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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22
THE STATE LOSES The LAND
Three Hundred and Twenty Acres
Near Fifteenth Street Bridge Won
BY Paris Gibson,
Secretary Of the Interior Reverses
His Former D~ecision-The Land
Is Very Valuable.

interior. received by the Helena land
office, the state of Montana loses 300
acres of land near Great Falls, which is
valued at $1,000 al acre. Tho case is
of Paris Gibson ct al. We. the State
of Montana, and the land is one-half of
section 36, in township q north, range 3
east. 1t is located almost within the
OF the city of Great Falls, on the
north SIDE of the river, about a quarter
of d mile from 1t, and nearly opposite the
Fifteenth street bridge. 1t is "a school
section, arc was filed on by Mr.. Gibson
and others as i stone placer IN 1889. The
ileiona land office accepted the entry,
and the case went so far that the entry
men received their final receipts.
Then the state entered its protect
against The granting OF d patent. and the
secretary Of tie interior sustained the
position Of the state. The entrymeu,
however, secured another hearing, ard
IN the decision Just made the secretary
TeVer,ee himself and orders that Il patent
for the land be issued to tho entrymen.
THIS action finally closes the case.
The cato Is d most important one. Tbs
sacretar\ fl, MS on,o,,n says. ..rlo
E'o"no7 upon "hich 'pe present motion
Is precIcated are substantially:
Il. IL is error to hold that lands chiefly
valuable Tor ordinary building stone are
not mineral lands aud subject to location
and entry as d placer,
- That even # ii we're error TO allow
the entry Of such lands under the placer
mining laws, that under the we'll estab-
lIshed ruling and practice Of the land de.
partment at the date Of location and
final certificate suctl entries were al
lowed, ana that ropeI ty rights initiate
under departmental construction onco
established ghouid not, aud cannot, be
defeated by subsequent chauue of con-
slrucJiOn.
"lf this latter construction ,s sound.
the question as 10 the classification Of
lauu8 valuable chiefly for Ordinary build,
ing stone may be waived.
THAT part of the land entered, which
is IN Controversy herein, WIS hy the act
Of May 4G, 1864, organizing the territory
Of Montana, reserved tor the benefit Of
the common schools of the state or states
! that might thereafter De carved out of
sad territory. The state OF Montana
Was admitted to the union by the act Of
Foo. -, 1889.
"Section 10 Of said act is, in part, as
follows:
"'Ihat upon the admission Of " i +
said state into the union, sections mum
bered lG and 80, in every township Of
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22

Contentmeut consists in the Temporal
ry forgetfulress Of the thing we would
like to have next.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22

DOUGLAS MARTIN, Secretary.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22
MAY AND THE SNAKES
TWO STORIES TOLD BY THE CLIFF
DWELLING CURlO COLLECTOR.

In Both Cases the Serpents Were Rattlers,
and 1t Seems That One of the Snakes
Carried Poison In lis Tail-How One of
the Yarns Saved "A Tourists Life.
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Coming upon the heels of the Holmes

Coming upon the heels of the Holmes
Insurance swindles the Eraker case In
Kansas City calls public attention u u
comparatively new form Of fraud which
mas In it great possibilities. DIR. Fraker
Of Kansas City was insured for about
$4,000, Two years ago he accidentally
tumbled into the Missouri one after
noon while drunk and had a narrow es-
cape from drowning. Finally he sue
ceeded in clambering out Of the water
and spent the next day in sleeping of
his debauch. The first newspaper ne
saw contained an account Of his death
by drowning. This prompted him to
les should secure the insurance money
On his life, He came to Chicago, went
10 Milwaukee, and later, under an as
Eumed name, has been living In a log.
sirg camp In northern Wisconsin.
Fraker's relatives recently brought suit
for the insurance money, and after car
rying the cass, up TO the higher courts
obtained a Judgment for the full
amount The insurance companies Of
fered rewards aggregatfng $4,000 for
proof that Fraker was still living. The
accidental discovery of the missing man
was made in time to prevent the court
Judgment from being satisfied. Now
the nows comes from Kansas City that
Fraker cannot be punished, as he has
not received a cent Of money fraudu-
lently, nor has he made any demand
for insurance money, nor obtained
money by false pretenses. 1t is a queer
nase
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can't Convict Slave Dealers.

The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children will not attempt to
prosecute the Chinese who sold little
All 500 into slavery, although there lie
a city ordinance which forbids the
traffic In human flesh. and makes II
punishable as q misdemeanor.
"It Is utterly useless to attempt any
prosecution In this case" said Secre.
tary McComp yesterday. 'Our inform.
ant and all our witnesses are Chinese.
and they have told US that II called on
to go into court and testify they must
disclaim all knowledge of the matter.
This Is because they fear assassination
at the hands of the hlghbinders, and
as a matter Of fact we recognize that
In case they did testify, their lives
would not be worth an lnstant's pur
chase"
Special Officer Frank Holbrook holds
similar views. Some years age he was
instrumental in rescuing thirty-two
white children from Chinatown slav.
cry. One woman was con vlcted OF sell
ing her child Into slavery and was
given six months in Jail, but In that
Ease there was q white witness who
knew the circumstances.-San Fran.
,isco Call.
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RETURN FROM ELIZA.
The Army Went Wild When Napoleon
Game Back Again.

IAtuo bdGk AEdAAs
Philip met the truth at Lyons. Tho
air was full Of rumors that speedily be-
came facts. With less than a thousand
Of his grepadiers-his "brave growl'
ers," as he sometimes called them
the Emperor had landed In France.
The army had gone over to him, wild
with joy. The Empire would be pro-
claimed once more. France would BIZ
free of the Bourbons.
Philip found Lyons in a ferment. Ma.
poleon was almost at It's gates. The
Bourbon prince who commanded the
troops In that important city ordered
his soldiers to the walls to repel or
capture 'the bandit from Elba." But
what was a Bourbon prince befor'
"our Emperor"
The tidings of the imperial adven
turer came thick and fast Napoleon
had landed near Cannes; he had
marched over the mountains to Dion;
he had first fronted the white stand.
ard with his tricolor at Laffrey; will
barred breast he had faced the soldiers
of the King In the Vale of Beaumont,
bidding them welcome or kill him; and
behold! the soldiers Of the King had
fallen on their knees before him, cried
Long live the Emperor" and hailed
him as their father" He had kissed
the restored eagles at While; he had
entered Grenoble, through the gates
burst open by the peasants without
and the revolted soldiers within; es
corted by mountaineers and farmers
singing the Marseilles Hymn, he ad.
vanced from Grenoble to Lyons with
his little army of deliverance' already
grown from one thousand to six thou.
sand soldiers waving the tricolored
cockade. Off hurries the Bourbon
prince In terror Of his life; down go the
barricades, wrecked by the very sol
diers who had piled them up; Long
live the Emperor shout garrison and
citizens; and to the accompaniment Of
twenty thousand welcoming voices Ne
aoIeon enters Lyons.-St Nicholas,
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Cable sparks.

China has appointed a commission
to formulate an additional treaty with
Japan.
A despatch from Shanghai says the
entire entire province of Che-Kiang has
been placarded with anti-foreign and
anti Christian proclamations.
1t is reported that China has refused
to grant the demand of England for
the Punishment of the Viceroy Of the
province Of Szechuen, who is accused
of instigating the outrages on the mis-
sions.
Sir Herbert Murray has been APP
pointed Governor of Newfoundland.
A German newspaper asserts that the
Gar of Russia is about to pay a visit
to the Emperor of Germany. 3
Germany will quarantine all cattle
and hogs imported.
Several earthquakes were felt on the
Island of Zante, in the Mediterranean,
but no harm was done. q
Lord Harrington has been appointed
Governor of Queensland.
A large cotton mill under British
management will be erected at Shang'
hal and three others are in contempla-
ton.
Carl Peters, the noted German ex-
piorer, presided at a meeting to form a
German union for the fostering of
sports and gymnastics.
A great court hunt has been ar
ranged to take place at Grunewald,
Ger, November 4. The King of Sax
ony and the other German Princes
have been invited by the Emperor to
take part.
California fruit sold well in London
recently.
A French syndicate is said to have
cornered beet sugar and raised the
price of it.
England's drought has killed grass
and shortened the water so as TO
hreaten a milk famine.
Blind Chaplain Milburn, of the
United States Senate, is attracting very
large congregations during his vacation
in London.
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PENIS GROVE, N. j.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1896.

The present drought finds many
springs dry throughout the State for
the first time in the memory of the
oldest inhabitants.
Mrs. Edward McGechin, of George
| town, a suburb of Wilkesbarre, is dy-
| ing from wounds received in a drunken
brawl with neighbors. 3
Kennett Square is now obliged to
drink creek water.
Tired of life, George Hickman, Of
Doylesburg, Franklin County, shot
himself to death.
Jacob Lefty, who was just convicted
of numbering a fellow miner In Ala
bama, formerly lived at Boyertown.
A switched a in the Philadelphia
and Erie yards, at Williamsport,
mangled to death Engineer John Crone,
of Sunbury.
Professor George G. Watson, of Cor
nell, has been appointed to the chair
| of agriculture in the State College,
Centre County. 4
A big iron foundry will be built at
| Erie by C. M, Reed and other wealthy
men of that city.
For putting an eel rack in the Della
ware River. near Matamoras, Wade
Cass was fined $50.
AdIai, the little son of Daniel w.
Lembacb. near Pottstown, tumbled
into the canal and drowned.
The P,ttsburg police probe shows
that there has been more politics than
honesty or efficiency IN the smoky
City force.
Clearfield region soft coal miners
will hold a mass-meeting at Clearfeld,
to discuss an advance In wages. t
Berks County's potato crop is esti-
mated at 2, 600, 900 bushels.
Alumni of Reading High School
contemplate starting a public library.
pw..son. aro in nrooress
LA.ensise Wn,sae 800 $3.50 W.,
~ nosa .mp' ~ ~
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Good Greenbacks in Bad Company.
Charles NJ. Burks. n Of the city
policemen, hit a streak Of luck a few
days ago that was worth to him $120.
He found that much money In q box
Of old Confederate bills that his father
had owned before his death. The old
gentleman was quite well-to-do, and
lived on a fine farm In Troup County
He had a box full of Confederate money
that was on hand when the war closed.
He laid the box away, considering Its
contents worthless. He died In 1878,
and the box was left to his children.
Some time ago Mr.. Burks' sister sent
the box to him from her home down In
Troup County. In counting over the
money he came across several billa
that looked like good money to him,
Mr.. Burks went to ]. O. Dayton Of thf
State Savings Bank for an opinion or
the money. Mr.. Dayton told Nj
Burks that he thought the bills wer
good, and that he would cash them \
they were not In such bad company
Mr.. Dayton proposed that the bills bt
sent to the treasury at Washington, Il
which Mr.. Burks consented. The!
were sent last Friday, and Wednesda!
Mr.. Dayton received from the treasury
q letter incloslng q check for $40. MI
Burks still has $4,000 in CONFEDERATE
money In that old box, which be woult
DO glad to exchange for chsek&-M
tants IoaA Journal
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NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Eastern ana
fiddle States

A despatch from Cumberland, Md,
says the mountains on both sides of
Beams Cove, Bedford county, Pa, are
on fire, and the farmers are fighting the
flames. Great forest fires are also rag
ing in the forests around Davis, West
Virginia, on the West Virginia Central
Railroad, endangering that town.
Bridget Mulhern, So years old, was
Iound dead in the yard Of a tenement
in New York city. 1t is believed that
abe was killed by falling out Of a win
dow some time during the night, but
the police arrested her husband, Pat
rick Mulhern, and a woman named
Mara Shea, who lived with the Null
herns, pending an investigation.
Long Dong, a Chinese l~aundryman,
in New York, is a leper. He is 80
years old, has been in New York for
five years and has been sick for two
years. 8
Forest fires are destroying much val
liable timber nea Avon, Me.
On the charge of violating the lottery
laws in selling tickets of European
Government Municipality Securities"
Henry Traube, a New York banker,
was arrested. 4
A colored burglar was shot and killed
by DR.. Andrew Stewart, a young physi-
clan, of Washington, in the Stewart
residence. The burglar was one of
three who broke into the house.; the
others escaped.
A fire at Woonsocket, Rhode Island,
recently, caused $135, 900 damage to
the plant of the River Spinning Com
pany.
The elevator of the Daisy Flour Mill,
at Superior, Minnesota, was burned,
loss 800, 600. l
Pinkerton Detective Walter F.
Brown cut his throat and committed
suicide in a New Yofk saloon to settle
his business troubles.
Charged with robbing the New York
Herald of SIC, 1000, Charles Gore, that
journals former assistant cashier, was
a~rraigned in New York.
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A surc Sign.

They tell a story about the hotel in q
Virginia rural town. 1t was a hotel
where the servants cen bubbling over
With anxiety to wait On you-you know
iow Virginia hotels are. The man or
Tered a bath prepared for him one
night, a warm bath. with an ocean Of
water and a big, dry land Of towels.
he got it The next night he rang the
bell to order another bath. The bell
boy, who had answered his summons
he night before, appeared. He ex.
pressed surprise at seeing the guest.
Thought suren you was gone, boss,'
10 said.
'Why did you think that?" asked the
nan who tells the story.
well" said the boy, you e you
lone had a bath last night and folks
don't in generally take a bath unless
goin' away."-Washington Post
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Ne STOLE MILK.
taoL Avoided Detection for a Very
- Long Time,

The milkman who supplied Bloom.
Aeld. N. j., families living III the neigh.
borhood Of Lawrence and Harlow
streets, Is happier than he was a week
ago. His customers suspected then
that he was giving them short measure,
Although he put in an extra gill as an
evidence of good faith, there was still
deficiency in many Of tho tin pals that
were set out on the front stoops at
night to await his coming In the early
morning.
The police were asked to find out Wit
was rushing the tactical grovlcr. They
tried to do so, but they failed. A few
mornings ago the culprit was discov-
cred. The reader might surmise by the
appearance OF his mouth and tongue,
conspicuous In the picture, that he has
, capacity for milk in large quantities.
He is a big Newfoundland dog, and
he belongs to Mrs. Mofratt, who lives
In Harlow street. Mrs. Moffatt was
looking out of the window early in the
morning, when she saw Jack hiding be,
hind a clumb of bushes and with a most
interesting expression watching the
n,ilkman filling the tin pail on the
stoop Of the Rev. Mr.. Winan's house,
When the mllkman left Jack trotted
over to the stoop, picked up the pail
with his teeth, carried 1t a short dis.
lance, set 1t down, took off the lid, and
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1t L. t~elegraphed from st. Louis that
the cattle in the vicinity Of that city
are dying from anthrax, and that the
health officers of the State and city are
taking every possible means to check
the progress of the disease. Anthrax
Is n Of the most terrible maladies that
attack animals. The herbivora are
most susceptible to II, but 1t is COM
municated to man, dogs and other ON
nivora and carnivora. With the herbiv-
pra the disease is fatal. In a few days.
It is usually SO with man. 1t generally
breaks out among animals in low,
damp. marshy regions In warm, dry
weather after rains, and the causes are
attributed to climatic influences, soil
and atmospheric temperature. The
virus of the disease is contained in the
debris of dead animals and remains In
the soil or is washed into water courses.
1t has been known to be brought to the
surface after having lain in the soil for
seventeen years. 1t breaks cut after
4 dry spell because animals gnaw the
grass so closely, often nibbling the
roots, thus receiving the virus into the
system. Promptly killing infected AMI
mails and destroying their bodies ia the
Dnly remedy, as cure is practically i'm
possible. AS the disease car be CON-
Inundated to men by eating the flesh,
using the milk or inhaling the breath
Of diseased animals, It Is evident hal
pur State and city authorities should
Eeclare and maintain the most rigid
quarantine against cattle or meat sus-
pected of infection That the affair is
a serious one is shown by the prompt
and energetic action Of the Missouri
authorities to place II promptly under
control.
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ana
Western States

The Buck gang, composed Of Rufus
Buck, Lucky Davis, Lewis Davis,
Samuel Sampson and Naomi July,
were found guilty of murder in Fort
Smith, Arkansas, and sentenced tc
death.
Burglars made a raid on the foreign
exhibits in the Liberal Arts building at
the Atlanta Exposition. Show cases
we're opened with a jimmy, and goods
valued at $1,000 were stolen from the
Russian and Italian exhibits.
A despatch from GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
says that George Brown, the defaultlng
Treasurer of Springfield township,
Muskingum county, has disappeared,
and is supposed to have fled to Mexico.
1t is now known that he is $2400
short, and the deficit is growing. 1t is
thought that 1t will amount up toward
$40, 900. 8
In a battle. between Yaqui Indians
and ranchmen, five Indians and three
ranchmen were killed.
Conviction was found at Evanston,
Wy, against F. s. Crocker, a rich
stockman, for killing his partner, Har-
vey Booth.
While respondent over the death Of
his wife, at Chicago, ]. f. Glenn, in
ventor of several railroad appliances,
blew his brains out.
The Hilton. Howard feud, in Harlan
county, KY, has been revived by Mat
thew Behler, a Hilton man, shooting a
negro of the opposite faction. 4
Nearly 400 cases of diphtheria are re-
ported in st. Louis. Typhoid fever is
also prevalent in that city.
A despatch form Wichita, Kansas,
says a syndicate of wealthy Kentucky
farmers are negotiating for the pur-
chase of a large tract of land in Ander-
son county, Kansas, where they pro-
pose to establish a tobacco plantation.
1t IS said tobacco reaches maturity al
that point much earlier than in the
East. ]
The Standard Oil Company is after
the oil interests at Los Angeles, Cal.
Robbers blew open the French Cath.
olic Church safe at Menominee, Mich,
and got 5000.
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are
holding war dances and terrifying the
whites in Oklahoma.
White tramps robbed and shot two
out of four colored men, including
William Higgins, near East st. Louis
Ill.
With her umbrella plucky Miss Lilly
Thomas protected herself from a bruta
negro's assault at Marion, Ind.
Amalgamated workers in Chicago
Illinois Steel Works object to wearing
numbered badges and having their &C
tual working time kept by individual
clocks.
On an express train near Knoxville.
Tenn, young Hugh S. Henry, of-Win'
chester, Va, formerly of Buffalo Bill's
"Wild Vest" died suddenly of con
sumption.
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sns Had Nerra and Piuck.

A woman's nerve saved herself and
Aer husband from death Tuesday after.
coon at Middletown, N. 7. While Mime.
Da Coma was riding q bicycle on a wire
suspended over the Waikiki river, her
husband, sitting in g trapeze hung
from the bicycle. the guy wire gave
way and the main strand sank twenty
feet. Nine. Da Coma remained In her
seat and plunged down the loop. The
rear wheel left the wire and the front
wheel started up the incline. The bL
cycle see-sawed several times and final.
Iy stopped. When the electric launch
came under them the woman climbed
down, and her husband, hanging by his
feet, lowered her at arms length and
she dropped into the laurch. Da Coma
also reached the launch without injury
New Orleans Times-D Democrat
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-04
The Child's Mind.

Child instruction should In the first
instance proceed upon the principle
that the young mind is an incalculable
possibility, and that schooling should
be of a character to carry that posi-.
bility just as far as may be toward its
realization, writes the Rev. Charles Fl.
Parkhurst, D. D., in the Ladies' Home
Journal. The child's mind is as thick.
ly studded with interrogation points
as the sky is with stars. The primary
genius Of a child is the genius for ask.
Ing questions There is a natural Atm
lty between the mind and the truth.
Inquisitiveness Is as natural to intelli-
gence as hunger is to the stomach. One
of the most common effects of current
schooling Is to destroy that affinity. In.
tellectual stufing in the nursery OIL In
the schoolroom Is worse and more wick.
ed than gluttony in the dining-room.
Children who commence going to
school when they are 8 and continue at
1t until they are is hate knowledge q
good deal worsethan they do sin, and If
they had the courage Of their impuls-
es would assassinate their instructors
and practice nihilism on their school
rooms and textbooks. The distinct
symptoms of nihilism are discernible
in every schoolroom that has been used
for educational purposes more than six
months. This Intellectual demoraliza.
ton of the sohoolroom will pursue Its
ed who have enough Of the genius Of
Froebel to understand that the mental
constitution of the child is itself de-
scriptive Of the course to be followed in
Its development, and that the proper
office Of school commissioners and
school committees is to help the teach.
er carry out the intentions OF nature
rather than to compel him to embap
rass and c~ontrovert those intentions,
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-04

The curtain had risen on the third act
ind the momentary hush that preceded
the resumption of the performance on
the stage was broken by a stentorian
voice from the rear Of the auditorium:
SIS DR.. Hisginspiker in the house?"
A. tall. heavily whiskered man occu
pying q front seat rose up.
III DR.. Higginspiker is in the house."
sezumed the stentorian voice, "he told
me 1 was to come here and call him out
Vt 10 o'clock"
whereupon Dr.. Eigginspiker, looking
very red. picked up his hat and cane
and walked down the aisle amid loud
and enthusiastic applauss.-Chicago
Trisune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-04

A NEW LAWN-MOWER.
rhe Inventor Claims 1t las Points
of Advantage Over Old Styles.

rhe Inventor Claims 1t Has Points
of Advantage Over Old Styles.
The lawn-mower here Illustrated was
invented by a Pennsylvania, and the
Icientifc American thus describes it:
The knives are driven by crank and
pitman connection with the ground
wheels, the driving mechanicism being
located entirely within the outer face
Of the frame and there being M pro-
Iections to collect the cut grass. The
axle carrying the ground wheels is
%iournaled In depressions Of the side or
:heek pieces Of the frame, the wheels
being cupped on their outer frame.
The wheels r loosely mounted, and
ratchet wheels on the axle adjacent 10
the hubs are adapted for engagement
by a dog on each wheel, the dogs turn
ing the axle when the mower Is pushed
ahead and slipping over the ratchets