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VOLUME I
DEVOTED TO THE SETTLEMENT OF OKLAHOMA.
PLHL1SHED EVERY SATCRDA
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OKLAHOMA CITY, I. P., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1888.
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ngers Encfrcle the Windpipe
Elci6r' In an Elegant
bnner For Non-Breathing
--It Was Claimed He Was
a Fraud.
and Republican* florae To-
in a Fieroe Eiot.
ok«d by Preacher.
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jine ?roui aXpiyluvo^yfioru he
.-hcd her®?: culminated in
ial eifc-miwer between the
Elder ljl. iiii, who.ftrged the dis-
he pastjivuml said be had letters
•ket i^-fivMjr him a fraud. The
bell wrflrt Vjith rage, leaped upon
ami bearing Kirn down Between
hoked Will until he was black in
Thoy. W separated und the
Ijourned iijeonfusion.
\
ilitles £ausb a Deadly Itiot.
pL .AKsiin:'., V\ . •> "' • At Tack-
1&§F; Stafford < i miy ( iris mu& «ve,
.itm rr.rn lift evenw cole -ed men at
V\f contends tlx; ^ ifford county
mincnti.1 rrpttb Tno remalu
j ^Wmk champi/n.ed the democratic party
f. 4 'i that democracy was the creed of
* |En«>i$ founty. This led tu a row between
.'Jptnu Heltiii (White) and a colored man.
, J urn i - f. lg'xTin personalities and ended up
- «tVht A g moral riot was t he result,
J. 1 ii pr vja*'shot ami instantly killed.
;• • • :i.\ was*iU> shot, wit lived for sev-
-s. Twenty people are reported
|S?rously injured. Whites predomi-
nant portion of SI fiord county and
e*ost part are denocrats.
I
An JyUr . <> >irvp,
hMt' r>f '&*. -Informotion
fjjjwuere 1m< jtus! n- lit of a tragedy at
. ,Uristu,«^;^, nil in which F. E.
°f the*IvicjNews, shot and in
Wft(|ied Slaiior f son.
,Zt wh nOlsoti Ipsuird llust's sister some-
tind Uijst'de/inded that he apolo
I'n's.rciily wis that he would whip
felt, *cBrij.nas evening the men
Hrah4wu{ saloon, when Olson
(id tfc- tin111 , got two revolvers,
Jgi bii tfce conl er and told Rust to
f one of t hiu ancf go out with him and
'4s f v/ta I th< difficulty.
*j rjuATi ?1 er'Sik'd ;i.d Olson finally jumped
* r ih )umeiy pirfol in hand, llust was
• * ) h- 'fon.btni owever, drew nis own
ii shOtpii* twice, killing him al-
' iii ,aiitiy .
. as in -ba(| r<?.nute and public sym-
vitft RusO, ^ i
p."Aftv«>r Work.
V., D.-a • . tii tj.c
ti, <?roccr and liquor
rtroflFtaitfi attempting to lire the
w>us' la* Wednesdaay night, the
r.? .wftii'" s, D. L. Lnnigan, pro
t flS h6'< ,testified to finding naph-
• £d t| aitrs, paper sacks, etc , in
fr\ the hotel. The sacks bore
imo un<4 foot prints led from the
J le Ijhck door of Bieron's grocery,
.a ^ahan gave similar evidence.
I Aionnva^ created when Mrs. Alice
r.t of the hotel and a boarder
fl|G.\v< nt to Hieron's store last
fftUjV and told hint she saw the
|rn5pui(*; that her daughter in
Ioriftii, also saw him; ami that if
«' bfitvidc moriey enough to get
lout of the way nothing would
t it. Mj'« Moran entered the
monu ana 151 ,-v"-
i\yAJXi Kad no money, but
a'tnree month's note on
Mrs. Lattin should advance
Irs. J|01 an. This note was
. Widcupe and Mrs. Moran cor-
te-Rtoiy.
k-.^Trenchman about 35 years of
fffber of the Licdertafel and was
■rector for several years.
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f
Crushed l j* Kartli.
Vx>L., Dec. 20.—On Fifteenth
.(en Tremont and Court place,
jjas company had 100 men em-
icavating a ditch six feet deep
r i r of-and uuJi'iTieath the track
car line, when suddenly the
entire block )• H, crushing the
« ami lUtpri" Jur those under-
act ven^immei . . set to work
f lalU' t md five «l< i<l
lWp.N* wounded were soon taken
(SEaer men escaped with more or
OH, .
npjliro- William Katey, William
■nlried, larre family; Joseph
*: Irried : Mike Dillon, single; an
jp ti about 4P years old. James
fifelbaol.N crushed and can not re-
k pxcavatioi was being mad< for
•A >f removing a gas pipe from
A: *he track and the accident is be-
Je flue to carelessness ufwn the
gus company in neglecting to
iv^iports under the track where
JVQt'4: Woi k.
I
i laities AI l|to i>* I>akota.
> ClT J")\k , 1> -A pi atri' tii.
. tjbiouthwest of here lute yester-
'lie'mi^ipldly before the brisk
i^fsTAv hu whfch was blowing at the
t\ ta« gb tract was soon burned over
• J* - s is feared. The damage can
, v be estimated, but many farm bulld-
fi vU e ■ "I I be lire.
-no Jlojally Welcomed.
11 t. 3.—Mr. Gladstone received
p vat ion upon his arrival.bore
i -.«■ was nresented with an adrlr^ss
rmrtM. -• ' • p 11 at ion <
i; < |i - in an alluded to tht v •• •
t-* •' friend of Italy. I
fik^i.ently interrupted b
vr itcne. Ireland and i V
CJE^ feie in reply exp ^
b.- o address made to im
jlJ"o > <int of his own addr«
ary of tho death of Kii - s
\ As Mr. OladBtono st«
«5 th«-students rushed i r
t orses ui tending to di >
■ ■ v«'s, • uttbis Mr. Ola- ■ • <
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wwm
flf* oin Solid to Ahlien.
I 'a . Dec. 36.-3 a. m
IMa ragi.ig in Marble
v> f t tho t iwn being on fir
s lRK i from Salem, Lynn an
|ji e nen socm unable
ihv reports all the t
porarv office in a field some distance outside
the village.
The entire business portion of the town is
in ruins and the following firms were burn
edout: (Jropley & Bros , E. S. Woodbury.
Johnson Horner, J. C. Peach, W. M Stevens.
Jr., & Son, Edward Hathaway and Joseph
Lo Favour; also the Boston and Maine do
pot and several other buildings, it is the
largest fire that ever visited the place ami
the people are panic st ricken. Tnc news was
sent with great, difficulty over a hastily im
provi ed wire and cominunici ou is lhiv'e
to be interrupted at any inome. '.
Tie firr started about 1(> p m. in the base
ment of D. P. Poweis' furniture store, on
Pleasant street, arid is sai l to have been
caused bv the explosion i f a can of benzine.
At midn+pbt wa estimated that seven
. > i, burned o\ r and that the en
v. 4;d be ovi«r $r>W,QOO. The burn-
I'd Mi , are the IN-vers block, the
i >. ic. ( oldthwi t s throe story
building, iviuiiroe's largo shoe factory, a
three story block occupied by dry goods
stores and the Bos'-m brunr b grocery on
the lirst, the Mas n' 'tall on tbesocond and
a skating rink or .e third, ' V tur torv
Allfirton block,'t^' American r :p. ss ' uild
ing, Simon s store, the dwellings of Daniel
Brodon, (jeorge (,'liurch and Thomas Falls,
Metcalfe's box factory and other buildings.
Nearly the same territory was burned
over about twelve years ago, tho first start
ing in nearly the same place. Many of to
night's victims were also sufferers by the
former fire. The shoe business, which had
been quiet for several months, was just
starting up and many operatives will now
oe thrown out , work the entire winter.
The fire is , • burning. Jt, is impossible
to get definite) tosses owing to the great ex-
citainent prevailing among all classes.
' A Holocaust.
Plaquf.mise, La., Dec. 25.—The steamer
John II Hannah, loaded with cotton from
Ouachita, burned hero early this morning
The boat and cargo are a total loss. The
number of people who perished is not posi
tively known, but the loss of life will be at
least thirty and may be much beyond that
number. Captain J S Holmes was in com
mand and was burned to death. First Clerk
Sam Powell was drowned. The old pilot,
Bob Smith, a passenger on the ill-fated ves
sel. was burned to death.
Several persons perished in the flames
and a number jumped overboard and were
drowned. Captain Holmes' body was ter-
ribly burned. Bob Smith was tho pilot of
the J. M. White at the time she was burn-
ed.
One of the deck hands who escaped says
there were ubouta 100 persons on board and
that only about a dozen can now be found
alive, but this was not confirmed by the
officers who made their escape.
It was just before Christmas day was be-
ing ushered in that the steamer was com-
ing down the river. Several of the passen-
gers were seated in the cabin having a mer-
ry time and with no thought of the impend
iiig catastrophe and many of the crew and
passengers were asleep when the fire broke
out and spread with indescribable rapidity,
and the details of the sufferings and death
of some of the passengers are harrowing in
tho extreme.
i l ol ' ct '.ad rc.4che(t~a pOlttt "Which was
but a short distance above, the, town when a
negro roustabout near the b<41er room ran
out. to the deck and shouted that the boat
was on fire. John Cullen, a stoker, was near
the place at the time and seeing the flames
bursting forth from the big tiers of cotton
near the boiler ran hastily to the engine
room and gave the alarm. Engineer Merri
man tooK in t he situation at a glance and at
once sounded the alarm on the steam whistle
and ringing the bells.
In an instant—certainly in a much shorter
time than it takes to explain it—the flame
shot through the cabin and over t he sides of
the cotton, enveloping the entire boat, in tire.
Among those that were lost sire: Captain
.f S. Holmes, master of the boat; Samuel
Powell, chief clerk; Bob Smith, pilot, from
Smithlund. La.; Mike O'Neill, night watch
man; Joe Crane, abm wat-chumo , Monroe
Deek, first cook; Jack I>ufT, second cook
::«rV<'v, cabfn boy; Jim Watson, second
;r,r,vuc fohn Craftr n, carpenter; John Bar-
low, cob red; Jim Blank,colored, roustabout;
Dick .Blank, colored, mess room tender.
Stoploe John ; Monroe Diggs, cook; a child
of IVreella Wright, colored.
There were 1 ort > four roustabouts on the
Hannah, of whom thirty three are known to
have been saved, leavingcleveu unaccounted
for.
Among those who were badly burned are:
Dan Carroll, steward; Jim O'Neill, deek
hand ; John Gibbons, sailor; Louis Welsh,
roustabout.
The Texas and Pacific train passed Plaque-
mine this morning, and most of the crew,
with the exception of the deck hands, board-
ed her. The conductor of the train refused
U> bring any of the survivors to tho city un-
less full fares were paid, and the rousters
having lo&t all fchu.t •«<>**• . und effects were
compelled to remain in Plaquemine, where
they will lie looked after. Mr. Harpinat of
the underwriters', who was aboard at the
lime, paid out of his pocket$40 in money for
the passage of those who came down.
Staunch to a Minute.
Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 26.—A farm
house seven miles southeast of here, occu-
pied by Ashbury Bryant, his wife and six
children, was destroyed by fire about 2
o'clock this morning and John Bryant,
about 31 years of ago perished in the
flames.
The family was awakened by the cries of
one of the children and had just time to es-
cape from the building. All except one lit-
t o rl got out toi ether and John returned
ani^ •• t the i>• ril < f !.•- life.
Then as his mother and the chimren were
standing in the snow barefooted and in their
night dfesses, tho young hero went back-
again to get clothes for them. While in tho
burning building he was overcome by the
heat, and his body was found this morning
just inside a door burned to a crisp. Mrs.
Bryant waded four miles through the snow
in her bare loot before securing help.
Caused By a Broken Switch.
Helena, Mont., Dec, 26.—Tho morning
passenger train on the Montana Central
jumped the track at tho outskirts of this
cit: owing to an open switch which was
i*Usod by the snapping of the switch rod
i-v the frost. The engine and one coach
were overturned into a ditch. Fireman
*ik Moore had both legs broken and died
% great agony, and Deputy Sheriff I' d
ithrop, who was aboard, was badly burn-
, the stove having fallen on him. A! 1
ters escaped uninjured.
Affllctefl by Fire and Flood.
Francisco Cai. , Dec. 23.—Reports
«£ivd to.,lay Ijy. Chinese steams
; ae* that 4"p Saignon. November 20,
i houses out of the 10,000 Ln the
j ti wii wera burned including tho nost-
i . Hcfte an) rr.ost of the temples. Soon
I nfts'.r th} ti in os were extinguished the
river wes swelled b\ ; flood, burst its banks
de^trov1 several I • i• r* •* and greatly dam-
aftOti oops. Th'-so troubles have caused
ARRESTED BY WHOLESALE.
The Sheriff Pounces Upon the
Male Population of a Nebraska
Village and Takes all But the
Chimneys and Sidewalks.
A Murderous Caraval Takes Place Where
Both Mean Business.
lie Took llir Town.
( Jri t.\ Cexter, Nen., Dec. 23.—Deputy
Shen Paxton to day returned from Wold
bach, having in custody tho entiro male
population of the town except one. The ar-
rests grew out <if a sort of White-Cap regu-
lation affair, of which the victim was F. M.
Cutter resident of the place.
! after the death of his first wife
the servant girl at Cutter s house was found
to be in an interesting condition, and Cutter
was compelled to marry her. but immediate-
ly afterward began a studied system of
abuse to compel her to get a divorce. Ves
terday he gave her a terrible beating and
shortly afterward assaulted a 13-year old
girl.
For these combined ofTences Cutter s fel
low citizens surrounded his house last, night
with the intention of punishing him. He
trot away on horseback but was pursued,
captured with a lasso, tied to a post and
very severely whipped, lie was then ar-
rested for beating his wife, and in turn
swore out warrants for all the male popula-
tion of the town.
CREAM OF THE NEWS.
K — —
A siondet, pale-faced you til was almost
fro '"m to death near Kaunas City, Mo.,
while guarding some goods for a party of
movei^
The ivar.sas City, Mo., police force are in
amuddlo over tho defalcation of one C'apt.
Ditseh, who recently committed suicide, ho
":>eing their treasurer.
A crr^n of boys W. ame involved in a
Philadelphia, in which a boy or
p^^siyn, does some shooting,
ic over a deck yf cards at OiflU-
ently, the burteuder is con-
fionted by a revolver, but it quells him
not-.
The anarchists of Chicago are still giving
vent to their dastardly spleen. Several of
them were again arrested, recently.
S. H. Church, a prominent railroad official,
located at Columbus. O., becomes tangled in
the network of matrimony.
The fragments of the body, recently found
near Philadelphia, haye caused no end of a
sensation.
Michael Kelley, the noted Chicago brewer,
is dead, aged 59.
Fine fishing grounds have been dts-
fracas n
the ,luo
ha, N. b
at mi
l.-l.
dow
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and not
The West/
d wi* bui
atubiishlog
Broke Ills
i*k by
Dec.
cated his neck.
of
agon
Both Men Shoot lo Kill.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 88.—Some time
ago the wife of William West, a prominent
farmer living near Marked Tree, separ-
ated from him, returning to her mother,
Mrs. Mary Dairy, and began proceedings
for a divorce. Yesterday West called
at Mrs. Dairy's house and asked to see
his baby, and when his mother-in law
brought, the child to him he began to
abuse her, saying she had separated him
and his wife. Stephan Dairy, a son of the
lady, came out of tho house and ordered
West off the premises. This enraged West
still further, and drawing a revolver he lired
twice, shooting his mother-in-law in the
arm and Stephen Dairy in t,he head.
Dairy staggered into the houso and
reappeared with a Winchester rifle and
eveled it at West, who was standing with
tiis revolver covering him. Each fired
wice almost simultaneous at eac
ither. West, was shot each t.'me
iear the heart, and died in the
,ard. Dairy was short in the foreheavl
ind through the right eye, and died some
•ours later. Mrs. Dairy, it is not fatally
lurt.
This was the first shedding of blood in
.hat section sincc the war.
The (ireat. Kiiiishh.
Chicago, III., Dec. 2'i.—The Railway Age
tomorrow will say: Notwithstanding the
widespread impression that the additions
tin"? railway of the United States
during 1888 would be comparatively insigni-
ficant, the evidence is now before us
that the railway mileage of tho coun-
try was increased during the year
by no less than 7,120 miles of main
track. While this is much less than the
ohcnomenal increase in the years 1887,
1886, lvs.> and 1881, when the new mile-
age was respectively l.'4,ooo, 0,000. 11,500
and 9,976 r..iles. the record for the past
year exceeds that of every other year in
history, with the exception of 1871, when
7,319 miles were added. New track was
laid in all but two of the forty seven states
and territories, the exceptions being Rhode
Island and Nevada. Kansas still leads the
list in the extent of new mileage and she
has done so for several years. California
onu s next. Only about twenty lines built
un o than 100 miles each; those doing the
largest amount of work bpjntr'tha C
I'xh Nebraska, 41^ mites; St. Pftul.
Minneapolis and Manito a, 427 miles: und
Southern Pacific, t hrough various subsidiary
ompnnies. a little over 500 miles. This is
imjKo tant, as showing how the nature of the
work of railway construction haschanged in
asingle year. The building of great compe-
titive lines practically ceased for the present
and the year's work was chiefly devoted to
the construction ol" short independent linos
>r bram hfil.
An Awful Butchery.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 26.—A party of
boys while playing in east Fairmount park
to-day found two bundles in the small lake
there. In a spirit of curiosity one of the
boys cut a string of one of the bundles and
was horrified when a human head rolled
out. The nolice authorities were at once
notihed and further investigation developed
the fact that the bundlo first opened also
contained the dismembered trunk of a hu-
man body. The other bundle on being open
od disclosed the nude logs belonging to the
trunk found in the other package.
The condition of the remains indicated
that a murder had been done withlu twenty-
four hours of the finding of the remains.
The legs had been cutoff close to tho trunk,
the left one having been cut with a sharp
knife and tho bono sawed through. The
other leg was likewise cut, and after the
bone had been partly sawed it was broken
off. On the trunk were three shirts, the
under one of dark flannel. A leather strap
was around the waist, The arms were not
severed from the body, but were tied in
front at the wrists with a stout cord. The
bead was crushed in horribly at the back
mi im r ■ were C n terrible knife wounds
on tho side of tho face. The left, jaw was
also broken. The body was evidently that
of a German, p * babl.v about 35 years of
•ge.
Near the place where the bundles were
placed was found a portion of a newspaper
dated Decembers, the appearance of which
indicated that it had been used for the pur-
pose of wiping up blood. On the margin
was written in English—the writing being
evidently that of a German—the words:
•'Kohler'Helah, Hoboken Hotel," and right
under this "Mrs." repeated several times
A portion of another newspaper stained
vvltn blood was also found.
There are wagon tracks all around the
spot, and one of them appeared to hav-
been made by a wheelbarrow, and those in
vestigating trie case arc hopeful that this
may prove a clue to aid them.
Last night a gardener living on the bor
dcr of the park near where tho remains
were found was awakened by tho furious
barking of his dogs. He seized his revolver
and ran out dooi^ and saw an object rnov-
h g from the d rection of tho park and hilled
it. Receiving no reply he attempted to fire
hii revolver, out the weapon would not jro
on. He went to the Reservoir hob 1,
situated at the Columbia avenue entrance
' > the park, and told the proprietor John
Ernst, who also went out into the darkness
und saw a man walking from the direction
the reservoir. Ho called to tho man to
• ,!t hut his command received no attention
and the mysterious visitor disappeared in
l.e darkness.
The spot where the ghastly remains were
I nd i a v*'i; lonelj one, and ■*' '! ■ • 11
son of the year is soldom visited by an,\
one and the police therefore think the party
,,i- -.ii-ti" -eon by l-.rnes* and the Gardner
are < onnect. d with tie . rime wl> ■ i. I"1
the placing oJ the cut up portion^ ot tb«
body in the pai k.
/emVjr islands,. Bfitr
Two men were overcome by foul gas in a
well at Saline, Mich., and died before they
could bo rescued.
Gen. Louis MelikofT, the famous Russian
oftl' er, is dead. He was years old.
The total value of exports from the Unit
ed States during the twelve months ending
November 30, was $070,235,147. The value
of imports for the same timo was $710,844,-
470.
M. Hex, tho bourse speculator who failed
recently and lied from Paris,died at Martlg
ny, Switzerland.
Snow has fallen in Iowa to a depth of from
eight to twelve inches.
The Abbey flour mills at Waltham, Eng-
land 'itrrc wiped out by fire, causing a loss
of $450,000.
The j resident has par'oned Hi sin , A. A.
Kimbfh of Utah, convicted of adultery, on
the ground of serious ill health.
Sig. Maneini, formerly Italian minister of
foreign affairs, is dead. He was 73 years of
age.
Wool manufacturers will hold a meeting
in Washington, January 10, to discuss the
senate tariff schedule.
Cora'Belle Fellows, who married the In-
d an Chaska. is a mother.
William Westenberger, of Logan, Ohio,
dieO the other day of hydrophobia after al-
nios v.ntold suffering for twenty-^our hours,
havl.i pasms almost continuously during
that \ .me.
rifr, ttmies '1 Moffet, congressman from
the T\renty-eighth Pennsylvania district,
has bee i admitted to the asylum at North
Warren as a private patient. The difficulty
seems U be excessive nervousness, which
was brought on by the arduous labors of the
recent ca.upaign.
The Con mcrcial of Chattanooga. Term., a
republican campaign paper, has suspended
and will n ver be issued again. Lack of
support was; the cause.
Noassignn ents of places in the coming in-
augural para le will be made until a week
before March 4. One hundred Colorado
cowboys are expected to participate.
Michael O'I lara, Aged 23, tripped and fell
while hunting near Flemingsburg, Ky., and
his gun was d ^charged, killing his 11-year-
old brother Rl
Michael Kee ting, a messenger in the war
department, f« 11 down a starway area in
that building in Washington and was in-
stantly killed. He was intoxicated.
Kansas City was converted into a verita-
ble ice palace 'hristmas night. Myriads of
telephone and telegraph wires were broken
THE ALASKAN HORROrt.
Native Women Bought and Sold for
Bad Tobacco and Worse Whisky.
That tho Alaskan horrors have not been
one whit overdrawn, but are, on the Con-
trary, rather underestimated, has been
vouched for by Lieut. C. H. Wilheliu. a
well-known gentleman of pittsburg, who,
says the Dispatch ol that city, in the years
1879 and 1880 was enga ed in northern whal-
ing expeditions, and in isv*l pa od the win-
ter of terror in an effoi lo discover the
ancUiwest passay \
As antudiv**.' twrr- „
proved there, but rutin i \vn \Vors • wivii
tho lapse of time, Lieut. \\ ilholni says that
his last year's oxporietice there was by far
tho worst, and that this was owing entirely
to the introduction among the native men
and women of whalers an I Alaska fur com-
pany agents and still viler whisky. Mr.
Wilhelmsaid:
"The natives live like animals, and there
is no such thing known between them and
tho fur agents and their employes except
sociability in its worst sense. All publish-
ed reports about the conditions there are
true, and it is impossible to overdraw the
degrading picture. During the winter
months tney actually live in holes in the
ground, not in families separately, but in a
disgusting mdIL niell wa.v that can not be
even imagined,Unurn less described.
"In the summer months ot July, August,
and September affairs are even worse as far
as the foreign element is concerned, for it
is then the able-bodied men leavo on long
hunting expeditions and the women are
completely at the mercy of the government
employes and the men belonging to the fur
companies. As for the government people
in the southern portions tliey are practically
non est. There is no government there ex
ceptthatof the seal monopoly, and the rea
son why can easily be seen The nat ives ure
wild, cra/.y for tho possession"of their two
gods, whisky and tobacco, and it is the fur
company that supplies them and for this
reason they hold the ruling hand. The mar
riago relation there is entirely unknown,
ana as for morality, it is unheard of.
Will you believe me when I give you this
one instance of the many far more degrad
ing that came under my own personal obser-
vation? We had been lying off Point Bur
row, and I was on shore with au English
man stationed there (no matter whether a
government servant or a seal company em-
ploye, for they are practically one and the
same). The native after a deal of haggling
over the price iu whisky and tobacco sold
his wife.
"This is only one illustration, and it Is
actually the only one I think will bear the
light of print, so you may imagine what the
others may be. 1 heard most appalling tales
from the shipmen In regard to the cruelties
practiced by the fur people and the govern-
ment employes, many of whom are not one
whit better, and I believed every one of
them. It is the curse of whisky and tobacco
that is doing all this.
"The natives worship a queer sort of thing
something like a weasel's tail, but first una
i"11thclv inm ior whl«lry, Wn '«
tills fact lies the secret of their terrible
power the seal company hold over the wo-
men, who become mad with drink and smoke
and chew even more than the men. Tho
company has virtually enslaved the women
through its employes, und so far as known
there is no remedy. What, can be expected
in tho way of morality from a people who
live in dirt and misery worse than animals,
who kill their helpless aged, and are taught
worse things than even they ever knew by
foreigners, who are there but temporarily,
have no regard for consequences, and can
demand that any woman they may fancy
shall do whatever they wish;"
LEADEN WATER PIPES.
The ball
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.
We have no confidence in confidence i
Tho largest quill toothpick mill In the
A watch has 175 pie
18,(KK> heats per hour.
The largest farm in America is the 1
din wheat-field In Dakota. Jt eoiifcaJuK-4
aero*. ^ .
A number of Charleston <S W
: have g ne to jail rather thai H
I cense.' M
II OIK.ela'O -Ajt ^Jg
intend to leav Hon"" '•
taking such a step. f
The French Canadian prad w
mends Sir Charles Tuupor's I r8|
position to imperial federation j
Emneror William lias renei
father*# order that none o
servant s shall wear a muBtar'Htj
The pig coal mining strike r 1
ended in favor of the work]
Yorkshire, where the st rike I fc!
Italian shoemakers at NewV
have been receiving *1 per pair, y
(10 cents), have struck for 11.26
The wnges of the girls in Hite
mill, at Hartford. Conn., havol:
2 bents per dozen on mittens, or
The new Chinese treaty with the
States makes the special provipl
Americans shall not in?i>ort o]
China.
Michael Davltt casually met in a
rant Captain Boycott, whose name has
come a ,jionym for a uisugi enable meUuxi
of tre it in «<u popular in Ireland. The'wo
chatted pleasantly together as If thay *a t
not a difference in tho world, if. a
Japan took some tea seeds and jAantn b MB -1
with him to hts native land. The
relished the
a t£m)>U'
duoed i
111 ■ ■ 111 I now utmost Ti*i .vom's
Tho larpest artificial -blisln
nuil repairing tho hulls of slijl thoU-
Stiitos i boinK oompletod uB
Vtt. ft, is tiUO feet long.
n iloptko! twenty five feet o
hiKli tidr. It. is furnishi'd W
can empty it In two and u hi)
General Ureely, in his mm
that, tho percentages of •!
predictions inado by the Hi^ri
year were 78.4; wind, 75.1
71.2; general average. 7ii 7
, n avi slgtn i« diiplaj
h 1,140, or 71,r> per cent
'
dnced ii I1' is stifl^4ta<'' I
j |
ic IJ^iWfif
down, and ti e shade trees glistened like
huge clustci - of diamonds under the rayi
the electric a id gas lights.
The cmper r of Germany was presented
With a clust -r of laurels by 4,000 working-
men.
A boat ca sizesSear San Francisco, Cal.,
drownings x pleasure-seekers.
Clncinna i suffers a great loss by fire.
Acres of property arc consumed—factories
and dwelli lgs.
Hismar k is reported as being very ill.
Christinas whisky stirs up the bile and
macaron of a Kansas City Italian to such
an exter . that he shoots a native born.
Several passengers have beer, held up re-
cently i ear the union depot at Kansas City,
Mo.
It is expected that Russia will soon claim
the pi >neer settlement of New Moscow in
East Africa. The setttcment is contiguous
to th< English. Italian and .German posses-
sion*' in that region.
T) e collection of internal revenue during
the first five months of the fiscal year end-
in? June30, 1889, amount to $53,001,730, be-
ii. au increase of $1,231,180 over the > ollce-
ti/ns during the orresponding period of
1 bt s oar Th* receipts for November last
were .*107,411 great than those for Novem-
ber, 1887.
The gunners In the Constantinople arse-
nal have revolted because their wages have
not been paid The leaders were arrested.
Iso blood was shed.
eh Siberian explorer,
expedition to central
.red regions of eastern
M. Martin, a Fre
will soon start on an
China and the unexp
Thibet.
Sir William Frederick Pollock, forincrl
queen's remembrancer, is dead.
Emperor Williams of Germany has con-
sented to stand us godfather to tho ninth
son of a poor workman of Marienburg.
The Murry shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
operated by t ,e Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
y, has t ipended work, throwing
md bo.\-"' t of employment. It is
'I to sink the shaft at a much
depth lor the purposed reaching a
rich vein. _
Gamblers terrorize a «rtlla near HrooU-
f eld, Mo., b • exchanging'everal shots ovei
a card table.
(jam Jones enchanted his audience gt Chi-
cago ou t he subject ef "Get There.'
The oil fever bus broken out in New
English Chemists Say that They Are
the Cause of Wholesale Poison-
' ing.
When some daring novelist hungering
after originality to depict a coun-
try whose rulers allowed the many to be
poisoned wholesale for the enrichment of
tire few he would surely be charged with
absurdity, says the London GlObe. Yet
there is such a country,'and its name hap
pons to bo England. Let not any Glad-
stonite, however, prick up his extensive ears
in expectations of a startling revelation that
Lord Salisbury and W. H. Smith have
entered into a conspiracy to murder the peo-
ple. Tho evil is so far longer standing than
the lifetime of the present government; it
apparently began when the community Hr t
learned tho convenience, of having water
laid iu their houses iusteud of dipping it out
of wells or brooks. Leaden water pipes
were introduced, at all events, a long time
ago, and where they still linger wholesale
poisoning goes on merrily as ever.
Thus at Pudse.v, a little time back, some
sixty or seventy citizens were suddenly
placed hors do combat by a mysterious
malady, which appeared to derive its origin
from the water supply. Samples of the
drinking water were accordingly forwarded
to a firm of analytical chemists at Leeds,
who ut once detected the presence of lead in
quantities 'distinctly injurious to health."
Having obtained this information the local
board prosecuted further inquiry with the
result of establishing the fact that, all the
sufferers lived at some distance from tho
mains. The theory is. therefore, that the
water, while lying all night ill the leaden
nipea connecting tne houses and tho mains,
becomes impregnated with the metal, and
the chairman advised householders to run
off the water for a time every morning be
fore supplying their domestic requirements.
Dentil From M?hhiiug.
The majority of deaths from lightning oo
cur in the level, open country- trees, vil-
lages, and thickly built up towns and cities,
by their projections in the air, serving as
conductors ami thereby projecting the in
haoitants from direct stroke. The loss of
life annually thoughout tho world is very
great. In Eurojiean Russia from 1870 to 1877
no less than 2,270 persons were killed Shy
ttiis cause. In Austria during the same
time 1.700 persons were likewise killed, in
Prussia it is reporte I that seventy persons
are annually killed Ten thousand |x?rsons
are reported as having b« n struck during
thl con i i ieii ■ h CI, ;< :>. 4
Winnipeg, who has sold then
K lsas cattb «j
Ulan government, it is said
keep the herd in that count* a
to induce Bedson not to shai tin
Kansas. * ► •
The weather Is remarkl'*'
valley of Mexico, thin ice ft
the ffbrning on the shallow . •<
the city, and violent suowstl
up in tho mountains. Report#
ti net volcano Ajfisco, whicf
the city, where there arc ej
inhabited by charcoal maker ~a
aave fro i!p. .th th ■
Mr* Hancock has est*
comfortably at Washington
house which was bought fu
nilrcrs of lien. Hancock, i
ers will probably lay off
junction of Sixteenth
Hampshire avenue, and i m-
Hancock. If this is done iV ■
friends will, have a splinoic
statue of him made in e
marble to mark the circle.
The chimney which has i
pleU*i for tho Clark Thn
Newark, N. J., is the highest
tho United States, and onoj
the world. Three high stfok*
exUtiug n Se.otJand, "
for carry ing off noxious fum •
works, and not for creatt ag -
steam-boiler furnaces. 'J'l ,s%c
Townsend's, at Port Da^M
which is 454 feet high; Knitf
Glasgow, 43t'e j feet high I
Harlow's, at Hoi ton, .M' 7 : t '
Clark chimney is 835 foet ulglu
draught for thirty-two bj r i
aggregate capacity of 4000-1 ioi*s|
cost of tho chimney is s. I t
|:ci,ooo.
A gfeat mystery in a cot
Hoston has been solvod.4jjpw
house, who bought sugsJ by
often wondered "how Irt he
family uaed as much swe> ten
did," and his wife, who wq not
to going into the kitchen4 );
they didn't use any more I: aa(
llut one day she ciid go t«t tkf.'
arrived just in time to sej th-
act of throwing u scoq] | : i
white sugar on the fire, flm
inflammable, and its appi aie
fire Hash up in tine fcliaji
fessed that she had rogutJ
quicken the fire. 4 Suij('J 'ifi
•we must have the fir". I ^
that, slow that mo heart I «
At a recent diseuwdou l* '
N. w York Farmers' Club,
I c>'limed the white grub ■ o:
:yST
compai
500 in i
propose
a jieriod
France,
1K70 a lor
corded.
oaths
r Woman
i of Henry
Mexico
A t r i
h's sit 1
A cl
near Alouqu rque, there being t
atity discovert recently.
eling man for a St. Saul firm lose!
i a social li'tle -ime at Milwaukee
A
The d
toll the ngstoi
quest once sent to the
fellow, as is wed kno
hearted, generous ma
cd a letter from a you
part of the country, wh
vith 'mil
W. Longf
; i fie la v *
will remaii
ill
those ol' tl- "
in the ground
and
g WOi
and k'eit p
' would be glad to <
and send her on
' ii fraid he
do (
i the
in d<
that
iicoura^e
,the fan
spond, bi
Mr. UoiiK- I ,k>Usm. wh
very kind- ' wouhl
-ii he receiv | phosphoric
in a distant , 14 little inor
ie wanted u |,r
I.ongfell
[>nly t .
Bid t he
of I
n
mthful tale
we I*® real
ie decided n
in inn
i would t tf
uch nitroge#. There al #
n in a toil of hayj 1
ved, would not pj
of potash. This y
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du.
tiuod appreciate mu^i'
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