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GEO. P..QABHED, Publisher.
WAHPETON, DAKOTA.
Twoiwwa died from eating too
hy many rotten potatoes down in Bald*
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Win cotm^r, Georgia, recently^
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•-'.-i-'' In preaching against extravagance
a western minister looked straight
at*orle of the ladies whohad on afl2
bonnet, and she fainted dead away
Owing to the great use ofthe twine
binder in harvesting the eonsump
tion of hemp and similar fibers has
increased 25 per cent, during the
iu past year.
A feature of the late eclipsofthe
moon at Downville,Col., wasagorge
ous rainbow ring that surrounded the
moon. Inclosed were seven brilliant
stars of the first magnitude.
The new palace of the Japanese
f' emperor cost $3,968,231. The first
estimate ofthecost was $12,000,000,
but it was reduced by order of the
emperor.
The St. Louis Dispatch wants a
law in that state to prevent any one
rfrom blowing a dinner horn except
for legitimate purposes and at the
.dinner hour. They don't take to
music in Missouri.
A Norwegian engineer locates leaks
In a ship, while in dry dock,'by filling
the vessel with smoke. The leaks
are soon shown by an escape of
smoke, the process requiring only
thirty or forty minutes.
It has lately been discovered by
Dr. Herold, of the board of health
Newark,
N.
«.v*
J., that many cases of
lead poisoning result from the use
of bottled soda water, the stoppers
of which usually contain lead, which
is dissolved by the soda-water.
It is against the law in Mexico for
anyone to read a newspaper aloud
but no one cares for that, as few peo
ple want to read them anyhow. You
can get more news in Mexico by sit
ting down half an hour at popular
cafe than you could get by reading a
Mexican paper for a month.
George Elliott, of Baltimore, is
probably the oldest aeronaut in the
world. He began balooning in1834,
and has made 127 ascents in all, in
only one of which was seriously in
jured. His thigh was broken on this
occasion, and he ceased his aerial
flights. Now he is 84 years old and
practices shoemaking.
Representatives Long of Massa
chusetts and Breckinridge of Ken
tucky recently attended a dinner
party in Philadelphia and made
speeches. The ex-Governor of Massa
chusetts, who iB about to resume the
practice of law, remarked: "Mr.
Breckinridge is a distinguished mem
ber ofthe retiring Democratic party,
while I am a retiring member of the
distinguished Republican party."
Hartford, Conn., iB proud of a rail
way flagman who has been at his
post 27 years without an accident
baving happened at his crossing. Al
though his post is within the city's
limits, yet he has not been into the
city for 16 years and has never seen
|he new postofiice, begun in 1873,
Jbeliug too tired, he says, after 12
hours' steady work every day in the
year.
Wayne MacVeagh and Daniel
Dougherty having removed to New
York, the Philadelp hia Ledger ex
plains that they did so because they
lacked excitement in the Quaker City.
"In the civil courts of Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania they had and
have abundant employment, but
they yearn for the excitement of de.
fending great criminals, of whom
there are none here. New York over*
•flows' Witb criminals of the deepest
dye, hence Wayne MacYeagh and
Daniel Dougherty go to New York."
arrath^- pe-u£ar petition was pre
snted t^ the Kansas house the oth
'erday, by Mr. 'Sherman, of Rooks
county/ it was from 132 citizens of
that county. They want the legis
lature to make an appropriation for
tjHe purpose pf experimenting in the
matter of securing artificial rainfall
*»ys
aeans of ca nnonading. The pe*
tit|pii was as follows: "We, yourpe
neTS^ nVany of us veterans of the
tte waiJ knowing from experience
behjfj rainfalls followed each
battteo cannonading, and believing
that this fact indicates that man
may produce rainfall by artificial
lation of the atmosphere when
otherwise it would not be experienced,
and Relieving it would be wise for the
of Kansas to make a reason
ably experiment in the matter of at
pting to produce artificial rain
11, 'wbuid most respectfiilly ask you
mgke an appropriation out of the
ury for the purpose of such ex
irimente either by cannonading or
inriae asmay be deem^l best."'
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POTPOURRIOF NEWS.
fllMMd from the Latest Associated
Prew Telegrams and Greatly
ix
Condensed.
Washington Badget,
The general ezodoH that was anticipated
by people from the twin cities to witness the
inuwnration ceremonies at Washinston, ac
cording to the railway officials, nos not
panned ont to meet their expectations. It
advantage of the reduced rate, and great
preparations had been made by the various
roads to accommodate the
throng. Mr. Mc
Cnllongh, ofthe Omaha, said that not over
200 would leave the cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
The presidentJiasiiuraed the following proc
lamation Whereas, Puplic interests require
that the senate should be convened on the
4th day of March next, to receive such com
munications as may be made by the execu
tive. Now, therefore I, Grover Cleveland,
States to convene at the capital in the city
of Washington on the4th day of March next,
at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who
shall at that time be entitled to act as mem
bers of that body, ore hereby required .to
take notice.
E. L. Bonner, president of the Montana
Improvement company, has been in Wash
ington for, some daye past trying to arrange
with the general land office for a dismissal of
the suits against the company for cutting
timber in the public lanas of Montana.
There are about twenty cases against the
company, involving the cutting of 86,000,
000 feet of timber, 1,024,700 cords of wood
10,000,000 posts and 15,000,000 shingles
Mr. Bonner asserts that this timber was cut
during the construction ofthe Northern Pa
cific road, and was used in the construction.
For this reason he says suit can't be main
tained. The agents ofthe general land of
fice claim, however, that the timber was all
cut since the construction of the road, 1883,
'84 and 85. Special District Attorney H.
Hobson, who is prosecuting thesecases, is in
the city to oppose Mr. Bonner's purpose.
Calendar of Casoaltles,
As a Grand Trunk freight train was cross
ing the Canadian Pacific track at Brampton,
Canada, a freight train on the latter road
dashed into it, cutting its way through and
never stopping. Not a wheel of theCanadian
Pacific train left the track. The engineer and
fireman jumped and escaped uninjured. The
brakemen ran forward, setting the brakes,
and on reaching the engine brought the train
to a stand. The train nod then run two and
a half miles past the scene ofthe accident.
No one was hurt, but considerable damage to
property was done.
Fire in Milwaukee destroyed the building
on Broadway owned by Mrs. Bosworth and
occupied by J. E. Jenner & Co.. milliners.
Jenner's loss is 985,000 to f40,000 insur
ance, $34,000. The loss on building is 30,
000, insurance $20,000.- When the fire was
the groans and pitiful appeals for help, and
one by one they were extricated, the work
occupying more than an hour. All were
quite seriously injured and maimed, and two
or three will probably die.
The natural gas explosions near Pittsburg
wrecked five buildings and injured a num
ber of persons, one fatally and two others
quite seriously. The first explogion occurred
at Tarentum. The concussion almost com
pletely demolished two brick dwellings and
two smaller buildings used as store rooms.
The dwellings were occupied by Joel Smith
and William C. Pritchard, both prominent
citizens, and the families were just retiring
when the explosion took place. All were
more or less scratched and bruised, but Mrs.
Smith was the only one dangerously hurt.
She was terribly burned about the head and
breast and will probably die. The loss will
be quite heavy. The second explosion total
ly wrecked tne frame house of Patrick Mur
ray, on Brownsville avenue. The family,
consisting of five persons, were still in bed,
and it is miracle that alt were not killed out
right. Murray was the most seriously hurt.
He was badly burned about the head and
face and had one leg crushed by a falling
timber. Nora, 'a thirteen year-old daughter,
jumped from a second story- window, and
sustained painful bnt not dangerous injuries!
Mrs. Murray and the two younnrer children
escaped with a few scratches. The explosions
were caused by leaks in the pipes, and are
the only serious accidents tliat nave occurred
here from natural gas for nearly two years.
Crimes and Crlmlaals.
George Bryson, who is accused of having
muideted Annie Luudstrum, was taken to
Boulder from Helena, where he will be tried
March 11. The case promises to be some
what complicated and interesting. Many
witnesses has been summoned.
Charles Tierney, alias BigCharley.
a roving
gambler, during un altercation inaealoon at
Billings, Mont., struck one of the discharged
Rocky Park laborers over the head with the
butt of a six-shooter, Beverly injuring one of
his eyes. Big Charley was arrested.
»'A. B. Cleveland, thirty-eight years old and
married, and president of the A. B. Cleveland
company ot Now York, wholesalers of seeds,
has been missing for three weeks. It is said
he provided himself out of the. county fonds
and by loans with over fl00,000 before
leaving.
Miss Welter, who was made the victim of a
foul attempt at murder at West Superior, re
gained consciousness, but denies any knowl
edge as to the identity Of her assailant. She
contradicts the first. reports, however, by
stating that the would-be murderer entered
her room and *A-uck at her witli a pair of
scissors. There is not the slightest clue as
yet.
Grace Irwin, aged thirteen, was lured from
her home in New York bv a negro, who told
her that her teacher had met with an acci
dent and had sent for her. The story was
false. The police have been notified of the
girl's disappearance. It is evident that she
has been kidnaped. She is- very handsome
and looks older than she is. She is an or
phan, of wealthy English family.
In the outskirts of St. Charles, Minn., Mrs.
Minnie Mulier, wife of Robert Muller, locked
herself in a room-and took a dose of arsenic,
which proved fatal before a physician could
reach the spot. She leaves two small chil
dren. Her father. Philip Whitman, is one of
the oldest and inoBt highly respected citizens
of the place. Domestic trouble is said to
have been the cause of the rash act.
William Landgraf, a lad about 18 years of
•ge, living in Mankato, Minn., was arrested
on charge of larceny. On searching him
about $300 in money, a pair of cuff buttons
and several lead 5-oent pieces were found.
He had been making and passing these
pieces of of counterfeit money for some time.
He also belonged to a gang that have been
passing raised bank notes, and had suc
ceeded in passing several 91° bank notes
raised to 95. He was arrested and tried and
was bound over to be tried before the United
States district attorney at St. Paul.
Jock Cooper, one of "Cattle Kate" Max
well's gang, was shot and killed at Cheyenne,
Wyo.. by Ed Wcstphaul, a ranchman who
has suffered by the gang's depredation.
Westphaul threatened to kill Jaek if he ever
caught him around the ranch on the Sweet
water again. Cooper opened fire with his re
volver aitd Westphaul returned it with a
Winchester. Cooper was shooting from be
hind his horse, but the ranchman killed the
horse and shot Cooper as he was running. It
is believed that "Cattle Kate" and her party
will avenge Cooper's death.
_J. W. Anderson, pout master at Collin's, No
Man's Land, states that he hud escaped
from that territory to snve his life. Last
week a band of cowboys, representing them
selves to le in the employ ot the Colorado &
IVew Mexico Cattle Company, rode into Col
lins. a small place in the west end ofthe Pub
lie Strip, and ordered the citizens to vacate
that territory within forty-eight hours mi-
mother and brother, he fied to Boston, a
small town near the Colorado line. He says
there is quite a number of refugees in Boston
who escaped from the wrnth or the cowboys
Anderson tells of ten men who .have barri
caded themselves in a sod house and will
fight the cowboys to the bitter end.
John Holler,'ft'Germato, lived «ith'his fam
fy. a wife and five children, on a claim two
Bides from Dickinson, Dak. He and his wife
boa been having some trouble wid he
threatened their Uvea, his wife left bin and
went to a neighbors for safety, and in a
snort time her husband followed her, taking
with him a Winchester rifle. After first driv
ing the people from the house where she had
taken refoge, by threats of murdering them
all, he entered the house and dragged his de
fenseless wife from her hiding place and de
liberately murdered her by firing two shots,
one of which took effect in the left breast and
the other in the abdomen. He then went
outside and placed the muzzle of the gun
against his left temple and firedjJtlowing oil
the whole top of his head. It is said that he
killed a farmer's wife some years ago in the
East, and was accused of burning a house
three yeurs ago to obtain the insurance,
thus snowing that he was a bad man. His
intention was to cremate his five small chil
dren, but fortunately they escaped the horri
ble death.
The jury before whom Gov. Larrabee ol
Iowa, was tried for libel, remained out all
night, and when brought into court an
nounced that they were unable to agree. In
answer to Judge Conrad's inquiry au to the
nature of the disagreement, the foreman
said it was in reference to the effect of the
court's instructions in relation to exhibit
"A." whether or not it wns a privileged docu
ment. Thereupon the court wrote out ad
ditional instructions in effect, as follows:
"The evidence shows, without contradiction,
that ail of Exhibit
A,
except the heading
thereof, is composed of copies of papers filled
in the governor's office in the matter of the
application for the pardon of Chester Turney
remonstrating against granting such pardon
and are part of the records in that matter,
and as such, said Exhibit A is absolutely
privileged communication. Before you can
convict you must find that tliey were mali
ciously circulated by the defendant in the
manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
directed." About a hour afterward the jury
returned to the court room with a verdict of
acquittal. The vindication is regarded as
the more fall and complete by reason of the
passive attitude ofihe defense.
Foreign Jottings.
The grave troubles that threaten the Brit
ish government, owing to their connection
with the Times in their attempts to convict
the Pnrnellities of crime, cause much distress
and alarm among the ranks of the Tories,
and the question of the first importance is
how to save themselves from total defeat.
The Tories will concentrate all their efforts
to save the ministry from falling, at all
events. In order to do this it is plain that
some one must be sacrificed and that one
will naturally be Sir Richard Webster, the
attorney-general, whom the Tories now
charge with bringing the present ridiculous
situation upon them.
News In General.
The financial 'statement of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad company tor
1888 was filed with the Wisconsin commis
-eioners at Madison. It is the most unfavor
able exhibit yet made by auy western road
for last year, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
The disbursements were 94,689,703 in ex
cess of the gross income.
Anarchist Oscar Neebe's confession turns
out to be no confession at all. The docu
ment was received at Chicago by Neebe's
brother, and after long consideration by him
and attorney was given to'the presB. Neebe
in it. declares himself innocent of any com
plicity in the Hay market tragedy. Referring
to the statement of Judge Grinnell and Gary
that they would sign a letter tothegovernor
in his favor provided he made a full state
ment of his connection with anarchistic or
ganizations, experiments with dynamite, etc.
He denied knowing anything about matters
referred to. He asserts that so far as he
knows the defense in his trial had no illegit
imate scheme or plans, and concludes by say
ing he always maintained thut the ballot and
not force was the proper weapon ofthe work*
ing class.
Asolfcsr Tragedy la St. Paal.
To be shot dead in the street by a woman
of the town on whom he had once bestowed
the affections of a lover was the fate which
John W. Doherty unconsciously met when he
left his desk in the St. Paul office ofthe
American Express company to go to supper
on Wednesday, evening, Feb. 27th.
Calculating his movements with an exact
ness born of previous observations Lizzie
Hart, who has been a notorious member of
the demi monde for five years, going by
the assumed names of Clara Blats and
Clara Doherty, was coming down the
south side of Fitth street as he' turn
ed into that thoroughfare from Jack
son street where the express office is,
as she crossed Robert street she
saw him com
ing half-way down the block. Keeping close
to the side of the bill boards which wall the.
vacant corner lot there, she slackened her
Eave
aee. Doherty was walking fast. He might
noticed her, but he showed no sign of
it as hepassed her, about seventy-five feet
east of Robert street. She whirled around
as he went by, drew the revolver from her
muff, and exclaimed, "Take that, you—of
a ." and fired. The bulletnntered his back
just below the the left shoulder blade, and
was taken out afterward from where
it lodged beneath the skin in the center of
his breast. It must have gone near the
heart. He staggered forward two
or three steps and fell face downward across
the stone sidewalk with his face toward the
gutter.
When they rushed to the spot the woman
wns standing over Doherty's prostrate body
surveying her work with a critical eye, in
tense passion shone in her white face, but
she did not tremble or weep. The blood
surged from the dyingman's nose
and mouth,
and a little stream trickled across the walk
and stained her shoe*. She did not move un
til Policeman Casserly came and took her
by the arm. Then she pulled the revolver
out of her muff, handed it to him signified by
a nod that she was ready to go. Not a word
was spoken until after she was lodged in a
cell at the central station.
The bystanders picked Doherty up and car
ried him into a laundry office across the
street. He was still breathing and seemed to
be trying to talk. His lips moved, but there
came no sound. In ten minutes he was dead.
Lizzie Hart might still be called hand
some but for the brazen look which is the
symbol of her calling, and the slightly dis
located nose.
The man she murdered was truly an
Apollo^ Only twenty-six years old, of medi
um height, with finely cut clean-shaven
features, and close-cropped, curly black hair,
weighing about 175 pounds. John Doherty,
or "Doc." Doherty as he was familiarly called,
was well fitted to command the admiration
of women. He was n. showy dresser, and of
pleasing manners. It wns Lizzie Hart's
jealousy of his suspected attention* to other
women that most frequently started their
frequent quarrels.
Doherty had been for six years an employe
of the express company, and he was, well
liked by both his superiors and his fellows.
They do not believe the woman's storieB ot
brutality. Doherty has no relatives here.
He was reared at Tilsonberg, Canada, but
since he cume West his parents have moved
to Waverly, Dak., where the father runs a
large farm.
adsianesr Kicks t'aele Ssm.
The president sent to congress, in reply to'
a house resolution, a batch of correspond
ence touching recent affairs in Madagascar.
Ill Secretary Bayard's letter to the president
he states that since the reception of United
States cousul Campbells dispatch of Oct. 12
last from Tamative, Madagascar, the de-
S[r.
urtment has been informed of tho killing of
St
an wood, the United States consular
agent at Andukabe by a man named Du
Verges, suid to be the master of an American
schooner called the Solitaire. As the ac
counts of this incident in the possession of
the department are aB yet imperlect. it will
be necessary to make it the subject ot a
further communication. Mr. Campbell com-
E[alagassey
iains of lack of courtesy shown him by the
minister of foreign affairs in
answering his communications. Reference is
made to the aggressive character of
the British cousul, kersgill, in
pushing tho interests of his country
among the natives,
aud thus
incurring the en
mity of consuls of other countries, particu
larly of Mr. Stanwood, United States con
sular agent, who was subsequently killed.
Mr. Campbell, in referring to the claims of
the United States upon Madagascar gained
by treaty, says: "I fear that it will take a
greater pressure than is
in the power of this
consulate to bring this government to a
sense of its duty in the fulfillment of its treaty
obligations and stipulations, for it will
evade, if possible, by equivocation and de
lays its treaty responsibilities. I would
therefore suggest to the department the
propriety of instructing the secretary of the
navy to send one of our ships of war here at
the first opportunity,: in order to show this
government that we mean. that our daims
upon it must be settled, and also to visit the
west coast and we what can be done in the
Grovie and Smith case."
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•••erafclj la a Pes*
I ^I'/syltaala sTatsry.
At the main entrance to the factory the
remains of Ave of the girls were found. They
must have evidently made an effort to get
out a.
ter the first explosion, but were caught
in the debris before they could reach the
??r'
one
of the bodies was recogniz­
able. Some had their heads blown off
the!* their arms, and a majority were
minus both lem and arms. The arrival ol
the relations of tho dead added confusion to
the scene. Their cries were heartrending and
pitiable, and what made it more pathetic
was the fact that mothys and sisters were
unable to recognize their own dead. After
working for hours the rescuers succeeded in
getting out all the remains, which consisted
of trunks, arms, legs and skulls. Every
one in the building at the time of the ex
plosion perished with the exception of
Foreman Reese. He was stondiug at a
stove when the first explosion took
P|oce. He rushed for the door to notify the
girls when the second explosion knocked him
down in tho basement. He managed to
crawl out of this place. The cause of the ex
plosion is a mystery. Powell says the sqibs
piled in a box must have exploded from
spontaneous combustion. He Bays he never
allowed any large quantity of powder' in the
building. When powder was wanted it was
tuken from the magazine 100 yards away.
Experts, however, claim that there must
have been powdct in the building or the force
of the explosion would not have been BO
great. There were three stoves in
the building.
The scenes around the undertaker's es
tablishment where the bodies of the victims
were taken were henrtrendiug. Eleven bodies
lay there headless, armlesB and legless. From
pieces of scorched clothing and from tho but
tons were the victims identified. The body
of a young girl. supposed to ba from Scran
ton and who was seeking work, has not yet
been identified.
Up to a week ago eighty girls had been em
ployed, but an accident to a portion of
the machinery made it necssary to lay ill
but a few of them. A storehouse only ti
feet from the ruins contained twenty
kegs of powder. Hundreds ot people stood
near it during the fire, not knowing its con
tents, and strange to say it did not explode
as it became ns hot as' a stove. Eye wit
nesses, of whom there aro but few, say there
were five reports, two heavy and threelight.
The heavy ones were powder kegs and the
light ones were boxes ol squibs. At midnight
Foreman Reese is raving in deliriums.
A Celifornla 1'rafa Bobbery.
On the receipt of the intelligence recently of
a train robbory at Pixley, a special car was
at once ordered to carry officers to the scene
af the robbery, and in a short time about
ten officers were on the ground where the
tragedy had taken place. A pool ofiresh
blood was found Beveral yards from the
track, where one of the unfortunate passen
ijers had been shot down. There wereindica
tions that horses had been hitched to one ot
the telegraph poles near by. Two tramps
were found who told the following story:
We were waiting for the train to ride iut
to Pixley and noticed two more men who
were said to be waiting for the train. We
went up and commenced talking to them.
They acted in a very peculiar manner. It
was so dark that we
could not tell exactly how
tiiey looked, but.think both were good-sized
men. Both wore overcoats, and wore white
ihirts. One had his clothes strongly per
fumed both had shotguns qr what appeared
to us to be shotguns. They asked us where
was a good place to get on the train. We
told them, and asked them where they were
going. They said to Delano to shoot jack
rabbits. We asked them what was the mat
ter with shooting jack rabbits at Pixley?
One of them said ne had a ranch at Delano.
•Iu»t then the train come along and the men
jumped on the front part of the engine.
One ofthe tramps .continued:
Something seemed to warn me that a'l was
not right. ,As the train pursed, a third man
jumped from somewhere and boarded one of
tho passenger curs. I felt uneasy and walked
over to the depot and told some one what
bad happened. I was only laughed at, bnt
it wns not long till we heard what happened.
.The tramp who was riding on the pfutlorm
of the buggage car said:
The train commenced to slow up when we
jot a short distance beyond Pixley. When it
hud nearly stopped I discovered
there was trouble of some kind
and jumped off. Whon they com
menced shooting Iran and jumped a wire
fence nnd laid down in the field near by. I
jeard some One say "My God. I am killed,"
when the shooting
occurred, tihd then I heard
in explosion of soinekind. When the robbers
lad gone I slipped out and got umong the
jnssengers. One of the men shot had his
•ide'toin to pieces with buckshot. The trail,
lacked up to Pixley, when one ofthe passen
gers claimed he saw a man fall ut a distance
Tom the track, The train went back and
ire searched for the man. We soon found
lim. He hail evidently been instantly killed.
J'ho shot entered near the temple. He hud
ticket in his hat for Poso.
From the people of Pixle.v and other
sources it wns learned thut when the train
was stopped, that as soon as the express
messenger found out what was the trouble
iie barred the doors ofthe car. but the rob
bers threw a bomb under it nnd gave him
mclii a shaking up that he was glad to open
the aoorR. Toe amount taken is variously
?8timoted, some placing it from $50,000 to
$60,000. The men are searching the coun
try, though there is no clew as to the direc
tion tukeu by the robbers.
Open to the Air.
In earlier days and milder climates
houses were open to the air, and ven
tilation was not felt. The most fa
tal diseases at that time were ot
the lower viscera, the in
lection being introduced through
the stomach when not directly into
the blood, and mostly from contam
inated water. There arose then a
general conviction that water was
an unwholesome drink until purified
by heat or ferment as in making broth
beer, cider or wine. And in tne case
of wells in walled cities closely crowded
for safety against human enemies,
this couclusion was no doubt
correct.
Now, even in the open country, with
our air-tight stoves aud air-tight
walls, doors and windows, we are en
dangered more through the lungs. A
late writer says that out-door
atmosphere, even in the smokiest,
grimiest quarters of a city, in a hun
dredfold freer from disease germs
than the 'average indoor air of
a crowded lodging-house and that a
neglected bedroom on an open moun
tainside may be far more unwhole
somethan a well-aired basement in
the slums ofNev York.—N. Y. Tri
bune.
.....
VVr
iMHMMHBi
Plymouth
a few milea from Wilkesbane, ptt., by which
the souls of ten girls and one
man were hurled
into 'twnity.' Sack of the Gavlord shnfi
stood the factory of John Pnwell,used forth«
manufacture of aquibs used bv the miners in
louwnini J-
while the majority ofthe girls were at theii
homes eating dinner the people were startled
5£afelling thunders of a terrific explo
sion. They rushed torror-stricken to theii
doon and windows, and in'the distance saw
•louds of smoke ascending from the squill
factory. Soon a large crowd' had gathered,
around it. and women began ringing theii
hands and men turned away from the sight
presented when the charred bodt
?f. young girt was seen
lying in one of the rooms, and the fact
became known that at least twenty persons
were in the Jrailding at'the time of the ex
plosion eating their noonday lunch. The
scene wna fraught with terror as the girls,
some of tbm fteedinfft otheni gasping for a
^ew breaths of fresh air, rushed to the win
™M. *5d screamed frantically for nelp.
About this time a dozen miners from the ad
joining colliery came upon the scene as soon
us they saw the bleeding forms of the girls
calling for aid rushed toward the building in
a body, but fate IfreventM thtir proffered
succor. As soon as they stepped near the
door another terrific explosion 'MIC place
and the entire building collapsed,'burying in
the ruins the forms that a moment before
stood crying for assistance. The braver of
the men, when the smoke and flying debris
had settled rushed among the ruins and one
by one the bodies were found and taken out.
mangled *0l|d woognition, bleeding and
Dakota Legislature.
TMBAYFEB. 39.
COCHCIL.—The news announcing the action
of the president was received a few minutes
before the train with the legislative excursion
ista left for Helena. It wns hardly expected
to-day and waa something of a surprise, but
a very grateful one. Cheers greeted the an
nouncement, and everybody was .congratul
ating. It was now North and South Dakota
and no mistake. It was the opinion that the
legislature would now act upon the two
state theory to tho letter and pending bills
would be indefinitely postponed almost as
fast asthey
came up. Appropriation bills cov
ering one year's maintenance would now
come up and be passed with dispatch. It
was a jolly holiday. Bismarck will get the
constitutional convention. Asmall minority
of the members of the legislature went to
Helena. The trip was considered: too long
and the weather too cold, and many who in
tended to go gave up the idea. Among those
who went were Councilmen Hughes, Cooper
and Walsh, and Representatives Turnbull,
Palmer, Sheets, Powell, Upham.Swanstrom,
Trade, Patton. Bixler, Bennett, Logan,
Lillibridge, Wellman, Elliott, Chaplain, Lane,
and President McLouth, of Brookings col
lege.
HOTOE.—Eleven members ofthe house met
and adjourned. This was for the purpose of
keeping the record straight. A number of
the members went home. Councilman
WaShbaugh went to Yankton to visita sick
child. Tne only child and daughter of Coun
cilman Miller died to-day ofscarlet fever. Rep
resentatives McHugh and Powell are both
sick. They are members of the Alloway in
vestigating committee. Witnesses were ex
amined in the sick room of McHugh. that
there might be a quorum present. John
McKelvey and John Ely, two cattlemen of
Mouse river, were among the witnesses ex
amined.
MONDAY FEB. 35.
Council.—The council met to-day, but there
was no quorum and an adjournment was
taken until to-morrow.
HOUSE.—-In the committee of the whole in
the House forty-three bills were disposed o'.
The bill investing the governor with power
of removal was recommended by the commit
tee to pass with only one dissenting vote—
Mallory of Dickey. The Minnesota railroad
commissioner law was up, and a little skirm
ish over it occurred. It will be further con
sidered to-morrow. This law meets with
rat
favor, and will sidetrack rll other bills
the house on that subject. The
bilf reducing the exemption of 91,500 was
indefinitely postponed. The appropriation
bills are still in tne hands of the committee,
but they will have right of way under the
rules when reported. The reports are now
being made up, and may be expected by
Thursday. They will probably be confined
to one year's maintenance, and therefore tho
amounts wid be smaller than for four years.
TUESDAY, FEH. 20.
HOUSE.—The feature of the legislature to
day was the fight over the three railroad
bills. These were considered in the commit
tee of the whole, Aitkens of Canton leading
the fight against the bill reported by the
joint committee on railroads. He held that
it was unconstitutional, null and void and
absolutely ineffectual. This was a carefully
drawn bill and was the subject of a good
deal of work. The discussion forced by
Aitkens showed that it would not hold wa
ter, and after a powerful onslaught by the
Canton gentleman .the committee voted
to postpone the joint- bill indefinitely,
and with it went the Fletcher bill. The
Minnesota law was then accepted by a vote
-of26tol6. Itwas, however, by consent,
sent back the judiciary committee until to
morrow, when it will be passed by an increas
ed vote. During the railroad debate tho su b
ject of the excursion to Montana was touched
upon and Newman of Sargent, who.was one of
the excursionists, scorched the eighteen mem
bers who sent the telegram Saturday advis
ing the Montana legislature that there were
only ten legistators in the party. The bill
authorizing the appointment of ladies ns
notaries public was passed by the house.
This was in face of tho attorney general's
opinion that the bill was unconstitutional.
The council was busy, but did nothing im
portant.
WEDNESDAY, FED. 27,
COUNCIL.—The Australian system of voting
was' discussed in the council, with an unfav
orable tenor. The objectors considered it
too much of an innovation at this juncture.
HOUSE.—Both houses passed the Soldiers'
home bill over the governor's veto. In the
house the vote stood 34 to 10. Those vot
ing to sustain the governor were Cooke,
Logan, McNeil, Miller. Morris, Patiidge,
Potter, Smith, Turnbull and Van Etten. In
the council the vote was 15 to 4. Votes for
the governor were Patten, Soderberg, Wool
heiserand VanOsdell. Two Democrats dodged
Cameron and McDonald. Two-thirds ofthe
council is sixteen. It was at once claimed
by a few that the passage of the bill in the
council was not legul that the organic act
meant two-thirds of the whole house and
not two-thirds of the members present. It
was said that the courts would construe the
organic act literally as meaning two-thirds
of the whole house, present or ab
sent that this possible construc
tion would injure the sale of the
945,000 of bonds. On the contrary, the
friends ofthe bill challenge the citation of a
•ingle authority to sustain that interpreta
tion ot the words, "two-thirds of that
house." It was held that the practice in
congress justifies the view that fourteen in
two-thirds, the total number present being
eighteen. The municipal suffrage bill was
killed by a vote of 10 to 34 in the house. Sheets
introduced a resolution providing for the
publication of one hundred thousand copies
of the South Dakota Constitution for gener
al distribution referred. The committee ol
the whole in the house acted favorably upon
the bill to locate the North Dakota Agricul
tural college at Valley City, The bill invest
ing the governor with the power of removal
was reported favorably. The so-called Pink
erton police bill was killed in the committee
of the whole. The hanking and warehouse
bill was reported favorably. There was a
telegraphic inquiry from Washington for
documents involving Gov. Church and his
Bail up Salt creek. The ltoyer memoriul ask
ing for Gov. Church's removal was asked for
and it wonld have been brought up to-day if
it had been reached in its order. It will
probably come up to-morrow, be passed and
a copy sent ot once to Washington.
THURSDAY, FEB. 28.
COUNCIL.—In the council the bill providing
for the Australian system of voting passed
by a good vote—16 to 5. Nays were Dollard,
Lricson, Harstad, Walsh and Washabaugh.
A bill offered in the house establishing an in
sane asylum west of the Missouri was reject
ed and not made of record. A memorial to
congress, too late to reach that body, asking
for an appropriation to build up Fort Lin
coln, passed the house. A proposition to sit
thiB evening and listen to the reading of the
endless testimony in the Jamestown asylum
investigation was defeated.
HOUSE.—The principal incident of tho ses
sion occurred to-day in the house. It came
at the_closing minutes, and arose upon a
a motion to consider the vote that passed
the railroad bill and lay that motion upon
the table. Adams mnde the motion, and
while it was pending McHughes made a mo
tion to adjorn. A point of order was raised.
Speaker Keith.ignored the point of order
and put the motion to adjoun and declared
it carried, amidst a volley of nays
and cries of appeal from the decision
ofthe chair. Members were on' their feet
calling for a hearing, but no hearing was ac
corded. The speaker left the chair abruptly,
and when he came down to the floor was first
accosted by one of his friends, who charact
erized his conduct as an outrage and by oth
ers, who addressed him in the severest lan
guage at their commnnd. Every ruling he
mnde was nirainst all parliamentary rules.
The speuker's friends from Sioux Falls say he
has committed a political suicide, and that
his arbitrary adjournment or the house has
few precedents in the history of arbitrary dis
missals of parliamentary bodies. The reason
for his uction lies in his opposition to the
railroad bill that, had passed during the aft
ernoon. He lmd voted against it.
Jnpp Schoop, on trial for the murder of
Anton Schilling, WHS I onvicted at l'liiladel-
Sas
ih
hiu of murder in the first degree. Schoop
feigned ignorance of the English lan
guage and deafness, but heard nnd under
stood the verdict and exclaimine "Oh,
God!"
All the white miners to the number of sev
eral hundred employed in the Dunsmire coal
mines at Comox British Columbia have
struck. The troubles arose from the em
ployment of some Chinese at the mines. The
miners demanded that the Celestials be dis*
charged, which was refused.
The house sustained the governor's veto ol
the bill reapproprintingunexpended balances
to the Grand Forks university. It it also in
definitely postponed the conncil bill provid
ing for foreclosure of mortgages by action
|only. /,
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HENOH TABTE IN HOUSE DEESSH&.
1 TVell-laformod Tonrtat Explains
the l.ataet stylo* in Parisian Apart
ment Famishing.
"Tho Frenoh famish thoir houses
noro tutely than any other nation in
he world," observed a gentleman who
pent the summer abroad. At prelent
he prevailing stylo for apartment for
ilture is that of Loois XVI. It has
aken the place of Henry IL style,
vhich was less distinctive. Some poo
le prefer the style of the First Em
ire, notwithstanding its stiffness.
'-Until the last year it was the custom
employ to profusion plushes and
ieavy stuffs in the decoration of bed
shambers and the petit salon, while
•ho parlors were filled with furniture
ind the table covered with knick
cnacks. Finally, it began to be ad
nitted that it was next to impossible
breath in such a crowded centre.
Amateur singers also complained, for
apestry, curtains, carpets and a mass
furniture destroy all the finer effects
if music. So the tendency now is to go
0 the other extreme.
"The walls are left almost bare, and
you possess fine, large rooms, it is
sustomary not to have them carpeted,
being felt that the pretty legs of an
irtistio piece of furniture stand out in
ill their beauty only on a highly-polish*
id hardwood floor.
"But those who go to the other
ixtreme and leave their drawing
:oom almost empty must have at least
1 sofa, four armchairs and four recep
ion chairs. It is the rule to have this
urniture upholstered in ancient tapes*
ry. Although this material is often
sostly and there seems to be no pros
ect of getting it any cheaper, the nse
if this stuff has these advantages. It
always in fashion, it does not wear
ut, and harmonizes with all colors.
"To these necessary articles of furni
ure should be added two or three
round tables holding knickknacks,
lowers, vases, etc. In one corner may
placed a card tables half hidden un
ler a cover of some ancient stuff and
another corner an ottoman. Tho
Trench drawing-room used to be fam
IUS for its fine clocks. But this old
ustom is now disappearing and a
warble or bronze statue or bust occu
ies the central position on the mantel
lece, supported by candelabra or
amps half-hidden in fine Japanese or
Chinese vases.
"There is also a growing tendency
do away with curtains, even when
nade of rich gnipure or when adorned
vith Middle Age embroidery both of
vhich styles have long been held in
ligh favor. This change is due to the
act that curtains hide windows, and
he panes which are worth seeing to
lay, because of the vogue of small
tiiddle Age panes, or of the large, fine
srystal glass ones that fill tho whole
vindow. Shades, which are taking
lie place of curtains, are made of silk
light tints or of gauze artistically
ooped up."
ROBBING FOREIGNERS.
An Expose of Some of til* Tricks
Employed by Parla Dress-Mak
ers.
Many ladies coming over h|re for a
!ew days or weeks, and having a
reaming to carry home some gowns
tam the magic city, shrink from the
rorld-famous establishments on ac
:ount of the expense. And there are
tundreds of dress-makers here, writes
iie Paris correspondent of the Ladies'
Helorial, who could—••an if they
irould"—turn out a costume every
vhit ns elegant as those made by their
tig neighbors at a much lower figure.
It is in deialing with these that the
itranger should be very cautious and,
:o use a rather slangy expression,
"keep her weather eye open."
These "little dress-makers" are full
playful tricks which must be guard
against—slight but irritating devia
tions from the paths of strict commer
cial morality, all of which are artfully
irranged to augment their profits at
die cost the luckless customer.
Par example—and this particular
node of deception is far from uncom
'mon—one of these ladies will show
fou as''a pattern a very handsome
Iress in rich materials. Tou are
sharmeiL Of course the dress in hand
loes not fit you it is clet&Tly designed
fit nobody. The obliging dress
maker, seeing that yonr heart is fixed
npon it, offers to make an exact copy
»f the coveted garment and at a very
low priee. The tempting bait is thrown
out, and the innocent fish bites. The
srder is given. But alas! when the
Iress is delivered, what do you find?
The shape and style are copied ad
mirably—but the materials! Thin
lilk, cotton-backed velvet and satin,
the commonest and poorest of ribbons.
The entire effect of the costume is lost
in cheap material. Unfortunately,
there is no use sending the dress back,
even on the obvious plea that it is not
what was bargained for. The law will
protect the ••little dressmaker," and
right well she knows it too. The
mischief of the thing is that she has
the power to seize and detain her cus
tomer's trunks till the bill is paid, and
this power she will not hesitate to em
ploy on the slightest pretext.
Another most annoying device but
one which answers their purpose
splendidly, is to send home the dress
at the last moment compatible with
the actual fulfillment of the contract
There is no time for examination, let
alone alteration, and the thing has to
be taken on trust !ti shortcomings
only, being discovered in many cases
when leagues of land and sea lie be
tween the swindling dressmaker and
the confiding customer. Again, a not
uncommon practice is to add scores,
often hundreds, of francs to the price
agreed on for a dress and depend for
its payment upon the victim's natural
dislike to fighting in a foreign law
conrt
The left bower—the man who Isn't recog
nised by Ike lady to whom he lifts his hat—
9urtlgU* Fm frm.
Old Bill Hindsley.
A horseback traveler, in Tennessee,
approached an old fellow who sat on
log, near Bicbland Station, and asked
him if he had lived long in that neigh
borhood. The old fellow seratohed his
griizly board, looked about him,
whistled softly and then said:
••I 1 ved hero when Andrew Jackson
made his famous state bank •peeeh^
standing right out there oq, that
stump.1'
"You don't say So!"
"Yes. I da'
••What is your nameP"
••Thosd who know me nest and who
consequently respect mo most refer to
me ns the Hon. William Hindsley, bat
the most ignorant and consequently
more familliar, call me old Bill." .3,
••Very productive land about here, 1
suppose," the stranger said.
"So do L"
••Good place for watermelons?''
"Tolerable. I raised a few last
year that were pntty good slie.
know a passul of us took one ripped
in two with old Uncle Jim MoLangh
lin's cross-cut saw, hulled out the
meat got in the shell and paddled
across the high water."
"You don't say so!"
••Yes, I da"
"Good place for corn?"
"Only tolerable. I raised some last
year, though, that was pntty good size.
Passul of us one day shelled one of the
ears, putthe cob on Wat Gooeetree'a
wagon and hauled it to a saw-milL"
"What for?"
•To have it sawed into lumber."
"You don't—"
"Yes. I do," Mr. Hindsley broke in.
"That's a pretty big stump out
there" said the stranger.
"Yes, pretty good size."
"Was the tree very tall?"
"About two hundred feet"
"You—"
"Yes, I do."
•How long has it been eut down?"
"I cut it down last spring was a
yearago."
••Thought yon said that Andrew
Jackson stood on that stump." Jb
"Oh, no I said he leaned against the
tree."
"Yes, I remember now. Timber
grows verv rapidly in this country,
doesn't it?"
"Yes. pretty peart I neglected
chopping down some black oak sprouts
in my field one day, and the next
morning we chopped down several of
them aud split them into rails."
"Well, that is remarkable. Now,
that great tree that was so tall, how
long was that growing?"
"Well, Itellyoa It came up sum
mer before last and was grown by the
next May."
"I thought you said that Andrew
Jackson leaned against that tree."
"Oh, no I said he used to own the
land where the tree grew."
The stranger rode away, and meet
ing a man shortly afterward, asked
him if he knew the Hon. Wiliian^
Hindsley. ^7
"Yes, I know old Bill"
"Know him pretty well?"
"Yes, well enough to know that out
here at the station if a man repeats
anything that old Bill says, w'y, we
flue him a bushel of meal."
"Suppose the indiscreet man refuses
to pay it?'*
He can't help himself, for the mat
ter has been decided by the supreme
court. A fellow named Ben Hardin
contested the case, and it broke him
up.—Arkansato Traveler.
Money Spent in Holidaya
But the army of persons csrried by
the excursion barges is nothing in
numbers to the myriads who nse the
routes of steamers to get to the sea
side. The season at Coney Island ex-,
tends over fifteen weeks. The aver
age number who visit the island daily
during the season is 82,000, according
to tho statement of one of the oldest
hotel keepers along the beech. The
average prioe of an excursion ticket
is 45 cents, thus giving a daily total
to the transportation lines of 114*000.
A person, no matter how poor, who
succeeds in going to the island alone
or in a party and contrives to spend
less than 75 cents per capita iS' worthy
of the distinction of being the wonder
and enigma of his age. At this low
average .the receipts of the landlords
and thousand and one penny-grabbers
of the beech would be about 924,000.
This gives a grand total of (38,000 a
day. or $3,990,000 for the season, dur
ing ordinary weather. The warmer
the temperature is the higher tho
daily average.
The other resorts reached by regu
lar lines of steamers number about a
dozen, but the principal of these are
Rockaway and the beautiful Glen
Island. The daily average of
former is is about laOOO
of the latter 5.000. The other
resorts have in the neighborhood of
8,000 persons visit them daily. At a
capita expenditure of 91.20. apportion
ed to Coney Island, this would give a
total expenditure of 927.60a Thus,
according to the estimates which are
given by transportation agents, 155,000
persons daily leave the shores of New
York in search of cool breezes
find them at a cost of 9167,600 a
or, 816.038,000 for the season.
yet the libel has gone the rounds of
the world that Americans take no
holidays, but wear themselves
with continues work.—New
Timet.
A.
Check That Did Much Good.
Some weeks ago a prominent real
estate dealer in Los Angeles handed a
gentleman a check for 92,500 in adeaL
The recipient of it having some little
obligations outstanding as the result of
too much boom quietly indorsed it and
handed it to a creditor, and thns it
started on its mission of eharity, love
and business. In dne course of time
it turned up in the hands ot the orig
inal drawer of it with no less than
fifteen indorsements on the back It
had paid 937,600 In debts, madefifloan
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