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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27
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An exciting scene occurred Oh our
beautiful lake Minnewaska, a few days
since. One of our lawyers was politely
requested to accompany three young
ladies in a boat ride. He acceded to
the request, and rowed out half
mile or so from shore One of the
young ladies sprang up and stood on
the boat seat, not thinking of the
danger imminent. Losing her balance,
she fell backward over board, and
sank in the deep waters. The other
young ladies screamed with fright and
one had to hold the other from Jump
ingoverboard, The young lady rose
Ikea merry-maid from the deap waters
with wavy tresses, but smiling lips
and eyes, while the barrister brought
her aboard again. There have been
many narrow escapes from drowning,
but no one was ever known to be
drowned on Lake Minnewaska.
Great preparat. ons are being made
to celebrate the Fourth of July. The
attractions are, the reading of the
Declaration by Mr.. Kitcham of Chi
cago. Music conducted by Prof.
Kitcham and wife. Grafton by Judge
Collins-parade of the veterans of the
late war as well as the "Callithumpian
corpsn closing with amusement.
Everybody is invited and expected
to be there. J.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

A Washington correspondent states
that the official announcement that
Secretary Frelinghuysen has proposed
a treaty of peace between Chilli and
Peru, excites surprised comment. The
plan for Peru to cede Tarapaca, and
then to submit further questions to
arbitration, is likely to wake up Mr..
Blaine. He was hauled up before
congressional investigating commit
tee and required to show that he had
never proposed anything 50 radical as
as this. He never offered a plan adj
vising one beligerent to re-
linquish her chief province. He
simply proposed to use the good offices
of this government to prevent blood
shed. Mr.. Blaine, however, went a
step further in one direction upon
which the official announcement just
made is silent. This was the protec
ton of the interests of American cit
liens who may suffer from the result
of the war. Stripping the matter of
all verbiage it appears that what Mr..
Blaine instructed Hurlbut and Kill
patrick to do unofficially-and there
by stirred this country to the highest
pitch of excitement-Mr. Frelinghuy
son is doing officially, and nothing is
heard of the "entangling alliances of
an audacious and impetuous secretary
of state.u The Chilian and Peruvian
ministers here deny that they have
approved the plan.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

the cold is no more severe than in
their native mountains in Lapland.
AT school in Toxic for the sons
OF japanese mobiles geography is
taught by means of physical map
OF the country between three and
four hundred feet long. This model
Is made of turf and rock, and is
bordered with pebbles, which at a
little distance give appearance of water
Every inlet, river and mountain is
faithfully reproduced. Telegraph
wires mark the latitude and longitude,
and the position of cities is indicated
by tablets.
The Register Generals annual sum-
mary for 1882 gives the number of
deaths in London last year from
smallpox as 43l, or only OIL per
1000 of the population. During the
forty-five years from 1888 to 1882 a
total of 1895 deaths have occurred
from this disease, the average annual
death-rate being O.4O per 1000.
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(1ENERALITIES.

A belle, who six months ago was so
languid that she could scarcely sup
port herself at the altar, now throws a
fiatiron fifty-six feet and hits her hus-
band every time.
When a man is carrying home a
dozen eggs in paper bag and one of
them slips out OH the pavement, he
never stops to pick it up. In the hurry
burly of this life one egg is a very
small matter.
1t is exceedingly embarrassing to
merchant, after blutfing tax assessor
as to the value of his stock, to be
burned out that night and confront
the same man next morning as a fire
insurance adiuster.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

The president has appointed Capt.
5. l.. Phelps, District of Columbia,
minister to Peru, and Richard Gibbs
of New York, minister to Bolivia.
These appointments were made nee
essary by the resignation of Partridge
and the return to the United States of
Manly, who is i'll and unable to re-
main at his post. These gentlemen
have been selected because of their
familiarity with the language of the
people and the customs of the Pacific
coast of South America, and the pres
ident's confidence in their discretion.
Phelps was born in Ohio, served in the
navy during the war, then entered the
service of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company, and was at one time presi-
dent of the board of commissioners of
the District of Columbia. Gibbs was
minister to Peru from 1865 to 1879.
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SHOSHONE FALLS.
WRITTEN FOR THE TRIBUNE. |

In the midst of natures dreariest
solitude - Americas sahara sur
rounded by what seems an intermin-
able wilderness, barren of all growth
but sage; walled in on all sides by
precipitous and unsurmountable cliffs
and walls of rock, are Shoshone Falls,
of Idaho. There Snake rivers mighty
waters, emerging from the placid
stream above, suddenly leaps a dis
lance of seventy-five feet, pauses an
instant as if hesitating to take the
final bound, and then plunges into
the watery profound, nearly three
hundred feet below. I have stood for
hours and watched without wearying,
upon the mighty summit of the walls
of basalt which towers sograndlyabove
this marvel of nature-watched the
descending waters as they poured
down, down, down into the awful
abyss that yawns far below; watched
the clouds of spray as they rose up
and formed in cloudssof misty mag
nificence between the sides of the ire
mendous chasn, blending their ten
der frostwork of silver and glass with
the purple and green and gold Of the
SUMS light, until all the lines of the
prism were seized, woven into fantas-
tic bands of beauty, and bound around
the stormy brow of the cataract;
watched the great river as it hurried
away from the fearful scene; heard
the deafening roar and crash of the
madly rushing torrent, as it swept in
terrific grandeur by, and my soul has
stood still, awed into silent reverence
by the incompatible spectacle.
Nowhere else in nature has these
falls counterpart. Nowhere else in
nature is there such an Overwhelming
manifestation of irresistible power,
coupled with such rude savagery, as
hoyers around Shoshone Falls.
Tn vast sea of sage and as repulsive
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

Famine is the present distress OF
Iceland as it has been of Ireland. To
aid the sufferers Great Britain sub
scribed about 800, 900, or less than one
fifth the loss in cattle and produce.
Farming is an impossibility in Ice
land, and the people are entirely de-
pendent on the outside world for food.
The wealth of the people is in live
stock, which they exchange for bread
stuffs and fabrics, and the starvation
of stock by the failure of grass has re-
duced the people to dire extremity.
1t will take years to replenish the
stock, and unless there is some better
means afforded to meet the require
ments of the people, they will die of
starvation by the hundreds next win
ter. The people of several places have
expressed a desire to leave Iceland and
come to America. They are thrifty,
honest people, and as they only num-
Der &c, 900 there is room for them all in
this rich country, where lands are fer
tile and industry fruitful. 1t is thought
200 families will speedily be brought
over-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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1t is expected that a large number
of official changes will be made be-
tween this and the first of July.
The scare on the part of the clerks is
an annual one, but the peculiar signif-
icance of it at this time is the mani
fest attempt everywhere to avoid and
forestall the operation of the civil SER
vice reform law. Every vacancy
which can be made is to be gobbled
up for political friends of the depart
ment heads or of the administration.
1t is the subject of contemptuous con-
tempt that this last grab for spoils is
so universal, and that the disregard of
the principles of civil service reform is
so general throughout the depart
ments. If what is being hurried for
ward is carried out there will be no
vacancies to fill and no promotions to
make under the civil service rules for
some time, unless some clerk should
die or resign. The new appointees will
be solid. This state of affairs is
brought about the extraordinary polit-
ical pressure brought to bear to push
political strikers into place before it is
everlastingly too late. The heads of
have been harrassed by
as they have never been
before
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

A Washington special on Friday
says: The president to-day appointed
Robert G.. Mitchell receiver of public
moneys at Duluth, Mimi, vice WV.
Spaulding, suspended. This is po-
itical appointment, having been made
to enable Knute Nelson to settle an
old score. It is really one of the re-
suits of compromise arrangement
between Senator Sabin and Represen-
tative Nelson, who recently came here
by appointment expressly to come to
an understanding regarding the distri-
button of public offices in Nelson's
district. Nelson was after scalps, but
Sabin opposed recommending any
general change in the federal officers
in Minnesota. In fact, Senator Sabin
believes in civil service reform, and
emphatically denounces removals ex-
cept for cause. Finally, however, he
consented that Nelson might take
sssre of Mitchell, and pursuant to this
understanding Mitchell was taken
care of to-day. AS result of further
concession, Nelson will also endeavor
to secure consulship and few small
clerkships in the departments here.
Just how far he will succeed in the
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GREAT Loss OF LIFE.
Il Theatre on the Shores of Lake Co
mo, England, Destroyed, and
FOrty-sereR Persons
PERISH

| tell sonce was received at London
yesterday of q frightful calamity at
place of amusement in Dervio, on
the shore of Lake Como, has just been
received. While performance was
in progress at the Puppet Theatre, the
structure took fire and was destroyed.
Forty-seven lost their lives and II
others were injured.
The show was in large hall over
the tavern. There was 80 persons in
the hall. A Bengal light was used to
represent fire, and sparks from this
set fire to quality of straw and fire.
wood in an adjacent room, and per-
ceiving the, flames, the Snowman
shouted Fire but the spectators
thought the cry was merely a realistic
detail of the show and remained
seated. Cries of fire were soon raised
outside of the hall. The audience,
thinking an atfray had arisen in the
street, barred with a heavy table the
the door leading from the hall. They
did not discover their mistake until
the flames burst into the room. After
the fire was cXtinguished A charred
corpses were found near the table, in
the bodies of the Snowman
and his wife.
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CORRESPONDENTS.
EDITOR TRIBUNE:-

EDITOR TRIBUNE:-
MIsSOULA, June 20.-As | have
promised good many of your sub
scribers to let them hear from me,
have thought it best to do so through
your columns. I left Morris ON the
last day of May in company with my
brother-in-law, Mr.. Gullekson, with
tickets for Bozeman, Montana. We
proceeded by rail and stage to Helena.
There we stayed few days to find out
If there was any show for farming land
In Montana-sO far we had not seen
any. Helena is quite lively town,
situated at the head of gulch sur
rounded by mountains. A clear stream
runs through the city. Every foot of
ground has been turned over by gold
diggers, and there is gold washing 60
ing on there nOw-the first / ever saw.
[ have been in New York, London,
Philadelphia and other large cities,
but for wickedness Helena takes the
lead. No Sabbath is recognized; gam
bling houses and saloons are open ;also
other business places. A good part of
the population are horse thieves,
miners, gamblers and other roust-
abouts, but the majority are, 1 think,
very nice class of people. A man
that carries himself straight will not
be mOlested in Montana if he minds
his own business. We bought pack
pony with saddle and provisions for
five days; also blankets and other
necessaries. The distance from Hell
ena to Missouia the way we had to
travel, is $50 miles. We travelled that
distance on foot in five days, camping
out, with the frost on our pillows (our
coats in the morning reminding us
of the latitude of II Norway.
To describe the beautiful scenery
the Rockies, the pure atmos-
phere and the crystal streams, will
take a better pen than mine. We are
in excellent health and have an appe-
tite, oh dear! oh dear! Food costs
here; three cents per pound
for potatoes, butter fifty cents, eggs
fifty cents, beef twenty-five cents. I
wanted pair of shoestrings yester-
day and the charge was twenty-five
cents. Work is scarce the people here
seem to live principally on miners
and travellers. All the ranchmen and |
sreighters are cursing the railroad. |
We expect to find good land 100 miles
north and west Of here in the "Flat-
lead country" and if so, you will
lear more from us. Respectfully,
HENRY FOSS.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

Official changes are expected in the
postotfice department. The postmas-
ter general has now been in office long
enough to have obtained a fair knowl-
edge of the character, ability, judg-
ment and qualifications of his subor-
dinates, and also to have gathered an
intelligent idea of the nature and re-
quirements of the duties performed by
each one. Gen. Gresham's keen sense
of Justice would not permit him to
make any changes in the personnel of
his departing t until he has become
thoroughly convinced that they would
benefit the public service. There are
some indications that he has about
reached the conclusion that some
transfers, and possibly some removals
are necessary, and that redistribu-
ton of the duties assigned to other
officers will be wise.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

Mcmillan Bros stave mill at Mann
vile, Wisconsin, was burned to the
ground Saturday night. The stock
was all saved but the machinery was
destroyed. Loss, $500; insurance,
$4,000. The body of Peter Carl, night
Waterman, nineteen years old and sim
gle, was found this forenoon under the
ruins, burned to a crisp.
Col. J. J. Pickett, of Gainesville, Tex,
brother of the late Lieut.. Gov. Pick
Pickett, a prominent attorney, took
twenty-five grains of morphine Sat-
urday morning and is ow dead. He
was attorney in suit involving few
hundred dollars, which went against
his client. The latter abused him fear
fully for Encouragement of the case.
Pickett then got on spree, and the
matter preyed on his mind to such an
extent that it resulted in suicide.
The executive committee of the san
itary council of the Mississippi river
decided that when the national board
of health close on the 3Oth of June, to
maintain the inspection by river and
rail as now enforced. It's rules for this
service will be adopted and MAIN
tanned intact by the sanitary council
of the Mississippi valley. The details
for this arrangement have been agreed
upon, and will be shortly given to the
public. 1t embraces inspection at
Memphis; also on the river between
Vicksburg and the Louisiana State
line, and at New Orleans.
A herd of $50 Shorthorn cattle val
ued at over 100000, was shipped from
Sterling, KY, to Chicago, Wednes-
day, where they will be sold June q
and %. They are owned by Senator
Williams, the Hamiltons, and Corn
ing Anderson. This is the largest and
most valuable shipment of the kind
ever made.
The Pennsylvania Democratic con-
vention meets at Harrisburg, Au-
gust l.
Collector Harvey, of the Chicago in
ternal- revenue district reports that
for the year to end June 30, receipts
have fallen off from $40, SOC, 900 to $1O,-
100000. The reduction on tobacco
causes much of 1T.
The failure of the silk crop in China
has sent prices up in New York. Raw
silk has gone up from S. to $7a pound.
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Cyclone.

CHILLICOTHE, Mo-, June 22.-The
details of the work of the tornado i'll
the southwestern part of this county
Tuesday night were received to-day.
The storm appeared about 8 O'Clock
coming from the west, and lasted two
hours, working appalling destruction
1t started near the west line of Blue
Mound township and extended five or
six miles eastward, leaving Il path
sharply defined i'll width, varying from
half to three-quarters of a mile, de-
stroying farm houses, crops and fences
wherever it touched. Edward James
and Mrs. Jackson were killed outright.
Those thought to be fatally injured
are Mrs. Butch, Mrs. Amy Click, Mrs.
Dusenberry, Jack Wilson and Bert
Snyder. Several others received pain
full Injuries. A child of John Hughes
was rendered totally blind. The ag-
losses will be heavy. The
destroyed were all farm
houses and barns.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

" JIM Sheunln, after weeks of
patient suffering, died yesterday.
While he has been prominently iden
titled with the press of this city for
many years, he was little known out
side of the small professional circle to
which he belonged. The same may be
said of other journalists. They live
unobstrusively, work increasingly, and
pass away almost unknown. They
are not forgotten, simply because they
have never been remembered. Those
who ought to know them best from
the delight or benefit their writings
give them do not even know their
names. Their places are filled, and
in week their familiar sentences are
not missed from the journal for which
they wrote.-Chicago News June IS.
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The Northern Pacific's Last Spike.

Information was received in St.
Paul last week that active prepare
lions were making for the driving of
the last spike of the Northern Pacific,
thus linking the Pacific with the At
lantic, and opening up to this section
of the country another world. The
spike will be of gold, and it's driving
will be made an occasion never to be
forgotten by the people of the
Northern Pacific country. The spike
has already been made, and is now
in the possession of President Willard.
1t has engraved upon it an inscription
suitable to the occasion. The place
selected for its reception is about ten
miles out from Helena, going in the
direction of Portland. 1t was at first
the intention of the company to re-
strict the number of invited guests to
100, but the interest manifested in the
event has been so great that arrange
ments have now been made for 400
people. Quite number of these will
be from Europe, all of whom will
come to this country simply for this
purpose. The invitations will be
issued from New York, and by Presi-
dent Willard himself. A special train
will be made up at the metropolis and
run from there direct to the spot Sc
lected, stopping only at Chicago and
st, Paul to take on invited guests.
President Willard himself will give
the spike the first whack, but if it then
should not be driven home, several
other equally as prominent men will
be permitted to try their hand at spike
driving. The spike itself will not be
the only thing made of a precious
metal. The sledge with which it will
be driven, is now being made. It is
of solid silver, with an ebony handle.
Both the spike and sledge will be re-
tanned by President Willard, as
of the browning effort of
this life. From the site selected, the
special tain will go on to the Pacific
coast, repeating the inspection trip re-
Gently made by Mr.. Willard. The ex-
act date has not yet been fixed upon,
but it will probably be in the latter
part of the last week Of August.
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face of the civil service law will be de-
veloped in due time.
The Pioneer Press remarkably COM
ments on the history of the Duluth
land office: For two or three years
past rumors have been afioat that
there was crookedness in it's manage
ment. EX-Gov. Marshall, when APP
pointed as examiner, found that there
was laXity in management, but he
made no charges against the then in
cumbents of the Officer. c. Mitchell
as register, and Capt. Il. H. Pressnell
as receiver. A sufficient pressure was
brought to bear, however, by interest
ed parties at Minneapolis and else
where, to have them both removed,
although both those gentlemen de-
manded an investigation, which was
never ordered. They were removed
in September last and others appoint
ed in their place. 1t is thought this
of Mr.. Mitchell has
been brought about by Knute Nelson
and Senator Sabin, both of whom are
indebted to Mr.. Mitchell for active
support.
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1t is said that Mr.. Conkling is
alarmed at the prospect of what Mr..
Blaine may say in his book which is
about ready for the printers. He ex.
poets an attack upon himself and will
retaliate by writing history of the
government since the civil war from
which Mr.. Blaine will be entirely
omitted and his name not even men,
toned. Such an omission would hurt
the book far more than it would Mr..
Blaine.-St. Cloud Journal-Press.
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.S11o11io ISui6utte.
Scmi-Weelxly.
Published Wednesdays and Saturdays.
RANDALL 81 BODEEN.
Publishers.

Mayor Ames CT Minneapolis, with
several members of the city council
and officers of that city, called on
Mayor Harrison at Chicago, Friday.
After an informal talk the visitors
were shown the workings of the patrol
system by Superintendent Doyle. The
party also during the day visited the
exposition and the Bridewell.
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| Since the Murch investigation began
the office of supervising architect of
the treasury has been looked into with
critical eyes. a very startling fact
has been discovered, namely, that the
supervising arhitect gives no bond and
is only responsible, and that in almost
a nominal sense, to the secretary of
the treasury. The bureau is compare
lively small. The wh' lie force, in
Guiding the chief, numbers about
eighteen persons. Millions of dollars
are yearly disbursed by the chief at
his discretion. In five years his dis
bursements were upward of 40,OO0,0O
1t is evidently more important for
him to be an experienced accountant
than an experienced architect, and
most important and lucrative, says
one of the craft, for him to be
shrewd and not an over-scrupulous
politician. Owing to those defects in
the system supervising architects
have had full autocratic sway over
public buildings. 1t is alleged the en-
tire office seems little more than a
political machine by which millions
intended for art are squandered for
political purposes, or find their way
into the pockets Of favorite contrac-
tors. The pending investigation will
bring to light these and other facts
It is hard to see how an official who
practically only responsible to himself
can be reached, even if disclosures of
most damaging character are made.
Neverless, q full exposure is needed to
effect a much wanted reform in IL is
important bureau.
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To Printers.

Publishers desiring to secure COM
petent printer-one who thoroughly
understands all branches of the bust
ness, and can edit and manage paper
for very low salary, will do well to
write or telegraph this office at once.
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as cas-, bounded in all directions by
dull monotony of plain; i'll the midst
of a desolation inconceivably desolate
they are gem of matchless beauty
cot ~
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Gilman and Rice will please con-
slider themselves sat down upon.
The county convention was hardly
as harmonious as the village caucus.
G.-R.-"Silently and mysteriously
crushed
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Lock YOUR stable doors.

III. n. Wait had horse stoled Mon
day night. Keep an eye open for the
horse elsewhere described and help
to make it hot for the thief.