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he Weekly Tribune.
VOLUME X..VI.* GRIEAT FALLS, MONTANA, FRIDAY , AUGUST 24, 1894.
DEBS HAS A SAY
And tives H tSteLory of the 8trike
to the loeeral Ivtestigatlng
Committee.
DID INT BINEI THE STRIKE
It Was lirenght Abeut by time Pitiable
Co.ditite of the Imployec
at Pullman.
CIncAGO, Aug. 21.-The A. R. U.
president, 3. V. Debe, was a witness be.
fore the strike committee today. The
court room was crowded from bench to
doorways.
"Now, tell us in your own way, Mr.
Debs," said Oommiestoner Wright,"what
you know of the Pullman strike and its
results."
Leaning forward in his seat the tall
leader of the great strike began in a low,
clear voice a recital which gradually be
came more earnest and forcible as he
proceeded until it developed into almost
an oration. He told of having received
word that a strike in Pullman was immi
nent and of his coming to Chicago to in.
vestigate. "I found that salaries had
been out time and again until skilled
mechanles were working their lives away
for wages not suffcient for a day laborer;
that the men were working for wages
upon which they could not live; that
the town of Pullman was so schemed
that every penny a workingman made
found its way back to the company. In
fact, I found the workingmen of Pullman
in a
PITIABLE CONDITION,
and I determined that I would do all in
rmy power as president of the A. I. U. to
improve the condition of these men. The
strike followed, ordered by the men
themselves. Then came the boycott, or
dored by duly elected delegates to our
convention, and then followed the rail
road strikes, ordered by the various local
unions, each of which had a grievance of
its own."
"What about the 'buy a gun' tele
gram?" asked the commissioner.
"That is easily explained. The tele
gram was sent by my private secretary
to a friend in Butte and was merely s
playful expression, it was sent as such
and was so understood."
"Would the railroad strike have oc
curred it there had been no I'ullmaa
trouble?" asked the commissioner.
"No; the Pullman strike was thi
prune cause. We desired to
STOP PL'I..MAN (CAR
and shut off his income, thus forcing f
him to arbitrate, but the railroad men Y
made the Pullman employee grievance r
their own. The General Managers' areo
elation had been organized with the
avowed intention of giving assistance to
railroads in labor troubles. The evident c
aim was to drive organized labor from I
existence. No sooner had this associa
tion been formed than a systematic re- I
duction of railroad wages all over the I
country began. The men were ready to I
strike and felt they had a cause, but the I
trouble would not have come when it I
did had it not been for the Pullman
matter. The time wau unpropitious. I
did not order the strike. I had not the I
power. The men did that themselves,
but I do not wish to shirk any re
sponsibility and am willing to say 1
heartily concurred in and approved the
action taken by the men. As to violence,
I always condemned it, I have written
and spoken against it, believing and
knowlag that a strike cannot be won by
violence, as to the telegrams sent from
our onks, counselling violence, I know
of no such epistles. "l)ebs then said
within five days after the strike was de
declared the union
WAD T?3 RAILROAD BEATEN.
They wor paralysed he said' but in
junctions were sown broadcast and
shortly after the olcials of the A. RI U.
were arrested for contempt of court.
That beat us. About this time Gen.
Miles came to Chicago, called on the
General Manager' association and the
asat day he was quoted in an interview
esylag he had broken the backbone of
the strike. Now I consider that call of
Gen. Miles as vulgarly out of place. He
had no more right to consult with the
(Geeral Maagers' association than he
had to conault with our unions. I
might Nay too, its seema strange that all
our lkttel and telegrams wera.. made
publie property, while not a line of the
railreads oerespondence was published.
f it t d been I think we could prove
that the General Managers' aseoolation
at a secret meeting declared that they
would stamp the A. R. U. out of
existeneo _
enver eselationes.
Was~umerox, Aug. 21.-Representa
tive Hartman, of Montana, presented in
the bhoes today strong resolutions in
faver of the free eonage of silver adopt
ed by the powertni labor organisations
ct the oesntry.
to >p saoano w1aLt 0A1e.
barles d. teek, e IaUllpeli aweriere
KsaIsE., Ar.t U..-chGtr1 . Blgs
se mge rM8
- Umemu.lub~qam.
indifferent. The court room was crowded.
Judge DuBose ordered him to stand up
and then said:
"Black, on an occasion like this, when
we are almost in the presence of death
itself, it seems to the court that what
ever it might say regarding the enormity
of your crime would have no effect. It
might seemingly degenerate only into
the abuse of a helpless man, and it would
certainly lessen the force of that climax
which the law has incorporated into its
penal code when it says that any man
who maliciously, wilfully and premedi
tately takes the life of another shall
suffer death." After a few other re.
marks the judge pronounLed the sen
tence that Black be hanged on Friday,
September 28, between the hours of 9
a. m. and 5 p. m.
On being taken back to jail Black
asked the jailor to feed him chicken
while he staid on earth.
SMALL LOE8.
Reported Killing of Chief snaehee in
Arizona.
DE~vr., Aug. 21.-News reached (en.
I McCook's headquarters that Chief San
chez, of the White Mountain tribe of
Indians, in Arizona, was killed by two
s Indians in a tight at Cedar creek, near
t Fort Apache a few days ago. Sanchez
led an attack on a force of troops com
manded by General (then Colonel) Carr
Aug. 30, 1881. in which Capt. Hentig and
a number of soldiers were killed.
Y SOME THEORIES AND OPINIONS
t A Preacher Who Thinks that Moral
d ity Munt Be at a Low Stage in
the City of Pullman.
The Committee Wants to Hear from
Mr. Pullman and Several
n Railroad Managers.
Cruicw.o, Aug. 21.-A. J. Carroll, ed- Mi
itor of the Eight Hour Herald, was the ag
first witness before the strike con.mie ab
sloners today. He told of the efforts of ab
the civic federation to settle the Pull ag
man strike. lie was informed by Pull- El
man officials that they had nothing to mi
arbitrate. He believed that compulsory be
arbitration applied to quasi public in. TI
dustries would be beneficial, and read a aa
letter from a friend in New Zealand th
showing the beneficial results of govern- Is
ment ownership of railroads and tele- to
graphs.
Malcom Mcl)owell, a newspaper re- at
porter, told of the overturning and de- d.
railment of the cars at Pullman. He
said there were no railroad strikers In
the mob.
Rev. L. M. Wlckham, pastor of the
Swedish Methodist church at Pullman.
was emphatic in denunciation of the a'
methods of the Pullman company.
"When business gets slack," he said, n
"The company's employes living outside
of Pullman are ordered to move into the e
company's houses on the peril of losing $i
their positions. Men who have attempt- t
ed to buy homes on the installment
plan are first laid off when the force
s is reduced. One man, injured in
o the shops, was taken to the hospital A
e Later I saw a sworn statement purport
t ing to be signed by him, in which he
n said the accident was entirely unavoid
j able. I know the paper was a forgery,
e for at the date on which it was made
*, the man was unable to write his name.
One of the worst features of the Pull
I man system of home renting is the im
a morality it encourages. Many workmen
, are compelled to rent rooms. The houses
n are so arranged that the roomers must I
d pass through the family sleeping apart
y ments, and as a result the morality in
m Pullman is much below that of sur.
w rounding towns."
Pullnan Called For.
CatcAao, Aug. 21.-The strike com
mittee have notified Geo. M.Pullman to
appear and testify and will also call for
i several members of the General Man
agers' association.
rt. VIKWs OF A JURIST.
he Jadge Ceooly Orates Regarding Existing 1
Troubles.
iw SARATOiA, N. Y., Aug. 2.--The ad
of dress of JudgeThomas Coo'ey, president
of of the American Bar association was
ie read by Judge Hunt:at the meeting to
he day. Cooley condemned the Ooxey
he movement as antagonistic to the existing
1 political and social state. Sympathetic
all strikes he pronounced bad in moral and
sd impossible to be settled by arbitration.
he Govy. Altgeld's contention that the
ad. president could not send troops into II
ive linois to enforce federal laws he declared
an wholly inoorrect.
ay serle Fatality.
of Bvas, Ill., Aug. 21.-A traction ea.
gine belonging to Andrew Ross, ex
ploded on the farm of Hiram Berksmith
ta today. Farmer Berkamith was blown
in to atoms and Andrew Rose who was
in runnIng the engine was fatally lanjured
pt- and died in a few hours. Flre boys
hs5 from 9 to 14 years old were badly torn
and sealded, it ls thought four of them
cannot neooer.
Deaeesas [ee len ses.
ter, B. ILase, Aug. .IL-The amueaea
tank in the Hygle lee eompay pleat
tesupledsd st ssa isse. bki,
sedm*ss yeuu
MINE DISASTER!
Three Men Meet with Sudden Death I
in the Depths of the (lieagary c
Mine in Butte. p
NO WARNING COULD BE GIVEN
Unlooked For Flood from Adjoining
Mines the Cause of the Terrible
Tragedy. a
B.Trr:, Aug. 2L1.-The Glengary mine,
near the Parrot smelter, was the scene
of a deplorable accident about noon to
day, and three miners who started to
work this morning in the full vigor of
manhood are believed to have met a
watery death in the levels below. The ]
precise manner in which the accident ]
was caused will not be known until an z
investigation of the upper level of the ]
Glengary is made, but it is supposed
that the large bodies of water which
had accumulated in the adjoining claims
the Monitor and the Chipmunk, in some
way found an opening to the workings I
of the Glengary, and once started, car i
rieS everything before it. The first in- i
timation that anything was wrong was
when about 11:30 o'clock this forenoon
the miners employed on the west drift of
the 100-toot level heard the sound of
rushing waters, which came pouring in
from the west side. The water came in
with a noise like a hurricane and quick
ly filed up the level.
THE FRIHIITENIID 11MIN.R.
started at once for a place of safety, and
began climbing through the stopes to
the surface, which they reached in
safety. It was in the levels in the stolpe
below the 100-foot level, however, that
the water got in its deadly work.
Michael Brady. a man about 30 years of
age was working in a stops; a few feet
above the 200-foot level James Morgan,
about 20 years of age, and Joseph Curry,
aged 24, two rugged sons of the north of
England, who had been employed at the
Imine about four months, were stoping
between the 300 and 100-toot levels.
- The water poured through the drifts
I and down the stopes and shaft until
I the mine was filled to near the 100 foot
level. When the water ceased it shrank
to the 200 toot station and
at once set about to see what could be
done to save the men below. While all V
the men were willing and ready to re- .
spend a crew of four was selected. These
men got as far as the s2() toot station
where they hoped to tind Brady. They I
searched the stope from top to bottom c
and called out in hopes that he might
be within hearing distance, but received
no response. As to the fate of the two I
men below there was but one opinion I
expressed. They had met death in the
stope and no human aid could avail
them after being so long submerged.
Considering the fact that about sixty
miners are employed on a shift it is re
markable that no others were caught.
At 2 o'clock preparations were being
made to hoist the water out, by means
of a large tank. It is believed that it
will take until tomorrow morning to
pump the mine out and it is not likely
that the bodies of the two men below
will be found until that work is ac
complished.
HEADIINO THIS WAI'.
I The New RlurllngtoEt .lne Has mlcmreaed
Its Capital stock.
AnAxctuNn, Aug. 21.-A Helena special
to the Standard says: The capital stock
of the Montana & Eastern Wyoming
railway has been incresued from SW00,
000 to 35,000,000. II. C. Allee, one of the
Burlington directors from Omaha, has
been here attending to the necessary
r legal business concerning the increase
in stock of the company, of which D. S.
Wade of Helena is the president. Mr.
Allee said the Burlington would stop at
Billings this winter and push on north
r next spring.
COMETUING MUIT DI)ONIE.
To Relieve the Pitiable Condition of
Pollanan's Ex-Eipaployes.
CtcAnoo, Aug. 21.-Gov. Altgeld spent
several hours today with the citizens of
Pullman. He was told thbt 2,430
d families had been helped. "I do not
know just what methods I shall take to
e aid these men" said the governor, "but
1. something must be done. I have written
d to George M. Pullman." It Is possible
the governor will issue a proclamation
setting for:h the pitiable condition of
the strikers and calling for aid.
x. Death of a Railroad Man.
hb ST. Lo.s, Aug. 21.-Franz Chandler,
r general passenger agent of the Wabsa,
as system, died today of neuralgic gastric
d affliction.
S LONDON MONEY MARarT.
Atehist n Ditsclosreis Have han Raeet on
Amerleas Seeuritils.
LonuoN, Aug. 21.-The reduction by
a the joint stock banks at the rates of n
at terest on deposits caused a revival a
g speeulation at the stock ezouaage w.4
h lla .ha , weekt, The pr obl#,i
m )wrJ base, son~H· lg
Na mad mad ON $11% _t
chance. A strong rise in home railway
securities was the feature of the week.
But for the unfortunate Atchison das
olosures, which are denounced here as
the worst specimen seen in many years,
there would probably have been
large buying of American se
curities. As it was, the proes
pect of a settlement of the American
tariff question tempted many buyers
and strengthened prices, the belief being
that the commercial crlsie in the United
States had reached its turning point.
i'oreign securities, including South
Americans, were all firm. The next set
tlement promises to be active. Brokers
are thankful because of the prospect of
a revival of business. The European
boursee are equally animated. The im
provement in silver brought buyers of
Mexican rail way bonds and shares.
Only One Vi-(lmn.
CouIl.xuIo Criu, Col., Aug. 21.-A
west-bound feeast freight on the Colorado
Midland ran into a rock slide in Eleven
Mile canyon this morning. The engine
rolled into the river. Engineer J. i
Blocker was crushed to death. His
mother lives at Los Angeles, Gal.
Pope Leo' Hlenith.
LowN.v, Aug. 21.--A special dispatch
from Rome says the pope had an attack
of syncope Sunday and for some min
utes his condition caused much alarm.
ARE DISCOUNTING THE FUTURE
Sugar Bounty Men Still Hope to Se
cute the Passage of Tlheir
Measure
By Flecting Repunlican in iMontana.
Washington, and Wyoming
to Vacant Seats.
WAS~nlN .tro.i, Aug. 21.-Senator White
the new member of the finance commit
tee, is not in favor of free silver-lead ores
and as all the republicans hold the same
opinion it has been decided that the
senate need not take into consideration
the house free lead ore bill. The sugar
men have taken a great deal of comfort P
over the vote recently had on the motion
of Senator Manderson, to instruct the
senate finance committee to report an
amendment to the free sugafbill re
establishing the McKinley sugar bounty.
It was shown that a majority of the sen
ate was for a bounty. When the senate
meets in December Stewart may not
vote, which would leave the vice presi
dent to decide against the bounty on a
tie. lut it is thought by some who ad- I
vocate a bounty that before a vote on
the free sugar bill or an amended bill
can he had, there will be three more
republican votes in the senate. There
are vacancies from Montana, Washing
ton and Wyoming, and it is claimed by
the republicans that the legislatures
elected this fall will be all republican.
Wants to Get A. way.
Wo.sm.tSu;roN. Aug. 21. -- Chairman
Wilson will probably go to Europe soon
after congress adjourns.
lMISTAKEN ID)ENTITI
Cannes tLhe Woundling of an Innocelnt Man
in Colorado.
Vitw.ln, Col., Aug. 22.--W. O. Wirt of
Council Bluffs, president of the Ben Hur
Mining company, was shot in both arms
by an ambushed man while returning to
Cripple Creek last night. lie will prob
ably lose his left arm. lie is a man of
means and a nephew by marriage of the
late J. G. Blaine. There is no doubt the
attacking party mistook Wirt and his
I traveling companion, J. M. Roseberry,
k for Sheriff Barrows and his deputy, who
g were riding to Cripple Creek at the time
on a different road.
e URAT PERItFORMANCE.
y Alix Trots In 'tOAV4 at WashlugtoO Park,
e Chicago.
SCHicA(;.', Aug. 22.-Alix yesterday
r. trotted in 2:o.b4 at Washington park
it and the exhibition is pronounced by
b nearly all horsemen present to be the
greatest ever made in a sulky. It re
duced the track record of 1:00t4 held by
Nancy Hanks, and while it fell a second
and one-quarter under the world's rec
ord it was really a better performance.
condition considered.
ot Masouti OGthering.
0 TowrxA, Aug. 22.-About :100 promi
ot nent Masons from all the states in the
to union are in Topeka attending the twen
ut ty-ninth triennial convocation of the
in General Grand chapter of IRoyal Arch
le Masons. Chapters have been granted
)n to counsels at Lake City, Spokane, and
of Seattle.
Soes ocf Vterans.
DAVEPO.laT, Ia., Aug. 2.--The Sons
of Vetsrans'Commandery-ln-Chief devot
ir' ed the afternoon session to the oonmdera*
m tion of the new ritual prepared by W. Y.
Morgan of Kansas. Several sessions
will be required for the discussion of its
various features.
N Mill Upward.
Naw Yoax, Aug. 22.-Bar silver
by 65% cents. Lead, 33.15.
in- Attorney Thosae Murph of Fort
at Bentoe, formerly od this ity, is now
M nad in this Olt.etIU W
emsvs of O. e hs`, mmm
LABOR UPRISING i
Greatest Strike in the History of the w
Textile Workers Now in m
Progress.
NEW BEDFORD IS THE SCENE g
Eleven Thousand Idle Operatives
Fill the Streets of the V
City.
New BI1rroun, Mass., Aug. 21.-The b
great textile strike, which bide fair to S
prove the biggest of its kind in the his.
tory of New England is on. Every mi!i
in the city is silent and the streets are
tilled with idle operatives. It is esti
mated that over 11,000 persons stopped
work. Mill officials and Secretary Roess
of the Spinners union will hold a con- t
ference today and it is hoped an under
standing will be reached. Secretary
Ross says the members of the union ex.
pect the strike to be of six months r
duration. The Howland corporations
will resume within a few days, as an
agreement has been reached. The
Spinners executive committee are today I
devoting their efforts toward getting the
Bennett and Columbus mills, which
make the same lice of goods, as the
Howland into line. The outcome of the
strike now depends upon the cloth mills.
Some treasurers assert that the mills
will be indefinetely locked up, but others
are quoted as saying that they look for
a way out of the trouble quickly. The
Bristol mill prosecuted recently for
running Saturday afternoons is loaded
with orders. The operatives at a mass
meeting today voted not to return to
work until the law is complied with.
. SRATHER TOO CREDULOUS.
Novel ..lt to IlHe trought by an Indiana
Fanrmer.
Ci C 'st.d,0, .\ug. 21.-A special dispatch
from Indianapolies says that William
ir Stanley, a farmer of Pendleton, Ind., is
t preparing to sue Congressman Bynum,
of Indiana, for 81,500. During
the first presidential campaign Stanley
heard Bynum deliver an address in
which he said that if the democratic
ticket was successful wheat would be
worth $1.2; per bushel. Stanley went
home and sowed wheat extensively and
ot raised a crop of 2,000 bushels. This he
declares he has been compelled to sell at
different prices between 45 and 50 cents
d. per bushel. lie will sue the congress
man for the difference between what he
realized and what he would have re
ceived had the congressman's assertions,
re on the strength of which he was led to
re sow so much wheat, been verified.
ilHE4NT1M AND BEER.
by
Treti mon,. or Wllnenrea Itno Are Favor
able to Pultann.
CHtA(:o. Aug. 22.-Several witnesees
examined by the strike committee today
gave testimony favorable to the Pullman
company. Frank W. Glover, a real estate
agent, said he considered the Pullman
houses at $18 and $20 a month really
cheaper than the $17 a month houses in
surrounding towns. Paul E. Ilerms, a
newsdealer who formerly worked in the
Pullman shope, said the trouble of the
men was largely due to their fondness
for beer. All the saloonkeepers in sur
rounding towns had grown rich. lie
did not believe the Pullman rents un
usually high. L. H. Johnson, a Pullman
furniture dealer, testified that storeroom
rents in the town had been cut, though
no reduction had been made in residence
rentals.
SAT(,.l.I SILKENT.
tin the. IItelri*te I ,ineargaent of His
Authority.
WA~nutlr TO\, Aug. 22.-Mgr. Satolli,
the papal delegate, has decided to main
tain silence as to the latest statement re
garding him, that the pope will soon
make the ablegate's authority absolute
and sovereign and answerable only to
the pope. Mgr. Satolli has given in
structions to those at his residence not
to admit reporters or to permit their
cards to be taken to him or to Dr. Papi,
his private secretary. This action,
taken in connection with his rule to al
low no person's cards to be taken to him
at his residence at noon of any day,
makes it almost impossible to gain any
authentic information concerning the
action of the ablegate.
Another Iattle.
Lo.nov, Aug. 22.-The Times has re
ceived the following dispatch from
d Shanghai, dated Aug. 1, Gen. Tic, com
mandinog the Fang Tien division of the
Chinese forces, telegraphs as follows:
a "The Chinese on Friday attacked the
t- Japanese forces at Ping Yang, driving
I- them back, with heavy loss, a distance
S. of eleven miles."
a BRAHERSk AHEAD.
Nebrahrka Repubtlans Will Not avre
Smooth Stlling.
OMAHA, Aug. 22-The largest repub
r, lican state convention ever held Ia
Nebraska met today. Capt. E. Adams
rt of Superior, was chairman. There wa.
w only two men in the race fo governor
it Lieut. Gov. Theo. f. Maors, Et Por.
and' Vls . I
Ir~i~~lwirlCllwrPwl`tleyJ;
and on the first formal ballot he was
nominated. Majors made a speech of
thanks, saying that he hoped for the
united support of the party. The con
vention then took a recess. At the close
of the morning seesion. Edward Itose
water prepared a letter reesigoing as a
member of the republican national com
mittee and sent it to the chairman of
the convention to be acted upon this
afternoon. This moans that losewater a
paper, the Bee, and the anti monopoly
element of the party will fight Majors.
wHIGH IIONi).
Were Required of the Areulsd California
Trainl Wrec.kers.
WoonDLA,, Cal., Aug. -2--Knox,
Compton, Mullin and Hatch, the mem
bers of the mediation committee of the
Sacramento A. R. U. who were arrested
for ditching a train on July 11 and
causing the death of Engineer Sam
Clark and four United States soldiers
were held to answer for trail before the
supreme court under charges of murder.
The prisoners managed to secure bonds,
though the justice of the peace held
them in the sum of 8100,000 each. De
fendant Worden demanded the right to
introduce testimony in his own behalf a
right which the other accused waived
and his preliminary examination will be
continued next Thursday. The other
striking trainmen are yet to be ex
amined under charges of complicity in
the same offense.
ANXIETY OF IRISH LEADERS
They Fear the Resentment of Evicted
Tenanta May I ead to the Com
miseion of ('rime.
How to Pacify Them and Avoid
Trouble Has Become a Very
Serions Question.
NEW YRK. Aug. 22.--. special cable pi
to the World says: The Irish leaders th
are extremely anxious about the outlook di
in Ireland for the coming winter, owing m
to the rejection of the evicted tenants tc
bill by the house of lords. The Paris le
funds will be available for the support of ei
the evicted, but the danger arises from ta
the feeling throughout Ireland against tl
the lords and the conviction that they
are determined not to paus any evicted
t+nants bill, either compulsory or vplun
tary, in this parliament.
The resentment of the evicted may
drive them to commit crime in some
places. lecretary Morely might then a
be compelled to take such action as ]
would render him so unpopular
that the Irish party could no longer sup
port the government. To increase the
tension and to add to the troubles of Mr.
Morley's position, the landlords are ar
rangingan eviction camnaign when the
winter sets in. If this is carried out dis
order will be sure to follow, despite all
efforts of the Irish leaders to pacify the
people.
The chief hope of avoiding a danger
ous situation lies in the effect of a report
agreed upon today by a parliamentary I
select committee, declaring that the in- I
tentions of parliament in passing Mr.
Gladstone's land act in 1881 have been
frustrated by the decisions of the land
commission and recommending the
passage of an amending bill rectifying
the defects of the furmer measure and
giving clear effect to the intentions of
the commons, so that the courts cannot
defeat them.
ILLEGAL CI'RItENCV.
Knmana Marehanuts Atte.mpt to, Ma;ke land
Pass Sha1upllaste'rs.
Si. IL'a.s, Aug. o.--United States
secret service operatives today received
here a box containing 70,0(x) due bills,
which have been passing as currency in
the small towns of Kansas. Operative
Murphy seized the bills at Topeka, Kan.,
on the ground that they were made in
imitation of United Statee currency.
The bills are as large as the 10-cent cur
rency notes, which were in circulation
many years ago, and, paid by merchants
to farmers for crope, called for their face
value in goods sold by the issuing mer
chants. No arrests were made, but the
business was ordered to be discontinued.
Jump in Sliver.
N ' YEas, Aug.22.-llarsilveriequo
ted at GZj3 today. The drift of opinion
on Wall stret is that up to the present
time, the demand for silver has come
y from speculators. They profess to know
e of no direct buying for China and say in
making prices, they entirely follow the
London market. One prominent bullion
broker said today's risn was probably
assisted by the introduction in the
house yesterday by Johnson of North
Dakota, of a bill for the unlimited coin
age of silver. The demand has not been
very heavy during the pest few days and
there was a disposition on the part of
'g London for dealing in futures on silver,
from which it was concluded that the
purchasing was not for immediate ship.
nyunt on buying orders from China, but
rather in expectation of an advance. At
the New York agency of a Hong Kong
and Sheaghal banking oueporation it
was said that after the rise isilowing the
a outbreak of the China-Japan war, t.e
holders of silver ia this osuntry did ·ol
r display any anxiety to sell and the oter
' ia by smelters were vqry light until
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WHICH IS RIGHT?
Report that There Is No Appropria
tion to Secure Collection of the
Income Tax
FOLLOWEO WITH A DENIAL
The Senate's Seision Yesterday Was
Very Far Short of a Quorum
of Members.
N.w YORK, Aug. ..--A special from
Washington says: In addition to a long
list of errors found in the Gorman tariff
bill, the surprising discovery has been
made by treasury department officials
that no appropriation has been made for
putting into effect the income tax pro.
vision. Collectors of internal revenue
can do nothing under the circumstances
in the direction of preparing to col
lect the tax. Treasury officials claim to
be blameless for they forwarded a re
quest to the appropriation committee
more than a month ago for an initial ap
propriation of .dO.O000 to be used during
the current fiscal year in carrying out
the income tax provision of the tariff
bill it it should become a law. Whether
by accident or design neither the house
nor sedate appropriations committee
paid any attention to Secretary O.lielo's
estimate. Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Miller is hopeful that when the
two houses reassemble in December the
amount of his estimate will be included
in the urgent deticiency appropriations
bill, so that the administration of the
new law will be made possible.
hayT' It', a Lie.
WASmIlNTOs, Aug. 22. -- Pepresenta
tive Sayers, chairman of the house ap
propriation committee, brands as false
the story printed today of the startling
discovery that the appropriation com
mittee had neglected or by design failed
to allow the sum necessary for the aol
Iecting of the income tax. He says
every allowance for the collection of the
tax has been made in accordance with
the wishes of the treasury department.
Short or I Isuoruta.
WABHINITON1 Aug. 22.-There were
twenty-one senaGtrs preset today wtd
the senate was called to order. The de
flciency bill was received from the house .
and having been signed by the speaker
the vice president immediately attached
his signature. Only thirty-three sena
tors answered the roll call, eleven less
than a quorum. After consultation
among the democratic senators, Harris
moved that the sergeant-at-arms be di
rected to request the presence of the
absent senators, which was agreed to.
At 1:15 the senate went into executive
session.
Chicago Cattle Market.
UCION STOCK YARINY , CHICAGO, Aug. 22.
-ISpecial to THE Trnurner..--The fol
lowing sales of Montana cattle are re
ported by Rosenbaum Bros. & Co.:
Owner. Weig t.t phe
tlhendle ... ........ ... ........ 1.. i.1 55
Warbonnet .... .............i........
Crosby .................... . - i,
Boles ...............................1 3l" 3.75
Jordan . u..... ............1....90 o s
Capltal 8n dic te l t ........ ......1..1... 0 5.
Fort -two tailinugs..-..... -.... .
O .T .. .. ........ ................; 1,
W tbH aus ...................... . 5.95
.\rrivals, :,,rl westerns; market
strong; ten higher.
Stork Malrtlltlg to Death.
O(.1 % 11., Aug. "2.-Not in a month has
so much rain fallen along the line of the
Burlington and Union Pacific as that of
the latter part of last week, in some
cases soaking showers being reported,
while in others it was a steady down
pour for several hours. While the rain
comes too late for corn it will help grass
considerably and that is most needed by
the farmers in the irouth stricken dis
tricts of the state.
As a result of the exceedingly dry
weather in South 'llete sections, the
Burlington has reduce! he rate on grain
from Omaha to interior points afrected
by the drouth for the p.rpose of giving
farmers who are hard hi by hot winds
a chance to
3BUY lRAIN ? IFEEITI LIR crocC,
thus being permitted to tini, over pres
Sent conditions. The Unio Pacific will
ft ollow the Burlington and will mank the
same rates to common points as the
r Burlington.
The stories of distress being reelved
s by the railroads are touching, oane as
n having killed thi:ty-five head of hams
y near North Platte rather than sUse
is them to starve. There are nmbsell
.h cases of this kind reported, arueses b
a- ing unable to give stock away beesusoa
n the inability of people to ears Mss n
Id properly after receiving thes. T.lI
of rain, however, which wars puts
, general throughout the wert s ad
o southern portions of Nbeuks, UIpW .
p. asist materially in oheci.g es ,iah e
I spread desolation of ruined esgs
lt therefor ruined lomes.
19 Will Never ne*w.
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it New Yoax, Aug. 21.-The l
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