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WHOLE NOEBER 1034.
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A. ANDEnSON. Frwt.
J. H. GALLEY. Yice Prt.
O. T. EOEN, Cashier.
. - G. ANDERSON. T. ANDERSON.
JACOB GREIBEN. HENRY KAGATZ,
JOHN J. STLUVAN.
First National Bank
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Statement of Onrlltiori at tie Close cf
Business September 33, 1899.
SI20C3CES.
I -oaas aad Dlcotiar . $195J;ll'i3
C S. Bond.- 1&539G4
Otjjpr xtocks aad bonds lOJSi 27
Ileal Estate. Furniture aad Fixtarcj it,- 25
Dn from otner hankie. S 23,ll5
. U. S-Treasary . 675.00
Cash oa Hand 17,t07.C 23.185 67
$ J57.f2S 07
Capital and Snrplns
I nmvlded prt'Sfc
Nawiial Eaafc aots oatstaadia;;
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Due Jepu&ilera ..-......
.5 0.000 M
7.017 'jS
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. TLtS) 14
. 1.63 97
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THE AMERICAN 3IAGAZIXE.
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It is as sood as aay cf. the. older raaaa
xiaes. faraitiiacia a year orer US) pases of the
I soiccst Jiseratare. -wnttea Uy the ablest Ameri
cas aataors. Itia beaanfclly iliastrared. anil ia
rich -jta charatiacoarinnea and snort, etories.
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IT BOBS UP SERENELY.
OETH DAKOTA 3f OT TET ABA5DOXED
BT THE X.OTXEKT- MEN".
Omaptun Rattier Contradicts Early What
the Swiadlen Still Hope For News from
Other Farts.
This significant telegram has been re
ceived by the editor of the Bismarck Trib
une. Nett Ohxxass, L. Feb. 27. If the Scadaser
bill becomes a hvwire win perfect the orjaaisa
tioa at once, incorporate aader the act and pay
the taoaej into the stats treoazrj at once.
if. A. Dxvrwn, Presidoat.
This refutes Gen. Early's assertion that
the Louisiana company had nothing to do
-srith the Sandager bflL The Tribune pub
lishes the telegram as a refutation of the
Fargo Republican a statement that the lot
tery bill was ithont backing. The Trib
une says there is no question the effer
made to the state was in good faith, ami if
the Sandager bill was enacted relief to an
empty treasury would be speedily had.
Senator Fuller, of Jamestown, is in re
ceipt of letters indorsing his course ia sup
port of the lottery bill and other senators
say ther are getting letters like Fuller's.
Mr. Dauphin's dispatch is in the present
tense and not in the past tense, fie speaks
of what will happen if tha bill becomes a
law. fie does not assume that the bill is
dead or that he is telegraphing about a de
funct issue.
It is said petitions for the passage of
some kind of a bill are circulating asaACg
the reoDle.
-i. SCHOOL BOOK TRUST
Enaiisk Capitalists gtcore an Option on
Aiueni:un PubliHUlnz' Houses.
A New York paper says: An English
syndicate representing $25,00 J,000 is mak
ing an effort to form a school book trust in
this country and has been given an option
of the purchase of six of the largest school
book publishing houses m America. The
arms which olfer to dispose of their estab
lishments are Ivison. Blakeman & Co., D.
Appleton &. Co., A S. Barnes &: Co.. of
this city. Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., of
Cincinnati, with two other nrms which are
believed to be Cowcrthwaite & Co., of
Philadelphia, and Taintor Bros. & Co,, of
this city. Three firms are said to have pat
the selling price of their plants at from 20
to 30 per cent, above their value at present
rates of profits and expenses. It is ex
pected that the price caa be increased and
the expenses greatly decreased should one
firm control the entire market.
The English capitalists have the option
of purchasing tne six American publishing
houses until Hay 1. If they do not buy
there will nevertheless be a school book
trust, and the American publishers have
come to the conclusion that if English
capital could pay so much more for their
business plants thin their present value,
the American publishers conld reap the
extra harvest themselves by uniting.
A Boodler's Base.
Ex-Senator Spencer has a two column
interview in the Fargo Argus in which he
reviews his career since 1SG2 down to and
including the recent lottery excitement.
He says:
Lotteries are aa old as the world. The arst
one waa presided over bj the creat Jehovah and
cne of the latest -sa.3 that of a St. Paul paper,
irhich has dene aa muci to bria? lotteries into
disrepute aa aaytaicg, because rtH pet traa
generally recarded as a srraiille. Ater readi g
North Eaiota 3 constitution, aad betas aa at
torney for the principal owaers cf the Louis
iana lottery-1 s:g?eated mat North Dakota,
beats ia aa impoverished ccadinoa. would
zladlr graat a charter far a reasonable com
pensation to allow the Loafalana coaipaay
to have a kmdred institat-on here. X -went to
Blsmark. prepared a bill as a legitimate busi
ness preposition, aad presented it to the leKis
latcre. It -was passed m the senate by over tVo
thlrds majority, -when the bill was killed, ovezss
to the howliaa of the fcrehai press The self
ish politicians who cared enly for their owa po
litical prefemeat aad not fcr the laterest of
state, the narrow-caused aad small-idead
preachers aad the pouad-of-nesh money
lenders who desire to keep the rate c
interest aayxhere frcta 12 to 60 per
cent, per - rrrrm -were the cniy oppo
nents. This talk will show you -what asiass
cf lies have ben carreat ia regard to the lot
tery bill aad myself, aad. while the bill is dead,
will serve a cood purpose ia saooriag to -what
aa exteat some so-called reformers have mis
represeated the facta. orth Dakota s reveaae
from the hill -would have bea only a small
portion cf the teneacial results to the aew
state. The ianux of a large amount of money
at a Io-w ra?2 cf laterest -would have helped
many a aiaa to get upon hia feet cut there ia
no need to particalarize at thla time upca the
-what aiirht hare beea.
Between the Americas.
The report of the committee on railroads
favoring the construction, of an interna
tional railroad to connect tae American
Fxstems with South America was adopted
by the pan-American congress. Some of
the detail" of the plan have already been
published. The report provides for
an international engineer commission,
three engineers from each nation for
preliminary surveys; that the con
struction aad operation of the line
shauld be at the expense of the conces
sionaries or the persons to whom they sub
let tha work or transfer their rights, all
materials fcr the construction and opera
tion to be exempt from import duties and
all property used in the construction and
operation exempt from all taxation; that
the execution of the work deserves to be
farther encouraged by subsidies, land con
cessions or guarantees cf minimum of in
terests. Baboer Will Go Cp.
The entire rubber business, in importing
and manufacturing branches, has been
formed into a trust company. Eubber
has been steadily advancing in price of
late and prospects are, now that a combine
is formed, that it wiH go much, higher. At
a meeting of rubber boot and shoe manu
facturers held ia 3ew York nearly all the
importers in this country were also repre
sented. One member said the trust was
formed because of the short supply of
rubber and the consequent advance in
prices.
Ax Nevada, Mo., Mrs. J. M. Smith de
stroyed the sight of Nathan Tcrson, a clerk
in a jewelry store, by throwing red pepper
is-his eyes. Tcrdoa had said Mrs. Smith's
character was had.
TJ5XXSS mine owners agree to the scale
of the amalKuaated union before May 1
there will be a general strike ia ihe district
which, includes Illinois, Twfa Ohio,
Kentaeky ad nart of Tennessee.
Tax CaiariiiH government has abroad to
tka tat? am usu from S3 ta IQ
TCAXSAy coax s unpens.
Secretary Mahler JLirriaM Fa
Ssr-m Batter Mee.
Secretary Hohler, of the state agricul
tural department, has issued an address to
the farmers in which he gives it as his
opinion that there ought sot to be a bushel
of corn. jld in Kansas at the present
prices, and that if the neons within-the
reach of the farmers themselves were judi
ciously used, with but few exceptional
cases, there need not be any sold. He
thinks the best solution of the problem is
for the alliances of the state to store the
surplus coin until better prices are offered
and arrange for the farmers to draw or
borrow money upon, it. Secretary Mohler
says:
'Cam in Kansas at 12 cent3 a bushel ia
as good as gold, and under the circum
stances now pTiHtTng there is not, in my
opinion, a bank in the state that would not
cheerfully loan money at a reasonable rate
on corn well cribbed or stored. Com in
Kansas at 12 cents a bushel would be good
security for that amount per bushel, and
that ' amount could be borrowed by any
farmer-
The security is good, because corn is
morally certain to be worth IS cents per
bushel in lss than four months from now,
and if fed to stock 25 cent3 or more per
bushel would be realized. Mr. Mohler
gives it as his opinion that if the entire re
duction in rates which, was recently granted
by the railroads. IV cents per busnel, went
directly into the pockets of Kansas farm
ers, it would not be the best solution of
the problem before them.
SELTTER :legis:lation.
secretary Windom. Answers Objections to
His Measure The Senate Bill.
Secretary "Windom, before the house
committee on coinage, weights and meas
ures, in regard to silver coinage, declared
his bill was framed to meet, in the best
way he could devise, the present financial
condition of the country. He disavowed
all charges that the bill was a mere make
shift, that its author did not believe in it,
and that it was brought forward to defeat
seme other measure.
Mr. "Windom took up in order the objec
tions tha: have been made against the bill.
The matter of exclusion of foreign ores he
covered in an amendment to tha first sec
tion providing that every bar of silver bul
lion imported must be stamped "foreign,"'
as must also such bars when remelted or
refined. This provision is elaborated and
penalties provided for failure to comply
therewith.
The secietary answered in a concise
manner the other abjections, and said he
was convinced the measure would meet all
needs without endangering the interests of
the country and would absorb the sarplns
silver and thereby put up its price. The
operations of this bill would tend to raise
the price of farm products. Free coinage
would reduce silver below its present value.
This bill would increase the circulation of
the country $20,000,000 annually.
The principal features of the silver bill
to be reported by the senate committee on
finance as a substitute for the several bills
oa that subject referred to it. are stated t
be these: The secretary of the treasury
authorized to increase the purchase of sil
ver bullion from $2,000,000 to S-t.oU0.000
per month, and the requirement of the
present law that the coinage of silver be
at the rate of not less than S2.000.000 per
month be stricxen out. The secretary ia
also authorized to purchase gold bullion
in unrestricted quantities. Upon this gold
and silver bullion the secretary shall issue
treasury notes of such denominations as
he shall see fit, to be redeemable in lawful
money.
.TUBAL A. KABLY DENIES.
The Loais.ana Lottery Did Not Try to Set
a Charter in North Dakota.
Concerning the reported efforts of the
Louisiana Lottery company to obtain anew
charter in Dakota. Gen. Jubal A. Early, a
joint commissioner of the drawings of that
institution with Gen. Beauregard, makes
a public statement in which he says the
Louisiana Lottery company had nothing to
do with the proposition reported to have
been made in the Nortn Dakota legislature,
nor had the company any connection with
the proposition. Gen. Early also pro
nounces as unfounded the statement that
the company proposes to procure a renewal
of its charter by bribing the legislature of
Louisiana. The constitution of the state,
the general savs. prohibits the charter of
any lottery after the expiration of that of
ihs present company. The statement that
the lottery c-impany contributed to the re
publican campaign fund during the last
presidential campaign is also denied by the
general.
National Farmers' "Warehouse.
Senator Yance has introduced a bill to
establish in every county in every state in
the union an agricultural depository under
control of the treasury department, in
which owners of grain, cotton, tobacco,
etc-, may deposit their product, receiving
therefor a warehouse receipt and treasury
notes to SO per cent- of the market value
cf the deposit. The deposits aiay be re
deemed at any time on payment of the
sum advancedand interest cf 1 per cent,
per annum. He asks that $30,000 be ap
propriated to carry out the provisions of
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31 1 Drexel's Phnanthrophy.
Bev. Father Stephan, a well known
Catholic missionary who had charge
cf the Catholic TndiaT? missions of the
country, has arrived in Jamestown, N. D.,
from Washington, on his way to the Turtle
fouTttafT! Indian reservation, where mis
sion schools ra flourishing condition exist
fie is commissioned by Miss DrexeL of
.Philadelphia, to investigate the reports of
desritntiaa ar that agencv. and to supply
them witb all the necessary provisions "M
clothing. This is ra addition to any gov
ernment aid. Bishop Sbanley, of James
town, may accompany Father Stephan on
this trip. The Miss Drexel who authorizes
ths expedition is the young lady who re
cently entered a Catholic convent and is
devoting her vast fortune and life work: to
deeds of education, and charitr.
Is. Hnmanfty's Nam.
A committee has hr fnmw? f Tinrm
for the purpose of esdeaxoxxagto secure a
mitigatianof the severe treataent accorded
political prisoners in Siberia. Ademan
strarion will be held is Hyde Park, March
3, in favar cf the privoivzi ao- xm. mi
tafciari,
AfflXKESOTA MURDER.
OLD STOBX OF THE KEJECTED
rOTZK XSD A. GO'.
Satride Followed After the Approved Jfad
rn Fashion Other News of Good aad III
"from. All Parts.
The stcry told by Frank "Weiaer, who
was badly wounded by Thomas Jandrea
before the latter shot Christina Washaaod
himself -at Montgomery, Minn., is as fol
lows: fie had aa uncontrollable desire to see
Christina that night and went hurriedly
across the fields to Mrs. Washa's home.
He found the doors securely bolted, but in
going around the boose he noticed that a
window was open. OnAhe ground beneath
he discovered Jandrea's knife, and it was
evident that he had opened the window.
The knife had been employed in breakicg
the glass. Weiner crawled into the kitchen
and thence went directly to the bedroom
f-where he knew Christina slept. The house
was dark, but he at once became conscious
of the presence of some one who was mov
ing about the rcom in stocking feet.
"Weiner instantly laid down upon the floor
in the hope that he would not be discov
ered. There were two beds in the room,
and Jandrea was standing by the side of
the one occupied by Christina and Joe, her
12-year-old brother. In the second bed
were James Maskell and John Washa. All ,
were sound asleep save Christina. "Werner's .
attempts at concealment were futile. He
had his heavy boots on and Jandrea had
heard him enter, and he forthwith fired a
shot which passed through "Werner s body,
leaving him helpless where he laid. The
explosion aroused the others and they in- '
stantry sprang from their beds. Christina
shrieked and darted for the door, but Jan
dreau had anticipated her. fie jumped
in front of her and shot, the muzzle of the
pistol being so close to her
breast that it burned her night dress.
She fell to the floor dead, and
a second shot was then fired, taking effect
in her abdomen. Meanwhile Maskell and ,
John had tha murderer and a desperate
struggle ensued, in which Jandrea made
repeated attempts to shoot the two, but
happily hi3 pistol utterly refused him- Ee
snapped it several times, and then, suc
ceeding in breaking away, he dashed out
of the room, but quickly returned again
He did not renew the attack, however. He
had come back to view his bloody work.
After satisfying himself that his victim
was still in death, he ran frantically from
tha house, hatless and ia his stocking feet.
Eetamiagwith Frank Washa. Christina's
brother, Jandrea shot ftf-mtf dead. There
i? no doubt that it is a case of jealousy.
Christina had, as a girl, been attached to
Jandrea, but as he developed into a burly,
coarse and vulgar man her love and esteem
gave place to loathing.
A .TOLX.Y RETTNION".
Two Men Who Fought a Dnel Thirty
Tears Ago Meet aaat Talk It Over.
It i3 seldom one has the pleasure of wit
nessing such a reunion as took place in the
lobbies of parliament at Ottawa. Ont.
Thirty years ago Ex-Congressman Michael
Yidal, then an editorial writer on the
French press at Quebec, received a chal
lenge from three different persons, who
alleged that Mr. Yidal, in the Journal of
Quebec, had libelously attacked them. Itfl
was decided that Mr- Fouraier, a
young barrister, and one of the party,
should represent the three and to this Mr.
Tidal agreed. They started for Island
Pond. N. H., where the duel was to hare !
been fought, but on the way were arrested.
They gave security for their appearance
and started out for Plattsbuig, N. Y.,
where the duel was fought. One shot each
was fired withont taking effect. Mr.
Fouraier said he was satisfied, and for the
first time the duelists were made acquainted
with each other. They separated and
never saw each other again until by acci
dent they met in the lobby adjoining the
house of commons. Mr. Y:dal at once
recognized in Judce Foumier. of the su
preme couit, his old antagonist of thirty
years ago. Over the reunion several
champagne corks popped and interesting ,
stories were told.
A CUTNJESE OATH.
A Strange Ceremony In a New Tort City
Court Room.
In a trial of the suirof Johnson against
Maw Sing, Son Jb Co., and fiong Quong,
Long fc Co in the New York city court,
a Chinese witness said he did not believe in
the Christian, but in the Chinese religion,
aad that he preferred to be sworn accord
ing to the forms of his belief, with
burning jos3 sticks. After a little argu
ment his desire was granted. Joss sticks
were produced and stood between two Bi
bles. The sticks were lighted and kept
burning during the examination, fie then
took the following oath:
"I, duly, in the reign of Quong Sue, in
the sixteenth year, second month, and
seventh day, arrived ra this court to be
sworn to tell the truth, aad to tell every
word of it- If I teE a falsehood my soul
will be extinguished like this incense."'
The operation of administering the oath
occupied nearly half an hour. Three other
witnesses did not seem to have any partic
ular religious faith, and were offered the
option of three kinds of oath, the chicken
head, the joss sacla or the bible. Joss
sticks had the preference.
Guardians for a Millionaire
Edward Langevin. a Minnesota pioneer
and one of the wealthiest citizens of St-
Paul, wasjdjudged by the probate court
to be incompetent jto manage his estate,
and his wife and two son-in-laws were ap
pointed guardians. Langevin is probaby
the largest individual holder of St-Paul
real estate, fie also owns nearly the whole
townsite of Crookston. Minn-, besides
l?rge blocks of business property in New
Orleans and BLloxi, Miss. His wealth is
estimated at S3.000.000.
The Socialists Big GaiKs.
The vote of the socialists, compared
with the election of 1SS7, shows a gfn of
567,405 votes. The gain, of the German
liberals is 224.6000. The cartellers lost
L.000,000 Totes.
Twenty-Three Jtnle Smothered.
Two men who were imprisoned ia the
Cameron colliery last night made their
escape through, an old chamber. The fire
was not in the stable, asr at first supposed.
Twenty-threa mules were smothered. Itis
ispcnihle to ascertain yet the extent of
daws doa by ths Are, wkicfc i, atsl
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THE ARIZONA. DISASTER.
Fuitlni ParOewlars of the Breaking ot the
Walant Grove I2aaa The Scene in tho
VaSey.
Sherifl! COieill has returned to Phoenix
from the scene of the Walnut dam. disaster
with an additional list of victims. The list
of the dead will probably reach sixty-five
or seventy.
The scene along the Hassayampa Yaliey
through, which, the water rushed is one ab
solutely impossible to even partially de
scribe. No tornado could have made such,
a wreck. For miles tha creek is filled with
dead bodies, trees, cacti, bowlders cf enor
mous size and weight, and every imagina
ble kind of debris. Out of the unknown
number of the dead but twelve bodies have
so far been recovered, and nearly Jail of these
were found at points from twenty to thirty
miles below tne spot from which the flood
swept them.
An eye-witness of the terrible disaster
thus describes it: "A perpendicular wall
of water nearly 100 feet high swept down,
the valley, crushing everything in its path.
Eoulders of prodigious weight were tossed
on the huge waves like so many feathers.
Huge iron beams were picked up and sent
dancing on the mighty torrent like so
many pieces cf cork. Several of these
were found twisted and bent and imbeddid
in the rocky walls of the canons five and
ten miles below where the dam stood. A
large steel safe, weighing nearly two tons,
belonging to one of the mining firms, was
swept away and has not yet been found. It
contains $7,000."
Walnut Grove is situated forty miles
south of Frescott, and the dam wa3 corn
completed in 1S7S. It was constructed of
stone. It Lay in the typical position of
such structures, closing the narrow
outlet of a wide valley. Its situation.
in the interior and many miles
from a railroad, precluded the use cf ce
ment, while the sides of the very canyon it
closes furnishes an inexhaustible supply of
the best granite. The dam wa3 a wedge
shaped core of loose rock thrown in just
as it was blasted from the hillsides and
kept in place and shape by wide back and
front walls. These wails were hand laid,
but were without cement. With no farther
protection the water would, of course, flow
away almost as fast as if no dam were
there. This protection was supplied by a
double apron or skin of three-inch planks,
lined with, tarred felting, calked and
painted with waterproof paint, covering
the whole water face of the dam, and re
sembling in many ways the side of a ship.
The dam was 110 feet high, and the lake,
which then formed the largest body of
water ia Arizona, covered a surface of
750 acres and impounded 4,000,000,000 gal
lons. AN" HISTORIC POWDER LTORN.
Won at Valley Forge Through a Lottery
Suggested by Washington.
Charles F. Ecckwell. of fionesdale ia.,
Las an ancient powder horn which has an
interesting- history. His grandfather,
Jabiz Ecckwell. was a revolutionary sol
dier, having enlisted in the continental
army at the age of 16. The regiment he was
in W35 recruited in Connecticut under the
directioD of Benedict Arnold. He fought
under Arnold at Saratoga, where he was
wounded. After recovering from his
wound he was transferred to the division
of the army under Washingtoa and
Lafayette. He was among the hardy
patriots who suffered in the terrible
winter quarters at Yaliey Forge. The vi
cissitudes of the campaicn had resulted in
the losing by a lare number of the sol
diers of their powder horns. From the
heads of some of the cattle obtained by
foraging about Yaliey Forge. the
camp butchers had saved the
horns, and there was great strife
among the soldier1? who had lost their
powder horns to obtain possession of
one of these. There were so many appli
cants that no satisfactory division- conld be
made of them. One day, as Gen. Wash
ingtoa was riding by the camp, the situa
tion was explained to him. and he was
asked to suggest some wav by which the
horns could be fairly disposed of among
tbe men. He took a paper and wrote a
number between 1,500 and 2.000. and said
that the tea soldiers who guessed the
nearest to that number should have th
horns. The guesses were made. The
number Washingtoa put dowa was 1,776.
Jabez Bockwell was one of ten who were
near enough to the lucky number to get a
horn, his guess being 1,750. He carried
the hsm through the rest of the war, and
it is the horn now in possession of his
grandson
THE DOMINION TARIFF.
The Kevi.-ion aad How It Will Aflect the
United state-,.
Reliable iaf armatiou is to the effect that
there is to be a complete revision of ths
tariff. Prooablv 'the most important
changes affecting the Uaited States will be
an increase of from 50 to 75 cents per bar
rel on wheat flour and the removal cf the
duty on Indian corn imported into Canada
from the United States. The duty on
Mexican fruits and vegetables will bere
imposed and increased on boots and shoes,
pork, beef and fresh meats. A strong
effort is being made to secure the abohticn
of export duty on pine logs shipped to the
United States, but so far withont any en
couraging assurances from the govern
ment. Probably Ist at S
The steamship Ems, arrived at New
York, encountered fierce gales and heavy
seas. A wrecked sailing vessel was passed
with all of the masts broken off. and she
was floundering around as though she
could not use her rudder. Nine men were
seen upon the wreck. Despite the terrible
sea Capt. Jungs had a boat lowered and an
officer and five men entered it to attempt a
rescue. The boat was immediately cap -sized
aad cne of the crew lost. Capt.
Jungs thousht it madness to make another
attempt and proceeded on. the voyage.
TOLD TN" A. 3EENUTE.
TMe abandonment of the project to
hold aa international labor conference in
Berne is officially announced by the fcwiss
government.
Lv the Canadian house of csmaions a
motion to place en the free list all gng
and seeds which do not ripen in Canada
was defeated 84 to 59.
Tee assignee of the Glamorgan (Ohio)
Iran works has sued for 555,000 alleged to
Bar bwa last ia gassaf by tha defaulting
tf tat fix.
THE UST IS GROWER.
THE DEATHS RO THE ARIZONA
DISASTER HTC.TIPLriNt;.
It W a Catastrophe Which. Recall
Jottastowu't Sorrow An Irresistible
Flood Which Carried Havoc in Its Path
Particulars-
A messenger bringing further details of
the Walnut Grove, Ariz., dam disaster has
arrived. Sheriff O'Neil, who went to the
scene of the disaster, writes as follows:
"The scene of .desolation along tha H.ts
sayamapa below the sites of the darns is
complete. Fcr miles the waters turned
free by the breaking of the i am-? havj
filled the bed ot the creek with bodies nd
with enormous boulders, tiees aad every
other kind of debns."
Fallowing is partial list cf the
drowned: Hannah McCarthy, Joe Beyc
ol Is, miner; Geo. Ebbetts. laborer; Alex
ander ilcilillin, cocchman. for Yaa Bmen;
E. G. Wheeler, laborer; one Mexican, name
unkaowa; G. L. Cock, laborer; N. L.
C ook. laborer; L. N. White, laborer; John
Silsbee. Charles King, blacksmith; Patrick
Shay, laborer; Patrick Barry. labirer;
Charles Bracken, laborer; Wm. Fl.-napta.
laborer;' Frederick Palmer. laborer; Gasper
F ecs-ter, laborer; John Browa. engineer;
Alex Browne, eigineer; S.Burlogi. laborer;
L. D. Hayaes. laborer, and child; George
BundclL laborer, and eight Chinam-n.
Besides those mentioned, some twelve
or fifteen miners, who were placer ciaiaz
between the upper and lower d.tnis. with a
number cf rancher aloe? th-i sirem,
are missing, and when these cisnal
ties are ascertained the entire
loss will probably be between fifty
and sixty lives. A number of bodies have
been recovered, many of which were found
twenty aad thirty miles from the place
where the flood overtook them. All the
remains are mqre or less mutilated, while
in several cases only fragments have been
recovered, as the force of the flood was
terrific. Many bodies have doubtless been
buried in the sand, cthera torn to pieces
and others carried far to the south.
The impetus of the stream of water
when turned loose can hardly be appre
ciated without going over the ground cov
ered by it. Those who saw it say it came
down in almost a perpendicular wall 90 or
100 feet high and apparently crashed down
instead of sweeping away everything
before it. The immense body of water,
one and one-half miles square and sixty
feet deep, was emptied in an hour. Im
mense boulders, weighing tons, were
thrown around. Enormous trees were
broken in two or torn into shreds. Iron
bars were broken and twisted out of
shape and an ordinary flat iron was picked
up and carried five miles and then im
bedded in the wall of a canon eighty I. feet
above the present level of the stream- A
large safe, containing several thousand
dollars, was swept away and no trace can
be found of it-
The flood struck the lower dam at 1:50 a.
m., and five minutes later the head
quarters, five miles below, were swept
away. Several persons were at both points
watching, but notwithstanding this the
number drowned at the first point was
over thirty, and those who escaped
did so with only what they had on
their backs, many with only their night
clothes.
The survivors arc in great destitution.
having neither provisions nor clothing.
Many are using coarse grain sacks in Ilea
of clothing.
Friday evening a courier was sent from
the upper to the lower dam to warn the
residents that the former structure was in
danger of breaking, but owing to the
storm the messenger lost his life in trvirg
to cross the fiassayamapa within view of
the survivors of the camp he had tried to
save.
Charles Thompson, the courier who ar
rived from below Wickeaburg, reports that
nine bodies have been discovered at Wick
eaburg and three above, in addition to
those already discovered.
The old historic Brile ranch, with .all
the other ranches along the river, havo
been entirelv swept awav.
WIND WRECKED.
31 rich Damage Done in the South by
Heavy Storms.
A tornado swept through, the southern
portion of Hot Springs, Ark.- carrying
away fences, overturning frame houses,
and doing considerable damage to other
property. The old observatory which
stood on top of Hot Springs mountain for
several years, was blown down.
A Teaaetee Cyclone.
The damage at Brownsville, Term., by
the cyclone amounts to about $53,000.
The only loss of life reported is that of a
woman living three miles from town, who
was struck bv- a falling tree and instantly
killed Her two children were severely in-jured-
The bank building belonging to Winsiow
it Bard, at Keathley, Tenn., wis blown
to splinters. Thirty-five persons were in
the building at the time, of whom six were
more or less injured, none seriously.
The stoim narcofed and partly blew
down the court house at Marian. Ky., and
badly damaged the records. The opera
house was unroofed, and several business
houses were more or less damaged.
BUSLNFSS TROCBLES-
A Dishoaet Employe Precipitate a
Financial Crah Other Failure.
A. G. Leonard Co.. Chicago, beet and
shoemanufacturers. made aa assignment,
the liabilities and assets being placed at
$100,000 each. Tha immediate cause of
the assignment was the failure to meet a
payment due on ths factory at Dekalb. 111.
The real trouble, it i3 claimed, wa3 the em
bezzlement of large sums of money by the
firm's foreman, S- M. Cutter- The firm
claims he has been robbing them syste
matically far eighteen months. Cutter has
been, missing for several days and rs
thought to be in Caaada.
A biH was filed in. the Chicago superior
court by C- Potter, jr.T Co.. to wind up
the business of the Garden City type
foundry. The bill alleges that the plain
tiffs are creditors cf ths type foundry for
$11,000. The defendant company is un
able to pay this amount and is insolvent.
New ToBa,Fh- S3.
Charles C. Carpenter. New York; man
ufacturer of mhber goodfj, failed to-day.
Liabtlitius. S109.0C0T si;ii la iw.
HERE AND THERE Df NEBRASKA.
Newsy Paragraphs.
ReasET will put in a fire alarm sys
tem. A$5,00C jail is being erected at Greeley
Center.
- AxEpworth league has been organize I
at Utica.
The Young Men's Christian asacaation
at Ashland now has fifty-one members.
The Presbyterians of Gresham will
build a charch at acot of $3,000.
Ths hardware store of W. C. Ovelmaa
at Nelson wa3 closed by tha sheriff.
Both elevaton at Yerdoa are full of
corn aad no cars can be secured to move
U.
The new library building of the Peru
normal school is campieted and ready for
U5C-
BeosexBow is havimra boom ia real
estate and many residences are m. process
ot erection.
Teh county seat fight ia Garfield county
reultail ia a victorr for Buxwell bv a vote 1
of2JtoHS.
A FLSE.at Wilbur destroyed the Irvery,
sale aad feed stable of George Larimore
and Daa Barney aad also the boardiag
hooje aad hotel of George Larimore. The
orrria of the fire is unknown. The livery
stock, carriages, horses, etc, were all
sive 1. The property was worth several
Ihoaiand dollars. Insurance. $400 on the
barn.
D. A Lewis, a well known citizen of
Broken Bow, ha3 brought suit against
Cha. T. Crawford, a prominent Caster
county mm. tor $10,000 damage. The
pet t.oo vt the suit charges tha defendant
with alfUMtiag the affectioas of the plain
!:'. wde and cansiag her to apply for a
divorce. Same very interestiag develop
ments are expected.
John Dwaek. a prominent Bohemian
farmer living near Elba, ended a week's
spree by hanginc himself in his cow sta
ble. He leaves a wife and family in good
circumstances.
A Lincoln press correspondent has dis
covered a scheme to divide the state. The
western half is to be called Ceatoria.
Politics is at the bottom of the movement.
It will make more omces.
The report of the president of the
Woman's Eehef corps shows that the
membership has increased in this state the i
past year over 600. There are now 2.000 '
members in this department.
A Plymouth Bock hen belonging to J.
M- Porter, of Johnston, laid an egj; last
week weighing five ounces. It measures
eight and three-quarters inches in cir
cumference one way aad sevea aad
three-quarters inches the other. On the
The Tecumseh Journal has discovered
that Albert Edwards, liviag aear Elk
Creek, i bald aad that his baldness was
caused by beiag scalped by Iadiaas while
fighting on the plains many years ags. nc
exhibited the scars to the e .itor and told
of the severe tartnre he was subjected to
by the red fiends to ascertain if he was
really dead. Thev stuck spears lata the
bottom of his feet.
The Aaselmo Sun. publishes the follow
ing 3nake story regardless of the season:
"A father aad saa of Custer conaty had
quarreled, aad for over a year had refused
to speak or recognize each, other in. any
way. But oae day a little son of the
younger man was bitten by a snake, and it
was thonght he must die. The news wa3
carried to the old man by a neighbor, and
this was more than he could stand, so he
and his wife hastened to the son's house to
sea their grandson. The boy recovered, all
parties were reconciled and have remained
friendly as of yore."
inside L another good-sized and well
developed egg, including a hard shelL It
took the old hen a wnole day to perform
this great feat, but she is still alive and do
ing well.
Beatrice, the 14-year-old datrahier of
C. E. Marshall, living near Anus, tell
from a wagon while going to town and
w:is badlv injured, having a leg broken in
tTj places aad being otherwise braised.
The proposed occupatioa ordiuaace of
Fremont wdl pat $S. 100 in the treasury
each year, to say nothing of ciren-es. ped
dlers, traveling doctors and sviral otaer
branches of which no estimate has beea
made.
The Faiibury butter and eggs compaay
has been closed np by the sheriff. Thev
lecently shipped a carload of eggs to Mon
tana. En route the egss were frozeu. en
tailing a lo of some $6,000, which com
pletely wrecked the firm.
"As Ashlaad man has invented a tncycle
for a legless cripple, which is very ingen
ious. Tha seat rests on a pivot, to which
is attached the steering apparatus, enabling
him to guide it with his body, whil-t his
arms furnish tne motor power.
The killing of Samuel Iasco by Samuel
Allstantt. aear Dnanmg, was brought
about by a dispute orer a $6 note which
Allstautt claims to have paid.
A roanESPONDENT from Odell says
that "much less cora will be grown the
coming season in 33Uthera Gage county
an i more flix. millet and broom cum."
The meanest man in the state lives at
Geneva, A few days ago he killed a dog
which had been trained by a cripple boy
to haul a small wagon, the "little fellow's
caly mjans of conveyance. This act was
only equaled by the man who recently
stole a yard of crape from a door in the
same town-
The Nickell damage suit against the St,
Jje G nd Island railroad ha3 been
com; rora ied by the company paying the
adauni-strator $2,000. NickeE fell into
soma sulphuric acid which the company
had allow to collect on its depot platform
at Stee City about a year ago. resulting
in uch serious injury that he died.
JN a five minutes typewriting eqntest
between Waldo Dodge aad Miss Berde
F.tza3 at Fremoat. the former succeeded
in writing 4 IS words aad the latter 112.
Mr. Dodge has been operating for about
five months and his opponent less than one
month.
A FAJCLT at Chariton named Kampfer
ha tee fflscted far some time with a
s- a ge disease, supposed to have been
t au.sed by eating pork. Same of the meat
of which the afflicted had been eating was
sent to St. Joseph, for analysis and found to
contain txichira?.
Maetha T.rrPE, aged 69, near Eey
nolds. was burned to death- She tipped
over a kerosene lamp aad set her clothes
on fire.
Me. and Mrs. W. W. Enowxes, of
Wilccx. celebrated their golden wedding.
They have been residents of Nebraska for
twenty-fcur years.
A GeEjTAN" farmrr named Marsch, Irving
near Albion, drank carbolic- acid rstl Qf
whisky by mistake and died almost in
stantly. ChakTjTTS Yah, rec2ntly arrested near
St. Louis far the murder of his wife in
order to secure her life insurance, is be
lieved to have formerly heez. a resirieat ot
Platrsaiouth, where twelve years ago he
was arrested for poisoning four persons,
hut escaped conviction.
Thezte ara nine counties in the state
without railroads.
Tttevxt boys from New York City ar
rived at Nelson aad were given hceij by
ths farsar af Nuiirons sooatw-,
f THE OLD RELIABLE
' Columbus State Bank
(Oldest State Baak ta the State.)
PAYS WTEIEST W DUE KPISfTS,
MAKES LOANS M REAL ESTATE.
ISSUES SIGHX DRAFTS ON
Omaha. Chicago. New York, aad all Foreign
Coca tries.
SCIXS srrtHJKMOl TtClCCT-
BUYS GOOD NOTES
Aad Helps Its easterners when, they Need Help.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: -
LEAXDEK. GERHABD. Pre-idenr.
G. W HCLST. VTca-tresident.
JOHN STACFFEK. Cashier.
JTXICS A HEET?- E- E. HENRY
cowmm
-OS-COLUMBUS,
NEB.,
HASAN
Amtkorizea Capital of $500,000
Paid in Capital - 90.000
OFFICEBSr
CH.SEELDON.Pres't.
H. P. S- OHLEICH. Vice Pr-s.
C. A NSW3CAS. Cashier.
DANIEL SCffftAX. Aaat Cash.
STOCZEOLDEHSr
C. H. Sheldon. J. P- Backer.
Hermaa P. H- Oehlrich, Carl Kieak?.
Joeas Welch. W A- McAllister.
J. HoarrTVardTnaa . H. 1L Wiaslow.
Geonw W. Galley. S. C Grey.
Frank Borer, Arnold F. H. Oehlrich.
jy Baak o dopositi iatcrt allnwd on tint
deposits; bey aad ell exchange oa Uaited State-
aadEarop. aad birjaad dl available enritfe.
We ihall be ploa.! to receive your bnsin. We
solicit jour patroaaite. SdecST
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WffillDII COTTAGE OBGAtf
CALX, OS
A. & M.TURNER
Or G. W. KIBLCK.
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TheB oraaaa are arst-claM in. "very par
ricntar. aad so anarantced.
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WIND MILLS,
Buckeye Mower, combined, Self
Binder, wire or twine.
Pups Repaired es sart lotiee
VQea dacr wae of Hstats's Drrz Stor. Uth
trsC Cctffitthaa. N-b. HaorSi-tf
ON SALE
TO Aii
PRINCIPAL POINTS
EAST, WEST,
NORTH and SOUTH
AT
TJ. P. Depot, Columbus.
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