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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-08

sonora, who was found eight miles dow n
the valley late at night. The poiso,'
connected with the %elopement makes thu
case interesting.
Both defendants were taken beforo
Justice Matthews this morning and
pleaded guilty to elopement, but No,
guilty to poisoning. They were PLACED
under $500 bonds each to appear for pre-.
ilmlnary trial on Friday morning, but
Will most likely go to Jail today.
The Mexican mail carriers and wood
haulers of this region make this tbei,
mead quarters, and they are all much ey.
cited. Martin is said to have a much
worse record in Huerfano county about
three weeks ago.
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Special TO The Tribune.
HELENA, March l. Reynolds intro
dhced a bill in the house providing for
taking the state census under the direc-
ton of the commissioner of agriculture
and labor. Rogers introduced d bill
providing for the appointment of a game
and fish warden at $500 per annum
and four assistants at 800 per month.
Joy introduced Il bill fixing the charge
for telephone instruments at $50 per
month, and the charge for long distance
messages at Only half a cent a mile.
The school book bill WAS passed by
yeas 30. noes IS. Many of the negative
votes were based on the fact that the
bill contained no provision for the free
exchange Of old for new books.
The arid land bill passed, yeas 30. nays
n. The new license bill passed. ayes IS,
nays Ii. Other bills passed were: Fix
ing the length of sessions of county com
m~issioners; regulating the deposit of
county and state funds; a%ppropriating
$4,000 additional for supplies for the leg
islature.
The insurance department bill was
considered in committee of the whole
and referred back to Especial committee.
The bill authorizing cities to contract
debts for the purpose Of owning water
works, was recommended for passage; as
we're bills fixing the mileage of state and
county officers, witnesses and jurors at
10 cents; allowing three years for re-
demption of property sold for taxes; and
for awarding the contract for keeping
the poor every two wears,
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CUBAN REBELLION.
The Plot Was Betrayed Wholesale
Arrest of the RevOlu-
tiOnists.
prelate

MADRID, Feb. 2S.-According to Off
cial dispatches from Havana the rebels
in Santiago de Cuba number about 100
men. The town of Ragic declared in
favor of the rebels, but the instruction
there has been quelled. 1t is also Off
cially announced that the Spanish troops
defeated the rebels in Matausas and
killed Manuel Garcia the notorious
rebel leader. The Spanish troops are
actively pursuing the rebels.
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GOOD RADIANCE,
Family Battle That Was of l:pnetit to
Good Citizens.
ltoseburg

Family Battle That Was of I:rneGt to
Good Citizens.
SERGEANT, Ky. Feb. 2S.-Near Os.
born's gap, Dickinson county, Va. We'd
nesday, Robert and Sam Smith met Ben
and Lem Cox. All four were under the
influence of liquor. The Smiths. it is
said, drew their revolvers and COM
manded the Cox brothers, who were
their enemies, to surrender. Instead,
the Cox boys drew their and
then a general fight was begun. The
battle, it is said, lasted for nearly half an
hour, and when the smoke cleared away
Robert and Sam Smith and Ben Cox
were found lying dead on the road,
while Lem Cox was so badly wounded
that his death is expected hourly.
The killing of the men, if sub.
sequent accounts bear out the report in
full, puts an end to two families that
had long been prominent in criminal
circles IN this section of the country.
There were originally eight Smith
brothers, and all of them met their
death in fights similar to the one Of
Wednesday.
1--we other Cones were also killed sew
eral years ago IN IA battle with men of
their stamp. Ben Cox enjoyed the repu-
tatlon OF having killed five men, and his
brother Lem had twice been tried for
murder. They all resided back in the
mountains, and were regarded as dan
gerous men.
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price of cotton. Senator George sub.
mitted their report.

price of cotton. Senator George sub
mitted their report.
The subcommittee ascertained that
with the prices prevailing in the years
1891, 1892 and 1893 in nearly every part
of the cotton producing region the cost
of production equalled, if it did not ex-
coed, the value of the cotton raised.
There is a general consensus of opinion
that cotton cannot, except under the
most favorable circumstances, be raised
protitably at less than 8 cents per pound,
nor without loss under I cents.
Two causes for the low price of cotton
are cited-dealings in futures and the
decentralization of silver.
The committee in arguing the right of
the federal government to legislate on
the subject, declares that the business of
dealing in futures in cotton can be trans
acted only in the twy exchanges of New
York and New Orleans, and that the
latter is merely an annex to the former.
ihe committee concludes that the deal
lngs of these exchanges interfere with
the interstate commerce, and the power
of congress should be exercised to
abolish them.
The demonstration of silver is re-
as the most potent cause Of the
low price of cotton, but the committee
that there is no immediate
prospect of removing this cause. There
fore they recommend cotton raisers to
keep their money at home by raising
their W supplies and diversifying their
and invest the money now spent
these in erecting cotton and other
fabtor!es,
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CONVICT LABOR
House EavOrs Manufacture o. Rope.
Irvine, Boots and Shoes ny
Prisoners.
BROA4 WATER COUNTY WINS
Governor NetOes Memorial Relating
to the Removal OF the Cree
Indians.
Special to ths Tribune.

Special to ths Tribune.
HELENA, Feb. 2S.-In the senate toda
d large number Of house appropriate
bills we're favorably reported from tn
committee on finance. The committe
on public buildings made an unfavorabl
report on house bill relating to the car
of conyicts. Metzel's meat inspector bill
was ordered printed.
\ large number of bills were received
from the house, read twice and referred
During the morning hour seventeen
bills allowing claims were put on their
final passage.
The following bills Of general interest
were also passed House bill regulating
witnesses fees; senate bill compelling
railroads to provide a certain number of
men to man trains; Leonard's building
association bill; senate resolution APP
propriating $1,000 for the use of the gov
ernor in protecting the mineral lands of
the state.
The afternoon session was spent en-
tIlCly i CoLIllillltS VI II WuolC auo llC
following bills were favorably acted
upon: Regulating mining coal; the
agricultural college bill, with two amend
ments, one making the interest on the
bonds payable semi-annually, and the
other providing the manner to meet in
terest payments in case there was no
money in the college funds; providing a
uniform code of signals for mines; Great
ing a temporary capitol commission,
with power to lease quarters for state
offices; senate bill concerning the man
agement of state prisons. This bill
does away with the warden and provides
that the convicts may manufacture rope
and Irvine, and boots and shoes; senate
bill relating to the jurisdiction of JUS
tees; bill forbidding discrimination by
corporations having public functions.
The Carbon county bill was ordered
indefinitely postponed by a vote of 9 to
5. Slign gave notice of a reconsideration.
The bill to provide for maturing school
bonds has rome to the governor,
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GOT OFF EASY,


stole SjoO, OOO-Sentenced to One Year
in Jail.
LlTTLE Rock, March 1.-The last Of
the cases of the state of Arkansas against
ex-State Treasurer w. f. Woodruff
which have been on the docket of tue
courts of this state for three years, was
brought to a close at Perryville. on a
change OF venue, last night by the jury
bringing IN a verdict of guilty and assess,
ing punishment at one year in the peni.
Tertiary.
All the indictments charging Woodruff
with malfeasance in office had been
wiped out at former trials. The indict.
ment on which he was found guilty was
for false representations ia his settle
ment with the state debt board. 4
motion for a new trial will be argued
tomorrow, and in the event of it's failure
the case will go to the supreme court Of
the state, Woodruff s shortage amounted
to more thar 100000.
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Anna Gould Takes ~ New Religion when
She Becomes IA Wife.


New YORK, Feb. 2S.-It appears now
that Miss Anna Gould will not only be.
conn a countess, but d Catholic also. 1t
was stated positively by a close friend of
the Goulds today that the Countess de
Castellane will embrace the religion of
her husbands family just as soon as she
gets to Paris. She will not take up
Catholicism here, because she is afraid
of wounding her Presbyterian relatives
and especially Miss Helm Gould, who is
noted for her devotion to that branch of
the faith. She has aroused a lot of un-
favorable criticism already among those
who have no right at all to criticise, by
the way, by not inviting her dead
fathers pastor, Rev. DR.. Paxton, to
~otflciate at the wedding and by asking
Archbishop Corrigan to be the presiding
.~relate,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Representative
Caminetti reported to the house the pro.
posed amendment to the existing law
permitting granting of rights -of-way on
public domain to the extent of % feet
together with the use of the necessary
ground not exceeding four acres, to any
citizen or association for the purpose Of
generating, manufacturing or distribut-
ing electric power. "In California and
elsewhere says the accompanying re-
port, small towns and cities in the val,
leye can utilize electric light and power
at a minimum cost if allowed the right
o f-way across government lands to the
foothills"
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IraInpS Routed,

DECATUR, Ind, March l.--Fifty tramps
came into the city last night stealing,
begging and frightening women, and the
marshal and posse drove them acros 8 the
railroad bridge east of town, when they
opened fire on the police with their re
volvers, The police returned the fire
and a battle resulted. The tramps finally
fled, carrying three of their number, who
were either killed or badly wounded.
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Ellis Approved.

WAsHlNGToN, Feb. 2S.-Tne president
has signed the following acts: To
amend articles for the government Of the
navy; to amend section relating to sale
of isolated tracts Of public land; causing
the delivery Of condemned cannon to
certain G. A.. K. posts; to authorize the
construction of a bridge across the
Yellowstone river in Dawson county,
Montana; to provide for the examin-
alton and classification of minera! lands
in Montana and Idaho; donating naval
cannon to Oregon Soldiers Home at
Roseburg.
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Rebels Cant Agree.

New YORK. Feb. 2S.-The Ward line
steamer Orisaba arrived this morning
from Havana and brings the news that
the whole island has been under martial
law since February n. Great excite
ment prevailed Sunday morning. owing
to the arrest Of an old Cuban, General
Julio ). Angli and about thirty members
Of the first families Of Havana who were
Imprisoned in the military fort at Cab
aniO. 1t is reported that about three
hundred persons, who sympathiZed with
the reyOlutionistE, were also imprisoned.
There was ~ news from the interior of
the island. The people of the northern
portion of the island were in favor of
General Manuel Garcia taking charge of
the operations against the government,
while the people Of the southern part
wanted another leader. 1t was rumored
that the threatened uprising of the
Cuban revOlutionists had been BETRAYED
by one of their party,
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Fresh Fields to COnuuer.

CHEZ Foo. Feb. 2S.-The Japanese are
evacuating advanced positions about
Wei Hal Wei and have abandoned Ming
Hal. The greater part of the Japanese
army which has been operating on the
Shan Tung peninsula, has re-embarked
on transports bound tor a port north of
Gulf of Pechili.
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CARBON: COUNTY
BY Il Vote of Eleven to Ten the
Senate RecOnsiders Its
Action.
FIGHT WILL Be CONTINUED
Bill Introduced to Change Arbor Day
to Second Tuesday
in May.

Special to The Tribune.
HELENA, March LIN the senate to
day the committee on public morals re
ported the Sunday closing barber shops
bill without recommendation.
The committee on fish and game re-
ported a substitute for the game law
bill.
The house bill to regulate the holding
of primary elections was reported with
an amendment exempting towns of 15C
inhabitants from its operation.
Eggleston introduced a bill changing
Arbor day from the third Tuesday in
April to the second Tuesday in May.
In committee Of the whole, Smead in
the chair, the house bill for the creation
of park districts and the appointment of
commissioners vas taken up.
The blank left by the house as to the
amount OF money the commissioners
could raise was filled in with 100000.
Sigh made a motion that it be con-
CURED in. Chandler amended by NOV.
ing that it be indefinitely postponed.
Leonard showed several weak spots in
the bill and 1t was ordered indefinitely
postponed.
In the afternoon the senate bill relat-
ing to the deposit of funds by county Of
ficers was the special order. Folsom ex.
planned that a bill to remedy the defect
IN the codes was going through the
house and he moved that the senate bill
be indefinitely postponed. The motion
was adopted.
A large number of bills we're read a
third time and passed. Among these
was the Carbon county bill, by a vote of
IL to 10 Before the result was IN.
nounced Babcock changed his vote to
aye and gave notice of a motion to recon-
slider. The following bills, il addition
to the Carbon county measure, were
passed: Relating to the sale and stor-
age of high explosives; defining a legal
fence; forbidding discrimination by cor
porations; to provide temporary quarters
state offices; relating to jurisdiction
Of justices of the peace; regulating the
state prison and providing for its govern
ment. Also, a number of bills making
appropriations to pay expenses incurred
by the state militia.
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CLAIMS A
"A Kentucky Negro COnfesses that He
Had Killed Five Persons.

a Kentucky Negro Confesses that He
Had Killed Five Persons.
HALsEY, KY, Feb. 2S.-Frank Wood,
a negro, who died yesterday, confessed
to having committed five murders, two
of them in Alabama, two in Tennessee
and one in Georgia. He said that three
OF his victims were white women. He
also said that one man had been tried,
convicted and hanged for one of his
tiendish acts. He would not tell the
exact town or localities where he had
committed the crimes.
Wood carried in his pocket the skele-
ton of a female hand. which he always
kept about him, and claims that it has
been his luck piece for five years in crap
games.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT.

why There is No More Money in Rails
ing Cotton.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-During the
tlfty-third congress the senate commit
tee on agriculture and forestry was au-
thorized by the senate to make an in.
quiry upon the existing depression in
farm products, and Senators George,
Bate and Proctor were selected as a sub
committee to take in hand the portion
OF the inquiry concerning the depressed
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Mex Rankin Sues.

KANSAS CRY, March l.. Mckee Rankin,
the actor, who was arrested Wednesday
at the instance of thu manager of the
C~enteropolis hotel, for alleged refusal to
pay a board bill, .oday entered suit
against the hotel People for $4,000
damages for defamation of character.
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BUSINESS TALK.
Citizens of Little Rock Decide to Main.
tain the Law.
games.

Citizens of Little Rock Decide to Main
tain the Law.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Feb. 2S.-A mass
meeting of citizens was held tonight to
take action relative to the reign of law
lessness which has terrorized the citl-
zens of Little Rock for the past two
weeks. A vigilance committee was or
ganized and a large number of citizens
signed a document to respond to the
mayor or chief Of police whenever they
deem it necessary. 1t was also decreed
that no person would be allowed on the
streets tomorrow (Nlardi Gras) night in
disguise. From two to four holdups
have occurred nightly during the past
fortnight.
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a Compromises,

SAN Francisco, March 1.-The South
ern Pacific railroad company and its en-
gineers have settled their differences
Hereafter the engineers will be paid by
mileage insteadof by the day or the trip.
as formerly. The new system will reduce
the wages of the men about 6 per cent
The company had proposed IA 10 pei
cent emf
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Many Men Killed.

New YORK, March 1.-The wall of the
old six story building at 43 d. street fell
at $50 o'clock this morning, killing and
injuring many men, who were tearing it
down. Already three dead bodies have
Deer extricated. Probably a score of men
are still in the ruins, many of them dead
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STATUE OF GRANT
Represents Him at the Close of the Civil

War.
WASHINGTON, ID, c., March 1.--Anothtl
statue will soon be added to the group
now in statuary hall at the capitol. 1t
is that of Gen. Z. S. Grant and will rep.
resent him as he appeared at the close Of
the war in his dress as general of the
army. The statue is the work of Frank
lin Simmons and was executed under
the direction Of a committee Of the Ma,
tlonai encampment of tine G.. A. r., in
pursuance OF a resolution of congress ap-
proved August IA, 1890, accepting the
same. The statue and pedestal are now
in the capitol building awaiting the ap,
proval of the joint library committee Of
congress before being placed in the posi-,
ton intended for them.
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Long Battle Ended,

GALEsBURG, ILL.,, March 1.-The repub-
lican congressional convention at Galva,
after three days balloting, yesterday
nominated Geo. W, Prince of Galesburg.
candidate for congress for the Tenth
district. on The l,47Cth ballot.
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Wife Worth Having.

MILWAUKEE. March l.-Richard Mans
field, the actor, has received 5000 from
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad company as a settlement for the
injuries his wife, known as Beatrice
Cameron, received in the Uoion depot.
when a switch engine crushed into her
private car.
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Serious Charges.

MlNNEAPoLls, Feb. 2S.-A petition was
presented in the lower house of the leeis-
lature today, asking for the impeach-
ment of Judge Frank Ives, of C~rookston,
judge of the Fourteenth district. He
is charged with bribery, corruption, VIC
lation of the constitution and malfea-
Sance,
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Two PiuIns Drop.

W~AsHINGroN, Marcel 1.-The president
has sent these nominations to the senate:
Postmasters, Willis f.. Dowell, at Mis-
soula, Mont; Luther Clarke, at Eureka,
Nevada.
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PARIS, March IN. Percher, one of
the editors of the journal Des Bats, was
killed in a duel with swords this morn
ing by M. L~echeatelier, an officer of the
marines, the result of a personal diff
Guilty. At the first encouater Lecheate.
lier's sword passed through Percher's
guard and pierced his ght lung.
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ADFREp, Mo, Feb. 28.-Leroy Fer
maid, who murdered his mother in East
Lebanon yesterday and set fire to the
barn and ran to the attic to wait death
IN the flames, was founu dead this
morning in his cell. Leroy was insane,
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Don't Suit Him.

WAssH1NGroH, Feb, 26.--The president
has sent to the house vetoes of the bills
granting rights Of way through the In
dian Territory to the Arkansas & North
western Railway company and the Okla
homa Central Railway company.
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Postmaster Gene.a al Wils.n

WASHINGTON, March l.-Representa-
tive Wilson's nomination to be post
master general was confirmed by the
senate this morning.
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No Cable.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-A motion by
Hit in the house to concur in the
Hawaiian cable amendment to the
diplomatic bill was lost by a vote of lis
to $50.
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English Lord DraI.

LONDON, March 1.-The earl Of Cowley
is dead. He was born in 1884 and sue
ceeded to the title in 1884. His son,
Henry Arthur Merrington WELLESLEY, Wis.
count Dangan, who succeeds to the title,
at one time wanted to marry Miss
Fortescue.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The court of
claims today announced judgment in
favor Of 100 letter carriers of New York,
Detroit, Philadelphia and Memphis for
service rendered in excess of eight hours
a dav.
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READY FOR PEACE,

'HI"tH II WIiIIH, 10 NeSDfIite WIN II
Hung Chang.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2o.-It is Off
clally announced that, although Japan
has 10000 well-drilled troops which
have not been sent to the seat of war.
and though her financial have
not been exhausted by the conflict with
China, she has resolved to negotiate a
treaty Of peace, if possible, with Lii
Hung Chang, China's newly appointed
peace envoy
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PICNIC.
Yesterday Proceedings in the trial OF
Harry Hayward.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2s.-The defense
in the Hayward murder trial concluded
its case today. The state will take two