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THE AUDITORIUM.
Formal Dedication of the
Building, the Pride of
Chicago.
4? President Harrison and Other
Notable People of the
Country Present
Chicago, Special.— An audience of 5,000
people and an outside assemblage of 10,000
enthusiastic spectators to-night witnessed
the dedication of the largest and grandest
operatic structure in the would —the Chi
cago Auditorium. Five thousand electric
lights illuminated the interior of the colos
sal structure to the brightness of noon
day; and the thousand incan
descent border lights of varied
colors that hung over the stage, the
magnificent proscenium arch and mammoth
organ, the grand foyer and carved mohog
any pillars, the handsomest gilded rows of
boxes known to modem decorative art,
combined with the presence of one of the
most distinguished and critical audiences
in America, reudered the occasion truly
one long to be remembered by the queen
of the evening—Mine. Adelina Pattti, the
sovereign of song. Four years ago Fred
W. Peck and a large number of other
Chicago capitalists conceived the idea of
forming themselves into a joint stock com
pany for the purpose of erecting a building
that would surpass any other structure of
its kind in the world. The result to-night
is an edifice costing $3,000,000, and which in
years to come will stand unchal
lenged as representing the grandest
achievement of modern architectural and
decorative skill. The auditorium is equally
wonderful in design, size and beauty. The
design is unique in that it is the first theater
ever built with the interior shaped like a
cone or speaking trumpet. The stage being
taken as the apex of a hollow cone, the
arched roof and diverging walls retreat in a
teries of constantly increasing circles, being
the acme of acoustic achievement. A few
minutes 8 oclock
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
entered boxes reserved for them, and as the
vast audience fully recognized the chief
magistrate of the nation the momentary
applause deepened to a long-continued
ovation. The magnificent 175-stop organ,
With its 7,000 pipes and bells, breathed
forth in accompaniment with the orchestra
the triumphal fantasia composed by
Theodore Dubois for the memora
ble occasion. The scene was one
long to be remembered. Beauty crowned
With jewels, statesmanship with honor and
wealth with dignity, harmonized becom
ingly with the magnificence of the interior
•of this grand temple of art. Among the
prominent people who occupied the boxes
were President Harrison, Vice President
Horton, Mrs. Morton, Secretary Halford,
Ferd W. Peck and Mrs. Peck, Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson and Mrs.
•Clarkson, Prof. David Swing, Gen.
R. A. Alger, Mrs. Alger and Miss
Alger, United States Judge Gresham
and Mrs. Gresham, Gov. Fifer and
Mrs. Fifer, Gen. George Crook and Mrs.
Crook, Hon. J. S. Runnels and Mrs. Run
nels, Gen. H. C. Corbin and Mrs. Corbin,
Mayor Cregier and Mrs. Cregier, Gov. Mer
riam and Mrs. Merriam, Gov. Larrabee and
Mrs. Larrabee and Gov. Hoard. There was
another burst of applause as the form of
Mayor Cregier was seen advancing to the
front of the mammoth stage, seventy feet
deep and ninety in width. In appropriate
language Mayor Cregier
»•
WELCOMED THE GUESTS
of the evening, and to every courteous al
lusion to the president, the governors of the
surrounding states and to the officers of the
Canadian provinces the audience responded
with rounds of applause. In concluding
the mayor invited the city’s guests to an
other occasion of even greater importance,
which would be an era in Chicago’s history
three years hence—the world’s fair of
1892. The mayor’s happy allusion
was heartily cheered, and not the
least appreciative in the vast
audience were President Harrison and his
party. In response to loud cries from a
thousand throats, President Ferd W. Peck,
of the Auditorium association, finally ac
ceded to the popular demand for a speech
from the man in whose brain the Chicago
Auditorium first found conception, and in
language deepened with emotion assured
the assemblage that the present oc
casion marked the proudest moment
of his life. He insisted, however,
upon dividing the honors of the occasion
with his associates, Manager Milwaid Ad
ams and the architect to whose genius the
edifice would be a lasting monument. Ha
bitual modesty once more conquered the
man who never ialtered before human pos
sibility, and briefly concluding his address,
Mr. Peck escaped further congratulations of
the audience by saying: “I have the distin
guished honor of introducing to you the
president of the United States.”
president Harrison’s address.
A '
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After the applause had somewhat sub
sided, President Harrison advanced slowly
to the front, and bowing with majestic dig
nity to the great assemblage, spoke as fol
lows:
Some of my newspaper friends have been
puzzling themselves to discover the reason
why I left Washington to be present here to-
Tnght. Ido not think I need, in view of
the magnificent spectacle presented
to us here to-night, to state the
motives which have impelled my presence.
Surely no loyal citizen of Chicago who sits
here to-night under this witching and mag
nificent scene will ask for any other reason
than that which is here presented. Ido
most heartily congratulate you upon the
completion and inauguration of this mag
nificent building—without an equal m
-this country, and so far as I know
without an equal in the world. We have
here about us to-night in this magnificent
architecture, in this tasteful decoration,
that which is an education and inspiration.
It might well tempt one whose surround
ings were much farther removed from this
scene than is the capital city, to make a
longer journey than I have done, to stand
for an hour in the view of such
a spectacle of magnificence and the grand
eur and architectural triumph as this, and
if that be true, surely there is reason enough
why the president may turn aside for a lit
tle while from public duty to mingle with
the citizens in celebrating an event so high
and so worthy of commemoration as
THIS TRIUMPH TO-NIGHT.
Not a speech —certainly not the careless
words ot an extemporaneous speech—can
adequately express all the sentiments I feel
in contemplating the fitting culmination of
this deed. Only the voice of the immortal
singer can bring from these arches those
echoes which will tell us the true secrets
and architectural triumphs of their
construction. You will permit me to
thank you, to thank the mayor,
to thank the president of this association,
and to thank all those good citizens with
whom I have to-day been brought in per
sonal contact, for that kindness and respect
with which you and they have received us;
arid you will permit me to thank you, my
fellow citizens, forthe cordiality which you
have kindly displayed here to-night. It is
my wish, and may it be the wish of
all, that this great building may
continue to be to all of your
population that which it should be—an
edifice opening its doors from night to
night, calling your people here away from
the care of business to those enjoyments
and pursuits and entertainments which de
velop the souls of men. It is an hour to in
spire those whose minds are heavy with
daily toil, and in this magnificent and en
chanted presence to lift them for a time out
of the dull things into those higher things
where men should live.
A cantata composed for the occasion by
Frederick G. Gleason was sung by a chorus
of 500 voices, after which Hon. John S.
Runnels of Chicago delivered an address,
complimenting the Auditorium association
upon its triumph and paying frequent
tributes to the guest of the evening, the
president of the United States.
THE WORLD-FAMED 80NGSTRESS.
Applause, first low and murmuring, but
deepening into the thunder’s roar now
marked the epoch of the evening. Descend
ing the steps from the right, escorted by
Manager Adams, was Mme. Patti, who ad
vanced smilingly, but almost timidly, to
the front as the orchestra struck up a tri
umphal welcome. In tones that had lost
none of their sweetness or power, the world
famed cantatrice warbled in touching
cadence, the familiar melody of “Home,
Sweet Home.’’ The expected encore fol
lowed from the delighted audience, and
Madame Patti responded with a “Hunter’s
Chorus,” which afforded wonderful evi
dence of the power and flexibility of her
marvelous voice. Repeated attempts were
made to elicit another song, but she re
sponded by a smiling bow of acknowledg
ment and retired to her apartments.
“America” was sung by the Apollo
club, and after the intermission a
concert fantasie, composed also for the
occasion, was rendered by the organized
orchestra. “The Heavens Are Telling”
was sung by the Apollo club, and received
the hearty appreciation of the audience.
The dedicatory address, by Gov. Fifer of
Illinois, was a masterpiece of composition
and eloquence, and eminently fitting to the
occasion. The “Hallelujah,” by the Apollo
club with a chorus joined in by the audi
ence, closed the exercises of the evening at
near midnight.
the building,
Chicago, Special. —The opening of
the great Auditorium building is an event
of national interest, for it denotes the suc
cessful completion of the grandest and most
artistic architectural undertaking of the
country, and indeed, of its kind, one second
to none in the world.
Centuries hence its massive granite walls
will tower aloft, a lasting monument to
American genius. For it is purely Ameri
can. In no foreign brain was the idea con
ceived; to no alien is due the credit for the
designs of its symmetrical proportions or
their perfect execution. Ferd W. Peck was
the originafpr o.f the undertaking, and to
his untiring efforts is largely due the
fulfillment of the project. Messrs. Alder
& Sullivan devised and executed the plans
that have carried out the design, while to
Messrs. Healy & Millet was allotted the
task of appropriately and harmoniously
beautifying the interior. In the opening
ceremonies President Harrison took the
initiative, and many other public men of
prominence from different states, as well as
representatives of foreign governments,
were present. The most faithful description
of the building accompanied by accurate ta
bles of statistics showing the amounts of
material used in its construction and dec
oration; of the thousands of car loads of
stone, the tons of steel beams, the acres of
gold leaf, would'give but an imperfect idea
of its noble proportions. The exterior is
grand, imposing; its interior is a marvel
of chaste magnificence. The style of archi
tecture is not copied, but in many points of
construction and arrangement is shown an
entirely new departure, while the decora
tions are subservient to the whole and in
accordance with the general design.
The structure occupies half a block, with
a southern frontage of 360 feet; eastern 187
and western 161 feet; is ten stories high, its
roof being 144 feet above the sidewalk. Its
walls are composed of huge blocks of rough
Minnesota granite and Bedford stone, and
the pillars supporting the arches are of pol
ished Maine granite. The outer portion of
the building forming an “L” east of the
tower is devoted to hotel apartments, among
which are 450 guest rooms and eleven par
lors. The tower and the western frontage
contain the offices, 125 in number, with a
suite of eighteen rooms specially arranged
for the use of the Chicago conservatory.
The tower is 40x60 feet at the base, rising
in perpendicular lines ninety-six feet above
the roof of the main building. On the sev
enteeth floor is the perch of the signal serv
ice officer, where he can see what the weath
er looks like in the neighboring states. Sur
mounting this is a smaller structure, an ob
servatory, where at an altitude of 250 feet
above the street one can look down on all
the city and far out over the blue lake.
The entire basement is occupied by ma
chinery, etc., the dynamos supplying power
for the 10,000 electric lamps scattered
throughout the building; machinery for the
manipulation of the stage scenery and
mechanism, and for the elevators, of which
there are thirteen for passenger service; and
the boilers furnishing steam to the miles of
heating pipe.
The hotel dining room, occupying the
eastern end of the tenth floor, a space of
48x150 feet, is worthy of special mention.
Its windows have an eastern and southern
exposure, and far below, stretching out
southward in a dissolving view, can be seen
Michigan boulevard, with its throng of
equipages and pedestrians of Liliputian
stature. Lying next the drive the green
grass and winding walks of the narrow
park, and beyond Lake Michigan, reaching
out to where the waters touch the sky. On
a clear afternoon Michigan City,
miles southeast, can be discerned with the]
naked eye. The soft tones of the]
arched ceiling, in old ivory and'
gold, and the marble mosaic floor'
contrast strongly, yet harmonize with the
rich dark mahogany pillars and other wood
work. At either end is an appropriate
painting, well calculated to quicken the
pulse of every sportsman. In one, an an
gler stands, rod in hand, knee deep in the
mountain stream—a poetic spot; yet who
can appreciate nature’s beauties while
watching to see the rod bend like a whip
lash, and to hear the music of the whizzing
reel? The other represents the hunter stand
ing erect in a flat-bottomed skiff, sighting
along his gun barrel at the leader of a flock
of mallards just recovering from the down
ward swoop toward the decoys.
Everywhere in the building is the same
principle adhered to in the decorative
scheme, namely, the use of but one color in
a room, and that associated with gold. In
some cases gradations from dark to light
shades of the color, sometimes it is inter
mingled with gold, and again the colors are
distinct and separate. Various rooms are
treated in different colors; for instance, the
auditorium in old ivory and gold: the res
taurant in brown and gold, one of the hotel
lobbies in peacock blue and gold. i
The little recital hall is a symphony in
white ai.d gold. In the daytime a won
drously charming effect is produced by the
blending of the sunlight coming through
the soft-colored stained glass with the yel
low light of the incandescent lamps. This
hall contains 500 seats, and as in the audi
torium the tiers are ranged high above each
other, so that from every one is a good view
of the stage obtainable.
In the office part of the building and the
main entrance thereto Georgia marble is
much used; throughout the other parts in
the public rooms a lavish use is made of
rich foreign marbles, such as Siena, Nu
midian and Jaune Saint Beaume, also Mex
ican onyx and fine woods. In each case
they furnish the basis for the other wall
decorations, which either by contrast or
analogy of tones harmonize with the nat
ural colors.
Under the tower is the main entrance to
the Auditorium, leading into a chamber
with walls and ceiling of marble, directly
under the foyer. From it are four passage
ways leading to the parquet, and on the op
posite side three broad flights of stairs to
the foyer.
The stage is 118 feet wide and 70 feet deep.
Its scenery and settings by far the most
complete and elaborate in the country.
Opening from the foyer are the ladies’ re
tiring and the gentlemen’s smoking rooms,
each spacious and luxuriant in appoint
ments. There are forty boxes in the two
tiers on either side. An ornamental railing
separates them from each other, and in
front are draperies corresponding in color
to the prevailing tones of the general deco
ration.
The great organ is at the right ofthe stage,
almost entirely concealed from view by in
genious and ornamental devices. The total
number of seats is 4,051, but as economy of
space has not been studied, in addition to
the occupants of these, fully 3,000 more
people can be accommodated. Here the
color design is grand in its simplicity, gold
and graded tones of old ivory alone being
employed. Stained glass in colors accord
ing with the general tone of decoration is
also used.
On the side walls and over the proscenium
arch are three large allegorical paintings
expressive of nature’s great law of harmony.
The central painting consists mainly of fig
ures symbolizing different emotions and
sentiments. The types of exultent and
downcast despair, careless childish glee and
the calm submission of old age, of joy and
grief, of strength and weakness, all are
there. From the dawn to the twilight, the
growth and decadence of nature are ex
pressed. In the central group is the type of
the present, holding a lyre in her hand, the
symbol of song. For this is the theme of
the painting: “The utterance of life is a
song, the symphony of nature.” As from
the mountain top in the twilight one looks
down on the peaceful valley and sees the
river, winding hither and thither, through
meadows and clumps of trees, past human
habitations and out into the solitude of the
plains, but ever a clear, distinct silvery line,
so the theme of the song of life is inter
woven through all the range of human pas
sions that form its accompaniment: The
allegory of hope, the melancolico of grief,
the appassionamento of intense emotion,
the andante of resignation.
In the side paintings the solitary poet
listens to the refrain of nature’s song. In
one, at break of day, he stands on the bank
of a gentle stream, the sky suffused with the
bright tints that herald the rising sun, the
soft fresh green grass, the budding trees, and
the carol of awakening birds betokening the
early spring This is the morning of life,
the allegretto of the son", and from the po
et’s heart burst’s forth the joyous response:
“Oh, soft, melodious spring time, first boru
of life and love.”
On the opposite side is the andante—the
dirge. Here in bleak autumn, the bare
trees standing out against the cold, gray
sky, the brown, sere leaves huddling close
to the ground, seeking refuge from the ed
dying winds, nature stripped of her glorious
garments, puts on the shroud and prepares
for her last long rest.
Sadly the refrain echoes in the poet’s
soul: “A great life has passed into the
tomb, and there awaits the requiem of win
ter’s snows.”
Almost a Riot.
Paris, Special—There was a fierce debate
in the chamber of deputies to-day over the
motion of M. De Roulede that the chamber
declare valid the election of Gen. Boulan
ger. Mm. Brisson, Pelleton and many
others spoke. Deputy Laissant was repeat
edly called to order. The partisans of
Boulanger were more than usually violent,
and his opponents pushed the passion of
his partisans to its limit by their contempt
uous references. The proposition was re
jected by 370 to 123. Gen. Cluseret’s propo
sition for annual elections was also rejected
bv a vote of 311 to 243. Deputy Joffrin’s
election was formally declared valid;
the Boulangists cheering for universal suf
frage. The storm and hubbub produced in
the chamber by the shouts of the Boulang
ists amountee almost to a riot. President
Floquet ordered the galleries to be cleared,
and the house dispersed amid tremendous
confusion. Several citizens were arrested
for hooting at the departing deputies.
Saved a Life.
Burlington, lowa, Special Telegram,
—An unknonw but handsome young
lady was saved from instant and horrible
death at Fort Madison, lowa, this evening
by an act of bravery seldom witnessed. The
young lady was about to cross the track at
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
depot, when a freight engine came backing
swiftly upon her. Dazed with fright, she
stopped on the track and gazed at her on
coming doom. Charles Walker, billing
clerk, saw the young lady’s danger ana
rushed to the rescue. Grasping her about
the waist he lifted her in his arms and
sprang to one side just as the locomotive
rushed by. So close was the call that the
tender grazed the young man, throwing
him ana his fair burden down safely out of
harm’s way.
IN THE NORTHWEST
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.
While hunting near Faribault Peter Bebo
had his left arm shattered by the accidental
discharge of his gun.
C. D. Fisher, a conductor on the Manitoba
road, fell from a train at Sauk Center strik
ing on his head and breaking his neck.
Deputy United States Marshal E. L. War
ren is looking after parties at the Mille Lacs
reservation who have been supplying the
Chippeua Indians with firewater.
Benj. Soule’s residence at Princeton was
burned to the ground recently. Tho
loss will reach $5,000; insurance $3,000.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
St. Paul citizens have already subscribed
$15,000 of the $20,000 necessary to carry
on the ice carnival expenses, and a site for
the palace has been selected.
Mrs. Frank Stepke, of Duluth, shot Joseph
Kraffchick in the abdomen while the latter
was trying to forcibly enter her residence.
Th e wound is serious and may prove fatal.
Kraffchick was intoxicated.
Te St. Paul policehaveunearthed a thieves’
training school for young boys, run by a
fence uamed Buc dwein and modeled after the
plan of the one described by Dickens in “Oli
ver Twist.”
Jam<* Jesse Jones, a Sioux Warrior, was
united in marriage to Miss Julia Bonir, a
daughter of Chief John Hoffman. The cere
mony took place at Hastings and was con
ducted by Rev. Edward Moyses. They will
reside in Mendota.
About half the business portion of Beaver
Creek has been wiped out by fire. There was
almost no insurance. F. D. Ressegieu, the
Omaha agent, while at work on the roof of
one of the buildings, fell to the ground and
broke his leg.
The remains of A. T. C. Pierson, grand re
corder of the grand commandery of Knights
Templar, were buried at St. Paul with
Masonic honors. Members of the order
Irom all parts of the northwest were present
and took part in the ceremonies.
At Redwood Falls William Rose was found
guilty of murder in the first degree and was
sentenced to be hanged at the expiration of
three months on a date fixed by the gover
nor. Rose was convicted of killing Martin
Lufkin on the 21st of August, 1888, in the
town of Gales.
John Oldhaber, of Red Wing, mysteriously
disappeared last summer. The other day
his brother in Montana received an annoy
| mous letter informing him that his brother
| was clubbed to death, and telling him where
the body can be found. He is now in Red
Wing investigating the case.
The members of the Salvation army under
arrest at Red Wing refused to pay their fines,
and four of tho men were sent to jail on sen
tences of from seven to ten days. The sen
tences of the women were suspended. They
violated a city ordinance by marching and
singing on the streets.
‘ Robert L. Johnson and Earl Johnson, the
j two men who are charged with robbing sev
■ eral farmers near St. Cloud, last summer,
were arraigned in the district court and
plead ed not guilty. Johnson, who isanegro,
is trying to play the insanity dodge, and it
took several deputies to bring him into court,
| Little 2-year-old Leonard Portello was in
a sad fix in St. Paul. His father was arrest
ed and locked up in the county jail for com
mitting a crime and his mother is an inmate
of a hospital and not expected to live, leav
ing him without a home. He was finally
taken in hand by the sympathetic sheriff and
a home provided for him,
Fred Ortlof, a farmer living near Stewart
has been drinking heavily of late. He is said
to have assaulted his wife with a hammer,
compelling her and the rest of the family to
go to a neighbor’s for protection, after
which Ortlof started a fire which burned the
house and barn and several hay stacks. He
has been arrested and brought here for trial.
! W. H. Yale of Winona, who is now in
Washington, went to the treasury depart
ment to inquire wny nothing been done
about the public building for Winona 1 Al
though the appropriation was made last
session, the plans have not been drawn. The
matter has not been pushed and the officers
have been neglectful. Work on the plaEs
will be commenced at once.
There is a case of “one wife and two hus
bands” at Wi’.mar. Edward Millner, aged
18, became infatuated with Mrs, Shaw, a
boarder at his mother’s house, and during
the absence of Mr. Shaw, who is a railroad
man, the couple were married. When Shaw
I came back and found himself superceded he
’ tried to make two widowers by strangling
Mrs. Shaw-Miflner. She called for help and
her angry husband was finally induced to
“go to law about it.” The lady claims that
she was married to Shaw while he was trav
eling under an assumed name and that the
marriage is not binding, and says she married
Millner to bring matters to a climax, as she
did not want to live with Shaw any longer,
j Shaw will have her arrested for bigamy.
NORTH DAKOTA.
It is 6aid that the settlers in Benson county
will be furnished the coal they petitioned the
Manitoba road for.
In North Dakota it is estimated that con
siderably over half the wheat has been mark
eted and the farmers’ loss of faith in higher
prices is rapidly depleting the remaining sur
plus.
The commissioner of immigration has is
sued a circular denying the the exaggerated
reports of des titntion in North and South
Dakota. The circular letter has the indorse
ment of Govs. Mellette and Miller.
Wiley Mellette, the governor’s oldest son,
will Bhortly enter the office of the master
mechanic of the Northern Pacific railroad at
The Dalles, Ore., to acquire some practical
engineering knowledge.
Complaint is m ade that the coal and other
articles contributed to the relief of the suf
ferers in the vicinity of Devil’s Lake are be
ing appropriated by the merchants and oth
ers who are well-to-do and not in need of
assistance.
Fred Snore has resigned his office as Sheriff
of Benson county. He has held the office
five years and having been promoted to Ser
geant-at-arms of the house of representa
tives, steps out of the sheriff’s shoes to give
some one else a chance.
Benson County News: Congressman Hans
brongh, it is claimed, will introduce a bill in
the next congress to make North Dakota a
customs district. It would make more gov
ernment patronage for North Dakota con
gressman and U. S. senators to dish out and
less for the Minnesota fellows.
Col. 0. V. Davis, of Mandan, has received
word from Austin Corbin, of New York, tell
ing him of a wreck of a train in Indiana in
which were thirty-three bnffalo, moose and
deer which Davis shipped to Corbin. All
but eight of the animals were killed. Davis
estimates the loss at SIO,OOO.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Tne Western Union Telegraph company
has removed Manager Pike from duty at
Redfleld for alleged crookedness in handling
the company’s money.
Robert Baum, living near Huron, recently
caught a the Jim river weighing 56
pounds, on the shell of which was engraved
the date “A. D. 1776,” shawing him to be
123 years old.
Burglars went through a trunk in the
office of Martin’s livery stable at Ree Heights
and secured property to the amount of $375
belonging to J. M. Fisher, foreman of the
barn.
Huron has granted a natural gas franchise
for twenty years. The holder of the franchise
will commence prospecting ut once, and after
fishing for the allotted time without catching
any gas the franchise will be extended.
Beavers were never so plentiful in the
streams of the Black Hills as they are this
year. Box Elder, Rapid and Spring creeks
are full of them, and their dams can be en
countered every hundred yards on some of
these streams.
The clerk of the district court of Sanborn
county refuses to resign and give possession
to the district court clerk recently appointed
by the comm issioners.' The consequences
is that Sanborn has two clerks and a law
suit.
Three convicts, Henry Utes, James Corri
gan and Henry Mayes, were discharged from
the Sioux Falls penitentiary. Utes served
sixteen months for dangerous assault, and
the other two put in two years and four
months each for robbery.
The steamer Batchelor, which it will be
remembered sunk up the river near Bullberry
island a few weeks ago, haafc. been raised.
There was a hole in the bottom 7x30 feet.
The water was only four feet deep where she
struck the rock.
An Indian named Crow Walker, who had
just been released from the penitentiary,
broke into the house of one of the mission
aries at White River and stole everything in
sight except the bible. He was arrested and
plended guilty before a Chamberlain judge,
and will get his old room back at the “pen.”
The Enforcement league, which was organ
ized to enforce the prohibitory law in South
Dakota, has decided to take no steps UDtil
the legislature provides a penalty for the vi
olation of the law. A fund is being collected
for the prosecution of all offenders after that
date, the first call being for SIOO,OOO.
In a quarrel over some cattle that were
trespassing on his father’s land, a son of N.
O. Aylesworth, living near Clark, was set
upon by two men named Caton, the owners
of the cattle, and pounded insensible with a
club. The Catons were arrested for assault
with intent to do great bodily harm and
held in bonds to await trial.
A well at Clear Lake made a record for it
self a few days ago. First a colt tumbled in
and was rescued uninjured; the next day an
other colt fell in and broke its leg and had
to be shot, and the succeeding day another
colt and a calf tried their luck together, the
colt escaping and the calf being drowned.
The well is twenty feet deep.
The editor of the Washington Springs
Herald scoffs to Bcorn the idea of people
starving to death in that vicinity this winter.
An admiring subscriber has presented him
with an onion measuring eighteen inches in
cireumference, and as there has beeu a salt
bed recently discovered a short distance
from town he expects to live aromatically
high until the flowers bloom in the spring.
In a quarrel recently at “N. G.” Flats,
Fall River county, J. P. Lawrence shot Chris
Trudy in the stomach. The weapon used was
a Winchester rifle and the wound is expected
to prove fatal. Lawrence, after the shooting,
took refuge in a house and defied arrest. The
latest accounts say the sheriff of Lawrence
county has been sent for and an armed posse
has surrounded the house to prevent the
escape of the murderer.
WISCONSIN.
John Shelhammer, of Jackson county, has
been granted a divorce from his wife, who left
him to join the mormons.
Henry Zigner was killed near Merrillan by
falling from a loaded wagon. A wheel passed
over his head, crushing it.
Wm. Colter, of Ashland, under bonds for
aiding prize fighters, was arrested for resist
ing the sheriff, who was executing a levy on
his gambling outfit.
It is reported that Frank Talley, who was
supposed to have perished in a burning barn
last winter at Bruce, is alive and living in
Duluth.
The Louisville, Ky., syndicate has formal
ly notified the village of Waukesha of its
acceptance of the franchise for the street car
line.
Ashland will hold a special election on Dec.
10 on the question of issuing SIOO,OOO in
bonds for the advancment of the city’s com
mercial and manufacturing interests.
Hannibal Ayers, a prominent citizen of
Reedsburg, and lor three years deputy sheriff,
committed suicide by shooting, at his home
in Reedsburg. He was 45 years old and mar
ried.
Col. Charles Kimball, the new appraiser at
the port of Detroit, was formerly in business
at Boscobel. Ho moved to Pontiac, Mich.,
where he was postmaster for a time, and
whence he was called to his new post.
Murphy & Sons, of Green Bay, recently of
fered the Peshtigo Lumber Company thesnm
Of $4,000,000 for the entire business of the
company. The offer included pine lands,
tugs, barges, etc. The oficr was not ac
cepted.
The horse of Andrew Greig, of the town of
Dunkirk, Dane County, ran away. The own
er was thrown out, and sustained four bro
ken ribs and a badiy bruised face. He is
over seventy years of age, and is in a critical
condition.
F. W. Fish, 60 years old, was arrested at
Portage on the charge of stealing SSO from a
man at Kendal, Wis., and while in jail com
mitted suicide by taking strychnine. Bis
wife lives at Pittsville, Wood County. It is
supposed that Fish was not of sound mind.
Rasmus Hansen, a farmer on his way from
Eau Claire to his home in the town of Drom
men, was robbed by two highwaymen in the
suburbs. One held the horse while the other
went through Hansen’s pockets and got a
few dollars and a watch.
A new question has arisen regarding the
settlement of the affairs of the Oshkosh Mu
tual Insurance Company. It is whether or
not the holders of cash policies in the concern
are not responsible to the extent of their un
earned premiums for the fire losses sustained
by the company.
W. P. Massadere & Company’s mill-dam,
at Arcadia, gave way, and in a short time
the entire pond was drained of its water so
that the fish could be picked up with th*
hand. Besides the damage done to thedam*
which was a hole about 50 feet long and 40
feet deep, was the destruction of the bridge
at the foot of the hill.
Monroe Sentinel: At the county farm is a
man with his neck broken. He is conscious
but cannot move a muscle of his body. Will
power is completely cut off from the forces
which it naturally would govern and control.
There is no hope of his recovery, yet he can
not die; he has lain in this condition over
two months.
Miss Mary O. Morse, assistant in the High
School at Columbus, has received a cable
gram from Mendoza, Argentine Republic,
S. A., summoning her to that place to ac
cept a tutorship in a government Normal
School at a salary equal to $125 of our
money per month. She has accepted the
offer.
George Mclntyre, a young clerk of Sanger
& Blakesley, at Beloit, is in jail availing an
examination on the charge of theft. He has
confessed to having stolen SSO, and has re
turned this amount. The firm lor which he
worked has two stores, and while Mr. Blxkes
iey was on his death-bed, Mclntyre kept up
a systematic robbery, and, it is claimed, has
taken in all SSOO. ,
Louis Christianson, the young man who is
serving six years’ sentence at Waupun forth*
murder at Racine, of Michael Schultz, several
years ago, was taken withhemmorhageof the
lungs and narrowly escaped dying. He can
not live many months. The young man’s
mother, brothers and sisters all died of con
sumption.
Adolph Meyer, eldest son of Postmaster
Meyer, of Boscobel. and his chief assistant,
mysteriously disappeared and has not since'
been seen. He left two letters, one for his
wife and the other fora brother-in-law, whom
he requested to care for his family, consisting
of a wife and four children, until the fall of
1890, when he said he would send for them.
He stated that he had gone to Kansas.
Durand Courier: John Knopps, an indus
trious und prosperous farmer whose homo
was about four miles west of town on the
Hudson Road, committed suicide by cutting
his throat. Mr. Knopps, being treasurer of
his school district, has used the school funds
for his private uses to the amount of S2OO
on which there was an incumbrance of less
than SI,OUO.
A fire starting in Libby’s drugstore at
shell Lake destroyed one-half of the business
portion of the town. The fire burned tho
buiidmgs on both sides of the street. Judge
Mead’s store and the postoffice weredestroy
ed. The flames leaped across the street,
taking the Opera house and every dwelling
on that side with the exception of a small
brick building and frame hotel, the brick »
walls saviDg the latter. The loss is $35,000.
IOWA.
A hog was received at the Keokuk packing
house recently 7 feet long, 3 feet high and
weighing 1,150 pounds.
Elda Knouse, a small boy bootlegger of
Ida Grove, has skipped out to avoid serving
a term in the reform school.
W. L. Edwards, who bit off the ear of Rep
resentative Shipley, is held iu SIO,OOO bonds
to appear before the grand jury.
Burlington claims to export more school
ma’ams than any other city of the sams
population in the United States.
Frank Robertson is under arrest in Omaha
awaiting requisition papers to bring him
back to this state. He held up a resident of
Council Bluffs for a gold watch and chain
and his poke tbook-
The governor has commuted the sentence
of John J. Beeler from six months in the
penitentary to thirty days in the county jail.
He was recently convicted of stealing whisky
from the depot at Harper.
A firm at Glenwood, Mills county, shipped
thirty-one cars (4,900 borrels) of apples re
cently to a firm at Lockport, N. Y.,who state
that the apples of the great blue glass region
of western lowa are equal to those growing
anywhere.
John Webb, who shot Mr. McCausland
while robbing that gentleman’s house at
McCausland a month ago, and who is at
present in the Deavenport jail, is playing the
insanity dodge.
The Muscatine authorities are investigat
ing the manner in which August Selirimpf,
whose body was found on an island near that
city recently with a bullet through his head,
came to his death. It is now claimed that
he did not commit suiicde, but was murdered.
The Cresco papers say that the fat steer
which won the honors at the fat stock show
in Chicago this year was the produce of a
cow owned by John McHugh at Cresco. Tho
steer was a full Cruikshank, a year old last
February, and weighed 1,575 pounds.
Probably the most expensive turkey in tho
state was eaten by the family of John Bar
nett, of Independence. While trying to escape
the Thanksgiving festivities the bird flew
against a plate glass window valued at $l5O,
completely demolishing it.
Ed Welch, of Cedar Rapids, asked a young
man named Jones for a chew of tobacco.
Jones refused and Welch Dulled out his knife
and slashed Jones on the arm, making an
ugly wound. Welch was arrested and sen
tenced to thirty days in the county jail.
Charles Gay, who stole a carload of cattle
near Mason City about two months ago, and
was arrested in Chicago while trying to sell
them, has confessed the crime and will go to
state prison, where he has already served
three terms for the same offense.
Go* Patterson, a Cedar Rapids hostler,
was attacked by two highwaymen near that
place and after being knocked on the head
with a stone and robbed of sl7 was thrown
iu a slough to drown. He was discovered by
some passing railroad men and rescued.
Peter Meyn, a Boyden farmer, has fanning
mills to give away. Some time ago an
agent induced him to sign an order purport
ing to be for $99 worth of mills which now
turns out to have been for ninetv-nine mills,
and every train that pulls into Boyden
dumps off a cargo of fanners for Peter.
The lowa com crop just raised figures at
336,000,000 bushels. No other state has
raised so much. It is worth about $75,000,-
000 and would fill a train of cars 500 miles
in length. It would give 180 bushels of corn
to every inhabitant in lowa, and fivo bushels
to every man, woman and child in the United
States.
A year ago last summer Fritz Skarlixs, a
German, was struck by a Chicago, Burling
ton and freight train at Fort Madison,
receiving injuries from which he will never re
cover. Since that time he has been a county
charge. He was furnished with transporta
tion and started on his journey to Berlin,
the home of his mother.
There are three county treasurers in the
Anamosa penitentiary serving time for being
short in their accounts. Hill, of Harrison
county, is in lor four years for a $9,000
shortage; Cowan, ofHardin county, is serving
the same length of time for getting away with
$19,000, and Stedman. of Benton county,
will remain two years for failing to explain
where SII,OOO went to.