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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09
RECORD OF CRIME,

At Laerdo, Mexico, Thomas Worth, an
! American citizen, was killed by Mexican po-
Gceman An investigation is in progress.
Albert Williams (coloretD, convicted of the
murder of MAI, Hutchins, was executed at 14is=
irgston, Ala He admitted the killing, EXPRESSED
sorrow and readiness to suffer the penalty.
At Gainesville, Ark, John Thompson ahc:
and killed deputy sheriffs Charles and Sam
Meredith and L. Krihlt who attempted hiis ar
rest with a warrant Sos carrying concealed
weapons. fhosEpson escaped into the terri
tnrr
Ira Kinney, respectable farmer living a
few miles west of Whitewater, Wis, comml tied
suicide recently by thrcwins h;s:t.ssif N a
pond of water neat t,ie io;,i;so \ wound was
found in his et1.!i5acn, which, it is surmised, he
!! n1ad6 f5 hasten his death.
Holny Hull was shot and instantly killed at
Cynthania, Ky, by his brother in law Alexan-
der Oder. Hull married Oder's sister Though
she died ten years ago, the two men have had
i'll feelings towartl5 each other ell that fim%
growing out Of uuafr 4
At Milwaukee, MIR. Stanley, tin;5 director of
of $500 in E,ank Ellis recently while the COM
pany *aass performing at the academy of music
He left his pocketbook. containing ST. 800 in
the general dressir groom.
At Monticello, Iowa, Jas. Hosan shot htn
divorced wife, six times, tnaichpg injuries
which are likely to prCFn fat3i, and then shot
and killed himself. She had obtained divorce
because be was abigamist, and he had threaten
ed 10 kill her because she refused to remarry
him.
Gov. Smith Of Wisconsin has issued war
rant in obedience to reduisitioh made BY the
governor of Minnesota, directing the sheriff Of
st. Crcis to delyer to cftieer NHSent 4 womaH
named Paulisa Sohhson. Paulina is wanted b.
the authorities in Wright county MINI, to ap-
pear In a prosecution for pol7gamy.
John Chamberlain, an English tailor of ST.
Louis suicided Dy shooting himself in the heart.
Wh:say, which seems to have unsettled the
mans mind, was the principal cause of the act.
He was to have been married the day following
to young girl who worked in his shop, but he
then lay stiff and stark at the morgue dressed
in his Wedding suit.
BY the explosion of boiler at Gaffney
4 Co.'S dye works, at Kingston, Pennsylvania,
F. Dester was Instantly killed. T. Harrison, an
employe, was taken out of the ruins dead, and
R. Bradley, lad Of four years, was killed by
flying debris The others injured were L. Lehr,
J. Harrison, A. Stevenson. r., Morrison, and
Nelly and Michael Duty, children. The dye
works took fire afterwards and were destroyed
One day last week John Fitzpalmer, former
" messenger of the Southern Express COM
pany, and H. King, baggagcman of the Iron
Mountain road, were seen in Texarkana., Tex.
wearing come very handsome and costly badges
etwith diatnonds and other precious Jewels,
and bearin.5 inscriptions, showing hat they had
been presented to Gen. Grant. The men were
drunk at the time and the badge, were taken
from them and they were arrested 1t is sup
posed they robbed Gen. Grants trunks while
he was on the way to Mexico.
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But the audience refused to suppose, and
the party looked like Quaker funeral un-
til the boat struck the wharf.
Clocks in the Earthquake.

From the Stockton (Cal.) Independent.
The most curious circumstance connect
ed with yesterday mornings earthquake
was the stoppage of all the pendulum clocks
banging against eastern walls, showing that
the vibration was north and south. Clocks
hanging against other walls we're not af-
fected. In the jewellery store of Charles
Haas there is cqlander clock which on
Saturday night was about five hours fast
It was impossible to. pat the hands back
without disarranging the gearing, and the
only way in which it could be regGisted was
to turn the hands forward until they mark
ed the right time. AS this process requir-
ed about fifteen minutes, and was exceed
iDgly tedious, Mr.. Haas, when he left at
o'clock, stopped the pendulum, intend
ing to regulate the clock on the following
dny. The earthquake saved him the
trouble. Whom he came to his store yes
terday morning the timepiece was ticking
away like pawnbroker, and, what is still
more remarkable, it was correct to O second.
The townclock is propelled by a pulley
and tackle, and consequently such mild
convulsion as that of yesterday morning
did not disturb the serenity of it's equanim-
ity. The final cataclysm will probably
set the old Jaaus- faced chronometer back
Few moments, but earthquakes never WILL
No material damage was effected by the
tremble, as far as we can learn, except the
shattering of few nerves aud the loss of
sleep attendant upon the excitement. The
plastering of ceilings in several houses was
badly cracked, crockery thrown from
shelves, chimneys tipped from lamps, be-
sides numberless unimportant occurrences
of similar character. At the Jail, Officer
Fields Thought, upon awakening from a
sound sleep, that the prisoners were trying
to break out. The prisoners thought some
body vas irving to break in
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09
EaRS,SN NEWS Norris.

A disturbance has occurred at Bally, Brophy
county, Ireland One man was shot dead and
others wounded by bailiff, who with his three
sons has been arrested.
The lord ohanrellSr of England rules that
Nls rSvised New Testament shall not be read
ILL the English church until it has been recon-
mended or authorized by some competent au-
thority.
In the house of commons, Dixie, the under
foreign secretary, in giving conformation Of
the announcement OF the settlement OF ths
Fortune Day dispute, added: TT has alsn
been agreed to cotiie to a. astoeinont relative
10 the RsheiT regulations.
= Dublin correspondent states that it is a
notorious fact that all the recent disturbances
have been in the richest agricultural districts,
where the farmers are we'll off. To speak of
these people as objects of compassion, as down
trodden raek-rentRl victims of landlord crreltsy
is lnsrha,
-. This latest account is that Princess Louise's
visit has been postponed indefinitely. When
her royal highness left Canada about year
ago it was remarked by persons in a pretty
good position to make the prediction that the
chances were ten to one that she would never
como back again, so disgusted was ehe with the
toadyis,n to which she was subjected where
ever she went
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

Forty people were badly burned at Spring
field, Mass, by the explosion OF gasoline bar.
rels -"--. -
The Washington foundry of Adams & Asher
wood, on Eagle street, ST. Paul, was burned
last week.
AT North Brookfield, Mass, Mrs. Nellie Muir
ply had her head cut off in an elevator at Batch
ellor's boot shop.
The badly deeomposed bodies of Opsahl and
Jacobin, the victims of the st. Croix disaster,
have been found in Pages slough, near Arcola
A dwelling house belonging to August Stcihm,
about two miles from Hudson was struck by
lightning and burned, together wi the house
hold effects. Insured.
Claude Chapman, lately of St Paul, who
Joined the Rocky Mountain expedition at Bis
mark, was drowned at Fort Benton, Mont He
was native of Halifax, N. s.
"a fire at Vicksburg destroyed Spengler's
large steam Touring mill, with valuable ma
chinery, lumber and ornamental woodwork
spengler's loss is $4,000 insurance,
$4,000.
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Old Settlers of Minnesota.

The annual meeting of the old settlers asso-
ciation, constituted of those who were here
previous to the organization of the Territory in
1S49, was held in st. Paul on the LIST inst
About fifty were present, among whom were
Aron Goodrich, DR.. J. D. Murphy, Col. A. b.
Nelson, Norman W. Kittson, George L. Becker,
Edmond Rice, Hon. B. A. Randall, etc. Gen.
Sibley, chairman of the obituary committee
stated that since the last meeting, Ferdinand
Monti and J. @. Ramsey, ST. Paul, William
Burkloo, Saltwater, and Franklin Steele.
Minneapolis, and departed this life and after.
wards the roll of all old settlers who had died
since 1858, was read
The following officers to serve for the year
ending June 1st, 1882, were elected.
President-S. T. Folsom, St Paul.
First Vice President-R. Chute, Minneapolis.
Second Vice President-J. Shearer, st, Paul.
Secretary Aaron Goodrich, st Paul.
Corresponding Secretary. F. Williams, St
Paul.
A pleasant interchange of "reminiscences fol-
flowed and this over the society adjourned to
meet at the banquet, at the Merchants in the
evening where many story of the olden times
was tl,ld
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09

THE opposition to the confirmation of
Stanley Matthews as judge of the supreme
court was based to considerable extent
upon his supposed fealty to the interests of
railroads and ether monopolies; but he was
confirmed, and it SO happened, curiously
enough that the first case which Judge Mat
thews was called upon to decide in his cir
cult was one involving the interests of rail-
reads. In that decision, instead of sustain
ing the monopoly, as it was in this case, he
ruled against it. The Standard oil company
is one of the worst of monopolies. 1t con-
trolls several lines of railway and has COM
PEELED the managers to charge two dollars a
barrel for carrying the oil of other pro-
ducers, while its own is shipped at low
figure. Steamboats, on the Ohio and it's
tributaries offered to take the oil for fifty
cents o barrel, but law of the United
States forbids steamboats, carrying passen-
gers to carry oil when there are other prac-
tical routes. Justice Matthews decided
that the railroads by charging exorbitant
and discriminating rates made such methods
of transportation impracticable, and there
fore it was lawful to ship oil upon steam
boats. This decision is quite important to
the small producers which the Standard
monopoly is trying to crush out,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09

The success of the government in ne
gotiating three and half per cent. bonds,
has inspired over burdened municipalities
to pay or refund their debts, which bear a
much larger rate of interest, It has been
lately proved again and again that cities and
counties having good credit can get all
necessary amounts + money ut four and
1--WE per cent. interest. The main requisite
demanded By capitalists, is not high rate
OF interest, but rigid adherence to obi
cations, which constitutes COED Credit every
where. Now is the tiale to make the best
bargains for saoaey, where it is absolutely
required, eS well to pay personal debts.
No ere will venture to predict, with any de-
gree of certainty, that money will continue
for any specified period as cheap as now.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Items bv Mail and Telegrapb

Items by Mall and Telegraph.
Peter Glorsam, Swede, was drowned near
Wayerly.
With one machine, Seymour, sabin & Co.,
of Saltwater, are making brick AZ the rate OF
125 per minute.
An eight-year-old daughter of Edward Boyer
was drowned at Reads Landing, the body be-
ing discovered soon after.
During the month of April 4,452 barrels of
beer were manufactured in st Paul, and 12,-
l73 in the entire second district.
Mr. Edison's barn and contents northeast OF
Mantorville were destroyed by fire, probably
incendiary. Loss about ST., 600 partially in
sared.
Rev. Charles NJ Armstrong, class of 80,
seabory Hall, Faribault, has accepted call to
take charge of Bishop Tuttle's chapel, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
DR.. Mayo of Rochester, on his sixty
birthday, was presented by his neighbors and
friends with a complete set Of Wilson'S erni-
thology, costing $40
remains m the vicinity of Cincinnati, 10 report
ed to be slowly improving in health, and his
friends are beginning 70 hope for his recovery.
The social event Of the season at Spring
Valley, was the marriage of Geo. r. Farmer r
son Of Judge Farmer, to Minnie W., daughter
of N. B. SS1ith, of the Commercial Eouse, Rev
T. F. Allen officiating.
AppleUOu fT66S.-lu0 u6u db hTECuOh6 IAko
have all died from the effects of the past win
ter. Immense quantities Of dead fish have.
washed ashore which we're obliged to be hauled
away to prevent sickness in the neighborhood
Architect Burlington Las arranged the plan
of the new capitol at st Paul 30 az to bring it
in the exact center of the square This will
put the Wabasha street front about twenty five
feet back of the line of that wing Of the old
building.
The LeSueur Sentinel learns that wolves
have recently been very destructive to sheep in
the upper part of Kasota township, as well as
in the lower part of the county. 1t is believed,
however, that within the past few years dogs
have killed more sheep than wolves.
At St Peter, the large stone brewery owned
by Mr. Ergesser fell with crash that awakened
the sleepers In that vicinity in short order.
During the flood the water washed the sand
rock on which it stood from under it, and the
lower floor gave way and let large quantity of
barley into the water. Mr.. Engesser partly re-
paired the damage; but the building had been
more undermined than was supposed, and last
tisht walls and all tumbled.
William Tucker of New Auburn, Sibley coun-
ty, son of Mrs. II. 6. Tucker, shot himself with
a revolver, inf1icting not very dangerous
wound The cause of the affair is said to be q
love affair, he having formed an attachment
for the daughter of Mr.. Henry Bailey, and his
attentions to her meeting with opposition from
her father, he tried to Kill himself as above
stated He will recover from his wound, and
the girl ought to recover from her hallucina-
ton as well.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09
GREAT AMERICAN TRIUMPH.

The Colt Iroquois Belonging to Pierre L,ril.
lard of New York Wins the Great English
Derby.
The great absorbing event in sporting circles
at home and abroad, was the winning of the
Derby race in England by. ap Am erican col!
belonging to d gentleman of New York, whit1i
OCCURRED Wednesday, End inst.
There were host of starters owe the course
1l2 miles in length, but the Derby was won by
Lorillard's Iroquois, Peregrine second, and
Tom Moore third. The horses went to the
starting post at 3:O4p m Betting immedi-
ately before the start was / ! to 2 against Iro-
quois, IA to l against Dan Fuller. The jockey,
Archer, who rode Iroquois. received tremen-
duous ovation on returning to weigh. Iroquois
won cleverly by half length, with two lengths
between Peregrine and Tom Moore. The tirle
of the race was 2:5O. Lorillard backed Iro-
quois when q yearling for this race The crowd
at the course was immense. The prince and
princess of Wales, duke and duchess of Con-
naught AMI large party of friends were pres
ena
Ths Americans were iubilent over the vic.
tori0us horse and his n6 less reho&ed jockey
Amsng those present were +. T. Walton, St
James Hotel, New York; Capt Y. H. Hayne,
Alexander New burger, G. .Slossen, L: Slossen,
linge, the Last two named being guests Of Sir
Dastley Howland, aobbins Campbell, Frank
Uffner; Edwin Booth, Signor Feragini, Maurice
Barryinors and wife, and George Drew.
1t Vas stated Gin the race coiifse that the jock
ey. Archer; says he could easily have won
the race by three lengths if it had been re-
auired.
~ - FOLLOWING IS THE SUMMARY
Defbs, Stakes Of nifty stfetegns each for colts
s stone 10 pounds for iIiios stone bounds,
then three years old; aboiit L miles:
LorillHrd's br {, Iroauois: B. Is. krcalsE: .....1
Fuke of Westminster &c r, Feregrine, Dy Petso
Gomez, out of Adelaide, by young Melbourne
Lord Roseberry's b c, Tom Moore, by Don aster,
out of Euqine, by King Tom LelEalre. .....3
, The race was for 1000 guineas, and Lorillard
WHO was in New York when he heard of the re-
suil tslegraphcd a gift Of 1000 pounds, to
Archer, who rode Iroauois.
The Derby winner, Iroquois, was bred by A.
Welch, at Erdenheim Stud, Chestnut Hill, Pa,
and was foaled in 1879. He was purchased
by the Lorillard brothers On joint account,
with ten or twelve other ycarlings. Among
them were Blazes, Speedway and sauterer.
The brothers subsequently difided the pur-
chase, ahd, 1roquois fell to Pierre torilfard.
He is rich brown colt, with blased face, and
near hind foot white above the postern, and is
about 5 hands inches high;
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09
Faculty of the State University.

At meeting of the regents of the state uni
yersity of Minnesota last week, the following
faculty was elected for the ensuing year:
President-W. W. Folwen.
Professor of Greek Language an Literature
--Jabez Brooks.
Professorsof Mathematics and Astronomy
john r. Donney.
Professor Of Geology and Minerology, and in
charge of the Geological and Natural History
Suryey-W. H. Winchell.
Nonresident Professor of Public Health-C.
Il. Hewitt
Professor of Modern Larguages-J. G.
Moore.
Professor of Engish Language and Lissrs-
ture-Moses Marston.
Professor of Geology, Mineralogy and Biol
ogy-C. W. Hail.
Assistant Professor of Creek. c. Hutchin-
son.
Assistant Professor of Latin-John S. Clark
Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy
and History-A T. Ormond.
Professor of French Language and Ltera-
ture-Charles ". Benton.
Professor of Agriculture D. Foz-
ter
Miss Maria l. Sanford was elected pi ofeesoS
of elocution and rhetoric.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Physics-W T. Pike.
Professor of Chemistry. A. Dodge.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09

The question of remedying the decay of
American shipping interests is live topic,
but doctors disagree, and SO the patient con-
times to languish. Hon. Hugh McCulloeh,
for merly secretary Of the treasury advises
steamship subsidies in his Article in the
North American Reetew on "Our Future
Fiscal Policy ITO do nothing" he says,
is to yield to Europeans the glory and the
gain which have always beer the concomit
ants of maritime enterprise. Prof, Summer
OF Yale in an article in the same review on
American ship building says that sit is ev-
ident that country which needs protec-
tive tariff on iron and steel must give up all
hopes of building ships for ocean traffic, I"
and denounees uabsides, but argues for free
sbips,
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SAD SUICIDE.
A Disheartened Inebriate Blows His Head In.
to Fragments.

Disheartened Inebriate Blows His Head In.
to Fragments.
Christian Kirmsc, q popular and very CON-
petent t'sEhihist Of Minneapolis, lately dis
charged from railroad shop for ihtemporance,
committed suicide a few days ago. He was
amiaDleand cheerful, favorite among his
associates, all of whom regarded the deliber-
ate suicide in his case beyond the range of rea-
son. He has worked in Hudson, BraiDerd and
the Manitoba shops in st. Pau, and commenced
his duties at the Minneapolis & st. Louis
round house about four months ago.
About o week ago the deceased began drinking
heavily and was discharged; since then he has
frequently told friends that his case WAS hope
less and ne would end it all by killing himself,
but this threat was almost invariably made in a
laughing manner and consequently considered
idle vapOring. But he borrowed q gun, walked
out into large open field, and after sitting
down and writing several touching messages to
his wife and children, and the following to the
public;
( Parties MAY think t am going 10 kill
myself on account of not having work at pres
ent, but friends don't fret; can get it, but I
can't hold it. What is the cause you probably
will know better that can explain. He placed
the mt1zzle of the giiti against h,s chin, fired,
and fell back a corpse with the blood squirting
in jes from The mangled neck. The entire
head bad been literally torn into fragments by
the dischargs tho moss aid Il D6ftidn Of the
upper lip being found near little Like at the
foot of the hillside which the suicide had chc-
sen as the scene of his sickening deed. g.
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Why He Went Out of Journalism.

well, Col. Ochiltree," said John Russell
Young, gazingat the blue ring of smoke
just expelled from his lips, between which
Reina Victoria was balanced, "do you
mind telling us how you came to desert
from the ranks of journalism?" Tom
Ochiltree, carefully setting down his glass
of Perrier Jouet, said: "What! boys, did I
never tell you that why, it's one of
the most remarkable e7etts Of thy life!
When Youiig first knew ME; can Say, with
out coreit; that t was d star Of the first
magnitude in the literary fifmaraefit. I had
proprietary interest in a real live paper
down id Texas: Tie Houston .TSlegrdpE
was morning and evening paper, had a
weekly edition, and was the leader of pub
lie opinion all over the south. tell you
that when o man quoted the Houston Tele-
graph he was listened to. and the paper
was celebrated for its truthfulness and
terse English wherever the language was
spoken-and don't you forget it! It Was
big paper, and we were doing SO well, sub
scriptions and advertisements coming in SO
fast, and / thotglt It wopld be the fair
thing to have little relaxation in the way
of spending few of the summer months
in Europe. It isn't a bad thing on tho 9TH
er side to be known as the editor of prom
inent newspaper in America. and I soon
found myself sought after and perhaps
rather too conspicuous, which is not at all
in my line. ..- ....
well, and Jim Bennett were strolling
down the boulevard one evening, smoking
our cigars; after good dinner at the Cafe
Anglais. We had three or four dukes and
a couple of earls with us; and I think bar
onet or so (Jim Is partial to English noble
men), when Bennett suddenly halted the
whole party at the telegraph office unde,
! the Grand Hotel, saying: Hold on dukes
I have got big dispatch to send to the
New York Herald, just handed to me by
my French correspondent
"We all fled in and crowded the office
while the dukes and earls wondered at the
prodigal expenditure of the young Ameri.
can editor.
II wasn't going to be behind hand as ar
American editor, SO saysI: How much viii
the Telegram cost?'
Sixty thousand five hundred francs,
says the operator, and dirt cheap, too.
Says I: Duplicate the dispatch to thu
Houston Telegraph. With your permis
sion, Jim,' says I.
"By Cord! gentlemen, the whole thin.
was telegraphed to Texas-four columns
solid-and the Houston Telegraph went Il
protest the next day. haven't been takin,
much interest in newspapers since. Ipre
fer politics, and that's the exact truth abou
the matter. Just wake up John Russell
Young, will you, and we'll take drink. =
| IN. Y. Hour.
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Secretary Stanten and the War Cor
respondents.

rTOuu tuo N0W IOTh muir
It interesting to recollect that during
our civil war, in order to fix responsibility,
Secretary Stanton required that every let
ter from the front should be signed with
the writer's name. The effect of this or
der was to develop number of very clever
writers, who achieved q distinction of their
own, quite apart from the journals they
served. Among these were Whitelaw Reid.
of the Cincinnati Gazette, Thomas W..
Knox of the Herald, George Alfred Town
send, Jerome B. Stillson and Richard Cole
man Of the World, E. g. Stedman, sJunius
Henri Browne. of the Tribune, and others
equally notable. These gentlemen would,
probably, never have been heard of, had it
not been for the order Of the. war depart
ment requiring signatures to letters from
the seat of war. Undoubtedly the anon
ymous system is advantageous to the own
ers OF newspapers, but the history of the
French, English and American press dur
ing war times, shows that when the corres-
pondent writes over his own name, he does
better and more reliable work.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-06-09

The papers are firing psitlng shots at
general VIM. G, LIE Due, who will retire
from the agricultural bureau on the last day
of June, having been superseded by George
B. Loring of Massachusetts,. NrtNith-
standing all the witticisss ss Mr.. LIE Dues
expense, and these wete freely bestowed
upon all his predecessors, the sober Sec
cnd thought of the coun viii aard him
due praise for efficient management anu
commendable efforts in behalf Of the agri-
cultural and other material iatrests Of ess
country