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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
TALKING OF TIPPING.
y New York Waiter on Recent Troubles
and the Future of Hjs Class.

y New York Waiter on Recent Troubles
and the future of His Glass.
Every Gt"y and then there is an out.
cry against tipping" said a head waiter
In a Broadway resort, "and it has been
said that waiters-some Of them-are
enabled to buy real estate from the
Weddings of the system. This might
have been years ago, when walters thor
Oughly educated to their business were
comparatively scarce, but it is a fallacy
now.
Good walters here are not as
Gus as they are ia Paris, but their num-
bers arc enough to make them feel the
evils of tipping. Last years general
strike i'll the big hotels and fashionable
cafes was caused primarily by tipping,
for this is taken into consideration when
employers fix the rate of wages. The
men are reasonably easy now, but it is
only q matter Of time when New York
must become like Paris"
In the French capital not long ago
there were 40, 900 idle walters, and it
was contcndcd that employers took adj
vantage OF this to cut down the earn
ings of their men. And here is where
the perniCious tip shows its influence
again. Tho men because Of it are prac-
tically paid no fixed wages, but them
selves pay to their employers so much
in proportion to the business they do.
In the great cafes in the boulcvards
walters have to pay to the cashier the
full selling price Of whatever they serve,
plus ) per cent. In some cases the rate
is advanced. The percentage must como
from tips. No u gives less than about
3 cents, however small the purchase.
In this city Il dime is the minimum,
though several walters in ''swell" re.
sorts have been known to turn from it
in disdain. Just think Of giving one Of
these men 2 cuLtsl
at would surprise you" continued
the head waiter, ''to know that it is
principally the mon who ask for the
most expensive orders and need the most
attention are the ones who are likely to
tip the waiter by giving him a bad cigar
or-nothing. Now York Herald.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
SKIN GAME
Suit Between the Government and
the American Commercial
Company.
over The SEAL FISHERIES.
The Company Attempts to Show the
United States Owes 1t Large
Sums.

New YORK, Sept. 15.-1n the United
States circuit court today the North
American Commercial company put in
an answer to the claim of the United
States government for S130,1 1877. so on &C.
count Of an alleged breach OF contract,
and handed in a bill to the government
for S2S3,72 for alleged loss of profit
arising out Of the same contract. The
agreement entered into between the
company and the United States in
March, 1890, gave the company the ex-
clusibe right to catch seals about the
islands of st. George and st. Paul in
Alaska, for which the United States was
to receive an annual rental of 100000 for
twenty years and S7.061@ for each seal
captured. The government alleges that
the company caught 800 seals the first
year for which the United States de-
mands S57,l87 in addition to the 100000
for rent. The company says part of the
skins were from seals caught by natives
and shipped by the company, which
never had the exclusive right as guar
anted in the contract. The company
alleges that it had the right to seize
C0,0OO seals the first year and 100000
each succeeding year, but while nego-
t~lations with Great Britain we're pend
ing it was prohibited from capturing any
seals and suffered a loss Of s2S3,72j.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
BARRIERS TURN HIGHWAYMEN,
Driven Ia II by the Greediness of Their
Employers, Who Want It All.

'"c AZ
It lacked but a few minutes Of 0
o'clock, the closing hour Of the barber
shop in question. The proprietor had
already gone home, leaving only his
head man and three BARRIERS. The three
chairs were occupied, and another GUS
toner was waiting when I entered.
The waiting customer was a young
man, whose frouzy head told plainly
what work he wanted done. His appear
ance wasn't exactly the kind to fill q
barber with aspirations, especially just
before closing time. The three had evil
IDENTIFY sized him up and were endeav-
oring to miss him If possible.
The most nervous man Of the lot,
however, finally gave in and shouted
"Nexti' The young man shufled over
to the chair and called for q hair cut.
The barber threw the apron around him
and tucked a towel about the young
mans neck with a rapidity that made
him gasp. Then he seized his scissors,
and the next moment the air was filled
with flying hair. He won't over the
young mans head like a lawn mower
owe grass.
The other two BARRIERS chuckled to
themselves and exchanged occasional
winks. One of these turned his custom
or out Of the chair and began to prepare
to leave the shop. The third one soon
finished his job and motioned to me i'll
a sicbly fashion.
Shaver" he inquired in n gentle
voice,
Hair cut, shampoo and shave" I
replied.
Tho result of this answer was dread
full. Tho barber turned to his colnpan-
ions and broke out in a volley of Ital-
ian. When he had finished, he turned
to me and said it was too late to get all
that work done. told him to go on,
that | was all right, and he unblushing-
ly replied:
"Ah, yesl But how much? can't
agree to do it for an ordinary trifie.
Ten cents is tho regulation tip for a
shave, and ] couldn't think Of doing tho
job for that. How much will you give
me?"
"A quarter" l replied rather peev-
ishly.
Good, good!' he exclaimed as he
began work beamingly.
And then the barber burglar ratified
on contidentially. He told me of the
mysteries of his business and how the
highwaymen features of it are carried
Oh in New York.
"We are driven to it by the boss bar
bers themselves, he chartered. ''They
want it all. Our salaries are as bad as
those of walters. We get barely enough
to pay rent, and for good jobs We have
to pay II commission besides. Take the
swell hotels, for instance. To get a
chair in a shop of that kind one has to
have in1uence-and influence costs
money in the barber business as we'll as
politics. That's why my mate at the
next chair is working so indifferently
just now. He knows there amt any
thing in it. New York Herald.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
PersOnnEcs In Novels.

Reading several well known novels,
I noticed a considerable diversity in
the number Of characters introduced
and was induced to calculate the num-
Der, with the following results, which
are curious and worth recording. lhave
admitted as characters all who Join in
and help n the action, emitting those
who are only mentioned in the CONVEX
sation Of the actors.
1t will be seen that I have taken
eight novels of eight we'll known writ.
ers: Besant, "All Sorts and Conditions
of Men," 23; T~rollopo, "Barchester
Towers" 33; Lytton, "Night and
Morning." AZ; Scott, Heart of Mid.
lothian" 40; G. Eliot, "Middlemarch,"
SO; Disraeli, "Tancred," 50; Thack-
cray, VANITY Fair" &C; Dickens,
"David Copperield," 101.-Notes and
Queries.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
AN Ohio FUNERAL.
Four Teams Wrecked and No Less
Than Fifteen Persons Badly
Injured.
SEVERAL OF THEM FATALLY.
Remarkable Coincidence In COnnec-
ton With the Terrible Oc-
C%urrenCe.

ALLIANCE, Ohio, Sept. ia runaway
occurred in a funeral party near Iron
dale, % miles south of this city, IN which
10 persons were injured. Four teams
plunged down a steep hill, wrecking
the conveyances and throwing the in.
mates under the horses feet. A partial
list of the injured is as follows: Miss
Anna Burnside and Younger sister, faces
and head cut in shocking manner and
breast crushed; Bits Wilde, William
Householder, both legs broken and
crushed; Alex McBane, seriously injured
internally; Eli Cope, head and face
frightfully cut and is unconscious. Last
March Mrs, McBane was caught in a
runaway and injured, afterwards giving
birth to a child that was buried todBy.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
A BOILERS TICK EFT.
Nevada Democrats Place Another Tickets
in the Field.

Nevada Democrats Place Another Tickets
in the Field.
CARSON, Nevada, Sept. 15.-Bolters
from the demcratic party met here to-
day in opposition to the democratic
ticket nominated September IL. The
platform endorsed Cleveland's admins
tration in the strongest terms; demands
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
and also demands that the Pacific rail-
roads be made to pay their indebtedness
as it becomes due. 1t is in favor of the
appointment of a national board Of arbi-
tration. In many respects the platform
is the same as that adopted by the dem
ocratic convention.
The following nominations were made:
For congressman, B. F. Riley; gov
ernor, Theodore Filters; comptroller. d.
ii. Wall; treasurer, w. d. Thompson;
attorney general, w. G. Grimes; Super
intendept Of public instruction, S. S.
Sears.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Paris TO Become IA seaport.

The project Of converting Paris into
a seaport" to borrow the expression
current here, or, in other words, of en-
abling ships to come up from Havro and
Roucn to this metropolis through the
utilization Of the Seine and the con-
struction Of a canal at various points
where that river widens considerably,
has made great progress of late, The
question is now being examined by Il
special committee, and it is thought
that tho bill may be voted by parlia-
mcnt at no distant date, thus admitting
of the completion Of the work in tima
for the opening Of the great exhibition
Of the year 1900. One Of the principal
advocates of the enterprise says that the
engineers who look ri r the navigation
of the Seine are Of opinion that no in
surmountable difficulty will be encoun-
tered. If the plan ore day becomes an
acc mplishcd fact, vessels up to 4, 900
tons burden viii he able to mako their
say to Paris from the c A-London
Telegraph.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Suppressed Excitement.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Sept. 15.-1ntense
suppressed excitement, but general good
order characterized the congressional
primaries. In some precincts the chal-
lenges have been numerous, but few
votes have been refused. Prof. A. V.
Gordon, of Allegan academy, a con-
federate soldier, was challenged and as
he refused to pledge himself to support
Breckenridge, his vote was refused.
This incident occasioned considerable
excitement.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
WALLED UP TO DIE.
The Fate of Mon Chong, the Chinese Assas-
sin of Portland, Made Public.

shh ~ ~ 4 bAt
Chin Nov Sing, better known as
Frank Sing, n Chinese resident of the
highlander district. told Chief of Po-
lice Hunt a very singular story, which
the official is inclined to believe is true.
Several months ago, early one Sunday
morning, a Chinese woman was coward
ly murdered by having her throat cut
on the sidewalk on Second and Pine
streets. The detective force worked in
~cessantly to place its hands upon the
assassin, but all to no purpose. Frank
Sing belongs to the company of which
the murdered Chinese woman was a
member, and he says that the murderer
was apprehended three weeks ago by
his company in San Francisco. Mon
Chong, the assassin, had no personal
feeling against his victim, but killed
her for $500. One of the members Of
Chong's company, cognizant Of the
crime, turned Judas and for $500 paid
him by the rival company he betrayed
the murderer, who had fled to San Fran
cisco. His captors did not hand him
over TO the regular authorities, but he
was tried by a Chinese court, which
sentenced him to be immured between
alright brick walls, where he would
slowly end his life by s~utfocation. Sing
declares that such sentences have often
been executed on this coast by the Chi
ncso. Portland Or Dispatch.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
u ACID.
The Last Drink Fred Wagner Took On
Earth.
Sears.

The Last Drink Fred Wagner Took On
Earth.
New YORK. Sept. 15.-Frederick Wag-
ner, % years old, committed suicide late
last night at his home, NJ. % First ave-
nue., by drinking carbolic acid. He had
been in a barroom on the ground floor
of the same house a few moments be-
fore. drinking, laughing and seemingly
in good spirits. He went upstairs to the
fifth floor Of the house, where he lives
with his brother, Paul Wagner, and
Paul's wife. He said nothing to his
brother, but going to cupboard took out
a whisky glass and a bottle which Paul
said he did not know was there. Fred
erick poured the contents of the bottle
into the glass and without having spoken
a word drank the contents of the glass,
and a few moments later was a corpse.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Costly Metals.

Tho most costly Of all metals, save
only gallium, which is worth So, 900 an
ounce, is germanium, which is quoted
at 81, 1875 an ounce. Rhodium is worth
$ll2.6 90 an ounce; ruthenium, 800 an
ounce; iridium, $37. 90 an ounce; os-
MUM, $2G an ounce, and palladium,
S24 an ounce. Chicago Record.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
New York Markets,

New YORK, Sept. ia drive was
made against Chicago Gas at the open
ing Of the stock exchange, the first price
being 96l5, a break of Ia from last
nights closing. A further decline of
i was followed by a recovery of %. The
general market was fairly well held.
The total bank clearings of tho United
States for the last week were 1882, 1Gs,-
500, against $500, l2S,S75 for the CORE
spending week of last year.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
STILL IN u

Nothing Definite From the Breckenridge
Contest.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Sept. l5.-The pri.
mary election is proceeding quietly.
The Breckenridge men are not taking
advantage Of the pledging OF voters, &C.
cording to the rule adopted by the dis
trict committee last Saturday, because
of Judge Cantrill's I'M junction restrain
ing them from SO doing. 1t is thought
this will prevent trouble,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
A Check To Genius.

"What are you in here for?" asked
the prison visitor.
plagiarism, " answered the convict.
"What?"
Plagiarism. l tried to publish a pri-
vate issue of $50 greenbacks. "-In-
~dianapolis Journal.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Rough on the Cashier.

Mr.. Manygirls-I have discovered
that my cashier has robbed mo Of $780,
900.
Friend-Have you notified the po.
lice?
Mr.. Manygirls-Not yet. I'll give
him Il more chance to propose to my
eldest daughter. If he doesn't do it,
then l shall have him locked up.-Tex-
S SiftingS
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
GERMAN ANARCHISTS,
Making Things Very Unpleasant for the
Kaiser

BERLIN, Sept. 15.-The Graudenzer
Ieitung says that while the imperial
party were at Marienberg last Saturday
anarchists distributed revolutionary
leaflets throughout the neighborhood.
Besides stating the principles of anarch-
ism the leaflets threatened personal vio-
lence to the imperial party. The police
around Marienberg have taken eiabo-
rate precautions. Every stranger is
obliged, as soon as he arrives, to sign a
document giving the details of his BUSH
ness, family, and residence.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21

PARIS, Ky, Sept. l5.-At noon today
Owens was getting a majority in Bour-
bon county, conceded to be a Breckin-
ridge stronghold. Specials from other
points indicate that Owens is running
ahead more than was expected.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21

New YORK, Sept. 15.-The weekly
bank statement shows: Reserve, de-
crease s~l.9So,575; loans, increase $685.
700; specie increase $579,400; legal tend
ers, decrease s~l,s46,4oo; deposits, in
crease s2,S54,300; circulation, increase,
s2o3,lo0 The banks now hold $685.
700 in excess OF legal requirements.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
BAD BUsIN ESS MEN

Ogden Bank Officers AccuSed of stealing
Fund.
DENVER, Sept. l5.-A special dispatch
from Ogden, Utah, says that articles
were filed today in the United States
Fourth district court charging gross
fraud and missmanagement on the part
of the officers of the Citizens bank,
which assigned Dec. 2G. Cashier Brough
and President Robinson are charged
with loaning money to themselves and
to corporations in which tho stockhold-
ers of the bank are interested to the ex-
tent of $4,000 Brough is mayor of
Ogden.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
A BIRD CHOIR.
An Object Lesson Introduced INTO the Serv-
ice by II Cincinnati Pastor.

An Object Lesson Introduced INTO the serv-
ice by Il Cincinnati Pastor.
Pastor Dobbins of the Lincoln Park
Baptist church inaugurated a beautiful
new feature in his services on Sunday.
He announced that he would preach two
sermon in reference to spring, one on
the growing season and the other Oh
song birds. Accordingly he asked that
members of the congregation, as many
as could, bring canary birds to church.
The result was that there We're 40
cages of birds in the church this morn
ing when the service opened. The cages
were hung from the gas brackets, around
the walls and on the sides of the organ.
The rustling Of fans, the noise of turn
ing leaves and the murmur of voices be-
fore the service began started the little
warblers to work.
At first they twittered and called to
each other, then began to sing. Softly,
first one, then another, each gradually
gaining confidence and increasing the
length and strength of his song, until
finally, when the organist began the vol
untary and the loud notes sounded, the
whole flock broke forth in a burst of
melody. All through the service they
kept it up, increasing or diminishing
their notes as the noises in the church
gave them the cue. The same expert
ence was repeated in the evening. MI.
Dobbins spoke Of the birds affording a
good example Tor the human race, in
that they worked industriously early and
late, raised their young and taught them
how to take care of themselves. Gin
cinuoti Epcuirar
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Almost New York Daily.

The Democratic wonder. The New
York Weekly World has Just changed its
weekly into a twice-a-week paper, and
you can now get the two papers for the
same old price-Sl a year.
Think Of it! The news from New York
right at your door fresh every three days
-l0i papers a year.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
MORMONS.

Mexico.
DENIsoN, Tex, Sept. 15.-Bishop G.
A. Smith of the Mormon church passed
through here today for Mexico. lie said
the center of the Mormon church would
be in Mexico and that a powerful hier-
archy, greater than at Salt Lake, would
be established.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Breck Ahead IN WOodfOrd.

FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. 15.-Estimat-
ing the vote in the city, up to this hour,
gives Owens 1852, Breckenridge 81, Set
tiers %. AT II o'clock Breckenridge was
running ahead in Woodford county and
reported as carrying Lexington by two
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21

To sell or exchange for cattle-2 I'm
ported French Coach Stations, 6 and 5
years old; one % English Shire Stallion,
five years old; one Spanish Jack, A years
old, good pedigree and a guarantee with
each OF the above. Address
BAILEY a. Es%HBUNGH,
Philipsburg, Mont.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
A. Change.

OF the &c barons who signed the Mag
ma Charta three wrote their anne and
80 made their mark. This is all changed
now. Every baron can write, but only q
few succeed in making their mark
Boston Transcript
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
ONLY FIVE HUNDRED,

Alleged shortage oil the Vomtn's Relief
Corps Treasurer.
PITTsBUEG, Sept. 1l.-By an official
announcement Mrs. Annie Z. Grubb of
Camden, n. j., past national treasurer of
the Ladies' Relief corps of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, is charged with
misappropriating the funds of that Or
ganization. This statement in the ladies'
meeting created a sensation, though the
proceedings Of the meeting were secret.
Suit has been filed against her. A
shortage of 800 is claimed.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Reward.

Ten dollars reward will be paid for in.
formation that will lead to the recovery
of two bay mares, n three and the
other four years old, branded with
monogram tn on left thigh, or one
half the amount for either.
|. G. BAKER, Highwood.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
BICYCLE RACER.

sJHITs on n TIP from IhiCA.O 10 Now
York.
CHICAGO, Sept. 15-R. p. SearI, mount
on a t~wenty-pound bicycle with tires
weighing but two and th~ree-fourth
pounds, started from the city hall at 10
o'clock today expecting to reach New
York Thursday, thereby lowering the
record so far as to make it inaccessible
to any but extraordinary riders. He will
be paced by relays. He expects to ride
thirty hours and rest ten hours alter
nately.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21
Rurlap Sacks,

Buy your sacks for grain, potatoes,
etc, from the Great Falls Produce com
pany.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-21

Mrs. M. S. Conrad left yesterday after
moor for a visit to her daughters at Fort
Benton.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-22
WEEKLY CROP STATEMENT.

NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 2l.-Fhe weekly crop statement from September to Sep tenn Der 21 inclusive is as follows: Port re- ceipts ,266, 019 bales against 15S, 93s bales last year and 224 ,532 bales year. before last;
 overland to mills and Canada, IA ,056 bales, againat 10, 069 bales last year and IA, ,2s6 bales year before last; interior stocks in excess of September l. 24 ,4s2 bales, against 19, 46S bales last year and z2 .062 bales year before last; southern mill takings, net, 42, 79S bales, against 42, ,798 bales last year and
 42, 798 bales year before last; amount of crop brought into sight during twenty y-one days of September, 347 1855 bales, against year before last; brought into sight for the week, 176, 274 bales, against 119. .5S7 bales last year and l42, ,G25 bales year before last.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-22
WHERE IS HENRY ABLES ,? An Important Witness for the
 Government Missing.
LEFT HERE ONE WEEK AGO,
Presumably to Go Home, but Not Yet Arrived-FearS
 of Foul Play.

Heory Ables of Oxford was witness in the United States court against Will Cooper and others, and was discharged from court week ago yesterday, since which time nothing has been seen or heard of him by his friends.
 Cooper was charged with shooting at some revenue officers in Cleburne county two or three years ago. It was believed that he belonged to gang of moonshiners, who carried on their illicit business in the mountains of Cieburne, and that they fired upon the revenue officers who had gone there to raid the distilery.
 Ables was an important witness for the government in this case.
 Yesterday an official now in Birmingham received letter from an Oxford merchant inquiring for Ables and saying that all the other witnesses had returned home week ago. He said Mrs. Ables had not heard from him since he left home 10 attend court and she was apprehensive that all was not right with him.
 The friends of the missing man, who are unable to account for his continued ab- sence, fear that he has met with foul play.