estimates in view the posi-
bilities of Montana may be approximate
ly measured.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

River Press: The first contingent of
wool buyers and soliciting agents of
commission firms has already arrived in
the state-a sure indication that active
operations will soon commence. Mon
tana's wool clip this season will be of
sound staple, and of less shrinkage than
in average years; and growers are curl
GUS to know what reasons will be as
signed for depressing it's value.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

The story about Sullivan having been
bluffed by Jackson in the saloon OF the
latter proves to have been a canard of
the first water. Sullivan had no flag
on nor was he in Jackson's saloon on
the night in question. The TRIBUNE
makes the correction in order that the
deeds of the great men of the day may
be properly recorded in the history of
current events.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

When jay Gould reached Ogden on his
tions were being made at the latter city
to receive him, he recalled the fate of
the Marquis of Lorne and rushed back
to New York as fast as steam could
carry him. If Gould should ever visit
Helena he will visit it in disguise.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

SENATOR CALL of Florida is not tread
ing a primrose path to a reelection. II
took fifty-four ballots before he received
a majority of all the legislative votes cast
and now after having received that ma,
iority an effort is being made by his pc,
litical enemies to set his election aside
on the ground that he had less than q
majority of n branch of the legislature
AS he had more than half of the entire
membership of the legislature, which il
all that is required, it may be assumed
the senator can plainly read his title cleal
to another term in the United States sen
ate.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

The Pioneer Press should be churched.
1t has either fallen from republican
grace or it is a weak inconsiderate
brother. In either case it deserves strict
disciplining. Hear it: "Twenty-seven
American tin plate firms have held a con
vention al P%ittsburg. 1t is to be hoped
they will abstain from forming a trust
before they commence to make TIM"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

A LIVINGSTON telegram announces
that government work will commence in
the National park about the 10th inst,
when 80 men will be employed. The
work will be confined to the building
and improving of roads throughout that
great wonderland.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

IT is said that the farmers alliance and
third party propose to defeat Major Nc
Kinley in Ohio. They arc after the scalp
of the great protectionist and claim they
will get it by a majority of 10000.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

The Davis will case is becoming so
tangled in law that the average layman
is at a loss to understand its status.
There is still some prospect that it will
be settled during the present century.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

LAND COMMISSIONER CARTER is now at
work in his Washington Office. 1t is pre-,
sumed he was the bearer of good news
to Harrison from the faithful at Helena
and Butte.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

THE Butte papers and Helena journal
are again engaged in a wordy war about
the wickedness of their respective towns.
If half be true of what each says OF the
other the capitalist and home-seeker will
do well to shun both ard make Great
Falls his objective point. Great Falls is
a strictly moral city.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

IGNATIUs DoNNELLY characterizes as
nonsense the report that he will be a
candidate for the presidency on the third
party ticket.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

INGALLS, says he has no use for a party
that regards the wearing of socks a dis
qualification for Office. Attention, Mr.
Jerry Simpson.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-06

MISUNDERSTANDING the Helena hide
pendent to the contrary Sir John NC
Donald is still alive.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-14
Domestic Ports.

PORT BLAKELY-Sld 9Th, barque Theobald,
ASTORIA Oar 9th, ship lille starbuck.
Curtis. Portland for United Kingdom.
SAN Fra NCISCO-Ar 9Th, snip Prussia, Rey
mold. Esqunalt
CID 9th ship Columbia. Nelson, Port Angeles
barque Whitmore. Ward. Nanaimo.
Sid 9Th; ship STANDARD, Percy. Rio Janeiro, (not
LIVERPOOL.
MOhlLE.Ar 18th, barque James Hamlin,
FERNANDINA-Ar 18th, sch Roger Drury,
Delay Boston.
DARIEN-Cld 18th. sch M Rawley. Wheeler,
CHARLEsToN-Ar 18th, sch Horace Morse,
Cld 18th. sch Linah Kaminski, Woodbury., for
PORT ROYAL, scar 18th. sch Messenger,
Al Bay 2. mt 18th. sch John souther, from
Port Royal for Boston.
In st Helena Sound 18th. barque Formosa from
Coosaw for New York; sch Laura Messer, do
WILMiNGTON. NC-Cld 10th. scbs Myra W
Spear. Hnckley, Smiths Mills, to load for Boston
Catawamteak, Rowe, Boston.
NORFOLK-Ar 9th, sch Glenwood, Burt, from
Boston.
FORTRESS MUNRoE-In tho Roads 10th, sch
Chas W Olcutt from Baltimore for -. @
for Boston: schs Lydia M Deering, for Ports.
mouth; Tecumseh, for Boston; Ira Elems, FIN
New York for Jacksonville.
tanzas: Jennie Hall, Norfolk for Charleston.
1BsA!LTIMORE-Cld nth, sch Earl Mason,
Ar 18th. schs Peter FL Crowell Chase, Portland I;
coward johnson, Warren, Cienfuegos; benjamin.
fs Spe ,andon. Providence.
o WAN w, sens s.aria Teel. for Portland; Geo
New York "" rhohoh' ioI
way hssLmA,,PbEIL dPaIA-Ar 18th, sch Samuel Do-
C,Sra 1iI o. sen star Of the Sea. HOPKINS Colon
Si"i" a AnlAncy,sr nancy, Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-14
From Commercial Street Stall

Fer Portsmouth, and way stations, 4.30 2. m
Capc. Elizabeth and scnrbor0 Gro-singf
$40, $40, lois a. M, 1896, 3.26, 4.30, $3.50 p.
IN.
Trains for Commercial Street Station connect
&C ocarOOrO Crossing with train OF both Divisions
tConnects with Rail Lines for New York, South
ana West.
sConnects with Sound Lines for New York.
sWestern Division from North Berwick.
tiWestern Division North Berwick Sundays
only. ,,,.,
All trains arriving and departing from v aess
station run via Western DIVISION oes"oo" 0
borough Crossing and Portland. ,,,,h and Was.
TOR sale az Gaisn ssntisns ooa.S
and az Sioan retail -troea Us 80, N.,,assr
JAS. I. FURBEk, vice e ""N w.
Is. FLASDERs, Cen, z: and I; - A Boston.
N. L. WILLIAMS "e"' As' ~ Ar
oct11 uA
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-14
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Money Easy-stocks Dull. Closing
Steady.
Exchange Quiet and Ste ady-RalI
road Bonds QUIET.
Quotations OF Staple Products In New
ork,Icnicago and ST. Louis.
Stocks and Bonds

At New York money is easy, ranging from to
93 per cent; last loan 3,closina per cent. Prime
mercantile paper at 597 per cent Sterling TX
change quiet ana steady for bankers bills, with
actual business at SO for .Oday bills and
4 ss% for demand; posted rates at s79s SO.
commercial bills at 4s594 81. Government
oonos are dull and steady. Railroad bonds quiet
anu fairly steady. Transactions In the stock
market was still at the extreme limit after 12
O'Clock, althoul there was some activity In new
sugar stocks, st Paul, Union Pacific. Louis &
Nash and some others. A dropping tendency ap-
peared In almost everything traded In and etired
at small fractions after slight gain in noon
prices. After O'Clock Sugar stocks were artiye
and strong, making marked advances, Receipts
passing last nights figures new preferred stock
touche 8 firm 8 ~ !; common regained all its
earl loss the market closing dul but steady at
about opening prices
The tran actions al the Stock Exchange aggre-
& tted 152, 900 shares