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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
Treasurer National League Ameri.
OPERATION ON A TIGER.
Surgeon at Baraboo, wis.,, Performs y
Dihicult Surgical Feat.

Surgeon ut Baraboo, Wis. Performs y
DihicuIt Surgical Feat.
BARABoo, Wis, March l9.-That tigers
now known SO fashionable among hu-
man beings, appendicitis, was proved
Friday when surgical operation was
performed on "Jlm Blaine" the Royal
Bengal tiger In the circus now In win
ter quarters here. "Jim" had evidently
been suffering for some time but it was
not until Wednesday that the trouble
assumed serious phase
A New York specialist is In this city
attending wealthy patient and was
asked to look at the tiger. He noticed
the big beast clawing at his abdomen
and hazarded the remark that appen-
dicitis was the trouble. Asked If he
would operate on the tiger, he said
that he would for $3.50. This was
agreed to, but 1t was stipulated that no
ether or chloroform should be used
The beast was securely chained and
muzzled. This took quite a time, as
bolts had 10 be put into an adjoining
cage and Jim moved to it. Everything
being in readiness, the doctor, with two
young physicians from Madison as as
sistants, entered the cage. There was
glittering array of knives, coil of
silver wire, anticipates, medicated
cotton, two or three pals of warm
water and a coterie of interested spec
tators. The doctor made a deep in
cision In the left of the abdomen. His
bare arm was inserted as one of his as
assistants held the wound open, while
the other tied the severed arteries with
silver wire. With his left hand the
doctor held fast to the appendix of the
bowels and cut away an infamed sac,
in which was imbedded one of the rims
of pair of spectacles, which the
animal had taken into it's interior at
some time In It's career. Then, with a
common dipper, he took out nearly a
quart of suppurating matter. With a
large syringe he introduced perhaps
two quarts of tepid water and followed
this with an injection of anticipates,
medicated cotton was then placed In
the cavity, the wound sowed up with
silver thread and the first operation fol
the removal of the veriform appendix
from a tiger was completed.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
STRIKE FOR IRELAND
The National League Believes in a
Revolution.
AND BOLDLY PROCLAIMS IT
the Home Rule Cause-Now Is the
Time for Action.

New York, March 17.-William Ly-
man, treasurer of the Irish National
League of America, on behalf of that
organization, yesterday issued mani
festo to the Irish nation and abroad.
The address condemns parliamentary
methods as futile, and advocates a rev.
olution as the only means by which Ire
land can achieve restoration of her
rights. After declaring that the Irish
cause has been betrayed by Gladstone
and Rosebery, the address SAYS:
TRAITORS have brought the Irish
cause almost to the verge of ruin. The
question Is, Who can save it,"
The manifesto concludes as follows:
"a critical moment has come. Let
those who fight for the principle of
Nationality close their ranks and smile
at English force and Irish traitors on
high. Once again Ireland has got to
depend upon the revolutionists. The
revolutionIsts only can save her. We
must have deeds. One blow struck at
the enemy is worth thousand speeches.
Remember this, each and every one of
you, and the end OF the struggle must
soon come in a blaze of glory. Now
for revolution and revolution only.
God save Ireland.
WILLIAM LYMAN.
Trpasurer National Iearue America
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
WAGES PAID IN MONTANA.
The Figures From the State Bureau of
Labor and Statistics.

The Figures From the State Bureau of
Labor and Statistics.
Labor Commissioner Mills report
gives the following list of wages paid in
Montana, the amount being per diem,
unless otherwise stated:
Quartz miners $3.50, quartz mill men
S348, smelter men $2.SS, coal miners
1924, stationary engineers $3.7s, sta
tionary firemen SO 25, carpenters, mill
wrights, etc. $4.ls, bricklayers and
stone masons 1856 55, granite and stone
cutters $4.92, painters and decorators
So 20, machinists SO ~, boilermakers
S3.91, foundry employees $41s, black
smiths 1891, train dispatchers $12S per
month, railroad clerks SS5. 70 per month,
railway conductors $120.55 per month,
locomotive engineers S121.07p per month,
locomotive firemen $40 per month, rail-
way brakemen $74,s2 per month, car
hoslers So 81, car inspectors $2.33, car
repairers So. ID, other railroad laborers
sl.s1, switchmen s3.1s, electric light
| dhu idiWd1 iiOhi Tn-'o W
$2.71, printers As cents per 1000 ems,
telegraph operators SIC SO per month,
telephone operators S36.43 per month,
bookkeepsrs $1os.4a per month, clerks
and statesmen $sa.7s for males and S5l ,o5
for females, jewellers and watchmakers
$D4 per month, dressmakers and
milllners 81 67, saddlers and harness
makers So SO, tailors S1sss per week,
shoemakers 500 per month, b1kers and
confectioners $4,000 per week, butchers
$s4 0a per month cigar makers $3.50
per 1000, BARRIERS S22.54 per week
employees of sawmills and lumber yard.
S.. 90, brewers $40 SO per month, bar
, tenders sos per month, drivers, team
} sters and hostlers S73 sc per month
herders $40 So per month, farm hand
! S3l &C per month, restaurant employe
500 06 per month for cooks, and S7l.s
for male walters, and S54 60 for femal
walters, laundry employees SAC 10 pc
5 month for females and S77. so for males
domestic help S23 81 per month, no
E including cooks, laborers S2.79.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
From Captain Mills Report.

Fourteen breweries In Montana pro-
duced az GIL barrels of beer last year,
valued at S336,s75. Capital invested,
S572, 500.
Montana produced over 15,000,0O0
brick last year. General depression in
this industry is reported.
Says a wool grower The average
expense of conducting a sheep ranch Is
81 per head per year. Less than Is
cents pe.' pound for wool will never pay,
considering unavoidable losses.
Most of Montanas school teachers
come from Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wis
consin, New York, Michigan, Minnesota
and Montana come next in order. The
teachers come from thirty seven states
and territories. Fifteen are from Can
ada, three from England, and Denmark
and ireland are represented by one each.
The average age of the female teacher
is 26 years, and s7.72 per cent of the
school ma'ams are single.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22

Suit has been filed at Helena on be-
half of the Mergenthaler Linotype
company against the Daily Journal COM
pany, Russell B. Harrison, George II.
Boose and Carl Kleinschmidt. II is for
81 $40 2l for rent of typesetting ma
chimes and material furnished between
November /, 1891, and December /, 1892,
the period preceding the collapse of the
Journal. The complaint also sets forth
that the directors made no annual state
ment of the affairs of the corporation,
as required by law, and therefore asks
that they be held personally liable for
the amount claimed.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
sPELLMAN ISN'T A BAD BOY.
That's What Judge Hunt Thinks, SO He
Let tho Lad Go.

Let tho Lad Go.
Judge Hunt dismissed the complaint
of incorrigibility against Patrick SPELL
man, the l2-year-old boy whose mother
wanted him sent to the state reform
school. There was a regular trial of
the case in the district court. The boys
mother testified that he was always
running away from home and abusing
her, and as she had to work and was
away most of the time she could do
nothing with him. Other evidence was
given in support of the mothers state
ment, one of the witnesses being the
boys sister.
Another sister, however, swore that
the boy was abused by his mother The
judge questioned the boy and was
satisfied that he was not so bad but that
he could be managed if properly
handled. He dismissed the proceedings.
In doing so he held that detention in
the reform school was not an imprison-
ment in the sense that in the proceed
ings looking to commitment the rules
OF criminal procedure ought to have
precedence; and investigation could be
conducted without the intervention of
jury. He held, however, that the
state should initiate the proceedings
through the county attorney, who
should appear in all cases where it was
sought to send minor to the reform
school,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
MINISTER TAuRsToN is ENGAGED.
Captivsted In Chicago by Miss Harriet
w Potter of st. Joseph, Mich.

Captivated In Chicago by MISS Harriet
w Potter OF st. Joseph, Mich.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. = Miss
Harriet w. Potter of St. Joseph, Mich,
Is to marry Minister Thurston of
Hawaii. She is we'll known In San
Francisco, where she has served since
the opening of the mid winter fair as
secretary of the Hawaiiin village and
panorama. She made Thurstons ac-
quaintance while at the Hawaiian CYCLIC
rama in Chicago, where she was given
a position as secretary and cashier.
Miss Potter /, above the m, dium height,
of fine figure, a brunette, pretty and
ladyliae. Thurston is said TO have be.
come engaged 10 the girl in Chicago,
but he was very discreet lover, for
his intim ,te friends knew nothing of 1t.
Miss Potter came to San Francisco In
January with tso schoolmates, both OF
whom, like hel self, h d been given po-
sitions as cashiers in connec ion with
Hawaiian concessions. Thurston was
also here ea'ly in the year, stopping
over a week on his return from his late
trip to Honolulu. 1t vas his expecta
tion that he would receive news from
Washington of such an important char
acter as would make 1t necessary fol
him to hurry back 10 Honolulu, but
after waiting for week he went bacl
to Washington. While here he pressed
his suit and the progress which he mad
may be inferred from the fact that Mis-
Potter resigned her position at the mid
winter fair two weeks ago in order t.
return to st. Joseph, where, it is an
nounced, she will be united 10 Ministe
Thurston some time during the mex
fortnight.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
MISS POLLARD ON THE STAND.
Colonel BreckInridge the Only Lover She
Ever Had Since They Met.

Colonel Breckinridge tho Only Lover She
Ever Had Since They Met.
WAsHIssToN, March 1.-TWO distinct
sensations were furnished yesterday in
the Pollard rd-Breckinridge trial. The
foremost was the appearance of the
plaintiff on the stand In her own be-
half, but the greatest interest to legal
circles was the corroboration of the
rumor which has been afloat that Col
onel Breckenridge was secretly married
to Mrs. Louise Wing in New York last
April, three months before the public
ceremony in Cincinnati. 1t is improba-
BILE that this secret marriage will con
stitute new legal factor in the case,
for while. 1t occurred on the 29ih of
April, the represent ations which Colo
mel Breckenridge made to Mrs. Black
burn that Mss Pollard was his fancee,
we're made prior to the sc cret marriage,
the promises made in the presence of
Major Moore, chief of police, being
those which were subsequent to the
secret ceremony. In the cross-exami-
nation, which was conducted by Mr..
Butterworth the fencing between the
skilled lawyer and the young woman
was so keen as to furnish unstinted
amusement to the court. The court ad-
journed till Monday, leaving the cross
examination unfinished.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
Army Appropriation Bill.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The army
bill was completed by the
house committee on military Affairs
yesterday. 1t appropriates total of
S23 ,677 900. The appropriation last
year was s25, ,20s 900. Aside from the
reductions the bill makes important
changes In the organization of the army.
The commanding officer, now General
Schoheld, is made a brevet lieutenant
general. The major generals, now
numbering three, are TO be reduced to
two, one of whom shall be commander
of the army, with the brevet of lieu;en-
ant general.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
THE TRAMP ARMY A FAILURE.
Los Angeles Authorities Suggested
Work and 300 Skipped Out.

Los Angeles Authorities Suggested
Work and 300 Skipped Out.
Los ANGELES, March 17.-General
Frye's army of unemployed, organized
to march to Washington, is grotesque
failure. The city council, heads of the
supervisors and officers of associated
charities, met yesterday morning and
decided to relieve all meritorious cases
of destitution, but to recognize no
organization of unemployed. Five
hundred dollors was subscribed for i'm
mediate use, work 10 be done on the
streets and the vagrant law enforced
An army numbering about 300 learning
of the result of the meeting, abandoned
the barracks and marched out of the
city, apparently beginning their great
march. They had no organization and
no leadership. Their leaders are said
to have looted the treasury and the
main body is without funds or rations.
A large ma ajority ale without blankets.
Before they reached Alhambra, five
miles distance, many dropped out and
retreated to the railroads in hopes OF
catching trains. Deputy sheriffs and
constables along the line of march have
been notified and will arrest the
vagrant members of the dispersed army
as fast as opportunity offers.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
DEPRIVED OF HIS LICENSE.
DIR. q. 3. Kellogg Not Allowed to Prac-
tice Medicine In Montana.

DIR. q. 8. Kellogg Not Allowed to Prac-
tice Medicine In Montana.
HELENA, Mont, March 17.-Dr G. S.
Kellogg was yesterday deprived of his
licetse to practice medicine in this
state by decision of the district court.
A year ago the doctor threw the body
of an infant in the furnace, and before
1t was destroyed by fire the janitor
of the building rescued IL and gave 1t to
the authorities. The state medical
board took the matter up and took the
doctors license to practice away. He
appealed to the district CONT and that
tribunal has affirmed the Judgment of
the board. The doctors defense was
that the transaction was 4 legitimate
one, but the decision says he was guilty
of immoral, unprofessional and dis
honest conduct. The doctor gained
notoriety a few weeks ago owing to his
being the physician in case in which
there was bogus baby. On that case
he was held for the district court on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. The case has got to be tried.
He will appeal the license case. This
is the first case of the kind under the
medical law of the state.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
Strange Ease of Suicide.

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 17.-A STANCE
case OF suicide occurred at the White
house in this city early yesterday morn
ing. A man registering as DR.. Charles
H. Brainbridge of Ohio, arrived on the
8 O'Clock train from the east and was
expected to leave last night. He re-
tired about 12 o'clock, to be called at
O'Clock. He failed to respond to
call, and was found on the bed, cold
and lifeless. He had left letter to DR..
Hughes of this city, stating that he was
without money and unable to beg or
steal, and death was tSsonly way open.
Death was caused by chloral. He was
a graduate of Louisville Medical col
lege.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
THE BUTTE SILVER DELEGATES.
Gossip About the Plans for the Des
Moines Convention.

Gossip About the Plans for the Des
Moines Convention.
"Silver at l6 to L" Is the motto of the
Butte delegates to the silver conference
which commenced Wednesday at Des
Moines, Iowa. The badge is a very neat
miniature silver flag, on which is en-
graved the legerd "16 to l." None of
the delegates are able to foretell what
the outcome of the conference will be.
On its action will depend in large
measure the attitude of parties on silver
next fall. 1t is likely that there will
be advocates of the formation of a silver
party present, but whether they will be
in the majority or not is question.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
AS TO THE LEAD DUTY.
1t VIII BE Made Satisfactory If PuBoise
Can Do 1t.

1t VIII BE Made Satisfactory If puBoise
Can Do 1t.
WASHINGTON, March 19-The lead
producers of the we are not entirely
satisfied with the provision in the tariff
looking to levying duty on lead ore.
1t is psovlded that a duty of three
fourths of a cent pound be paid on
lead in ore. 1t Is understood the lead
men insist that provision be inserted
which will insure a careful assay of the
ore, and prevent any large shipments
of lead and silver together unless their
proportions are known, so that a sufi-
cient duty can be levied.
Senator DuBoise of Idaho, who has
had the lead interests in charge, has
been assured by members of the finance
committee that the lead provision will
be So changed that the duty cannot be
evaded
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
is MKANe AN eMBezzLeR, Too7
Bonds Worth $500, 900 said to Be Un
accounted For.


New YORK, March 10 Just as soon
as the doors of the state prison closed
behind John Y McKane the Citizens
Association of Gravesend started an In
vestigatlon in reference to the fallen
chieftain's complicated accounts with
the town. 1t is still in progress, but 1t
is said that startling disclosures have
been made and that $4,000 OF public
improvement bonds, which McKane re.
ceived for the purpose of hypothecat-
Ing for the benefit of the town, have
not been accounted for. Friends OF
McKane scout the suggestion that en-
bezzlement of the public funds Is to be
added TO his other offenses. They con-
tend that the apparent shortage In his
accounts is due to his lack of business
methods and to his habits of mixing to-
gether his private aud oficial accounts.
Some of the missing money, they say,
was undoubtedly paid to the contractors
and other creditors of the town. Law
yer George F. Elliott, who has been re-
tained by the citizens commit, ee,
said 81 don't propose to say anything
about our investigation until we have
got through with it. l won't say
whether McKane is indebted to the
town or not. The matter will come
before the courts in due time. Nc
Kane's estate will be responsible in
case any shortage is discovered"
SING SING, N. Y, March 19.-John Y :.
McKane refuses to be interviewed re-
garding the published statement that
he was short in his accounts with the
town of Gravesend and that some of
his transactions with township bonds
we're Illegal The reporter sent mes
sage to him, detailing specifically the
charges against him, and assured him
that anything he said would be read
with eogerness by all. The reply was
al know nothing about this matter. !
have nothing to say. ! am now In prison
and out of the world. | have trouble
enough on my own hands now, without
paying any heed to this. This does OF
interest me-"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
1T WOULD BE A DANDY.
Talk of n Fight Between George KessIer
and Jack Francis.


BUTTE, March l9.-There is consider
able talk of glove contest, formerly
known as prize fight, between George
Kessler and Jack Francis, who are well
known as being two of the cleverest
and hardest fighters in the northwest.
Francis is very anxious for the match
to come off as soon as possible. Kessler
is willing to give him a six round go
for points at once, but he will not fight
him to finish for a month as he does
not believe he will get his wind back
inside of that time. He expects that If
the fight is made it will be a long and
hard one and he wants to get in the
best of condition for it. He had secured
backing to the amount of $500 without
asking for it and the friends of Francis,
it is stated, will cover that amount and
more if it is wanted when the proper
time comes
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
MONTANA School statistics.

The school statistics in the state
labor bureau report show that in 1890,
when the population of Montana was
39,l59, the enrolment in the public
schools was 4,667. In 1890 the popula-
tion had grown to 1915 and the
school enrolment TO 1G,s07. In 1893
the enrolment was 29,426. The ex-
penditures for school purposes in 1893
were Sos3, ,s30.5S. There we're 763
teachers employed In 465 school houses
in the state. The valre of school prop
erty was 81 ,540.722.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
A Long job of Coming silver.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Should the
Bland seigniorage bill, which passed
both houses, become law, the coming
of $55 900, 900 in silver bullion will have
20 be done at the miuts of Philadelphia,
San Francisco and New Orleans, the
only mints in operation. The Philadel-
phia mint could turn out 81 900, 900 per
month, the San Francisco mint about
the same, the New Orleans mint about
$500, 900. The San francisco mint,
however, has only $40, ,000,0 900 silver bull
lion on hand, the New Orleans mint
only about SO, 500, 900, so that after the
supply of these mints is exhausted the
remaining $40, 1000, 900 will have to be
coined at Philadelphia. The whole
time, therefore, necessary to coin the
seignoragn silver is approximately two
wears and two months.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
PASSED THE SENATE
The Bland Seigniorage Bill Goes
Through With a Whoop.
CHEERED 1T AS IT WENT
The White Metal Gets "A Rousing Good
sendoff In the Upper Branch of the
National Congress.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-In the senate
yesterday Bland's seigniorage bill was
taken up. Carey of Wyoming finished
his argument begun the day before, fol-
lowed by Dubois of Idaho.
Dubois said he hoped when the Sher-
man law was repealed congress would
stop all piecemeal legislation. He de-
clared he took little stock In all the sug-
gestions that the position of silver
SHOULD be determined by an information
al monetary conference because all such
agreements would be in the interest of
foreign nations and not in our interests.
He believed a sentiment favorable to
silver was growing rapidly in this coun-
try and feared this legislation might
have tendency to check that senti.
ment.
Mitchell of Oregon made an earnest
plea for the passage of the bill. He
would vote for the bill, not that it met
his full approval; not because it went
to the extent to which silver legislation
should go, but because 1t was step in
the right direction. He held that this
proposed legislation provided only for
the carrying out of the provisions oi
the act of 1890. He undertook to say
no act of congress was ever more free
from ambiguity than the act of 1890 in
reference to the coinage of the bullion
purchased under that act.
At the conclusion of the arguments
the bill was put on its passage and pas
sed, Al to 81. Following is the detailed
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22
MODERN CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Children who Attend Not Expected to
Wear Fine Clothing.

Wear Fine Clothing.
CHICAGO, March 10. - The Modern
church is about to extend its field. The
meetings have been so successful that
those In charge of the work will
organize Sunday school. This action
was decided on at a meeting of the
executive committee Saturday. The
object is to provide Sunday school for
the children who dislike to go to the
church Sunday schools because of their
poor clothes. In the school of the
Modern church they will he welcome
and made to feel a; ease.
1t is believed that the establishment
of the Sunday school will materially aid
the work of the church, one contributing
to the success of the other and the two
applying in a measure the want OF
religious discussion and education In
the families of the working people.
The meetings of the church are held
every other Sunday in Bricklayers
Hall. The preacher on each occasion /.
a volunteer from the churches of ths
city. In the building with the large
hall are smaller halls and the committed
rooms which will be used as the Sunda,
school rooms. The teachers will b.
church members who will voluntee
their services.