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;1.1 r te ln lo ok tole the II epe I% iehled every dai It She 1 eek Weee.* Do 4"tA VOL XXXII.NO. 14 HELENA, NTANA SATURDAY ONIN JULY 1 1892. PRIG VOL,, XXXlI,,,-NO, 146 + H&LI.NA, I.JONTANA, 8ATURDAY MOBNINO.JUY e Isz PRIO& PIYBGI, Notli·., _ + JULY O, 1892,, +, GANS & I-LEIN TO-DAY, a big bicycle meet will begin at the national capital. It will last several days and the championship events which are to be decided will take place under the auspices and the rules of the League of American Wheelmen. The greatest riders in the country Yill1 be there, and it is reasonably sure that many records will be broken. 0 * OUR 0 6 Clearance and Reduction HAS PROVEN A GREAT SUCCESS Stimulated by the encourage ment received from our friends and customers we have de cided on a still Greater Reduction, And have decided to make this IDSllMMER SALE One that will stand unparal lelled in the legitimate busi ness history of the State of IMontana. TO-DAY And until further notice $15 $15 $15 Will buy new and fashionable suits of best design and manu facture that have been previ ously sold for $18, $20 AND $22. We have 500 of them and we do not expect to have any left by next week to tell the tale of OUR LOSS. AnQther lot will be sold for 812 812 812 Former price $15.00 AND $16.50. M Do not miss an opportunity so seldom presented. g"Next week other bargains. .See our Window Display. GANS & t¶LEIN TO KEEP GOLD AT HOME New York Bankers Think Enough Yellow Metal Has Gone to Europe. The Amount of Free Gold Has Been Reduced to a Mln mum. Banker Chase Regards With Favor the Endeavor to Prevent Further Pur chaliases of Silver Bullion, NEw YoRE, June 15.-In the last two or three days six or eight big banks have taken steps to do all in their power to hin der the exports of gold to Europe. The re sult has been a radioal change in the man-. ner in which shippers secure coin to be dispatoher to the other side. The bankers are acting on the belief that exportations have reached a point beyond which it is not for the interests of the country to go. The last $3,500,000 in gold shipped came from the treasury free gold, which amounted to $11,071,857. Tuesday, under the system heretofore followed, exporters went to their banks to secure gold certificates, pre senting them in turn at the sub-treasury, obtaining precious metals in exchange. The effect was, to all intents and purposes, to take gold out of the banks, not from the treasury. Under the new plan the banks refuse to pay out gold or certificates to rep resentatives of foreign houses. Instead they pay United States notes and treasury notes, the former payable ingold, the latter in gold or silver, at the option of the treas ury department. So far gold has always been paid for them. The bankers estimate that the free.gold at the end of the week will amount to $10, 000,000, a sum not by any means satisfactory in the view of the bankers. Jan. 9, 1892, the free gold in the treasury was $25,812, 528; Jan. 10, 1891, it amounted to $45,848, 852. President Henry W. Cannon, of the Chase National bank, had something to say on the matter of Sherman's bill to stop the purchase of $4,500,000 ounces of silver a month. He regarded it as a vey wise move, es:ecially as he understood the senator had a financial scheme which he proposes to present in connection with the repeal of the act, or to follow it. Repeal would, in his judgment, be beneficial to the prospects for a successful international monetary conference. The act of the banks in refus ing to give gold certificates to exporters was intended as a patriotic act. Cannon explained that the bankers thought the time had come when .the United States should protect its supply of gold as other nations had protected theirs, and should thlow as many obstacles in the way of ex porters of gold as possible, especially in the present condition, when the movement of gold abroad did not seem to be a natural one. The banks had taken the first step, and he hoped the treasury department, as far as the law allowed, would erect other barriers in the way of gold shipments. THE POSSE RETREATED. And the Robbers Had a Clear Field for Operatlions. GUTHRIE, I. T., July 16.-The M., K. & T. passenger train No. 2, southbound, was held up bya gang of masked robbers at Adair, Indian Territory, late last night. The rob bers secured the contents of the safe of the Pacific Express company, and made good their escape. It is believed the robbers were the noted Dalton gang who are responsible for a large number of simi lar crimes in the territory. The method of the robbery corresponds to the methods of all the Dalton operations. The, train had just left Adair when the men crawled over the tender, terrorized the engineer and fireman with drawn revolvers, and com marnded the engineer to stop the train. As he did so the posse which was on the train to protect it prepared for an attack, which was immediately made by members of the gang from the roadside. J. W. Kennedy and two Indian police men, members of the posse, were shot and slightly wounded. They, together with other members of the posse, retreated and the robbers had a clear field. The express messenger, in the meantime, looked the safe and hid the key, after hiving barri caded the donse of the car. The robbers broke through the barricade, drilled the safes and blew them open with powder, se curing the entire contents. The amount stolen is believed to be in the neighborhood of $40,000. The robbers escaped. Killed by Stray Ballets. PAnsoNS, Kanu., July 15.-Olfloials of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road are antis fled that it was the Dalton gang which held up the train at Adair, Indian Territory, last night. Before robbing the train they held up the station agent and seoured everything of value in the station. lhe amount taken from the express car is not known, and conjectures inn all the way from an insigniticant sum to $75,000. Dur ing the ski mish between the robbers and guard stray bullets entered a drug storie up sown, wounding Dra. Younablood and Golf. T'he latter has since died and the former is in a critical condition. A posse has gone in pursialt of the desperadoes. BANK C(LIARINiS. Buslness Done Durlng the Past Week to the Money Centers. NEw YonK, July 151.-The following table, compiled by Badstreet's, shows the banka' clearings for the week ending July 5, with percentage of increase or decrease compared with the correapondiug week of last year: New York...........S (:..32,5.0 Inc. 12.4 lo.nton ................ . 10",2877,(4H Ieoi. 8. 'hit ai . ............ 1,211 Inc. 23.1 ilatl D.... .... 1 .4 ]2 ln,. (1.1 t36. Louts ............ 25,3.13,700 ]tec. 11 Tan Yrancisec.. . 13.,8 1.47 Dec. 11.2 oaltim ore. ............. 14,1t . 5,585 $ a . 8 .7 (incinnati.............. 14,.:;I.1A10 Ilc. 8.4 I'it tbbur .............. 1.1,3.,042 Inc. 12.2 ,anetaes ity............ al28,41 I. 25.2 Dn, a kr .................. 5220,77 Inc. 5 t. Paul............... 5.54:.020 ]nc. i. i'ortlaltd. Ore.......... 2,9!558 Inc. o0.2 nt., Lake .............. 2,19,704 Itc. i.7 snett lo ................ 1,281,'22 Inc. 31.1 ''aooma............ 73:283:3: I)Doe. 4. Ie Angol......... . 705,115 Dc,. 11.4 (talvedton .............. 91721 Do. 16. Snlana.... .......... 8:e..1e1 Uroat IFallt ........... 111,7115 'Total for tile Unitedl tae'ro. $l,140 ,35i2.!H t: inl. 12.8. Total, cerlttding ,ow York, $ 87.l716.1;I; Inc., 1.1 l)omtnuion ,f t(eilda,l 7ttulrrel, 413, I22,B511; inc.. 10.8. Total. $22_,54,3tl1. tLost Money Fraz the Ntart. IllvuoI'lTr, Conn., July 15.t- Lhe Now York & New England, the Houes,:touin , I)anbury and the Not walk Ilailruoad cot panies, asked for the appointmenta of a re ceiver fotr the New Enmland Terminal corn !ttny, of which they own the stouk. It i" alleged tht tthe ,omtpaany has ttansucted tuelnee at a loss from the startl that in addition to a bonded debt of 0.00.0, a large floating debt has been aecamutatod. OPENING DAY AT ANACONDA, The Short Horses Won an Every Baoe The Winners. ANACONDA, July 15.-lepsqial,]--First day of the races. Attendance 600, track fine. The short horses won in every race. In the first race li.s Dick was a hot favorite, with Kitten second choice. All four ran very evenly to the home stretch, when Parole forged ahead, winning by half a length. aunning, 600 yards, purse $800-Parole, carrying 122 pounds, won; lied Dick, 122, second; Kitten, 117. third; Cyclone, 122, fourth. Time, :31%. Mutuals paid $27.80. In the second race Little Dorritt was the favorite, but Al Watts won easily. liun ning, five furlongs, purse $800-Al Watts, 113, won; Little Dorritt, 86, second; Little Tough, 118, third; Regal, 122, fourth. Time, 1:04%. Mutuals paid $13.50. In the second race Braw Soot was the fa vorite, closely pressed by Lottery and Mal com, but X, a rank outsider, won by a length and a half. Running, one mile, purse $500-X. 124, won; Lottery, 104, sec ond; Braw Boot, 109, third; Malcolm, 122, fourth. Time, 1:4434. Mutuals paid $69.50. Marcus Daly's Nadjy won the fourth race in three straight heats, although Chattsl was a hot favorite. Trotting, special for named horses, heats, three in five, purse $500. NadJr .................................... 1 1i Chattel . ...........................1 2 22 IRobbins ....................t.......... 8 3 8 E;xtravagant .. ..................... Di. Time, 2:2'7 , 2:20, 2:25. In the last heat Chattel came in first but was set bact for running. A BAD START. Causes an Exciting Time at Washingto Park, Chicago. CHICAGo, July 16.-Starter Sheridan lost his head and nearly caused a riot at Wash ington park to-day. In the fifth race a field of twelve went to the post. Duke of Milpetas could not be persuaded to line up with the other horses. After many inef fectual attempts to start the horses Sheri dan at last concluded to leave him at the post. When the fag went down some of the ho: se were turned wrong, while others were standing still, and all were scattered irom the seventy-yard mark to the wire. The spectators broke out with a storm of hoots and hisses. The race was run and Rival and Forest made a dead heat for first place. The judges' stand was besieged by an angry crowd demanding that bets be declared off, but the judges refused to rule that way. The crowd roundly abused them. Six furlongs-Red Banner won, Queen Enid second, Shadow third. Time, 1:16. Six furlongs-L. J. Knight won, Natalle second, Henshell third. Time, 1:15%, Mile-Sympathetic's Last won, Garcia second, Eugelia third. 'lime, 1:43%. Mile-Ida Pickwick won, Patric second, Ormie third. Time, 2:09. Mile-Forest and Rival, dead heat, Prince of Darkness second. Time, 1:43. Mile-Larrant won, Reveal second, Ella Shipman third. Time, 1:44. BASE BALL. Roores Made in Yesterday's Games by the League Clubs. BALTIMORE, July 15.-The home team's batting won. Baltimore 5, hits 8, errors 3; Cincinnati 2, hits 5, errors 1. Batteries, McMahon and Robinson, Chamberlain and Vaughn. PHILAnTLPHIA, July 15.-The Phillies knocked Vian all over the field. Philadel phia 9, hits 11, errors 4; Louisville 1, hits 3, errors 3. Batteries, Weyhing and Clem ent, Viau and Grim. WASHIGTONo, July 15.-Washington won by bunncint hits when Cleveland bunched errors. Washington 3, hits 6, errors 0; Cleveland 1, hits 6, errors 3. Batteries, Killen and Milligan, Clarkson and Zimmer. BROOKLYN, July 16.-Lucky hitting in the eleventh inning won the game for Brook lyn. Chicago 4, hits 6, errors 4; Btooklyn 5, hits 8, errors 1. Batteries, Hutchison and Schriver, Haddock and C. Dailey. BosToN, July 15.-Gleason was effective. errors giving the lhostons the runs. Boston 3, hits 9, errors 2; St. Louis 2, hits 10, errors 3. Batteries, Nichols and Kelly, Gleason and Buckley. NEW YORK, July 15.-Darkness stopped the game. New York 8, hits 11, errors 3; Pittsburg 8. hits 14. errors 4. Batteries, Crane and Boyle, Baldwin and Miller. A ZEP'HYR RAMPANT. Roofs and Siga and Fences Strewn Along Its Path. CINCINNATI. July 15.-Wind blowing forty-two miles an hour struck the city at 3:80 this afternoon, blowing from west to east. It was accompanied by a heavy rain fall. The storm lasted about lifteen min utes. Tin roofs were peeled off innumer able buildings, and besides the roofs were carried bodily from many houses. General havoc was played with shade trees. signs, fences and windowa." Preparations for "A Night in Pekin" were completely demol ished. Several I ersons were injured by a portion of the fence blowing against the street car. William E. Warde, proprietor of the Architectural Iron Wuotks, was struck on the head by a brick, his skull fractured and fatally injured. Half a dozen houses were unroofed on Central avenue. Myers' veterinary hospital was unroofed, as was the Bonner brewery. A New Orleans wha f boat, to which was attached tohe stremor Mary Houston, was torn from the shore attachments and blown half a mile up stream. Hamilton Buyder's trump mill was unroofed and the west wall blown down. injurirga dye workmen, two seriously. Many factory smokestacks weeo blown down. Calsualties are feared but none are yet re ported. The Vatican Decision. CICArno, July li.-Archtishop Ireland, in an interview here to-day, speaking of educational matters, declared that the lat est decision of the vatican is not merely a judgment of toleration, as applied to the individual instances of Fairbault and Still water, but poosesses wider significance. Asked as to the possible extension of the system in America, the archbishop said some arrangement may be made in any parish where parochial schools labor under the suame diticulties as uenountered at Fari bault and Stillwater. Asked as to the pos sible extension of the system he said he did not care to discuss the question. 'lts arch. bishop said (Cahenely is dead. Seven Aldermen Indicted. TOLEDo, July 14.-The special grand jury convened two days ago reporterd this even ing indictments for soliciting bribes auainst seven members of the city council, as fol lows: I1. 0. alnuohester, George 1uoner, iohn Daily. Frank C. Tanner, It. 1'. Swain, Charles Neuenudorf and Wt. J. Gill. Of these four are democrats and three repub licans. Five of tie accused were arrested and gave $1,000 bond for their appearance. Tl'he other two are known to be in the city., tat have not yet been arrested. The evi lence which procured the indictments was obtained from the Pluto Oil company, which desired to obtain a franchise for piping oil. At Halley. Ark., the negroes lynched Jalian Moealy for raping his siven-year old daughter. WILL RETURN. Non-Union Men Will Come Back -to the Mines Under Pro. teotion. Their Advent May Cause More Bloodshed and Trouble in the Camp. Well Armed for the Fray and De clare They Will Fight Troops. Telegraph and Railroad Communi cation Interrupted by Dyna mite and Powder. Strikers Being Arrested in Large Num bers-Story of the Canyon Massacre Not Confirmed. WALLACE, Ida., July 15.-[Special.]-The mine owners are now having a turn. Un der the protecton of more than five hundred federal troops and the state militia they will resume the employment of non-union labor. The Banker Hill and Sullivan com pany sent their men to Tekoa, a short dis tanoe from Wardner, and will bring them back to work to-night or to-morrow. Non union men are now working in the Sierra Nevada. This means more war, for it is impossible to appreciate the feeling among union miners. They are desperate to the extreme and thoroughly armed, and declare they will fight until defeated. They say they have no fear of the federal troops, and will fight them in earnest if a battle oo ours. The other night they had fifty men on the hilltops above Wallace, ready to shoot down on the first troops from Fort Miseoula. To-day euns were fonad in the hills by the. troops here and captured. The Northern Pacific bridge to Mullan has been destroyed and no trains have gone over the route for two days. A telegraph pole was blown up last night and the wires broken. A rumor that more troops from Keogh and Caster have been ordered is not verified. The safe arrival of Foreman Monaghan. of the Frisco mine, at Coeur d'Alene City seems certain, Martial law has been ex tended so that no one is allowed to leave town on railway trains without a pass from Adjt. Gen. COrtis. There was an explosion last night at the canyon, but only railway and telegraph property was injured. The city to-day is very quiet. There is no aotivity at the miners' headquarters, and fewer union men are seen on the streets. The wounded men at the hospital are getting well and will recover. The railroad bridges were blown up by miners. It is almost certain that the non uhion men will return before to-morrow night. More troops are coming in and further trouble is anticipated. The wires have been torn down and communication from now on is very uncertain. ARRESTING THE MEN. The Way It Was Done by the Bluecoate Non-Union Men Appearing. WALLACE, July 15.--[Special.]-Martirl law is likely to prevail in this country for sixty days or more. It is thoroughly effot ive, but there are rumors that the arrests may cause an outbreak between the troops and the miners. Very few miners can be found in the city and those around have been discovered. Though buildings have been searched the non-union men showed their, heads for the first time since the Frisco fight. They are returning to the country from all directions and will possi bly be brought in train loads before to msorrow night. The scenes connected with the arrests were interesting. One company of the Fourth infantry marched to the center of the leading street which was cleared. They rested on their arms while a great crowd of union men, sympathizers and citizens formed heavy lines on the walk. Nobody knew the object of the military parade until a man was picked from the crowd and without the formality of serving papers was hurried In the ranks between two soldiers. He was taken down the street to the camp of the iufant y. Dr. bSue, the co:oner, with an officer, marched about the streets, into stoces, glancing alternately at a long sheet of paper and then at the crowd. Behind was a mysterious individual who occasionally whispered in the olffiers' ears. The sheet of paper had a list of nearly 200 names of miners on whom injunctions had beean served. Few union men were found. President O'Brien was among the found. lHe was marched to the little tented guard house with two othels and searched for concealed weapons and all the men turned into the tent with the guard pacing in front. The arrests still continue. There are now perhaps twenty men under guard. Several citizens weie arrested and some re leased. Attorney Jones was among their. Several sympathizers were taken in. 'The greater part of the miners are at Mullan, Burke and other neighboring points and will join their imprisouned comrades as fast as the military can reach them to-morrow. The inquest over the Frisco affair will then be held, when it is hoped that the true story of the first shooting will be had. A non union man lying in the llospital says that the union men fired the first two shots at them before one was returned from the fort. The penalty for contempt of court in this stato is not tixed and Judge Beattie may give any sentences that he Flesses. 'The miners' headquarters this evening are all but deserted. But one man who has charge of dealing out rations to the families can be found. O'1)rion has little to say more than the case wouldbe fought to the tinish in the court. 'Thee were several inquiries for Peter Blreen this afternoon, but he could not be found. Seo:etary iallas, of Butte, is also among the mining. One of the captures was a big red-whiskered fellow resembling Herr Most. There were not a few grateful sighs in the crowd when he was caught, for he has been ordering everybody outof town since the Bunker lill victory. Many citi zena who have been afraid of their own shadows for a week are now talking most rigorously. The mine owners and man igers are returning and within the next eow days will have plans well completed for resunming work. There will be no difficulty a securing all non-union men needed. 'he people of the Creur d'Alenes are ireatly embarrassed by the destructive work of the union men. The bridge be. Iween here and Mullan has not been re paired and no Northern Pacifloc trains have left here for two days. The wires are owan from the east. The boot is squarely on the other foot. This afternoon Adjutant General Curtis is iued an order commanding all union rain irt to surrender their arms, and requesting Ill oitizens to assist in identifying the men who disobeyed the injunction of the United States court. President O'Brien and Seo retary Poynton, of the Clcrr d'Alene min irs' union, are now in the guard house and ire in charge of federal troops. Other ar rests were being made as fast as possible Ind the militia are now searching the vicin ty for men. Altogether 192 injunctions were served. '1he arrested men will be taken to Boise City and tried for contempt f court. 'There is great excitement here, bat no disorder. NOT CONFIRMED. The Reports of a Mtasere in Fourth of July Canyon. SPoxqaE. July 15.-[Special.]--Careful search in Fourth of July canyon and river fails to disclose any evidence of the re ported massacre at Mission. Interviews with fugitives who have reached here show that it was nothing more than a stampede from fright. Only one man, Abbott, is known to have been injured. It is not even believed any striking miners were present. A desperado named "Shell Game" Wallace is thought to have shot Abbott. Some toughs, hobos, and ranchere near Mission were near the fugitives' train and the op portunity was seized to hold up unarmed non-union men. and the row resulted in the general fright and flight into darkness. The story of Superintendent Monaghan, of the Gem mine, is a fair sample. He had been given up for dead. He did not get near enough to the alleged assailants to recognize who or what they were. He olaims that his life had previously been threatened, and he supposed an attempt to kill him was being made. He plunged into the river and fled until nearly dead from exposure and hunger. REFUSED TO ANSWER. Contumacious Witnesses Will Not Reveal Business Secrets to the Commission. CHICAGo, July 15.--Evidently the inter state commerce commission has determined to find out if possible the exact relation be tween the Illinois Steel company and five railroad companies. Commissioner Voazey has adopted a new plan of proceedure. mak ing formal demand on Vice-President Ster ling, of the Illinois Steel company, for the stock book of that concern. Sterling's counsel deslined to permit the books to be inspected. "Then you refuse to let the commission see the book?" jnquired Com missioner VeeHzy. After a conference with lawyers the railroad men and steel com pany officials the conclusion was reached that it would be unwise to let the books be inspected. "Then," said Veazey. "I'll sub poena you, Sterling. to produce the stock book." This caused a sensation and right on top of it came an order making it im perative upon the auditor of the railroad companies to yield the secretary's books for his inspection. Another consultation re sulted in a decision by the railroad people to postpone action. At the afternoon session the first case called was the complaint against the Grand Trunk, East Saginaw & Michigan. and the Wabash roads, charged with having given lower rates than those stated in the tariff sheets to foreign and domestic points. The first witness was David Brown, freiiht agent of the Chicago & Grand Trunk. The wmaness absolutely declined to answer a question in regard to the above charge. The next witness was Sumner Hopkins, freight agent of the Wabash. His attorney advised him to refuse to answer the eom mission's questions, because it is believed the commission had no jurisdiction to in stitute such inquiry. Other witnesses were placed on the stand with similar resuli. Chairman Veazy said after adjournment, an effort would be made to compel wit nesses to ana*er the questions, and they will invoke the assistance of the courts. If they then decline it will be in contempt and punished accordingly. PIGHiEADED PILOTS. They Run Two Motors Into Each Other at Great Falls. GIOlAT FALLS, July 15.-[Special.]-Two street cars, each having an open car coupled on behind, tried to pass on the same track this evening. They came to gether with considerable force, throwing several passengers out on the ground. Mrs. Hamilton, wife of the sheriff, was severely shaken up, and an unknown boy had his ankle sprained. Others were bruised, but no one badly injureid. The accident was caused by the pigueadoduess of the pilots of the care, esch claiming the right of way. Swindlers Follow a Circus. GrEAT FALLS, July 5.--(Special.]--A gang of swindlers, following the circus which exhibited here to-day, were doing a big business when of them was arrested for working the package swindle and the over ations of the others were stopped by the police. The man arrested was fined $.') .and costs. IBaptist Young Peoplei's Union. Dr)riorr, Mich., July 13.-At 9:30 o'clock this morning the National Baptist Young People's union convention reassembled. The annual reports were unanimously adopted. ' lien folloved the very ptetty ceremony of the salutatien of the flag. Then came the reports of states, te ritories and other divisions. All showed much pro gree.. The lift' ruoon sesslon was devoted to routine busiless, the election of ot.l.ers and addressesa, Juo,. . . Cllapman, of Chi caoo, was elected president and liev. ltobert lelorce, of riMount ilolly, New Jersey, re cording secretary. A board of rmanagers was also elooteo. Sunday oloeing of the gates of the Columbian exposition was dis cussed at the evening session. Addresses wore made favoring it. W.ont (Out of Sight. SAN IltreO. Cal., July 15ll.--. J. Wood ward, it Ventura farmer who has for several weeks been preparing a balloon tor a jour ney to Now Yurk, made the ascent yest'r day morning in the presence of several hun dred people. I he balloon shot up like a rocket to a great height. It first struck a current of air that iuoved tih balloon raplidly toward thie ocean. Woodward threw out his eatables and ballast und everything except the anchor, to make the balloon go higher. 14inally it struck sa ur rent of air which bore him rapidly Inland and he disappeared from view. The ob server here sava Woodward struck a current of air having about a 22l-mile velooity, and stnake Woodward will never he heard of again. FREE SILVYE MEN WIN. After a Sharp Contest the Simon Pure Coinage People Score a Victory. Hart's Substitute Voted Down and a_ n Amendment by Weed Defeated. Gov. Toole Shows Unequivocally How He Stands-The tResolutions as Finally Adopted. The national mining congress completed its labors yesterday, and the result of the three days' session was an overwhelming victory of the unlimited free coinage peo pie, and at the same time the wrecking of any hope the third party people might have had that their candidate would receive the support of the congress. 'Thoe. M. Patter son, of Colorado, clearly defined his own position as well as that of every republican and democrat in the congress in the morning. The question before the oongr(ss was an amendment offered by E. D. Weed, of Mon tana. Mr. Weed said he felt that the lan guage in the resolution reflecting on the old parties was uncalled for. The amend ment struk out all reference to b oken party promises. Patterson, defending the committee report, said: "I think it is very unfair for the opposition to continually throw in our teeth the stitement that we are here in the interest of the people's party. I am a democrat; a free silver coin age democrat, and I am not now, nor will I ever be, a Weaver man." This deolaration had a great deal to do with carrying the re port of the committee. The first business before the congres was the Hart amendment. The originator made a good fight for his substitute, but it was defeated by a vote of eighty-four to 208. United States District Attorney Weed, of Montana, then tried to amend the ma jority report on silver. Hlis proposal caused a great deal of debate. Gov. Tools was among the speakers and he made one of the strongest pleas for the majority report heard during the congress. Franklin Lan ders, of Indiana, also took the same side as the governor. Weed's motion waa defeated, and then the first section of the resolution was passed. The fight was not over, how ever, the same contest being made over the second section of the resolutions, referring to the instruction of members of the elec toral college in the silver states. Chairman Newlands made a strong plea for the sec tion, his own handiwork, and it,.too, was carried. Finally all the resolutions were carried by a viva voce vote. Hon. Lawrence A. Brown, of Beaverhead county, during the debate on the Weed amendment, asked the privilege to talk on the subject from the standpoint of a prac tical miner. He told how he had left the democratic party on account of Mr. Cleve land's views on silver, and he said he was not only in favor of the majority report but did not think it was quite strong enough. He struck a popular chord in the convention and was enthusiastically ap plauded. There was a great deal of discussign over a telegram A. J. Seligman wanted tae con greas to send to the United States senate, but it ended as the originator of the tele gram desired. One peculiar fact developed yesterday, and that was that the Montanians were di vided on every proposition that came up. Every time there was a toll call the Mon tana delegates had to be polled separately. On the Newlands electoral resolution the only votes against were fifteen from Illinois and twelve fro0m Montana. Before adjournment resolutionsof thanks to all the officers of the convention, to Chairman Hauser and Secretary Brown, and George W. Irvine, of the executive committee, and to the citizens of Helena, were adopted. The executive cammittee decided, at a meeting held after the congress adjourned. to hold the next session in Salt Lake City in December next. A large majority of the delegates will leave for home this morning. THE SILVER PLANKS. How They Read as Finally Adopted by tile Conleress. FREE COINAGE. 'he National Mining congress, now in session at Helena, Mont., comprised of delegates from nineteen states and two ter ritories, having in mind the interests of the cotton planters of the south and the grain growers of the west, of labor and property in all its forms, as well as the interests of the miners in the mountain states and ter ritories, denounce the act of 1873. by which silver was demonetized, as a great national calamity, and we hold it to be the impera tive duty of the re, resentatives of the peo ple now in cong, see assembled to pass with out delay the bill for the resmonetiz ition of silver that has already paased the senate. We denounce as maliciously and deeign edly false the chalge that the silver men of tile countly are inl favor of a seventy-cent dollar, or of any doller that is of less in trinsic value than any other dollar coined and circulated in the United States. We also declare that the respousibility for the bullion in the silver dollars now coined being of lose intrinsio value than the bul lion in the gold dollars rests solely with those who demrunetized silver and forced the people to accept the laws of 1878 and 1841), by whiob free coinage for silver lihas beten denied and the purchase of bullion by the goverutnent In the lowest markets of ti.o world substituted in its stead. And we farther declare our unalterable conviction to be based on sound economic principles and the actual experience of the world be tween 185i and 18,it, when the relative in .orease n t the production of gold in the Ulittet States anid the rest of the world far exceeded the relative increase of silver over gold duritlg the last decade-that the re nionttization of silver by the United States at the txtriting ratio will speedily restore the intrineic value of the silver dollar to that of the gold dollar. While wi, demand thattho intrinsio value of the gold and silver dollar shall be equal, we protest against the test of value as to silver being made while silver money is de based and the govesrnmeut is engaged un der exiting laws ill depressing the value of the bullion by purchasing it in the lowest mtarketse but we shall cheerfully welcome the test and accept any change that silver shall make necessary after the tall use of silver ias money has been re stored for a reasonable ltruo through the cot now before congress, or any similar law. We deolare free bi-metallic coinage for gold and silver at the existing ratio to be the most important publio question now unsettled, anid it must so continuae no long as tl:e a is a lack of sound mietal money uti o which to do the business of tlhe coun try antd upon whilch to base a fall and fair volume of governmental paper money upon which to do the business of the country, and while there are powerful and prepon. deratine influences in the two old parties seeking ultunately to bring this country to a single gold standard-in the meantime deceiving the optile with 4deolrloba Ia party platforms about bl-metalml are deceptive and are intended t o An netr to bind presidents eleted 9pon to approve a free coinage law, And we urge that in every section oft country., north as well as south, that true friende of free bi-metalito e shall make the ucquestiong frtleadi every candidate for any office, bearing relation whatever to legislation upona ai: subject, as one of the chief tests to wo.this ness to receive their suffrages, That it bi only by clearly diseerning the right gtt i 'i aottng independently and unfinchiangly to undo the great wrong of sliver demonetij tion, that the conspiracy to force thi United States to the single gold staunda·r of money can be thwarted. Itesolved, That the profound thanks 0of the congress be extended to the senators and representatives in congress who labtel voted for the Stewart free coinage moUeatu ' and they deserve and should receive tihe hearty support of their constituent aR good and faithful public servants. RDINDPEND~N~ OF r xxo'roeo : Whereas, The theory of the constitaelo - that electors for president shall be tse of the highest dignity and integrity, ft to tb.~ entrusted with the gravest oeneeras of the, nation, and that they shall, when elected, he free to cast their ballots for such pertsoe for president as will best insure the safety, honor and prosperity of the oounttryl and Whereas, It has been the endeavor of ths opponents of free bimetallic coinage to se", cure the selection of candidates for the presidency by the national republican and democratic parties, who will, if elected, op. pose the will of the people by the exeeutive reto whenever congress shall express it lia q free coinage bill; and Whereas. To vote for electors pledged - i ,. advance to select either one or the other of them for president, without conditions, will be an endorsement in advance of the purpose to defeat the popular will; and Whereas, In the silver states there is but one sentiment in all the three national par-. ties in regard to tne full remonetiastion of silver; therefore be it Resolved, That wisdom and patriotis*' both require that the people of the silytv states and the state conventions of all pat. ties therein shall so shape their anotion as to' seenre the balance of power, if that be pos sible, in the electoral college td the end that the electors selected by the people of such states may so set independently in the electoral college as to defeat the election of any man as president who will not agree that the will of the people as expressed in any future act of congress in relation to silver shall stand without executive Inter ference of veto. That in order to meet the contingency of a possible election of a president by the present house of repre sentatives the constituents of all momberg of the present house be appealed to, to de. mend of all members of the present house who are candidates for re-election their promise that they will support no man for president who will not permit the will of the people as expressed in the future aets of congress upon the silver question to stand without executive veto. THE MORNING BESSION. mart's Amendment Defeated and the Majority RIeport Passed. Delegates were promptly on hand at the morning session of the mining congress, A telegram was read from Congressman Bland telling the congress to keep up the fight for free silver coina.e. After its reading W. H. H. Hart, of California, took the platform in advocacy of the substi.' tute he offered yesterday. In th : tree coinage question ,he represented lhi ti state, he said, and not himself. He.hldC presented the same views eight years ago. He was not a candidate tor the United States senate nor for the presidency, be. cause he was born in a foreign country. He supposed he thought the delegates would, like to see a silver crank from the far west. It had been said on the streets that the mining congress was a political convention, and that it was also a Weaver convention, and that it had come here to throw political. mud upon individuals and against the two great parties of this country. It was very , hard to talk upon the sltver question or the gold question, or any pub. lie question, without referring to politi;s This country was conceived and born of politics. Therefore you cannot talk upon this subject without referring to politia. because it is to-day the greatest political question that is now considered by the peo Vie. When the integrity of the nation was at stake the greatest question was the . union. Since that time new issues have arisen, and the silver question is just as great now as the question of the union was in 18h1. If it was necessary in 1861 to take a new departure in order to save the union it is also necessary at this time to take such necessary departure from old so-. tions in order to take in hand and. properly deal with this new great issue. "I myself have always been a republican and served four years and eighteen months to maintain the Principles of the repub lican party in 1861, and I am willing to serve four years and eighteen months more In order to carry out the great Issue we are now considering. LApplause.j Not by bloodshed, but by plain, simple talking, by reasoning together." It is asked why con. fine the coinage to the American prodnut? The question is what shall be our condect in order to enlist in this great movement the farmer, the miner and the laborlng people, and not what shall we 'do for six states. M,. Hart said he thought the amcndments he proposed embodied the principles of the demooratic and of the re publican parties and that on them the two could unite. iLet the democrats and the republicans pledge their oandidates in sta'i convention for silver. As the delegates were in favor of standard dollars he had4 expressed thei po "sAtion in his amend. ment that the depositor of bullion shoald receive silver dutlaes or certificates. le found in Kansasn and Illinois that the peon pie would take the silver certificate every time, but paper was more convenient to the people. In order to get the vote of that class this would do it. The next reason was because it would satisfy the green. backer. Tho republi.an and democratic parties have beauo r nu via n for fifteen yearson this salne qluestil . I t us agreeon some prop. osition ti," we can stand on and go out anil vo I, r, the i we have the line marked out. e agre i with the resolutions but he wanted to a y that the congress should Ulake i coneo ,sion to the men in congress thrat wi 1 o,, ttisfactory to democrate and republicans alike. Mr. latterson, of Colorado, spoke against the amoendment. He said the proposition of the gentleman from California had beun considered by all the silver representatives in congress and had been dees ed imprale tioable. The question was then put on Mr. liHart's amendment which was lost. HIart callas for a vote by roll of the states. The voteS stood 108 against the amendment maid eighty-four for it. E. ii. Weed, of Lewls and Clarke, sent up an amendment to the resolutions to alimi, nate all reference to violation of protni " upon the part of the two great political' parties. le said the delegatoes were ber to attend a mining congress, and not as demos crate and republiosau, or as members of . t people's party. He would regard it as meet unfortunate it the resolutlons should be adopted without his amendment. Shounl this mining congress put itself in the posl.L tion of slapping the two great pIllit. ' parties in the face in the Interests of a f#e misguided individuals who haye so.u .e eated under the nameof thepeople's pa The adoption of the resolutlons as stood would make the eongrese a tltIem for the people's party. This amendmoent was oppos . son, of Colorado. The plea of was a plausible one. "It is the has kept the silver men of th south as well as west, quiet sings is the plea that stamps 9ot It slathe piea that' aakes. Gssilassrtk