The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-16
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A Convent Cremated at St.
Louis and Twenty-eight
People Killed.
Uncle Rufus Hatch has Some
thing Sensible. to Say,
tor Cakes.
A Fiendish Negro Endeavors
to Poison Whole
Family.
Congressman Cobb Getting
Ready for his Campaign
Against the Land
The Headquarters of the N. P.
Railroad to be Removed
to St. Paul.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
The Northern Pacific Railroad
and the Land Grants.

anu inc AanO 1TantS.
| WASHINGTON, Jan "a depraved vici
Ous-lOOking colored hoy named Alphonse
kell, l3 years of age, was in the dock at
Judge SHELLS court this morning, for
committing an atrocious deed. He lives
with an uncle, respectable colored man,
who testified that about the Goth of last
month the boy bought a box of Rough
on Rats" and quantity of arsenic.
When he went home he put the contents
in three quarts of milk with the inten-
tion Of poisoning the family, but failed
in the attempt. The nextday he renew
ed the attempt by putting the poison in
bucket of water, and Benjamin's eight
children drank from the bucket and
were taken with violent pains in the
stomach, but all recovered He also gave
arsenic to the cattle. He sprinkled
arsenic on Mrs. Benjamin's bread she,
however discovered it and threw it away
He also attempted to set fire to the barn
but the corn-stocks burned SO slow he
thought he would be detected and put
out the fire. Just before Christmas he
attempted to cut one Of the children's
throats while she was asleep but she
awoke just as he had his hand raise d to
cut her. He built a fire and called his
aunt out to see it, and then threw
handful Of cartridges into the fire and
ran away, hoping that she would be kill
ed by the explosion. The boy stated
that while living at Baltimore he pois-
oned his mother and aunt, who died
from the effects, and at one time he at
tempted to set his mothers house on
fire. He also said that while in Balt-
more he used to poison persons and cat
tie for spite.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lO.-Delegate Ma
ginnis introduced bills: Granting and
confirming title to the Montana Collegi-
ate institute of certain lands situated in
the town of Deer Lodge; for the erection
of public building at Helena, to cost
5O,OOo; for relief of Capt. A. Girard, of
the United States army for quarters
burned at Fort Keogh; to give every man
who has served in one grade fifteen years
below the rank Of major, the pay of the
rank above; to reduce the price of lands
in the Bitter Root valley to Sl.25 per
acre, and seven relief bills.
He also presented several JOINT resolu-
tions of the Montana legislature. These
resolutions were sent to HIM at the close
of the last session of congress, but it be-
ing them too late to secure the objects
desired, Maginnis carried them over to |
the present session. These resolutions
ask congress to pass bills
Concerning the treatment of Indians
for depredations committed by them
upon the settlers and their property; for t
the reduction Of the military reservation
Of Fort Keogh; for the increase of rates
for surveying to take measures to pre- |
vent pleuro-pneumonia among cattle, and |
to exclude from the boundaries of Yel- |
lowstone park. Clarke's Fork mining |
district. |!
New YORK, Jan. "a successor to Mr.. |
Willard, as president OF the Northern Pa |
cific railroad, has not yet been chosen.
1t is doubtful If the special committee to
which the consideration of the matter !:
was entrusted, will report before the ad- !.
iourned meeting, on January 18th. Vice !
President Cakes has been talked about /
for the Office, and it is understood that
many of the directors are in favor of his !
promotion. They wish him, however,
to remain in his present position, and to
add to the duties of vice-president those
of general manager. 1t is expected that ,
he will soon remove to st. Paul, to carry
into effect the known wishes of the ,
board. The chief names mentioned in |
connection with the presidency are those
of John Sherman and William Window.
ex-secretaries Of the treasury, and Au- /
gust Belmont. Strenuous efforts to per |
suatle Mr.. Belmont to take the office, |
even temporarily, have recently been
made. He refused to accept the respons
Utility under any circumstances. "If we
could cut Oakes in two" said friend of |
the road to-day, $50 that one-half could
be ut st. Panl and the other half here,
tnere would be no difficulty in choosing
a president" Rufus Hatch Yesterday .
called at the Office of the company to urge
the candidacy Of either Frederick Billings
or Robert Harris. !
ST. LoCls, Jan. 9-DetaIls of the burn
ing of the Institute of the Immaculate
Conception, Sisters Of Notre Dame, at
Belleville, Illinois, last night, are still
meager. There were about sixty pupils
in the school, ranging from ten wears to
full-grown, all girls, and several teachers
are inmates Of the building. The fire is
said to have started in the rear of the
third story, which was used as dormi-
tory, and an attempt. was made by the
sisters to extinguish it, but this failing,
efforts were made to remove the pupils.
The flames spread SO rapidly, however,
that no order could be preserved. 4 panic
seized both children and sisters, and
there was wild confused rush to escape.
Forty or more pupils are known to have
got out or were taken from the building
and given shelter in neighboring houses,
but several, IN their fright, jumped from
windows and were either killed or badly
injured. Miss Mary Campbell, Il teacher
Of East st. Louis, lcaped from the third
story and died in few minutes. Another
name not ascertained, climbed to the
roof of the portico, and either fell or was
blown otf and fatally injured.