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Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-02-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Prior have re-
turned, after d several weeks visit in
southern California.
Maggie Vance, native of Scotland.
yesterday declared her intention Of be-
coming "a citizen of the United States.
Augusta camp, No. 22l, Woodmen of
the World, Of Augusta will give lis first
annual bail Tueeday evening" March II.
j. X. Clark of Great Falls, Mont, ard
M. W. Garrison OF Ainsworth, r. G..
are among the mining men at the pedi-
cord Spokane Chronicle.
Friends Of Robert Benson were glad
to see hIm on the street yesterday. He
has been 0'tined 10 the hospital for e'X
months, as the result Of an accident with
horse.
Aty. II. Nj, Gihbee, former deputy
"lerk Of the district court, and Sam
Stephenson, city attorney, have formed a
co partnership.
AS court will be in session at the time
Of meeting Of the state Immigration con
vention, Marcn 10. w. M. CockriII, clerk
Of the district court, has found it neces-
sry to decline his appointment, made
10y Gov, Richards, to be delegate TO the
convention.
Seventeen women Of the demi-monde
OF Belt were arrested yesterday, taken
before Justice Fitzgerald, and fined for
g 0aging in the busi1css which they
are in, They paid the fines without pro-
test. Such raids will be made ut Belt al
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-02-28
pany, is in the city.

yesterday admitted 10y Judge BeDtOn 10
become citizen of the United States.
George Kuez and John Knez natives
Of Austria, yesterday declared their in
ten ion of becoming citizens of the
United States.
Judge Benton yesterday rendered a
decree Of foreclosure IN the euit of the
Merchants National Bank Of helena vs.
Il, II. Hershiield, Will Hacks, ct al.
Mr., md Mrs. Wesley Flint desire to
express their sincere gratitude to the
many friends who extended 10 them and
and sympathy IN their recent bereay8.
nenr.
ITar,iaon, eldest SON of Rev. and Mrs.
r, 4. f1ggtn, Who has beDL il for several
weeks, III times daugeroU6ly SO, with
pneumonia. Is slowly recovering aud If
now considered o4t Of danger.
l'ov S. 6. Ngblo, pastor of Z Method
let HDiecopaI uhuIch Of N"ihart, who bAf
hrau visiting 5tr and MIR H. II, La
WOpt on tlttH avenue DoEtN. between |
1bgrstesth and Fourteenth streets, will
rrloru 10 &cInart this morning
Attorneys A. p. McAnelly and Joseph |
j. 6. Burusof Belt we're in Great I'aIl- |
yseJerJay, attending 20 Gusts ia which |
.ury are attorneys and which viii be
frIau at tue term # the district court
which will begin Monday az 10 d. M.
Judge Dudley DuHoso came up from
tort Benton yesterday. Wcdurs ay he
sentenced Henry Layton, who pleaded
guilty t. stealing horse and saddle,
near Fig Sandy, a few weeks ago, to 80
days imprisonment in the county jail,
There Was a heavy snowfall, with little
"ind at Letnbridgo yesterday morninn
Il Is reported that The storm rs moving
a0uthWard and Il fall in temperature at
Great Falls today Of from 10 TO - de
grees is predicted by the weather bureau.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. +. Rogers have re
moved from the Park hotel, where they
have been stopping Ior several years.
and gone to housekeeping at the old
Tracy house, }lI Third avenue north,
which Mr. Rogers recently purchased
from the estate of the late Dan Tracy.
During the past week. the nuuber Of
cariuad= of ore shipped from Neihart TO
;he Great Falls Fl, or emelter was in eX-
cess Of the number shipped for several
months past, The BroHdwater shipped
| ] cars, the Gait four. and the Nevada
| and Florence, one each.
| In the district court yesterday the In
| Justrlal Trust company, trustee, inatl
tuteI suit against John Hunter ct al. to
| foreclose a mortgage for $500 on the
south half of the northeast quarter and
the north half Of the southeast quarter
OF section 30, township IL Dortn, range
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Public.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Nothing
authoritative can be learned here con-
cerning ambassador Bayard's re-
ported conditional tender of his resig-
nation to President Cleveland in case
the House passes resolutions censuring
him, but despite this lack of informa-
ton in the matter, there is belief
among Government officials corrobora-
tive of the news. Friends of the En-
bassador who were seen were inclined
to believe that Mr.. Bayard had ten
dered his resignation conditionally,
mainly to relieve the President of any
embarrassment in the affair, and in
cidentally, perhaps through not thor
oughly understanding the resolution of
censure which was adopted by the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
by a party vote.
At the Capitol the announcement
created something of sensation
among the members of the House. By
Republicans generally it was regarded
as a threat, and some of those spoken
to were disposed to resent it. Gross
venor of Ohio, for example, character
lied it as IAN attempt to bulldoze Con-
gress.'' He also added that he regarded
it as Worse than the sentiments con-
tanned in Mr. Bayard's original
speeches. The principle effect of the
announcement will be to pass the reso-
lutions by a larger majority than would
otherwise have been the case"
McCreary of Kentucky, Chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee
during the past two Congresses, and
who is now its ranking Democratic
member, declined to express an opinion
regarding the dispatch. He stated sub
sequently that whatever he had to say
regarding the matter would be con-
tanned in his speech defending Mr.
Bayard when the resolutions of cen
sure shall come before the House. He
will assert in this speech that the action
of the House is unprecedented, and that
it is an invasion of the executive power
He win also produce data showing that
it has been the habit of American Min
listers to England for fifty years to
make public speeches.
Taft of Ohio, one of the Republican
members of the committee, expressed
an unwillingness to make public the
details of the discussion in the COM
mittee room on Saturday last, but said
that the Republicans would have met
the Democrats more than half way in
the adoption of a mild resolution of
censure.
1t is now learned that the PROPOSE
ton placed before the Democrats by the
Republicans was the adoption of a reso-
luton simply stating in terms that
American representatives abroad
should not publicly discuss the affairs
of this country. 1t was intended that
this admonition should be general. and
that Mr.. Bayard's name should not ap-
pear in the resolution. The refusal of
the Democrats to agree to this re-
suited in some of the younger members
of the committee forcing through the
resolutions, the substance of which
have already been made public.
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ANOTHER FINANCIAL MEASURE.
Bill to Permit National Banks to
Issue CURRENCY,

Bill to Permit National Banks to
Issue Currency.
WASHINGTON, Feb 3.-Hill (Rep.)
cf Connecticut offered in the House to-
day a bill amending the existing law
so as to permit national banks to issue
currency to the par value of bonds de-
posted. When currency is issued to
the banks the Secretary of the Treasury
is required to redeem and cancel a cor
responding amount of legal tenders
Should no legal tenders be presented for
redemption, then the Secretary is au-
thoriZed to redeem and cancel notes is
sued under the Sherman Act
To carry out the provisions Of this
bill the Secretary is authorized to issue
per cent. gold bond payable in
twenty years, to be sold as occasion re-
quires.
The silver Republicans in the House
are considering the advisability Of call
ing a caucus of their party associates
who favor the Senate substitute to
the bond bill. The purpose of the eau
Gus, if it be held, will be to secure har-
monious action in support of the SEN
ate substitute, and to formulate
method of procedure with reference to
it's consideration. The bill will be sent
to the Ways and Means Committee, and
will probably be reported back to-mor-
row with a motion that it be non-con-
Cured in. The silver Republicans think
they can muster thirty votes in its fa
vor, and that the additional votes from
the Democratic side will increase their
strength to about 100.
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RALLINGToN ROoTH
Meeting at New York to Protest
Against His Removal.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The meeting
tonight to protest against the removal
of Commander and Mrs. Ballington
Booth from the leadership of the Saliva
tion Army in this country filed the
main floor of Carnegie Music Hall COM
fortably full of the friends of the de-
posed leaders.
| Chauncey M. Depew presided, and
ministers of almost every denomina-
tion were present.
Mayor Strong sat to the right of the
Chairman, and made an address, as did
also Bishop Andrews, Rev. DR.. Strong,
William E. Dodge and Rev. DR.. Brad
ford.
Mr.. Depew opened his address by
reading a telegram from Bramweu
Booth, Chief of Staff, to the effect that
| General Booth was now in India, but
that the recalling of his son was in
tended as no discourtesy. With this
| little prelude the speaker went on to
say that that was all very WELL but
that New Workers had a way of doing
things and saying things without much
| regard as to what London thought
about it. This was not done, he said,
in any Dragging spirit, but in the in
terest of letting the kindred across the
sea know that the infant hero had
views of its own
Mr.. Depew then eulogized the great
work of Commander Booth and his fol-
lowers in the army, and explained in
his felicitous way just why there was
such objection to the removal of Com
mander and Mrs Booth. He had his
audience with him, and every mention
of the two names around which his re-
| marks We're woven brought out storms
of applause.
Other speakers followed in similar
vein.
Resolutions were then introduced
and adopted, urging, if consistent with
the best interests of the whole world,
that Commander and Mrs Booth be
allowed to remain in the position in
which they have been abundantly
blessed by God, in which they have
won the honor, gratitude and love of
the American people, and have led on
with inspiring zeal all the members of
the army in their rescue work"
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RAILROAD MATTERS.
The Great Western VIII Issue Thirty
Day Encampment Tickets.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-The estimated
gross earnings of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad Company
for January are 81. .S12, ,SS4, an increase
compared with the estimated gross
earnings of the system for January,
1895, of $57, ,991
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul Railroad for the
fourth week of January were $7SS,67S;
Tor the corresponding period Of 1895,
$500, ,093; increase, S16S, $50
Chairman Caldwell notified the Chi
cago Great Western Railroad to-day
that he had decided adversely to its ap-
peal for relief from the action of the
Western Passenger Association rela-
tive to the return limit Grand Army En-
campment tickets to st. Paul. This de-
cision was expected by all concerned,
and the Great Western officials will at
once give the required ten days notice
to its competitors in the association of
its intention to take individual action
granting the desired thirty days limit
Commander-in- Chief Walker has in
formed Chairman Caldwell that he is
satisfied with the compromise propo-
sition from the st. Paul Civic Commit
tee, but as yet the other Chlcago-St.
Paul roads have not asked for a meet
ing to consider the proposition.
President Dodds and General Traffic
Manager Babcock of the Rio Grande,
while on their way West, to-day held
an informal conference with officials of
those lines which are connections of the
Western. The matter discussed was
the Utah passenger rate situation and
the desired membership of the Western
Passenger Association. No agreement
was reached, but another conference
will be held soon.
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TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Suicide at New York of a Pioneer
Merchant of California.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3-Ex-P Police
Commissioner Stephen B. French COM
mitted suicide this morning at his home,
Fourteenth street and the Boulevard,
by shooting himself through the heart
with a revolver. He died instantly.
Mr.. French was 66 years of age.
The cause of the deed is supposed to
he business reverses, of which he spoke
to his wife several days ago, remarking
that his luck had been bad, and that she
would be as well off without him. 1t
was learned at the house to-day that
Mr. Frenchs health had been good of
late, but that he had been Respondent
and moody.
Stephen B. French was born in the
town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, N
Y, January 16, 1899. In 1S49 he sailed
for San Francisco to visit the gold fields.
After working in the gold mines he
conducted a hotel in San Francisco, and
afterward ran a vessel between San
Francisco and the Sandwich Islands.
Later he started a store in Marysville,
and made and lost two or three fortunes
within five years. Subsequently he en-
gagged in mercantile life in this city. In
February, 1876 he was appointed APP
praiser of the port of New York bv
President Grant. He was a Police Com
missioner from 1879 till 1889
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DESCENDANTS OF WASHINGTON
Two Women Who Claim to be Related
to the Father of His Country.

to the Father of His Country.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-Secretary
Hoke Smiths mail this morning con-
tanned a letter from Virginia S. Wash
ington and Mary L. Washington of
Portsmouth, Ohio. stating that they had
proof that they were descendants of
General George Washington, and had
in their possession several relics that
belonged to the father of his country
These include a tortoise-shell snuff
box given Thomas Jefferson by Wash
ington, and subsequently returned to
the Washington family; a toddy spoon,
Washington's Free Mason's apron,
Bible, a gold-headed cane and cav
airy saddle
1t is also asserted that they had the
only sword and cane belonging to
Washington, for which Congress at one
time agreed to make a handsome dona-
ton, providing they were presented to
the nation.
These valuable relics. they say, were
intFusted to Congressman Judge"
Summers presumably of Virginia) who
served in the Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth Congress. who, they say,
presented them to Congress in his own
came. The heirs assert that they after
ward received a letter of thanks from
Congress, but that the letter was un-
fortunately lost by their relative, Sam
uel T. Washington, who died among
strangers in Texas and that they have
not received the donation They ask
Secretary Smith to obtain for them
copy of the missing letter, and to see
that justice is done them.
The Secretary has not yet taken ac-
ton in the matter
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KBNTDoKY sBNAToRSHIP.
The Deadlock Apparently as Far from
Solution as Ever.

The Deadlock Apparently as Far from
Solution as Ever.
FRANKFORT (Ky), Feb. 3.-The
Senatorial deadlock is apparently as
far from a solution as ever. This morn
ing's ballot developed nothing to vary
the monotony of the situation, but pol
iticians anticipate a lively time before
the week is out. Senator Ogilvie (Dem.),
who was i'll, has arrived, and Breck-
ham CDem.), who was elected Saturday
in Nelson County to succeed Wilson,
deceased will come tomorrow. This
makes the Assembly again a tie on
joint ballot, and it is thought the Re
publicans viii report and act favorably
on the contest of Dunlap and Warner,
unseating two Democrats.
What the Senate would do in case this
is done is not known. but it is certain
that Blackburn's friends are more hope
ful, and openly assert that Hunter is de-
feated. They claim the logic of the sit
uation now means Blackburn or no
body. On the other hand, the Hunter
forces show equally as much confidence
in their ability to elect Hunter before
the week is out
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APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The Senate Committee Increases the
House Figures for Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-The Senate
Committee on Appropriations this
morning ordered the pension and the
military academy appropriation bills to
be reported tomorrow. The estimates
for the pension bill amounted to S141. =
3S4,5 ,575 and the House passed it with
an appropriation of S141, ,325 $50. The
Senate committee increased it by S52. :
7j0. the two items of increase being
$50, 900 for fees and expenses of exam
lining surgeons and 81, $50 for rent of
pension agencies. AS it will be re-
ported to the Senate the bill will carry
SI41, ,37S.5S0. For the current year
S141. .3S1, so was appropriated.
AS this bill passed the House it was
provided that during the fiscal year
1897 whenever any claim for pension
under the Act of June 20, 1890. has
been. or should be rejected, suspended
or dismissed. and new application
shall be filed and a pension shall here
after be allowed in such claim, such
pension shall date from the time of the
first application. The Senate commit
tee struck out the limitation confning
such action to the fiscal year 1897, and
made the provision general in its ap-
plieation until the law may be repealed.
A net increase Of S2,04S has been
made in the bill for the support of the
military academy.
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THE ST. PAUL MOVED.
Belief That the Big Steamship VIII be
Floated This Morning.

LONG BRANCH IN. j., Feb. 1.-The
big steamship ST Pal was moved
about 80 feet yesterday (Monday), and
hopes are high that she will float be-
fore sunrise.
The wreckers went to work early in
the morning, being aided materially by
the high tide and northwest wind.
The tugs began hauling on the big ship
as early as 10 o'clock. She rocked in
her cradle in the sand, and this gave
the wreckers an advantage that they
had not yet had in their work When
all preparations had been made, the
tugs out from the stern of the ST. Paul
began to haul on the big hawsers, and
soon the vessel was seen to move She
moved slowly. but enough to encourage
those at work
The weather conditions were more fa-
vorable for getting the ST. Paul off
than they had been at any time since
the big ship ran. aground The wind at
10 o'clock blew at the rate of about
twenty-six miles an hour, and was in
creasing. AT noon the wreckers ceased
hauling on the stranded steamer.
When work was stopped they had
moved her fully twenty-five feet, and
the officials and wreckers were jubilant
No attempt to work on the steamer
was made in the afternoon, because OF
the low tide. but operations were re-
sumed about 10 O'Clock last night At
midnight the ships officers reported
over the telephone that the four tugs at
work had succeeded in moving the ship
about 150 feet in a northeasterly direc.
tion.
At 1:30 o'clock this (Tuesday) morn
ing, the tide commenced falling. but
work was not relaxed. The waves
beat agaiEst the broadside Of the
steamship with great force, but it is
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MONROE. DOCTRINE.
The Senate VIII Discuss the Davis
Resolution With Closed Doors.

The Senate VIII Discuss the Davis
Resolution With Closed Doors.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-When the
Davis resolution on the Monroe doctrine
reported from the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations is reached on the cal
endar, or is made the unfinished bust
ness of the Senate, a motion will be
made to proceed with the debate behind
closed doors. AS such a motion only re-
quires single second, it is possible for
two Senators to compel such action to
be taken. Many Senators believe that
this is the proper course with respect
to this question, and the statement is
made with positiveness that at the out
set, at least, the doors will be closed to
the public and the official reporters of
the Senate debates will be excluded
from the chamber, so that the words
spoken in debate will not be taken
down.
A leading member of the Committee
on Foreign Relations said to-day that
no harm could come from the carefully
prepared essays ON this resolution, but
that harm might grow out of the i'm
promptu debate that would certainly
follow this question when it came before
the Senate regularly for consideration.
That the resolution will pass, al
though it may be modified somewhat,
there is no doubt, and some members
of the committee hold that in the future
when this Government has occasion to
invoke the doctrine as enunciated by
the Senate the debate may be called in
to interpret the construction placed
upon the resolution at the time it was
adopted. AS the Senate desires the
text of the resolution to speak for itself,
it will be seen to it that the debate does
not appear for the future use or misuse
Of any Secretary of State or foreign
diplomat. This appears to be the judg
ment of a majority of the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Nearly the Whole Day Spent Discuss
Ing an Approximation RiII.

Ing an Appropriation Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb 3.-The House
spent nearly the entire session in Com
mittee of the Whole to-day discussing
three amendments to the District of
Columbia appropriation bill Two of
these amendments were agreed to, and
the third was pending when the com
mittee rose at 4:50 p. m, and the House
adjourned until tomorrow.
The army appropriation bill for the
coming fiscal year was reported.
A bill was passed granting right of
way through the Choctaw Nation to the
Arkansas and Choctaw Railroad Com
pany.
The Senate free coinage substitute
for the House bond bin was received
and referred, under the rules. to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
A message from the President asking
a reasonable appropriation for the fam
lilies of the four Italians killed last
spring in Colorado was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
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counsel for distributing the Cherokee
award money. The Secretary of the In
terror is empowered to appoint three
Commissioners to make an enumeration
of the freedmen in the Cherokee Nation.
Upon that being ascertained, each
freedman is to receive not to exceed
S256 81 out of the $903, ,365, and any ex-
cess is to go to the Cherokee Nation.
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Money i'm Circulation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The treas
ury circulation statement issued to-day
makes the amount of gold in the United
States outside the treasury $499, no.
$50. The amount of all kinds of money
III circulation is placed at S1,5S9, 720.-
COZ, an increase since January /, 1896,
of so, 113SS3 The per capita circula-
ton is SO AZ.
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40 Educate Deaf ChiIdren.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The House
Committee on Education to-day or
dered a favorable report on the bill to
aid in establishing schools in the States
and Territories to teach speech and vocal
language to deaf children before they
are of school age. The measure appro-
PIRATES 100000 for educating not less
than 100 teachers who are to be sent to
State and Territorial schools where es-
tablished
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HISTORIC CHURCH BURNED.
Firemen Injured by Being Buried I'm
der Fallen Wall.

BOSTON, Feb 3.-The historic First
Unitarian Church, on Westinghouse
HIl, Dorchester. a familiar landmark,
was burned to-day. The loss ds esti-
mated at $4,000 and Is covered by in
surance. Four firemen. buried under
falling wall, were rescued by their COM
rades. The injured are: Captain
blanchard, seriously burned, internal
injuries; Fireman Hoyt, wrist broken,
burned; Samuel Rider, burned about
the head and internal injuries; John
Gavin, scalp wound
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not thought that she has sustained any
damage.
Notwithstanding the heavy storm,
hundreds of people braved the elements
and stood on Ocean avenue watching
the boat move.
At midnight it was stated that if the
steamship is not fioated by morning she
will go out with the next flood tide
which occurs about noon to-day.
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AMBASSADOR BAYARD.
Threatens to Resign if the Resolutions Of
CenSure Are Passed in the House.
Grosvenor Says 1t is an Attempt to
Bulldoze Congress.

Claim That it Was the
Fault of the Democratic Members
of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee That the ambassadors Name
Appears in the Resolutions, as
They. Refused to Agree to Resolu-
tion Simply Stating That Repre-
sentatfves Abroad Should Not Dis
cuss Affairs of Their Country in
Public.
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Piano Co1nnanies Fail.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The Stuy-
vesant Piano Company of POP and 2O6
East One Hundred and Seventh street
applied for a receiver to-day. The com
pany was incorporated in April. 1886,
with a capital stock of $4,000 Liabil-
tiles $4,000, nominal assets, $4,000.
Application was also made for a re-
ceiver for the Weber Piano Company
to day. 1t is thought the assets are
sufficient to meet the liabilities at a
fair valuation. Dull trade is given as
the cause of the failure