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Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
N'CI.IEE'S MAGAZINE,

An intimate friend Of Lincoln's, Col.
A. X. Mcclure, has made study of Lin
coin from quite now point of view,
showing, by anecdotes and letters, that
during tho civil war, especially in the
earlier part Of it, Lincoln was command
erin n,chief of the army not in name only,
but in fact and personally planned and
directed movements and campaigns, and
in his comprehension Of military affairs
disclosed the qualities of great general.
The article is to be published in the Feb
ruary number of McClure's Magazine.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

SouTn CHARLESTON, o., Jan. 10. Two
families, consisting of two men, two
women, and five children, whose ages
range from : to D years, were found
along tho roadside today almost frozen
to death
All tho children were barcfooted and
all were very poorly clad. They had
slept out last night with the thermome.
ter 10 degrees below zero.
Tho mon gave their names HIS Sewers
and Finn. They were driving from
Brown county, Kentucky to kcnton, O.,
and expected to work for Kings ot3G2
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sympathy for Hawaii.

WASnINGloN, Jan. ia resolution
has heen introduced in the senate by
Frye, representative from Maine. declar
ing that the senate hears with regret OF
the Hawaiian revolution and extending
the sympathy of the senate to the young
republic.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
NORTH W EST ESTS.

Several months ago circulars we're sent
through this state by number of the
business men of Minneapolis urging the
selection of delegates to convention to
be held for the purpose of organizing
league whose object would be the fur
thering OF the commercial interests of
the northwest. Upon the receipt of the
circular several Montana newspapers. es-
pecally thoee of Butte, objected to the
proposition for the very proper reason
that tho greatest need of the northwest
was free coinage, and that the Minnesota
press, which was supposed to represent
the business interests of that state, were
almost unit in opposition to silver.
The meeting finally materialized last
Wednesday and the league or federation
was formed. There was present dele
gates from Minnesota, Wisconsin and
South Dakota, while Montana was con-
spicuous by its absence. From the pro-
ceedings it appears that Fort Benton
and Miles City had each selected dele.
gates and in the organization David G.
Browne of the former anu j. B. Collins
of the latter we're elected vice presidents.
The report of the proceedings fails to
show that any mention was made of sill
yer and it is therefore probable that it
left out in the cold.
The scheme was, of course an effort on
the part of the merchants of the Twin
cities to increase their already large
trade with the far west, and especially
Montana, which ie beyond question their
best customer. Ia spite of the hard
times elsewhere during the panic,
Montana purchases were but little
diminished and Montana credit re-
mained absolutely unimpaired Many
of our people still deal with st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and in so doing are un-
mindful of that first of rules summed
up in the word reciprocity. No one dares
dispute that return to free coinage is
the one thing needed to restore the bust
ness of this state to the top notch, and
there is no reason why our merchants
should continue to patronize those who
are the bitter enemies of this, to us, all
important measure. In other matters
the Federation placed itself upon a right
basis. 1t agreed to urge upon congress
the necessity for securing deep water
way to the Atlantic; for an improvement
in the fast mail service in the northwest
and that the mail be not detained in
Chicago for the benefit of the
Chicago papers to the detriment of
those of the northwest, and, finally, that
they use their best endeavors to remove
discrimination in railroad rates at pres
ent existing, and as far as possible place
the different sections Of the northwest on
an equitable basis, and that excursions
be gwen from the south, east, and west
to the north and northwest as has been
given in the sections named, and that
excursions be given to the north and
northwest, commencing in the month of
June and continuing throughout the
summer at least one each month with a
limitation Of tickets not less than thirty
days.
AS far as they 90 these are all worthy
objects to attain. and if the gentlemen
had added an honest resolve to and the
cause of free coinage their work would
have been well done.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

Leads them all having been awarded
highest honors at the World far, match
ing - per cent under official test. We
have the incubator for sale at less than
half what they can be bought for else
where; we also have other makes which
we will sell or exchange for grain or
produce. Address Box lSi, Great Falls,
Mont
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
IELPED THEM SELVES.

Directors of the Union Bank of 81. Johns
Only Owed $l,:5O,OOO.
ST JOHNS, \. r. Jan. 49, -Sharehold
ers of the Union bank have elected as
directors to replace those by whose mis-
management the failure of tho bank " AZ
brought about five keen business men
-Four Of the ex directors owed $l,75O,OOO
on ovcrdrafts and exchange, of which
the bank loses 5l,00OO0O. The bank is
expected to pay about 60 cents on tho
dollar whom wound up Tins will take
two years.
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She Was Acquitted.

DEER LODGE, Jan. 10. Tho trial of
Mrs. Koenker for the murder of hor hus
band last September came to sudden
end late last night, when the jury rem
dered verdict of acquital. Tho crime
for which she was on trial was committed
on September II last year on Warm
Springs creek, about six miles from Car
rjGOp
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Idaho Deadlock.

BOISE, Jan. l9.-The ballot on tho sen
atorship yesterday showed only one
change. There is much talk of dark
horses, Governor McConnella name be.
ing quito freoly used in this connection;
also that of w. n. Borah, the Boise at
torney and orator
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

LA PoE1E, Ind, Jan. l9.--lt is pro-
posed to False by public subscription a
fund Of $4,000 for q monument to the
late Vice President Schuyler Colfax,
whose grave at South Bond is unmarked
save by /. slab bearing his initials
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
THE JURY SYSTEM.

disrepute all over the land is becoming
very apparent. In the framing of the
state constitution the Montana conven-
ton abolished, except in extraordinary
cases. that inquisitorial relic of old days
known as the grand jury, and it is pro-
bable many of the members are sorry
that they did not take step further
and do away with the petit jury. The
jury in principle is all right, but in this
section, at least, it appears in practice to
be all wrong. 1t is not the use but the
abuse of the system that has brought it
into disgrace. Only short time ago
Judge Mediation in Butte took occasion
to revert in severe terms to the manifest
efforts of many to avoid jury service and
the unseemly anxiety on the part Of
Others to secure a place on the panel
In other words he scored what are called
good citizens, for their schemes to evade
the duty and hauled tho sheriff over the
GOALS for filling the box with what may
be called professional jurors. Only yes
telday the county attorney of Silver
Bow went to the extent of discharging
summarily the jury empaneled by the
coroner to investigate the terrible fire
and explosion at Butte. This may be a
stretch of his authority, but the circum-
stances at least morally justify the act
lie probably insisted that great respon-
sibility was involved in the proceedings
of the jury and in order to give full force
and effect to its findings lite personnel
should be truly representative citizens.
In Utah too it appears they are agi-
tating the question of jury reform. At
the recent meeting of the bar association
in that territory Judge Sutherland, the
president, in his address, referring TO the
subject used the following strong Ian
guage:
Judges arc only permitted to look on
while these inferior men called Jurors
exercise the judicial function and are
authorized to say what suitors shall do
and receive as legal justice Judges and
lawyers, trained to tho law. are but spec
tacular functionaries in the solemn tenn
pie Of Themis, these dolts and ignoru-
muses. hold the Judicial scales
81 am decidedly in favor Of the ou,:s
sion from the constitution of any pro
vision guaranteeing Il right of trial by
jury in any case whatever civil or Grim
inal-in order that the Legislature may
wholly abolish juries or abolish them
with exceptions and have power to pro
vide, if deemed best, some other and
more intelligent aides to the court in de-
termining facts. What these aids shall
bo is a matter for legislation. In impor-
tant criminal cases and in certain civil
cases d Judge will proceed with more
confidence and be aided, if he calls to sit
with him, IN an advisory capacity one or
two educated and intelligent men who
are practically conversant with the gen
eral subject which will be involved by
the trial. Such useful mon may ho per
cmptorily called for one trial from any
profession, calling, or business.
There are many who will not agree to
go to the extreme of abolishlng the Jury
system as urged by Judge Sutherland,
unite in an effort 10 secure radical re-
form in the matter, 1t needs if and in
70 other state more SO than in Montana.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
AM EItICAN NAVY.
The Committee Recon mmen,is the Eui,din.
of New Battle Ships.

|.
of New Battle Ships.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lS Tho naval ap-
preparation BILL which was reported to
the full committee of the house today
will contain provisions for adding to tho
navy the three battleships and torpedo
boats which Secretary Herbert recon-
mended. The cost OF the battleships il
limited to $l,000,0OO, and ono is to be
built on the Pacific coast Considering
that the superior effectiveness of rapid
firing guns was clearly demonstrated by
the lalu river fight, the committee has
made provisions for large number of
them. The total appropriation carried
ny the bill ia much larger than that
made last year
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
GDLORAOD WINTER.

Heavy and Damaging. Shows the
Southern Slope.
DENVER. Jan. lS.-~Reports from the
western slopes Of the Rockies indicate
that the snowfall Of the past ~ hours
has been one of the heaviest ever .1nown.
At Ouray, Silver Star Had Telluride
there are three feet of snow on the Lowell
and traffic completely blocked In places
the snow has drifted twenty feet deep. A
snow slide near Telluride caught a Rio
Grand Southern passenger train. The
car windows were broken and the engine
cab covered. Engineer Andrew Fisher
had a narrow escape
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
SENATOR PUGH'S BILL.

Senator Pugh of Alabama, has tried
his hand at prescribing for the sick
finances of the country. The nostrum
| which he has presented and submitted is
not by any means claimed to be cura-
tive by the distinguished political doctor
In fact, he is himself of the opinion that
if taken it will only afford temporary
relief to the treasury, and no justitee
his effort by saying that unless there Is
temporary relief the case will soon be
beyond hope. This feeling on the part
of the senator is no doubt born of fear
He has evidently, in looking over the
situation, permitted his fealty to the
name of democrat to outweigh his judg
mont and conscience as an advocate of
free coinage. In this he has made a
mistake, Behind him rs a silver man
stands the pledge of the Chicago plat
form, which, if it means anything, means
that the party was by it's representatives
committed to bi metallism. That Mr..
Cleveland after accepting the nomina.
tion and securing tho election on that
platform proved traitor to the trust,
does not alter the case. He is president
of the United States, but he is not tho
democratic party. IL any concessions
are to be made Cleveland should make
them. The silver democrats in congress
are strictly in line with the Chicago
declaration on finances and they should
stay there, IL barn comes to the party
il will be Ceveland's fault not theirs,
and there Is no reason why they should
surrender an expressed party principle
to crafty his Opinionatcd obstnacy The
situation is bad enough, but it is not 80
bad HIS the administration would have
people believe. There is wealth and
power and honor enough in this great
government to withstand any quantity
Of attacks upon it's credit. If any remedy
is to be applied let il be Of the heroic
rather than the palliative character. Let
congress take the bit in its mouth and
prohibit the issue of another dollar in
bonds, then let Wall street drain the
treasury of what little gold there is left
and when the shylocks come for more
gold lot them DC rendered silver, which
was as much coin when the contract was
made as is gold. If they do not like that
they can take paper If this were done
the day Of free coinage would be has
toned for it will only take a short egis-
Iative enactment to make silver what it
WAS, what it should be and what it will
be, the equal of gold in all the financial
to which tho United States
government or It's citizens are party.
DEBS AND THE SirRIME cot Er.
Che erpreme court Of the nted
,itatss is very eminent body and is
as Conservative as it is eminent There
nave boon ca es in which it has departed
from its cuetom Of making haste slowly, |
but they are few and far between. To
SON il would sccm that the gentemen
uc often guilty of unnecessary DELAY, |
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

SYRACUSE, Jan. l9.~The grand jury of
Onandaga county today returned YER
dict of manslaughtcr in the first degree
against pugillst Robert titzsnmons for
killing his sparring partner, John Rior-
dan, in an exhibition on Nov. Eth.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

met again last night but Immediately
adjourned till Monday. This was
brought about by the anti Burton men,
Gov. Merrill and Judge Horton are fre-
quently mentioned as compromise candi-
dates
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Death of Miss Stevenson.

ASHylLI.t, y. c., Jan. 1S.-Mes Stew
enson. daughter of Vice President Stev-
enson. died at 10 this afternoon.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

On January I, the State Bank Of Nei.
hart was duly organized, with II. j.
Skinner, cashier Tho capital stock of
this institution is placed at $4,000. Its
assets are given ut 10000 Neihart
Herald
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25

TOPEKA, Jan. lS.-Ihe republican eau
Gus to nominate United States senator
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
MORE BLOOD Is SHED.
8 ,eass.xo5yys ~ ENG STRIKERS SHIT AT
SOUTH CHICAGO.
One Is Badly Wounded-Omcers Are
Stoned by the Mob Company's Works
Well Guarded-Threaten to Blow UP
q Mill.

Chicago. May 9.-Striking employees
OF the Illinois Steel company and host
OF sympathizers began rioting again
shortly after 10 o'clock today at Eighty
fifth street and Buffalo avenue, South
Chicago, and the scenes Of last night s
bloody engagement between rioters and
the police were renewed. Several rioters
We're badly injured; one, Peter Peters,
was shot In the head and severely
wounded. Policemen were stoned and
Knocked senseless in the street, and
above all the din of the shouting, pop
ping of revolvers and the changing of
the gongs of hastily called police wag-
ons the cries of infuriated foreigners,
male and female, calling upon the blue
coats to shoot if they wished could be
heard.
Prompt work by the police and the
arrest of five ringleaders terminated the
riot in very short time. But the police
fear that the morning conflict is but the
forerunner of desperate fights with the
strikers. In many parts of South Chi
cago, particularly in Buffalo and Green
Bay avenues, the crowds Of brooding,
muttering strikers are hourly becoming
larger and threats are openly made
against the police and the steel mill
property.
Between six hundred and fifty and
seven hundred employees of the Illinois
Steel company are at work, according
to the figures of Superintendent Walk
er. These men are in the plate mill and
the open hearth mill Neither mill is
dependent upon the furnaces and rail
mills for material and both will con-
tlnue to run day and night, unless the
the employees are intimidated by rioters.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY.
Gov. Brown Claims a Plot Was Laid to
Kill His Son.

Gov. Brown Claims Plot Was Laid to
Kill His Son.
Louisville, KY, May 9.-The Courier
journal prints the following: ''The
sensation attending the Gordon double
killing is not over by half. The prose-
cution will attempt to prove that Arch
Dixon Browns death was due to plot
to assassinate him. Governor Brown
has reason to believe that the facts of
his sons coming to Louisville on the
day Of the tragedy and his meeting with
Mrs. Gordon were known to man in
Frankfort, who telegraphed to a man
in Louisville. This Louisville man, the
prosecution claims, notified Gordon that
his wife was to meet Brown and active
ly assisted in a foul assassination Mr..
James A. Scott, the Frankfort attorney
employed by Governor Brown to prose-
cute the case, said:
Il want to say that Governor Brown
never authorized any statement
that he would not prosecute
the case nor did he ever dream Of grant
ing pardon to Gordon, as has been
stated. Before deciding on the step
Governor Brown took counsel with a
number Of intimate friends from all
over the state. He came to the conclu-
sion that it was due the memory Of his
son that there should be full and fair
investigation of all the facts. He was
convinced that Gordon must have
known that his wife was dissipated.
reckless and imprudent. Governor
Brown and his counsel would shrink
from any attack on Mrs. Gordon's char
acter, but would prefer to throw the veil
Of charity over all her acts. especially
as she is dead. The future will deter
mine whether it will be necessary to
further blacken the character of Mrs.
Gordon in order to show the defend
ants thorough knowledge Of it. think
the developments will be surprising to
some people,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
TWO MEN WITH NERVE
BOLD STAGE ROBBERY IN CALI
FORNIA.
Two Bandits Experienced in the Work
Relieve Passengers Of $1,000 No
Resistance Made and the Robbers
Escape.

Calistoga, Cal, May 9.-Two masked
robbers overlook stage containing
number of San Francisco people on
their way to the summer resorts of Lake
county yesterday and relieved them Of
their valuabl The robbers secured
about $1,000 from the passengers and
looted the Wells-Fargo treasure box,
but how much they got from it is not
known.
The hold-up was between Calistoga
and Clear Lake. The stage left Calisto-
ga at noon and had reached point one
and one-half miles from Mirabel when
two masked men stepped from the BUSH
es lining the road and ordered the driv-
er to halt. Keeping their pistols pointed
at his head, they made him throw down
the express box. While one Of the high
Waymen kept the driver and the pas
sengers covered the other broke open
the box, but found no money. The pas
sengers were stood up and while one
of the robbers kept them in order with
his weapon the other searched pockets.
These bighwaymen went about their
work like old hands at the business one
in particular being as cool about it as
If he were collecting taxes. Twelve hum
dred dollars reward has been offered
for the capture Of the robbers
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
he don't seem to enjoy It, but on election day
he votes for q continuance Of the National Come.
INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP.
Advance Guard of A. p. A. Delegates to

Advance Guard OF A. p. A. Delegates to
Supreme Council at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 9.-The meet
ing of the supreme council Of the A. P.
A. will be the largest which has been
held. The increase in membership has
come principally from the South and
the New England states. The question
of affiliation or consolidation with the
CanadianFsProtective association will be
one of the important questions which
will come before the council On ac-
count of the mutual interests of the
American Protective association and
the Canadian Protective association it
was deemed best to unite the councils
of both countries. It is said the Canad-
ian Protective association controls the
Canadian elections Secrecy will not be
removed from the work of the order by
this council, although the subject Of
making the ritual public will be dis
cussed. It is expected the business Of
the session will be completed in three
days. So far as can be learned there
has been no talk thus far about the
probable successors to the present Of
ficers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
END OF THE WAR AT HAND.
Report That Cuban Rebels Are Ready
to Quit Fighting.

to Uu1C FlgnClnS.
New York, May "a special from
Havana to morning paper says: THE
end Of the war is at hand. The rumor
is confirmed in all well informed cir
cles The chiefs Of the insurgents have
abandoned their cause in despair. Capt.
Gen. Martinez Campos has ordered that
the works on the port Of Santiago be
begun at once. Railway and telegraph
lines are to be built, rebuilt and inn
proved through Manzanillo, Bayamo,
Puerto Principe, Santa Cruz, San Luis
and Soriano. President Cleveland's cor
dial interview with Senior Dupuy de
LONE, the Spanish minister, is reported
by the newspapers here and causes
great enthusiasm among the people.
This is discernible, even in the wild ap-
,5lause with which is greeted the an
nouncement that the Spanish govern
ment has ordained a DIM 4ltion Of the
tax rate on all the industries and rail-
ways in Cuba
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
AN ALIBI FOR DURRANT.
Ills Attorneys Find Important Evidence
in the Williams Case.

His Attorneys Find Important Evidence
in the Williams Case.
San Francisco, May 9.-Theodore Dur
rants attorneys have discovered eNi-
dence which will enable them to estab-
lish an alibi for their client, so far as
the Williams murder case is concerned.
A Market street hair dresser says Min
ME Williams was one of her regular
patrons. She says Miss Williams en-
tered her shop at o'clock the night Of
her disappearance. She had her hair
dressed, leaving the shop at S:25. 1t is
estimated that by taking the car inn
mediately she could not have reached
Emanuel church until $50. Durrant's
counsel argued Durrant could not have
therefore escorted her into the church
and murdered her and then walked in
to DR.. Vogels house, where he arrived
at 9:15
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-17
Friedling Charged with Bribery.

Kansas City, Mo-, May AT an open
meeting of the Kansas City, Kan,
board Of education sensation was cre-
ated when Benjamin Friedling, presi-
dent Of the board of trade and owner
of the Consolidated Electric Light
works, was accused of bribery. It ap-
pears that when the question Of ap-
pointing city superintendent was up
recently the board Of trade sent COM
mittee to the board Of education to urge
delay. Harry Bell and William
Fletcher, reputable citizens, declared
that Friedling had openly offered them
money to cause postponement Of the
appointments. An investigation has
been ordered.