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g * FROM THE HAYTIEN SEAT OF WAR.
P 9 7e Steamer Clyde llelurns from a Toyags
| H9 < oA .Dominican 2'orf .
99 Now York dispatch : The Clyde
MB steamer , Captain Holmes , from Domin-
ican ports , which prot in Saturday night ,
H loft this port on tho down trip tho day
H9 before tho Saniana and encountered tho
MM cyclone in which tho Samana is sup-
posed to havo foundered. From No-
r veuibor 25 , when off Haltoras , for
KS eighty-two hours a tremendous storm of
Wm ind and rain raged. The seas boarded
NEB ho steamer , tearing away tho stay
[ ! H " * llS B , smashing in tho deck cabins and
WM carrying off two of them , and flooding
IB the cabin. While tho Clydo was at
Wm Monto Cristo , which is a Dominican
UjB port nearest tho North Hay tien frontier ,
WM tho gunboats Toussaint L'Ouverturo
Mi and Munzel entered the harbor , steamed
Mm around the Clydo without hailing , and
carefully inspected her at close quarters.
Mm On tho 20th tho Clydo , soolcing a cargo ,
Amt entered Mazanillo bay , whoso waters
MMk wash both tho Hay tien and Eominican
HE shores. There they heard long contin-
B iicd firing of muskets and artillery ,
HE which seemed to come from tho high-
lands near Capo llaytien. The Tous-
flj * aint L'Ouverturo and Mnnzel wero
MM both near by. They lowered their
boats and troops were soon drawn up
HH ! ! battle array aboard their decks.
Cm Captain Holmes wont off in a { rig to tho
fMM Dominican sloop Cleopatra. The Tous-
lB santL. Overture lowered a boat. Two
IB ' -officers and four marines got into it and
M iho boat pulled toward tho gig. It did
91 5 > ot hail tho gig , but simply chased it to
9 | "tho sloop and back , the marines keeping
H , their muskets cocked and ready. Beside
M& this ridiculous performance the Tous-
K sant L. Overture , Captain Holmes says ,
J had a swivel gun upon her deck turned
M upon tho Clyde's broadside all tho tirao
11 tho Clydo was in tho harbor. On the
LB 2d tho small British schooner Aurora ,
lH | flymg the Dominican flag and loaded
19 with provisions , probably forHaytien
mm ports , from Monto Cristo , was over-
RK hauled in Dominican waters by a crew
B from a Haytien gunboat. Captain "Wil-
BV son , of tho Aurora , and his crew were
wM taken aboard tho gunboat and placed in
IfI irons. Tho crew of a little brig
] # ( wrecked on tho Dominican shores was
f tli en put aboard tho captured Aurora
jm as a prison crew. Tho next morn-
| 9 | ing tho gunboats left , towing tho
. B Aurora. They were afterwards seen
\Mw \ lying off Capo Haytien in the track of
BB xvessels from New York to that point.
MM * The gunboat Dessaliues was reported
9f | wrecked off Port Do Paix. Minister
9 | Preston lias received an official account
MM of the bombardment of Cape Haytien.
Hi The Dessalines was first fired on by Fort
Ufl Picolet November 3 , and returned tho
K tire , silencing tho fort. Advancing
JE toward tho town tho gunboatwas next
iBI fired upon by St. Joseph's battery , and
Mi it silenced it. The old French battery
jflf by the town next opened firo and tho
Al Dessalines silenced that. Only a few ;
M chance shells were thrown toward tho
A > town. The commander reported to his
B government that there would have been ,
IB uo particular excitement if one of tho
ClM shells hacl not come dangerously close
Hi to the United States consuls house and .
B scared him out of his wits. It was that , ,
B the commander alleged , that started all ;
B the sensational re porta of tho shelling
Bj of the town. No shots were fired from ;
njj tho Dessalines except the very few neo * i
IV essary to silence tho forts.
KU i . . . , - -
9jj SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES \
IB The Work Being Bone From Bay to Bay in (
R ! * Both Branches of Congress. ,
9 House. In the house on the 2d a bill
Hj was passed granting an annual leave of ;
H thirty days to the employes of tho bur-
Bj < eau of engraving and printing , instead '
B -of fifteen , which they now have. In
B consideration of the morning hour. Mat- • >
B'l son , of Iudiana , called up the bill proj j
Bn hibiting an agent from receiving a fee ]
Wjffl for securing an increase of pension on j
KbI account of an increase of disability , or i
EST -securing a special act of congress. Pe1 1
| i f j ters , of Kansas , offered an amendment
I'M providing that an applicant for a peni i
W < M sion may contract with any person in <
l j the state in which tho applicant lives , j
| Bj to pay not exceeding $3 for services j
B Tendered should an increase be allowed. 1
Wm Adopted and the bill passed. Springer , i
IB -of Illinois , introduced a joint resolution '
K for the admission of Arizona and Idaho. <
H Referred. J
B. Senate. In the senate on the 2d , '
B * ' their waj mofa than a.quorum of senav ]
B tors present when the chaplain delivered i
B his opening prayer after the holiday re- 1
B -cess. Among the petitions and memor- <
B ials presented and referred were the fol- '
Hi lowing : From a branch of the womans' , J
B relief board of Salt Lake City , remon-
B stratmg against any action of congress
Hfl looldng to the admission of Utah as a '
HR -state ; to prohibit disfranchisement on j
Hjl -account of sex ; from the Boston board of
| Hf trade , for the suspension of the purchase '
HV of silver bullion and the coinage of sil- '
Kj | ver dollars ; in favor of including in the
I S -next census statistics of surviving sol- !
HS -diers of the late war. Xf ter the trnnsac-
Hl' tion of some other business considera- '
IB "tion of the tariff bill was resumed. '
B House. In the house on the 4th , Mr.
Hi Dunn of Arkansas called up the Nica- :
Hal raugua canal bill with the amendments i
IB agreed to in committee of the whole ,
HJI upon which the previous question was
IB ordered before the holiday recess. The
My first amendment upon which the yea and
fBL " " nay vote was demanded was that offered
HM by Mr. Holman of Indiana , providing
H "that nothingin the act shall be construed
Ha to commit the United States to any lia-
j B lulity on account of the Nicaraugua com-
B pany and requiring this provision to be
B printed on every bond , certificate of
Hft stock , or other obligation issued by the
Bl < company. Tho amendment was agreed
Bjfl to. Other amendments were offered ,
HJ some rejected and others agreed to. The
I'l bill is a senate measure and will now go
BB to the senate for action upon the house
H .amendments. Without further business
H < of importance the house adjourned.
H Seexate. In tho senate on the 4th
B Mr. Sherman , from the committee on
1 foreign relations , reported a resolution ,
B ] which was agreed to , calling on the
B | president for correspondence and in-
Btf formation touching recent occurrences
Hb in the island of Hayti , both as relates to
B -the state of government there and to tho
B Haytien Republic. Mr. Sherman , also
B from the same committee , reported back
B favorably Mr , Edmunds joint resolution
B as to the Panama canal regarding the
B connection of foreign countries with the
B iconstruction or control of that canal.
B The resolution was placed on the calen-
B -dar. The senate then took up the tariff
B ; lull , continuing the discussion till ad-
B > - iournment.
B i , Visitors io fhs President-Elect.
9 ' { Indianapolis dispatch : General Har-
B , rison passed the last day of this to him
B \ + -eventful year , pretty much as he has
B ; -other days. In the afternoon he re-
Bf i -ceived quite a number of visitors.
B Among the more prominent callers to-
B -day were Circuit Judge O. E. Mitchell ,
B | -of Texarkana , Ark. , said to be the only
Bf republican state judge in Arkansas. The
In judge was accompanied by his son , E.
I R. Mitchell , of Nashville. It is under-
wm * tood their visit was purely social. An-
H -other visitor of notewas Hpa. vTa08 B ,
• , ' - v
Brown , deinocratio coTigressman-oloot
from tho Third ( Now Albany ) Indiana
district. Ho is tho first democratic con
gressman , or congressman-elect , to pay
his respects to tho next president. "Ho
states that General Harrison gavo him a
most cordial reception , froo of all formal
ity and ceremony. 'In fact , " says Brown ,
"you would havo thought I was a good
staunch republican from tho way the pres-
idont-elect received mo. " Rrown is an
old acquaintance of Genoral Harrison.
Other callers wero ox-Governor Porter ,
who was accompanied by F. R. Rrowor ,
formerly of Lawronceburgh , Ind. , and
Joe Poole , of Now York , member of tho
Harrison and Morton campaign club , of
Now York. General Harrison received
another uniquo cane to-day. It is carved
from a singlo pieco of poplar wood , by
0. F. Gilbert , of Crete , Nob. Tho han
dle consists of an erect nudo imago , be
ing supported by a pair of high top
boots. Tho donor writes that this fig-
nro is intended to typify democracy
without protection. From each hand
of tho imago hangs a chain , the central
links of which are small cages with
movable blocks within. The chains aro
attached to a cube in tho center of the
stick bearing on its edges four aces
tho aco of ciubs , spades , hearts and dia
monds. This cube t3rpifies tho republi
can party holding a full hand. Relow
is a smaller square with General Harri
son's initials carved therein. It is an
ingoniuB piece of carving , and of hun
dreds of canes in tho general's house it
is probably the most grotesque.
NEARLY A MILLION LOSS BY FIRE.
Xlio JUehardton Brug Company Property
in SU Bouts Destroyed.
St. Louis dispatch : The immense six-
story brick block of the Richardson
Drug company on tho northeast corner
of Fourth street and Clark avenue , was
reduced to ruyis in forty minutes after
2 o'clock this morning. The building
fronted 120 feet on Fourth street and
ran back to Clark avenue 200 feet to a
private alley , and back of this was a
three-story warehouse used by the firm
to store explosives and highly combusti
ble goods and oils. The fire was discov
ered at 2:20 a. m. and a general alarm
was turned in. So fierce was the firo
that five minutes after the alarm waff
turned in tho buildings across tho street
were smoking and ready to burn. Every
few minutes a terrible explosion would
detonate throughout the building. The
entire six floors wero filled with com
bustible goods , a great portion of the
stock being extremely inflammable. The
fire seemed te get an early hold on the
third floor. As the flowing oils dripped
through the first two stories tho foun
tain of fire played from tho basement
clear to the roof , defying all efforts to
check it. Not enough lines of hose
could have been laid around the build
ing to have suved it , so speedy was the
Bpread of the fire , and the few firemen
who were forced one or two at a lino to
brave the awful heat , had but a dozen
Btreams to combat half a dozen acres of
blazing oils , molten iron and flaming
glass. It was an awful sight from tho
first two minutes after discoveiy until 3
o'clock , when the building collapsed
and there was nothing more to burn.
The building was erected several years
ago at a cost of $150,000. Tho Richard
son Drug company was one of tho
largest wholesale drug houses in the
country. Buildings in close proximity
to the fire were scorched.
The Enter house , near the scene , oc
cupied by boai-ders , had a panic. The
screams of frightened men and women
rushing to and fro from room to room
after their friends , created much terror.
Finally the firemen rescued all tho oc
cupants.
One scene of great excitement was in
the livery stable of Scott & Lynch ,
which is in the rear of the drug build
ing. "When tho stable was suddenly
lighted up by the flames from the burn
ing building the horses became panio-
stricken and it was with much difficulty
they were taken out.
At 2:50 the most exciting epoqh of the
Eire occurred , when several explosions
sf benzine and explosive drugs occurred
ilmost simultaneously with tho falling
ind crashing of the southeast corner of
the building , endangering the life of all
firemen on that portion of the work.
Iho heavy cornices and coping stones
an the top story began to crack , and tho
firemen had only time to escape from
ianger when , with a sudden crash , that
portion of the building fell , throwing
burning fragments across Clark avenue ,
ind'setting fire to a bakery opposite. A
fcwo-story brick and adjoining buildinjrs
on the southwest corner of Fourth
street and Clark avenue were in flames ,
jovering the entire intersection of the
street with smoke and flames.
It was expected that a panic would
Dccur in the Southern hotel , which is
within half a square of the drug build
ing , but the guests came down to the
jorridors and sidewalks and to the win-
lows of their rooms to watch the scene.
Cliff Richardson , manager of the con-
sern , gives the value of the stock on
band at about § 075,000 and an insurance
of $650,000. The buildings occupied
were valued at $200,000. The origin of
the fire is not known.
Andrew Geroghty , night watchman
in he Richardson drug house , has been
missing since the fire , and it is believed
he perished in the burned building.
Wants $6,000 for Trifled Affections.
A St. Paul ( Minn. ) special says : Chas.
C. Funk , a well-known young business
man of this city , is celebrating New
Year's day iu the role of defendant in a
breach of promise suit brought by Miss
Sophia Langeubach , a young and beau
tiful milliner girl , who wants $0,000 to
repair the damages caused by the loss of
her lover's affections. She says he called
often to see her and the friendship
formed ripened into an intimacy that led
him on-August 14 , 1887 , to spread his
heart at her feet and ask her to become
his wife. Her answer was a modest yes.
But he chauged his mind , and she lays
her social and financial damage at$6,000.
Funk is very well known about the city
and is apparently a good business man ,
having managed to lay by some $10,000
in tho last few .years. Sophia Langen-
bach , the plaintiff , is a handsome
brunette. She has a fine figure , large
dark e\-es , full of sparkle , and a manner
that conveys the impression of a large
amount of pergonal magnetism.
She Made the Voyage of 6.000 Miles.
Washington dispatch : A small ves
sel anchored'off tho Sixth street wharf ,
to-day , after an ocean voyage ofJrlearly
6,000 miles. The vessel , which is named
La Liberated , was built by Captain Slo-
cum in "Rio Janeiro , Brazil , to convey
himself , wife and two children back to
America , tho Aqnidneck , in which Cap
tain Slocum sailed to Brazil , having
been lost on a sand pit in Rio Janeiro
harbor. La Liberated is thirty-five feet
long , seven and a half foot beam , twelve
foot deep , and has only a canvass cov
ered deck house to afford protection
against the weather. She left Rio Ja
neiro July 24 last , and after stopping at
Bahia , Pernambncco , and several other
ports , reached Norfolk , Ya. , two weeks
ago. Tho little craft weathered some
heavy seas in the tropics and brought
its occupants to this city in good health
and apparently none the worse for their :
dangerous trip. *
9
A NEW SENSATION IN CHICAGO.
Her tout C/iaryen Ai/ulii't Certain Officers of
thtt ilttvilrn City.
Chicago special : Joseph R. Dunlap ,
city editor of tho Chicago Times , was
arrested to-night charged with criminal
libel and locked up at thoHarrison
street police station.
"Warrants wero sworn out this after
noon by Polico Inspector Bonfield for
tho arrest of James J. "West , principal
editor of tho Chicago Times , and Jo
seph R. Dunlap , its city editor , on
charges of criminal libel for having pub
lished in that paper this morning tho
statement of tho wifo of Detective Low-
onstein charging tho polico with being
in complicity with thieves , and acting
as "fences" in tho disposition of stolon
property. Mr. "West was not in his of
fice when Mr. Dunlap was arrested , but
was arrested later in tho evening , and
soon afterwards both himself and City
Editor Dunlap wero released on $4,000
bail each to appear before tho polico
justice to-morrow.
THE CAUSE Or THE TROUBLE.
_ The arrests aro tho result of the pub
lication by tho Times of what purports
to bo a statement from Mrs. Mabel Low-
enstein who sometime since shother hus
band , Detective Jake Lowenstein , and
nearly caused his death , that is sensa
tional in the extreme. Her story is that
for several 3'ears her husband and Capt.
Schaak of the North bide police depart
ment sides others , havo been in the
habit of getting stolen property from
prisoners and bringing it into her house
whore it was divided or stored until ar
rangements could be made for its dispo
sition. She protested against such trans
actions and was abused for it. She states
that shohad held property belonging to
North Side people which will bo pro
duced when necessary. Among this aro
several watches , brooches aud cuff but
tons belonging to Louis Ling , a lino silk
shawl , some dresses , etc. She also says
Capt. Schaack and Lowenstein "fixed"
witnesses for important cases at the
house , and that she has among tho stolen
property tho original testimony they got
from certain witnesses. "When she was
locked up in the Chicago avenue station
charged Avith shooting her husband ,
Schaack would not let her talk to any
one for oyer a week.
SirE TAIiKS TO SCHAAK.
I told him that he know Jake was a
thief , and that I knew he ( Schaak ) was
aware of all his doings. He refused to
let tho reporters see me , and would keep
talking to me about stolen property , and
tried to get hold of some of it , saying
he wanted to havo it returned to tho
owners. Then she says threats wero
made that unless she ceased to talk
about it matters would go hard with her.
Tho Times says that an attempt was
made "Wednesday night to abduct Mrs.
Lowenstein nom her brother-in-law's
house , whero she has been stopping
since sho was released on bail.
Tho story printed in tho Times this
morning in relation to certain members
of the police department , who are said
to be fences for thieves , caused a great
deal of comment throughout the city ,
especially in police circles. Captain
Schaak was very indigant when seen by
a Herald reporter. He refused to talk
about the case , and would neither deiry
nor affirm it , claiming that ho would
deal directhy with the newspaper. De
tective Lowenstein also refused to be
interviewed on the case.
THEX ABE EE-AREESTED.
Soon after their release Messrs. "West
and Dunlap were re-arrested on a simi
lar charge , preferred this time by Cap
tain Schnaack. Bonds wer © Iso given
in this case , and the gentlemen are now
at liberty. It is said that when Mr.
Dunlap was first taken to tho Armory
station desk , the sergeant kindly invited
him to make himself comfortable in the
office at tho station. Very soon , how
ever , orders were received from head
quarters , emanating , it is claimed , from
Inspector Bonfield , to place the pris
oner in a cell , the same as an ordinary
felon , and it was done.
A Puzzle for ihe Physicians.
Sioux Falls ( Dak. ) special : The prob
lem presented to the local physicians in
the case of the 2-year-old child of S. P.
Olsen , of this place , is no nearer solu
tion than it was a week ago. There have
been no preparations for the interment
of the body , nor will it be given sepul
chre until the grief-stricken parents are
certain that life is extinct. Yesterday
afternoon , while a number of physicians
and others were gathered in the room
where tho casket lay , the face of _ the
child suddenly became suffused with a
deep flush , which faded away almost as
quickly as it came. A small thermome
ter placed in the month and also on the
cheek of the child failed to indicate any
change in the temperature. The physi
cians were completely nonplussed and
could offer no explanation for the
strange occurrence. The parents are
alternately prostrated by grief and
buoyed by the faint hope that the child
will eventually return to life. At 0
o'clock last night there was a reappear
ance of color , this time both in the face
and hands , lasting several minutes , and
the physicians who observed it wero san
guine that the spark of life had not yet
died out. However , when the color dis
appeared they would not say authorita
tively that the child was alive. Physi
cians from out of town haye been sen : }
for and several have come of their own
accord to view a case of what is un
doubtedly suspended animation , the first
ever noted in this territory.
Diabolical Deed of a Negro.
Seven colored servants of Col. Pax-
ton , near Areola , Miss. , were arrested a
few days ago for burning the colonel's
residence , and , after two of them had
confessed to drugging the coffee so as
to make the family sleep , and setting
fire to the house , the prisoners all mys
teriously disappeared , and , it is hinted ,
were lynched. The confession was to
the effect that the woman cook drugged
the coffee , but two members of tho fam
ily , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aldridge , did
not drink of it , and when the house was
burning they awoko and aroused Colonel
and Mrs. Paxton ; otherwise all would
probably have perished. The confes
sion also stated that one of the conspira
tors stood at each door with an ax or
gun to kill any member of the family
who should try to escape. * but the slow
ness of the fire alarmed them and they
fled. News received is to tho effect that
the seven prisoners , five men and two
women , who were under arrest and
strongly guarded , disappeared some
what mysteriously. Tho solo motive of
the crime seems to have been robbery.
Some property taken from the house
was found in the possession of the pris
oners.
Organized labor in Nebraska will make
an effort to get through the legislature
this winter a law reforming the elections.
To this end meetings are being held to
agitate the matter. The Australian sys
tem , or something similar to it , will
meet requirements if embodied in an
enactment by our state law makers.
The present aession of the legisla- *
ture is expected to deal with many
things of great interest to the people.
Forty wolves have been killed this
Beason by a pack of hounds belonging
to a Sioux couty ranchman ,
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A NEW CIVIL SERVICE ORDER.
l'etlmaster General Dickinson Issues the
New Classification for Bis Department.
"Washington special : Tho postmastor
general has issued an order classifying
tho omployes of tho railway mail ser
vice , under civil service rules as follows :
Class 1 All persona receiving an an
nual salary of $800 or less , or a compen
sation at the rate of $800 or less per an
num.
Class 2 All persona receiving an an
nual salary of $900 or less , but more
than $800 , or a compensation at tho rate
of $900 or less , but moro than $800 per
annum.
Class 3 All persons receiving an an
nual salary of $1,000 or less , but ; moro
than $900 , or a compensation at the rato
of $1,000 or less , but more than $900 por
annum.
Class 4 All persons receiving an an
nual salary of $1,200 or less , but moro
than $1,000 or a compensation at the
rato of $1,200 or less , but more than
$1,000 per annum.
Class 5 All porsons receiving an an
nual salary of $1,400 or less , but moro
than $1,200 , or a compensation at the
rato of $1,400 or less , but more than
$1,200 per annum.
Class 6 All persons receiving an an
nual salary of $1,000 or less , but more
than $1,400 , or a compensation at the
rato of $1,600 or less , but more than
$1,400 per annum.
Class 7 All persons receiving an an
nual salary of $1,800 or less , but mora
than $1,000 , or a compensation at the
rato of $1,800 a year or less , but more
than $1G00 per annum.
Class 8 All persons receiving an an
nual salary of $2,000 or less , but more
than $1,800 , or a compensation at the
rate of $2,000 or less , but more than
$1,800 per annum.
Class 9 All persons receiving an an
nual salary of more than $2,000 , or a
compensation at the rate of more than
$2,000 per annum.
It is provided that no person who may
be appointed to an office by and with
the advice of tho senate , and that no
person who may be employed merely as
a laborer or workman ( not including
any person designated as skilled laborer
or workman ) shall be considered as i
within this classification , and no persons
bo employed shall , without examination .
under the civil service rules , be assigned
to tho duties of a classified place.
It is also ordered that no person shall
be admitted into any place not excepted
from examination by tho civil service
rules in any of tho classes designated ,
until he shall have passed an appropriate
examination prepared by tho United
States civil service commission , and his
eligibility has been certified to tho de
partment by said commission.
Under the foregoing classification of
tho railway mail service and the rules
adopted by tho civil service commission ,
the postmaster general has designated
that tho following places in the railway
mail service are exempt from examina
tion :
One general superintendent of the
railway mail service ; one assistant gen
eral superintendent of railway mail ser
vice.
vice.A
A _ season of almost unexampled activ
ity is upon the republican members of
the senate. The finance sub-committee
in charge of the substitute for tho Mills
bill , Messrs. Morrill , Allison , Aldrich ,
Sherman and Hiscock , are in almost
continuous session in an effort to mako
it as near satisfactory to all the interests
involved as may be. This can be done
only by amending it in some particu
lars , and the purpose of the sub-com
mittee is to decide what amendments
shall be proposed. It is necessary that
the desired amendments be agreed upon
for the entire measure in aavance so as
to avoid a detailed consideration of the
sections of the bill prior to the date
fixed for a final vote upon its passage ,
the 21st of January , if possible. The
committee will have its changes ready
to be proposed in bulk and disposed of
in the same way.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
and fortifications appropriation bill.both
have been completedbysub-committees
of the house committee on appropria
tions.
Chairman Randall has called meet
ing of the appropriations committee for
Wednesday of this week , at which time
both the complete bills will be laid be
fore it. Their consideration will be im
mediately entered upon and if possible
finished the same day. Mr. Randall
wishes to report them to the house either
Wednesday afternoon or Thursday
morning. * "
DESTITUTION MVIONU NURWEUIANS.
IVhole Families Without Sufficient Clothing
and Barely Enough Food to Keep Them
From Starvation.
Fargo ( Dak. ) special. A most pitia-
story of suffering among the Norwe
gians in the western part of Walsh
county , Dakota , comes in a letter from
the Rev. C. W. Richer , of Park River ,
to the Rev. G. W. Huntley of this city.
Mr. Richer reports having made a thor
ough canvass of Park River , soliciting
aid for the sufferers. The goods were
distributed by two thoroughly reliable
men , who just returned and reported
that they distributed the goods as fairly
as they could among fifteen families ,
and reported that there still remained
between forty and fifty families equally
as destitute. The only means of sus
tenance they have , or have had for
some time , is in cooking their green
frozen wheat into a sort of porridge.
They live within the belt where the
early frosts did the greatest damage.
They had relied entirely on thisceason's
crop to tide them over the winter , and
this calamity left them with absolutely
nothing. The3r are principally of the
Lutheran denomination , aud because
uncomplaining the true condition has
not before become known. Those who
had been more fortunate in securing a
crop of potatoes , turnips and other veg
etables have shared with those less for
tunate , until now there are not enough
of these in any family to last moro than
three or four days. It is related that
the only clothing one woman had on
was a thin calico dress , not a stitch of
anything else on the body , and no shoes
or stockings , while hundreds of others
are in little better shape , and those that
are cannot possibly withstand tho trials
of a cold winter. In many instances
boards have been taken from the out
side of the house to break into firewood ,
and should a decided change occur in
the weather it is but a question of a few-
days until they all succumb. Provisions
of all kinds are earnestly solicited , to
gether with clothing , a3 one without tho
other Would bo of but little benefit.
Ministers of denominations in Fargo
will call attention to the matter from the
pulpits , and a committee is now at work
collecting supplies to forward to them.
Killed by a Mad Bull.
Topeka ( Kan. ) special : Information
was received this afternoon that Colonel
J. M. Jones , one of the wealthiest and
most influential ranchmen in Cheyenne
county , was gored to death yesterday
morning by a bull. He was the owner
of one of the finest herds of cattle in the
state , and while engaged in work about
his stables , the animal suddenly attacked
him from the rear and before he conld
escape ho was knocked down and fright
fully gored. He was found a half hour
later with his head almost severed from
his body , aud one arm torn to pieces ,
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Miss PickereLi's Window
"If I can ever afford to do it I'm
going to have a nice big bay window
just in there whero them two nasty
littlo windows are. "
Miss Clarinda Pickeroll's friends
had heard her mako this remark over
and over again. Often sho added :
"I do think a bay window is ono of
the nicest tilings in tho world
They ' resonicetosetin. Youcanscoso
much from'em. And how nico they
ure for plants. I've planned it all
out time and ag 'in jest how I'd fit 1
my bay window up if ever tho Lord
lot mo have one.
"I'd havo my geraniums and callas
andheliotropeand oxalisand beg onia
and fuschins and my wand'rin' Jew
and ivy all in that window. Then
I'd havo my bird-cage hanging from
the center , and niebby somo day I
could get mo a gold iish in one ol
them glass pots to set on a little
stand in tho middle. And if ever I
could afford it I'd have lace curtains
hangin' from a pole' cross tho front
of the window. I think it would be
perfectly lovely. '
No one but poor Miss Pickerell knew
how dear the vision of unattained
happiness was to her heart. Sho
loved to talk about it , she dreame d
about it ; and sometimes , in the soli
tude of her chamber , away from the
eyes of the world , she cried softly be
cause she felt that this sweet ideal
would never become a splendid reali
ty.
ty.Sho
Sho had a habit of talking to her
self , and giving herself some severe
• 'goings over , " as she called them.
On such occasions as she assumed a
1 xcry severe aspect and said sternly :
"Now you dry right up , Rindy
Pick'rell. Don't you carry your on-
gratefulness a mite further. Ilero
you aro already enjoying blessins'
without number and fretin' cause
you can't have more. You've good
lungs and a sound liver and don't
know what it is to lang'ish
on a sick bed. You've enough
to eat and wear , and you've church
and prayer-meeting privileges and' '
here you might 'o been one of those
dreadful heathens and notever known
what it was to be half descent.
You're too ongrateful and rebel 1' -
yous to live , Rindy Pick'rell. ' '
And then her thin , cracked voice
would penitently sing :
"And air wo wretches yit alive ,
And do we8till rebel.
'Tis wondrous , 'tis amizin' grac *
That we arc out of hell. "
Miss 'Rindy was a very conscien
tious woman , and could not help
thinking that it was very sinful to set
her heart on anything that was of the
earth earthly. She made no allow
ance lor the limitations of her poor
human nature , but thought she
ought to lead a life of impossible
goodness , and made a virtue of deny
ing herself many things quite inno
cent in 1 hemselves.
She was a spinster of 40 years.
Her home was a snug little home of
four incredibly tidy rooms on a little
farm in a Western state. This home
had been left her by her parents , and
for tpn years she had lived alone in
it. The house stood within the lim
its of a small village and Miss 'Rind1-
added to her small income by plain
sewing for the villagers.
There were but ten acres in her little
farm , and five of these were pasture
land for her cow. On the other five
she had a small field of corn for her
. cow's feed in winter. ,
She lived .very comfortably , as she
said , but there was little left for un
necessary expenditure when all her
bills were paid and sometihng laid
aside for her "rainy days" that Miss
'Rindy felt must come to her when
she was too old and feebleto sew any
longer ,
"That bay window would cost me
§ 69.78 , " Miss 'Rindy often said
"I've had it figgered out more than
once , and I reckon I'll have to take
it out in figgers , "
Everybody knew and liked Miss
'Rindy , and sympathizing friends
often said :
"It a pity the poor soul can't have
that bay window she hankers after so.
It's the only thing on earth she
seems to want that she hasn't got.
She'd take more comfort settin' in
that bay window than Queen Victo
ria takes settin' on her throne , "
conclusion quite correct , I have no
doubt.
And others said :
"It's an awful pity 'Rindy Pick'rell
never got married. Some man got
cheated out of most an amazin'
good wifebyherstayin' anoldmaid. "
Not for all the world would poor
Clarinda Pickerell have had a soul
known it , but away down in the se
cret recessess ofhertenderheartthere
was hidden away an unspoken regret
that she was Miss Pickerell still ; an
unspoken longing for sympathy and
companionship and love in her lone
liness.
And in this her fortieth year this
heart secret began to find its way to
her trembling life in some of those
solemn conversations she had with
herself.
Miss 'Rindy always felt particularly
lonely during the holiday season.
Her friends were often too entirely
engrossed in their own joys and plans
to think ofher , and it nearly always
happened that she spent Christmas
alone.
"And of what earthly account is
turke } ' and cranberry sass and mince
pies where one has to set down to
them by one's self , " she often said
tersely to herself. "I ain't the heart
to get up an extra dinner on Christ
mas , and half the time I'm so bad off
I can't even find anybody to ask to
come in and eat with me. Now if I
only had that bay window it'd be a
si < rht of compn'y for me Christmas
and all other times. I'dsettoitallthe
time I was to home. "
There was something very pathet
ic in the half jesting and half sincere
tone in which Miss 'Rindy sometimes
said :
"I'd liko to know what old maids
aro born for anyhow. Thoy'ro only
fit for folks to noko fun at , and tho
best of folks will do it sometimes.
noroIamdonoandlorneatChristmaH
and all holiday times , and not oven
a bay window to set in. "
Moro pathetic wero tho low-spoken
words siio said ono day whilelooking
at the reflection of herself in tho littlo
oval miror that hung over the old-
fashioned bureau in her bedroom.
"You ain 't so very homely 'Itindy
Pick'rell , " she said , and her eyes wero
suspiciously moist as sho said it.
"You're awful dark complected , but
your cheeks aih't sunk in any , and
all your teeth aro sound and good.
You've hardly a gray hair , you don't
havo to wear spectacles , and you
ain't as wrinkled as somo aro atyour
age. Older and uglier wimmen than
you have got married and vou
might "
"Miss 'Rindy sank back in her chair
with both hands held over her crim
son face. Sternly she rebuked her
self :
"Shame on you , Rindy Pick'rell , "
she said in pitiless self-condemna
tion. "Shame on you to think and
say such things when nobody never
asked you to have 'em yet. For
shame , for shame ! "
She was crying softly now with her
gingham apron to her streaming
eyes.
"Are you getting immodest , inde
cent in your old age , 'Rindy Pick'
rell ? " she asked harshly. "Do you for-
git that thePick'rells wero all ladies ?
And shall you be the first to disgrace
'em by flingin' yourself at the men
like this ? You that ain't never even
had a beau at least not for years
and years ; not since that silly of a
Hiram Murray beaued you home "
Miss 'Rindy was crying in dead ear
nest now. The poor littlo romance
of her life had seen so vividly recalled
by the name she had spoken.
In the days ofher early girlhood a
certain Hiram Murray had "beaued
her home from meetin' " on three dis
tinct occasions. He had sent her aval-
tine of paper lace with a red and a
green heart on it , a golden spear run-
ningthroughboth , and a pair of tur
tle-doves perched in one corner , and
inside he had committed himself by
writing :
"If you lov < > me as I lovo you ,
No knife can cut our love in t'vo. "
And inside the cover ho had made
this passionate and unequivocal dec
laration :
"I know a prirl and she fa sweet ,
And l'ick'rull is her name ,
I lovo her from her head to feet ,
I'd share with her my wealth and fame. "
Miss' Rindy had this treasure laid
carefully away along with a huge
candy heart , the love offering of tho
same Hiram , with the words "Be
Mine" on it in gilt letters.
And now they were but tokens of
the duplicity and utter deceit of
mankind , for Hiram had for twenty
years been the husband of another ,
and nine children called him "pap. "
"And he's poor as mud , " said Miss
'Rindy , suddenly drying her eyes and
sitting erect , "and I'd ruther have
that bay window than Hiram Mur
ray with the nine children throwed
'
in. "
It lacked but a month of Christmas
Day and the people of the village
were merry over their little secrets
and surprises to come. Their happi
ness made Miss 'Rindy heavy at
heart as she went from place to place
plying her needle.
"What do you want Santa Clans
to brin" : vou ? " asked one of Miss
'Rindy " s lriends.
"A bay window , " was the prompt
and decisive reply. "I'd ruther have
a bay window in the sittin'room
than a di'mond necklace with ev'ry
di'mond as big as a hick'ry nut. But
I don't expect either. 'If wishes were
horses then beggars might ride , " she
added with a tinge of bitterness for
which she keenly reproached herself
a moment later.
Three''weeks before Christmas a
strange thing happened at the little
house belonging to Miss Pickerell.
She was thinking about that bay
window. More than that , she had a
pencil and a bit of paper in her hand
and had drawn a diagram of that
very window , when the door
opened suddenly and in came Mr John
Hall , the village carpenter , a most
worthy man , held in the highest es
teem because of his honesty , indus
try , sobriety and the fact that he
owned one of the neatest and best
houses in the town , and was a thrifty
and good citizen generally.
"How do you do , Miss Pickerell , "
he said cheerilj * .
"I'm very well , thank you , " re
plied Miss 'Rindy , concealing her
paper and pencil in some confusion.
"Glad to hear it , " said Mr. Hall
heartily. No , thank you ; I won't lay
off my overcoat. I just run in on a
little matter of business. It's about
that bay window I hear you want to
put in. "
Miss 'Rindy , in a greater confusion
than ever , made haste to say :
"Oh. Mr. Hall ; somebody must
have made a mistake. I'm not going
to put in a bay window. I would if
I could ; but I haven't the means to
do it with and I don't think I ever
shall have. "
"That's all right , " said Mr. Hall
heartily , producing a tape line and
rule. "But if you'll kindly allow me
to I'll just take the measure for that
window all the same , " and before
Miss 'Rindy could recover from her
bewildering surprise , he added in a
more sober tone :
"Miss 'Rindywhen my poor wife
lay sick so long two years ago you
was one of the best and kindest
friends she had. She often said so
herself. She said you did more to
make her last days happy and peace-
fulHhan any one else but me in the
world. She remembered and blest
you in her last hours , and I shall al
ways remember what you did for us
then and for my little boy and girl
whosetrue freind you have been to
this day.
"I've often wanted to do something
to show you I was grateful , and I've
intended to all along. But you know
I've been away a great deal of late
and it was only the other daylheard
about that little bay window-
plan of yours that's worried you so
long. Wish I'd known of it before.
Seems to me I've heard you speak of
it , but it kind of escaped my mind.
"And now I've come to put that
window in. It's wonderful fine
tveather for it , and it can all bopuG 1j |
[ n in a day by having most of tho 'J
work done at tho shop. Now don't ) 4
you say a word , Miss Pickerell. I'm a
Soingtoputtlmtwindowin whither or M
no , and you can call it a ChristmasM
rift if you want to. " Jf
"Why , Mr. Hall-Johnl" m
She had known him all her life , but jgj
it was only because of her excitement j |
that sho called him "John. " f
"IIo instantly rejoined , "It's alt %
right , 'Itindy ; all right. You can sny g
John if you'ro a mind to , and I " m
But Miss'Rindy had disappeared. M
Abashed , but happy to her lieart's * , lp
depths , she had tied from tho room | | |
and into her own chamber whero tho f I
simplo soul fell on her knees and dm
thanked tho Lord again and again |
for that bay window. * J |
lam always unfortunato in my i' ' |
love stories. I will "let tho cat out • l | |
of the bag , " as Miss 'Rindy would 'ij
SU } ' , before I want to. And thia is to 4J
snd as a love story. Any ono with 'J j
half an eye can seo that. It has been | j
glaringly evident ever sincoshecalled f I
liim " .John" and ho called her f |
" 'Rindy. " I hoped to bring this out | j
us a sort of delightful little surprise | |
to all my readers , and I hopo still iJ
that you aro all surprised surprised f J
and glad. [ I
It took John Hall a remarkably | |
long time to put that bay window in , f I
Donsiderering the fact that he said [ I
the work could all be dono in a day. jl
Ho was ton whole days at it or 111
something else. jjl
It was not until tho window was jjl
completed and tho plants and pict- jl
ures , and canary birds were in it 'jl '
that tho actual proposal came. Jl
Miss 'Rindy sat in tho bay window jl
at tho time , an advantage John ' 1
nail considered well and availed II
himself of. He know sho would bo to jl
happy to say him nay if sho sat iu II
tho bay window when ho proposed. II
She said yes , simply , tearfully and jl
without insulting her womanly mod- II
esty , I may add gratefully , lie need jl
never know it. I
They kept their secret better then I jl
have kept it. Not a soul of all the II
villagers had tho faintest suspicion I
of its real import when Miss 'Rindy I
went from house to house inviting ' 1
ner nearest friends to eomo to her ! I
house on the evening of Christmas
And they all came. The littlo I
house was full. The pretty bay win-
dow. flower-bedecked and lace-cur- I
tained , was admired to Miss 'Rindy'a
heart's content. I
At half-past 8 she suddenly disap- I
pearcd into her own room and closed
the door behind her. 'M
At nine she stepped shyly forth ,
transformed into what one of the I
old ladies present called "the most
comfortable looking bride. " I
Her old black cashmere worn in
the early part of the evening , had I
been exchange for the neatest aud M
most becoming grey silk , with bands jl
of real lace at the neck and sleeves. \M \
There were pink and whito rosebuds il
at her throat and in her hair , and a " *
very pink rose on either cheek as
John Hall stepped forth and took
her hand to lead her to the bay win- | l
And there they were married , "bo- ;
fore any of us could get our senses. " H
aaid one of the guests. \M \
"It was the biggest kind of a sur-
prise and 'Rindy looked about as I
much surprised as anybody. " H
Indeed she said herself lon r aftf r- 9
ward that sho "couldn't hardly real- .
izeityet. " I
" ' "of hav- H
"Tothink/'shesaid siinply , -
ing that blessed bay window after all
nnd such a dear , frond man as John H
Hall throwed in with it. Indeed I
might say four bay windows , for H
there's that many in John's house H
and we're going to move in there in H
the spring. I justcouldn't move out H
of my own little house until I'd set H
awhile in my own bay window and H
seen all the things I always said I'd
see from it. What a blessed Christ- , H
mas it was for me when I got John I
and the window for my gifts. " ' H
Zenas Dune , in Daughters ot H
America. H
Already Provided.
From a TVashinirton Letter. H
One thing that Mrs. Harrison will fl
find is a completely furnished house
solid silver , the finest of china , linen
for the table , and bed-chambers , ele- jl
srant furnishings in the parlors and H
fairly good in the private parts of the fl
house. The private dining-room is
on the first floor , just across the hall I
from the state dining-room. This is H
the only room on the first floor used H
by the family of the President. Tiwj
parlors are used for callers , and the H
entire family or "living" rooms are 9
on the second floor. There are , per- H
haps , half a dozen of these , scarcely B
more ; a sitting-room or two next to H
' • " where fl
the circular library-room ,
the President sits during his business
and working hours , and several I
handsomely furnished bed-rooms and
dressing-rooms. An elevator carries H
the family down-stairs at meal-time. fl
and when they go down for other
purposes if they desire it , but as a
rule they walk up and down the H
broad , easy and luxuriantly carpeted fl
stairs and through the handsome
and always attractive corridors 9
which lead the way to the dining-
rooms and parlors on the first floor. 9
There they find everything ready , for 9
the experienced steward is able to 9
relieve the mistress of the White 9
House of all cares of housekeeping 9
if he is well paid for it. 9
Tattooing Convicts. 9
A Buffalo ( X. Y. ) prison official is ' 9
quoted as saying that the latest fad ' 9
in prison management is tattooing. 9
"It is a ready means of identifica9
tion , " he adds , ' 'and is bound to be- J9
come popular in prison management. 19
My idea is to tattoo a convict every 19
time he is imprisoned , and then we 'll 9
have his record as clear as the moon 9
at midnight. Lee each penal institu- 9
tion adopt a different mark or men- 9
ogram and the problem of identifying 9
convicts will be solved. It is the 9
simplest and best system yetpropos- 9
ed. To some persons it may seem as 9
harsh as branding , but it isn 't. 9
Tattooing isn 't painful , and the 9
marks could be put on the convict's 9
back , arms or legs , and would not * 9
embarrass reformed convicts. 9