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Treasurer—E. T. HUFFMAN.
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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.
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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.
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First Ward—CHARLES
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BIESMAN,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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Eddie, the thirteen year old Bon of
Seribcer, o* Hillsboro, N. H., hanged him
self. Punishment inflicted the day before
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STURGIS—BLACK HILLS,—SOUTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, MAY 15,1890.
IN A FIERY FURNACE.
tDARFUl.TRAGEDY EXACTED
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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
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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.
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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
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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#**
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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
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$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
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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
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$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 $4.37 per foot, and the contract,
which was awarded to the Huron company,
has been sublet to a firm of well con
tractors. A number of irrigation experi
ments upon a small scale will be made this
year. Among others Mr. Harvey, of Mel
lette, has a number of acres which he is
flooding from the city well at that place.
It is yet too early to judge anything from
tbe actual results of artesian water to irri
gation, but last year's experiments seem to
justify the general opinion of the people
of this region that the plan will prove
generally successful.
Famous Grindstone Bnttes.
The famous grindstone buttes is t)ia.
recently opened Sioux reservation are at
tracting considerable attention at the pres
ent time. A gentleman who lately visited
them says there are millions of tons of ex
cellent grindstone material there, its real
mass being unknown. The out-croppings'
lie broken slabs around on the surface,
but the true ledge is found further down
and is supposed to embrace a good many
acres. Some three miles fiorth of the
original buttes there are one or two other
buttes similarly covered by great broken
slabs of sandstone, of the same texture
and grit as the others. Tbe stratum is
probably continuous between the two
clusters of buttes, and if «o, the supply
will be found simply inexhaustable. The
time is coming when that particular sef*
tion of the new state will be the scene o(|ft
great industry.
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Rich Valley charged with stealing »$«»
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
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