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THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE. PUU Pu DAILT AND WUILT IT THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CONYANY lasoaFoassAT.] SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Mail sub.sriptions mast be paid in advance. 5sILT. I WIVELT. O,5 year asv uiI.$10.I0 0 to year. by mail. $300 Sia sssonthc, 100) S months. I 1.11 Onemssuth. 100 ihreemontta." 1.Q. On. wsee. by anrier.U ingle copy h 0 All city subscriberato Dailydelivered by srrier. Advertising rates furnis~hedl n sapplication. Ths:.-iresisstl of the Tribun He Is .thern Mosnts 1 is sn irnnteed to ezoved that of any p." per spuhli..heIl i. the tstne. nbtwrstbers desirinsg their address chanusd mout scud th ir former address; this shonud be rememnered. Address. Tut sa PalausNsss COMPANY, Greast balls. Msuntsana. SATURDAY. PEBitUAIIY 25. 1Itt AN OPERA IOUsK. There is a good deal of quiet and earnest talk about providing Great Falls with an opera house, and we hope the scheme will soon take defi niLe and practical ormn. The plan of erecting a one-story structure of sudliciest size to meet the wants of Great Falls for a few years meets with general favor, anti if a a proper effort were put forth a company could be organized and the good work of building an opera house commenced in a very short time. Mr. .T Bookwalter, agent of the Townsite company informs the Taiat'zN that he is heartily in favor of the project, and hopes to see it carried out promptly. If it is desired to avoid the expense of purebasisg the neces sary ground, Mr. Bookwalter said his company would lease one or two lots in an eietible location at a rental that would not at all distress the opera bouse company, meaning that it would be simply a nominu"l figure. This is something to think of in con fis-ctl with The scheme. Many, however, take the ground that it would he better for the opera house comspausy to purchase the ground, in I asmuch as they would shou be abso lute owners of the building and im pro e~nents. and for the further renu- n that the advance in the price of the realty would be in itself a h..inlsotse profit in course of time. Ouce thing is certsn, Great Falls nst t, an opera house and at present t it cau osly be secured by local enter- a pri-e. If forty or fifty persons take stock iss the company, a small sub strcption on the part of each will se sare tile desired building with neces c sary equipment, and the Tat:dBNE be- d li-ves it would be a profitable invest ment. Who will start the ball rolling? Don't all speak at once. F'JtSHI (iINAGE. Ono thing is admitted, even by the stanchest friends of Mr. Cleveland, and that is, that the democratic plat form of 1892 must be a free coinage plunk. The St. Louis Republic, the leading Cleveland organ of the Uni ted States, says; 'Wben the democratic convention mn-ets is 1892, the Republic expects to ad vi-- it to demand the free coinage of sil t var. If it does, that demand will bind Mr. Clevelaud as a democrat. Until then he i, iot bound on this issue. le is at p. v te ift znn, and it I quite clear from tii lI*ter on the coinage thait he expects to r-t..igi so. It the party demands Ii se vi a A authoritatively ini to in it puat a ra on a el hnge of hit views on coin nit, a jpi-lion will lie presented that hi- ii't ,et been pr*sented at all. Until ii- r- Iii--- to aitel tile Utteriti-t if ii dni tr : cle pIttform, he is In all r.-p-ct, I 0 Itu,., rho In good atanding. Tue It- plo' -en no ren-on whatever for di rr t Mr. Cleveiitnd, ati it ne noon fr iving itn 'he credit he d-- j wrrti - ;ioae of the nit. diet, toort manly. a n, 1 ,tri-tic s or-ir, the p trty ever a fI th- jGreat Falls Taitnuan would re- u fr-in trmin slurring other localities and oe 'areful how it imputes simstter nmo tiven ',. its ronternporaries it would mi-k-' nor- iti-nd. throughiut the state for the I ar-bir -,s voona city In whih'h it in pubi lilb a. opinions may differ about ,Le time .iwl place for locating the aritrnil It",I college and yet those who differ f m .v bh .-jually desirous of acting for the 1 --r oiter t of the entire elate. Let the I m .ttcr rl* tully diacusseed-sen-ibly, ootI e t-t mp.rni-ly, Intelligently and di-etmntined on its rnerita-llelena tndependent. We wish simply to say that the T nutitcE has ni-ner engaged in the work of islur in& iiother localitle, and that the very object It desired to secure in regard to 8 the iie -tion of the agricultural college g wa. discussion and fair connlueration. d On 'he other hand, the Independent b wanted this instatution located at Boze a man at once, without the least heed to o the propriety of things. Its solicitude in , the premises was sumclent ground for' r the *if:f that it was seeking to placate a prinminent candidate for the capital a wid;h is the satent mif the "sinister sit tiv-s" imputed to that paper by the 1 at- P et .>. h Te 'i-home of the 1e9umsnites to se- il cune the location of the agricultural col el lege has failed, for whlcheredit must be a given to the electihe work of Senator Oil,., n. Wher this Institution as fisnly las-ted saed established it will be some thing meirt thaa as agricultural college. ' We m.ght add here that will be erected 1X at Great Falls. si I E Till SlL V5B QUrISTION. 1. At A Great Falls correspondent of to jy the Chicago Tribune, signing himself a "Silver," who appeared to be seekine ,,n light on the silver question, thinks Ri ,. the Tribune takes too strong a po td sition in regard to the proposition foe at 11 unlimited coitnage, but agrees with the its denunciation of the McKinley bill. hi risr. He asks for a statement of the rea I ons why thi. paper opposes the Vest . measure, and adds: If the vilape of the Bland dollar Is in afi . ereased to lt0o cents sid the parity of guli av and silver ihanged, do you still uahintsii iSV. that tree cninuge of the latter will drive "I all the gtolI ont of ciculatin? wil How ran you persist In calling a silver .I01 lilitt tHat currenev wlieni it present it- he Intrinsic valise is 79 or 80 cents and by inflation can be made 10J cents or there- i"I uiil.t ? era The reasons asked for were stated 1 rid in our editorial columns of Feb. 17 ii gat and Feb. 21. under the titles "The} '.v we Will Gain Nothing" and 'Common etat '- Sense Way to Deal with Silver." The "it of reasons there advanced are that the tI of on'y gainesa by the proposed mesas ra ure would be th. men who had silver ,ini s to sell at or close to the time the bill vidi or became a law, and the impecunious frrl ny debtors who would be permitted to pro pay tneir debts in dollars worth only `"' se about three-qnarters as much as th ill [r. dollars they agreed to pay; that most iain its of our gold would be driven out of " he the country and then the silver mine slat et, owners would be no better aff than i11 ut now, because of the reduced purchas nre id ing power of the dollars coined out inii N of their silver; that the bimetallic n circulation of silver by the side of rcit its gold can only be restored on a basis 'f .1 a of free coinage by agreement be tweed the United States and other tin ait nations; and that probably this can ,,P riot be brought about without a ititt It; a change in the ratio of weights con real Y' aid. red to be of equal value for the UiePI two metals. Tue Tribune has stated ' these poins strongly because it be- e lieved the "success" of the unlimited " " coinage bill would have been one of for the most disastrous things that could putbl +r befall the peopleof the United States, id injuring them far inure than the pas Mtate a age of the McKinley bill. But the lure e. disaster would come through the Inn I foolith attempt to legislate that all ilun tbh silver in the world shall be rated I k r at far more than it is actually worth ibl If the quantity of silver in the echo ' Bland or any other silver dollar were 3 increased to 100 cents in gold its free coinage on that true ratio would not TI drive the gold out of circulation, and highi the Tribune has never said it would Idiot The Iribune has not called the sil- iy r ver dollar fiat currency. It has ar- recei gued against an unlimited coinage of 10,00 silver unless the number of grains of 'tijtri pure metal in the dollar be increased, ifre, and bas also argued against the issue HI, of a flat currency. BWth of these wage have been demanded by a lot of peo- yard. pie who do not know the consequen- wage ceos that would follow the granting of from their suicidal requests The Tribune Pin has endeavored to prevent the people ier c. from perpetrating these follies, and Pot's to save them the sorrow of a repen- rBe tance that would come too late.--Chi- Pe., r cago Tribune. er GENRA.IL POLIT'ICAI, SIT7'UA 7ION IN EUROPE. o A large fraction of the European press, including even the Ruseian, regard the approaching %ijit of thel Arcbduke Francis Ferdinand, eldest nephew of the Emperor rancis Joseph, and presumpt ive neir to the Austrian throne. to the Russian court. as a fresh and potent gnarantee of peace. The visit of the Czarewitch of Vienna. which took place some months ago, and the cordial reception ( there accorded him, have already broken the ice between the two coukts; and bence the impending journey is considered a reliable pledge for the renewal of more friendly and peace ul relations between the two countries. It has produced a par icularly good impression in Vienna, that even Russian journals of extreme Panslavist bias, such as the Nuovya Wremya and the Vydomoeti, should greet the archduke as a welcome gue't. and express the hope that a decided amelioration of the relations between Russia and Austria may be accomplished. As regards the rumors of a general disarmament, for now some little time in circulation, such rumors, strange as it may appear, may usually be traced back directly to the wish or intimation of the Em peror William. The emperor, in fact, has recently give emphasis to the conviction previously expressed, that the enormous progress made in mod ern armaments, the improved weapons and destructive appliances of modern warfare, have rendered war s' dead. ly, uncertain and incalculable, that eovernments would cease to have re I course to such an extremity and shrink Lack from its responsibility. hat the Russian journey of the Austrian succeesor to the throne had of tot the least share in the question of itself I dinarmamentrequiree no assurances kink .ananating from a Russian source inke Russia is certainly the last power to PI idopt much a policy, and so long as a foo onesia does not think of it, each with thoughts are of little promise from bill. he rest. rem - - - - - Vest TI'Ell S WILL BUH 'fR'ST. The "steering" coammiittee of the legie s in ature hiea.d a session and decided upon gal" giving precedence over other measure rive " the following bills. A few more hills will be added to the list, and if the two lvor ,souses will now cojijue their labors to t fit here important measures, there will b err- iipe of averting the calamity of an ex ira session: teal House bills-Providing for the assess 7nt and culier-tion of taxes; making ap iroipriatiias for the support of the itats bey .overaiient; for the appointment of a. snto t exiamiiner and defa aug his duties; i nr ,utiiuing The work of the code coiim dhno; reapportioning the representativ. the in the legslatuie; lair the selectiin, s i Spraial and dasposition of school lauds; reguiating the fees of county otii. ersa ver .irividiag for a state insane asylum; pro bill viding for tue orgauizatioa of in igautiig .astracts; reiating to the right of way loi DUs irrigating ditches, flumes, etc.; for tits to protection of coal miners; to lili vacani mly `as in the legislmttre; irea'iniu the ,iiunit th fTehtn; relating to the sigh of way lot raiariads; presataimg the as-dc of ced-r oat iaining damaaes fair a railioad right oa of liay; lor the submission if the qu-stiai of the permaneut location of th mne state cap~ta; for the protection to ,ito asae said fish; regulating raalroau ares; far tue appointment of a" 8aw isari of laId commisi siners and d Dot iting their duties; regulatiig the giant Ili ng of pardons, caamutiitius, et..; to fi -ilitate the recording of marks an. of irind+; allowing the raising of the water nit. f .letferson river for irrigaung purposes; be I"r Iriiinici tue iiuties iaiid comleiinsatisoi if the clerk of the supreme cour ; to pa. hea fur tle care aiud ke-ping of the uianie; no. ii pay for the care and keepinir (if Iii a ltate coivicts; piaividiug for the recordi a ng of deeds sad the cinveyaui lug all )n real estate: appropriiting moiley fur ii. hbe s'pport of the lontalna law library; I. r the payment of bounities for the death af ad il k desiriying animals. D.. Senate Italis-cFair the piotection of fii ed titl to schiil land-; extending the tite of existence of ciii p ations to fifty years; of for the disposition of estrays found on ITd public land ; to p-yv 14u ties fir thu G sialls iof stuck deatioying uiimails; pio ea, veiing for advertising for supplies tIll as mtatte iliier+ and nia mibers of the leiisia. ar he lure; allowing educaitinmial institutions finder the care of rell'iions bidsea to he change their nuies; iaking the firs u all linitinay in Seit'itmber a legaii iiidy, to Is rd le known as L.lar dir; punihalang hiI ails or giving of feiranms to ludiuia aniii h liiiif-ii'relIN; increasing the number ofi a he school trustees. ire TARIFF'H' P1UlUREs. Ci cl tot The beneficent ef trass of the McKinley I rid high protective tariff law, as effecting the S [i laboring man, are beauttully illustrated ii- ty recent events. In addition to the r . recent scaling down of wages of the ci of 10,000 coke wot k.*rs in the Connelsville no of district and the strike of the Trenton pot in ters, the filaowlng reductiins and notices ' of redictints are reported: fa 1e Hopedale Frbric mill, Hopedale.M ass., fil se wiges of weavers reduced 2% coats a tri o. yard. Silk mill at Warehouse Point, Conn., n- wages aif winders and doublers reduced of from $1.87 to $1 per day. Sturtevant Blower work*, Jamala' te Plaint, Mass., reduction of from 10 to 80 1.1 le tier cent. we id Pottstown Iron company, Pottstown, Pa., ha reduction of about 7 per cent. D Bethlehem Iran company, Bethlehem, F ,- Pa., reduction of 10 pet cent February 2. WI Pennsvlvania Steel comnpany, Steeltoni, na Pa., reduction of from 8 to 10 per cent we February 1. Eackawanna Iron and Cnal cnmpany, Scranton, I'm., an average reduction of 20 Na cents a day on January 1. hi Inliamesteaul Steel-Works, Carnegie, fal Phlpps & Co., 10 per cent. by agreement. D Oti Iron anti Steel compiny, Cleve. h to land, reduction of :i0 per cent. bt Coil mines, l)uquotn, Ill., reduction rem St froi 60 to 60 cents per tin. is listnaii.weavers In Patterson, N. J., re 10 ductiin of 15 per cent. t%.ial miners near Leavenworth, Kan.. L reduction of 11 per cent. I Cuicheci Manufacturing company, po h wages of weavers reduced 4 per cent. p1 Saxony Knitting-Mill. Little Falls, tit e N. Y., redmction of about 20 per cent. nni E Feb. 5 a cot of 10 per cent it wages an- in nounee I by the Siutitirn Steel conpany O0 Y of Chatanioegi, Tenn., was accepted lay w o the naen. the g At the next election appeals will ie made to theae stme workligmen to vote Sfo~r hiigi protective tariff csndlidates In 'inter to protect the "aqfant Industries" of 0 tue United States. But the appeal willU e- be maile in vain. Thie people sre began. a, neag to see that the protected mnanufact Co urer is the only benerilary of the system. DtarIo 1b90 the total number of Im migrants arriving in the United Stater from foreign countries was 491.026, a gain over the preceding year of 66,000, or l1 per cent. The bulk of the increase wao fuund in arrivals from three countries In central and southern Europe-Austria Hungary, Poland, Italy-andun fact,these three countries may be credited alone with supplying more than the entire in. crease noted, as their total gain over 1889 was 69,000 or 4,000 more than the total net gain. The arrivals of British immi grants showed a heavy failing of. Ger. man arrivals gained slightly and Russian immigrants were also more numerous than in 1886. Tea Protestant Episcopal church has 4,1S clergy, 199 candidates for orders, 1,8110 parishes and missions and 606,899 communicants. TI a number of baptism. last year was 1,665, of whom nearly 47,; 000 were infant.. The contributlios for the year are $12,754,767. the Tar ascent decision of the United bls States supteme court in the case of the of (Great Northern and the Northern Pacifi ta roads awards the tireat Northern legal title to the grant of the oid St. Paul and a Pacific railroad. The decision will sffect to millions of dollars :f property In the Red as riv-r valley, and it is Intimated that the bch title to a pottion of Grand Forks and Dm other cities in that valley may be affected by this decision. Tus Methodist Eitiscopal church, fla- youth, has adopted the Epworth Ltague Kot: as its denominational young people's so re- ciety. The young people of the Method ills it Episcopal church, the Methodist church of Canada and the Ilethuisg t EIpiscopal church, south, are now collated ue .der one dentntit.ttonail banner. ox- Tta sentiment in favor of combining several of the educational institutions into ttne, thus rendering it at once a strong and influential coilege, is growing rapidly and two years hence this scheme eer is likely to receive the approbation cf the l egislature. ' . Tux Teton county bill Is among those r suggested for immediate action by the re -teerlng committee of the legislature, but t the Valley county btll, which hasalready ,l~ parsed the senate, seems to have been o, oat in the stiulle. it c rub Tus hotee has compromised on tht "r 4mlary bill by makntg It go into effect it tt Ianuary,1892. Our ger.tletauly oitlleal: h are not ralaing much of a hlal agains, he bill in its present form. so __ ___ _ THERE are but six days of the legisla Ive session remainitg and it seems im I+ uistible to secure the passage even of the imeasures suggested by the steering cow r nittee. " Tut. Miner insists that llozeman'e loss *f the agricultural college is due to the a. warm suppo t given the bill by the Helena papers. AN OLD-TIMER, HEARD FROM. f - He Can Hardly Believe What he Reads About the Devetopmnat of North Montana. i1 Tus TirtUNE received yesterday the r' following letter from art old-timer of the 0 upuer Missouri who poseilily may be re maenthered by some of our readers: ie Dr~xnnE, M1ich., Ftdb. 16. 1807. ti Er:. TRctuNE:-1 received your holiday onumiber for 1881, and wotutd like to know bi taw much of those Iredictiots for 189tt a- has actually been fultilled. I lived to d1 tnttana from 1804 to 'ON; knew the Mis ul -turi river well irom Benttn to thcAlus a Ithell; k pt a wood yard at tit Mus-el shell until the Crowe a: d Sioux drove us out in 'OS. I did not thten stppi-e that etuntry could ever mike the paradise for farming ani stock growing that ytur i book claims it has. 1 have been at Fttrt ie Shaw on Sun river and at Great Fallsand d ;iked that country better tian the lower e river. I have a farm here of 200 acres; am engaged in raising fine horses and ie cattle. The great drawiack to thi b iltl le nets here, is the long winters-hand feed t ing fully six months. If I could ex change my property here for ranch or - city property at or near Great Falls, on a fair cash hasis, I would, as I have a fam- ° ily of grown up b ys. Would like to * a transfer my business th that lotality. PATRICK MICGUINNIta. If Mr. McGuinniss should return to Montana now his eyes would mteet a reve Stlion. The change since the primitive wood yard days on the upper Missouri has been an atonishing one. As to Great Fall-, everything, and much more, than was predicted in the Tanuiaca holiday number of 1889, has come to pass. Then we claimed but a population of 2,800, * hich in a year han swelled to 6,000. New and great industrial establishments have been located here, the Black Eagle falls his been harnessed, several railroads have been constructed-and still we are but at the entrance of the era of prog ress and prosperity. The Silver Pool Investigation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The silver pool investigating committee made its re port to the house this evening. The re port, which is unanimous, gives the his tory of the investitation, alludinc to mere important testito ny, but not reviewing It in retail. It dit minces the testimony of Owenby as the product if a "romancer" whose imagination is not restraided by the limitations .f truth. PHIL GIBSON: Fire INSURANCE. Accident INSURANCE. Plate Glass INSURANCE. Office opposite Park Hotel. Great Falls Iron Works, : OUNDERS AND MACHINISTS.1 Build Derricks, Mining Cars, Winches; and do all kinds of Machinery Repairs and Forging. Manufacturers' Agents For BOILERS, ENGINES, STEAM PUMPS, HORSE WHIMS, RUBBER GOODS, BELTING, CRESCENT STEEL, LUBRICATING OIL and STEAM SPECIALTIES, OFFICE: "1. cond Vioor DwhCoj L. S. WOODEURY, Man'ger. WORKS: Xi"hth Ae.^." Ninth, Thirtetnth Great Falls, Mont. W. O. CONRAD. Pres. C. E. CONRAD. Vice-Pres. The orthiestein ationa1 Bank OF GREAT FALLS [Formerly THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Fort Benton] Is now open for any business in the banking line. Capital and Surplus, - - $200,000 Oprnsaite Pork IHotei. JOB. A. BAKER, Cashier. WINTER, 1891. Furniture! Carpets! Our fall stock excels anything ever shown here. Goods are coming in and going out so fast that we cannot make special mention. Call and see for yourselt. We can please everybody with our large selection. We maintain our reputation for low prices. Respectfully WM. ALBRECHT, Central Avenue, - Great Falls N-ew M..ic store I On or before March 1st I will display in the Collins-Lepley Block the largest etock of PIANOS ORGANS ta , WMUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I MERCHANDISE ever shown in Northern Montana. Do not buy until you see my Instruments and get prices. G. W. LEARY, Collins-Lepley Block, Great Falls. HELENA. J. FELDBERG, GREAT FALLS The S qilare Diealinig clotlbier, Will sell for the next 30 days all Winter G-oods at Cost. Overcoats. Suits, Underwear, Shirts, Boots and Shoes, Gloves, Mitts, Blankets, Quilts. Etc. Come and examine our goods before buying. 215 Central Avefue, - - - Great Falls, Mont. ALEX R. LAPEYHE BEN E. LAPEYR1 LAPEYRE BROS., wu CARRY A IULL LINT O0 Drllgs, Medicines, Chemials, Toilet Articles, Paints,Oils, Glass, Lamps, Wall Paper, Stationery. Ets PRESCRIPTIONS A 5PUCIAlIf. THIS SPACE BELONOS TO THE POPULAR HOTEL BRISTOL