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The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Mum Authoritios

The state department and the British
legation are deeply imbued with the be.
lief that the public has no right to know
anything about the prospective extradi-
ton of Sheridan, Walsh and lyman.
Every day it becomes more difficult TO
get any information from either of the
sources where accurate information ON
this subject is to be found. Everybody
about the department and the legation
is in a condition of profound Ignorance
on this particular subject. This renders
the veriication of current reports ex-
tremely difficult. One report which re-
ceives some credence is.to the effect that.
about two weeks ago the state DEPART
ment issued a warrant for the'arrest of
Sheridan. This report seems to have
its basis in the sensational reports cur
rent In New York. There are others with
a like foundation. The best statementof
the situation is the following: Some
weeks ago the British minister informed
the state department that he proposed
to secure the arrest of Sheridan. There
upon the state departmentissued a man
date, that is a paper giving the enter
prise its solemn sanction. Since that
time the British legation has made IN
its official mind to ask neither man.
dates MOI warrants from the state de-
partment in those cases. when it wants
either Sheridan or Walsh arrested it.
will get a warrant through the nearest.
British consul from the nearest United
States commissioner. When lyman
found a like course will be pursued. 7
is known that no steps have been taken
in the case of lyman because he has not
been found, and that no steps have been
taken in the case of Walsh because the
British legation has not received either
the charge or the evidence against him.
It is just possible that the United States
Commissioner Osborne of New York
has issued a warrant at the request of
the British consul general for the arrest
of Sheridan.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
A Little Out of Ills Head.
Hartford Conn.,, Special:

Hartford Conn.,, Special:
Capt. j. II. Miller, cashier of the Pratt
& Whitney Manufacturing company, was
taken to the retreat for the insane in
this city a few days ago a raving maniac.
To-day it was discovered that the cause
of his insanity was detection Was an en-
hezzler Of over $4,000. He has ranked
as one of the leading citizens of Hart
ford, was a member of a church, q Sum
day school teacher, and officer of several
charitable institutions. He always made
out the pay roll at the factory, and as
so able to abstract hundreds of dollars
monthly. 1t is scarcely probable that
his speculations would have ever came
to light except that the approaching in
sanity manifested itself first while he
was busy with the April pay roll, and
the work was so mixed when he left it
that an expert was obliged to do it all
over after him. Capt. Miller long ago
became infatuated by one of the habit
ues CT a variety theater, and placed him
self entirely at her mercy. giving her
large sums Of money under threats OF
exposure. His wife is one of the most
refined and handsome women in Hart
ford,
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Traffic

In view of the fact that the bulk ofthe
east. bound traffic is being carried by a
ew of the roads, numerous charges have
been made that these roads were either
directly cutting rates or giving a rebate
at the east end. 1t is now claimed that
all of this talk has been the result of a
scheme to break the pool by either con-
tentrating the bulk of the shipments
upon one or two roads or leaving about
the same number with practically no
traffic, as complaints would become so
frequent as to create such dissatisfaction
as would cause a withdrawal Of some of
the lines, and the making of such rates
as would take traffic away from the pool
lines. In furtherance of this view, it is
charged that shippers have selected
what roads they will favor, and are
steadily pursuing q course that is be-
lieved to be rapidly making trouble,
which will be the basis of a dissolution
of the pool, and cause a war of rates
that will be as severe as that of
1881.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
The Decapitated Do Not Like It,

Washington Special:-Secretary Fol-
ger is m%editating upon the proposed re-
duction OF the internal revenue districts.
He now has in contemplation a basket of
thirty.six heads, which will leave but
ninety districts. The saving to the
government, even under this process of
defamation will be comparatively small.
1t will be about one-tenth of l per cent.
upon the amount Of revenue collected
last year, at a liberal estimate, $3.50, 900.
AS an economic move, therefore, it
would scarcely have been sug-
gested. An official of the de-
partment said recently, that the saving
would not amount to much in fact, but
the reduction had to he made in obedi-
ence to a clamor. Wherever a 50, 500
collector is discharged. a $500 deputy
would have to be appointed. In addi-
ton to this saving there would be a few.
hundred dollars difference in the rent.
paid. 1t would be difficult to make q.
saving of$3, 900 for each district abolished.
Several congressman are already in the.
city to see about it. Each has his par
ticular collector whom he thinks should
be retained.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
The Suffering Black Hills.

Owing::to the bad condition of the
roads and impossibility to haul wood to
stations along the line of the Pierre &
Black Hills railway, all trains are laid
up. The roads throughout the country
were never known to be III such a con-
dition. Two freight outfits arrived at
sturgis last night, with only light loads,
over a month from Pierre. All the
quartz mills will be compelled to shut
down very soon unless a change for the
better comes, a wood is almost ex-
hausted. The price of wood has taken a
jump from 81 to SIS; kerosene to $40 per
case, and matches 25 cents per box.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

consecrated by their deaths, forever sacred
TO their memories, they could not come IN
less it shalt he to meet us under the walls Of
q city more desired than Richmond, more
resplendant h Washington, in the last
reunion of the army ofthe Potomac.
Then followed a series Of speeches begin.
ming with Gen. Sherman, who was gre t.
ed with great enthusiasm. Speeches were
also made by Gems. Slocum, Webb, Beaver,
Keifer ard Others.
GREETING TO MINNESOTA.
The following sent by those of the First
Minnesota who are participating in the re-
union explains itself.
To the comrades of the old First Mime.
sofa: The army of the Potomac is again in
action. and the First Minnesota, as usual to
the front, led by II of our most distin.
guished members, Maj. Martin Maginnis,
orator OF the day. John G. Merritt, com.
pany X; David A. Caftlin, com pany A; o.
D. Thatcher, company E; j. NJ. Churchill.
company l; George Durfee, company d.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Daniel Lurley Executed at Dub
lin.

Daniel Curley, the second man cor
victed of the murder of Cavendish and
Burke, was hangeda at Kilmainham Jail at.
S]ast Friday morning. The Jail was eta
ded by a force of military similar TO the
occasion of the hanging of Brady ON
Monday last. Canon Kennedy and
Father O'Reilly arrived at the mlson a
an early hour to attend Curley. After
the priests had prayed fervently with
the condemned man in his cell, mass
was celebrated in the prison chapel in
the presence Of the governor and war.
dens where Curley received the sacru
ment. Meanwhile a group of women
which had gathered outside the prison
were on their knees saying the litany
for the dying. When the black
flag, announcing that the
execution had taken place was
hoisted over the prison every man in
the crowd outside, which numbered
barely 1000, uncovered his head, and
murmurs of sympathy with Curley were
uttered. A rush was then made by tile
crowd for the garden near by, where
Curley's relatives we're assembled, and
where his father was kneeling for the
repose of the soul of his son. The peo..
pie soon dispersed quietly. Curley,
walked to the scafold with little assist.
ance and seemed to be resigned to mis-:
fate, but was hardly firm. He declined.
to make any statement touching his con-
nection with the crime for which he was
executed. Death was instantaneous
In a letter which Curley wrote to his
wife he said: ~ viii! take my secrets
to the grave with me and leave those
who are at freedom to enjoy it. l will
die in peace, forgiving my enemies"
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Gen. Badeau to be Counted Out.

Washington Special: Judge Ferris,
second auditor of the treasury, has made a
decision of general interest to army officers,
and particularly to those who are on the
retired list. The decision is that Gen. Adam
Badeau is not in the army, and is improp-
erly borne on its rolls. The case came up
upon an application for longevity pay I'M
der the Taylor decision. His case had been
further presented to,.the department through
q recent attempt of his to draw the pay Of
his rank on the retired lis at the same time
that he is drawing his salary as consul gen.
eral at Havana. The decision is based up
on the operation of an act Of congress by
which those officers on the retired list who
accept q civil Office should be deemed by
that act to have resigned their commissions
The decision will, if sustained, affect the
status Of several officers now on the retired
list, and will establish a new ruling of much
importance to the army.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
4 Destructive Hoosier cyclone

Richmond, Ind, special,-The reports
of the tornado that passed south of this
city have not been exaggerated. The
town of Waterloo, in Fayette county, suf-
fered more, perhaps, than any other To-
cality. 1t consisted of nineteen new
houses and a complement of barns, sta
bles. shops and outbuildings. The resi-
dents had from three to five minutes no
tice Of the storms approach, and were
enabled to take refuge in their cellars, so
that fewofthem We're injured and none
killed outright, but every house but one
wa beaten down by falling timber or
blown away by the wind. The place
looks as though it had passed through a
long siege and had been moved down
by shot and shell. The work of Gestruc-
ton was all accomplished in less than
two minutes, and those who had been
rendered houseles could stand and
watch the work of destruction going on
to the east Of them in perfect safety.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Texas is an empire in itself, and when
divided according to law, will make four
states each larger than the largest in the
Union. Here are some facts relating to
Texas that are of interest to all. There
are in Texas 6,200 miles of railway lines,
growing two miles daily. Tax is 30 cents
on each $1,000. There are $4,250,000 in
the state treasury. State bonds are
worth 40 per cent. premium. and the
debt of the state was reduced by that
rar old genius, Governor Roberts, who
doesn't believe in political thanksgiving
days, 81, 400, 900 last year, leaving a bal
ance of Texas bonds outstanding, and
held mainly by Texas schools and insti-
tutions of learning, of 100000 8 per
cents. The states taxable wealth has
grown from $2SO,OO0,O 900 in 1877 to $4lO,-
100000 in 1882. The Free School Fund
will soon be $6,361, 900. More than a
million dollars were dispensed last
year among free schools attended
by $4,000 pupils. A white and normal
colored school provide homemade
teachers. The university of Texas has
100000 acres of choice land, and there
is engrafted in the constitution of Texas
aiprovision enabling a poor man to in
vest $1,000 in real estate and making it
his homestead. 1t cannot be mortgaged
or sold for debt, and only conveyed alb
solutoly by the Joint deed of man and
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Saturday. November 10, will be the
4O0th anniversary of the birth OF
Martin Luther, the great German re-
former, and preparations have already
begun in Germany and this country fol-
an appropriate celebration of the event
The Martin Luther Society for New
York proposes q statue at Washington,
an exact counterpart of one of the finest
monuments n lEurope erected at Wurms:
commemorative of Luther's appearance
before the Imperial Diet, at the age OF
t~hirty-seven, and SIS 1000 of she money
has already been raised by the New
York Society.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

The War Department has sent orders
to the fifteen army-recruiting stations to
secure as many recruits as possible, with
proper regard for the qualification ofthe
applicants. This is not due to the fact,
as has been reported, that there is an
unusual number of assertions, but to the
fact that many terms of enlistment now
expire. The demand for recruits, how
ever, will not cause any lowering Of the
standard. Nearly all the recruiting sta
tons of the wal department are now
open, which is not customary at this
season of the wear,
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
The Greeley Arctic Relief Part,

Gen. Hazen, in an interview respect
ng the arrangements for the Greeley
relief party, said: The relief party will
leave st. Johns promptly on July L.
Everything that the most careful study
and close attention could devise has
been attended 70 and will be availed of.
The Proteus has been chartered, subject
only to the inspection of her boilers by
a naval engineer, and it is certain that the
best ship will go, probably attended by
an escort to bring back tidings in case O.
any unforeseen accident or detention
The party has been selected with the
utmost care by Gen. Terry, and the Of
ticer in charge and all his men are said
to be energetic, capable and sober. To
Lieut.. Garlington's party will be added
i'll st. Johns Capt. Norman and two Arc
tic fishermen, and further on a few Els.
quimaux. l have no fears of perfect
| success,
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Hope Deferred.

Washington, special:-The whole bot
tom is believed to have been knocked
out Of the colored convention. The
meeting held here to d%enounce the COM
mlttee issuing the call was composed OF
colored men who represent several
states, while those who are moving in the
interest of the proposed gathering are
mostly residents of the district, possessed
OF no vote, or men of no influence out.
side of the circles of their own intimate
acquaintance.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Lucy Stone writes to the Springfield
Republican that cit brings warmth to
the heart to find that Sir John Macdon-
AIDS proposed franchise bill in Canada
includes unmarried women and widows
for the full franchise and on the same
terms as men," and that she will enjoy
the honor of having taken the lead in
securing political rightsfor women" 1t
is pleasant to know that anything brings
warmth to Lucy's heart. but a cold chill
is probably i'll store for her, as the bill is
likely to be defeated.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Among the most notable benefactions
of the late Amasa Stone, of Cleveland,
during his life, were the donation of
$40,0 Oo. to::the::Clcveland IndustrialSchool.
$4,000 to the Cleveland Home for Aged
and INDECENT Women, and $500,000 for
the endowment of Adelbert College, at
that city. The latter institution is named
in honor of his only son, Adelbert B
Stone, who was accidentally drowned
some years ago while he was a student
at Yale College.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Claim Grabbing and Shooting

Grafton Special to Grand Forks Her
aid: A young German named Louis
secha, who lives in township 1855, range
81, came in recently for a warrant for
the arrest of P. j. Breen. Justice York
ey issued the document and sent Consta-
BILE Catherwood. Secha says Breen is
holding several claims, and fighting
people off. Secha found a claim vacant.
After he went to bed one nighthe was
startled by two shots which passed
through the walls over his head. He
jumped up and went to the window,
when another shot crashed through the
glass. He saw Breen, and fired at him
with q revolver without effect.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

~ The drive-well decision by the United
states court in Iowa causes great salts
faction in the northwest. Col. Nelson
w. Green holds a patent for a drive.
we'll issued in 1868, and his agents have
forced contributions from many farmers
and others who have used the processin
sinking wells, and commenced many
suits against others who refused to be
bled. The United States circuit court
now declares this patent void. The Ian
guage of a portion of the decision is as
follows:
"The court holds that there are two
well-established instances of prior use of
the principle involved in this patent, one
of them being in Independence, Iowa,
where a we'll was'sunk in the early sum-
mel of 1861, and the other at Milwau-
kee, where a large number of them
were put down as early as 1S49, the
patent to Green not having been issued
till 1868, and the application of the prin-
ciple not having been discovered and
put into 8 by him until after the we'll
at Independence was proved a success.
The court holds that Col. Green made
no effort to prevent the use of his dis
covery by the public for about seven
years, and it is upon this show
ing more than the fact that the Iowa and
Wisconsin wells antedated Col. Green's
discovery and application of the princi-
pie, that the patent is held void. The
court also held that the issue was void
for the reason that it set out a broader
claim than was contained in the original
patent" Some of those who have been
bled by the agents of Green are now
talking of measures for getting theil
money back.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Northern Penitentiary Building

The board of the directors of the Ter
ritorial ~penitentiary met at Bismarck, on
the 18th. Present: Lounsbery, Nc
Lean, Dunn, of Bismarck, Miller, of Wah
peton, and Edwards. of Fargo. A.. w
Edwards was elected chairman and ]
p. Dunn, secretary. An advertisement
was ordered calling for plans and speci-
fications for building a $4,000 p%eniten.
tiary. to be considered OH the so inst.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

The decision of the United States cir
cult court in Iowa, that the drive-well
patents are invalid is received with
muchjoy by farmers. 1t will probably
be appealed to the supreme court, but
the result will undoubtedly be the same
as in the circuit court. Of course no.
body will pay during the pending Of the
c,;t
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Wooden bridges were swept away like
paper. Twenty-Five barns were unroof-
ed IN that part of the country. Scores
OF lives would have been destroyed had
it not been for the timely roaring of the
wind
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
A Bishop Wanted i'm Dakota.

Omaha, Neb., Special: At the annual
convention Of the Protestant Episcopal
church, Bishop Clarkson announced that
it is his intention to ask the house of bis
hops to relieve him ofthe oversight ofDa-
kkota, because it is absolutely necessary
for the work Of the church in that juris-
diction that there should be a resident
bishop there and because Nebraska now
requires all the time and energy of its
bishop.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
The Wandering Commission.

BARTLETT, Oak, Special Telegram, May 2l.-
The train having the capital removal commission
ers aboard arrived here at 8 this evening. 1t left
St. Paul 1880 Sunday, got to Fargo this morning,
ran to Grand Forks, tarried four hours, then came
to Bartlett. This is twelve miles north Of Devils
lake, where is Odessa, aspirant for the capital. As
this is the end of the Manitoba railroad, it is ex-
rected that all the party vii! go there by wagons,
horseback or afoot in the morning. 1t is very
cloudy now, with signs of rain. If it rains the com
being i'll. left the party at Grand Forks, and expects
to meet them there Tuesday night.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Of the candidates for admission to the
Calcutta University only l45s out OF
5000 were successful, 1900 passing the
examination of "First Arts;'' 81 out OF
l2O taking the degree of Bachelor OF
Laws, and 10 out of so, that Of Bachelor
Of Medicine.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

barn, together with three COWS, the prop
erty ofMiss Mary Foss. On Monday Il
fire north ofGrand Rapids burned n large
stack Of hay belonging to A. Matherson.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

The funded debt of New York
amounts to $96, 094 1874, while the float.
ing debt contracted in anticipation Of
taxes is $9,235,73 3
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
Settlers Must (;O

MITCHELL, Oak, Special Telegram, May 21.-
The recent instructions from the United States
Commissioners through the attorney general to
Special Agent Burke, in charge of all the deputies
in the Territory, to remore al! settlers from school
sections in Dakota, is to he rigidly enforced. TWEEN
ty-two settlers at Huron are ordered off at once.
Several of them keep houses of prostitution, which
are located there to protect themselves from the
city authorities. The order is imperative, and will
be enforced through tho Territory. There are
many families here that must look up other quar-
ters Immediately.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
The Fate Of a Runaway Girl.

Milwaukee, Wis, Special. 1t will be
remembered that the telegraph some
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26

Friday last a fire swept across the
prairie south of LaMoure, burning
several stacks of hay and destroying a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-03

Judge Hoadly defended the Oregon plan he
knew, OF even suspected, that there was brlo-
cry at the bottom Of it. The true history OF
that affair was wrapped in mystery until the
discovery and translation Of the cipher coFre-
spondence. But Democratic politicians go on
referring to "the great fraud Of 1875" with
such a serene disregard of the rascalities DIS
closed by the dispatches of their agents ana
leaders. and the confessions Of Colonel Pelton,
Smith Weed and Manton Marble, that we are
often in doubt whether they are insensioIe Of
the character of such transactions, or Halter
themselves that people have forgotten them,
or believe that Democratic voters do net MIND
them. In either case they are wrong Inc
people have long memories. "WlH you MAJ
"these wrongdoers of 1876" cried Mr.. Tiden to
a crowd in front of his house in 1877; will
q on mark these wrongdocrs Of 1876 with the
"indgnation Of BETRAYED, wronged and sac
arifccd people 2" and voice answered, You
@bet we will ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-03
NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUPREME COURT.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUPREME COORl'
The Democratic Convention for the noml>
nation of a Supreme Court Justice in the lId
District will be held tomorrow. Last
week the Republicans put in nominal
ton Mr.. Jesse Johnson, whose long
eypericnce in the Corporation COunseps
Office, whose position in his profession
and whose place in the confidence and esteem
of his fellow citizens mako the choice
suitable and satisfactory. Party lines will
be a good deal broken down in Brooklyn
this year on account of the general support
which will be givon to Mayor Low by the
better element among the Democrats. Inc
expenmentof electing the head OF municipality
ON municipal issues alone Is succeeding admlra-
blv. If uartisanship is to be abandoned III
the choice of Mayor, as 1t ought to be- mucn
more should 1t be given up in the selection OF
Justice of the Supreme Court. What can
the occupant of such position properly have
70 do with politics and why should his cleo
tion dcpend on politics There are at least
two Democrats on the bench OF the supreme
Court in this State who were supported by the
REGULAR Republican conventions, and for whose
election the Republican party put forth IT'S
strength. Would it not then be graceful
and becoming act for the Kings County dele
gates tomorrow to persuade their fellow dele
gates from other counties to unite in the sup
port of the Republican candldatei
This suggestion may be scofcd at by hard
epcd sceptcs, who may say that they never
knew case whore Democratic convention
rursued so honorable and admirable
poIicy. But it would DO infinitely bet
ter fer the Democrats of the Id District
to unite in the support Of a worthy candidate
than to invite defeat by nominating man who
would be anything but a credit to tho bench.