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WESTKltN PIUXTING CO., Publishers.
OA ICES, NORTH DAKOTA.
NEWS ITEMS.
Summary of Current Events Gleaned
From Telegraphic Reports and
Exchanges.
Important North Dakota Event? Told
in Short, Intelligent News
Items.
Summary of the Most Important
Sonth Dakota News and
Gossip.
KOKTH DAKOTA.
at Bis-
Tho Btatc legislature convenes
marck on the Gth of January.
Several saloonkrepers in Bismarck have
have been arrested for violating the prohi
bition law.
BOOTH DAKOTA ITEMS.
'There was a disastrous fire at Uee Heights
on the night of the 28th.
The state legislature convenes at Pierre
on the Gth of January next.
The Sanborn county bank at Woonsock
et has failed, and the county treasurer is
$8,000 in the hole.
One thousand acres of land was jmr
chased at Yankton, on the 22d inst. by the
Mt. Carmel Aeronautic company of Chica
go, containing large deposits of aluminum,
the metal to bo used to construct the com
pany's air ship.
The body of a chimney sweep, known as
Frank Traverse, whose real name is be
leivcd to have been William Din, was
found in the river at Sioux
Fs.Hb
on the
21st inst. It is a clear case of murder but
there is no clue to the murderer.
The portion of the Bad Lands in South
Dakota occupied by the hostile Indians is
about 15 miles square. They extend south
to the Indian creek canyon, the north wall
of which is an inaccessible chalkstone cliff,
300 feet high. Fifteen miles from the Chey
enne this wall turns to the north and then
to the west, encircling the entire area occu
pied by the Indians. There are only three
passes leading into it and these are narrow
RAILROAD MEWS.
Thomas H. Dickinson, freight agent of
the Great Northern railroad at St. Paul,
Minn., has resigned that position.
RECENT CASUAIiTIES.
Fire at Alexandria, Mo., on the 23d inst.,
destroyed a block of buildings in the cen
tral portion of that village. The fire orig
inated in the warehouse of the St. Louise
&
St. Paul Packet company, and at one time
it was feared the whole town would be de
stroyed. The Keokuk fire department was
summoned, but when they arrived the fire
was under control. The loss
is estimated at
$25,000 iasurance small.
ney. Mr. McElroy gave them hie pocket-1
book containing $104. The robbers then
searched the house and found $2,000 in
__ gold and $2,500 in greenbacks. Thisseem
cd to satisfy them and they left. They are
stil". atlarge.
Noah Crooks, of Winchester, Ky., a rail
roader, and Moses Mack, a storekeeper,
quarreled a few days ago. Crooks shot
Mack in the head and then jumped on |a
train and lied. At Colby station Sheriff
Shaclcleford was waiting for him, and when
the train stopped called on him to surren
der. Crooks pulled his gun and fired the
ball striking Shackleford in
the leg. Shack
leford as he fell fired back, the bullet striking
Crooks in the stomach, producing a wound
from which he died.
F. M. Wilkins, a partner in the large cat
tle ranch of Wilkins Bros. & Co., near San
Antonia, Texas, together with a cowboy
named C. S. Walton, were found a few days
ago shot to death at their camp, fifty
miles from Langley. Wilkins' body had
been riddled with bullets and thrown into
an old storehouse, while Walton had evi
dently been shot while eating breakfast.
Two Mexicans are suspected of the murder
and have fled across the Rio Grande, with
the sheriff and oosse in Dursuit.
PERSONAL AND PPI.TTTfiAT..
J. G. Anderson, afarmer living near Lou
isville, Ky., reported to the police on the
23d inst., that his wife had sold his farm
for $12,000 cash and eloped with John
Doke, a blacksmith. The woman is 65
years old.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The German military authorities
much disturbed by the discovery that the
model of the newly adopted repeating rifle
has been stolen from the Colenel's quarters
at Munster. It is feared that it will be
sold
by the thief to the French.
Angel Sergas and Nocola Inga, two prom
inent and wealthy lawyers of Juarez have
been arrested in that city upon an order
from the court at Chihuahua and charged
with complication in the Bolton escape.
They have both been placed in
solitary con
finement.
A commission of the French chamber of
deputies is considering the question of navel
reform. Admiral Vallon stated before the
commission that with 400 torpedo boats
the coast of France would be practically
invulnerable. Ho expressed very little con
fidence in submarine torpedo boats.
defiles, easily guarded. There is an abun- nble that she will be released after serving
dance of grass for their stock and wood for
fuel. Two thousand Indians as well forti
fied as they are could give the entire army
of the United States a pretty good fight.
The residence of Victor llodgers at .Teese
ville, Mich., burned a few days ago and his
two children, aged 3 and 10 years, perish
ed. Half an hour previous to the discovery
of the tire Mrs Rodgers left the house to
visit her Bister, who lives two blocks dis
tant, taking her year-old babe with her.
The other two were locked in the house.
The firemen did not know the children were
in the house until the mother arrived. The
charred remains of the children were found
near a bed.
THE CRIMINAL RECORD.
Archer Harmon, a railroad contractor
and land speculator, was assaulted and
stabbed at Louisville, Ky., on the23d inst.
by James S. Givens, another speculator.
Harmon was badly but not dangerously
cu
In addition to the general indictment re'
turned against Banker Prettyman of Chica
go about [two weeks ago the grand jury
have retnrned seven more. One of them
was an omnibus indictment covering all
the features of his case, and the others
were individual indictments for receiving
deposits when the bank was insolvent.
There are three counts in each indictment.
A Swede named Nels Nord got into an
altercation with a countryman named Gus
Johnson an a wedding in Nogaunee, Mich.,
a few days ago, and hit him on the head
with the top of a coal stove, inflicting in
juries from which Johnson died next night.
Nord has eluded the officers and there is no
clue to his whereabouts.
William Marter, a wealthy farmer of
Springfield township, N. Y., was found
conscious on the street early on the morn
ing of the 23d inst. He bad twelve deep
lacerations in his throat. It was learned
that he received the cuts during a quarrel
over a game of poker, but who his assail
ant was he refuses to divulge. His condi
tion is critical.
Harris Williams, a justice of the peace
near Birmingham, Ala., was murdered
the 24th inst. bv a negro named Poe. The
justice had issued a warrant for the arrest
of Poe, and having no constable at hand
served it himself. The negro surrendered,
but when Williams attempted to handcuff
him he struck the justice on the head with
an axe, crushing in his skull.
Mrs. Harriet Worrell, said to bo the
champion female cheBS player of the coun
try, attempted suicide at College Point, R.
I., on the 23d inst., bv drinking a quanti
ty of carbolic acid. Slight hopes are en
tertained for her recovery. Sheis 54 years
old and is the widow of Cape. Worrell, a
wealthy Englishman, who held a high place
in Mexico during the Maximillian rebellion.
Charles States, who claims to be a cigar
manufacturer of West Superior, Wis., re
ported to the police of Elmira, N. Y., on the
23d inst., that while drunk his pocket was
cut open and $2,500 was stolen. Several
arrests have already been made. States
says that his father-in-law, George Hull, of
No. 5 Roberts street, Binghampton, paid
him $1,900 the day before.
Leland McElroy, a well-to-do farmer liv
ing near Snyder, Rolls county, Mo., opened
the door a few days ago, in response to a
knock, and as he did BO, he was confronted
by two masked men armed with revolvers
who demanded that he hand-over his mo.
Iiyraud, the Paris stiangler, condemned
to death, is still hopeful of a new trial
being granted. Gabrielle Bompard, his
companion in crime, is not at allcastdown
by her twenty years' sentence. It is prob
ten years' time. She will then be compar
atively young.
In a statement recently at London, Eng
land, Sir G. Trevlyn, M. P., said that the
liberal party continued steadfast in its at
titude toward Ireland that it was firmly
resolved to give a measure of atonement
and deliverance to Ireland as a nation,
"not because there are liberals, but because
we are liberals."
Christmas morning opened in London
foggy and cold. The papers published the
usual amount of genial and frothy articles,
supposed to be appropriate to the day,
glorifying the traditional observances of
the British Christmas, and appealing to
everybody to remember the poor while en
joying the bounties of providence.
The Paris Gauters announces that Em
peror William has decided to visit Paris.
The emperor, according to the Gauters, will
travel in strict incognito, and will not take
up his residence at the German embassy.
Subsequently, still, according to the news
papers mentioned, the German emperor will
proceed to Cannes and San Remo.
The jews in Russia everywhere are throw
ing their property on the market, in obedi
ence to the decree already prepared and to
be promulgated about thefirst of January,
prohibiting Jews from owning real estate.
In Odessa a Jewish syndicate has been or
ganized to facilitate the emigration of Rus
sian Jews to England. In London public
sentiment is strongly opposed to such im
migration.
The Grand hotel at Margate, London,
caught fire on the ISth inst., and, despite
the efforts aiade to extinguish the flames
the hotel was destroyed. The fire broke
out after the inmates had retired, and the
flames spread with such alarming rapidity
that when they were awakened they had
no time to save their clothing or personal
effects, but were compelled to rush from the
burning building in their night clothes.
Great excitement prevailed and many of
the gueBts had narrow escapes. No lives
were lost, and the only person reported
hurt is a bar maid, who was injured by
jumping from a window
The Panama canal contract between
Wyse and the
Columbian government signed
recently has been approved by congress and
legalized. The basis of the contract is
that
the company pays for land appropriations
on the Isthmus, the garrisons' expenses, 10,
000,000 francs in five annual installments
deducting the government debt and 5,000,
000 francs in privileges shareB. A twenty
six months' limit is allowed in which to
reorganize the company and renew the
work. Wyse is expected about Jan. 5, and
intends to remain some time on the Isth
mus to arrange matters generally before
returning to Paris.
MISCELLANOUS NEWS ITEMS.
John S. Murphy, Indian agent at Fort
Berthold, has asked for the protection of
troops, as the Berthold Indians, coached
by renegades from Standing Rock, have be
come affected with the Messiah craze and
are into the ghost dancetostay. These In
dians have hitherto been the most peaceful
in the Northwest.
John O'Toole of Naugatuck, Conn., died
a few days ago from the effects of injuries
received in an unknown manner at the
American hotel Saturday, Dec. 6. At that
time he was badly bruised on the head,
breast and body and was left sitting un
conscious in a chair for twenty-four hours
without medical attendance. The cor
oner will investigate.
The bodies of the four Indians hanged
few days ago at Missoula have been buried
at St. Ignatius mission. The bodies were
lowered into graves in the presence of
thousand Indians. In the night the fami
lies and relatives of the dead men gathered
and began a weird ceremony after the style
of the old Indian funeral rites. The Indian
Eolice
dispersed the crowd. The wives of
a La See and Pascade had cut gashes in
their own heads and were preparing to cut
off the fingers of one hand when stopped
The children of the dead Indians also
gashed their hands and heads, and blood
was dripping into the graves which had
been partially opened.
SAYING MILLIONS.
The American Harvester Trnst for Its
Stockholders—But Many Men
Will SuiTer.
Thousands of Agents and Traveling
Men Will Be Thrown Out of Em
ployment.
Deadly Christmas Tree—An Aged
Lady Cremated at Her Home in
Fhiladelpeia.
The Chicago Times' Springfield, 0.,
special of the 26fch inst. says: The
formation of the American harvester
trust will throw thousands of agents,
traveling men and middle-men out
of employment. The amount which
the trust will save per year by the
change from old competive methods,
when each concern employed its own
traveling men and salesmen, is con
servatively estimated at $10,000,000.
A traveling man with one of the big
firms sums up the situation as fol
lows:
There are over 20 concerns in the
United States engaged in the making
of binders on a large scale, the largest
of these being the McCormick and
Deering companies of Chicago, and
Warden, Bushnell & Glessner com
pany and the Whitley Reaper Com
pany of Springfield, O., and the Walter
A. Wood Company, of Hoosac Falls,
N. J. Each of" these establish
ments employs from 2,500 to 3,000
men, and turns out anually
over 150,000 Machines. Then comes
the Buckeye Reaper company of
Akron, with an annual output of
10,000 to 12,000 binders. The D. M.
Osborne company, of Auburn, N. Y.,
and the Piano (111.) company turn
out about the same number. The
strife for business among these giants
has become so great that it looked as
if a part or all had to quit business.
The consolidation of these 20 big con
cerns will work temporary loss to
thousands of men. Not only will
traveling salesmen, general state
agents, adjusters, collectors, etc., be
discharged, but the closing up of the
smaller factories and giving the work
to the larger ones will throw many
out of work, and in a few cases al
most ruin the towns where the factor
ies will be closed.
Still it is claimed there will be a
tremendous saving in the dispensing
with all road men. There are over 7,
000 now in the employ of all the con
cerns but as most of them will have
to look for other places after Jan. 1,
1891, the new binder company will
make a saving for the first year of mil
lions. The salary of the road men is
from §800 to $2,500 a year, with
traveling expenses, livery bills, etc., of
an average of §800 for each. A con
servative estimate of the travelers'
salaries and their expenses is §2,000
per annum for each man, or a saving
for seven thousand men of the enor
mous sum of fourteen million dollars.
Add to this the saving in all the ex
penses of running each concern sepa
rate, such as superintendence, taxes,
insurance, bookkeeping and officelielp,
advertising and losses by bad ac
counts, and it will add a few more
millions to the profits of the new con
cern.
But the saving does not end here.
Year after year the different concerns
furnish thousands of dollars worth of
repairs, frequently for binders three
or four years old, and generally free.
Unscrupulous retail agents would de
mand more repairs from the manu
facturers than needed, and in many
cases agents at the end of the year
would have §100 worth of repairs on
hand that had cost nothing. Now re
pair. will be free no longer, but a fair
price will have to be paid.
"One important question comes up.
and that is, 'Where are all the binders
to be made in the future and at what
price will they be sold?' It is believed
that the first five big concerns men'
tioned above will do the work, while
the factories at Poughkeepsie, Auburn
and Batavia, N. Y., Akron, O., Mil
waukee and Janesville, Wis., Piano,
111., and others will be closed to the
binder business. It is claimed a price
below any in the past will be
establish
ed, and that the binder will be sold to
responsible parties the same as mer
chandise is sold short time and
prompt pa.y at maturity."
There is no doubt that the above
figures are a great deal exaggerated,
but no one denies that the saving in
middlemen will amount to millions of
dollars per annum. Gen. Bushnell,
one o£ the directors of the com
pany, has been seen. He refused
to be interviewed, saying that the new
company would soon be in running or
der, and that the public would soon
know all that was necessary to be
known about its affairs. He said that
the formation of the company would
prove a, direct advantage to the farm
er, as it is not intended to advance
thepriceof reaping machinery. What
is saved in the employment of middle
men will be to the gain of the farmer,
although it is hard to make them be'
lieve so.
Another traveling man who was in
terviewed said: "I think that the
fact that the most important and
basic patents in harvesting machin
ery will run out in a few years, and
the fact that a good many have al
ready run out, had a good deal to do
withthe formation of the trust. Ev
ery important concern making har
vesting machinery in tWUnited States
has joined the trust and there is enough
money behind it to make it an abso
lute monopoly for many years to
come. No concern with ordinary cap
ital can by any possibility cope with
it and smaller works will be bought
and stopped."
A Deadly Christmas Tree.
A fire Christmas evening in the resi
dence of Edward Penrose, 2106 Gratz
avenue Philadelphia, Pa., resulted in
the death of his aged mother-in-law,
Mrs. Fritzsimmons, of Brooklyn, who
was spending the holidays with her
daughter, and the almost total des
truction of the house. To please the
little ones a Christmas tree had been
put up and loaded with presents, tin
sel and wax tapers. Before the tapers
were lighted Mrs. Fitzsimmons re
tired to her room. At 5:30 Mr. Pen
rose turned out all other lights and
lighted the little candles. When the
children were admiring the brilliant ef
fect a sheet of flame seemed to leap
from the bottom of the tree to the
topmost twigs, almost before the par
ty knew what happened the entire
tree was a mass of name, which soar
ed up and ran along the wall and ceil
ing. As Mr. and Mrs.Penrosereaclied
the front door with their children in
their arms they were met by the fami
ly of J. M. Dickey, who lives in the
house next door, and who had seen
the fire from their front window. Not
seeing Mrs. Fitzsimmons with the
party, Mrs. Dickey inquired where she
was. Mrs. Penrose gave one look at
her husband, and then covering her
face with her hands, cried: "My God,
my God! mother is asleep in her room."
The men made a rush for the third
story, in the back room of which Mrs.
Fitzsimmons was supposed to be
sleeping. The house was by this time
full of smoke, and the rescuing party
was nearly suffocated by the time
they reached the aged lady's room.
Mr, Penro§§ and two others, how
ever, groped their way to the bed,
but Mrs. Fitzsimmons was not
there. They felt around for her until
forced to retire by the flames which
began to creep up through the floor,
the bed room being directly over the
sitting room, where the fire started.
They then came to the conclusion
that Mrs. Fitzsimmons had escaped
by a rear door. After the fire liad
been extinguished and the fireman had
reached the room where the aged lady
had slept they saw a large roll of char
red bedclothing close to he wall, which
proved to contain the almost cremat
ed body of the missing woman. She
had evidently been awakened by the
smoke, and, throwing the bedclothing
over her head, had attempted to reach
the door, but, dazed and bewildered,
she had !*one in the wrong direction,
and, falling close to the wall, had been
unable to rise again. The dead wo
man was the widow of a prominent
Brooklyn merchant who left a moder
ate fortune. She is also an aunt of
Edward H. Flood, the contractor and
builder.
Railroad Earnings.
Thu Railway Age gives the following
information relative to earnings for
the first eleven months of 1890: The
returns for 143 roads for the eleven
months ending Nov. 30, foot up §425,
102,806 against §390,247,948 in tne
same time last year, a gain of §34,
854,920. It is a very noticeable fact
that of the 143 roads named 132
show gains aggregating §35,077,171,
while only eleven show decreases,
these aggregating only §222,151.
The roads which indicate the
falling off are all very small
lines, with the exception of the
Ohio & Mississippi, which suffered a
decrease of §80,882, and the Mexican
railway which lost §100,583. On the
other hand the gains in manv cases
very heavy, not only in actual
amount, but also relatively in com
parison with their earnings. The prin
cipal increases are as follows: Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe system, in
cluding St. Louis & San Francisco and
half of roads jointly owned, $5,291,
964 Northern Pacific, §1,942,374,
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, in
cluding Eastern and Montana Central,
§1,483,444 Chesapeake & Ohio,
§1,481,181 Louisville & Nashville,
§1,131,181 East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia, $1,096,592 Wisconsin
Central, $992,618 Canadian Pacific,
§971,364 Norfolk & Western, §954,
637 Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City,
§931,834 (a surprising gain of over
30 per cent) Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, $818,643 Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, $803,779 Denver & Rio
Grande, $682,886. The Richmond &,
Danville system, comprising eight
roads, whose earnings are separately
reported, shows an aggregate gain
over last year of $1,219,617, which
places it fifth in the list ot systems
showing large increase. The great
gains have been made on Western
roads, while some of the old Eastern
lines show comparatively little im
provement. Thus the New York Cen
tral, whose earnings of eleven months
aggregate the immense sum of $33,
174,585, has gained only $99,617.
Wrangling Over Land.
Every piece of water reserve land
near Rhinelander, Wis., is occupied by
from one to ten squatters, with new
comers arriving on every train. Many
who made filings at Wausau Dec. 20
entered upon their claims at. once, but
in nearly every instance found them
occupied. No serious troubleis antic
ipated, except in a few instances, a
few hot-headed settlers having avow
ed their intention to prevent any one
from entering or occupying the claims
they have taken, and are fully pre
pared to protect their supposed inter
ests. Apparently the most difficult
question to decide will be the "prior
rights" among the set tiers. Hundreds
entered upon lands within a minute
after midnight many on the same
site and all have their witnesses to
prove the fact. For two days prior
to the 23d inst. the sound of the axe
and hammer could be heard from the
city, and the hotels have been crowd
ed by settlers who have came in for a
square meal.
5 Navin Jackson employed at Nicolson's
brick works, Steubensville, Ohio, attempt
ed to remove an obstruction from the
crusher a few days ago. He stooped over
to reach for the stone while the mill was
revolving rapidly and fell in. The immense
and him to
wheels ground 1 pieces.
THE FIRE BUGS.
They Threaten the Destruction
Deadwood and.Partially Ac
complish It.
of
Short Work Will Be Made of Any in
cendiary Who May Be
Caught.
The Little City of Viroqua, Wisconsin,
Sustains a Big Fire
Loss.
A special telegram from Deadwood,
S. 1)., dated the 25th says that on
the night before at 10 o'clock an
alarm of fire was turned in for the
first ward and an extensive hog pen
was entirely consumed. Another
alarm at half past one in the morn-,
ing from the same ward announced
fire in the frame hotel of G. G. Fargo.
The flames were quickly communicat
ed to the adjoining buildings, the fire
being beyond the limits of the hose of
the department. A general conflagra
tion followed destroying a blacksmith
shop, grocery store, livery stable,
John Benter's general store and a
number of residences. Most of the
personal goods were saved but the loss
is fully §25,000. Again later a fire
alarm was turned in from the third
ward, the Keystone hotel, the
largest in the city, being on
fire. This tire threatened the
destruction, of llie city, but was
within reach of the department and
was stxin extinguished. The first fire
was clearly the work of an incendiary
the second pos»ibly, but the third
from a defective flue. Thera has been
no rain or snow worth mentioning
since early last summer and every
thing is dry as a tinder and the high
winds that sweep down the gulch
threatened the distruction of the city
at any outbres of fire. Forty police
men paraded the streets that night.
Upwards of 1,000 graders from the
railroads were in the city on a spree
and in order,to quell their disturbance
the mayor had ordered the hose turn
ed on them. It is thought the first
two fires were set by some of thegrad
ers out of revenge. Ugly rumors pre
vail that threats have en made to
lay the town in ashes before morning.
Short work will be made of any incen
diary who may be caught.
A Fire At Viroqua.
A fire at Viroqua, Wis., on the 26th
inst., originating in Lindemann's build
ing, swept away an entire block of
buildings, excepting the Tremont
House, involving a loss of fully $150,
000 with but $60,000 insurance.
The losses are: A. F. Lindemann,two
story building and two warehouses,
$15,000, no insurance Lindemann &
Lusk bank, $10,000, insurance Lind
emann & Co., wholesale and retail
merchants, on stock, $2,000, no in
surance O. B. Wyman, law library
and office fixtures, $3,000, insurance
§500 Dr. W. A. Gott, library, etc.,
$800, no insurance Henry Conner,
two store buildings and stock, $4,000,
no insurance postoflice, $600, par
tially insured C. C. Brown, furniture
dealer, two story building and stock,
§6,500, insurance $1,500 Pulver
Brothers, foundry and wagon factory,
$7,000, no insurance D. H. Pulver,
dwelling, §5,000, no insurance Russell
& Castin, billiard hall and fixtures,
$4,000, no insurance. It was only by
great exertions on the part of the fire
men and citizens that the city was
saved.
Brushes With Indians.
A special from Battle Creek, South
Dakota, dated the 26th inst. says
the situation there remains practical
ly unchanged. The weather is cold
and the rivers are frozen solid. A
company of Cheyenne scouts is en
camped at the mouth of Battle Creek
Two attempts were made Wednesday
by the hostiles who number about
eighty, to break into their camp. The
first attack was made by only a few
of the Indians who were quickly re
pulsed with a loss of two killed and
several wounded. Three of the Chey
enne Indian scouts were wounded and
it is thought one is fatally hurt. The
second attack was made after dark by
what was supposed to be the whole
band, who were led by Kicking Bear
himself. Volley after volley was fired
on botlvsides and a desultory fire was
kept up for an hour or more. It is
not known how many of the hostiles
were killed, but judging from the re-
Eave
orts of one of the scouts there must
been several killed, as he says he
heard several shout in the Sioux lan
guage that they were hit. Troops
were sent to the scene at an early
hour next morning and report every
thing quiet and no hostiles in sight.
WILL BE FAVORABLY REPORTED.
The McAdoo resolutions in the bouse
of representatives calling for the cor
respondence and papers with reference
to the killing of Sitting Bull will pro
bably be favorably reported to the
house at an early day. There was no
meeting of the military affairs, com
mittee on the 26th but Chairman
Cutcheon made an effort to secure
from individual members
consent that
the resolution should be favorably re
ported. He said he thought the reso
lutions should be promptly acted on
in order that complete official infor
mation with regard to the killing
might be had.
Fatal Street Car Colision.
The violent snow storm which set
in at Providence, R. I., on the 26th
resulted in a,bad accident on the Plain
field street line of the Union railway.
The snow covered the tracks on the
steep grade and when the car was
coming toward the city at 11 o'clock
the brakeB failed to work and the
ssis
horses stampeded' down the hill to
wards the city. Another car was just
turning into the switch attlie junction
crossing and a collision could not be
avoided. The conductor, named Alex
Waterman, cut his horses loose. The
horses on the west bound were ground
under the wheels of Waterman's car
and were instantly killed. Waterman
Was thrown from his car and had his
head split open. He was otherwise
injured and there is little chance that
he will live. Conductor Atwood of the
west bo and car had both arms brok
en and was iujured internally and will
probably die. The passengers were
uninjured.
HOSTILES WILL COME IX.
Gen. Miles has been waiting for sev
eral days past to hear the result of
the friendly mission of the Pine Ridge
Indians to the hostile camp in the
Bad Lands. He has received word
from Gen. Brooke that couriers in
from his emissaries reported the hos
tiles ready and about to come in.
Several small parties are already
moving into the agency and balky In
dians are expected there within a day
or two. Word was also receiyed that
Big Foot and his band, who have been
missing since their escape from Col.
Sumner, have been found on Porcu
pine creek moving towards Pine Ridge.
No details are given but Big Foot has
certainly evaded for several days all
the forcesin scearch for him.
The Business Outlook.
R. G. Dunn it Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: Business has progress
ed as well as could be expected in
Than
a
week broken by the Christmas holi
day and the great snow storm. The
holiday trade was remarkably .heavy
in New York city and at nearly all
other_ points good, which is by no
means an evidence that the tightness
of the money market springs from any
general embarrassment of business or
industry. The volume of payments
through banks |continues large,
though but about 3 per cent, larger
a year ago. Railroad earnings
thus far reported for December also
show a gain of about 4 per
tcent.
over
those of the same week last year. The
foreign trade is very heavy in spite of
causes which were expected to insure
a material decrease. Uncertainty in
regard to monetary legislation and its
possible effects is Jstill the great ob
stacle, but even this has a less dis
turbing influence than it had a week
two ago, as the prospect of unwise ac-.
tion seems more remote and the money
markets have generally grown Jeas
ier during the week, not only at the
ease but at some of the western cen
ters.
Proves a Defaulter.
Daniel W. Talcott, head bookkeeper
the employ of H. W. Sage & Co.,
lumber dealers of Albany, N. Y., has
been arrested on the charge of embez
zlement and sent to jail. Bail was
fixed at $5,000. The exact amount
of his thefts is not yet known, but it
is believed it will run high up into the
thousands. After Sage & (Jo.'s confi
dential clerk, Joseph B. Alcott, who
killed himself on December 3rd, had
been caught stealing from the firm, an
expert was employed to examine the
books, and thus Talcott's dishonesty
was discovered. It appears Talcott
and Abbott operated in collusion.
Their operations were facilitated by
the fact that the firm trusted both
implicitly and left blank checks signed
in the bookkeeper's hands for busi
ness purposes. These he filled out and
cashed, and the money he pocketed
and charged to some fictitious expend
iture. Talcott is elderly and had al
ways been thought to be the soul of
honor.
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Mrs. Pearcey Hanged.
Mrs. Nellie Pearcey was hanged at
Newgate, England, on the 23d inst.,
for the murder of Mrs. Hogg and her
baby. Mrs. Hogg was the wife of a
London porter. The crowd outside
the prison walls set up a loud chcer
when the black flag, showing that the
woman was hanging on the scaffold,
was hoisted upon the prison flagstaff.
During the night the unfortunate
woman was quiet and resigned, and
for several hours prayed in company
with the prison chaplain. To the
latter she confessed that the sentence
passed upon her was a just one,
though she said the evidence upon
which she was convicted was
false.
The crime for which Mrs. Pearcey
died was committed on Oct. 24th last.
During the morning of Oct. 25 the
body of a woman, subsequently identi
fied as that of Mrs. Hogs, was found
in South Hampstead. The dead
woman's throat had been cut
and her skull fractured. The
police, upon investigating the matter,
found that Mrs. Hogg hadvisitedMrs.
Pearcey on the previous afternoon
taking her baby with her. Upon
searching the Pearcey residence evi
dence of a bloody struggle was obtain
ed and Mrs. Pearcey was soon after
wards arrested. At the coroner's in
quest the motive of the murder was
revealed, Hogg, the husband of the
murdered woman, testifying to the
act that he had been intimate with
Mrs. Pearcey. It was also shown at
the inquest that the two women had
quarrelled during the visit paid by
Mrs. Hogg to Mrs. Pearcey and, final
ly, the latter admitted that Mrs. Hogg
made a remark that she did not like
and that she (Mrs. Pearcey) thereup
on assaulted and eventually murder
ed Mrs. Hogg. Mrs. Pearcey then re
moved the body in a perambulator
to the place where it was found, and
the dead body of the murdered wo
man's child was subsequently found
near the same spot.