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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24
Wednesday, january 10.


SENATE Mr.. hosr called up his bill
providing for the electoral vote, being the
same as the bill passed by the senate of the
Forty seventh congress. 1t was again
passed without debate.
A bill introduced in the senate to-day by
Senator Beck authorizes the establishment
of special bonded warehouses for distilled
quors. II provides that whenever dis'il-
lery is discontir ted permanently or distil.
ling has been suspended for twelve months,
aid the quantity OF distilled spirits held in
a distillery warehouse does not exceed 4. 100
gallons, the distiiler may pay the tax OF
such spirits or cause them TO be removed
in bond from the distillery warehouse to a
special bonded warehouse.
When the rule forbiddlng the GALE of liq-
uors in the capitol was reached, Mr.. -2afd
moved to strike out the words ''or -.n.t, {"
SO rs to except malt liquors from excursion.
Mr.. Bayard called for the yeas and nays
on adoption of his amendment, but tho DIFF
ferences were adjusted without q vots by
mat" and inserting the word "intoxica-
ting" This word F ye said was as salts &C.
tory to him as was the language Of the pro-
hibitory statute OF Maine.
House Bills were introduced for the is-
sue of 2per cent. bonds, their deposit as
security tor national bank notes and remit
ting tax on circulation of bank notes when
secu ed by deposits of these bonds; appro-
priatio9 annuallp el,onn. nco for tho ma AIM
tenance OF the Erie Canal; putting jute on
The free list; bull ding ship canal around
Niagara Falls. A large Number OF resolu-
tons we're offered calling upon the cabinet
ofh 'iaIs for Information. Debate on the
81 100 0 0 appropriation bill for the Miss
issipp, was resumed but no final action was
taken, though general debate was closed.
several amendments made by opponents of
The nj ASSURE voted down and the bill report
ed to the house.
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Doings OF CRIMINALS.

While resisting arrest. w. A. Alexander,
a cowboy and noted desperado, was shot
and killed on the reservation at Pena Col
orado, Texas, on the 18th by q detachment
of soldiers under command of Lieut..
Esglesten. Alexander had been terroriziny
the nriehborhood and threatened to wine
out the miiitry. One soldier, named r 1ss,
was kiilrd and two others slightly wounaed
before Aiexander's Winchester wss silenced.
Lieut.. e. lesion was fred at by the despsr.
ado, but Jumped aside and the ball gr.z N
his blouse. The verdict of the coroner's
ury was justi6able homicide.
Edward d. Eastor, who was arrested on
he 18th at sean Springs, Miss, is said to
iaye stolen $500 from the Texas Pacific
failroad company when he Left Sherman.
Eek. fer New Oclsans, and that be and
e0nfederates must have realized froms475..
20 TO $1,000 from bankers and cotton
.ealers OF New Orleans OIL forged checks Of
aiding.
Edmund Tappan, charged with the mul-
q Of the Maybee women, at Jamaica, L.
), made supplementary confession, in
rhich, 1t is said, he acknowledged that he.
nd not bis brother John, comMitted the
rhine, and he indicated where the property
solen from the Msybee's was hidden.
Rsv- Florence Mccarthy, lately sued by
,e lady organist Of his church In Brook
n for attempted indecent assault wes
1argei in HARLEM polics court the 18th
ith being drunk and disorderly while
ding IN 2 sleigh with female companion,
Id fined $40.
Pros. Peter Voltz, prominent citizen Of
legheny, Pa, was found at the Tenth street
ilroad bridge with bullet hole through
4 tight temple.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24
Not Prepared to Dance.

Those who make pleasure and amuse-
ment the principal business Of life need
not wait for great war or public CAL
amity to teach them that more serious
employment often demands their atten.
ton and time. The delicate rebuke of
Lafayette to the Baltimore ladies has
been repeated with force on many an
occasion when money needed for better
purposes was being wasted on vain gay
cites.
Lafayette, at the age of twenty. left his
Young wife and few to aid Washington.
He loaded a ship with su ,piies which
we're mostly needed by Americ n troops.
and helped them with the prestige of his
name, with scant military experience,
and all the cash he could command. He
not only drilled his soldiers, but clothed
and fed them; and when his own means
were exhausted, he appealed to the gen.
crosby of others. When the ladies of
Baltimore proposed to give ball to the
gallant young renchman he said to
them,-
Ladies, I should be delighted to
dance with you, but my soldiers have
no shirts"
The ball was postponed and the bellies
of Baltimore made s',irts for the soldiers.
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A Wonderful Story,

A Philadelphia special says: Lemuel
Thomas, on the evening of the 18th inst,
gave banquet to twelve friends. One of the
guests said that on account OF there being
thirteen present it was suggestive of the last
supper. This was received With yells of
light, and Thomas proclaimed that he was
the Saviour, and charged one of the royster.
ers with being Judas Iscariot. 1t is claimed
that he next broke sope nread and distrib-
uted It, with glasses of beer, in mockery of
the last sacrament. In the midst of the
feast Thomas uttered terrible oath that
shocked his comrades. He then suddenly
grew pale and complained of pain in his
head. Witt the remark. I'm afraid its
my last supper alter all. {" he lett his com.
panions and went home. There he COM
planned of being very weak, and was
Obliged to 60 to bed. He fingered on for
several days, and one morning he was found
dead in his bed. A horrible smile played
over his features, and his eyes were starting
ous of their sockets as II he had seen some
thing awful, and died while staring at 1t.
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State Prison MIDDLE Settled.

After several meetings and conferences
with the Northwestern Ctr company, the
inspectors Of the state prison and Governor
Hubbard acting under the advice OF at
torney general, On Friday the 18th decided
to take prompt action ia the matter of re-
building the portion of the States property
destroyed by the recent fire.
It was decided to attempt no further COM
promise with the company, but that the
state should act On its own account. It was
determined to replace that portion Of the
burned building which was built in acc ord
ance with the terms of the Contract. Tnis
building Is to be three stories high, and to
cover one-half of the site Of the former
building, or 66x $50 feet. The estimated
cost is from $2O.OoO to S25, 00,. This, the
inspectors assert will give ample
room for working the convicts under the
contract. Bids will be fect lived until Jan.
81. The engine house, which belosgs to
tne state, was also damaged, but the insur-
ance will cover the loss. The entire loss of
the STATE is about $780, 600. Tie great ground
of difficulty between the state and the car
company was that the latter en-
ployed between 700 and 800 citizen iaborers
in its works within the prison walls, and de-
mand sufficient accommodation. The in
spectors deny their right to this, and while
asserting their willingness to give space to
100 or more citizens, whose presence is nee
essary as skilled laborers, they decidedly
object to erecting accommodations for 800
citizens from whose work they receive no
benefit, in addition to the 800 cOnvicts who
must be provided for.
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The Old Lady's Twenty Dollars.


81 recollect another instance" and
the conductors face lost its look of in-
dignation and smile crept over it, Sin
which 1 completely cured fat, fussy
old woman of her efforts to beat her
way. She would invariably tender me
either $40 gold. piece or a bill for the
same amount. we don't generally carry
enough change for such large denomina-
tons, and it 80 happened that L was
caught half a-dozen times, and / guess
she began TO think she had soft sum-
mer'e snap, and became regular Pat
ron of my car. One day l fixed myself.
l literally loaded myself down for the
occasion, and laughed about it to myself
so often that my driver wanted to know
if thought had mashed the pretty
girl who sat in the corner on previous
trip. Well, at the proper corner stood
NV small monument of flesh waiting
my coming. l stopped the car with
cheerful a.acrity, and assisted the old
woman on board with such beafning
countenance that really feared might
give myself away. After she had tairly
settled herself / started in to collect
her fare. She looked up SO innocently
at me and said really, have nothing
smaller imam GnlS $lu pieCes az tuc
same time handing me ashining double
cage. well, / think l can change it for
you this time says I, and did.
az reached down in pocket where
there was good sized leather bag, I'M
tied ted the stri,s and held is il down
over her lap. There said, as the
contents jingled downward, you'll find
Just 995 cents in that pile, auess-your
exs ct change. 'Ohv says she, Il believe
l have nickel in my pocket-book.' All
right; you'd better keep it,or else I'll
take it for some Of the other fares that
you owe me- At first lhe was disposed
to make row, but WIS S" perfectly in.
dependent, and the passengers were al.
laughing, that finally she took her hand
kerchief, made sack, and tied up all
the money she could, filed her purse,
her pockets, and then had respectable
little pile to shovel into her hand bag.
You may think Pm stretching this, but
q man who works on prlncoly salary
has no inducement to lie tor few paltry
pennies" said the innocent-looking con-
ductor, as he jerked the bell-4ord and
took on dude. st ,rting the car again
so quickly as to land the misrepresenta-
ton OF humanity into the lap Of spin
ster who sat in the farther corner.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24
A Boiler Disaster in New Hampshir

A Boiler Disaster in New Hampshire.
A boiler connected with the shoe manu-.
factory and tannery of E. Y. & E. Wallace
at Rochester, N H., blew up this afternoon,
causing the death of four men and iDjuring
several others. The machinery was run by
q 12O-horse power engine, with three boil
ers. This noon there was some trouble
with safety. valve, when the enA ineer, John
Grimes, weighted it down with brick and
disconne cted the middle boiler. At / o'clock.
when work began, it was found that there
was not sufficient power to drive the ma
chinery, and orders were given to shut
down. About fifteen minutes later the dis
connected boiler burst with detonation
heard for miles. When the debris was
cleared away tour bodies were discovered.
The killed are:
John Grimes, engineer. aged forty; leaves
a widow and five children.
Angelo Hoitt, fireman, aged thirty; leaves
a widow and child.
William Cleveland; employe, aged TWEEN
ty six; leaves widow.
Louis Dupre, aged thirty; leaves widow
and child.
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Military RepriSalS.

The abolition ofslavery, which in Yves
tern Europe has been the greatest ach.
ievement Of modern civilization. did moi
unfortunately tend to greater mildness
in the customs of war. For in ancient
times the sale Of prisoners as slaves OPP
Grated to restrain that indiscriminate
and objectless slaughter which has been
even to cases within this century, the
marked feature of the battle-i field, and
more especially where cities or places
have been taken by storm. Avarice
ceased to operate. as it once did in fav.
or Of humanity. In one day the popu.
lation of Macieburg, tax en- bv the storm,
was reduced from % 900 to 2,7U0; and q
English eyewitness of that event thus
described It: "Of some % 900, or 81, 900,
people there was not soul to be seen
alive, till the flames drove those that
were hid in vaults and secret places to
seek death in the streets rather than
perish in the fire; of the miserable crea-
lures some were killed too by the fu-
rious soldiers, but at last they saved the
lives of such as came out of their cellars
and holes. and SO about 1000 poor des-
perate creatures we're left" There was
little shooting; the execution was all
cuttingsUf threats and mere house MUIR
ders. We could see the poor
people in crowds driven down the
streets, flying from the fury of the col
diers, who followed butchering them as
fast as they could, and refused mercy
to anybody; till, driving them down to
the rivers edge, the desperate wretchcs
should throw themselves into the river,
where thousands of them persisted, es-
pecially women and children" 1t is
difficult to read this graphic description
of stormed city without the suspicion
arising in the mind that sheer thirst
for blood and love of murder is much
more potent sustainer of war than it is
usu ] or agreeable to believe. The narra-
tive of roost victories and of taking cities
support this theory. At Brescia, for
instance, taken by the French from the
Venetians in 1912, it is said that $4,000
of the latter fell to only so of the former.
When Rome was sacked in 1857 by the
Imperialist forces we are told that "ths
soldiery threw themselves upon the un-
happy multitude, and, without dis
tinction of age or sex, massacred oil who
came in their way. Strangers were
spared as little as Romans, for the muir
derers fired Unfortunately at every
one, from a mere thirst of blood A.
Farmer, in the Gentleman's Magazine.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24
DOINGS OF CONGRESS-.
Monday, Jan aary IL.


esNArr.-SsnAsor Au.hoay vas elected
presidens pro TENN, BIT declined whereupon
Senator z imunds was reelected and sworn
"a. A bill was introduced repeating laws
granting pension to ex.soldiers without
proof of loyalty.
The following nominations were sent 10
the senate: MyrNs II. M0Cord, Wisconsin,
register at land Office WAusau, Wis. ;,
Postmasters: Edward 8. Renns, Marsh
field, Wis; R2beyt 81, Johnson. Wsusau,
Wis.,; Henry 81. McGraw, Whitewater, Wis |;
VIM. &. Delap, Boscobel, Wis; David E.
WEIGH, Bsrahoo, Wis; Seth Smith. Man
ming, Iowa; Elias Skinner, Manson, Iowa.
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced regulating
transportation by railroads end pfeventine
Determinations seosganising infantry regi
mentss establishing q department of com
merce; for y per cent. forty year bonds; put.
ting sugar, molasses, wood pulp, lumber
and salt on the tree list; aboiisLing the
postage on newspapers. repeating
the civil service act. Tor bsidSas across the
Missouri at Qn.&hs and the Mississippi at
81, Pat5 against Importation o. foreign
labor: TO retire trade dollars: improving the
lower Mississippi ana PROVIDING for the re-
demption OF national bank circulation.
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Commercial.

Chicago. Whea'. No. spring, 9fa@e1ac.
No: spring, 75@soc; No 2 red winter
95@97an Cnrn, cash, 53a@54&,. Oats.
CAS-, 32s@32Sc. Rye, Csc. Bar,ev. 800
Fiskseeu, $1.4l. Pork. $14.6 OLA 823
Lard. cash, $8.S @S.85. bulk meats, shout.
ders. $685.; SHORE ribs, 1915; do clear, So.
Miiwaukee. Wheat. No. 9, spot, cite.
Corn, No. 2. 55,. OTIS, No. 3. $50. Rye,
No. 1, 6l3c; No. 2. $50. Barley. No. 3.
t93s. Provisio, ., mess pork, Sass. Lard,
Pr, me steam, $S.S7a Sweet picked hams,
l0@lc3c. Dressed hogs, $8.50@6 05.
Minneapolis. Wheat. No. hard, csc;
No. 2. 800. Corn, @5Sc. Oats. No. 8
82c. Rye 47@4Sc. Barley, No. 8, S5@55 !.
Brar, slI@l2 per ton. Shorts, $lS@I4.
Hay, $0@S or Wild; IS 5000 for timOtny,
Ground iced, $20@20.50.
st. Paul. Wheat, No. / hard, 97c:
No. 2, S0@8Sc. Corn, No. 2, 5lc. o I'll,
No. 2 mixes, SOC. Bass-y, No. 8. 6Oc. Rye,
47c.
Dalush. Wheat No. / hard, 81; No. Z
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24

Mr.. Valeria Stone died on the 18th at
Maiden, Mass, from the effects of q fail
four weeks ago. During the past few years
she has given the colleges aud schools for
girls over 800 0OO. AMONG the principal
gifts ma ie by her were $t0O, 200 tn the We'll
lesley Female college; about $50 90 I, to the
Andover Theological seminary; $50 ono to
Drurv college. Springfield, Mo-; $50 coo to
the Chicago theological seminary; $50 COO
to Hamilton college, Clinton, N. Y. and
rye amounts to Amherst, and other New
The gifts were mainly in the interest OF the
Congregational denomination. Mrs. Stone
slso gave many thousand to the Americsn
Missionary association, which were used
Tor the education Of colored people of the
South.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24
JOHN q BRECKENRIDGE.
His Reluctance to Join With Seces
siOnists.

His Reluctance to Join With Seces
sionists.
+ Breckinridge was remarkable nan,
and he turned. his back on the Union
with marked regret. Sunset Cox tells
capital story of IA supper party at Col
Forney's, at which Laurence Keith o
South Carolina congressman, who urged
Preston Brooks to assault Summer) un-
dertook to portray the Kentucky horse
raiders. Breckinridge stood it for q
while, but Keith persisted in returning
to the bluegrass region for location to
his stories, and finally Breckenridge re-
torted. He described a recent visit to
South Carolina. and his meeting there
with several of the original secessionists.
One of them, who was "a
militia officer in Keith's own
district, had just returned from mus
ter ,arrayed in faded regimentals OF blue
Jeans, with dragoon's sword trailing at
his ST. and a huge fore-and-alt chapeau.
surmounted with long feather. He
.s full of enthusiasm for the cause, and
descanted with particular elsQuence up
on what he called the wrongs OF the
south. "'I tell you. sah,' said he, ad-
dressing me [BreckinrIdge] we cannot
stand it any longer; we intend to fight;
we are preparing to fight; it is impos-i-
BILE sah, that we should submit, sab; not
for a single hour, sah.' asked him
Isaid Breckinridge]: What are you suf-
fering from? and he replied: why.
eah, we are suffering uider the oppres-
sion of the Federal government. We
have been suffering under it TO, twenty
FIVE years and more, and We will stand
it no longer!
Breckenridge then turned to Keith
and continued: IL advise my young
friend here from South Carolina to visit
some of his constituents before Under.
taking to 20 to war with the north, and
e advise them to go through the north
ern states to teach them what All a.
whip before they will get through"
Breckenridge was sincere in this remark
vet not many months had ella psed before
he was forced into the secession by Keith;
Pryor, Ruffin and the other agitator. He
did not, however, show much zeal IN
fighting, and it is related of him that
after peace bad been restored he found
himself q. railroad station at st. Paul
with the veterans of the First Minneso-
ia, who we're celebrating their
anniversary. They had handsome
silk flag, and as they unfurled it their
band struck up the inspiring strains OF
Hail Columbia" Governor Brecken-
ridge (who sat n a corner with ex-Gov-
ernor Berian Magofin and two or three
otter friends). listened TO the music,
watched the banner as its folds spread
out to the breeze, then reverentiy raised
his bat form his head, waved it toward
the stars and stri es, and exclaimed,
loud enough to be heard by those near
him: That is the old flag after all;
thank God for itn' A noble sentiment
from noble heart.-Ben Perley Poor
| in Boston Budget.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-24
The Walled Lake Of Iowa.

John Gregg, commercial traveller,
thus describes to the New York Sun
prehistoric reservoir:
I've seen q good many wonderful
things in my travels. but the Walled
lake of Iowa rather lays over everything
lever saw. Just imagine body of water,
covering nearly 5000 acres, with wall
built up all around it, not astone in
which can be less than 100 pounds in
weight, and some as heavy as three
tons, ana yet there's not stone to be
found within ten miles of the lake.
The wall is ten feet high, about fifteen
feet wide at the bottom, and may be
five on top. The country is prairie land
for miles around, except belt of heavy
timber that encircles the lake. This
timber is oak. and it is plain that the
trees were planted there. They are
very large. The belt is probably half
q mile wide. The water in the lake IS
twenty-five feet deep, as cold as ice and
as clear as crystal. what would like
to know is, who built that wall, and
how did they hold the water back while
building it? And how did they cart
these immense stones for ten miles?
It ever YOU 90 to Iowa don't fail to Wis.,
it the Walled lake. You'll find it in
Wright county, 16O miles from Dubuque.
The cars will take You almost to it.
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CONDENSED NEWS.
We ninsCon News Notes.

British Minister Vests course since
he came here has been so ridiculous it nov
transpires that it is believed the Britisfl gov
eminent will recall him. 1t csems he has
been over-sensitive about Richelieu Rob-
time to time, and has cen in the habit of
going to Secretary Freinhuvsen and COM
planning, rs though that gentleman could
restrain tkIe speeches of the Irish champion
IN con, ress.
Senator Logan has introduced joint
resolution authorizing the secretary of war
to permit Antonio Barrios, son of the presi-
tieut of Guatemala, and Jose Victor 2avasa
of Nicaragua to receive instruction aI the
West Point military academy. No expense
IS TO be caused the United States by this
permission. and the raie of the &C ,demy re-
quiring all students to take the oath of al
legisnce to the United States is to be sus-
pended in the case of these two foreigners.
A good deal OF excitement was created in
The interior department by the discovery
that some one had ia ken the original docu.
ments filed by Newell with reference to the
bribery of congressman 10 pass tie South
ern Pacific bill. Ic the meantime kellogg
had put il q resolution calling for copies OF
this matter. It was discovered fortunately,
that although the original paper was gem,
some CLERK had made copy, and that was
there.
The annual report OF the bank commits
sioners on the savings banks of Massachu-
sets shows that these institutions hold
9s2e2 Coz, 593. OF on deposit, and incress dur
sng the year Of $l1 POI, $50. IS. TIE loans
on real estate mortgages are 392 $50 ole So,
and on personal security SCI, 677 364 35.
The percentage of earnings to total assets is
I92
Henry B Payne, of Cleveland, the new
senator from Ohio, is small. slender, re-
lined looking gentleman, some seventy
four years Of age. He has what would be
called a highly nervous organization, am
is quick in mental and physical action. He
is alert, impressions BILE and receptive.
The cattle commission at Washington
Shink that liber appropriations will stamp
out contagious diseases.
Speaker Carlisle bad grand reception at
Philadelphia on Saturday the 10Th.
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Cardinal McCloskey's Golden i'm.
bilee.

Another Railroad Holocaust.
3 Bradford, Pa, Special: A stream Of waste
oil, flowing from tank across the Bradford
BordeIl, & Kiuzua railroad caught FIRE on
the 18th inst A passenger train from
Wellsville for Bradford ran into 1t, aud the
train was immediately enveloped in flames.
The track for distance OF fnlly 100 yards
was covered with oil. It is believed that
gas coming in contact with the fire box Of
the engine exploded, firing the oil, which
spread and enveloped the doomed train IL q
mass of flames. 81 int ,se was the heat
that windows cracked and fell in. In less
time than it takes to write q passenger
coach and baggage car were
converted into ssething, hiss
ing fire. Il YVES q terrible moment.
The coach was filled. There was rush for
the doors; but the heat was 80 intense that
the panic-s stricken passengers we're driven
back and forced to jump through the win
dows to . larding In the snow. A relief
train With surgeons. was dispatched to the
scene. Upon arrival tarrible sight pre-
sented itself The passenger coach and
baggage cars were smoking ruins. The en-
CINE lay on its bac~, having turned 9 com.
plete sonaersault. II Is definitely known
thai only three persons, all women, were
burned 70 death; but large number were
morn o. less burned