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5 f- 7"' 'FT -r ri ya '4 If" V* ^7" V^* 1% 4^v *t* tp -_*, r,'-• fc. V.-' W. P. L. SOCTEB. Treasurer—E. T. HUFFMAN. •Register of ,» VOLUME IV.—NUMBER 20. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. United States rand Oflloe.. jr. P. LUBE, Register, Rapid City. MO. V. AYBES, Receiver, Rapid City. Judicial-Eighth Circuit. (Head9, fcafwrenoe and Butte counties.] woodfBLB8 THOMA®. Judge residence. Dead* *A1HrjBHN, Clerk for Heads county: rest dwv^rargis. Judidai-Comty Coprt. 4 .^EbputiiBsC. Pout, Judge residence,Stnrgfs. County Officers. Commissioners—SAMUEL H. MABTIN, Big Bot tom BLAND HERRING, Rapid City ELLIOTT MXCHOLS, Empire. BheVlff- Deeds—FBED 8. DOSHA*. Auditor—E. C. LANK. Attorney—THOMAS E. HARVEY. Su|«iiiittjnd«ut of Schools—Mill BOHELL. Surveyor—OLAF HELWEO. Coroner—DB. J. B. CHENET. County Physician—W. G. SMITH. v City Officials. MBYOT^J. J. DAVENPORT. Auditor—MAX HOEHN. Treasurer—H. E. Perkins. Justice—B. F. Stephens. "V- V-V. First Ward—CHARLES GBOBOE A, BIESMAN, JJXJhV ALDERMEN. I 4 FBANCI^ D. O. OOM- STOCK. Second Ward—E. C. LANE, EDWABD QALVIN, Third Ward—G. W. LADD, JOHN MONHKIM. Chief of Police—GEORGE N. COLB. FIRE DEPARTMENT. •Chief—E. T. MARSHALL, •Assistant—JOHN SCOLLABD. Engineer—GEORGE GARNER. XIBE BOARD E. C. LAMB, Chairman EDWABD GALVIN,'E. I MARSHALL. Meets first Friday in each month. HOSE. Bturgfs Hose No. 1. Meets first and third Monday evenings of eaoh month in department parlor, oity hall. GEORGE E. HAIB, Foreman. Sec'y. SIGNALS—BELL FOB MEBTINQS. Hoee—Two tape. Hook and Ladder—Two and two, Engine—Two and one. Department-vfilo# tolling. late—Rapid tolling. SERVICE—ENGINB WHISTLB, One blast—Ready to start. Two—Stop. Throe—Full speed. Four—Fire out go home. The above signals will be answered 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—Stop. Swinging horizontally—Ready go ahead. Swinging in circle—Full speed. Benevolent Societies. A. F. FEA. M. Olive Braneh lodge. No. 47. Meets first Wednesday night of eaoh month iu Masonio fcalL Francis block, fl. A. CABTBSTER, W. M. -J,D. HARTXAN, fiee'y- I.O.O.F, Bare Batte lodge, No. 46. Meets every Satur day nigh't at 7:30 p. m. in Masonic hall. BAILEY MADISON, N. G. Op. W. LADD, Seo'y. A.a u. w. Key City lodge, No. 66. Melts wooaS and fourth Thursday nights of each month In 8teb« "bins hall, at 7:30. E. C. LANE, M. W. F. S. DUNHAM, Recorder. MODERN WOODMEN. Key City lodge, No. 1,157. Meets seeond and fourth Monday nights of each month in Bteb* bins hall, at 7:30. S. T. VooBHBBS, H. C, 3. W. PACKARD, Clerk. G. A. B. Calvin Duke post, No. 143. Meets first Tues« day night of eacn month in Stebbins hall. Gso. E. SCALES, P. C. N. H. LOOP, Adjutant. E. OF P. R&thbone lodge, No. 89. Meets every two weeks in Masonio Hall, Francis block. J. C. MCMILLAN, C. C. MAX HOEHN, K. of R. & S. CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA. Sturgis Branch, No. S81. Meets every Sunday after cnuroh services, except the first Sunday in the month. ELMER OTIS, President. PET-LB MULHEIMS, Secretary. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. jQIt. A. H. BOWMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. CD Office at residence on Sherman street, half block east of Junction avenue. STURGIS SOUTH DAKOTA. QHARLE8 C. POLK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW^ Money to LoSf on Real Estate. f»TAfN V STREET, STURGIS. AN CI8E 4s WILSOI, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA. T. COAD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. W. FOWLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. HOTELS. THE KEYSTONE HOTgL J, Q. KJBITH, Px®rietor. Ev^rffeedy itojM at this popular bonis when in" De&dwood, because it is ne best in every respect. 5-f v I HOTEL* HARNEY, JOHN ft. BEENNAN, -i ta" v -s.' Proprietor. RAPID CITY. Best ^|polntsd bows 19 Hm Bl««k %^r^i ,l ^7** !^r^ *4-, V" _( TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. FENNSYLYANIA POWDER WORKS BLOW CP WITH FATAL EFFECT* Several Workmen Killed and a Nmubelr Badly Injured -A Woman Kills Her Child In Order That She May Marry the Man of Her Choiee—Harrison and Silver. Isrse Powder Works Blow Up Near Scran ton, Pa., Killing Several Workmen. A special from Scranton, Pa., says the entire plant of the Consumers Powder company, looated near Winton, was de troyed by an explosion and fire. The force of the explosion was terrific and plainly £elt in Scrauton. The workmen had no opportunity to escape, and three are re ported to have been instantly killed and several others badly injured. All the re maining works were partially destroyed and some men in them had narrow es capes. A Woman's Love. the introduction of evidence in the case of John Sage, charged with the murder of Harry Cunningham, has commenced at Marion, Ind. The sensation of the day was the testimony of Eliza Sage, the divorced wife of the accused, who is now undergoing life imprisonment for the crime for which Sage is on trial. Mrs. Sage'B recital was highly dramatic and pathetic. She testified that she first met the prisoner in August 1881 that soon after he commenced paying regular and devoted attention to her and offered to marryher if h^r 2.yfln,r-rVld boy could be disposed of. She agreed to bind the child out or to have some one adopt it, but to this Sage objected, saying that any one who took it would tire of it and send it back. Sage continued to im portune her to make way with the child, and finally, on Sunday, June 18, 1882, she took the child in her arms, carried it a mile across the field, threw it into a creek, cov ered her face with her hands and ran away. She and Sage were married the following evening and were arrested on the following Thursday. The witness wos sharply cross examined, but without impairing the face of her testimony through the trying ordeal. Harrison and Silver. Western senators and members of the house who have been in close consulation with the president since the discussion of the silver question began, express the be lief that the president will approve almost every measure on this subject that congress will send to him. One of the serious ob stacles in the way of coqceited action has been the fear that the measure would be vetoed. The president has not committed himself further than to say that he ap proves the Windom bill but his evident anxiety to have some bill put through con gress had created the belief that he would •ocept even an extreme measure. V- Prosperity's Smile, In a dispatch from Buenos AyreB, it was reported that the Argentine Republic had been robbed of sums aggregating $10,000, 000 by dishonest officials in the customs "service. A reporter called upon Adolfo G. Calvo, counsel of the Argentine Republic in New York, and when that official was shown the dispatch he pronounced it pre posterous. "By no possibility," said Consnl Calvo, "could any such enormous robbery be per petrated by the custom officials. The total annual revenues of the republic from all sources amount to f58,000,000, of which two-fifths are derived from customs duties. Such a defalcation would, therefore, be equivalent to stealing nearly one half of the yearly customs revenues, which, with the system of checks in vogue, would be an utter impossibility. The officials charged with the collection of the customs duties are required to account daily for the money received and to desposit the same. A failure to do so would be followed by swift exposure. It would be possible, perhaps, for an official to steal $100,00U, but that any official or combination of officials could rob the government of $10, 000,000 is out of the question." Continuing, tlie consul said that he was In consultation with an official of the re public closely connected with its financial administration, and if any heavy defeca tion had been discovered, he would have been apprised of it. Mr. Calvo fuither said, that in his opinion, tLe repoit was another effort on the part of those who have heretofore sought to injure the finan cial standing of the Argentine republic. HiB latest advices were to the effect that the crops were abundant, and that the premium on gotu had"falle&100 points,and that, as a consequence, prosper^y smiled upon the people of the oountry. The Effect ot the Miners' Strike. The suspension of work by the coal miners in the vicinity of Peoria, 111., is be ginning to bear fruit. It is now one week since a pound of coal has been taken from any of the mines near Peoria, and the sup ply on hand is gradually giving out. Un* less some settlement is soon reached, ti e manufacturing interests of the oity will be at a standstill. The railroads are begin ning to economize. At the inauguration of the strike coal sold at 6 cents a bushel. It has already risen to 20 cents and is expect ed to go still higher. The situation in Peoria is peculiar. The operators stand ready to pay the Columbus scale, but the men cannot go to work until William Scaife, of Coal City, their state president, arrives. A Joint conference of the miners and operators- of the Springfield district has been held, but no agreement was reached. The situ ation was talked over at great length, and a stipulation was drawn up and orally agreed upon fixing 624 cents per ton as the prioe for mining and seven-eighths of an inoh as the size of the screen, and pro viding that in case the miners in the southern Illinois field refuse to conform to the Columbus scale for that district (62J cents) the price for the Springfield district shall simply be 6 cents more than that paid in the southern Illinois field and providing also that the scales in the Springfield district shall be the same as In the southern district. This agreement was signed by the operators and thea sub mitted to the miners, but after eome con sultation among themselves, they refused to sign it. The only objection they ex pressed was that the agreement submitted the vis# ot Un soreeM. All .»C $ 14, V 1 1 V .- V v efforts at compromise were fruitless! and the conference adjourned. terrible KevelatioiiSi The inquest over the body df Willie Leaphart, who Was shot dead in his cell id Lexington by a mob was held in Lexing ton. During the progress of the inquest six men were identified as having taken part in the assissination. Notwithstanding thiB the jury returned the remarkable ver dict that the prisoner came to his death at the hands of unknown persons. The edivence which caused the judge to recommend a respite for Leaphart, and Gov. Biohard to grant the same goes to show that the n^gro probably was innocent, and the victim of.a horrible conspiracy. This evidence was made public at the inquest. It is said Rosa Cannon, the girl alleged to have been assaulted by Leaphart, and on whose testimony he was irade prisoner, has stated that she was not assaulted by him. Rumors are in circulation that the girl has been ruined recently, that an exposure would come in time and the scheme of charging the negro with assault was ar ranged and planned by those most inter ested in the matter so that they would gain time and perhaps ultimately prevent exposure. Leaphart was convicted wholly on Rosa Cannon's testimony. A Bad Placc to Pastor Berger's Confession. Church circles, of Charleston, Ind., are troubled by the scandal in which the most prominent clergyman of the town is in volved. Rev. Henry Berger, pastor of the German Methodist church, it is said, has confessed to having sustained improper re lations with a handsome and prominent woman of his parish. She, on the other hand, denies the charge and proposes to bring a libel suit. Berger held the highest social position, and was very popular, and everybody is astonished that he should make such a confession. He has an in valid wife and a fine family, who feel the matter keenly Sinoe the matter became public he has thrown up his license to preach and withdrawn from the church. Shot Her Cbild. Mrs. Mary Penn, living in Huntsdale, Pa., in a fit of passion sbot her little daughter 6 *4V Live In. Gov. Richardson, of South Carolina, has been notified that John T. Graham, the at torney for the lynched negro, Leappart, had fled from Lexington from a mob that threatened his life, and there were about fifty drunken men in the town, some of whQm were surrounding the house of Gra haffl, where his wife and children were. The temper of the mob indicated that if they attacked the house they would have respect for neither sex nor age and the. governor was requested to send protection for those people. The governor immedi ately telegraphed the sheriff to guard Graham's house and protect the inmates with a posse, and that the sheriff would be held responsible for the safety of Mrs. Graham and her children. It is said that Lawyer Graham left Lexington for Colum bia early in the afternoon, and as he has not arrived there some apprehensio* is felt for his safety. President Clover Scores Ingalls. President Clover, of the Kansas Farm ers' allianoe, has come out squarely against the re-election of Senator Ingalls. lie says: "I claim that Ingalls in his interview has taken the right position on the Farm ers' alliance, but it is because he is cute enough to say the right thing, and every one in KansaB knows that he said years old. Mrs. Penn told the child to bring some kindling wood into the house, and, thinking her orders had not been obeyed as promptly* as Bhe de sired, the woman seized a revolver and fired at the girl, the ball lodging in the neck. A physician was summoned from Moiedale, a village several miles distant, who ex tracted the ball. The ohild may die. Reached the End of JHis Tether. O. M. Thune, who is wanted at Milner, Dak., on a charge of embezzling about $10,000 from a number of agricultural im plement manufacturers for whom he was agent at Milner, was arrested at Portland, Ore., while employed as a painter. An at torney for a piano manufacturing company of Chicago, who has been looking for Thune, has left for the east having the prisoner in his charge. Gen. Clarkson Talks. First Assistant PoBtmaster-General Clarkson and wife passed through Pitts burg en ronte to Des Moines in obevanee to a telegram announcing the serious ill ness of Clarkson's father. While at the station Gen. Clarkson talked freely. He said he had definitely decided to leave the postal service July 1 next. His successor had not yet been named. Mr. Clarkson has made no arrangements for the future yet further than that he will 'hot resume the editorial ohair of the Des Moines Reg ister. Veux Nominated to Succeed Randall. Hon. Richard Vaux was nominated for congress by the democratic convention in Philadelphia to till the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel J. Randall. A special election in the third district will be held May 20. Vaux is a native of Philadelphia and was born in 1816. During President Van Burens' administration he acted as secretary of the American legation at London. Clstuen't Trial Began. The trial of Peter J. Claassen, ex-presi dent of the Sixth National bank for em bezzling the securities of that institution, began in New York. The accused is de fended by Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy and ex Umted States Assistant District Attorney Tenny. -^f v -v t- "*., it simply to try to fool the farmers, not because he oares any more for the Kansas farmer now than ever. Deception is thb only rule by which he works. He has never done anything for the Kansas farmer, but looks down on them, and if he wsre sent to the senate 50 years yet, he never would. Who ever heard of him doing anything, but he is always saying something, and there is quite a difference. He is no doubt laugh ing in his sleeves, thinking his interview fooled the farmers of the state, but I want to say in this he is greatly mistaken. His earnestness for the farmer is the -same kind he shows for pensions—all for effect, and sincere in nothing. I have wished a thousand times he was a different man, bat he never will be." 1 Xven Children Suicide. Eddie, the thirteen year old Bon of Seribcer, o* Hillsboro, N. H., hanged him self. Punishment inflicted the day before VM the O»«Mot the aot^ •v ...... STURGIS—BLACK HILLS,—SOUTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, MAY 15,1890. IN A FIERY FURNACE. tDARFUl.TRAGEDY EXACTED JtiONOUK AT POINTE, QUEBECJ An Insane Asylum Containing over 1300 Patients Burned to the Ground- Over IOO People Believed to Have Been Consumed —Particulars of the Sad AflRnlr. The insane asylum at Longue Point, nine miles from Montreal, caught fire and soon it was a mass of flames with no hope of saving the building from utter destruc tion, As near as can be calculated at this hour there are from 100 to 150 insane in mates in the burning buildibg with no chance of their escape* The fire apparatus in the asylum is utferaly inade quate to oontrol the flames and several steamers have been sent froni Montreal on a special train. The sights ii the grounds surrounding the institution are horrible beyond description. Hundreds of lunatics, male and female, are grouped together, gibbering and in a frenzied olmdition. The nuns are making every effort to control them and allay their fears, and as rapidly as possible the poor creatures are beiDg re moved to places of shelter in the neighbor hood. The excitement among tile lunatios on the grounds became so great ithat a detach ment of the Montreal police force was hur out to assist the guards. There were persons in the asyluta when the lire broke out. Particulars in TYftlafl. A long line of gaunt towers is all one now sees of the Longue Pointe lunatio asylum, located ten miles from Montreal, and which, with many lives, waB consumed by the flames. The sights witnessed be fore this tragic scene are suca as can never be forgotten. Nothing could exceed the horror attending the terrible calamity, considering the number of victims, the terrible nature of their death and the man ner in "which the helpless victims re ceived their fate. Whi| to spectators was a scene of horror the lunatics a moment of supreme glee, ind in their de light they disported th^nselves in the flames and waved their bfWing limbs in turbulent satisfaction at t^e ruin that was about them, and. not qntil the walls tumbled over their heads lifere their mania cal screamB silenced. There were incarcerated in Longue Pointe 1,300 lunatics, for that asylum was a prison more than a hospital, and now not more than 1.100 are accounted for, but many escaped into the fiplds and woods, and the dead are among (Leashes. What' the number of dead is is pprely a matter of conjecture and can neverj be ascertained, since there was no other record kept than that in the asylum books, and they are de stroyed. Taking into consideration the whole of the evidence from firemen, half insane inmates and the sisters in charge, it iB a conservatio estimate to Bay that 100 victims met their death, though some asseit the number is double that and others place it below this figure. However, the fact remains that no suoh calamity has fallen upon the province of Quebeo since the earliest times. Ever 6ince Quebeo was a province its manage ment of these raoBt helpless of creatures has been its pbame. They have been farmed out to nuns at $100 a head a year and the sisters aim in a way to keep them as frugally as possible. From the construction of the building there is doubt in some minds as to whether it was intended for an assylum or a blast furnace—in any case it served the latter purpose admirably. It was constructed of brick and was 600 feet long, running back from the river half the distance. The main building occupied the oenter and on each side extended four wings, six stories in height. The Fire Started in a Cupboard in the second ward on the woman's side in the upper story by a careless patient, and as ventilation was carried on by a longi tudinal shaft connected with the towers, the flames soon appearing through the roor in the center of each tower. A telegram was sent to Montreal for aid, and an en gine and reels started at once. They might as well have remained at home, for in five minutes they exhausted the water supply. The only thing that could save the building was the St. Lawrence river, and it was half a mile distant. When the Associated Press reporter arrived with the firemen, the dome of one tower had just falleu and the flames were bursting out everywhere. As the heat increased the statues fell from their niches to the gfttuud and then the habitants prostrated themselves, crying aloud that tlffe saints had deserted them, in deod. Beds, furniture and utensils of every desoiiption were being showered from the windows, and a stream of ill-clad men poured out of the eastern wing. Not a male patient was lost. Among the women it was different. The Jess hopeless cases were placed in the lower wards, and they were removed without difficulty, but from the upper wardB, where the violent patients were secured, there came the wildest screams as they resisted the nuns who were beseeching them to make their escape. At one window a mauiao could be seen peering through the harp, grinning and jabbering at the bright flame that went up to the sky. As the heat became more in tense she would grasp the bars and remain there until the flames.enveloped her. The inhabitants had come from all parts roundabout, attracted by the blaze, and an hour later the little village was one surging mass of shouting, vociferating people. When the firemen found they were powerless to save the building they turned their attention to the inmates and burst in the doors with axes. Inside Chief Benoit says it was suoh a sight as nf» fireman ever before witnessed. In one ward he entered there were twenty-five patients, and at his approach they huddled together like a paok of beasts, entwining their arms into one mass of humanity. He seized the nearest. "But," said the chief, "I could no more separate the crowd than I could' the parts of your horse." He tugged at them until the fire darted into their garments and Enfolded Them Like a Shroud of Flames and then he escaped with his life. In an other ward three firemen were nearly trapped to death. They entered, and the door, which had a spring lock, closed be hind them. As is customary there was no handle on the inside. The door resisted UMU AMI -V. and they rushed to the windows. 'V 4 'h 'If ~'4i v.+r-'c but were driven ba-k by ths flames. Th« chief, suspecting their peril, sent aid to the other side and the men were carried down on ladders. The engineer of the buildfng did good work, saving nine patients, and every fire" man made a record of which he may feel proud. On the first alarm the. engineer turned on the hose, but it was utterly use less, as the fire leaped along the ventilat ing shaft to the towers and burned in a dozen places at once. One of the tertiary nuns, Soeurmarie, lay sick in the infirmary on the fifth floor, and to her rescue came three others. They seized their companion and bore her in a blanket to the staircase, but they were met by a sheet of flame and all perished. None of them were over 20 years of age. The sisters worked with the persistence of heroines, by turns imploring, beseeching and commanding the patients, and finallj saving a very large number, in view of the inadequate facilities at hand. Sister Theres, the Ruperioress, is broken-hearted and, being at present in ill -health, her name may be added to the (tlready long list of victims,. Drs. Bourqm and Baralet were carried from the building uncon scious, and whatever must be naid of the management as a whole, th individuals exercised every power to less $ the calam. ity they had neglected to ave was followed by a crash of beams.- The interior was giving way. The wild faces shrank from the windows and the shrieks of the maniacs were lost in the general up roar. One by one the walls toppled in ward, and the fierce blaze burst up from the ne.vly added fuel, rose to the dark sky and shot its glare over the St. Lawrence ftC the southern shore and even tinged tfc crest of Mt. Royal, ten miles distaafc Then it died down into blackness, and nothing but a few broken towers remained bounding the seething mass of metal and debris under which are now not the bodies, but the ashes, of 100 victims. By this time it was 6 o'clock and was growing dark and very cold. The spring rains had converted the place into a quag mire, and only horsemen could get from place to place. The poor slsterB, most of them young and delicate, stood ankle deep in the mud securing and superintending the removal of such furniture as had been saved. The patients *wandered about aimlessly, clad in soant garments. When released many of them leaped for joy and bounded like deer across the fields to the woods. Patients of both sexes escaped, and though a cordon of police was thrown around, not all were included, and a horribly suggestive tale was borne in by a habitant who was com ing through the woods to the scene of the disaster. A new decade had come upon the inhabitants from the .presence of so many escaped lunatios, and they will count themselves fortunate if they are not visited by a series of such crimes as only madmen can devise. All the time the fire was burning every high house top in Montreal had its curious sight-seers. The long road was thronged with carriages. 1 he transport servioe of Montreal was pressed into service, and every available cab, omnibus and hack went out filled with people. Premier Mercier has placed the Montreal exhibition buildings at the disposal of the nuns, an(d to-morrow the buildings will be Blocked with provisions. The Strangest Wonder The Sisters of Providence spend in founding and organizing this institution $1,132,'232, of which $700,000 was spent on the buildings. The building was insured by the government for $300,000. With the exception of the medical department, consisting of the doctors, the sisters re tained complete control of all the depart ments of the asylum. At latest reports the death roll is esti mated at fifty, although many more are missing, but are expected to turn up. It is feared that seven tertiary nuns were burned, as three more are missing besides those named above. They were not, how ever, seen in the flames, and the sisters prefer not to give out the names at pres ent. FOREIGN FINANCES. Business Expanding In England—Berlin Watching tlie American Silver Bill. Discount was firmer during the past week at 2@2.£. On the stock exohange business expands daily, and dealers are sanguine that there wiil be no return to stagnation for many days to come. The public is both buying and selling, and business is no longer limited to members of the stock ex change and professional operator?. The rise in English railways ranges from to 3i per oent. American railroads were largely bought early in the week, but eased off slightly after a rapid advance. The buyibg was rather indiscriminate, some times forcing prices, above the New York level. A good impression was created by the increased dividends of Pennsylvania. The week's variations in the prices of American railroads include the following: Northern Pacific preferred, Lake Shore, 2£ Louisville & Nashville, 2 Norfolk & Western preferred, 1£ Baltimore «fc Ohio bonds Norfolk & Western common and Central Pacific, 1 each New York, Penn sylvania Jk Ohio, Alabama &, Texas, Den ver & Rio Grand, and Mexican Central, each. Decreases-»-Union Pacifio and New York, Lake Erie & Western, each. Can adians were firm Grand Trunk 2d and 3d preference advanced 1st preference 1 and 1st ordinary £. Foreigne s were bene fited by the collapse of the proposed May day demonstrations. Argentine bonds and Cedulas advanced 24 per cent. Mexican railways advanced 4. Breweries were steady AUsopps improved 3 and Guiness 1, Copper shares were in demand, owing to the favorable report of the Rio Tinto. Among trusts, British American Land ad vanced 2, The issues of the week include Alabama Midland railroads $2,800,000 of -$ ,%*?•'-- *r«: to the firemen i» that such an absence of having made 30,000 removals for political fire fighting facilities could exist. Although reasons, mere than any other administra tis appliances were there they were utterly useless. The institution had excellent en gines, ten good pumps and new bgileri. but no connection existed between the pumps and the boilers. 6 per cent bonds and the Lake Superior Queen silver mine. THE elegant art gallery attached to the residence of J. Bramhall at Orange, N. J., was partially destroyed by fire. Among the pictures destroyed wai the best, proo of Seymour Haden's "^gamemnoa," Thomas Moran's "Battle of Harlich* am. five copies of MeNeil WMstleirl waduu v 7 V 1 $ s* 1 s e *.*%*» a.£ 4, THE FIERY NEMESIS. IT PBRSISTENTI.Y PURSUES THE UN FORTUNATE INSANE. The Chenango County Poor House, Near U(lc»,N.lf„ Burned to the Ground—He roic Efforts Fail to Save All (the Inmates and Eleven Perish—List ol the Victims. The Chenango county poor-house and insane asylum, located at Preston, six miles west of Utica, N. Y., was entirely consumed by fire. The fire was discovered about 11 o'clock p. m., in the north wing of the poor-house building, where the in mates were kept. There were no provis ions for extinguishing the flames, but the keepers and the neighbors gave their at tentfon to getting out the 125 paupers and insane patients and let the building burn. They were all rescued except eleven in mates who are missing. Six bodies can be seen slowly burn ing and it is supposed the other five are covered up. The poor-house building was three stories high and built of wood. The asylum was also a wooden building, two stories high, and only separated from the poor-house by a driveway. The prop erty was worth about $25,000, on which there was an insurance of $20,000. The Universalist and Baptist churohes have been opened for the reception of the unfortunates. The origin of the fire is unknown. Yes terday afternoon a woman was in the idiot department smoking. She put her pipe in her pocket and was soon enveloped in flames, and later died from the effects of her burns. It is supposed some of the idiots got hold of matches, and in playing with them set fire to the building. The names of the dead so far as dis covered are: SARAH M1LE8, SA It AH GALLAGHER, S\IlAH BAILEY, LAURA BRKY, DELIA HENEDICT, DEBOKAH DIBBLE, MARY ANN DIBBLE, LUCY WARREN. AMELIA AT WOOD. All the departments in the institution were crowded, and it can be well imagined that the rescue of the poor creatures, many of them old and feeble, and others wild wtth fear and terror, which added t» their insane delusions, was by no means an easy task. The keepers and cit izens worked as beBt they could to carry, drive, dr*g and push the inmates out, but the flames spread so rapidly there was little time and the great wonder is that so many were saved. It is learned that two women who were not idiots were burned, but it is so difficult to obtain correct information that the names of all cannot be given. The coroner has summoned a jury *»d will hold an inquest. STILL, FOR CLEVELAND. The King Mugwump Endorses Groveraad Condemns Clarkson. George William Curtis, president of the New York Civil Service Reform associa tion, presided at its annual meeting and made the only address. During the course of his remarks he condemned First Assis tant Postmaster-General Clarkson for lion ever made in the same length of time He congratulated his hearers upon the fact that the man whom one of the two great great parties will soon be obliged to make its candidate is so favorably disposed to wards civil service reform. This reference to Grover Cleveland was calmly received. BATTLING AGAINST TRUSTS. The I Attorney-General of Ohio Seeks to Have the Standard Oil Company's Char ter Revoked. Attorney-General Watson has brought suit in quo warranto in the supreme court to take from the Standard Oil company its charters for violation of the laws in vari ous waws. The petition cites the faot that the company has forfeited its right by go ing into the Standard Oil trust of New York and receiving trust certificates in lieu of its former shares of stook. The prin cipal point cited is the fact that its board of directors are non-residents, in diraot Violation of the state law. Regret the Death of Senator Beek. Mr. Gibbs, ex-governor of the Bank of England and president of the Bimctallie league, has cabled the following to Senator Jones in the name of the Bimetallic ieaeue: "The friends of silver deeply regret the dealti of Senator Beck, whose services in the cause of monetary reform are most warmly appreciated on this side of the Atlantic. The bimetallist party in the United Kingdom, now including over 100 members of the house of commons, attach the greatest value to the debate about to commence in your illustrious chamber. We fully recognize, not only that the sup port afforded silver by your legisla tion during the past twelve years has helped to protect the industrial world from an acute monetary crisis, but also that the debates in congress have served'more than all else to eduoate our people to the recog nition of the important issues involved. We believe also that the increased coinage of silver contemplated by congress will restore wholly or considerably your coin age rates, and thus make an international settlement of this complex question com paratively easy. We anticipate, further, with much confidence, that the advance in the price of silver whioh must follow your action will both stimulate the export trades of your country, and, while tending to the prosperity of your agricultural classes, will also assist the manufacturing industries of the United Kingdom and the whole body of our wage earners. Levees Will Be No Protection. Dispatches from Brusley Lsnditig, Plaquemine, St. Mary, Morgan City and other points report the overflow water rising everywhere between the Mississippi river and Bayou Teche. If the predicted rise of two feet at Shreveport should o cur the water will pour over the levees. J* Yacht Capsixes. The yacht Gertrude capsized in the Ohio river, at Wheeling, W. Va., throwing sixteen passengers into the water. All, it. is believed, were rescued but one. Three men are still missing, however, and may have been drown#** li. if V V iwi! i ^Vf? *r« ry i -i.f, ., -, ., 7 v '. ,. V DRAWN FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. Extensive Artesian Well Prospects f» Spink County. People coming from Spink county are talking of the private well projects in the vicinity of Ashton, Mellette, Northfieid, and other towns. Hon. S. W. Bowman, of Ashton, president of the Spink County Irrigation association, is reported to have closed contracts for the construction of five wells, of diameters ranging from three and a half to five inches. The association was organized for the purpose of encourag ing termers to put down wells, and it is understood that the work will be done with drilling outfits purchased for the par pose. The contract price is stated at $1.60 per foot, a material reduction from the price of sinking heretofore paid, ranging from $3,000 to $4,000 for wells between 900 and 1,000 feet in deptjti. Should the project prove successful, as there is every reason to hope it will, a con siderable area of Spink county Killed by Lightning. During a thunderstorm in the western Black Hills lightning struck the school house at Inyan Kara. A 13-year-old boy named Hamilton was sitting near the win dow and received the electric current on the head, passing off at his feet, tearing away his shoes. All the occupants of the school were severely shocked, the teacher, Miss Sarah Nefsy, being stricken insen sible. When she recovered she fougd young Hamilton lying on the floor deaijL None of the other children were injured.V Narrow Escape From Death. James Pringle, a farmer living gear Bridgewater, had a narrow escape frojB death the other day. He was plowing i»,a field with three horses abreast whep a shower came up and he crawled under the horses to keep from getting wet. Wh«n the rain stopped he left his shelter and started across the field, but had not go*« more than a few steps when a bolt of light ning struck the animals amr instantly killed all of them. Told In a Line of Two. THE Woods murder case is on trial at Deadwood. AN alliance with twenty-three members has been organized at Midland. THE bullion output of tbe Black for the last half of April was LitUT. JOHN TBEINHALE •.. 1 **i 'y- "i $150,000. SCHWATKA, OVEB 100 the arctic explorer! is visiting tbe cities of the Black Hills. families have settled in Chamberlain land district since the 1st of May. THE enrollment of the Pierre schpoia has increased from 180 to over 500 within a year. was seriously injur«ft at Orient by being run over by a hea|f' wagon. A GOOD flow of water is found it depth of from thirty to forty feet in NoW,» lin county. £. J. AKCHKR, CONTRACTS of Taopi, is suffering from a broken arm, the result of a kick from a fractious colt. THE troops stationed at Fort Pierre haf# gone into summer quarters on tbe *outj| bank of the Bad river. for furnishing army plies for Fort Sully have ween aw&fflS# mostly to Pierre parties. THE third annual reunion of the Black Hills Soldiers' and Sailors' association will be held at Deadwood in June. __ HAND 4 Vli- county veterans are making ar rangements to meet at Ree Heights thlv year for the observance of Decoration day GROUNDS for a race traok have been purchased by an Alpena lover of the turjE* and it is expected to have the track ready for racing by July 4. THE welcome rains of the past few have been general throughout South kota and the ground is reported to be excellent crop condition. L' C. T. GABBISON, under indictment -g wt1 $2 PER ANNUM. lauds Will be irrigated next season and some lands this year. One of the wells, upon which work will begin at once, is to be located upon the farm of J. P. Day, a large farmer and wheat raiser living two miles south of Mel lette. Another will be sunk upon the land of N. Gallup, four miles north of Ashton. It will irrigate several quarters, it is thought, and is to be put down by ad joining land owners. The Roberts well, a six-foot artesian upon the farm of W. flf. Roberts, six miles northeast of North-, ville, will, it is estimated, furnish water sufficient to irrigate '2,100 acres of land. The survey haB been made, the well lo cated and work will begin. This well is to be sunk under the township irrigation act. Warrant" are issued for the well at the rate of $4.37 per foot, and the contract, which was awarded to the Huron company, has been sublet to a firm of well con tractors. A number of irrigation experi ments upon a small scale will be made this year. Among others Mr. Harvey, of Mel lette, has a number of acres which he is flooding from the city well at that place. It is yet too early to judge anything from tbe actual results of artesian water to irri gation, but last year's experiments seem to justify the general opinion of the people of this region that the plan will prove generally successful. Famous Grindstone Bnttes. The famous grindstone buttes is t)ia. recently opened Sioux reservation are at tracting considerable attention at the pres ent time. A gentleman who lately visited them says there are millions of tons of ex cellent grindstone material there, its real mass being unknown. The out-croppings' lie broken slabs around on the surface, but the true ledge is found further down and is supposed to embrace a good many acres. Some three miles fiorth of the original buttes there are one or two other buttes similarly covered by great broken slabs of sandstone, of the same texture and grit as the others. Tbe stratum is probably continuous between the two clusters of buttes, and if «o, the supply will be found simply inexhaustable. The time is coming when that particular sef* tion of the new state will be the scene o(|ft great industry. if. Rich Valley charged with stealing »$«» wheat, has skipped for parts unknot** leaving hiB bondsmen SULLY in thelnroh. county herders round up their stock on bicycles. The wheels haven't 4i much life in them as bronchos and don't cost as much to keep in condition. HON. SOL STAB, who has been mayor of Deadwood for stx terms, was re-elected Uithoatoppositwm., c/. •yM $. /i'