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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1888)
fr " H * H- Hi i . THE JI'COOE TRIBUNE. Mr f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * m * F. HI. KI.1 _ - _ I _ _ , IN.blLt.er. I McUOOK , [ i EU , f ABOUT NEBRASKA. i The Cost el Slate Institutions. I Following is a list of the expenditure * \ for each of the stato institutions vine ! has passed under tlio inspection of th < [ board of publio lands and buildings and f w _ filed last week in the office of the secretary of stato : | _ , CAPITAL BUILDIka. 1 SSP1 . ? J" " * " " - 5 316 CI ! t 1 net and HKbt- : r 3 a „ „ < , Erect on-ala bulldiiiR 4,075 < H j Bepalrs m & f „ . , MSITESTIABV. CnreofprUonere „ si o ( ; f Hepalro 10 w 1 KEFOKil SCHOOL. \ I Laundry. etc.r. . „ . . . . 5U0r. W j • txna | for Institution _ , -71 W * - * t- im > titctiox fob fceule-mi.ndkd Lt Main building . $ r M J 15xpcu-.es l.liracc [ 1 INHT1TDTJOX Kott DEAF AND DUMB. DInlntr room , kltclion. etc fcl.WJ oa f Expenses for In-tltntion 703 ai I.X8AXE SOBFOLK. f • Expenses $3,247 gj ISSAXE LXXCOLX. xpe . n , 8f'3- . $0.182 13 ! Blind Institute Kxrptiscs 1.050 74 • Iioino fortlie FrlcndlesB Expenses. . 1,01 37 ( Feeble institute Expenses 7H7 87 Industrial home. J. Layneon contract 2,157 84 J. S.Ilhike. Superintendent G4 Ti Eoldiers'and Sai.ors'Homo 195 24 STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF. xne umana carnage and sleigh com- pany with manafactory at Albright , has 1 failed. About fifty men are thrown out I of employment I The Grand Island creamery , cles- \X \ % trcyed by fire , i3 being rebuilt. | f Eight threshing machines at work I -within one mile of Eorchester is an I item considered worth } ' of notice by tho [ | Star of that place. It goes to show that J something has been grown besides § "weeds. i Farmers and others nre cautioned K to beware of swindlers in groceries go- * ing around the country selling goods that are said to be almost good for noth B ing. The top layer of auything will bo all right while underneath the goods aro poor and a case of rasins sold to somo ' people in Dodge , where the } * were oper- | atiug , was found to bo two-thirds shav- I ings nnderneath. Buy your groceries of _ _ legitimate dealers and thus avoid • swindlers. Onmha has bad her hotel capacity increased by tho opening of the "Mur ray. " Tho Knox county fair will bo held in the latter days of September. Omaha is tilling up with fakirs and 1ramps , all on account of the coming A big stock dealwas consummated last week by three of Ulysses dealers. Messrs. Joe Palmer , Park Dodson , jr. , and Lon Ritchie purchased GOO head of feeders from Becker's ranch 150 miles south of Denver. This makes over a thousand feeders bought by these gen tlemen recently. The Grand Island Independent says that the names of eleven young fellows in that city , who have been exulting in the ruin of A/oung girls are known , and the fellows will likely soon answer in court for their crime. Two of them aro I teacher * in Hall count } , and are no more safe to be trusted with school chil dren than nrewolves with a flock of lambs. The proofs against them aro positive and their names w ill soon be given to tho public. Miss Mary Bock , aged 1G years , mysteriously disappeared from the farm of Chas. Christiansen , on Prairie Creak , Hall connty , last weekt since which time no trace of her has been obtained. Mr. and Mrs. Christiansen came to Grand Island leaving Miss Bock at the farm , and upon their return they were sur prised to find that she had gone , wearing * her best suit of clothes. She left a lock of hair , but no word of any kind , and they fear that she has committed suicide. Friends and relatives are still in search of her.A . A few weeks ago during the prcval ence of the severe electrical storms the lightning struck a valuable calf belong ing to .Tames Gordon , west of Scribner. . The singularity of the case is that the j bolt struck the animal square in the j forehead and separated coming out both j eyes , tearing the eyeballs from their j sockets. j | j Overion is overrun with tramps and j f j thieving is of nightly occurrence. ! * • A lodge of the Knights of Pythias has ; fj been organized in Stanton. 1 Fushman's overall factory at Fre- _ I mont was destroyed by fire last week. > f loss about S3,600. m Li. P. Larson , of Bertram ! , had a M brother on the steamer Geiser which was Bj sunk by the Thingvalia. He was one R of the fourteen passengers who were B rescued. fl Omaha is soon to have a big attrac- H tion known as the Siega of SetyistapoL. It opens on the 30th of August and con- tinues for fonr weeks. A large attend- B ance is looked for. A movement is on foot in Dodgo I county to organize a Farmers' Educa- S tional club. M Oats are selling in Bushville at 15 fl cents a busheL fl Letters and statements from prom- fl inent depositors in the Hooper Stato fl bank , to parties in Fremont , deny tho B defalcation of E. J. F. Berg , its late fl cashier , and seems to establish the en- B tire falsity of the report circulated Lost B week. Those knowing best the situa- ' fl tion declare that no losses have been J sustained. ffl Bailroad building in the west prom- yK ises to be uncommonly active next year. K Nebraska's mammoth corn crop insures [ H a laying business for the old roads. B Hon. Charles T. Walther , of Falls B City , died last week , aged 53. For a B time he was probate judge and also rep- B resented RicharcLon county one term in B the legislature. H Secretary Furnas speaks encourag- S ugly of the coming state fair. Xew B and attractive features have been inau- B gnrated and there is little doubt but X. what the fair will be the greatest ever m held in the state. Bad weather is the fl only thing that will knock success to tho B winds. winds.Acting General Manager Kimball of B the Union Pacific has gone to Old Orch- B ard beach , on tho coast of Maine , for a B month or six weeks. B Burglars attempted to enter tho B house of a Fremont policeman , and B partly cloroformed his wife before be- B ing frightened away. B The Nebraska state camp meeting of the Seventh Day Adventists will bo held at Grand Island from September 11th to loth. . I An ei"hteen-ronnd prize-fight came I off near North Platte , both contestants being badly punished. • There will be many county exhibits B at &e coming state fair. ' * - * -j T , * - r * * * * . t - * 'm ? M&l " ' " • - " "rrt ' " * - - ' " - 1 * " " Prairio chickens , quail , and groucs aro said to bo unusually abundant this j'car. j'car.Tho Omaha Republican is publish' ing a list of men who voted in 1840. At this writing tho names foot up about 150. Thomas B. Crowitt , principal of tin Schuyler schools for one year , died ii Donynr of consumption. Tho Seigo of Sobastopol , holding forth at Omaha , is drawing largely nol only from tho metropolis but othei towns throughout tho stato. An unknown man waB run over bj 10 cars at Omaha last week and killed The wheels of several cars passed ovo : him and his bodv was nearlv cut in two Tho output of tho Falls City can ning establishment this year will be great and of a first-class quality. Tho reported lynching of a mac named Baker near Guide Rock some days ago turns out to be without foun dation. dation.Dr. Dr. Morten , of Fremont , last weefc received a telegram notifying him ol I he sudden death of his brother at Cyn- thiaua , Ky. Tho Orleans Sentinel snj's that sev eral thousand chickens have been killed by eoyotcs in that locality in tho past few mouths. Dan Martin , a noted crook supposed to bo in Omaha , is wanted at Fort Worth , Tex. A reward of S100 is offeroil for hiR return to that nlace. The Union bank , of Fairmont , has filed articles of incorporation with tho secretary of stato. Its capital stock is $100,000. The Lutherans in tho vicinity of Daykin have made arrangements to erect a church at that place and will begin work on tho same very soon. The two-year-old son of John Has- tie , of Auburn , was kicked in tho fore head by a horse , receiving serious but not fatnl injuries. The Stato Christian convention held in Lincoln last week was well attended. A now paper is to be started at West Lincoln. It will bo a stock yards jour nal. A fifteen-j-ear-oldson of John Piehl , a farmer living three miles north of Ar lington , while returning homo wiLh a team from mowing last week , was thrown from one of the horses which he was rid ing. His foot caught in the harness and he was dragged nearly a half mile , kill ing him and mangling his body in a frightful manner. A David City dispatch , referring to the fair , says the exhibition of the pro ducts of the county aro not as good this 3Tear as in former years , which is due to the early date of the fair. In the Presbyterian church , for the past two days , says the Grand Island Independent , a trial lias been in progress before the elders of the church , in which the pastor , Mr. George Williams , sought the expulsion of Mr. Burket , but after a full hearing , Mr. Burket was completely exonerated and vindicated. Tho result is highly satisfactory to the great major ity of the members , and Rev. Williams having appointed his own elders and selected his own moderator to conduct the trial , ought also to bo satisfied. " Sheridan county will havo an ex hibit at the state fair. Tho fall term of tho Broken Bow schools opened with an enrollment of 220. Work has been temporarily sus pended on the Masonic building at Fre mont for want of material. Covington saloons are said to take in from S2,000 to $2,500 every Sunday from thirsty Sioux City people. Dr. Wm. H. Smith , of Crete , died in Omaha last week , while on his return from Colfax Springs , Iowa. He was one of Crete's foremost citizens. The Lutherans of Bloomington have begun the erection of a church edifice to cost $5,000. Barnuui's circus captured a big lot of dollars in Omaha and Lincoln. The show is all together except Barnum. Word was received at North Platte ; he other night that the bod1 of a man nras found at O'Fallon's station , seven- : een miles wesr , after the east bound ex press had passed there. He is thought 0 have been a tramp attempting to joard the train. Fourteen first-class passenger trains irith chair cars and Pullman sleepers low arrive and depart daily from Fair- : > urj * station. Means of communication ire some better , sa3rs the Gazette , than hewere a few j-ears ago when Charley Andrews' rickety , tri-weekfy hack was ho only public convej-auce. China's Treaty Rejection Confirmed. New York special : The Herald , in an sxtra , prints the following from Wash ington : Chang Yen Hoou , the Chinese minis ter , who was called to Peru on official business several mouths ago , will leave Lima on the 17th for the United States , tt was the minister's original intention ; o return to this country bwa } * of San Francisco , where he purposed remain ing a brief period in order more thor- jughfy to acquaint himself with the Chinese question on the Pacific slope. Elis change of plan at the last moment Aras in obedience to a notification " roni the Chinese emperor to proceed at mce and bj' the quickest route to Wash- ugton in order that his majesty's wishes regarding the Chinese treaty should be sommnnicated through him to Secretary Bayard. It may bo authoritatively stated that a confirmation of the. rejec- ion of the treaty was officially received it the white house from Pekin during : he meeting of the cabinet Thursday ifternoon. Trying to Steal Brooks' Body. St. Louis dispatch : An evening paper • ays that an attempt to steal the body af Hugh M. Brooks , alias Maxwell , ex ecuted August 10 for the murder of C. Arthur Preller , has created quite a sen sation here and developed some strange facts. At a very early hour yesterday tnoniing a pistol shot in Cavalry ceme tery attracted the attention of a huck ster named Peter Reitz , coming to the : ity with a load of truck , and a few min utes later a closed vehicle passed him on the road , the team being on a gallop. Following the team came a man named Tohn Sheveliu , who excitedly informed Reitz that the occupants of the fleeing rehicle had made an attempt to steal tho body of the murderer Maxwell , whose jase attracted such worldwide attention. Investigation developed the fact that Shevelin had been employed and well [ > aid by an unknown but beautiful lady to guard Maxwell's grave at night. Ho ivas on duty when threeinen entered the cemetery and 'Started 'fbr the grave ) f the little chloroformer. Shevelin Tired his pistol and the men fled. None af them has yet been found. They left 1 shovel and a rope at tho grave side. In effort will be made to learn who tho iroman is who pays bo liberally for guarding Maxwell's grave. Shot by an Editor. Captain J. S. Lewis , editor of the Re publican , at Woodsville , Miss. , shot and fatally wounded L. C. Johnson in n personal quarrel in that city. nirnrarm-ii mini nun im mum inii inin T' " BpBsJP * | a B ! ' ' \ * * " * * * * - ' ' * - - f-TtirTn'rr i „ , q-ftT i 1 1 1 mm m MATTERS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Tho president has returned to the house without his approval eight prl vato pension bills granting pensions tc Mrs. Catherine Reed , Mrs. Jano Potts , C. F. Mayfield , Catherine Bussey , Johu Dcane , Charles Walster , Jacob Now- hard and Russell L. Doane. Colonel Wilson's August report of tin condition of public buildings anil grounds states that the work of placing a new iron tank on the roof tho execu tive mansion , hns been completed. 11 weighs 4,300 ' pounds. Tho outside ol the mansion was thoroughly washed by using tho district steam fire engine. Tho department of stato has received no information regarding the reported riotous demonstrations in China , and an attack on an American official's res idence at Canton. Tho department has received nothing further in relation to tho reported rejection of the Chinese treaty since the dispatch from Minister Dciil ) } ' , Wednesday. N. II. R. Dawson , commissioner of education , in his annual report says that more than 12,009,000 children at tended tho public schools somo parts of the fiscal .year , and of those nearly 8,000,000 were in average daily attend ance. In both respects the southern states , once so backward , havo made greater progress than other parts of the country. Tho following telegram was received from Montgomery , Ala. , by Surgeon General Hamilton , of Washington : Our special agent reports ten cases of yellow fever at McClenny , in Baker count } ' , and one death , from black vomit. Pen- sacola and Marianna have quarantined against the whole of Baker county. Wo will proceed to follow their example , and this only exemplifies tho fact that the measures you havo already taken uxq right. W. S. Reesk , Mayor. Delegate Gifford of Dakota , discuss ing the question of negotiations with the Sioux , says that opening the Sioux reservation will cause an enormous in crease in immigration to Dakota , and that it will materially enhance the pros perity of the territory as well as the contiguous country in tho state of Ne braska. Ho says that immigration to Dakota has fallen off in recent years , largely on account of the desire of the would-be immigrants to locate upon the Sioux lamb ; , and that he knows of his own personal knowledge many instant ces where intending homesteaders have put off immigration from year to year because they believed that the Sioux reservation would eventually be opened to settlement. Mr. Gifford does not ex pect that the Sioux commission will be successful immediately , but ho thinks there is no doubt of tho outcome event ually. Cn the Verge of an Indian War. St. Paul special : The Sioux , Gros Ventres , Piegan and Crow Indians are on tho verge of a bloody war. A party of Sioux have left the Poplar river ngency , and General Ruger to-day or dered troop D , First cavalry , under command of First Lieutenant Oscar J. Brown , from Fort Custer to Bull Moun tain station , M. T. , for the purpose of watching the crossings on the Yellow- ttone between Custer station and Hunt ley , and covering the point specially where a party of Sioux on the Yellow stone were killed by Indians. The full strength of the troop is embraced in tho detail for this duty , and Lieutenant' Brown will take 100 rounds of carbine and twenty-four rounds of pistol ammu nition per man. The troops will take ten days' rations and move in the light est possible marching order. Interpreter Charles Cacely , "Tobacco Jake" and two Indian scouts are ordered to report to Lieutenant Brown to accom pany the column. Second Lieutenant Geo. L. O'Byram , First cavalry , with fonr non-commis sioned officers and twenty-one men from troop K , First cavalry , has been sent to Custer Station , from which point the 'y will proceed down the Yellowstone to a point near and opposite the mouth of Big Porcupine river , watching all cross ings that a raiding party of Sioux would be likely to cross. The commanding officer of Ft. Keogh has also been re quested to send a detachment to watch the crossings east of that post. MR. P0WDERLY APPEARS IN PRINT. CorvcfipomlritCH Jlelween the Grand JLtsler and the f.ale General becretaru. Philadelphia dispatch : This week's Journal of United Labor contains an article two colums and a half in length , contributed by Grand Master Workman Powderly , aud containing the corres pondence that passed between him aud Charles H. Litchman upon his resigning the general secretaryship of the order. First is given Litchman's letter of resig nation , which has already been pub lished. Powderly's reply opens with an acceptance of the resignation and theu he adds : "While I will not question your motive in taking this step , you will , I trust , pardon me if I say that I fail to see how organized labor can be benefited by having its officers east aside the obligations and duties which their constituents imposed upon them for the purpose of taking sides in a political campaign. It is true that groans aud sighs are floating up from the mouths of political leaders for the wrongs of the laboring men. Many of those who groan the loudest at the time may be classed with those who are the worst op pressors. The last tears they shed will never increase in volume to such an ex tent as to wipo away the grievous wrongs their past actions or failure to act have imposed upon the man who bends under parly's load. The question at issue , the tariff , will not be settled when tho votes are counted in November. The election of a presi dent will not make changes unless the people of the land make judicious selec tions of such members of the national legislature as will carry out their wishes when congress assembles. Already 41 nominated candidates , regardless of par ty , have signed written pledges to work for measures of reform at tho request of Knights of Labor. If this plan of our order is faithfully carried out it will re sult in more good than any other. " Litchman winds up the correspond ence. He says : "I hold it more honor able to lay down official duties that would hamper private action than to re tain .such position and at the same time be engaged in political scheming in se cret with party agents , whom it is nec essary , ostensibly , to publicly de nounce. I honestly believe that , bad as yon may think , or say Ike republican party is , the democratic party is infi nitely worse by reason of its advocacy of free tmde , and I furtherbelievI should. bevfdls 'to myuluty tothoJpeo- plo engaged in the industries of my state if "I did not do all in my power to defeat a political combination that would , if successful , still further lower iheir standard of wages and conse quently their standard of living. " An Omaha man named McLaughlin attempted suicide last week by taking morphine. He was rescued by vigorous use of the stomach pump. Burglars entered tho residence of J. EL Barr , Lincoln , securing a lady's gold watch , a revolver and § 30 in cash. ' - THE CHINESE RESTRICTI0N'/BILL Ttte Setxalo J'axnm the yr-ittitrn but Will ! { cttualdfi' the 1'otft The president's message on tho Chitu I matter was laid before tho senate on tlu 7th. Ho merely sent a copy of two dis patches from tho American miuister a Pekin : Ono is dated Septomber 5 , anc says : "I believe that tho treaty lias been re jected. I havo demanded from tho for .eign pffico positive information. No in formation has been "received. " The other is dated September 0 , anc says : "Tho treaty hns been postponed l'oi further deliberation. " Mr. Mitchell was speaking rapidly am vehemently on the Chinese bill when tl gavel fell and the presiding officer pir the question , "Shall the bill pass ? ' ' Mr. Gorman rose to speak , but had got no further than the words , "Mr. President , in consideration of this meas ure , " when he was stopped by the an nouncement on tho part of the presiding officer that debate was not in order. Unanimous consent had been given yes terday that at 1 o'clock the vote should bo taken on the question , "Shall the bill pass ? " There being some questions as to the terms of tho agreement , the report in the Record was read. Mr. Gorman excused himself 011 the ground that he was not present when tho agree ment was made , and was not aware of it. He now moved that tho bill and tho president's message bo referred b tho commmittee on foreign relations. Mr. Teller "That is contrary to tho arrangement. " The Presiding Officer "The chair holds that the motion is 'in order under the rule , notwithstanding the agree ment. " The question was taken on Mr. Gor man's motion , aud resulted , yeas 7 , nays 19 no quorum. The question was then taken on tho passage of tho bill , and tho result was yeas 37 , nays.3. Mr. Blair asked the presiding officer whether a motion to reconsider the vote was in order , and on being informed that it was , he submitted that motion. He said that if it were reconsidered he would move an amendment to the bill , providing that the act shall not take ef fect until the expiration of sixty days after its passage unless the pending treaty shall be rejected by China w-ithin that time , but to take effect immediately on such rejection. Mr. Gormau referred to his motion to commit , the bill , and said that ho h-id made that motion in consideration that the bill had come before the senate , without doubt , under misapprehension. Mr. Stewart opposed the motion to re consider , and said the more he read Denby's dispatches the more he felt that the bill was proper. Mr. Blair advocated his motion Ho argued that the treaty would , if ratified by China , afford all the remedy which the bill was designed to give. Unless tho real purpose of the bill was to des troy the treaty , a delay of sixty days ought to be satisfactory to everybody. So far as was known the Chinese gov ernment was acting in good faith. At the close of the discussion Mr. Tel ler moved to lay on the table Mr. Blair ' s motion to reconsider. A vote was taken and resulted yeas 23 , nays 11 ; no quo rum. A call of the senate having shown the presence of forty-four senator.-1 , Mr. Jones of Arkansas moved to adjourn. Mr. Blair As the vote just taken is clearly indicative of the will of the son- ate , I do not want to delay action , and I therefore beg to withdraw my motion to reconsider. Mr. Sherman I object. A vote was taken on a motion to ad journ , and it was defeated yeas 19 , nays 22. A vote was taken the second and third times on the motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider , but each time there was a lack of a quorum , several senators taking advantage of their being paired to refrain from voting. Finally the friends of the bill realized the use- lessness of further attempts to end the matter , and the senate adjourned till Monday , leaving the bill passed , but a motion to reconsider its passago pend ing. Three Men Burned to Death. East Superior ( Wis. ) dispatch : Three men were burned to death in a hotel tiro in this cily early this morning. It was about 2 o ' clock when a policeman no ticed flames bursting from a window in the second story of the Amerie.iu house , at Third and Tower avenues. The offi cer buist in the door and alarmed tho boarders , some of whom escaped by the stairs and some jumped from the second story windows. No ladders could be procured which would reach the third story windows , and blankets were held bT those on the street into which the in mates of the place jumped , generally escaping with slight injuries. The three men who were burned to death were awaiting a chance to jump , when they were seen to fall back into tho burning building. When the flames were extinguished a search was made for the bodies , which were found near the center of the ruins. All were fear fully burned , and only one was identi fied. This one was recognized by the clothing as Patrick Clair , a French- Cauadian who camo to thi3 city a few days ago. The others have not been identified , and it is extremely doubtful if they ever will be , as most of tho occupants of tho building were lumbermen or miners who were merely in the city for the day. The fire originated in a room occupied by three men who had been drunk and when they went to bed left a kerosene lamp burning. It is supposed that in 3ome manner this became overturned and exploded. These three men escaped ifter being severely burned. The build ing and furniture are a total loss and were valued at $7000 ; insured for 81.800. All of the lodgers lost their clothing , money and what valuables they pos sessed Probably Sato in Canada. The little town of Roseland , a suburb of Chicago , whose population is chiefly composed of Hollanders , is in a stato of sxcitement over the disappearance of the officers of tho savings bank of tho village. The president of tho bank , William Swart , its teller , L. H. John son , and the business solicitor , Elijah Beckler , havo left town , taking with them the entire assets of the Vault , amounting to between 825,000 and $30 , - 000. The vault , when opened , was found to contain only S1.1G. The de positors are mostly small tradesmen and farmers of tho vicinity. Swart has been speculating. Half-Breeds Refuse to Pay Taxes. Jamestown ( Dak. ) special : When Judge Rose wasat , Battiuean holding court he found the financial condition of Bollett county in bad shape. The re fusal of the half-breeds to pay taxes has caused a stringency in the county's fin ances , as most of the inhabitants are of that class. Tho commissioners have been forced to issue warrants and to dispose of bonds to obtain money enough to cany on tho county government. About 317,000 of this paper is held by a Grand Forks firm. The indebtedness of the county hns passed the limit and the mat ter is expected to come into the court for adjustment in a short time. ; - - . . - - - : . " . j ( gyyjarM'fcii w. jji yjyimwmmina \ \ \ T'l. ' . niiwtffyMliiVwrTi wm frrt t r CROPS. IN T.HE RED .RIVER. VALLEY ; Tlte Outlook a * Set Forth In Ileporl $ Fron Varloua tjicallllen. Tho following appears in tho Farmers Roviow Soptombor C : Reports relativo to tho condition oi tho wheat crop in tho Red River vallej hare been so conflicting that in ordoi to arrive at somo true idea of tho situa tion , ' wo have * made special inquirici from reliable persons. Our advice ! enabltJ us to Btato that Polk county Minn. , will havo a bettor grade of wheal and more of it than Marshall county , The crop may yield fourteen busheh per acre. Frost has done moro damag ( in Marshall county and tho grade oi wheat there will bo poor , generally speaking. There are somo exceptions , for frost seems to havo touched in streaks , so that while there aro fields that havo filled tolerably well , there arc others not far distant where tho heads aro not half so woll filled , and will yield a shrivelled sample of grain. It seems probable that an average of ten bushels per acre will be about all that Marshall county will yield. Wo havo it on reli able authority that Kittson county is worse hurt than Marshall county , and there nre fields there which will not bo harvested. On the Dakota side of the Red river valley ( that is , in northeast Dakota , ) the situation is icported as being worse than in the Minnesota counties mentioned in tho foregoing. There are' conflicting opinions as to whether the' damage to wheat is due to frost or has been caused by blighting , consequent upon exces sive heut and dews. Tho majority hold that frost has done all the damage. Frost c n August 17 formed ice as thick as window glass on the water in Polk county , Minn. On or about tho 24th another severe frost was experienced. Although these frosts did not apparent ly hurt tho straw and chaff of the wheat , yet they must havo hurt the plant at that portion which joins the kernel to the stem. This is * corroborated by the fact that all the nutrition of tho kernel is destroyed. On some fields of fall wheat tho straw was very long and heavy , and here it was that rut did its deadly work. One of our correspond ents states that a field owned by him promised to yield thirty bushels per acre , of very poor wheat. Tho oat crop in the valley generally gave promise of heavy returns , but rust has prevented proper filling , and the grain threshed does not "fill the bushel well. " Barley is a good crop and has not been injured so far as we have been able to learn. Dalrymple apparently lias good reasons for advising farmers to hold on to their wheat in expectation of higher prices later on. Anxiety about the corn crop in north western Iowa and southeastern Dakota is rapidly disappearing by reason of the hot , dry weather. Reports from fifteen counties in the region of Sioux City , show that during tho past two Aveeks corn has raced toward maturity. On the higher grounds and uplands it has so far progressed that it could now endure light frosts. The ears are numerous and heavy some of them enormous and al ready well glazed. On the low-lying bot tom lands it will take ten or twelve days to advance corn so that it can stand even light frost. This is because continued wet weather in the spring delayed plant ing three weeks beyond the usual time. All the reports from the farms along tho valleys of the Maple , Little Sioux , Floyd , Big Sioux , and Vermillion rivers the choicest corn districts of the northwest are most encouraging , and show that the yield , unless severe frosts shortly ensue , will bo the most bounte ous ever gathered. THE SHARON-HILL CASE AGAIN. Miss mil , Xow Jllr * . Terr ; ; , Creates a Big Sensation , in Court. A sensational scene was enacted in tho United states circuit court to-day , says a San Francisco dispatch , when Justice Field read the decision of the court sus taining the previous decision that tho alleged marriage contract betw een Sarah Allkea Hill and the late Senator Sharon was a forgery , and that the executors of the Sharon will may proceed without re gard to Miss Hill , who is now Mrs. Ter ry , baring nmried Judge David S. Ter ry , her counsel. As the reading of the decision preced ed , Mrs. Terry became excited and , jumping up , interrupted Justice Field and inquired if he was about to order her to give up the marriage contract. The judge told her to sit. down , where upon she grew wild with passion , aud shouted that it was said that Judge Field had been bought ; that she would like to know what figure he valued him self at ; that it seemed no one could get justice in that court without a long pui'se , etc. Judge Field ordered Marshal Franks to remove Mrs. Terry. Franks moved toward her while she continued to pour out oaths and vulgar language. Ag Franks took hold of her arm Judge Terry knocked him down with a terri ble blow , declaring that he would let no living man touch his wife. Franks re covered himself and with deputies and bystanders rushed upon Terry and dragged him out of court. Mrs. Terry was locked up in the marshal's office. Terry soon advanced upon the deputy guarding the room and demanded ad mission. Being refused he drew an ugly looking dirk with an eight-inch blade and threatened to carve his way into the room. Several men jumped upon him and there was a desperate struggle. All finally fell in a heap , and the knife was taken away without any ono being in jured. Terry was theu locked up with his wife. A satchel dropped by Mrs. Terry in the court room was found to contain an English bulldog revolver with six chambers loaded. Marshal Franks afterward entered the marshal's room and was attacked and beaten about the fac and head by Mrs. Terry. A strong gui : M was then placed in theroom There was great excitement in the court room during the fracas. The room was full of leading lawyers and citizens attracted by the news that the decision was to be rendered. After quiet was restored Justice Field finished reading the decision and the court retired. When they returned they announced a sentence of six months' imprisonment for Judge Terry and thirty days for contempt of court. Since the decision above referred to was rendered the state supreme court had adjudged that Sharon was married to Miss Hill and that she is entitled to a part of his estate. The executors ap plied to the circuit court for a revival of the decree of forgery and this was the matccr decided to-day. Three Men Killed by Explosion. Nashville ( Tqhn. ) dispatch : At. G:30 this morning the boiler of the Perry stove works , at South Pittsburg , ex ploded , instantly killing Charles Taylor , superintendent of tho works ; M. Dono van , foreman ; G. N. Larber , a leading jeweler of the town. William Plumber , of Winchester. Tenn. , William Watson , a molder , William Gress and Rock Scruggs were both fatally wounded and will die. Had the explosion taken place a few minutes later tho loss of life would have been appalling. Tho cause of the accident is not known. mmmmtmmmmmmm ' ' ' * * * * * Vr . * + - - • - - - ' - - - * * nn. rt ; l T' 't r' • , -i rn „ , , , W-H ' ( r ' EIQHTEENCRUSHED TO DEATH. JletuU of tho Terrible Kxtltroad Accident Near ParU. A Fnris ( France ) dispatch snyB : J torriblo railway accident occurred a half past 2 yesterday morning on tin Paris , Lyons & Mediterranean lino , ' tween Malain and Volars sur Oucho near tho viaduct of LaCombo Fou chores. Tho down express No. 11 , fron Paris to Dijon and Lyons , which startcc at 9:20 at night and wns due at Dijon a 2:15 : a. m. , ran off tho line. Somo of tin cars were thrown in a heap. Bofor < nows of tho mishap could bo sent to Di jon the up fast train had left that stntioi at 2:11 , and rushing along at high speed ran into tho wreck in pitch darkness. . The collision was terrific. Both on giues were smashed to pieces. When tho casualties camo to b < counted eighteoil of tho passengers wer found dead or dying , aud forty were dreadfully wounded. No Americans were , happily , anions the victims , but there were several Eng lish , namely Miss Mnrccli , Mr. How- den , an English student , and Mr. Baron- gall. Captain Mariott was dangerously wounded. The other victims so far identified aro French or Swiss. As soon its the nows of the collision had spread over the boulevards ard foreign quar ters the Herald office was besieged with inquiries from tho friends of tho passen gers. On early receipt of tho sad tidings the Herald had telegraphed to Dijon for the news. Intimations speedily came to hand that the passengers from Paris were about seven. I met the train at Lyons. An Eng lish gentleman , traveling by easy stages from a holiday trip in Italy , said : " 1 was half asleep after a long journey when I Avas aroused by a violent shock. On alighting I found mysolf in tho mid- dlo of a ghastly scene. There was not a light anywhere. Before I knew any thing I was out and helping to pull the injured people from the debris of the wrecked cars , twisted axles , broken glass and panels. Ono hideous scene followed another. When day began tc dawn we survivors realized the extent of the catastrophe. " William L Guest , of Philadelphia , said : T never had such an experience. How T got out of that I can't tell you. ' ' Said another passenger : "I remembri a shock and hearing horrible groans. Then [ fainted. A lady had her child and husband killed beside her , but her self ° scaped uninjured , hi frenzied de spair she rushed to the nearest telegraph office to wire her friends , but with true official stolidity the man in charge re- fu-ed to accept any message until 1 o'clock. Another lady , on trying to gel out of her car , skrieked with fright as she stepped on the mangled body of s gentleman with whom , a few niiinutes before , she had been playfully volutin ; : her holiday experiences. " Most of tho victims were taken back to Dijon. All tho passengers who were well enough came on to Paris. The Red Flao Makes Trouble. Cleveland ( O. ) dispatch : An immense blood-red flag was carried through the leadiug streets of Cleveland to-day , and behind it marched a score of anarchists. To-night the flag was bedragged , and five of the men avIio followed it aro in the lockup. This A\-a3 "Labor Day , " so- called , and 1,200 men formed in lino , and with music and waring emblems paraded the down town thoroughfares and then withdrew to the gardens in the suburbs. The anarchists Avere in the procession , and declaring themselves to be carpen- teis , they were permitted to retain tho place they had quietly slipped into. At the garden they unfurled their flag , and refused to acknowledge the stars and stripes. The committee in charge in duced them finally to put their flag away. When the committeemen turned their backs , however , the anarchists seized their emblem of blood and Avaived it aloft triumphantly. Immediately they Avere attacked by hundreds of hon est workiiigmen , Avhose indignation Avas beyond.control. The flag was trampled under foot , and one anarchist after an other went to tho ground Id the fight that continued for at least ten minutes. All the anarchists but fiA'e escaped from three detectives avIio Avere present , but ; hose avIio got away Avere bleeding and ame and will hardly appear in public ' or some time to come. The names of ; hose arrested were : Ben Rill , carpen- : er ; Emil Schilling , machinist ; and God frey Ostermeyer , Charles Lnbelin and 3ustav Buetner , carpenters. They were iocked up and charged with riot. The Chinese Restriction Bill Passed. The house has passed the bill supple mentary to the act to execute certain Lrei'ty stipulations relating to the Chi nese , approved May G , 188G. Section 1 provides that from and after the passago of this act it shall be unlaw ful for any Chinese laborer who shall at any time heretofore have been , or avIio may uoav or hereafter be , resident Avithin the United States , and who shall have deported or shall depart therefrom , and shall not have returned before the pass ing of this act , to return to the United Sl-'tes. Section 2 proA'ides thatno certificates of identity. proA'ided for in the fourth and fifth sections of the act to Avhichthis is supplemental , shall hereafter be is sued , and eA-ery certificate heretofore issued in pursuance thereof is hereby declared void and of no effect , and Chi nese labor claiming admission by virtue thereof shall not be permitted to enter the United States. Section 3 provides that all duties pre scribed and liabilities , penalties and forfeitures prescribed by the second , tenth , eleventh and twelfth sections of the act to which this is supplemental , are hereby extended and made applica ble to tho provisions of this act. Section 4 provides that all such part or parts of the act to which this is sup plemental as are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Mr. Morrow , of California , said the bill was directed to the revocation of tho issuance of certificates of identification , ft provided for the repeal of that pro vision of the act of May G , 1S82 , which provided for certificates of identity. Summoned to the White House. Surgeon General Hamilton was sum moned to the white house on the Gth for a conference with the president and Sec retary Fairchild in regard to the means taken to aid the yellow feA-er sufferers in Florida and to prevent the spread of the epidemic He made a statement of what had been done so far and ex plained his action in detaining the ref ugees from Jacksonville at Camp I'erry as essential to the safety of the sur rounding country. The president ex pressed great sympathy for the people r > f Florida and instructed the surgeon general to do all that is possible for their relief , keeping in view at the same time the safety of others. Died at One Hundred Years. Norwich ( Conn. ) dispatch : Col. Geo. D. Perkins , aged 100 years and one month , died at the Fort Griswold house in Groton this evening of old age. He ivas treasurer of the Norwich & : Worces ter railroad for fifty years. He has i-oted for every president since Mad ison , Avas paymaster in tlie Avar of 1812 , ind organized the first Sunday school in Norwich. He Avas a republican in ; x > Iitic3. 1 , i s * s * ti ? a3weSS3S3Ses ! Bi HBH8HBiPp8 ! ! s3H B DISASTROUS' FIRE IN BALTIMORE. jg , Several Firemen Meet VeaU * in the Ftantefr jf/ Baltimore dispatch : At an early hour > [ j this morning a fire broko otifc : n the- ji warehouse of Price , Hilgcnberg < fc Co. , If No. 107 South Sharp street. Bororo the * firemen could got to work an explosion * L of tiro works wrecked the building and | caused tho fire to spread to the drug ; house of J. H. . Winkclmau & Co. , on t jfj tho north , and J10 hat houso of S. Levy V r &l & Co. , on tho south. Scarcely bad the - * W\ \ firemen entered the edifico occupied by f , tho drug store , Avhon the inside of the | building seemed to suddenly drop in- ' * IS A terrific explosion followed and the fti immouso building collapsed. Tho en- M tiro fire department had by this time M reached tho scone , and tho attention of ff ( i the men Avas concentrated on tho build- f' ingundor which their comrades Avere- j | buried. Tho flames spread with fright- j | ful rapidity. In a short time the entire- f block running from Lumbard to Pratt if' streets was a soothing mass of fhimo. At tho drug house tho firemen worked ( bravely. Holes Avoro cut through the- f ' pavement and every effort made to > 1 . reach the imprisoned men , but they j ' Avero buried under tho great mass of ' brick and iron , and fierce flames were | roaring around. Awful groans came ' | from tho pile , Avhich seemed to make J , - tho working firemen put forth superhu- J man efforts , and after more than nu ; ! J hour's work it becamo evident that some- * of the inon Avere alive and that they J Avoro being roasted to death. John Kel- ' ley , of truck No. 2 , managed to craAvl f ' out from the rubbish , and of the men- J who entered tho building hovas the | only ono to escape Avith his life. He { i was * cut and bruised , but his injuries are % • not serious. Tho names of men known | to havo been buried in the ruins nre : f George Bowers.Thomas Wagner , .1 ohn I A. Combs and Perry Ryan , of No ; 2' "j ; hook and ladder company , and Harry r | Walker. George Keerinsand Hiram Me- ( | Afee , of No 1 ongino company. It is .1 certain that these men havo lost their 'I1 ' lives , and it may be that others were \ Arith them Avhcn tho crash came. 3 The intense heat several times drove ( | the firemen from tho building whore- f the bodies of their unfortunate com- 1 ' rades were Iyingunder tons of brick ami - . iron , but they persisted in the search - I and shortly after noon the first body that , of Wagner was brought to light. Near tho spot was the body of Harry ( Walker , standing erect as if packed in. Near him avus found Avhafc Avas left of I George Bowers , but no other bodies- , were found until nearly G o'clock. Avhen A that of Geo. Kerrios w as 11 ncovored The'I bodies were terribly disfigured , the flesh | being burned oil" iu many places. Search \ is being • .irsued to-night Avith electric ; light. In the hardware store of Tabb jj Bros. Sc Dimmock there Avere stored ,1 large quantities of cartridges , and a- Ii they exploded sever.il men were slight- ( ] • ly injured by flying bullets. jl The firms that Avero completely ' ! burned out are : Wyles , Bruster * t Co. „ * \ Avholesnle shoe dealers ; J. H. Winkle- . man ACo. . . drug ? * Tabb Bros & Dim'J mock , hardware ; Price & Co. , toys ; M- i ] S. Levy & Sons , hats ; IT. R. King & " , Sons , hardware ; Doblnr , Mudge it Co. , j | paper , and Hischberg , Hollander it Co. , paints aud glass. v The row of buildings was ono of the finest in the city , none of tho Avarc- houses being less1 than five stories high , < and nearly all of them having been _ re- ' * cently erected. Among the buddings ' partly burned aa-hs tho Mafernito ou , Lombard street , and its inmates were \ ? removed with great difficulty. The to- • tal loss Avill prob.ildy roach 81,500,000 , n and it i3 pretty well coA'ered by insur- I ance , most of which A\-as m small poli in out-of-town companies. cies - - J Vermont Decidedly Republican. 1 The figures of 13G towns from which returns have been received give a re publican majority of about 17,000. Tho ' • remaining toAvns will probably make the majority in the state 27,000. One " jJ hundred and thirty-six towns elected fl 125 republicans and elevfln democrats to- fl the state legislature. j fl L.\Trn. The republican majority in , - fl the state will be between 27,000 and 'fl 28,000. The senate is solidly repubb- ' • can. The house will contain twenty- J > fl three democrats aud 220 republicans. > fl St. Nicholas for September has a ' fl dainty summery frontispiece , the origi- { , - mil of Avhich may be found in almost • pfl every country place , showing that II "More near than Ave think , very close- 1 fl at hand , lie the golden fields of Sun fl shine Lands , " as Miss Edith M. Thomas H tells us in the poem Avhieli opens the- H number. Theu come the "Two Little ' fl Confederates , " who by this time hav * - i fl won their Avay to the nftVction of : ; II B young readers , North and South. Tl. < - ffl late Mr. E. V. Roe collect"Son. . . * j 'B Stories about 'the California Lion , " * { B luring his recent sojourn in Southern , B California and these stories are related j | fl in this number. 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