Nebraska Newspapers

    4 COMING INDUSTBY.
G Anoux THE SUCCESSFUL
MEETS.
the Nebraska Agricultural Ex
perimental Station Says on llio Sub
ject Data to bo Collected Showing
How an Important Industry Iflay bo
Successfully Prosecuted Important
Suggestion * and Recommendation ) *
Question * to bo Answered.
'Suggestions to Beet Grower * * from
the Nebraska Agricultural Uxpcrl-
ment Matloii.
Because ot the great importance oif
me sugar industry to this state , the
.Experiment station has undertaken the
Jabor and expense of collecting data to
ihow whether or not Nebraska can
taiso beets sufficiently rich in sugar to
make this industry a success.
To this end -wo distributed seed last
fear as widely as possible under the
tircumstances. The results of this
f.-ork have boon already published as
Bulletin No. 18 , Agricultural Experi-
tnent Station.
This year there has been an almost
universal interest manifested through
out the state in the subject of sugar
neets. A largo amount of seed has
.been distributed with suggestions as to
-the manner of cultivating , etc. Many
farmers have already sent us speci
mens of beets for analysis , together
with partial reports of their experi
ments during the season. Again let
.me urge upon everyone who has ex
perimented in beet raising this year to
complete his work by sendin'g to us ,
lor analysis , specimens of beets , to
gether with as full a record of his work
is possible. If you stop short of this
ill of your labor , so far as furnishing
llacts for the benefit of the people of
state is concerned , has been in
rain. The analysis costs you nothing ,
ind this year you can send beets at our
expense. In sending please remember
-to attach to each beet its name , and
with each lot sent give post office ad-
iress , including county.
For complete directions as to send
ing specimens , seepages 2 and81 , Bul-
Jetin 13 , copy of which will bo sent
'fou on application , if you have not it
it hand.
Already many persons throughout
-the state have expressed a desire to
continue growing experimental plats ,
and numerous inquiries have been re
ceived for seed , and for more informa
tion in regard to cultivation. In an
swer to these the following suggestions
-are made :
A good "sugar beet soil" is a deep
moist loam that has been under culti-
ration for some years , and is underlaid
fay a porous sub-soil. It should be
deep , as the roots seek their nourishment -
ment at a considerable depth. It
should have a porous sub-soil that a
.good drainage , on the one hand , and a
peed reservoir for moisture , on the
.other , may be had. The best locali
ties are those on level or slightly slopIng -
Ing land , protected from the strong
winds of early spring.
Preparations for planting should be
.made this autumn by plowing as deesp
as possible ( twelve to fourteen inches ) .
If shallow plowing has heretofore been
the rule deep cultivation should be
reached gradually by plowing two or
three inches deepereach year until the
proper depth has been reached. In
the spring plow again , thoroughly pul
verize the soil and . plank or roll it.
Measure exactly the ground to be sown
( say a space ten feet square for each
variety of seed ) ; this is absolutely nec
essary in order to estimate accurately
the yield.
The time of planting is important
and should be governed largely by the
'temperature. Begin planting when
the daily temperature ( or the temper
ature of the soil ) is from 48 to 50 de
grees F. ; usually from the middle of
April to the first of May. The seed
should be planted in rows from fifteen
to eighteen inches apart , and covered
to a depth of from three-fourths of an
inch to ono inch. After seeding , roll
the plats to keep the seed from being
uncovered by the wind. When the
young pladts appear , the ground should
be hoed to prevent drying out , and to
keep the weeds down. When the
[ plants have reached the fourth leaf ,
thin to a distance of from six to eight
inches apart , according as the soil is
rich or poor. Hoe frequently until the
leaves cover the ground.
The experiment station will furnish
seed for experimental planting , of the
best varieties , to all persons applying
for same and enclosing two cent stamp
to pay return postage on seed. We
require further that each person taking
seed for the season of 1891 shall agree
to send samples of beets to the station
for analysis , without cost to us. - We
will make the analysis , collect informa
tion , publish results , and furnish each
correspondent with a copy of the bul
letin free.
Applications for seed should be made
as early as possible , that we may know
h.ow much seed to provide , and that it
may bo prepared for mailing. This
seed will bo distributed sometime be
tween February 15 and April 10 , 1891-
If the sugar beet industry is ever to
be a success in this country we must
first raise our own seed. In selecting1
beets for seed growing choose only
those that have grown well under
ground , are long and conical in shape ,
and are not over two and one-half
pounds in weight. A good idea of
hat is desirable can be had from
figure 2 , page 49 , Bulletin 13.
For winter keeping , seed beets should
"be packed in sand and stored in a cool
place protected from frost.
For planting the * seed beets , the
rground should be prepared as for seed
ing , but the beets should bo planted at
greater distances when grown for the
-seed ; from two to three feet apart is
Considered necessary.
If further information is desired ,
P
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address the Director of th'o Agricul
tural Experiment Station , P. O. Bo *
G75 , Lincoln , Neb. , who will answer
questions or refer them to the proper
person for answer.
HUDSON H. NICHOLSON ,
Director of the Station.
Gludntonc at Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH , Oct. 23. Mr. Glad
stone delivered the first speech of his
Scotch campaign yesterday in the corn
exchange , this city. There was a tre
mendous crush of people eager to see
and hear the great liberal leader , and
when , the hall had been crowded to
suffocation thousands of disappointed
persons were left outside , to return
homo or listen to speakers lesser
note who address overflow meetings in
open air. The audience in the hall
numbered about 5,000. Mr. Gladstone
was enthusirstically greeted on mak
ing his appearance. He was in ex
cellent health and his voice WHS clear
and strong. Ho spoke without visible
sign of fatigue.
In opening his address ho remarked
that though many questions of import
ance were before the public , the prob
lem which continued to eclipse all
others and to demand the almost un
divided attention of those who strove
to promote the well being of the na
tion , was the Irish problem. The
country had como to recognize the fact
that this question must be settled be-
fo"re other questions could be dealt with.
It was ono which affected the health
and vitality of the state so intimately
that , -in truth , no other question could
be properly considered while this re
mained in menace. The opponents of
home rule had hoodwinked and deluded
their constituencies before the election
by pledging themselves not to rely
upon brute force in the government of
Ireland. They had promised to pro
vide an effective "system of local self-
government for that part of the hing- ;
dom. They had put themselves on
record as opposed to any advances from
the British treasury for the purpose of.
buying estates from landlords fn Ire
land. How had these pledges , upon
which the people had gran ted them the
reins'of government , , been adhered to
in the actual history of their adminis
tration ? The vei'y first important
measure proposed by the present gov
ernment was a measure for the govern
ment of the Irish people by coercion.
This has been the favorite baatlfng of
the tory fathers. True , a local govern
ment bill had been brought in , but it
was a feeble offspring , poorly nour
ished , and so badly neglected that it
was rapidly dwindling into nothingness.
As to the third pledge , it had appa
rently been wholly forgotten ; for in
the proposal pending before parlia *
ment in regard to expropriation of
Irish Estates , there was a provision by
which 40,000,000 pounds of money
drawn from the British people by tax
ation was to pass into the pockets of
holders of land in Ireland.
Mr. Gladstone proceeded to discuss
the provisions of the land purchase
bill , and subjected the entire meas
ure to a severe criticism , in which his
well-known skill in financial analysis
was .exhibited so strikingly as to elicit
round after round of applause from his
closely attentive audience. Recurring
to the subject of coercive methods of
government he remarked that the con
servatives took credit upon themselves
for setting Ireland right by means of a
firm and resolute government. But so
poorly had they earned the right to
make such a boast , that it might truly
be said that defective though the law
was , the administration of it was worse
than the law itself. Indeed , so deplor
able was the state to which affairs had
been brought that he would not hesi
tate to declare that the Irish people
ought to hate the law , though he
would not sanction lawlessnes ,
even though the Irish people
had constantly before them an
eminently bad example of lawlessness
in quarters which should be the foun
tain head of legality. For the govern
ment of Ireland was itself a perfect
pattern of unlawfulness , and its meth
ods were such as could not fail to pro
voke among the people feelings of
justifiable resentment. It was hardly
necessary to mention particular in
stances of these illegal methods , for
such instances had lately been conspic
uously impresseed upon the public
mind. It was grossly illegal to close
the court room against the people.
Trials should be open to the public
view. The appointment of Mr. Shan
non , one of the trial magistrates , to sit
in judgment upon Messrs. Dillon ,
O'Brien and other accused nationalists
was , Avhile perhaps technically legal , a
gross scandal , not merely because he
had been previously called upon to act
as an executive officer in dealing with
the people now brought before him in
judicial capacity , but also because in
the case of Mr. Dillon particularly
there was a personal quarrel , between
the men , which it was only fair to as
sume must create a bias in the mind
of the magistrate. In dwelling upon
the action of the police , in attacking
respectable and peaceable citizens and
visitors with batons , Mr. Gladstone re
marked that after such conduct on the
part of the police at Mitchcllstown ,
Tipperary and elsewhere it would bo
expecting impossibilities to look for
the maintenance of popular respect of
the constabulary or their administra
tion of-law. Further than this the sys
tematic brutality of the police was
crowned by * the insult of chronic ab
senteeism on the part of responsible
officials. Mr. Balfour , the head of the
Irish government , seemed to feel that
it was no part of the business of a min
ister for Ireland to reside for any
length of time in the country whose
needs and demands ho was supposed
to be familiar with.
It was absenteeism that formed the
most significant signs of the lowest
degradation reached by Ireland in the
last century ; and this practice had now
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been made the constant habit of the
chief secretary , who had fairly Haunted
his absence in the face of the people.
What was the condition of the country
as the result of such brutality and
neglect ? The government had the
audacity to boast that Ireland had
grown peaceable under its administra
tion , yet it kept six t fold more armed
policemen in Ireland than in the whole
of England and Scotland. The British
people were forced to pay 1,600,001)
annually to support the police in Ire
land for the purpose of assisting the
landlords to collect their rents ; at least
this was apparently the chief function
of the constabulary. The English and
Scotch landlords , who maintained fair
and equitable relations with their ten
ants did not ask the aid of the po
lice in collecting their rents. Yet
their occasional losses footed up
more than those of the Irish
landlords , thinks to the merciless se
verity of a land system backed by the
batons and rifles of the police. Mean
while , what had become of .the prom
ises for Irish local self-government ?
Mr. Gladstone challenged the govern
ment to grant a general election , and
asserted with confidence that , should
an appeal to the country bo allowed ,
the result would prove that the people
had been won over by cpnservative
misgovernment to the approval of the
experiment of home rule. With' this
great question settled on terms hon
orable alike to England and Ireland
the last fortress of bigotry and oppres
sion would succumb to the attack of
liberal principles. Justice to Ireland
would rid the empire of an intolerable
nuisance and deep disgrace , and would
gild with a brighter glow than any
former period the years of Victoria's
glorious reign.
Missouri Train Wreckers at Work.
LIBERTY , Mo. , Oct. 24. George
Smith ofthis place , while walking .on
the track of the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy railway near here , surprised
four men at work in loosening the rails.
He informed the police , but the would-
be wreckers disappeared. They were
evidently preparing to shift the rails
in order to wreck a Burlington passen
ger train. Great excitement prevails
over the discovery and it is greatly in
creased by the restlt of the coroner's
investigation into the Chicago , Mil
waukee & St. Paul wreck of yesterday
which proved that it also was accomplished
ti-ain-wreckers.
plished by - N
A Fatal Wreck on the Rail.
CINCINNATI , O. , Oct. 23 A collis
ion occurred yesterday morning at
4:30 on the Cincinnati Southern rail
way in a tunnel a quarter of a mile
north of Sloan's Valley station , be
tween freight and passenger trains.
The engines of the two trains dashed
into each other in the tunnel , which
is a sixth of a mile long , and the cars
following were jammed into each other
in a mass.
Then came the added horror of a
conflagration. No description of the
scenes has yet been made only the
bare results have been telegraphed to
the officials here.
Engineer John Pimlett died this
afternoon , making six victims of the
tunnel collision.
The initial cause of the accident was
a wreck which occurred last night at
Elihu station , two miles below Somer
set. The delay to passenger trains by
this wreck caused the mistake of the
engineer and conductor of the freight
train by which the tunnel collision
occurred. Fortunately the passenger
train had not entirely gone into the
tunnel when the crash came , and so
the three sleepers which did not leave
the track served as a means of escape
for the passengers. These sleepers
were detached and drawn away from
the burning train , but the baggage and
mail cars and two coaches burned.
From the stories of railroad men
who "arrived hero to-night it appears
that the'wreck was due to the careless
ness of the crow of freight train No.
22. This train was instructed to wait
at Sloan's Valley until passenger trains
Nos. 9 and 5 had passed. The wait
was a long one and all of the crew of
the freight train went to sleep. En
gineer Pirnlott awakened just after No.
9 had passed , and assuming that it was
No. 5 and that the road was clear ,
aroused the crew and the train went
on. The approach to both ends of the
tunnel is sharply curved and within a
hundred feet of the mouth of it the
trains met. One sleeper and one coach
of the passenger train were saved , the
train hands and passengers pushing
them back up the track.
The flames started a few minutes
after the collision , and the wooden lin
ing of the tunnel is still burning
to-night.
A brave man , whose name could not
be learned , hearing the cries of George
Long in the baggage car , seized an ax ,
cut a hole in the car and rescued Long.
In the express compartment of the car
was E. P. Ruffner , United States express -
press messenger. The unknown hero
worked hard to cut away for Ruffner
to escape , although the flames were
darting all about him. The effort was
unsuccessful , and Ruffner finally
shouted from his prison to go away
himself , to say good-bye to his family
and tell them that his would-be res
cuer did all a man could do to save his
life. The unknown hero staggered
out of the tunnel with his hair and
clothing badly scorched and fell down
in a faint. None of the men in the ex
citement thought of learning the hsro's
name , but it is believed tBat ho is a
railroad man' .
Others of the train men had wonder
ful escapes. It is miraculous th at any
of the passengers escaped without in-
jury.
Secretary Blaine said in answer to
an inquiry that the alleged interview
with him published in the syndicate
newspaper letter in Washington and
elsewhere , touching the "sphere o {
woman , " was wholly a fiction. ' Ho
had never uttered a single word of the
matter attributed to him.
HAKIM BEET SUGAK.
SECRETARY RUSK'S RECENT VISIT
XO GRANB ISZAXD.
Ono of the Essentials to Anything
Iilko Success In 'Iho Important In
dustry of Sugar Manufacture Data
to be Prepared , of the Growing of the
Beets to Final marketing of the Sugar -
gar World's Fair Matters Western
Union Operators Being Summarily
Discharged *
ITIaklng Beet Sugar In Nebraska.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 25. In the course
of his recent Western trip Secretary
Rusk visited Grand Island , Neb. , ac
companied by Dr. Wiley , chief of the
chemical division of his department ,
to inspect the largo and well equipped
sugar factory there established. The
factory is the only ono this side of the
Rocky Mountains , there being two in
California , one of which has been in
successful operation for several years
At Grand Island the secretary found
one of the essentials to anything like
success in the important industry of
sugar manufactory a factory backed
by ample capital , equipped with all
the facilities adapted to beet sugar
manufacture as developed during the
successful prosecution of this industry
in those countries in Europe in which
it has become a leading industry , and
furthermore provided with thoroughly
competent , experienced , and capable
technical workers. The supply of su
gar beets at that place is obtained by
contracts made with over GOO farmers ,
extending throughout an area of 100
miles in all directions from the facto
ry. The railroads have made such
rates of freight on sugar beets as will ,
it is believed , enable the farmers even
at the distance (100 miles ) to deliver
their beets at the factory at a good
profit to themselves. This season , ow
ing to unfavorable weather , the yield
of beets , so far as quantity is con
cerned , has been somewhat disap
pointing ; nevertheless the supply will
be ample to make a thorough test of
the possibilities of successful beet su
gar production in Nebraska.
Every load of beets delivered at the
factory is sampled , and the sample
scientifically tested to ascertain the
sugar content ; and a certain standard
having been adopted as a minimum ,
with a fixed price per ton , the price to
the grower varies from the minimum
standard upward. The amount of
beets already delivered at the factory
at the time of Secretary Rusk's visit
was nearly 700 tons , and the managers
were awaiting only the receipt of a
full week's supply of beets , about 2.100
tens , before putting the factory in
operation. The analysis of the beets
already received indicated a high
standard of sugar contents. Moreover ,
the high per cent , securing corres
pondingly high prices , will , in a large
measure at least , compensate the grow
ers for this season's comparatively
small vield. Correspondence with the
United States signal service , moreover ,
has resulted in the encouraging assur
ance to the growers that in no year
since properly authenticated weather
records are accessible has the season
in that part of Nebraska been so dry
during the growing period of the beets.
A reasonably successful result this sea
son , therefore , it is believed , can be
regarded as affording encouraging as
surance as to the general average crop
in the future.
The secretary detailed one of the as
sistants in the chemical division of'the
department to remain at Grand Island
during the season of sugar manufac
ture , and to prepare carefully for the
use of the department all the data
available in relation to the work , from
the growing of the beet to the final
marketing of the sugar.
The general outlook as to the possi
bilities of successful sugar-beet culture
in this country Secretary Rusk regards
as encouraging. The chief dangers to
be apprehended , on the one hand , are
the too venturesome undertaking of
beet-sugar manufacture by persons
lacking adequate capital , trained man
agers , and complete plant , and on the
other hand the neglect or indifference
of some of the farmers themselves to
the scientific methods and to that close
observation of detail which in other
countries have been found essential to
the successful growing of the crop.
World's Fair Matter's.
NEW YORK , Oct. 24. A meeting of
the foreign affairs committee of the
world's fair Columbian commission
was held at the Gilsey house. There
were also present four members of the
foreign exhibit committee of the local
directory.
The committee's time was occupied
principally with the recommendation
by W. E. Curtis'of the state depart
ment , that , army and navy officers
should be detailed by South American
countries to do their utmost towards
making the exhibits from those coun
tries what they should be. This , he
thought , could be accomplished through
the secretary of state. He also sug
gests the establishment of a bureau at
Washington and read a letter from
Secretary Blaine urging the impor
tance of the matter and stating that it
was not at all overestimated.
The subject of the appointment of
commissioners to South American coun
tries was referred to a sub-committee.
Prof. Adler of John Hopkins' uni
versity was appointed to superintend
the plan submitted by him. and ap
proved by the commissioners for se
curing a large exhibit from the orient.
Summarily Discharged.
CHICAGO , Oct. 24. The Western
Union operators of this city are talk
ing a good deal about the summary
discharge of several of their colleagues.
They assert that the men were let go
because they were too active in promoting
meting the interests of the new broth-
erhood that has been forming : foi
some time past. SuporintendentTubbi
of the Chicago district , when asked
this afternoon why the men were dis
charged , said that ho had not told
them the reason , and certainly would
not inform the newspapers. The reporter -
porter then went to General Superin
tendent dowry for some information.
Colonel Clowry said :
"Why or on what grounds thcso
men were dismissed concerns only our
selves , and cannot interest the public. "
The cdlonel added that the company
cared nothing about the men's organ
izations , but knows when men are not
faithful to its interests and when they
neglect their business. "Wo notice ,
too , "said he , "when men manifesto
disposition to interfere with our busi
ness , and in fact to run it themselves.
Wo are running the business of the
company for the stockholders , and wo
don't propose to have anybody inter
fere with the company's affairs.
Live Stoclc Quarantine.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 23. Hie regula
tions prescribed by th'o department of
agriculture for the inspection and quar
antine of meat cattle , sheep and other
reminants and swine imported into1 the
United States , designates the following
as important quarantine stations : On
the Atlantic seaboard , the ports of Bos
ton , New York and Baltimore ; on the
Pacific seaboard , San Diego ; along the
boundary of the United States and Mexico
ice , Brownsville , Paso del Norte , Eagle
Pass , Laiedo and Nogales ; along the
border or the boundary line of the
United States and British Columbia and
Canada , through the custom ports in
the collection districts of Aroostook
and Bangor , Me. , Buffalo Creek , Nia
gara , Capo Vincent , Chamberlain and
Oswegatchie. N. Y. , Detroit , Port
Huron and Superior , Mich. , Duluth ,
Minn , and Puget Sound , Wash.
The order and regulations issued by
the department for the inspection of
cattle and sheep for export provide
that inspection may bo made at the
following named stock yards : Kansas
City , Mo. , Chicago , Buffalo , Pittsburg ,
and the following ports of export , viz :
Boston and Charlestown , Mass. , Now
York , Philadelphia , Baltimore and
Norfolk and Newport News , Va. All
cattle shipped from any of the afore
said yards must bo tagged before being
shipped to the ports of export. Cattle
arriving at ports of export from other
ports of the United States will bo tag
ged at said ports.
Paddock's Pure Food BUI.
SPKINGFIELD , 111. , Oct. 23. The
state association of the Farmers' Mu
tual Benefit association adopted a reso
lution favoring bill 3,991 , known as
the Paddock pure food bill , under
which all drugs and food products are
required .to be properly branded when
offered for sale and all adulterations
prohibited under heavy penalties. The
resolution further declares that the
delegates are opposed to any such
measure as the Conger compound lard
bill , which , they say , is class legislation ,
taxing one industry for the benefit of
another. A 'memorial to congress
favoring the Paddock bill and con
demning the Conger bill as a measure
of fraud for the benefit of the "big
four" packers and other monopolists
was signed by a large number of the
delegates.
The following officers were elected :
President , Cicero J. Lindley of Bond ;
vice-president , James M. Washburn of
Williamson ; secretary , W. E. Robin
son , of Bond ; treasurer , James Creed
of Marion.
Blown to Atoms.
BRIDGEPORT , Conn. , Oct 24. One
of the fulminate departments of the Un
ion metallic cartridge company wa ?
blown up with terrible force this morn
ing. George Batler and his son Fred
were employed in the department at
the time. A moment before the explo
sion the son became frightened and
left the place. His father was blown
to atoms. .Tho explosion shattered a
large quantity of glass in the main
buildings on the opposite side of the
street. A largo force of operators ,
mostly girls , became so excited thai
they left the shop. The exact caiiso
of the explosion cannot be ascertained.
The Indian Craze Abating.
PIERKI : , S. D. , Oct. 24. Over 1,000
civilized Indians from the Crow Creek
country , Yankton agencies , passed here
yesterday , returning from Standing
Hock , where they wentsome time since
principally to try and persuade their
more barbarous brothers that there
was nothing in the coming of an Indian
messiah.
They report that the excitement still
continues , though it is abating some
what for the reason that the army
authorities have used stringent means
by arresting a good many leaders in
the craze. It is having a good effect
on the balance.
Colored Cliilclrcii Kill Uach Other.
FREDEKICKSBURG , Va. , Oct. 24.
Information from Spottsylvania says
that in the neighborhood of Peaks a
few days ago a gentleman while hunt
ing in the backwoods came upon a hut
in which the bodies of two colored
boys in a decomposed state were found.
It seems that they had fought several
days ago and one of them had killed
the other , while from the wounds the
other had received death resulted.
The child in the hut had its collar bone
broken and was in a critical condition.
Another male child who was ill was sc
cruelly bandaged by a woman who had
been in charge that the little fellow
was suffering terribly when discovered.
The negroes in charge of the children
have been arrested and will be tried as
being parties to the crime.
The trial in London of Stepher
Holmes , alias Stephen Smith , an American
ican , who was charged with stealing
jewels belonging to the Duke of Edin-
burg in May last , resulted in a verdio"
of "not proven. "
Fatal Shooting In Box Itutto County.
ALLIANCI : , Nob. , Oct 27. The most
Borious shooting affray that has eve *
occurred in Box Butte county was that
yesterday at about noon at the farm
house of Enos Kerr , about twelve miles
north of Alliance , resulting in the in
stant death of a young man living in
the neighborhood named Ford llobin-
eon. and what may prove a mortal
wound to the oldest daughter of Mr.
Korr. The difliulty arose from the
wounded girl's determination to marry
ono young man , , while her parent !
urged the suit of another. The evi
dence before the coroner's" jury brought
out the facts as follows :
Myrtle Kerr , the wounded girl , had
received attentions from Frank Fore
man , a cowboy , which .had received
the encouragement of the girl's parents ,
and notwithstanding it was contrary to
her inclinations , she had yielded
: o their importunities and entered
upon an engagement with him. Mean
while , pending the final step , she had
formed an attachment with Charles M.
Thorlton , a young man living a few
miles from the scene of the tragedy.
To this Mr. Kerr stouly objected , and
the outcome was that last Tuesday
morning the couple started through
the sand hills for Hyannis , about sev
enty-five miles distant. Arriving there
they found awaiting them Mr. Kerr ,
Frank Foreman and Fred Robinson ,
the man who was killed. Kobinson
had been keeping company with the
girl's sister and had accompanied her
father to take part in the altercation.
Hot words are said to have been spoken
and throats made , but Mr. Kerr at last
agreed to let Thorlton marry his
daughter the next Sunday if they would
return homo and bo married under his
own roof. They agreed to this and
the party arrived home Saturday morn
ing. Thorlton went homo and returned
in a wagon about noon accompanied by
his brother. He intended to go or
have Mr. Kerr to go to the county seat
cor the marriage license. His betrothed
same out and informed him that her
parents had been urging her to give
him up and marry Foreman , which
she had decided to do. Ho
3xpostulated with her and she con
sented to go with him at once and bo
married , and commenced climbing into
the wagon. The old man ran and
seized her by the waist and then com
menced a struggle for the possession
Df the girl. Thorlton drew a revolver
to coter Kerr , who held his daughter
between him and the weapon. At this
time Robinson , who had been in the
house talking to the younger girl ,
came out with a revolver , supposedly
'or the purpose of quelling the dis
turbance , and was shot by Thorlton
while in the act of raising his gun.
Iho ball , a 45-calibre , entered a little
ibove The heart , causing death almost
instantly. Foreman , who was stand
ing near , made a grab for the revolver
ind one or two shots were fired at him ,
ind then Myrtle Kerr ran and at-
lempted to take the gun from her lover
ind was accidentally shot through the
left side.
A l * n.lHc I ride.
WOOXSOCKET , S. D. , Oct. 27. Mrs.
Elizabeth Rearrick lies in jail here on
.he charge of murdering her husband.
Three months ago Charles Rearrick
carried Miss Elizabeth Bcaudet and
; ho couple went to live on a farm four
miles north of here. Last Saturday
; he wife came to town and purchased
i bottle of strychnine on the plea that
he wanted it for the extermination of
rats. A portion of this she placed in
aer husband's milk this morning and
lie became violently ill , dying before
medical aid could reach him. The
aody of the dead man was brought hero
ind an autopsy showed that his death
resulted from strychnine posoning.
The coroner's jury found n verdict ac
cordingly. Mrs. Rearrick has been
iveeping continually since she was
placed in jail and refused to talk.
Neighboring farmers say she recently
-oceived M letter from an old lover in
IVisconsin and they concluded that she
/-as paving the way to marrying him.
A Visit of Significance.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Oct. 27. Upon
: hc face of it the coming visit of the
Brazilian squadron to the United States
is a sort of return compliment for the
recent visit of the White squadron to
Brazil appears to have very little com
mercial significance , yet inside diplo
matic circles regard it as an indication
of .1 determination on the part of the
authorities of the Brazilian republic to
snter into such negotiations as will re
mit in securing closer commercial ties
between the-two countries. It is un-
lerstood here , too. Minister Conger ,
ivho will sail for his now post at Rio do
Janeiro immediately after the election ,
has been instructed to enter into nego
tiations with the idea of securing a
reciprocity treaty with Brazil which
ran be submitted for consideration by
the senate during the coming winter.
In order to accomplish this rapid work
ivill be necessary , but owing to the evi-
aent desire on the part of both govern
ments it is believed that the efforts of
the minister will bo successful , and
; hat in return for free entry into our
oorts of many of the procricta of Brazil
: he new republic will consent to lift
the existing tariff on nearly everything
which goes from the United States to
the newest republic on the American
continent.
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Forty-Six million Rrlek Lost.
ROUNDOUT , N. Y. , Oct. 27. The
Hudson river yesterday showed the
highest tide in forty years. Brick
yards showed an enormous loss and
millions of brick are lost. The yards
between Roseton and Albany are sub
merged. It is estimated that 46,000-
000 brick have been lost in the Kin s-
o
ton district. The fires were put out in
kilns in procesi of burning , green kilns
were thrown down and brick under
neath the sheds washed awav.