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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

WESTERN push, pluck and persistence
gain the republican national convention
for Minneapolis. The city had a strong
delegation at Washington and stronger
claims to present. 1t was really, how
ever a battle between the east and the
west. The victory Of the latter en-
phasizes the fact that the control over
national affairs which has so long rested
with the east has forever passed TO the
great ard growing west. The time is
not so far distant when Great Falls may
ask for and receive like gatherings of ma
tional delegates.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
GAVE. HIMSELF UP
Eighteen Years After Committing a
Double Murder.

LIVINGSTON, Nov. 24.-Jack Page, a
man who has been employed around the
restaurants and hotels in this city for
the past two years, appeared at the
sheritf's Office yesterday morning, stating
that he desired to give himself up for a
murder which he had committed in
Texas. Pages story is a romantic one,
and if true, the probabilities are that he
will take "a trip south in IA few days.
He claims that in 1878 he killed a man
in Liberty county, Texas, and made his
escape to Wyoming. One night he got
into an alteration with Il man in a dance
house IN Sheridan and killed him. After
serving eight years in the p%rnitentiary
FOR this latter crime. he came
to Montana and located at Livingston.
More than a year ago the sheriff re-
ceivcd IA letter irom the sheriff Of Liber-
~ county, Texas. stating that one j. w.
Moore desired to surrender himself for a
murder committed in that county. and
i~nstructing int sheriff 10 notify him
when Moore surrendered. 1t seems that
after writing TO the sheriff of Liberty
county Page weakened and failed to
show up at Sheriff Templeton's office.
As he had always gone by the name of
Page since coming to Livingston, the
officers were unable to locate the man
Moore. and the matter had been about
forgotten when Page gave himself
up this morning. After going to the
sherilfs Office he sat and cried for an
hour and said that matters had reached
a point where he was compelled to give
himself up and go back and stand trial or
else lose his reason. He claims to have
a wife and child living in Texas. Page
is apparently about 80 years of age; is a
fine penman and bears evidence of hav-
ing been well educated and a very intel
ligent man at one time. Since he has
been in Livingston he has drank ccnsid-
but has been employed all the
time, and has been a very peaceable citi-
zen.
Under-Sheriff Jackson was in Sheri-
dan the night Page claims to have killed
the nan in the dance house and saw the
nan who was arrested for the killing, but
it has been so long since the occurrence
that he is unable to state whether Page
is the man or not. A telegram was sent
to the sheriff of Liberty county today,
and it is expected that an answer will be
soon stating whether Page is
or not.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

EX-PREsIDENT FoNsECA, following the
footsteps of many other despots whose
failures arc recorded in history, resigns.
abdicatcs, takes a tumble to himself and
quits to save his bacon while he may.
Now if he will go off somewhere and play
the great Balmaceda closing act he will
make a harmonious, if not IA righteous,
ending to his somewhat chequered career.
Those South American countries, while
not fully prepared by culture for a full
measure of liberty, are unpreparcd to re-
turn to a dcspotic or monarchical form
Of government.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

The New York Post admits that New
York would have been in a state of panic
had it not been for our large harvest and
the unprecedented foreign demand for
grain. The uncertainty which hangs
over every monetary mart in Europe is
due to a want of more specie, a want of
which can alone be remedied by a res
toration OF silver to the coinage OF the
world. The return flow of gold to this
country in payment for wheat leaves all
Europe in a state Of impending bank
ruptcy.-Rocky Mountain News.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
Record Smashing.

STOCKTON, Cal, Nov. 24.-Another
worlds record was broken today by Sid
ney's yearling FLY Frou-Frou. who was
driven by Willard Sanders in 2:26, beat
ing Bill Birds time a quarter of a sec
ond. Her quarters were 81, 1:14I, Isl,
2:26. She finished the last quarter in
p seconds. A month ago Frou- Frou
made her first record. 2:il, and Sanders
has been keeping her coming along
faster at every meeting.
Athadson, yearling colt, by MatolIon,
was driven by Matt Dryer to beat 2:29l5s
and made a mile in 2:2S. He went to
half in 1:l212.
Fausta, a yearling tilly, by Sidney.
paced a mile in 2:24s,, beating his worlds
record of 2:251s, made here on Saturday.
She was well driven by Sanders, going to
the half in 1:331a and finishing last quar-
ter in 80 seconds.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

That is a good move on the part of
the treasury department to transfer the
headquarters of special agents, who are
looking after smuggling and other illicit
traffic at the boundary line, from Chi
cago to st. Paul. The propo, tons which
the smuggling of opium and Cinnamon
have assume during the past year or
two cannot longer be concealed and the
treasury department has become awak-
ened to the Importance of checking or
destroying the practice altogether. Con
gressional aid will doubtless be required
before opium smuggling "A be stopped.
That can be rendered by withdrawing
the inducements to smuggle by lowering
the duty on opium which is now S12 per
pound. But some understanding with
the Dominion government must first be
effected before a stop can be put to the
smuggling of Cinnamon.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

One Of the weakest point. in the reg
ulations for the suppression of opium
smuggling is that which provides that
the captured opium shall be sold at
auction. IL the opium were destroyed
the penalty would be much more effect
i've and severe. AS it is now the opium
is bought up at auction by the confeder-
ates of the smugglers at less than the
duty, thus defrauding the government
and injuring the business of honest i'm.
porters. Spokane Spokesman. =
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
National Republican Committee Al.
.jOuru.

WAsHISGToN. Nov. 24.- An important
step taken by the republican national
committee during the forenoon session
was the reference to the executive COM
mittee with a full power to act on all
matters connected with preparations for
the next convention. The executive
committee decided to assume the active
direction of the matter itself and ar
range for the hall, printing of tickets,
apartment of sergeant alarms and depu-
ties. ushcrs and doorkeepers for the con
v%ention. 1t will also take charge of the
preparation and publication of steno-
graphic report of the proceedings of the
convention. A conference was held i'm
mediately with some of the citizens com
mittee of Minneapolis and the directions
were given by the executive committee
for the preparation as soon as possible of
the diagram of the convention hall show
ing the number and location of seats and
all other necessary details. Claiming F..
Meeks of Colorado was elected by
the executive committee as sergeant at
arms of the next national convention.
At half half past two o'clock this after
noon the national committee again as
sembled to discuss routine business.
There followed a ~succinct statement
from each member of the committee of
the condition of the party in the various
states and its needs and prospects.
These were generally hopeful in tone
and were received with enthusiasm by
the committee as well as by some of the
members Of the executive committee of
the national republican league who were
admitted to the hall to give aid in the
party councils. Governor P~inchback of
Louisiana, however. varied the sameness
of the addresses somewhat by indulginc
in a fierce attack upon the white repub-
leans of the south, whom he held to be
responsible for the lack of %virility of the
party in that section of the country and
whom he charged with sup
pressing the negro vote for fear of race
issues. He held that their pusillanimous
uolicy had resulted in untold party losses
and maintained that a few vigorous con-
tests and manifestations Of their rightful
power by the southern negroes would
have a wholesome political effect and re-
deem the southern states from democ-
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
The Reason why Fonscea Resigned.

LONDON, Nov. pa recent telegram
from the British minister in Brazil hay
ing been altered in transmition, the
British foreign office protested against
the liberties taken by the Brazilian au
thorities. The protest had the desired
effect and kilograms now come through
without change. The British minister
telegraphed today that Marshal Ia Fon-
seca's readiness TO abdicate was due to
the fact that he critically is i'll.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
4 WORD TO PROPERTY HOLD
ERS.

Great Falls has an excellent volunteer
fire department. Does every one know
what that means? 1t means that a few
men in this city have volunteered to leave
their business at any hour of the day
and get up out of their beds at anyshour
of the night, and face rain, or hail or
sleet and risk their lives and limbs to
save their ~ncighbors' property and prob
ably some human being from death dur
ing "A fire. They are not paid for their
services but freely give them to the city.
They are a brave, s~elf-denying body of
men who take pride in promptly and
effectively doing their work. They also
take a %pardonable pride in having suit
able and complete equipments and in
having everything in good shape about
Their engine and hose houses. To have
all these things. however. requires a lit
tie money now and then. In order to
get it they occasionally give a ball, the
net surplus to be devoted to the uses Of
the department. In order to make the
ball a success they must sell tickets and
tickets can't be sold unless buyers come
forward and purchase them.
Now the object of this brief article is
TO remind the property-holdcrs, house
holders, and taxpayers of the city that it
is absolutely one of their duties to aid
the department to the extent, at least,
of purchasing one, if not more, tickets.
We say it is their duty 10 take a ticket
for the reasons stated. The department
may save them ten or a hundred times
the price of a ticket during the first fire
that may break out in the city. a
ticket holder need not attend or dance
unless he feel so disposed. lie simply
aiis Il deserving body of young men by
buying one. and tho knowledge Of this
fact should be sufficient to induce every
property and householder in the city to
invest the small sun of 800 for a ticket
for the ball on this Thanksgiving night.
1t may. like bread cast upon the waters,
an h~undrcdfold.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
THANKSGIVING.

A great many years ago, during the
early settlement of Massachusetts, the
Pilgrim fathers were on the point OF
starvation. They expected "A shipload OF
provisions from England. but it didn't
come. They were reduced to the last
straits and like the pious. prayerfui peo-
pie they were they appointed "A near day
for fasting and prayer-a day upon
which they would abstain from eating
roots and the inner bark of trees and dc
vote IT to s~upplications to God for sue
cor. Upon the morning of the appoint
ed day the ship arrived and the day was
giving. SO the story runs in the old
school histories. That commonwealth
afterwards set apart one day in the year
for giving thanks. a custom which was
followed by other New England states
in course of time. The custom gradu-
ally extended to all the northern states
and finally some of the southern states,
but it was not until Lincoln's presidency
that it became a national holiday and
he, if we mistake not, was the first prcsi-
dent to issue a proclamation setting
apart Il day for national Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day, like the Fourth of
July, is among the institutions peculiar
to this country and is now generally
observed by its people. 1t is meet and
proper that it should be. While the
ceremonies attending its observance are
not, as a rule. characterized by that
severe gravity and intense devotion
which distinguished them during the
days of the Puritans they are lot want
ing in that certain impressivcness which
appeals to the better and noblcr scnti-
of the human heart. The most
Indifferent to religious exercises is
awakened to a sense of gratitude, and
though he may not join in songs of
and thanksgiving he Iecis much
Of what others express in words. There
fore the day teaches its lesson to all.
The people of the whole country. and
especially those of Montana. have been
bountifully blessed by an overriding
during the year. As IA ma
ton we are at peace with the world.
Neither pestilcnce nor famine has
touched our confines. Harvest stores
nave filed our granaries to o~ver1owing,
health and prosperity have been our
landmaiGs. Can a people ask for more?
should not their gratitude find express
ZION iu p;rans of praise to the Giver of
good:
The people of Montana have been
ichly blessed. Surrounded by all the
of wealth, reveling in plenty.
the f~ullness of health, and
lwelling in the most prosperous com
nonwealth in the union they have abun
liant reason to be thankful. Those of
treat Falls are peculiarly favored. The
treat Architect of the universe has
,iven them his choicest handwOrks and
and strength and will to develop
The year has been one of great
and encouragement to them and
hey can now see in the near future the
ul fruition of all their hopes.
praise God from whom all blessings
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

FoRGEr not the poor today. There
are grateful and thankful hearts around
many Il h%earthstone who are denied by
the poverty of their purses the table de-
lights which the more fortunate will
enjoy. Out of their abundance the rich
may make many a poor family look with
kindlier eyes upon a world which they
have known only as cold, unfeeling and
uDcharitable. Remember the pOOr.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

In his speech before the Denver Min.
ing congress that staunch friend of the
white metal Senator placed
the center of the gold trust in
England. He says London fl
nanciers issue their orders to New
York bankers and they in turn to the
bankers of the country who all obey the
foreign mandate. Thus it may be seen
that gold standard Great Britain, which
d~emonetized the white royal metal forty
years ago, now fixes the market price of
the American product for speculative
purposes. In view of these facts is it
not time the miners of the Rocky mcun-
tain states firmly unite upon the single
proposition for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
Want Another National Park,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The secretary
of the interior referred to the commits,
sioner Of the general land office the re
quest of the members Of the Minnesota
legislature that certain lands situated at
the headwaters of the Mississippi, Red
and Rainy Lake rivers comprising about
6.000,OOO acres Of forest lands be set
aside for the purpose of a national park
under an act Of March 3, 1891.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
CyclOnic Destruction,

LONDON, Nov. pa Bangkok CORES
pendent of the Standard telegraphs a
account of the terrible destruction by
cyclone which swept over that portion
OF the country, wrecking thousands o
buildings and causing great loss of life
The towns of Chaiva and Bandon wer,
practically destroyed and three hundreC
inhabitants killed.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
HELENA

Another One Of the Cracker City's Female
Robbers.
HELENA, Mob. 24. Judge Hunt Mon
day sentenced Myrtle Clark, 'the sheet
iron blonde" to one year at Deer Lodge
for robbery. She was convicted on Sat
urday of robbing a man named Clark of
his watch and pocket book. The woman
ran a house or Clore street. Clark was
invited inside. Shortly afterwards he
missed his watch and money. Cases of
this kind are numerous, but the convic-
tons are very few. The victims dislike
the notoriety of a trial and embarrass
the prosecution.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

racy. 1t was announced that a meeting
of the executive committee would be
held within two or three weeks upon a
call from the chairman to undertake the
work preliminary to the convention and
at 7 o'clock the national committee adj
journed sine die.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

The silver resolutions of the Denver
congress have stirred up every gold bug
organ in the country to a bitterness
against the white metal which has been,
heretofore, but illy-concealed.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

LONDON, Nov. 2i.-An official telegram
has been received in this city from the
brazilian minister of foreign affairs stat
that Marshal Da Fonseca has resigned
the dictatorship and that he has been
succeeded by Senior Floriano Piezotto,
vice chief of the provisional government.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

A ST.. Louis merchant has just re-
tired from business at the age of 100.
After a man gets well along in the
nineties even st. Louis business methods
are a trife too swift for him.-Minne-
apolis Tribune.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
The Twin Cities Want Both.

ST. PAUL, Nov. 24.-Democrats of this
city and Minneapolis are DESTROYS of Sc
curing the democratic national conven-
ton and will hold a meeting tomorrow
to take action on the matter.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28

THE Drovers' Journal says Chicago
distillers are buying a great many cattle
and adds: "They are in it when corn
feeders do not know what to do"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-28
Montana Weather,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.--For Montana
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-02
Sonoma's seven Moons.

There have been many explanations
offered in times past as to why the
name of SOnoma was given 10 this val
lev by the native tribes of Indians who,
upon the advent of the white man, over
100 years ago, peopled this section by
thousands. OF course well all know
that SOnoma valley in abOrigine means
VALLEY of the Moons" but just why
that name was bestowed upon IL is an
other question. and one too, which we
believe has never been satisfactorily
answered. Recently, in talking To
an aged Indian who has resided on
the old Nick Carrigan ranch Tor
many years and was an old
man when Gen. Vallejo settled in So
MONA, fifty years ago, and must now be
something over 100 years OF age, he
stated the reason the valley was called
Sonoma was because it had ''hee muche
moon" translated into good English,
many moonSl. Further inquiry deyel-
oped the fact that between the town OF
Sonoma and the Bella Vista vineyards,
a distance Of four or five miles, the
moon. when il is full, can be seen by the
traveller TO rise seven times in succession
over the mountains in the east, owing
10 thei. peculiar formation. This phe-
nomeuon has been witnessed by many
old residents in the early evening at the
rising Of the full moon. This, no doubt,
had been observed by the Indians, and
hence the name, VALLEY of the Moon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-02
MARTINS FERRY.

Dir Gasmire. VIM. Briedenstein and
August Briedenstein were in the city To-
day getting subscriptions for the new com
pany that will bore for gas and oil back oil
town.
Early Yesterday morning thieves broke
into Yjngiing x Reithmiller's butcher
sbop aud got about - in small change.
John Peppers has returned TO his home
in Steubenville after pleasant Visit WITH
friends and relatives here.
Ross McKim, Of Dilworth Bros, PITTS
burg. is spending New Years Win MS
parents on Third street.
The Maenuerchor Singing Society gave
a concert and ball TO their trehuS anu
members last evening
There is a good bit Of uneasiness among
our citizens on the low lands on account Oh
the rising river.
There was a good bit of cuSSlng among
the Datrons of the electric light company.
The Laughlin mill IS busy taxing s1oVA'
They eX pect 10 get on in ten days.
Miss Jennie StriEger, Of Portland, u, Is
visiting relatives IN the sity,
0Alouzo Bowman. of New Brighton, Is
spending his vacation here. -.
Fred Updegraff, of Mount Pleasant, mas
returned from Tennessee 49,,
"Silver Bird" was the attraction at the
Opera House yesterday. ,-..,.
There will be club dance nj heeSey ;
Hall 70. morrow night.
Mrs. Thomas DObbins IS visiting her
parents in Fairview. 49,,
Jimmy Radcliffe, of Greensbnrg, is here
among friends. 49,,
The .Etna glass works expects TO Seion
next Monday. r,a,..
James Gather has returned from Iiihn'
Ohio. ,.,.
Charlie Coleman is here for the holidays
SMOKEY PRINCES LUNCH ROOMS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-02
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
SIN Room Frame House on ). Front St. new
Store Room l0i2 Market street.
MONEY TO LOAN.
$1,000 IN sums to suit borrowers.
GEO. J. MATHISON.
Telephone lE. 1910 ChapAne street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-02
HEL.Lt1KE.

All of the bottle blowers from Alton,
his. who have been working here, have
give notice that they want TO quit Ihey
will return TO Illinois. The factory where
they were employed was burned some
weeks since. but is now in condition Tor
work. New men will be put to work here.
Bellaire watched the old year out and
the new one in. The ceremony began on
fast time and quit on sun time. very lew
cities had the satisfaction OF enjoying the
outgoing and the incoming OF the year SO
long as we. Another benefit derived by
having several times.
DR. Wells. of this city, witnessed the &C
cident that caused the loss OF life OF young
man at Wheeling creek bridge on Wednes-
dny night. He will likely be called as "A
witness when a suit for damages comes up.
Harry NJ. Kelly, who for several years
has boeu Secretary of the Belmont Glass
Works, will retire after the annual meet
ing of the stockholders on the l4th. Tie
Works will be closed after that
Mrs. Nancy Little and Mrs. Lizzie Dix
on. mother and sister of Capt. w. y. Lit
lie who have been visiting Fourth ward
friends. will return home tomorrow.
Al. Baron and b. +. Cockayne, OF the
Ohio Lantern Works, Tiffin, are in the
city seeing old friends. Their faces look
as familiar as of yore.
McClain Bros. filled in near Louis Eber-
linc's slaughter house, while grading Tor
the new pike, but an injunction stopped any
further work.
Robert Haase. B. * 0. ticket agent, VINO
has been laid up with sickness Tor the past
week, is able TO walk about again
VIM. Refer. of Defiance, was here and
scttled the estate of his deceased father
He left Yesterday for New York.
Most of the stores remained open yester-
dav. The weather was too dlsagreeaOle
for merchants 10 venture out
Twentv-eight couples of young folks took
part in the private hop Of the Mercantile
CLUB at the Globe Hotel.
A man and woman, who were doing sys-
tematic begging on our streets, were run
out of town.
New Years calling is thing OF the past
with our people. No one kept open house
YESTERDAY.
The new dramatic organization Will put
a niece on the boards some time in f'ebru-
airy.
There were no arrests yesterday. won
der if the record will be good Tor year
Reuben Glue" played to a good bust
ness Yesterday afternoon and evening
Single file is the way you have to march
in the postofice now if you want mai.
The carrier boys were disappointed IN
not getting IN address yesterday.
Commissioner Berry was in the city yes
terday looking up the flour trade
The annual concert of the Christian
church took place last night
Miss Lura Dickens has gone TO zaneS-
vile TO visit friends
The Tribune will make some valuaoie
changes this year.
An orchestra of about thirty pieces, IN