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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
Crimes and Casualties.
"LIABLE TO FALL"


New YORK, July Ben. Noyes, president
of the fraudulent New Jersey Life Insurance
company, was sentenced at Newark, yester-
day, to eighteen months imprisonment at
hard labor. His counsel pleaded eloquently
for mitigation of the sentence. Mr.. Robi-
son, thinking, perhaps, of his past official
career. remarked with emotion: ''We are all
of us mortal, and are liable to fall as has the
prisoner
THE ''vEILED LADY,"
To the Western associated Press.
OMAHA, Neb., July CHARLES w. Sher-
man was arrested near this city last night on
an abortion charge. The young woman i'm
plicated is daughter of the wealthiest man
in Racine, Wis.,, and she was written up in
the Chicago Times several weeks ago as the
"Veiled Lady" ..-.....
EXPRESS ROBBERY.
CINCINNATI, July James Gilmore, an
employee of the United States express COM
pany, is missing with some $4,000 in
money packages. The robbery was COM
mitted on the 4th, and the plumber consisted
of packages for local delivery, that were con-
Safes of which Gilmore was custodian. The
supposition is that the package was removed
by him in the afternoon of that day, and that
he left town on the early train, Friday morn
ing. with the booty. Detectives and officers
| of the company have been quietly working
at the case, but as yet have failed to find
| him.
KILLED WITH BEER WALLET.
+ EVANSVILLE, Ind, July John Scant-
lin, timer, was brutally murdered by a
hotel keeper named Albert Fisher, who beat
him frightfully with beer mallet, Thursday
morning. Scantlin, after the beating, dis
appeared and was found in twenty four
hours afterwards, in an obscure room, nearly
dead, and was taken to St. Mary's hospital
where he died this morning. Considerable
excitement prevails in town over the affair
AGRICULTURAL WORKS BURNED.
CINCINNATI, July THE Gazette Liberty
Ind. special, reports the burning at A. M.
of Rude Bros. agricultural works. Loss
100000, insurance 81 700 each, in Kenton
KY, Firemans' & Coopers', Dayton; Mutual
Marine, and Fire, New Jersey; Royal, Liver
pool: Phoenix, Brooklyn, and British Amer
lean & Fire association, Philadelphia.
CHANCE FOR AN ALIBI.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7.-Prosecutor Jen-
kins, of Camden, says the case of Hunter
convicted of the murder of Armstrong, will
not be brought into court until November,
when the session of the court of error and
appeals viii be held at Trenton. Counsel for
the defense claims to have found witness
who claims that she saw Hunter at the cor
ner of Broad and Oxford streets at O'Clock
on the night of the murder.
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July THE Croker fer
tilizer works burned to-day. Loss, $780,.
600; insurance; $4,000.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11
ISLAND OF Cypress

CoNsrANT1NopLE, July THE British
channel squadron has Appeared off Cypress.
This has revived the rumor concerning the
purchase of the island by England. Minis
ter Layard is reticent on the subject. The
Porte, however, declares no contract in re-
gard to the island has been concluded.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

Hoods fearful hyperbole of the fire.
quency Of murder, that 'the heart was
merely a strop for the knife" would seem
in fair way to be realized in these times,
for never, certainly, was murder so ap-
pallingly common. Not day goes by that
does not supply to the papers such
record of assassinations or poisonings or
inquiries into crimes of this nature, that
the murders fill up constantly column
after column and occupy as much space as
is given to any department of the reports
of the great commercial and financial ac-
tivities. Perhaps more notable indica-
ton of how common and mum erous they
are is the indifference to them rs news
found in the fact that a murder story is
often told in a short paragraph and hid
den in an out of the way corner of o
paper, like any thoroughly commonplace
item. In yesterdays HERALD there were
eight reports that dealt with murder,
either murders then first reported or in
quiries into the guilt of accused persons.
And that was no exceptional day. 1t was
once prevalent opinion of the temp erance
people that drunkenness and murder ne
cessarily went together, and that if temper
ance could be enforced upon tho people the
hangman would have holiday. But in the
murders noted in these reports only one
had any relation whatever to whiskey; all
the others were done by people in the full
possession of their senses-so far. at least, as
sobriety is concerned. 1t is evident, there
fore, that some other explanation must be
found for the frequency of murder than the
old and we'll worn rum theory.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02
The city Canvass.

Neither the Tammany party nor the sew
eral branches Of the opposition to Tam
many have as yet disclosed their plans and
purposes. 1t is reasonable to suppose that
the opposition will take no steps until after
tae Tammany ticket is in the field. 1t is
the most obvious dictate of prudence to
wait until Tammany is irretrievably COM
mitted to o city ticket and then take advan-
tage of its weak points.
We supp ose the Tammany primaries will
be held in the latter part of this week, and
that the city Convention will assemble and
make its nominations next week. OF course
oil the popular forms Of electing delegates
TO city convention are sham. The per-
sons chosen will be mere tools of Mr..
Kelly, and when they assemble they will
form q mere registering body to promul-
gate his DEGREES fit should prove to be
Mr.. Kelly's pleasure to nominate a strong
and popular candidate for the Mayoralty
there is but slender chance that his ticket
can be beaten. But if he should arrogantly
defy public opinion it will not be difficult
for his opponents to form a coalition which
WOulu Iuahe tue SluyoEiity CoutcSt CioSo
and doubtful. The opponents of Tammany
will probably wait and take advantage Of
the chapter of accidents. 1t would be alb
surd for them to commit themselves to any
course of action until after the Tammany
ticket is in the field.
The pivot Of the situation is the action
of the city republicans. If they should
run o separate ticket Mr. Kelly's candidate
for the Mayoralty would walk over the
course. Tammany can be beaten only by
combining oil the elements of opposition,
and it cannot be beaten even then unless
Mr.. Kelly, by an overweening estimate of
his strength, should be tempted to put for
ward personal favorite instead of a
popular candidate. His adversaries will
wisely wait to see whether he commits
mistakes. If he makes none the success of
his ticket will be assured. If he blunders
there will be chance for the opposition !;
but let him blunder ever so egregiously he
will still succeed if the republicans of the
city should run n straight party ticket. 1t
is for the obvious interest of all the ele-
ments OF opposition to wait and watch until
the Tammany candidates are in the field
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

surdity that will cover this wonderful jury
with ridicule. If the road were so defiant
Of public opinion that it refused to listen
to the objections against it, or to remedy
the evils that are SO much complained of,
there might be some sense in laying
before the court document like
that OF yesterday; but the very re-
verse is the TACT. The company is
honestly and earnestly endeavoring
to comply with every demand of the public
in the matters referred to, and we have no
doubt that it will be successful in very
shortti time The changes to be made cannot
be accomplished in day or week.
Science is investigating them, and when
the remedy is found we shall be the first to
demand and insist upon its application, no
matter what the cost to the company may
be. representative grand jury jury Of
the intelligence that we usually obtain
would have looked at the question in this
light, but the one that came into court yes
terday with its marvellous production is,
to deal gently with it, about half century
behind the time
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02
A Wonderful Presen m Ont.

The Grand Jury came into court yester-
day with presentment against the Metro
politan Elevated Railroad, in which they
declare that structure to be q public nui-
sance and request that their unique docu-
ment be laid before the Attorney General
Of the State and before the Legislature
when it shall assemble, to the end that
steps may be taken Ito redress an outrage
which, they are confident, would never
have been sanctioned had its enormity been
realized" 1t is undoubtedly true that tile
present noise on the road, the falling of Gin
ders on pedestrians beneath the tracks and
the gases generated by the engines are ex-
ceedingly annoying and disagreeable to
many persons but compared with the enor-
nous benefits the road has conferred upon
the city ut large these evils sink into utter
insigniicance. To denounce the road as q
public nuisance because Of these vexatious
incidents Of rapid transit is piece Of alb
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

credit Of having always. on all occasions,
fearlessly and ably argued for the cause
of sound money; he, above all other
Senators and above all other of our
public men, has shown the courage as well
as the wisdom Of true statesman. His
latest utterance on the topics of the day
shows that he, beyond all his compeers, has
thought out the remedies for the evils from
which the country has suffered and the
democntic party would be nearer to the
attainment of that general public conf
dence, which is needed to give it success,
than it has been for eighteen years, if it
had the wisdom to place itself on
the platform laid down by Senator
Bayard in his speech at Newport,
in Delaware. last month. But, though other
Senators and public men have been hating
and timid, though such republican leaders
as Blaine and Garfield deserve censure for
their neglect to use their opportunities in
the past to secure the country against the
evils from which it now suffers, the green
back agitation has already had this good
effect, that it has shown all these men that
they cannot longer afford to trifle with the
currency question.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

street railroads and railroads any and every
where, at any point where they may prove
public grievance and where any Spectator
and the Aldermen see ''money in it," How
does the public like the contemplation OF
this possibility? Is that the end to which
all the struggles against the street railroad,
as an institution, has finally come? We
prefer to believe not, and consequently
hold with the Mayor, that the Legislature
can never have intended to give this au-
thority In heading off this sly game the
Mayor has done an important service to
the public.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

THE WEATIER.-The barometer Is falling
gradually over the Middle Atlantic and New
England coast districts. The centre of the
storm area has moved little north, but it con-
tinues to dominate the weather throughout the
lake regions and the central valley districts.
There is very little probability, however,
that we shall experience any great change
Of weather in district, because the storm
will pass too far 10 the north to influence the
conditions the Middle Atlantic coast very
much. We may have increased winds on ac-
count of the formation of steep gradients over
the northern sections Of our districts but they
are not likely to prove exceedingly strong Rain
has tsilen over the lake regions, the central
->ey aud Gulf districts and the Northwest.
In the other scctons the weather has been
clear. The winds have been generally
brisk in the lake regions and the Northwest,
fresh to brisk in the central valley districts and
light to fresh on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The temperature has risen in the Middle Allan
tic and New England coast districts and the
Northwest and has fallen elsewhere. The
weather in New York and it's vicinity to-day
will be warm and partly cloudy, possibly with
brisk winds, followed by increasing cloudincss.
Tomorrow it promises to be cooler and partly
cloudy, with brisk winds and occasional light
raius.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02
An Attempt To seize Forty-second
street.

Mayor Ely yesterday vetoed the resolu-
ton of the Board OF Aldermen to give the
Forty-secood Street Railroad Company per-
mission to extend its track through Forty
second street from the Tenth avenue to the
East River. That new horse railroads
might be sprung upon the city by the con-
venient process of q resolution Of the Board
of Aldermen is little surprise for which
we believe the public was not in the least
prepared. 1t appears, however, that but
for the public spirited action of the Mayor
in this case we might already be in the full
tide Of grand row in the street
and the courts, with the pavement
torn up by tracklayers and all the
property owners on Forty -second street be-
sieging the court for injunctions. 1t is
evident, as is justly said in the Mayors
veto, that ii the Legislature has granted to
the Board of Aldermen the power to au-
thorize the laying of tracks in the streets
that power will not be exhausted by this
exercise Of it but the Aldermen will have
equal authority to grant the same privilege
as to other streets. We shall have Broad
way railroads. Filth avenue railroads. Wall
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Governor Luclus Robinson l at the ST. James Hotel.
Speaker samuel J. Randall Is at tho Fifth Avenue
Hotel
Major General Irvin Mcdowell Is at the Brevoor,
House.
Chief Justice Morrison r. Waite is At tho st. Nieho-
las Hoto.
The President and Secretary Evarts lott Washington
last night for this city.
Associate Justice Joseph p Bradley, OF the United
Statcs Supreme Court, is at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
Postmaster General Key visited Salem ana Rose
burg oregon, on Sunday, returning to Portland last
evening To-day he will go up tho Columbia River.
n. Gambstta Is very fat Hc 10 now trsinisg under
The Banning system to reduce his flesh, aod. bcsdos
takes Russian baths and long walks, and praotisss
gymnastics.
Tho appointment OF Count Lad,siss Hoyos she
present Austro- II ungarian Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Pienipotentiary at washing,on) to be Aus.
TRAN Minister TO Roumauia Is officially announced
from Vienna.
Tho President and Secretary Evarts will arrive a,
the Fiish Avenue Hotel this morning to attend the
annual meeting OF the Board or Trustees Of the Poa
body Education Fund. Mrs. Hayes will accompany
tho President
Dean Stanley arrived In Washington yesterday
morning and took apartments at tho Riggs House.
Ho dincd last evening with Sir Edward Thornton.
Among tho guests invited to meet the reverend gen.
tlemau at dinner was Secretary Evarts.
Senator Thurman was taken seriously i'll GU Mon
day evening while addressing largo public meeting
at Bellaire, ohio and was conveyed In carriage TO
his ho,ei where he yesterday lying In helpless
condition. HISS illness, which Is NOT considered
dangerous. Is the result Of overwork.
While rdins At Newport, X. l., yesterday, Mr.
Goorxe Bancroft, the historian. and a lady accom-.
panyiDg him were thrown from their carriage, the
horses having been frightened. Mr.. Bancroft wat
seriously injured about tbo bend and limbs Tho
lady and also the coach man we're somewhat injured
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

An USsEEMLY Row has arisen in the little
town of Nanticoke, in Pennsylvania, in regard
to the public school property. A labor party,
it seems, succeeded some time ago in clecting n
school board, but owing to an inforrnaity in the
election possession has been refused them, and
the village has been turned into q sort of camp
The schoolmaster seems to be sadly needed in
Eanticoke.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH yes
terday between the Australian team and the
picked team of the clubs Of this city the play
was excellent on both sides. Our home clubs
developed unexpected strength and were a sur
prise to their friends, and perhaps, TO their OPP
ponents The match was exceedingly even.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

WHILE TIE POLICE COMMISSIONERS are dis
GUESSING their estimates for the coming year they
will please to remember that times hard
and that little economy would be very accept
able to the taxpayers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

PERHAPS, AFTER ALL, our rihemen ought to be
congratulated upon the withdrawal of tho
trains to Creedmoor by the Long Island Rail
road Company.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

THE ECHOES of South Mountains historic
battle field have been again awakened by the
noise of the combat. This time the forts are
whiskey stills and the unromantic CANCERS rep
resent the legions of Lee and Mcclellan.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

ANOTHER STORY of sin and crime has been
brought to light by the Silver Lake mystery.
Three physicians have been arrested sus-
picion of implication in the crime which led to
the death Of the unfortunate woman, Sarah
Victoria Corners.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

THE RACES at Louisville yesterday were not
only excellent but they were run for an excel
lent purpose-the relief Of the yellow fever suf-
ferers. The large attendance of spectators was
creditable to Louisville.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

Mrs. LILLIAN SToDDARD, the witness in the
Vanderbilt will case, is not quite so fortunate
rs the famous Mrs. jerks. A proposition is
made to indct her for perjury.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

IL AKRON, ONO, the tramps have become SO
bold that it has been found necessary to call
out the militia to reinforce the police. At the
end of something like regular engagement
eighteen tranps were captured.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

THE RED CLOUD INDIANS tired of the red
tapism of the government, have, like sensibl,
savages, moved off to their new reservation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was active with an irregular range of prices.
Gold was steady all day at 1OOas Govern
ment bonds were firm and States and railroads
strong. Money call was active, lending at
3 a Gig per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

THE PRESIDENT succeeded in finding q sufi-
cient number of his Secretaries in Washington
yesterday to hold Cabinet meeting.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

THE PUBLIC DEBT last month was cut dowr
the handsome sum of nearly three million two
hundred thousand dollars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02
Il RIPPLE SH E Ell
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1878.

The probabilities are that The ,cedther in Nep
York and its ricinity today mM be and
partly cloudy, possibly with brisk riads, toUored
By increasing cioud;ness. Tomorrow it promises
10 be cooler and partly cloudy, riM brisk sci,sds
and occasional light rains.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02
w. A. THOMSON.

w. A. Thomson M. +. for welaDd, and protector
OF the Canada Southern Railway, died nj nis residence
40 Queeuston yesterday morning
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-02

LIEUTENANT HARRINGTON (THoRrNGToN p.
A despatch from Bismarck reports the death Of
Lieutenant Harrington IN. P. ThoringtonSL or the
Fiith infantry, at Fort Keogb. OF mountain FOYER
lie was member OF tho Class OF III at West Point.
The whereabouts OF his parents Is unknown AZ
keoah.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-10-09
An sUndsnia hIe Truth.

fou deserve to snffer. and if you lead
miserable. unsatisfactory life in this
beautiful world. it is entirely yoar own,
fault and there is only one excuse for
you.-yonr unreasonable prejudice and
skepticism, which has killed thousands.
Personal knowledge and common sense
Reasoning will soon show you that
Green's August Flower will cure you
,of liver complaint. or Dyspepsia, with
all its miserable effects, such as sick
headache. palpatation Of the heart,
sour stomach. habitnal costiveness
dizziness OF the head. nervous prostra.
'tion, low spirits, etc. Its sales now
reach every town Oh the Western Con-
fluent. aud not druggist but
will tell you Of it's wonderful cures.
NoH Can bay a sample bnitla for no
eAsss. Thsse doses, Will Ielisvs lop..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-10-09

. afhe, Maize Republicans. in blaming
sach, other for their defeat. are talking
very, emphatically. Mayor Nash OF
Apsnsta writes. to Editor .Boniells OF
the Bangor Wing that it is fortunate
there was only, ONE such paper in the
State, to which the editor replies: 1T
was entirely unnecessary for you to
address letter to me to assure me
ehat you are very contemplate little
Rappy. as that is = manifest although
aniGportant fact Of which I and many
s.hers have been for, some tune fully
.Aprised." The Mayors retort is:
you SIMPLY refer to nue. rs any other
sM4ssckkuard would do. / am not dis
posed to call you names. for you have
40 often acted out one for yourself
sAat the voters Of Penobscot have
Suri. d you so tar from sight that only
Your magnificent cars are visible
Through the towering majority.