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cr.W i-gfriW'"" v 'V fe V *?r JiJ* ST. ft' *wJi' $•- i w- fL ['f TV '.li,''"'1"' ,r\ .-rf k t* if. I OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Vol ted StatM I. C&tBLSS Shu' t, m' i I and OfllM. Rapid City. ver, Hap id Q^e,. J. P. Lu»E, Register, Rapid City. 610 V. AYBB8, Bgo.l Jadlclal—Eighth Circuit. [ftleade, Lawrence and Butte counties.] CHABI.ES M, THOMAS, Judge reeidsnee. Dead wood. Max HOEHV, Clerk for Meade county resi dence, Sturgls. Judicial—County Court. C. Polk, Judge reiidenM,' BtaigU. County Officer*. ,H. »CAMfar, Big Bot tom BLAND HEBBISO, Bapld City ELLIOTT NZCIIOI.S. Empire. HUeriff-W. F. IJ. SOCTBB. Treasurer-E. T. HOFFMAN. Register of Deeds—FRED S. DCNHAK. Auditor—K. C. LANE. Attorney—THOMAS K. HABYET. Superintendent of Schools—MlSf I4JLU SOHKLL. Surveyor—OLAP HELWEO. .Coroner—DB. J. B. CHBNET. County Physician—W. G. SMITH. City Official*. DAVENPOI®, Mayor—J. J. Auditor—MAX HOEHN. Treasurer—H. E. PerkiM, .... Justice—B. F. Stephens? V ALDKBMEN. First 'Ward—Chabliis Fbancis, D. C. BTOCS. Seeoifd Ward—E. C. LANK, HDTTABD GALVIN, Chief—E. T. MARSHALL. Assistant—JOHN SCOLLAJU. Engineer—GEORGE GAKNBB. GBOBUE A BIESMAN, Seo'y. OOK- Third Ward—G. W. LADD, JOHN MOKHHIH. Chief ot Police—GEOROE N. COLH. FIRE DBPABTMENT. FIRE BOARD S. O. LANE, Chairman EDWARD GALVIN,'E. I 'MABSHALL. Meets first Friday in each month. HOSE. Btnrgia Hose No. 1. Meets first and third Mofidfty evenings of each month in department parlor, city liall, GEORGE E. HAIR, Foreman. SIQUALS—BELL FOB MEETING®. Hose—Two taps. Hook and Ladder-Two and two. Engine—Two and one. Department—Blow tolling. Fire—Rapid tolling. 8EBTICE— ENOIOTS WHI8TLB, One blast—Ready to staxt. Two—stop. Three—Full speed. Four Fire out go home. The above signals will ba sniirered by the Chief or Hose Foreman in the daytime by a corresponding number of blasts on trumpet or whistle. At night by the following LANTERN SIGNALS. Moving lantern up and down—Htop. Swinging horizontally—Ready inM, Swinging in oirole—Full speed. Banevolent Societies. A .F. 4 A .M. Olhm Braneh lodge, No. 47. Meets first Wednesday night of eaoh month In Masonio hall, Francis block. H. A. CARPENTEB, W. M. J. D. HABTMAN, Seo'y. I. O. O, F. Bare Butte lodge, No. 46. Meets every Satur day night at 7:30 p. in. in Masonic hall. BAILEX MADISON, N. G. GEO. W. LADD, Sec'y. A. O. U. W. Key City lodge, No. 86. Meets second and fourth Thursday nights of each month In Steb blns hall, at 7:30. E. C. LANE, M. W. JT. S. DUNHAM, Recorder. MODERN WOODMEN. &n City lodge, No. 1,157. Meets second and fourth Monday nights of each month in Steb bins hall at 7:30. S. T. VOOBHEES, H. C. J. W. PACKARD, Clerk. G. A. R. Calvin Duke post, No. 143. Meets first Tues day night of each month in Stebbius hall. GEO. E. SCALES, P. C. N. H. LOOP, Adjutant. K. or P. Rathbone lodge. No. 89. Meets every two weeks in Masonio Hall, Francis blook. J. C. MCMILLAN, C. C. Max HOEHN, K. of R. & & CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA. Sturgia Branch. No. S81. Meets every Sunday after church services, except the flrBt Sunday in the month. ELUKR OTIS, President. •PETEB MULHEIM8, Secretary. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JQH. A. H. BOWMAN, PHYSICIAN Alto SURGEON. OAoe at residence on Bherman street, half block east of Junction avenue. STURGIS SOUTH DAKOTA. QHAB1E8 G. POLE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR ZiAW. Money to Loan on Real Estate. MAIN STREET. STURGIS. yiN CI8E & IFIIiSOH, ATTORNEYS AT JiAW DBADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA. Tff T. COAD, ATTORNEY At^Lw. SAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. W. FOWIJEB, v f' ATTORNEY At LAW. "RAPID CITY, SOUTH OMCDTA. HOTELS. TfHE KEYSTONE HOTEL J. 0. KEITH, Proprietor. body atope at this popular bOMawtMn In Deaawood, because it U the beet la. every respect. -t' HOTEL HARNEY, (JTOHN B. BBENNAN, ProprUtor. RAPID CITY. JUT B«*t appointed luxiae In «M Kill*. w i i u OKLAHOMA BORDERISM 8T1BBINO EVENTS THAT ARE MAKING ITS EARLY HISTORY. factional Feeling Runs Htgrti and More or I*efti Trouble Attends the Starting of Government Machinery-News ot Vari ous Sorts from All Points. An official from Oklahoma says there is much bitterness over the candidacy of Edwin P. MoCabe, colored, for governor ot that territory. He declares emphati cally that if President Harrison appoints MoCabe the latter will be assassinated within a week after he enters the territory. There is a rapidly growing anti-negro sen timent, oaused by the aggressiveness of the colored people, and this feeling bids fair to unite the whites, irrespective of party. Oklahoma will possibly see a bitter race war, especially if the negro society, "The First Grand Independent Brotherhood," continues its work of crowding colored people into sections where the lands are already taken by whites. The threats of assassination now made will bat intensify the feelings of the negroes. Had these threats come from the rough elemeut bnt little atten tion would have been paid to them, but coming, as they have, from the leading men, they will be a rallying cry for those who would readily indulge in murder or riot. The fact that there is a seoiet or ganization among the boomers along the borders of the Cherokee strip which is con fined to white men may keep this feeling in check. This organization is growing stronger, daily accessions being made from among the best of the arrivals. Ono hun dred white boomers arrive 1 in Arkansas City and expreesod their determination to Belect their new homes immediately. They were taken in charge by one of the officers .of this organizatiou, who will see that they are aided in making their selections and protected when the time comes. These large white forces on the southern Kansas borders may aid in deferring and eventu ally suppressing any hasty action on the part of the negroes if McCabe is not named for governor. A Conteet for tlie Legislature. In anticipation of the establishment of .a territorial government, both parties are now organizing and preparing for what everyone predicts will be a fierce contest for the legislature. The democracy is united and will hold a territorial convention on March 11 at Oklahoma City. But little doubt is entertained of the territory being demo cratic at the present time, the only fear that U will not continue so being due to the negro colonization move ment, whioh is beginning to assume alarm ing proportions. The whole northwest part of the territory is already thickly settled by Kansas negroes, while reports show that a general negro influx has began from the southern states. It is gradually ITE beginning to dawn upon the whites that the most seri ous question which oonfronts the WAS A youDg territory is that respecting the African. Hundreds of former republicans in the states are joining the democratic party al ready on account of the negro, and in Guthrie the latter have been forced to at tend separate schools or none at all. It may be stated as a certainty the negio will not tread a path of roses in Oklahoma, and he is already being given to understand that he is not in Kansas. One interesting political feature here is the fact that the demociatic party is espousing the case of the legal settlers as againBt the boomers, while the republicans are taking the latter in tow, and will doubtless work for their interests in the legislktare. BIGAMIST. Two Widows Fighting for a Chicago Alan's Estate. Two women who have been living within couple of miles of each other for several" years unaware of each other's existence, met in a Chicago court, both believing themselves to be the widow of the same man. Joseph Pnlman married Sufanna Pulman in England in the 50's, but after a number of years deserted her and came to Illinois, causing a report to be circulated in his old Lanca shire home that he had died soon after arriving in this country. The fact was that he kept on living and soon, in the gaise of a bachelor, married Ellen Hill. The first wife, after some years, emigrated to Amer ica and oame by strange chance to Chi oago also with her were her three children. The two families remained in the same section of the city, but never met. Pullman died a ehjrt time ago without informing wife No. 2 that she was not No. 1. The newspaper death notice led to inquiries by the English spouse, who satisfied herself of the identity of the deceased without learning of the second marriage. The matter of Pulman's estate came up in the probate coart to-day and the women met for the first time. There was much bitterness. Wife No. 2 won in a contest for the property, which amounts to only $600. No. 1 will appeal and the litigation promises to leave both widows without a cent. Dr, Mackenzie Gets Damages. The jury awarded Dr. Mackenzie £1,500 damages in his suit against the St. James Gazette for publishing disparaging articles in connection with his treatment of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany Heavy Rains In Arizona. Heavy rains continue to prevail in Ari Eona. The floods have washed oat a large portion of the Frescott & Arizona Central railroad. Telegraph communication has been cut off from Prescott, so that the nature of the damage is not known. THE Mariposa stage, near Meroed,-Cal. was held up by two highwaymen. The mails and the Wells-Fargo express box takuu. KANSAS' CORK SURPLtTS. Mofcler Advises Farmer, to Hold for a Better Price. Secretary Mohler, of the state agricul tural department, has issued an address to the farmers in which he gives it as his opinion that there ought not to be a bushel of corn sjld in Kansas at the present prioes, and that if the means within the reach of the farmers themselves were judi ciously used, with but few exceptional cases, there need not be any sold. He thinks the best so'ution of the problem is for the alliances of the state to store the surplus corn until better prioes are offered and arrange for the farmers to draw or borrow money upon it. Secretary Mohler says: "Corn in Kansas at 12 cents a bushel is as good as gold, and under the circum stances now existing there is not, in my opinion, a bank in the state that would not cheerfully loan money at a reasonable rati on corn well cribbed or scored. Corn iu Kansas at 12 oents a bushel would be good security for that amount per bushel, and that amount cMldbe borrowed by any farmer." The security is good, because corn is morally certain to be worth 18 cents per bushel in less than four months from now, and if fed to stock 25 cents or more per bnshel would be realized. Mr. Mohler gives it as his opinion that if the entire re duction in rates which was recently granted by the railroads, 1£ cents per busnel, went directly into the pockets of Kansas farm ers, it would not be the best solution of the problem before them. SILVER LEGISLATION. (toeretavy Wlndom Answers Objeetlonsito His Measure—The Senate Bill. i. ocretary Windom, before the house committee on coinage, weights and meas ures, in regard to silver coinage, declared his bill was framed to meet, in the beBt way he could devise, the present financial Condition of the country. He disavowed all charges that the bill was a mere make shift, that its author did not believe in it, and that it was brought forward to defeat some other measure. Mr. Windom took up in order the objeo tions that have been made against the bill. The matter of exclusion of foreign ores he covered in an amendment to the first sec tion providing that every bar of silver bul lion imported must be stamped "foreign," as must also such bars when remelted oi refined. This provision is elaborated aud penalties provided for failure to comply therewith. The secietary answered in oonoise manner the other objections) and said he was convinced the measure would meet all needs without endangering the interests of the country ana would absorb the surplus silver and thereby put up its price. The operations ef this bill would tend to raise the price of farm products. Free coinage would reduce silver below its present value. This bill would increase the circulation of the country $20,000,000 annually. The principal features of the silver bill to be reported by the senate committee on finance as a substitute for the several bills on that subject refeired to it, are statedt be these: The secretary of the treasury authorized to increase the purchase ot sil ver bullion from $2,000,000 to $4,5J0,000 per month, and the requirement of the present law that the coinage of silver be at the rate of not less than $2,000,000 pet month be stricken out. The secretary is also authorized to purchase gold bullion in unrestricted quantities. Upon this gold and silver bullion the secretary shall issue treasury notes of such denominations as he shall see fit, to be redeemable iu lawful money. .TUBAL A. EARLY DENIES. The Louisiana Lottery Did Not Try to Get a Charter la North Dakota. Concerning the reported efforts of the Louisiana Lottery company to obtain anew charter in Dakota, Gen. Jubal A. Early, a joint commissioner of the drawings of that institution with Gen. Beauregard, makes a publio statement in which he saya the Louisiana Lottery company had nothing to do with the proposition reported to have been made in the North Dakota legislature, nor had the company any connection with the proposition. Gen. Early also pro nounces as unfounded the statement that the company proposes to procure a renewal of its charter by bribing the legislature of Louisiana. The constitution of the state, the general sa\s, prohibits the charter of any lottery after the expiration of that of the present company. The statement that the lottery company contributed to the re publican campaign fund during the last presidential campaign is also denied by the general. Mia. Drexel's Fhllanthrophy, liev. Father Stephan, a well known Catholic missionary who has had charge of the Catholic Indian missions of the country, has arrived in Jamestown, N. D., from Washington, on his way to the Turtle Mountain Indian reservation, where mis sion schools in flourishing condition exist. He is commissioned by Miss Drexel, of Philadelphia, to investigate the reports of destitution at that agency, and to supply them with all the necessary provisions and clothing. This is in addition to any gov ernment aid. Bishop Sbanley, of James town, may accompany Father Stephan on this trip. The Miss Drexel who authorizes the expedition is the young lady who re cently entered a Catholic convent and is devoting her vast fortune and life work to deeds of education and charity. In Humanity's Name. •A fM|mittee has been formed in London for the purpose of endeavoring to sccure a mitigation of the severe treatment aocorded political prisoners in Siberia. A demon stration will b« held in Hyde Park, March 9, in favor ef th« prisoners now in exile in Siberia. Andrew, Beokwtth, Blount, Brutwaiv C&rlto&t Cummjngl, Dingley, Farquar, FJower, Heberfcy, Laid'alr, Lester, &•» McAdoo, Mills, Mudever, Payne, Quaokeaboih, Rockwell, Sherman, Stapneoker, Tillman, Venable, Wilco* Wright, Calbertson, la. Dockery, rrw^ rpv~..%v. r/» ^Y.rr ?'. JX O -4 *i V *-w*v »r U ,«' ',• a ils VOLUME 1V.--NUMBER 10. STURGIS- BLACK HILLS,-SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1890. $2 PER ANNUM. CHIC AG.0 FOR THE FAIR THE HOUSE OF REPRKSKN l'IVES BAL LOT ON A SITE. Chicago Win. on the Eighth Ballot After a Lively and Interesting Struggle—The First Ballot In Detail—The West Stood by Chicago-Now the Question Revert, to the Inquiry: Will There Bo a World's Fair In 18937 In spite of bad weather the house gal leries were packed with spectators and the corridors obstructed with crowds, gathered to witness the deciding struggle over the location of the world's fair. The proceedings opened by swearing in John E. Reyburn, successor of the late Representative Kelley, of Pennsyl vania. The clerk read the special order of the house prescribing the method of voting on Jthe site for the fair, requiring some one place to have a majority of the votes cast. Blount, of Georgia, wished to know if there would be an opportunity offered to press the question at to whether there shall be a fair before selecting the site. The speaker replied that under the special order this opportunity could not be had and he immediately directed the clerk tb read the roll: There was-some apglaase as the first few responses were made, Which was promptly checked by the spalker. The rote re sulted: Chicago .j,.,.... 115 New York •«...... 72 St. Louis Ji. 61 Washington SS Cumberland Gap .J The detailed vote is as. follows: Adnmi, Barwig, Hoothun, Brookabira, Burrows, OHiqf&b. Anrterpon, Kan, Allen, Mlcb., Belsnap, Brewer, Brown, T. Burton, Oulbertson, PaT, Caldwell, Carter, Cheatham C.uney, Conge^ Craijf, D&lzell, Doreey Ewart, Funato^e, Gilford, Haugha®, Henderson, Hill, Kelly, Lacey, Laws, Mason, McCreary, Morris, Owen, Ind., Pendleton, PinL-lftfr, Ray, Roland, hmlth, Bnyder, Stephenson, Taylor, Texm.v Thomas, Towneend, Pa., VanSohaack, Wheeler, Mich., Williams, O,, Butterworth, Brickner, Bullock, Bynam, Cannon, Cheadler, Clark. Wis., Connell, Cowlea, Cutcheon. Dolliver, Evans, nink, Caswell, ChapmaS^ Comstock, Cooper, 0^ Crane, Davidso|^. Dunnel,, Fethlan* Gear, Engles, Fo: man, Goodrigbt, Grimes, Hatch 4.5 Heard, Kingsleft Lane, Mansur, Martin, Tex. McKee, Mill", Morril,' Morton, Oates, O Nell, Ind Fieroe, Price, Eodgers, Bayers, Btone, Ky., Stone, Mo.. Turned, Oa,. Turp e, Wade, Walker, Me., Wick, Wilson, Ky., Wise—41. Oest, Hanabrongh. Haines, Grosvenor, Hayes, la. Henderson, 111., Herman, Hitt. Kennedy, i,afollotte, Hopkins, Kerr, la., Lawler, Martin, Ind.» McCard, UcKinley, Onthwait, Lind, McClelland, Mckennlfc c. Morrow,,^ Parrott. Pernios*., Poet, i*. *,«'. Reed,Ia^ Shovel, Smith, W. Spooner, Struble, Taylor, & B., Thompson* Turner, Kaa., Walker, Mass.. .Whiting, Payaon, .Peters, Paaglev, Kewell, Smith, Smith, inu.. Springer, U'aylor, Ind .tTaylor, J. Townsend, Colo., V atson, Wiokham, Yoder,—115, Wilson, Wash., NEW YORK. Ballou, Baldwin. Boutelle, Buckner, Clancy, Delano, Dunphey, Fitch, Fowler, Ketcham, Lansing, Lodge, McCarthy, Moflitt, Nute, PenningtOO, Gwinn, Russell, Simons, Stuart, Vfc# Tracy, WaUaoe, Mais., Wallace, Wilnock, Wilkinson, Yardly—72. Barnes, Bingham, Btoas, Campbell, Covert, Dibble, '•Jfelliott, Hood, Gassinhalnar, Xnapp, tehfcaob, Magner, ITCG'ormick, Moore, N. H., Osborne, Perry, Haines, Sawyer, t&iiuula, Stivers, burner, N. Y„ ST. LOUIS. Anderson, Mioh,Bland, Bieckem16ge,ArJ. B. Brown, Abbott/ Boatler, Chandler, G*. Cote, Clements, Carlisle, Cathings, Cole, Caruth, Clarke, Ala. Crisp, EUla, Frank, Hart, Holman, Lewis, McMillin, Montgomery, Neidriugliam, Peel, Kichanleon, Btoekdale, Jweley, T&ndover, Washington, Wilson, Mo, WASHINOTOK. Anderfgp, Atkinson, Bank,'-' Harden, Beagalb Blanchard ItrowejL 'rfr Breck' Buchnli&n/ya., Bunn, Bargitt, Bankbead Bain, Bowen. ridge, Ky, Browne, Va., Qompton, Edmunds, 43reenhallge. jiemphi 1, 1 Donaven, 3'ind!y, :i, Gibson, Grout, Harmer, Henderson,N, C, Hooker, W. Kerr, Pa., I.anlrtm, Lester, Va., Mursn, McCoinas, Miliigan, Morgan, Morse, O'Neill, Mass., O'Neill, Pa,, Kundolih,Ma9..,Beilly, Kobinson, Rowland, Scull, Stewart, (la.. Rtoekbridge, Stump, Wheeler, Ala., Wilson, W. V Houck, &ee, McClanoy, Iforse, Tex., Oforrall, Owens, O., Ha bum, JiusU, Stewart, Tex., Tucker,, CUMBEKLAND GAP. Sklnnwr.—1. fifth Hallot, Chicane. ............ a.,*.* p».«.14e Now York. /.Ti.110 St. Louis 3f Wellington.. .4--"-.21 Total £'.»• ... 31i The struggle continued through the sixth and seventh ballots, and until changes on the eighth gave Chicago the coveted num ber of wtes, a clear majority over all. The deoisive eighth ballot resulted: Chicago •. ....157 New York r.«. 1(77 fit. I.ouis 25 Washington U TOtal.... •Wl'tU-Uii* /-i & -y i, i j&tf '8 *12? A SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS DIGEST. Kora Drew the Long Bow* Mrs. M. M. Merrill, of the New York Sun, who has been traveling over South Dakota inspecting for her paper the locali ties in which it has been reported by "Nora Marks" that gnunt want hovers over the land, snys that the reports of starvation, etc., sent out by "Nora Marks," Were absolutely false and without founda tion. She said it was true that there were pome cases where the farmers were not living on the fat of the land, and where as sistance had been and would be very ac ceptable, but she failed to find any down right suffering. She visited the families of several mentioned by "Nora Marks" as starv ing end wanting for comfortable clothing ai.d found them comfortably situated, abd a number stated that Mi6s Marks never even visitt (hem. Mrs. Merrill is a west ern woman, having lieen^fcorn in Minne apolis. She is the daughter of Bishop Merrill, of the Methodist Episcopal church. A Wicked Plan. The Custer Chronicle has an nnique scheme whereby the prohibition law may be evaded and its aims defeated. It is nothing more nor less than to organize a nev church known as the Sacramental church, and to have the organization per fected and ready to open on the day fixed for prohibition to go into effect, and con tinue indefinitely. The doctrinal tenets upon which the church is based will be of the most liberal and conservative charac ter, and the form of worship will be of the simplest order, consisting mainly in taking sacraments, which will be adminis tered ad libitum, and not at stated inter vals as in other churches. The church will be open to all applicants for admission to its fold, excepting only prohibitionists, who under no circumstances need apply. Told In a Breath. ATJLK county has thirty-eight school 'houses. HANSON county warrants are worth their face value, spot cash. CONTRACTS have been let at Pierre fora $5U,0U0 opera house and a pontoon bri ge. YANKTON firemen have decided not to attend the state tournament at Pierre in June. E H. FLYN.V, the defaulting treasurer of Custer county, has been bound over to the district court in the sum of $1,000.on a charge of embezzlement. TLe commis sioners will proceed at once against bis boudsnien to ricover $12,874.90, the full •mount of his defalcation. DURINO Sunset Cox's visit at Huron a young lady accompanied by her best yonng man was introduced to the honored guest. Extending her hand to him she said very gushingly: "O, Mr. Cox, I am so glad to know you and hear you Bpeak. Just say one word, one single little word, that I can say I have heard your voice." The roguish statesman squeezed tenderly the soft nhite band that was laid in his, glanced at the faces of the young couple stacaiug before him, and in a sweet, low voice said, "Matrimony." It is unnecessary to state that the day was soon named. (XENERAL MASTEB WORKMAN POW DER! Y has appointed Chas. E. Dacres, of Yankton, state organize -of the Knights of Labor for bouth Dakota. THE Northwestern railroad company has located its land on the "mile square" south of Bad river. It is thought the road will cross the liver at that point. AN otter skin was brought into Forest City by an Indian hunter the other day. The animals are becoming so scarce that a pelt even is considered a cariosity. A PETITION is being circulated in the cities and mines of the Black Hills, asking for the remonetizntion.of silver, and when filled it will be forwarded to congress. THE two chapels being built for the In dians in the Morean river country are to be paid for out of a fund of $25,000 sub scribed by Mrs. A. T. Stewart for mission ary work among the tribes iu that section. Bishop Hare is custodian of the fund. THE "King's Daughters," of Deadwood, an doing good work in soliciting aid for the drouth sufferers. FRANK LECCCQ, jr., has been appointed o'a position on the governor's staff with the rank of colonel. JOHN FLUEY, a moon-eyed shirt tearrer, was married at Buffalo Gap the other day O a white girl named Johnson. WHITEWOOD will be the division head qaarters of .the Fremont, Elkhorn fc Mis ouri Valley railroad in the Black Hills. IT has been estimated that there are 20, 000 gold, 4,000 silver and 7,000 tin and other mining claims in Lawrence, Pennington and Custer counties.4 PLOWING and seeding wheat has been going on in the Blaok Hills connties since the latter part of January and seeding is now almost all finished. AT the equal suffrage convention recently held in Washington, D. C., $3,000 was subscribed for the Bouth Dakota equal suffrage oampaign fund. A FOSSIL snail was found near White wood the other day measuring 19J inches in circumference aud 5J inches ia diameter, lb weight is 75 poands. TOI.D IN A MINUTE. CHAS. SOTTELL, a Swiss, was arrested at Guavmas, Mexico, on a charge of coun terfeiting American money. Sottell, it is stated, has branch establishments through out the state of Sonora. GEO. A. BLACK was hanged at Laramie, Wyo., for the murder of Bobert Burnett, a ranchman, last May. DAVID WILLOCOHBY, a Councilman at London, O was arrested in a saloon, where he had hidden for the purpose of cracking the safe. THE illness of Mrs. O'Shea will neces sarily still further delay the trial of her husband's suit against her for dlvoroe. SHOULD the senate pass the Chicago world's fair bill William Steinway, of New York, will subscribe $20,000 to the capital stock. V" j' "i'"-' s rsr ~%zg£t/ *.v """f'' j^" THE ACTS OF CONGRESS. SUCCINCT 8UMMAK* OF A WEEK'S LEGISLATIVE .WORK. Bill, and Resolutions Introduced and Top Ins Discussed by the National Body of Liiw Makers. In the senate on the 2fth Senator Chandler presented a petition from Union county, Ark., representing that at the last Btate election a reign of ten or prevailed that armed mobs perad^d the county day and night, ter rorizing the white and shooting and whipping tho colored voters that the ballot boxes were carried off and asking for the protection guaranteed by the constitution. The introduction of this petition was the cause of an extremely personal debate between Sena tors ('handler. Harris and Horry. The petition was ref-rred to the committee on privileges and elections. The bimn«*B on tho calendar was thon taken up ani twenty-six pension and pri.ate bill* passed. The Blair educational bill uas d:Bcu*sed until the senate went into executive session. Adjourned. In the honae Mr. Howell, of Illinois, called up the contested election case Atkinson asaitiBt Pendleton, from the l-irst district of We Virg nia. it was agreed that six hours' debate should be allowed, after which the pre vioiiB fjuei ti« n was to be ooncurred in as or dered. The case of tho contestant was cham pioned by Mr. ltowell and Pendleton's claims v, ore maintained b-? Mr. O'Farrell. Mr. Kowell was seconded by Mr. Lacey, of Iowa, and Mr. O'Farrell l,y Mr. Wilson, of Missouri. Pending debate the house adjourned, Jn the senate on the '27th resolutions -were presented and referred to the committee on world a fair from the convention of granite dealers held at Boston declaring it to bo the In the house tbe contested election oase of Atkinson vs. Pendleton was called up. The resolution seating Atkinson was adopted by a vote of 162 to 0, the democrats not voting. The speaker declared a quorum present, and the new member was sworn in. Pending debate on tho urgent deficiency bill the house ad jouriifd. In the houne Mr. O'Donnell, of Michigan, at the request of tho Seventh Day Adventiste of the United States, presented a petition bearing names protesting against the passage of miv bill in regard to the observance Jof tho Sabbath. Referred. The joint resolution pnssed authorizing the appointment of thirty additional medical examiners for the pension bureau. The Featherstone-Cate election con test was taken up. Pending debate, adjourned. A Seal Monopoly. Secretary Windom has directed a lease to be made with the North American Com mercial company, of Now York and San i Francisco, for the exclusive privilege of taking fur seals upon the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska, for twenty years from May 1. A Remarkable Family. A newspaper man of Furmington, Me., visitod a remarkable family the other day. Calling at the home of Jonathan Scott Ellis he found Mr. Ellis, who is 96 years old, seated by the stove and reading a newspaper with glasses. His wife's sister, Miss Lydia Ballard, who will be 97 years old in April, vras seated in a rocking-chaif near by and knitting vigorously. Another sister-in-law, Miss Hannah Ballard, 84 years old next October, was cleaning up the dinner table and washing the dishes. Mrs. Ellis died three years ago at the age of 88. The old folks prefer to live by themselves and do all their own work, and Father EUis vet refers to his sisters-in-law as "the girls. Two Men Killed In a tand Quarrel. At Sangus, a small station of the South ern Pacific railway iu Los Angeles county, Cal., George Wultham and D. Cook were hauling wood by a cabin occupied by two men named Gardner and Carmichael, when the two latter opened fire with rifle and revolver. Waltham was instantly killed and Cook received a wound from which ha died later. The shooting had its origin in a dispute about land. Gardner and Car michael escaped. A posse is in pursuit. AN attempt was made by some unknown person to assassinate Dr. AJex. Neil, one of the leadiDg physicians ot Coltuhbus, O. *. t4"/ i sense of tho convention that tho city of New York affords advantages and facilities foi the fair of 1892 possessed by no other city in the union, and extending the thanks of the conv ntion to the New Kngland members who had voted for locating it there. The following bills were taken from the calendar and passed For the erection and location of a bronze statue of hristopher Co* lumbus and the removal of a naval monument i to a new site to authorize tne contraction of a railroad bridge across the Missouri river 1n I Monona counry, la., and Burt county, Neb. to ami nd the timber culture act. '1 ho senate i proceeded to the consideration of the bill to tleclaro unlawful trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and production and pending action adjourned. In the senate on the 2Sth Senator Ingalls was i elected vice president pro tem. and will offici ate during tho absence of Vice President Mor ton in Horida. Senator Blair mode a kick to the «£ft»ot that his speeches on the educa tional bills were not sent out by the Associated Press and intimated that the pre-s was muzzled. Senators HawJey, Hall and Hoar de fended tbe press and said it did its duty. The pension bill for soldiers and sailors incapaci tated for mauuai labor was debated. The house bill for the appointment, of two persons to represent the I'nited States in the Madrid con ference in reference to industrial property was passed. Adjourned until Monday. Jn the Louse tho urgency appropriation bill was parsed. It appropriates .$23,fx0,00., the largest item being the appropriation of $21, ti00,() JO for the payment of pensioners of the war of 1H12 ami tho Mexican war. Forty-five pen sion bills were passed. Adjourned. In the house on the 1st. after the passage of a few private pension bills, the senate bill pro viding for an assistant secretary of war passed —yeas, 120 nays, 100. Mr. Houk, of Tennessee, called up tho contested election case of Featherstono vs. Cate, from the First district of Kansas, which on call of the ayes and noon it was decided to consider. Pehding discus sion adjourned. The acna'e was not in session. In tbe senate on the 3d Senator Voorhees of fered a preamble and concurrent resolution re citing that in the recent lease of the seal islands of Alaska to tho American company certain provisions of the law were not complied with and directing tho secretary of the treasury to refran from executing or delivering the l^ase to the com pany until the subject be inquired into bv the fcenate. Hcferrad to the finance committee. The bill fixing the salaries of several judges of the United States district courts at #5,000 per annum was taken up and passed. The Blair biil was discussed. Adjourned. I 1 The company will pay an annual renta i of $GO,0U0 for the lease of said islands, and iD addition to a revenue tax of $2 upon each fur sealskin taken and shipped by"it from the islands, the company will pay 70.215-1000 of a dollar a pieco for each skin. So far as may be practicable and consistent with the in terests of the company it will encourage the dressing, dyeing and marketing of seal skins within the United States. The I annual revenue of the government under this lease, on the basis of 100,000 seals per annum, will be about $1,000,000 as against $300,00!) under the present lease to the Alaska Commercial company. Activity in Kallroad Building. The Engineering News this week will say the work of railway extension the com iug season promises more activity than any season since 1887. In the United States there are 5,000 miles in process of construction 7,041 miles surveyed, and 2,831 miles projected—making a total of 14,910 miles. In Canada the figures are: Construction, 914 surveys, 438 projected, 760 total, 2,078. The principal enterprises under way are in the South and southwest, on the coal roads of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and in Montana and Washington. Almost all the lines iu prospect are rathe* phort and generally to further develop comparatively local -interests. There are practically no paralleling schemes. build WINNESHIEK opunty is gomg to an asylum for its incurable insane. THE south DIVIEYM of the 0enver k Bio Grande i*£ again cat o£t from tbe world by ,» new uwv bioqkqfo. l"" *•«, v SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE DOim In the senate on the 2*5th the salary of mfa* inspector was reduced to €1,000. The prohibi tion bill was read a third time and passed, JB for and 5 againat. Bills were introduced pro viding for the publication of joint resolution laws, supreme court decisions, procla mations notice of issuance of ar ticles of Incorporation, and creating the publication of & weekly paper therefor defining the duties and £:UQK the fees of clerks of circuit and coun':y courts reim bursing T. K, Long fjr the publication of '-.'.000 of Long's hand bo k relating to the advertistog and selling of chattol mortgaged' property. The following senate bills passed: Providing for the earning of good time by penitentiary urisonert 2 rep.alintf chapter 110, laws oi 188J abolishing the railroad com mission fixing the limitation on bringing certain actions to ten years providing for the payment of tho expenses ol the seed grain commission making railroads liable for dam ages caused by fire encouraging the cultiT# tiou of Bdt/ar beetrf aud tho manufacturing of syrup and sugar regulating the practice Pt medicine licensing physicians ana prescrib ing compensation regulating the Btate print ing creating a state printer. Also the IIOBM bill passed permitting counties to bond for out standing indeuUulnees. Adjourned. In the house the senate bill passed touching the leasing of s. hool lauds. F. 1. Powers WM appointed a clerk on the committee on enroll ment of bills The fallowing bills were intro duced: To provide for the incorporation of cities and thei- classification by population. To establish up-town telegraph o'lHces in citlM or towns of 1,0-JO population Memorial asking congress to pr.ivido for the electing of Unitea States senators by poxular vote. 1' oviding for tbe deposit of county fands where they may draw interest. Memorial Ot thanks to ex-Trea«iurer Bailey for hit efficient course as treasurer. All the afternoon was taken up in tho consideration of the ap propriation bills. The salaries of the clerks U tho secretary and treasurer's offices were out down $2J0 and in the commis ioner of publie lands $4f»0. The sum of 82,0j0 v as given for' county institutes. For the Dakota university at Vermill on the sum of £20,io was given tor the pay of tea hers, tho total allowed the insti tution being $20,470. The school of mines at llapid Ci?y gets £10,000. The soldiers'home at Hot Springs gets instead of **50 In the senate on the 27th the forenoon and part of the afternoon session was consumed in the discussion of both tho district and town ship school systems. The following senate bills passed: Kegnlating tho construction and re- fair of publio bridges and causeways provid* ngfor county tree-planting providing amend ments to articles of incorporation Bills were introduced authorizing tho appointment of *n assistant tecret at y «.f otute pioviding for the adjustment and disposal of the balances re maining after the payment of railroad bondfl issued by Elk Point township, Union county exempting registered pharmacists from jury duty exempting from taxation eighty instead Of ten acres of college land. Adjourned. In the house a joint resolu io.i passed thank ing ex-Treasurer Bailov. The appropriation bill passed. An appropriation of *VJ50 was added for the veterinary surgeon. The salary of the clerk in ho treasurer's office was increased to 91,The house bill passed providing for the destructi' n oi noxious weeds. Tho house went into committee of the whole on the election law bills. The fight was over th.» Khines ballot system and vote recorder. This was knocked Out by a large majority. Ad'ourned. The senate on the 2«th recdive¥ the following list of appointments tor the educational board of regents from the governor. Alonzo J. Edger ton, of Mitchell, two years P. F, McClure, of Pierre, six years A. B. Sinedlcy, of Milbank, six years C. M, Howe, of Mellette, six year* W. H. Stanley, oC Hot Springs, four years B. F. Hewitt, of Ipswich, four years K. O. ttraude, of Brande, two years Paul Landman, of Scot land, two years L. Talcott, of f'lark,threeyears. The senate discussed the fence law, the ap propriation bill and the Australian ballot law. Adjourned. In the house a bill was introduced to provide for the publication of the laws, joint resolu tions, supreme court decisions and official documents. Bills passed making certain chattel mortgages void relating to ar tesiau wells relating to furnishing the Hons of Vot-'-rans with accoutrements ex empting firemen from jury and military duty a memorial asking the op. ningto settlement of the (TOW Creek reservation defining the duties of the attorney-general. Bills wore int roduced defraying the expenses ol the constitutional convention and prescribing the form of allot to bo used. The house bill passed relatingto the forming of corporations. Adjourned. In the senate on tho lsi a bill was introduoed exempting certain property from assessment and taxation. The hous bill bonding the state indebtedness was passed. A special i ommittee —Senators Cain. Thielman, Parsons, Johnson, Sherwood, Norton, Miller. Westeott and Frank— •was appointed to equitably divide a poriion of the available funds between tho state institu tions. Following senate bills passed: Author izing tho stfite treasurer to sot aside fr jm*the the general fund a sum to pay the bond inter est creating a state board of equalization flxipg the toll of grist exchange and tlouring mills at one-flfth requiring instru:tion in schools concerning the effects if alcoholic drinks and narcotics upon the system requir ing the fencing of unorganised counties against Btopk until vot?d otherwise, after organization authorizing the sale by the board of charities snd correction of certaiu realty in Sioux Falls pro viding for the election for the relocating of county seats where the present location is not made by a major,ty vote regulating the salary of registers of deeds aud county treasurers regulating the state printing, providing com pensation and civating the offico of expert printer. Bills were introduced amending sec tion 3, chapter 30, political code, registering warrants with county treasurer amending sec tions 1 and Ifi, article 15, chapter 7 t, Seven* teenth assembly, relating to the incorporation of cities joint resolution ordering the secretary of state to print 1,000 copies of the prohibition bill amending section Vila, com l«d laws, relating to original procedure in justices' courts. Tho following house bills passed: Creatingithe office of state examiner of irrigation authorizing county commission ers to consolidoto the roal and bridge fund authorizing tho levy of a special tax for road purposes authorizing the commissioners of school lands to make selections of indemnity lands amending section 2, chapter 00, laws of 1SH5, relating to lish-ways compelling railroad agents to post notices of the arrival and de parture of trains repealing so .tions 2385 and J£i8o oompiled laws. Adjourned. In the house a bill was introduced providing for the apportionment of school and publio land funds. Bills passed tho house relating to municipal corporations regulating insurance companies doing business in the state an aet amending section 129, COJ piled laws a bill defining pqblic nuisances requiring registers of deeds to make abstracts requiring segre gated oomities to pay their proportion oi bonded indebtedness providing for a state board of public health. Senate bill No. 209 passed. The bill relates to bonding Meade county. Adjourned. In the senate on the 3d the following senate bills passed: Creating a commission to in quire into the claims growing out of the Yank'* ton asylum: creating a board of pardoiis an* thorizing the appointment of an assistant sec* retary of st ate providing an adjustment of the unexpended baluncu of the railroad bonds of Elk Point township, Union county exempting registered pharmacists from jury duty defln ng what property oxemot from taxation de fining the jurisdiction and practice of oounty courts and the salaries of judges. Adjourned. Bills were introduoed in tho house Author izing boards of county commissioners to pro vide their several counties with the lihines voting machiue relating to legislative ap portionment. Mrs. George McMillin, and Miss Fffie McMillin were appointed on tho enrolling and engrossing force. A resolution passed limiting speeches to two minutes. Bills passed requiring county com missioners to change commissioners' districts an act declaring certaiu combinations and trusts unlawful: regulating grain and ware house iusp«ctioit relating to the practice of medicine amending chapter 4, section 150, laws of 1887, providing for the organization of civil townshipv, relating to the assessment $nd taxation of unorganised counties. Adjourned How They Met, Loved and Wedded. There are now living in Washington married couple, Paul and Albina Hellmuth, who were born at Baden, Germany, Feb. 1, 1847, withiu four miles of each other. Even through their childhood, playing in the streets of the same town, they were strangers to each other. In the course of events they came across the ocean to land of promise, and at different times and by different paths they drifted to Wash ington, where they met, and loved and wedded. Upon comparing notes to take oat their marriage license they discovered, to their mutual surprise and gratification, that they were not only natives of the place but rejoiced in exactly the same to a day. FfiEE ejoce cutters in New Hampsbftp* have struck against the employment of marble cutters. The contractors, it ii stated, have determined to lock out their free stone cutters in all parts of New England if they do not agree to certain pi nposiUons which are to be submitted ia kUy&di. A .-j-*. ..XJ.