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The pill of adversity Is never sugar
coated.
Cupid is blind to everything save tlia
golden eagle. 1
Men of shining intellect are not
necessarily light-headed.
Only a strong-minded woman can
write a letter and omit the postscript.
The name is too often but a
shadow larger than the man behind
it.
The thread of an argument often im
plies that the whole thing is merely a
yarn.
A cynical bachelor says that wo
man is an agreeable blunder of na
ture.
The man who wounds with a word
Is usually too cowardly to strike a
blow.
Genius may be swifter than perse
verance, but the latter wins in the
long run.
Converting shirkers into workers,
absorbs more time than changing sin
ners into saints.
When a woman passes a man on the
street and looks daggers at him he is
very apt to feel the cut.
Nothing humbles the average man
more than to find himself in the soup
•when he thought he was in the swim.
At forty a man doesn't think he
knows as much as he thought he knew
at twenty but he knows he knows
more.
John Bull evidently means business.
He has notified the Canadian Steam
ship company that the Empress of In
dia, the Empress of China and Empress
of Japan must prepare for immediate
war service. They will repair to Hong
Kong, where guns and munitions of
war are in readiness. These steam
ships were constructed under direction
of the British government, and can b#
converted into cruisers in twenty-four
hours after work begins.
The man who acted for years as Jay
Gould's purchasing agent says of Un
cle Russell Sage: "He is the only man
in the world who manages to get
through the day without spending a
cent. He walks from his house to the
elevated station, at Forty-second
street, where the newsboy on the plat
form makes him a present of a morn
ing paper. He rides free, of course.
The Western Union Company gives
him a splendid luncheon. He neither
drinks, eats nor smokes."
Consul Livingston at Cape Haytien,
Hayti, in a recent report to the State
department, states that the currency
of Hayti has become so depreciated as
to be well-nigh worthless, and its daily
fluctuations seem the result of caprice.
Almost all business enterprises are
either bankrupt or on the verge of
bankruptcy. Business is at a stand
still, and no one, either native or for
eigner, is able to see any way out of
the difficulty. Such is the condition of
:a country with a soil the fertility of
•which probably surpasses that of any
other in the world. Everything grows
without efTort. There are dyewoods
and cabinet woods in abundance even
•virgin forests of mahogany and other
•hard woods and the mineral wealth,
•though unexplored, is said to be con
siderable, The consul adds that he be
lieves a tour of the island, with a view
of making a thorough inquiry into its
industrial condition, embracing the
principal settlements of the interior,
as well as the cities along the coast,
•would reveal a field ripe for the invest
!mvit of American capital.
The rise of a panic and the involved
method in which an absolute mon
archy compounds with truth to quell it,
Is aptly illustrated in an incident ot
the days preceding the riots in Con
stantinople in 1896. Two men got in
to a quarrel in the street, and one
knocked the other down. The passers
by ran to get out of the way of the
blows which followed, and others, see
ing the flight, ran^also. Soon the wild
est confusion resulted. Outside shut
ters were put up, shoppers forced into
the street and swept along with the
crowd. The great bridge, over which
passes the most cosmopolitan crowd in
the world, was a torrent of rushing1 hu
manity. Women failing in strength
dropped into doorways and alleys to
avoid being trampled to death. A
little later the government sent out
heralds
Announcing that a lion had es­
caped from a menagerie and cdused
the panic but that he had been-re
captured and all danger removed» ,A
few weeks afterward occurred the ter
rible riots and the massacre wtoich
made orphans of nearly four thousand
Armenian children.
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GROWS WORSE
AND WORSE
TERRIBLE DISASTER CAUSED BY
THE RECENT STORM.
The Steamer Portland Was I,oat
With All 011 Hoard, Nearly One
Hundred Souls—Passing Hours Do
Xot Rrins nn End to the Reports
ot Wrecks and Loss ot Life—Miles
and Miles of Coast Line Are Piled
High With Wreckage AVill Be
Many Hours Before All Places
Have Been Heard From.
Boston, Dec. 1. The passing hours
do not bring a fx end to the reports of
wrecks and loss of life up and down
the New England coast as the outcome
of Saturday's terrific storm. From
Cape Cod the most terrible accounts
of ruin and death are coining, and of
these the loss of the steamer Portland,
with all on board, nearly 100 souls,
overshadows all. The graveyard of
the coast, the treacherous bars and
rips 011 the outside of Cape Cod, have
claimed victims without number.
Miles and miles of coast line are piled
high with wreckage, most of which is
ground so fine by the waves that
identification of helpless craft is im
possible. As the fury of the wind was
as great on the bleak sand hills which
make up the cape it will be winy
hours.before all places are heard from.
Telegraphic wires are down and can
Lot be brought out of the snow drifts,
and this fact is distressing, as much
suffering from cold and hunger fnust
ensue to the poor in the nearby ham
lets. The only means of reaching
Cape Cod is by steamer across Massa
chusetts bay, a disagreeable.voyage as
the sea is yet boisterous. Word from
Provincetown tells of nearly thirty to
tal wrecks, with the number of lives
lost unknown. Matters are improving
slightly along Vineyard sound so far
as means of communication is con
cerned. The best summing up of the
disasters in that section is made bv
Capt. Hard, of the revenue cutter
Dexter, who has cruised along shore
all day. He says that in Arineyard
haven hulls are piled upon shore and
those vessels which are afloat seem
mere shells. The Dexter reports pos
sible additions to the wreck list in two
schooners sunk off Mennemsha Bright
and two big ones sunk abreast of
Presique isle. The fate of their crews
is unknown. Three wrecking steamers
are around the Fairfax ashore on Sow
and Pigs row.
Wreck of tlie Portland.
Highland Light, Mass., Dec. 1.—The
steamer Portland, of the Boston and
Portland line, has been lost 011 Cape
Cod with all on board. The life sav
ing men, through a blinding storm
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock heard the
distress whistle of a steamer and Mon
day at midnight the body of a man
with a life belt marked "Steamer Port
land of Portland." A gold watch in
his pocket had stopped at 10 o'clock.
The body of a large woman, without
covering of any kind, washed ashore
at Pamlet river, but there were no
means of identifying it. It is believed
the steamer was disabled by the storm
and, being unable longer to hold up
against the gale, drifted onto Peaked
Hill bars and went to pieces. No part
of the ship has drifted ashore, and it
is not known just where she struck.
Boxes of tobacco, clothing, cheese, oil,
etc., have been washed ashore, also
life preservers marked with the words
"Steamer Portland."
Terrible Experience.
Gloucester, Mass., Dee. 1. The
schooner Hiram Lowell, Capt. Henry
Nelson, arrived from the shore fishing
grounds and brings the rescued crew
and passengers, numbering twenty
three persons, of the British schooner
Narcissus, Capt. William Mcintosh,
from Boston for Shelburne and Liver
pool, N. S.. with a general cargo. Capt.
Mcli-tosli brings a story of terrible ex
perience and of great heroism on the
part -of his rescuers. The Lowell
launched four dories and rescued the
Narcissus people at great risk.
CARLOS WAITING.
Spanish Pretender Withholding Ills
Manifesto Till the Peace Treaty IN
Signed.
Madrid, Dec. ,1.—'The Ileraldo pub
lishes a dispatch which says: "Don
Carlos will not publish a manifesto un
til the ratification of the pence treaty
by tlit chambers." Continuing, the
Ileraldo expresses the belief that the
Spanish government does not know the
whereabouts of Don .Jaime, the son of
Don Carlos.
TAKING SPANIARDS IIOMI3.
More Steamer* Are Chartered for
the Purpose.
Bremen, Dec. 1. The Compauia
Transatlantica has chartered the
steamers ITnpsburg, Fulda and Werra,
belonging to the North German Lloyd
Steamship company, and will use
them for the repatriation of the Span
ish troops in Cuba in December.
ESTERHAZV HAS SAILED.
Considers American Soil Safer Than
French Just Now.
Paris, Dee. 1. A dispatch from
Brussels to the Journal reaffirms the
report that Maj. Count Esterhazy has
sailed for America. This dispatch as
serts that he embarked at Rotterdam.
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DISCUSSED CUBAN AFFAIRS.
MuJ. Gen. Butler Has a Tnik With
the President.
Washington, Dec. .1. Maj.&Sen. M.
C. Butler had another conference with
the president yesterday concerning af
fairs in Cuba. In an interview he
§ald: "Since the American commis
sioners have been in Havana about
20,000 soldiers have leen sent back to
Spain. Thirty-two transports will soon
arrive there and take away from 50,
000 to 00,000 more. The remainder
will depart about the first of January
or soon afterward."
Gen. Butler said that it was hard to
tell how many Spanish soldiers will
remain on the Island to become citi
zens. At one time a decree was is
sued permitting some to make their
homes there, but this was withdrawn.
Gen. Butler added a good word for the
Spanish soldiers. He said lie had nev
er seen a more orderly or better be
haved lot of men. He saw thousands
of them every day and never wit
nessed a disorderly act. Gen. Butler
said *lnt nobody could approximate
the time when this country could turn
things over to the Cubans. He had
found the Cubans bright and well ed
ucated. He believed that many Span
iards would soon join with the Cubans
and take part, in the affairs of the is
land.
TWELVE MORE VICTIMS.
Men Injured in the Explosion at Ha
vana Die of Their Injuries.
Havana, Dec. 1. Since the explo
sion in the private house on the the
Avenue Infanta, between the Santa
Clara and Reina batteries, a number
of those who were injured at the time
have died. In the San Lazare hospital,
Avelina Martiniez, Nicolas Derio, Da
cairas Arquiles and Carlos Urrutia
have passed away. At tlfte Mercedes
hospital Vicento Aranguiz and two
others have died. Jose Garcia and
Castillo Paula have died at the Hos
pital Maria Teresa, and at private res
idences Francesco Bauez, Josefa
Parez and Andres Alvarez have died.
Some of the injured are progressing
favorably but others are still in a crit
ical condition. With the object of re
lieving the families of the victims the
residents of San Pazare will hold a
meeting to collect subscriptions for
that purpose. Jeroniino Smith, the
owner of the cartridges which ex
ploded, has been arrested. It is un
derstood that active Influences are at
work in order to secure his release and
hush the matter up. The civil govern
ment visited the wounded in the hos
pitals sn-i houses and distributed over
$50 among them.
AMERICAN CONTROL.
Preparations Therefor in Cuba
Shameful Action of Speculators.
Havana, Dec. 1. The American of
ficials are making ready to take con
trol. A cable dispatch from Washing
ton announces that no attempt will be
made to administer the affairs of the
Havana customs before Dec. 20. Spec
ulators continue to take advantage of
every possible chance to add to their
private purse. An instance of this sort
has worked hardship upon the public,
particularly upon the poor classes. A
contract entered into by the quarter
master's department and the cattle
firm of Hall, Prior & King, for a sup
ply of meat for the American soldiers
for the next thirty days has created a
shortage in the cattle market. Specu
lators quietly bought up all the cattle
purcliaseable and caused the rumor to
be circulated that the Americans
would take the custom house Dec. 1
and at once put a tariff on cattle. The
result of this was they were able to
sell their beef cattle at a great ad
vance, and to-daj* meat is at an almost
prohibitive price.
LACRET'S TilREAT.
Cuba Must Be Free os There Will Be
More War.
Havana, Dec. 1. Gen. Lacret is the
hero of the Cubans of Havana. He
took apartments in the Inglaterra ho
tel, where he accepted a veritable ova
tion. Those of pro-Cuban tendencies
were overjoyed at the opportunity for
hero worship. In short Lacret is talk
ing of Cuba for the Cubans, with war
against American occupation, if neces
sary. lie said: If the United States
should fail to carry out its solemn
promise to free Cuba and hand over
the island to a free and independent
government the £ubans will have no
other resource than to declare the
United States an enemy of this repub
lic and take up arms once more in
order to obtain their freedom. I speak
these words carefully and with full
knowledge of tlicir importance.
CHOATE IS MENTIONED
As a Possible Successor of Mr. Hay
as Ambassador to England.
Washington, Dec. 1. 'Among the
visitors at the White House was Mr.
Joseph Choate of New York, who is in
Washington on business before the
United States supreme court. Mr.
Choate called to pay his respects to
the president and remained only a few
minutes. His presence here, however,
has revived the rumor that he will be
appointed ambassador to London to
succeed Mr. Hay, the present secre
tary of state. Nothing conclusive,
however, could be learned as to the
president's intention with regard to the
matter.
LIBELLING A STEAMER.
•For Attempting? to Import Liquor
Into Alaska.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 1.—Application
for permission to libel the steamship
Laurada has been filed in the federal
court by United States Attorney Gay
on behalf of the United States. The
information alleges two attempts to
import liquor into Alaska last summer.
WORTH DAKOTA
A lodge of Lady Foresters has been
organized at Jamestown.
Two Wells county liorse thieves have
been captured at Melville.
The new Waldorf hotel in Fargo may
be builded four stories high.
Jas. Coupe was found dead in his
room at Valley City. Excessive drink
ing.
The new high school building at
Gra.ul Forks is just ready for occu
pancy.
J. K. Clark has resigned his member
ship of the Mandan board of educa
tion.
Edmund L. DeMarcus, one of Lang
don's Rough Riders with Grigsby, gets
a $10 a month pension.
Some diphtheria is reported 111 Fargo
and the schools have been closed tem
porarily.
Walipeton has organized a Red Cross
society with Mrs. P. J. McCumber as
president.
People of the town of Wimbledon
sent '$25 as a Christmas present to
their two boys at Manila.
Two members of the Walipeton com
pany at Manila will be discharged be
cause of ill health.
Stutsman county cast 781 votes for
the constitutional amendment to 481
against.
It is said that there will be more
lignite coal burned in the state this
winter than ever before.
A new postoflice has been established
near Fort Rice, and is named Hobson,
in honor of the hero of the Merrimac.
A thousand dollars worth of hunting
permits were issued in Kidder county
this season.
Disappointment in a love affair
caused Ole Erickson of Cass county
to become insane.
The contest case of Donnelly vs.
Linge is on at Jamestown. It involves
land worth §2,500 near Wimbledon.
Prof. Waldron, of the Agricultural
college is arranging for farmer's in
stitutes along the line of the Soo road.
David Traver of Milnor gets an in
crease of pension from $4 to $8 per
month.
The Mandan Fair association will
sell .$1,200 worth of stock for future
use.
The lucky reds! A payment of $56,
000 is in progress among the Indians
011 the Standing Rock reservation.
Rev. S. E. Ryan of Jamestown is so
far recovered from his recent illness
as to resume his clerical duties.
A postoffice has been established at
Hobson, Morton county, with Laura
Gipp as postmaster.
Logan county is being filled up with
new settlers who are coming in over
the Soo. Many more are expected in
the spring.
There are reports of several Northern
Pacific extensions of interest to this
state, among them one into the Dun
seith country.
Frank W. Holiaus, manager of a
large stock farm near Milnor, became
insane last week and was taken to
Jamestown.
Mayor Johnson of Fargo thinks there
is an excellent chance to secure l'or
that city the next session of the Na
tional Farmers congress.
The little son of Engineer Hanson
was drowned in the Missouri at Bis
marck last week while playing 011 the
ice at the edge of the stream.
The V. C. T. R. demonstrates that
the G. F. P. D. has microbes—just
what sort he don't say—probably
siphon.
Miss Laura B. Ward of i'.ismarck has
been appointed teacher of Indians at
Fort Totten, at a salary of $(RK) a
year.
A child of Ole Paulson of Portland,
Traill county, drank part of a bottle
of nerve medicine last week, and died
from the effects.
Dr. Scliultz, formerly county physi
cian of Kidder county, was found dead
in his rooom at New Salem last week.
The funeral was held at New Salem.
Burglars missed getting $900 from
the inside strong box of the Gull River
Lumber Company's safe at Coopers
town.
Some person not having the fear of
the law before him stole two coats
from the vestibule of Joe Cronau's resi
dence at Fargo.
Willam Iledstrom, the boy in jail
at Bismarck on the charge of killing
his grandmother, is reported to have
made a confession.
Judge Young, of the supreme court,
takes his seat Dec. 1 for the six year
term. Judge Bartholomew remains
chief justice for the balance of the
term.
New self-dumping coal docks are
being put in at Dickinson and Bcacli,
•with gasoline engine for power. This
•will do awiy with most of the force
now employed at these fuel stations.
Richard Sykcs, the English land dow
cr, has closed his affairs in this state
for the season, and on t'r.o 30tli will
sail for his home in Manchester, Eng
land, on the Teutonia.
Dr. Baldwin, county physician of
Stutsman county, gives warning
against danger from dipKheria wl)!"h
is prevalent in the western part of the
county.
A complete resurvoy of the Fort Rire
military reservation has been com
menced an error of one eighth of a
mile lias been discovered, it is said,
east and west on the north line.
Members of the Congregational
church at Sanborn have built sheds
alongside the church for the protection
of horses during inclement weather.
Practical Christianity.
John Dablow of Fessenden, one of
Wells county's pioneers, dropped dead
at his home last week. The cause of
his death is supposed to have been
heart disease.
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MAKING MASONS AT MANILA.
Prlinatlvc Furniture In the. Lodge
Room, But Enthusiasm of Mem
bers linns High.
Bismarck, N. D.—Probably for the
first time in the history of a Masonic
lodge, ballots for the admission of
candidates were taken with army hard
tack in the North Dakota military
Masonic lodge at Manila, chartered by
the grand lodge of North Dakota prior
to the departure of the North Dakota
regiment for Manila. Lieut. Col. True
maii is master of the lodge, and he
writes that there are many applica
tions for membership among the sol-„
dicrs, and that at the first meeting:
a cigar box was used for a ballot box. o
and bits of hardtack, part of them
soaked in ink, were used for whiter
and black balls. The officers of the
lodge have secured a vacant residence
in the outskirts of the city for their
lodge room. Lieut. Col. Truemann
also writes of meeting one of the pio
neers of North Dakota at Manila, in
the person of Ward Bill, one of the
earliest settlors of the state, proprietor
of a general store at Jamestown in the
early days, and a trail blazer of the
Missouri slope. Bill came to, Manila
from Sidney, Australia, with a ship
load of refrigerated 1-eef and brought
a letter of introduction from United
States Consul John P. Bray, formerly
of Grand Forks.
Official returns from the election are
coming in slowly to the office of the
secretary of state. The returns are filed
with that official by the county can
vassing boards, arid are then compiled
and the majorities figured out. The
official returns will not change the re
sults as announced in any case, except
to increase the Republican majorities,
with ..the exception of that in the case
of Halland, whose majority promises
to be reduced as the woman vote of the
state is counted. He gets a majority
ance kf the ticket. The W. C. T. U.
made-a hard fight on him.
Church Vs. Stable.
Fargo, N. D.—Judge Pollock handed
down a decision In the case of the
First Baptist church here against H.
S. Palmer, who is erecting a livery
stable. A few weeks ago Palmer
bought the property contiguous to the
Baptist church, for the purpose of
erecting a livery stable on it. The
church immediately applied for an in
junction on the ground of the stable
being a nuisance, a ad the construction
was discontinued. The judge denies
the right of the church to prevent
Palmer from erecting a stable, on the
ground that the stable is not yet a
nuisance and that the action is an
ticipatory. The case has been of ab
sorbing interest in Fargo, as the
principal involved means practically
the confiscation of the property. The
church intends to renew the case as
soon as the stable is used, if the least
opening is given, as they claim it ma
terially depreciates the value of their
property.
Brown Acquitted.
Rapid City, S. D.—Harry Brown, a
young man twenty-three years old, was
acquitted of murder by the circuit
court of this city. Last Juiy, an old
man named Frederick Frederickson
was murdered at a store, down on the
reservation kept by a man named
Backus. The old man was left in
charge of the store while Backus and
Brown went away in the afternoon to
a neighbor's. When Backus returned
to ine store lie found the old man dead
with a bullet hole through the back of
his head. He was murdered for his
money, for it was known that he car
ried a large sum around his belt. Sev
eral arrests were made on suspicion,
including three members of the llaniff
faniuy, who were at the store shortly
before the murder. These people re
leased at the trial, but Brown was
held. The jury acquitted 111111 in ten
minutes. Old man Hooper will be tried
at this court for the murder of McCrea.
Vain Search for a Murderer.
Chamberlain, S. D.—Notwithstanding
that the State of South Dakota me
weeks ago offered a reward of $500
for the apprehension and conviction of
the person or persons concerned in tho
murder last summer of William Gra
ham, a Gregory county settler, the
mystery surrounding the crime has not,
yet been unraveled. Officers have been
balfled by not being able to discover
a single clue that would assist in re
vealing the identity of the murderer.
The fact that his tracks were so well
covered indicates that the murderer
is above the average in shrewdness
and inteligence, because it "s rarelv
the case that a murderer fails to leave
some clue which leads to the discovery
of his identity. The murder was com
mitted some time before midnight of
Sunday, July 10.
Suing for Life Insurance.
Yankton, S. D.—Elizabeth A. Trotter
is suing tho Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Association of New York and F.
J. Warrick. The case is now before
the circuit court, and may last a week.
In the fall of 1S93 Mrs. Trotter's son,
Robert L., died in this city under the
name of D. L. Hadley. On his person
was found a policy in the above named
company. Warrick, a local attorney,
was appointed administrator before it
was known who Hadley really was.
and settled with the company for $325.
Mrs. Trotter claims his action was un
lawful and the result of misrepresenta
tion on the part of the company.
Hence she asks the full policy of
$5,000.
Acquisition for Rochester.
The new fire building at the head of
Broadway, Rochester, is now practic
ally finished and the clock tower, eigh
ty feet high, stands ready for the
clock soon to be purchased. It is ex
pected to install the clock with a 3,000
pound bell if sufficient funds can be
collected for the purpose. The new
building will be dedicated Dec. 8 by
speeches and a general public affair.