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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
When 1t No Longer Pays to Be Rich.

" ~ Nv ASOAASOH ayb W 1VO AsASAAs
In place of the scarcity of money in
the banks last summer there are now
lying in the vaults of those institutions
hundreds Of thousands of dollars that
are idle because no profitable investment
for them offers. A millionaire remarked
lately that it did not pay to 60 through
the worry and drudgery of laying up
money, since large sums no longer
brought more than 2 and 8 per cent
when they were invested.
In the early days of the country 10
per cent was the common rate of inter-
est. The demand for money was so
great because of the vast sums needed in
developing new enterprises. Consequent
ly the investing of money in America
was much more profitable than it was in
Great Britain. There the houses and
railways had mostly been built already
and the farming land reclaimed from
the wilderness. British money came to
the United States for investment by the
hundred millions.
Now, however, our country is going
the way of the older ones. The rate of
interest in the newest states is still some
times 10 per cent. In the old states the
legal rate averages 6 per cent. For great
sums Of money the returns are lower.
An issue of city bonds in New York two
years ago bearing only 2 per cent was
all taken in a few hours at a price above
par. Will the time come when a great
amount of capital will hardly be worth
the trouble of accommodating?
A law permitting divorce was passed
in France in 1884, chiefly through the
efforts of Senator Naquet, who himself
wanted a divorce in order that he might
marry again. Before this law was enact
ed there was only legal separation in
France. Under the divorce law the Pc
titions for mere separation have fallen
off considerably, discontinued married
couples evidently preferring divorce out
and out. In 1890 the proportion of di-
vorces to marriages was "a to 1000.
Cruelty and desertion were the causes as
signed for divorce in a majority of cases,
the greater number of petitioners being
wives. The largest number of petitions
was lodged by the class of ordinary
working people.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
Not In Her set.

A lady went to get a check cashed at
a bank where she was entirely I'M
known.
1T will be impossible for me to give
you the money, madam" said the tell
er politely, unless you can identify
yourself in some way"
but I am Miss CT" said the
lady.
Certainly, but it will be necessary
for some one whom we know to give
You an introduction to u.s."
She drew back and regarded him
haughtily.
but, SIR" she said in what has
been called 80 tor. of spurn," ~ dc
not wish to know sou!'-Life,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
CLEVER AND UNIQUE
A Counterfeit $50 Bill That Is a Pen and
Ink Sketch Oh Government Paper.

A Counterfeit $50 Bill That Is a Pen and
Ink Sketch Oh Government Paper.
Thomas T. Callahan of the govern
ment secret service department was in
Brooklyn the other day looking for an
exceedingly clever counterfeiter, who
recently counterfeited a $50 bill, using
only pen and ink. The paper was the
regular silk fiber paper, made only by
the government. The counterfeit bill
was passed on a New York bank and
was only detected when it reached the
subtreasury and it was found that the
word Series" had been omitted. There
is no clue to the artist.
This unique counterfeiter is supposed
to be a man who has for years defed
the efforts of the United States secret
service officers to detect him. There
are specimens of his work on exhibition
in Washington. His work has always
been so perfect that it was almost i'm
possible to detect a bill he made from
the genuine article. 1t is all done with
a pen and ink and on the same quality
paper that is used in the genuine bills.
The great difficult in the way of his
capture is that he has no tools. He is
an artist. He sits down and draws a
bill as an artist draws a picture. Even
If he was captured in his room with a
bill in his possession, there might be
no evidence to convict him. as he could
say he had received it from somebody
else. 1t must require a long time for
him to complete a single bill, and the
skill he displays at his work is an indi-
cation that if he devoted his talents to
honest employment he would make more
money.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
A S25 Poem Wanted.

The following circular has been sent
out by the Board OF Trade:
''The Board of Trade of this city offers
a prize of $50 to the author of the best
poem on the falls Of the Missouri at this
place, the poem to contain not less than
three nor more than five stanzas, the
number of lines in a stanza to be decided
by the author. Competition will close
May 81. Persons who have not seen the
falls and desire information concerning
them can obtain the same upon appli-
cation to the secretary OF the Board OF
Trade, Great Falls, Mont"
We would suggest that a copy of the
new folder would be the proper thing for
the board to SEND to aspirants for fame
and the twenty-five hard silver dollars
The picture Of the falls on the front page
would either inspire them with poetical
fervour or provoke an attack OF the jim
jams.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Beware Of the gang. The ring organ
admoplshes its heelers and thugs that
the coming city election is not going to
be a difficult n Oh, &c. The ring
would like to fasten it's poisonous fangs
in the fair form of our city as it has done
in the county. Fourteen hundred and
seventy-tive dollars and sixty-one cents
for three months printing is a little hard
on IL overburdened taxpayers, but the
gang must have ar organ if it does come
high. Our taxpayers and business men
will have something to say about who
shall and who shall not run the affairs of
this city for the next year.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
Sun River Valley.

1t is doubtful if there is a valley Of the
same length, the same area of cultivated
agricultural lands and the same amount
of undeveloped mineral resources in
Montana, that has as few railroad facili-
ties, a more insufficient postal service, or
more land taken from the heart of the
alley for a reservation as Sun river in
northern Montana.
The possibilities of the future Of this
valley are s%tupendous, draining the east.
tern slope of the Rocky mountains for a
distance of seventy miles with almost in
exhaustable supplies of timber, it then
enters a region fully as fertile, if not
more so, on account of its lower eleva-
ton, than even the far famed Gallatin
valley. Enormous areas of coal bearing
strata stretch over the country for miles
and miles, and from the upper waters of
the river to the western boundary of
Fort Shaw reservation, we find the val
ley covered with farms raising the finest
kind of grain and vegetables.
What is tine outlet for this magnificent
section? A stage line to Craig, bad at
all times over the intersecting ranges,
but next to impossible in winter. These
are their postal facilities. At the mouth
of Sun river lies the Electric city of Mon
tana-Great Falls-which requires the
grain, hay, vegetables, and dairy prod
ucts produced there.
In the absence of railroad facilities,
there being only twelve miles of rail
way, and that near the mouth, the best
thing that can be done is to establish a
stage route from Great Falls to Augusta
and have telephone connection between
the village Of Sun river and the city of
Great Falls.
1t is pleasing to know that the Great
Falls Board of Trade is now taking steps
to secure these facilities for this section,
and it is to be hoped the board will be
supported in its endeavors by the citi-
zens of both sections, as it will tend to
their mutual advantage.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Is a current of the ~offscouring of Rus
sian pauper Hebrew immigration pour
ing into this country by way Of South
America? A report to that effectis abroad.
The Jewish colonization association
that distributes Baron Hirsch's beneyo-
lent fund is finding out that the only
people who are worth helping are those
who help themselves. One of the col
onies in Argentina, Mosesville, has been
abandoned because the settlers are too
lazy and shiftless to earn their living
when ground and farming utensils have
been provided, and the lazy and shiftless
ones have been shipped to the United
States, so it is said. But it seems very
strange that there are Jews too worth
less to earn their own living. That is
not the kind of Jews we have In America.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

About the rankest specimen of ,stypo.
graphical art that ever disgraced our
fair city is the folder lately gotten out in
st. Paul for the Board of Trade. OF all
execrable Jobs of printing this is the worst
we ever saw. The Board of Trade has
certainly better sense than to send them
abroad. Outsiders would take them for
the product OF a Great Falls office and
give a town that couldn't do better work
the go-by. By all means, gentlemen,
burn them. By so doing you.will serve
the interests of the city.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

This vote shows ten republicans for
the bill, but subtract the five from Mon
tana, Idaho. and Colorado and you have
five votes for silver on the republican
side. There were Twenty-Five democratic
votes for silver and not one Of them from
a silver producing state. In addition
there were three democrats paired in
favor of silver, making ~thirty-two demo-
cratic senators as against five republic
ans in favor of the bill.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Several European sovereigns are re-
nowned for the length of time which
they wear their clothes. The record in
this respect, however, is broken by the
rector of the Berlin university, who
has just been compelled to order a new
official mantle at a cost of 2,4OO marks,
The one which he has worn until o
was made exactly 1872 years ago.-Ber.
lin Gazette.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Times are harder at present in Italy
and Greece than they are anywhere else.
In Greece half the public revenues are
used up in the payment Of interest 10
foreign bondholders. At the beginning
Of 1894 the government was unable to
pay more than 80 per cent of even the
interest on the money it had borrowed,
Greece has a very bad financial system.
There is no tax at all upon land. On the
contrary, it is imposed up to the last
notch that can be borne upon the ami
mails the farmer must use to till his soil
with; also upon the products he raises.
As fast as the wine he makes flows from
the press 1t is taxed, so that the chief re-
suit of his accommodating more horses
and oxen and planting larger vineyards
is that he has heavier taxes. 1t is no won
der that with such a system the peasant
becomes discouraged. Worst of all,
Greece has not borrowed money right
and left for internal improvements,
which would perhaps be partially justiia-
BILE, because there would be some hone
Of return. She has searched hither and
thither to get money to make prepare
tons against the case when some of the
periodic wal scares that affect all EUROPE
should turn out to have real foundation.
This is the trouble in Italy as well. 1t is
war scares that keep the nations of Eu.
rope on the verge of bankruptcy, with
Italy and Greece at the point oftoppling
over.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

The democratic press of the state is a
unit in the Endorsement of Jerry Collins
for the position of register of the Helena
land Office. Mr.. Collins is a nan of I'M
questioned ability and integrity. He is
a stanch democrat and his appointment
would give general satisfaction to his
many friends.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
Can Steer This Balloon,

An important series of experiments
at the military balloon school of in
struction near Chatham is approaching
completion. The utmost secrecy is
maintained, but it is reported that Ma
jor Temple has at length found an aeri-
al steering apparatus which he relies
upon to act satisfactorily in all condi.
tions of weather, except an actua.
storm,-London Letter.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

William Dryer, deputy sheriff and
constable, resigned the latter Office a few
days ago and Under Sheriff j. E. Hous-
ton has been appointed to the position.
Why is this thusly? Was this piece of ring
jobbery done for the purpose of contin-
uing all constable business in the hands
Of one man or what? There are several
good and competent republicans in the
city who would like to have the Office,
but they are anti-ring. TO the ring be-
longs the spoils.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

The commercial traveller is getting to
be a bigger man than almost anybody
else in this country. In evidence of it is
a bill that is now before congress to so
amend the interstate commerce law that
the commercial traveller may have a
5000 mile interchangeable ticket, with
extra baggage privileges.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Since the county commissioners ad-
journed on Friday the ring officials. have
transferred their offices to the streets
and are hard at work for another nomin-
alton. Public Office is a public trust and
the official who fails to attend to his
duties should resign.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Everybody desiring a light harness to
stop in Steffin's shop and examine his
stock OF single and double buggy harness,
Prices to suit the times.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23
Notice.

All persons are hereby warned against
purchasing q certain promissory note
dated on or about Dec. 30, 1893, to Il.
Stackhouse for S57. d. G. Holbrook.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

The war is of the northwest seem to
be totally ignored by the present con-
gress. In addition to other unwise
legislation which has tended TO the at
tempted destruction of industries in that
section, the proper amount required for
surveying public lands to enable settlers
to prove up on their lands, is a usual
cut down to a fraction of what is re-
quired by the public interests.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Our citizens should remember that the
election of school trustees is now rapidly
approaching. AS heavy expenditures
will be made the ensuing term they
should see to it that wise, upright citi-
zens are elected-men who will be provi-
dent in the expenditure of public funds
and watchful that there be no needless
leak in current expenses.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

For Sale on Easy Payments.
Ten houses which / will remove ano
finish on any lot purchaser requires.
VIM. ROBERTS,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Smoke Juliet" Cigars, the best in the
j. B. McCollum, Sole Agent.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Gibson.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

o. &c. Taylor Whisky at McCollum's
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Mrs Eta Sorrick, dresemaking,
Eighth avenue south. Telephone,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Just Arrived, New Styles Of Baby
Carriages at Calkins' Bookstore.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Texas was surprised - .sar of this
capade, 30 different to his charat
there. 1t is a moral certainty, howe
that this robbery has been planned
some time, all the actions of Wag
proving that; and that he is insane
was drunk at the time of the robbery
a matter OF disbelief by all parties CO.
zant OF the facts in the a
LATER-The true name of the acc
plice of Wegner is Alma Smith, pal
on his person revealing the fact thai
was discharged from the penitentiarj
Deer Lodge one month ago.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-13

PoRr TOWNSEND, Aug. l2-[Specias r
III. L. Tibbsls, jr., will not accept the
Democratic nomination for congress. He
made this emphatic declaration today
Since his candidacy was first suggested at
Spokane as an anti-administration nomi-
nee, Mr.. Tibbals has received basketful
of letters from leading Democrats al over
the state urging him to stand for congress
sional honors. Some Of the epistles were
quite breezy and denoted decided antip-
athy toward the administration and Fed
eral appointees In the state, and they
sounded something like the speeches that
were made in Whatcom last week against
the Maloney-Saunders-W Wallace phalanx.
Mr.. Tibbsls candidiy admitted that
the only real pleasure TO be de-
rived from the nomination would
be 70 see his Republican competitor
elected by $4,000 or 10000 majority. and IL
there was any fun in that he failed to see
IL. However, he is in tawsr Of Joseph A.
Kuhn. Of this city, being the west-of-the-
mountains nominee. Judge Kuhn likes
Collector Saunders and Hugh Wallace
about 80 well Is Mr.. Cleveland loves David
b. HILL He represents the old line of
territorial Democracy. Is thoroughly anti
Cleveland and detests the kind of Demo-
Gratis who are Democrats for office only.
frequently he has been the only Demo-
erat elected here when the Republicans
swept the county. and his record as a
Democrats in the legislature is excellent.
Those are the qualifications and recon-
mendations advanced by Mr.. Tibbals and
other friends in Judge kuhn's behalf
Very cleverly the judge avoids the ques-
ton Of accepting the nomination, prefer
ring TO wait and see If there will DO a pop
uiar uprising among the Republicans.
Democrats and Populists west of the
mountains to urge his candidacy. He is
still waiting. Judge Kuhn Is very bitter
against the Seattle cansa. but it Is not GER
tain that the Democrats will pat an anti
canal plank in the state platform.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-13

Andrew Patton was killed at Yelling
ton. b. c., last week while blasting q
stump.
Knut Wick. q Norwegian, % years old,
was killed 10 the Bennett mine at uneau,
Alaska, July Is. by fall of rock.
The total hop acreaas OF Yakima county
is B. 2f7. of which 10 acres are nawly
PLANTED. The growers will nay 81 per box
for picking, as against 65 cents on the
Sound. Twelve thousand pickers will be
employed. Picking will begin September
l and continue until October 10 The
Northern Pacific will make special rate
to pickers.
Following are statistics from the Doug
las county assessment: Rest estate, num-
Der of acres. T9f 500; nunaer acres i'm
proved, 53,53I Value of laAds, 1854, COS;
value OF Improvement, S6S,i0S, total.
$I,o02 49, Value of town and sify Lots.
sie4, 2ei; value of Improvements, $50, SIS;
total. SlsT. 1885, Railroad track and right
of-way, $563 eH2. Total assessed value of
real estate. $780, 2I. Totai assfssed va
uation OF personal property. Se47Y E5i The
total Of assessment Is about SO, 900 less
than last year.
On Thursday morning n. Magee shot
and killed Steve Baker in the Bfue mounts
aims, fifteen miles from Pomeroy. The
two men QuarTeled about some bay, when
Magee struck Baker, knocking him down.
When Baker recovered he attacked Magee
with q pitchfork. The latter grabbed 4
shotgun lying near BY and shot Baker in
the legs and hody with q charge of buck
shot. One shos struck Baker in the breast.
Killing him instantly. Magee fled TO the
mountains The officers are in search a
him. Both nsn were highly respected
citizens OF Garfield county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-13

The militia Companies VIII Be with
M drawn in q Few Days

The Militia Companies VIII BE Wffh-
& drawn in . Few Days
CxAHA, Aug l2-Tofay definitely de-
termined the course Of the state officers
with reference to the presence OF troops TO
keep the South Omaha strikers quiet. All
was 30 quiet that the Omaha Guards and
Thurston Rifles we're released, and comfy
tefe three companies from the interior Of
the state will be retained at the scene for
q day or so longer. Probably twp-thirds OF
the strikers have returned to work or will
do so tomorrow, and ethe balance would If
they could secure positions.
sit is my Intention said Gen. Colby,
ITO keep the BALANCE of the composites
here until Tuesday morning. when the
men can 90 directly to Lincoln TO attend
the state encampment. Certainly If the
situation does not appear favorable to
peace at that time the men will not be al
loved to leave. With all the men at Lin
coin 1t would DO handy matter TO get
them here. Ali arrangements have been
made there for the men. and don't think
IL would be best to change uader the cir
cumstances. Ny reason for thinking that
there will be no serious trouble from
now on is the manner of the men who are
out. They all seem to be peaceable and
suiet. l have IL officially from the pack
ers that many of the strikers are comisg
back to work, and it seems to me that the
trouble is nearing an end. do not anti
cipa4e any more trouble whatever. but we
propose to take all precautions.' All the
other companies of the brigade who we're
notified to be In readiness TO startfor South
Omaha have been notified by Gen. Colby
that their services via not be required.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-13
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n@rds nsy o. Restored
Pear Towssrsp. Aux. f2-fSpeciaLl =
Consul J. y. Meyers. q Nictoria. vas IN
the ciEy today. and In speaking Of
the sealing situation said the prevailing
opinion in British Columbfs sealing circles
IA. that IL would better subservs the in
tsrests Of both nations II sealing shou&d be
wholly suspended for five years. The old
idea that seal herds were inexhaustibls is
dissoiving into the cold fact that tns herds
are becoming much fewer and are COM
posed Of smaller numbers each year. If
the industry is continued IL Is only mat
ter Of few years when the herds will have
been exterminated. Collector of Customs
Milne, Of Victoria, Is said to entertain this
opinion, and will probably recommend q
suspension OF sealing TO the Dominion
government, providing. Of courses that
similar action be taken by the United
States. Many sealing men of Victoria, IL
is said, indorse this movement. for the
reason that the markets are now over
stocked and skins are quoted as low as IS
each. IL is believed that if Great Britain
ana the United States agree TO this propoe
sition that a similar request TO other
nations to prohibit scaling would also be
recognized.
"fhe impending proposition in congress
to lower the duty on opium to s. pound"
said Mr. Meyers, '.has been the means of
closing down nearly all the opium factor
les in British Columbia. Opium manu-
featured in China. which is tar superior to
the Victoria product, commands higher
price in American markets, and with the
duty at 81 the former opium can success
fully compete with northern opium that
Is smuggled into the United States. The
business Of opium and Chinese smuggling
Is about suspended. For more than three
months the oriental steamers have not
brought any Chineseto British Columbia.
The Chinese government forbids emigra-
ton on account ofwar with Japan. They,
need all their gble-bodied men at home"
The consul further says that great
many Americans are going to British CO.
lumbia to seek employment, and he warns
them to remain away. saying that there is
very little work there and what there is is
given to Canadian citizens.