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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-07-06
A. P. A. and Opposition Had 4
Fatal Conflict.
JOHN WILLIS SHOT DEAD
Several Others Severely Injured-"Llttlc
Red schoolhouse'' Float at the
Bottom Of the Row.

Boston, July 4.-The Fourth Of July
parade of patriotic societies Of Boston
and vicinity at east Boston this after
noon ended in a pitched battle between
some Of the paraders ard spectators
with fatal effect John Willis, a laborer
of east Boston, one of the spectators,
was shot and instantly killed. Michael
Boyle of east Boston had his head
split open by club and lies unconscious
at the city hospital; a young man
named Stewart had his nose cut off
with a sabre in the hands Of one of the
paraders; Patrick Kelley sustained a
severe scalp wound and officer Bates
was hit in the mouth with a brick
thrown by an unknown person and lost
several teeth. It is claimed that the
persistence Of those who managed the
parade in introducing as a feature
float presenting the little red school
house." which, from it's association as
the emblem Of the American Protective
Association, has become obnoxious to
many, especially those who do not SYM
pathize with the American Protective
Association movement. The Fourth of
July committee decided to permit this
feature to appear in the parade and
those desiring to prevent it tried to have
such an order passed by the board Of
aldermen, but failed.
So great was the interest excited by
this controversy and the expressed de-
termination of the paraders to display
the schoolhouse that fully 10000 visitors
gathered at east Boston. The police
officials, in anticipation Of hostile
demonstration, had force of $50 men
in addition to the east Boston force on
duty, but they all marched at the head
of the procession. At several points the
feeling of. the crowd was given vent in
Kisses at the $500 paraders and the
schoOlhouse. Further demonstration
was not made until the rear of the pa
| rade had reached Putnam street, when
the crowd there overturned the last car
riage. Word was sent to the front for
police assistance and a squad of &c
officers was sent back. A skirmish fol-
| lowed between the crowd and the Of
| ficers and many received fractures
Stewart of Brooks station had his nose
cut off by a sabre in the hands of AL.
bert Andrews of Everett, private in
the Rosebury Horse Guards.
| When the parade broke up and those
who had participated were proceeding
to the ferry, a group of 60 or 70 was
surrounded on Border street by crowd
who commenced hooting and throwing
stones. A dozen revolvers were drawn
and in response to the fusilade of stones
10 or IL shots were fired. The firing
brought large body of police to thu
spot and the mob was soon dispersed
AS the scene was cleared the officer.
found John Willis dead on the stree
with bullet hole in his right side ant
Patrick Kelley lying seriously wound
ed about the head. 1t was learned late
that several other persons had beer
slightly injured, all of whom wer
taken away by their friends. The polic
arrested Harold Brown and John ROs
as the principals who did the shoot
ing.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-07-06
BOUNDED OVER THIRTY FEET
Fall Broke the spinal Column Of the
Daring Man, and Recovery
Is Impossible.
Spokane, Wash, July 5.

igator Of rough waters, lies dying at
the Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane.
He attempted yesterday to plunge
down a log chute near Occur d'Alene
City in a barrel. Accidentally the con-
trivance came into contact with a rocky
point. The outer covering of the barrel
was split and shivered. by the force Of
the current it was thrown into the air,
and when the captain was extricated
it was found that his spinal column
was dislocated in two places and that
he was paralyzed in. all parts of his
body below the regions Of the kidneys
He complained of wire tightly drawn
about his body, near the umbillicus.
The Snowman was brought to Spokane
and placed under the influence Of an
aesthetics at the hospital. DR.. Russell
stated that if he survived until morning
there might be possibility of recovery,
yet he held out little hope
There is scalp wound on the back
of the head and the left eye is blood
shot, as if caused by concussion
NEPHEW OF SENATOR STEWART.
Captain Paul Webb is name given
to the daring adventurer by his man.
ager, F. C. Wills, who is brother of
SOuuuCCOI w Ills VI Tic ~. N. ~ ~.
Co. HIS real name is James Stewart.
His father" said Mr.. Wills last
night sis brother of United States Sen
ator Stewart of Nevada. His father
and mother live at Lincoln, Neb., and a
brother Of his father resides at Nc
Minnville, Or. The name of the latter is
James S. Stewart"
Mr. Wills states that "the captain" as
he designates him, is one of the bravest
of men. He adopted this profession be-
cause, as he often said, life is too short
to enable man in ordinary pursuits to
accumulate comfortable fortune upon
which to retire. AS a photographer, 1T
would take him three years to save
thousand dollars He wanted to make
money faster and was willing to risk
his life in this occupation.
eff he had consented" the manager
said, ito use his oscillating harness, he
need not have been injured. Another
circumstance operated in connection
with the accident He is an Odd Eel
low and decided to undertake this peril
Gus ride rather than interfere with the
entertainment at Post Falls. l warned
him of the danger and went so far as
to have sawed out a log the size OF the
barrel, which was sent down through
the chute as an experiment. All posi-
BILE precautions were taken except &c
insist that he should wear the oscillat
ing harness, which he deemed wholly
unnecessary
The oscillating harness is rigging
constructed on scientific principles, fol
use in connection with adventures o.
this character. The barrel is made o.
the stoutest materials, hoped will
bands of Steel sheeted on the outside
and padded and braced within. The
harness permits the body to sway abou
three-quarters of an inch. This, Mr.
Wills thinks, would have prevented tn
conclusion which is believed to hav'
cost Stewart his life.
CAPTAIN Webs RIDE TO DEATI
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-07-06
Mount vesuvius Erupts.

Naples, July "A assure has appeared
in the northwest side of the great cone
IF Mount Vesuvius, and stream of lava
is floating down the mountain.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-07-06
sneaker Meyer Is Dead.

Chicago, July 3-speaker Meyer OF the
Illinois house of representatives died at
Freeport today. Death was unexpected
although he has been i'll for some TIME
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-07-06
No Evictions Occurred.

Pender, Neb., July 3.-Captain Beck did
not evict anyone today and those thrown
ont of their homes yesterday by armed
indians returned today.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

the coinage ratio more faVOraDle TO Sill
yer than our ratio of 16 to 1; Mexico's
being 1872 to 1 and Japan's 1918 to 1. The
rest of the world uses the ratio of Is to
1 or 1872 to 1, and, through suspended
and limited coinage of silver or by re-
demption Of it in gold, circulates it at
par. That silver, therefore, would not
come to us, for in addition to delay and
transportation, there would be a loss of
from to per cent on it in converting
it from Is or 151a to 1 ratio to 16 to
ratio. In India and China, if this obser-
walton be thought not strictly applicable
to them, silver has not fallen and they
would have no object in sending it away.
And if Japan and Mexico sent us all the
silver they have, which of course they
would not do, because the deportation of
any large part of it would raise the value
of the rest and there would be no advan-
tage in sending it, they could only send
the comparatively triling sum of $122,
10000 for that is every penny of full
tender silver in both countries (see same
reporD. Now that is all the 'fooding''
scare comes to; barring the silver that
would remain from the yearly production
after the increasing demands of the arts
and manufactures are satisfied, together
with the annual requirements for subsi-
diary coinage by the great nations and
a large amount that is constantly abb
sorbed by India, that great sink of sill
yer whence white metal traveller rarely
returns, and which imported last year,
net, over $65, 900 of silver. Instead of
a flood, fellow citizens, the best judgment
is that the supply of silver and gold would
not amount to enough to give the world
that access Of real money which it ought
to be able to command.
CREDIT TO LOAN MEANS USE FOR
SILVER.
We hear much of vast sums of loan
able funds in the banks, in England and
the United States, awaiting investment.
The sums so quoted far exceed the circu-
latng medium of those countries. The
truth is, of course, that they are credits
which the banks wish to loan, and which
a revival of business is expected to uti-
lie. WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME, IF
A REVIVAL OF BUSINESS CAN EN-
PLOY ALL THOSE HUNDREDS AND
THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS OF DOL
LARS WORTH OF CREDITS, WHY
SUCH A REVIVAL COULD NOT MAKE
USE OF A FEW MILLIONS OF SILVER
AS ULTIMATE OR PRIMARY MONEY?
This is a. question should like answered.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26
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country a little silver should pour in upon
US, what harm would it do? Nobody would
give it to us. If they traded it to us it
would of course be on such terms as
would give us a satisfactory bargain or
we would not trade. And if we did
trade either gold or goods for silver and
got value received, where would any,
body be hurt? Would not the very trad
ing mean revival of business, a chance
to sell some Of the products Of that awful
condition of "overproduction" of which
we have heard so much?
NOT "INFLATIONISTS"
They call us 'inf1ationists." It is
false appellation. Imitation is a term ap-
plicable to over-issues of credit, which
must sometime go through the "squeez-
ing'' process and produce the usual ef-
fects of forced reduction to the real
money measure. You never have to re-
deem primary money. There is no peril i'm
an expansion, from natural causes, of
the supply of real money. It stimulates
and quickens industry, raises prices and
wages, makes new business which in turn
absorb a large part of it's added
energy and becomes a permanent incre-
ment of the industrial world. The true
'inflationist' and unsafe financer is your
gold champion who believes in the small
est possible basis of primary money, and
the largest possible superstruoture of
credit threatening constantly to explode
and finally exploding with infinite loss and
suffering to the community.
NOT REGULATORS.
We are also termed "repudiators.'
That too is false. Wherever a promise to
pay gold has been made it must be kept.
And it can be kept, too, easier then and
now; because when prices rise gold will
fall, and even though there should for
a time be a nominal premium on gold, it
would take less goods and less silver to
buy gold then than now, whether to settle
contracts or international balances But
where the contract is silent as to the
money of payment, not only every princi-
pie Of right, but the municipal law and the
law of nations everywhere, recognize the
fairness of the principle that it should be
liquidated in whatever money the wisdom
and justice Of the people have provided.
These men never have complained where
gold was growing dearer and burdens
heavier, and 200-cent or 150-cent dollar
is their conception of Honesty" But if
our view be right injustice will be done
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19
Thursday, April IS.

Miss Mary Cooper of Choteau left yes
terday for keokuk, Iowa, on visit t.
friends.
Judge Benton yesterdy granted tn,
| application of the Great Falls Quar-,
company to dlsincorporate.
Supt. Bryan of the Neihart publ,
schools is in Great Falls spending hi
weeks vacation in inspecting the schools
of this city.
q. ;. Jackman deeds to ]. g. Jones
for consideration Of $3.50 lots 30 to As
block 8. Fourth street addition 70 NORTH
Great Falls.
A marriage license was issued yeeter
day to George w. Faust of Helena, agec
%, and Saliie b. Roberts of Helena
aged %.
Hugh Lockray deeds to j. J. Doherty
the sw14 of the nw14 section 13, town
snip IL north, range 4 east, containing
forty acres. Consideration, $500.
Hugh Lochray has fled in the clerk E
office his final receipt from the United
States covering the sw14 of the nw14 OF
section l3, township 10 north, range 4
east.
F. A. Wachner has filed in the county
recorders office his government patent
conveying tie n = of the swh, and sl5 of
the nw1l of section "a, township 81
north, range east, comprising 100 acres
The district court was busy yesterday
hearing arguments of counsel in the in
junction case of Wilmar Atkinson ct al.
VS.. Henry Nogel ct al, an action to re-
strain the defendant from proceeding
with the paving of Central avenue.
Henry Griffin of Belt came in today.
lie reports lively times at that place.
Nearly all the coke ovens are in active
operation. The washing plant is run
ming full blast and full force is at work
in the mines of the new coal camp.
A deed was recorded yesterday from
+. r. Hotchkiss to Bach, Cory & Co..
dated Feb. 4, 1893, conveying lote | and
;, block lS0, townsite; the ne11t of sec
ton "a, township 81 north, range 3 east,
except the east half thereof; also lots l.
:. and }, Highland park. Consideration,
$1,000.
1t will cost Tim Mulverhill just one
years hard labor to pay for the pair Of
pant he stole from Strain Bros store and
he won't have the pants either whom he
gets out. He plead guilty yesterday to
burglary in the day time in the district
court and Judge Benton sentenced him
to one year in the penitentiary.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19

crash, killing the elevator boy in The
fall. 1t is safe to say the stairway il
more popular than it was.-Choteau
Montanian.
The wool shearing season will cora.
mence now in a few weeks. A well
known wool man of this section expressed
an opinion yesterday that, while the
number of sheep in this section of the
state might have diminished slightly
since last year, the shipments of wool
from Great Falls would be even larger
than last year, owing to the fact that
this city ls now generally recognized az
the best wool market in the state.
Drs. Weitman and Gordon held a post
nortem yesterday afternoon on the body
of F. l.. Stacy. The result of their in
vestigations showed dropsical condi-
ton OF the brain, caused by an over in
diligence in alcoholic stimulants. The
inquest will take place today at 10 D. M.
No arrangements have yet been made as
to the funeral, owing to the fact that
Mrs. Stacy, who is supposed to be at
Choteau, has not yet been heard from,
although she was notified today by wire
OF the sad occurrence. She has been
keeping the Choteau house at that place
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19
is TRUSTEE BROWN EL|C|BLE2
That Is the Question That Is Now
A2itating the Minds OF the
School Board.
1t Is Claimed That lie Does Not Reside
in the District But on
a Ranch.

All kinds OF rumors we're flying around
Tuesday as to the reason why the ma.
jority of the school board failed to ma
terialize at Monday night adjourned
meeting and complete the organization
OF the board according to program.
Trustees Cooper and Poole are evidently
not in the deal, for although they waited
patiently for several hours after the
hour set for the meeting none of the
others came near Meantime it is alleged
that the majority of the board were
not very far away, In fact, they
were holding caucus to decide
what to do in regard to a new question
which had been suddenly sprung on
them, and that was statement to the
effect that one of their number w. +.
Brown, was not eligible, as he is holding
down ranch outside the limits of Dis,
trlct No ]. 1t was said that Trustee
Brown WAS determined to resign rather
than imperil his land, and if he did SO
ms successor would be appointed by
County uperintendent Swan and the
Go'l1piLdtibli tilIt ouelbO clGTh OF the
Board Caulield might be knocked higher
than Gilroy's kite, So far as any act of
Trustee Brown might be concerned on
the school board it would be legal and
binding whether he was qualified or not,
as he was trustee de facto, but there
would be nothing to prevent the board
from reconsiderng its action or remov-
ing their clerk and substituting another
at any time. Indeed, that is Just what
the last board did when they elected
Sam McMurran to the position and aft
erwards reconsidered the vote and
elected the present clerk A. Z. Caufeld
Altogether it is a pretty mess that the
new board finds itself in. Messrs. Cooper
and Poole feel highly indignant over the
uncourteous treatment accorded them
in leaving them waiting for a quorum,
which was holding a meeting on the
side while they we're left without even
notice that there would be 70 meeting
Some interesting developments may be
looked for at the next meeting of the
board.
1t was stated last night that Trustee
Brown had handed his resignation to
the county superintendent, bat that off
cial could not be found to verify the re-
port
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19
A FEW UVERSIs;UTS
LeZunldS,

some Things the CIoteau County Grand
jury Overlooked.
According to the River Press the re-.
cent grand jury of Choteau county over
looked good deal which it might have
discovered had its eyes been open. Here
are few of the items the River Press
man says should have been investigated
A warrant issued to A. G. Station was
apstracted from the warrant book with
out MS permission and against his will,
1t was subsequently presented for pay
tnent by Helena bank, which explained
that the warrant had been purchased
from Charles E. Miller, ex. county clerk.
IL would seem that an incident of this
nature deserved some official notice.
for period of about eight months
mole large enough to admit a man ex
lsteo IN the wall OF the county treasurer's
vault, and that official has reason to
peileVe that money or its equivalent dis
appeared through the aperture. The
opening was closed up before the grand
Jury met. AS the county treasurer is
supposed to be provided with a safe
place of custody for the public funds.
the existence of large hole in the wall
OF his vault was defect in the manage
ment of public affairs which might have
leq TO serious consequences.
in various parts Of Choteau county
lhere are cesspools Of immortality whose
slehch reaches to heaven. Most Of our
adult citizens are aware or this fact
many of the children, unfortunately
know it; but the authorities seem unable
to suppress the evil or to officially CON
demnit The accumulations of filth NAV
be expected to increase. and decency
must hold its nose or move into a purer
atmosphere.
The annual financial statement of
Choteau county shows that under one of
the nlghest tax levles ever recorded, the
county Indebtedness increased some
9lo,lo3 during the past year. This fact
conveys more information than any
grand jury report. During the year 1894
the county treasury received the sum of
SlOl, LILO, OF which amount about $4,000
was represented by collections for state.
school and municipal purposes. With
an available balance of some sG4, 500.
win which to pay its way, the county of
Choteau increased its indebtedness
about liz per cent. during the past
year. The interest charges upon the
county debt now outstanding are at the
rate OF about $1,000 per annum, an
amount which will cut quite a figure in
CALCULATING future running expenses.
The above matters will, we believe,
prove of interest to the people of Cho
teau county, to whom they are respect
fully submitted.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19
Globe TrottcrS.

The following from the Jefferson City
Mo- Tribune refers TO Nolan Davis, who
is we'll known IN Great Fails and left
this city with the Montana division of
the Coxey army: "Mesars. Hunter and
Davis. two printers who have been en-
ployed in the Tribune book room for the
past three months, left last night for
Mexico, lhey will make a prospecting
tour through that country. Davis is a
bright young Englishman who has trav-
eled all over the globe. Hunter is q good
miner as we'll as a typo and recently
made big stake in the placer mines on
the Yukon river in Alaska. He dssi-
pated his small fortune soon after reach
ing the states and was compelled again
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19
WHIPPED HIS WEE,

John GeiSey of kihbry Pl, ads Guilt, Ia
the Charge Of Wife Beating.
Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Pete Nc
Donald returned from kibbey with John
Geisey, who was arrested on a charge of
assault sworn out by his wife, who came
to town last week and made the COM
plant before Judge Race. He concluded
to plead guilty to the charge, but claimed
that the assaulting was not altogether
on his side. The fact appears to be that
there has been trouble in the Geisey
household for some time past and it
terminated recently in general row.
during which the defendant SO far forgot
himself as to strike his wife. As she was
not very much hurt the court let the
prisoner off light with line of SlO and
costs. making in all some S2l.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19

L. c Simpson of Neihart came in yes
terday and is registered at the Park.
The First Methodist church observed
Arbor Day yesterday Several new
trees were planted on the church lots
which will add to the appearance of the
church property in years to come.
0. X. Olson, who was hurt by tie
caving in of the sewer Monday
afternoon and now lies at Columbus hos
pital, is resting quite comfortably. and II
Is now thought that his injuries are not
of a serious character.
}. Loreny, who paid s'77.715 to the city
treasury Monday last for drinking too
much fire water, again enriched the
police fund yesterday by further con
tribution Of S725 on account of the
repetition Of his old otfense.
The Rice e. Koehler studio purchased
by Mr.. Largent will hereafter be known
as the Palace. Mr.. Largent has had a
large practical experience as an artist in
other states and his work is certainly
an evidence of his ability in this line.
The two lodges of the A. o. U. w., as
sisted by the degree of honor, gave So
cial party on Monday evening at Elks
hall, which was thoroughly enjoyed by
those who had the good fortune to be
present. An elegant luncheon was
served by the ladies'.
Il. M. Goodwin of Winona, one of the
national directors of the American Rail
way Union, was in town yesterday on
his way home from the Pacific coast.
The habeas corpus case in which he and
the other directors of the A. r.. U., to.
gether with f. V. Debs, are interested,
has not yet been decided by the supreme
court of the United States.
Miss Grace Vance, who is now in Sc
attic taking course in business col
lege, writes to friends here of her narrow
escape from death in an elevator. The
business college is located on the sixth
i1oor and is reached by an elevator or
stairway as may be desired. One morn
ing she entered the elevator, but as she
was early she changed her mind and
took the stairs. She had barely left the
cage when the elevator was running up
and moment latter it came down with