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Widow Of Santa Anna.

The widow of the famous Mexican
general, Santa Anna, is now living
quietly in her native state, and seldom
intrudes into the outer world. Mrs.
Santa Anna is but forty-eight years old
though it is a wonder she does not look
a hundred. Santa Anna was president
Of Mexico three years before she was
born. She was plighted to him in her
cradle, and married to him when she
was thirteen. He was then a military
dictator, sleeping on his sword, beset
by constant peril. In six months he
had lost his leg and got into q Texas
prison. For twenty years her life was
spent in q camp, surrounded by the
whirl of warfare. Her husband was
five times president of Mexico, four
times military dictator in absolute
power. He was banished, recalled.
banished again, and finally died when
with his wife in exile as q traitor. She
has seen much "glory, and has received
unlimited adulation, but she hardly
ever enjoyed one thoroughly peaceful
month in her life.
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The business Of the country cannot
b~edepressed when forty-seyen railroads
report Tor April an increase Of nine per
cent. upon their gross earnings Of April
1883, and an increasesof ten per cent. in
their mileage. But II does mot follow
that becauaetshe earnings / esubstan-
TALLY Nhat they were : year ago, prices
il general should be the same, the req
son being that many Of our railroads
safer the naturaI effects 81 syer-capitaI-
ixation. Boston for instance, holds
t750,OOO..QO0 railroad securities, but n
q the most conservative papers in that
ciaty says that nobody, however slightly
familiar With the origin Of the secnri-
fies, has my reason = believe that their;
original cost was one-half the sum
named, q course, this being true, they
could stand great Depreciation, and at
tn sametime be sources Of great profit
soslong Is fair dividends were made.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
Lloyd Q. Majors. Ex-Prsacher and Ex
Lawyer, Hanged In California.

Lloyd s Majors, was hanged at Oakland, Cal,
near Ban Francisco, on Friday last On the
Monday previous, the condemned man made
. desperate effort to escape. He possessed
immense strength, and he overpowered
the two death watches and iailer, who hap
pened at the moment to be in his cells.
Wrenching the keys from the jailer's grasp,
he dashed through the door across the jail
yard, outinto the street. But Just Us he thought
he had succeeded, he was encountered by VIC
iremen who had been attracted by the noise.
They recognized Majors and another struggle
ensned, ofierce that Majors, arm was broken
and he was renderedhelpless. Hewas conduct
ed back to his cell, and from that moment he
abandoned allhope. In conversation with J. B.
Renowder, brother of one of the murderedmen
he said: "You may draw tho life bloodf from my
arm and with this pen will write myinnocence
As he spoke no appealed to Heaven.
to witness the truth of his statement.
Majors mounted the scaffold without assis-
tance, and took W his position on the drop,
firmly erect He refused to say a word, main
tanning throughout a stolid silence. At 1919
the bolt was pulled, Majors fell, and his neck
was clearly broken. Majors was forty-six
years old. born near the home of Garfield in
Ohio graduated at Ann Arbor college in 1870,
and began the practice of law. But afterward
joined the Methodist ministry. After preach
and settled in Los Gatos, where he became the
owner of a hotel. The double murder for
which ho was executed was committed a year
ago. He planned it, leaving the execution,
however, to two tools, named Jewell and Show
ers. They were both tried and convicted, but
before this all the facts in the case became
known, and the agencyof Majors was revealed.
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The Future Of whitewash;nr.

Detroit Free Press. The secretary
announced the following inquiry from
the office of the Port Collector Of New
York:
us it the opinion of the Lime Kiln
Club that the art of whitewashing has
reached its limit?"
1T am not" responded President
Gardner; on de contrary, de art Of
whitewashin' has only reached de boy
hood state. De las five Vars have wit
messed many improvements-sich as
purvidin' fur q perspective in kitchen
cellin's an %arrangin' fur q freize of de
fourteenth century order in de parlor
but de mex five will bring our art
in direck competishun wild landscape
work. A fifth of a century hence de
world will wonder dat men cher paid
twenty dollars fur q steel engraven' de
size of q house doah when ceilin' TWEEN
" feet squar' kin be whitewashed in de
Venetian order fur $780,"
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Important Telegraph Decision,

Des Moines, lows Special: An important and
interesting decision WAS rendered in the United
States circuit court in this city, involving the
liability Of the telegraph companies for dam
ages for failure to deliver messages promptly.
Nov. ., 1882, George L. Hall at Dea Moines, ut
ga m, gave the following message to the tele-
graph company:
"Charles I. Hall, Exchange, Oil City, Pa:
Buy me 1O,0W. II you think it safe wire me-"
Meaning for his brother to buy IL, 600
barrels Of oil for him.. The company ommit-
ted tho address-"Charles T. Hall".and the
message was received at Oil City directed sim
ply to Exchange" which is the name of the
building where the board of trade met. The
company. after carrying the message to
the building, and on the refusal of the officers
of the board of trade to receiveit, procured the
correct address and delivered the message to
Charles T. Hall at 6 p, m, too late to make the
purchase directed. The price of oil at the time
the message ought to have been received II 30
.. m, and when the oil would have been pnr-
chased, if received, was s1.l7 per barrel. The
price at the opening of the market, the
next day at 10 a. n. was S1.35. The plaintiff
gets 3 judgment for the difference on Iu,0oO
barrels, being 81, 800, and the court certify a
division OF opinion on certain legal questions
to the supreme court of the United States, in
case the defendants desire to carry the case
there.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06

AZ IL evident that manypeople believe
insg-called faith cures. In boston, there
isaregnlar afaith cure' establishment
Where patients are taken asina hospital;
md there y another at Corning, New
York IL the am sort and also a
sinilar house in st. Paul, where the sick
and well meet and pray. The amoun-
tainevangelist," Mr.. Barnes. has made
extensive use Of faith cures in his minis
~, and his followers believe devoutly
IL his power, BY the laying on Of hands
md amounting, to heal diseases Of per-
sons Who haye implicit filth. A rector
of the Episcopal church at Stamford,
Conn, has recently excited much COM
ment BY performing, d pretending 70
perform, the same sost Of cures.
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ca,.mity At pabuoue. rowa,

At Dubuque, Iowa, On Sunday afternoon, o
dire calamity occurred at Carr, Ryder Il Wheel
er's planning mill. The engine room exploded
with terrible loss of life and great damage to
surrounding property. The report was heard
all over the city, and buildings surrounding the
mill were shaken by the violent conclusion.
The air for blocks around the mill was filled
with debris, consisting of heavy rock, timbers
and portions of the boilers. At the same time,
the debris, etc, caught fire, adding manifold
terror to the situation.
After the smoke and flames had somewhat
subsidized, through the efforts of the tiremen
the search for the missing parties began. The
first found was the body of the engineer, Milo
NJ. Mellen, which was discovered about seven
teen feet from the boiler. His body was terri-
bly, mangled, almost beyond recognition. At
half-past 4 O'Clock the second fireman, Michael
Mclaughlin was found. He was horribly man
gled. Several physicians were on the grc,ind
rendering assistance wherever needed. The
first fireman's name was Fritz Villdanger, and
his mangled body was found in the doorlealing
from the main portion of the engine room.
His arms and legs were shattered.
Tho remains of all three We're
ably the saddest sight of all was the discovery
of the bodies of two little children of Charles
May, adjoining the engine room. Adjoining
this house was a yard in which were playing
three little children named May. They were
killed outright and terribly scalded. Several
others received slight bruises, which are not
supposed to be serious. The loss to property
is $1,000; fully insured in the Hartford lilsur-
ance company. The firm employed go men.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06

John Carpenter was convicted of wife mur-
der at New York.
In New York, Thomas P. Grunnell, a rner-
chant committed suicide. He was a son Of
Judge Grunnell of Massachusetts.
Col O ". waring, who keeps a pic-nic
ground at Dutch Kills, near Long Island City,
shot his brother-in-law, George Z. Freund, in
stantly killing him, with apparently no provo
cation.
Jack Miller, a wild customer, better known
% Texas Jack, was shot snd mortally wounded
by the city marshal OF Spirit Lake, Iowa, re-
Gently. Tie shooting was the result of q quar-
re-, the particulars of which arc lacking.
Timothy Low, aged thirty, of Lawrence,
Mass. went to tho house OF Tim
othy Sullivan, at North Andover, where he
found SuHiyan's, two daughters, aged thirteen
and seven. He attempted . gross assault upon
the elder girl, who resisted, when he straneled
her to death.
Charles II. Albert, aged twenty, WHO was
Jointly accused with Samuel McMullen with
stealing ! wallet, containing $500 from the safe
Of Pease / Co, at New York, is the son of Ma
Tor Albert, who fought bravely in the war, and
died tn Minneapolis soon after leaving the ar
my. His wife has hard work TO support her
family, Young Albert Acknowledged that lie
took tho money.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06

During tie existence Of the National
banking system. covering more than
twenty years. HE number Of banks or
ganized under it has reached total
never contemplated by the trainers Of
the Law, vet ont o. the whole there hare
been onlyninetysfa failures, with loss to
ltteir creditors Of onlyabout So, 600 900.
While every dollar Of circulation issued.
has been redeemed. The average am
nual loss TO depositors III banks Of this
selazs ms been less than one per cent.
The aggregate . deposits in banks Of
III classes IA the United States Will fall
little, Il any, short Of s3 1000, DOC, 900, or
nbout double the sum total 81 the pub
III debt, and tho percentage Of loss to
dspositors in National banks is less than
ii any other class.
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The blind Poo, Dame in washington.

Congressman Horn of Michigan, Milliken of
Maine, and numerous othor statesmen who have
60 far kept their names out of the papers,
together witt three or four hundred de-
partment clerks, arc sadly lamentins the de-
parture of a friend named George H, Lewis.
He left this locality very suddenly and unex-
pectedly last Sunday, and his present where
abouts are unknown. There is no anxiety
for his welfare, however, as he is considered
supplied with means. Two or three hundred
thousand dollars were deposited with
him by the aforesaid officials as mar
gins, and with this money Mr.. Lewis operated
mol. He did business on the blind pool plan,
and for the first few months he paid amazing
profits to the members of his ''syndicates," as
he called them, and there was nothing around
Washington that offered such great advantages
to investors as Mr.. Lewis blind pools. Men
and women put all the money they mad or could
borrow into his hands, and whenhe thought he
had skinned the town." Mr.. Lewis skipped.
There are a large number of army and navy
officers who miss their friend sincerely, to the
extent of from $500 to IS, o
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~Telegraphic Summary.

Mrs. Iangtry now has s91, 500 in New Yory
mortgages.
sold for $4,000.
Gail Hamilton and Sophie Sparkle Mrs.
Jenny Hicks) are at Luray, Va.
Henry s. Church, the defaulting chamberlain
Of Troy, n. Y, has been indicted.
The Savannah News says there is no mourn
ing in that region for Began Cash.
Isaac veteh talked himself to death before
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows at st Louis.
Joseph B. Mcdonald of woburn, Mass, a
lumber dealer, has assigned. Liabilities, s125,-
Col. Clough OF st Paul says tho supreme
court is sure to sustaia the Dakota capital de-
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The End Of "Texas JACK.

Full particulars havo been received at Water
loo, Iowa, of the shooting of Jack Miller, alias
Texas Jack" by the city marshal at Spirit
Lake. Miller had become boisterous and the
marshal had ordered him to keep still and then
offered threats of violence. The marshal fol-
lowed him, no ran out on the prairie and drew
a revolver. The marshal returned to town and
procured the assistance of the sheriff and q
man named Wright The three
wen to Miller and the sheriff ordered him to
surrender. He replied: aYou---Tl shoot
tho three of of you" and lied to, fire, but his
revolver missed fire. General shooting on both
sides followed and nine shots were exchanged,
when Miller fell, shot just below the heart He
was taken back to town, the wound Ii consid-
cred mortal
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
Nuggets OF FOREIGN Msws.

The German socialists are very indignant over
a series of alleged barbarities in the Saxon
state prison at Halle, which have resulted, it is
claimed, IN the death of three prisoners, and
the hopeless insanity OF a fourth.
London Special. Another crop Of scandal is
promised in connection with the l%eft-handcd
marriage OF the Grand Duke Louis. Nine. De.
kalamire now threatens fight, and promises
some ugly revelations. She says that the
grand dukes life since the death Of his wife,
Princess Alice, would not bear close scrutiny,
and that she haa the best of reasons for know.
ing Of some Of his lapses
The London Times pronounces a comprehen-
sive two-column enlogy of Mr.. Blaine's
Twenty Years in Congress- declaring the
book to be in no sense o party manifesto,
but d careful narrative, popular but not undig-
nified IN style, and remarkably fair in tone.
Times concludes by congratulating Mr..
Blaine on the manneri in which, he accomplished
tho first installment of his work.
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ST. PAU aared.

Milwaukee Special Telegram: The detectives
have arrested parties who have been swindling
the retail grocers, butchers aud shoe dealers
generally for the past week with bogus checks.
They are Edward and Ella Burton, who claim
to be man and wife. They found where some
prominent person did his trading. A check
was then drawn up and the name of the head
of the family forged. The woman would then
drive to the store and send in the check accom-
panied by q note asking the grocer to cash it
as an accommodation to the signcr,
who in every case was 8 regular customer Of
tho merchant swindled. In every case the
merchant WAS taken in and not less than a
dozen retail establishments have cashed forged
checks. The pair had secured nearly a thou
sand dollars in this way. The man is twenty
three and the woman thirty years old.
Diamonds and other costly jewelry were re-
covered on pawn tickets found on them. The
jewelry belongs in Detroit. The swindlers
have also operated in Chicago and were just
starting for 81. Paul
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06

A Milwaukee, Wis, Special says: 'There is
great excitement at Oak Creek over the action
of the relatives Of Horace Baldwin in saving
of his legs when he died last week, to make
him fit the coffin. Baldwin was Six feet seven
inches tall, and when the day of the funeral
came, it was found that the body was 100 long
for the coffin, and a nephew severed the feet
from the body with u common saw. While at
work he thought Baldwin moved, and he fell
in q dead faint, when another relative finished
cutting off the limbs. At one time, soon after
the funeral, it was thought the nephew would
be mobbed by the neighbors, but the crowd
was quoted by the supervisor"
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Called on by Road Agents.

Helena, Mont, Special Telegram: Two
masked men, mounted and armed with Win
chester rifles, robbed the Benton coach twenty
five miles from Helena. They riied the mail
bags and robbed the passengers. The treasure
box was also sacked, but contained nothing of
value: The spot where the robbery took place
mountains. Tho robbers rods suddenly
out of the timber at tho side Of
the road, and with leveled guns
compelled the driver to stop. The passengers,
@. W. Cooper, G. +. Dudley and, F. I. Bradley,
line. Cooper lost s75 and o silver watch Dud-
ley, s140, and Bradleya small amount of money
and jewelry. It is not known what valuables
were in the mails.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
minnesota Flour Mills Burned.

Tho Sand Creek mills at Jordan, Scott Co,
MINI, owned by Mr.. Frank Nicolin, burned
last Sunday morning. Tho fire was first dis
covered about 1:S0 o'clock, in the basement,
but was under such Roadway that the flames
could not be controlled. The mill was in op-
Grafton at tho time. Tho mill and stock we're
insured for about $429, U0N. The proprietor es-
Inmates the total loss at about S65,W0. Two
car loads of flour, about Z, 1000 bushels of wheat
and seventy tons of feed were burned. on
which there was no insurance. The insurance
on mills, etc amounted to about s3S5, 900.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
Arrest Of = Bank Rascal.

James D. Fish, president of the Marine bank,
New York, WAS arrested Sunday, the 26th, by
Deputy United States Marshal Grimes upon a
warrant issued by United States Marshal
Shields, upon an affidavit made before Com
missioner Shields by Augustus Serbia, national
band examiner. He deposed that after a care
full examination he found that President Fish
had misappropriated funds belonging to the
bank to the amount of 41,141, 600. This was
done between March / and May 6, 1884, by o
series Of credits to the firm Of Grant & Ward
Of moneys in sums of from $3.50 o to $780,
goo at various dates, and they were entered in
the books Of the bank as loans to imaginary
persons, and secured by imaginary collaterals
In stocks and bonds, zone of which loans had
ever been made, and the transactions we're
stated to be entirely fictitious.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
Personal Points.

Prof. 7. s Allen of Beloit, Wis, died Mon
day.
Russell Sage paid out 100000 since the
panic.
Zenys Crane, justice Of the peace from 1906
TO 1880 in Montciair. N. j, died, aged ninety.
Col. Fred Grant has sold his family team and
carriages. and dismissed his house help. His
says she is willing to go back to army rationss
once more.
Miss Mary Anderson's successin Manchester
has been without precedent in theatrical an
nails. Her receipts during the past week have
amounted to $40, 100, which is q larger sum
attraction in the same length of time in that
city.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
Dakota Horse steal,ng.

Beltield. Oak, Special: This town is in a
state OF great excitement in consequence of a
raid Of horse thieves. A few of the most val
liable horses were stolen, valued at over $1,000.
The horses were picketed and owned as follows,
One fine black mare, five years old, Rev. Il.
Il. Fulton; two large iron gray horses, weight,
horse, LOCO, I. Coulson. The loss is a severe
one, as it literally deprives two of the parties
Of bread and butter. 1t is supposed that the
thieves went north A posse Of citizens has
started in pursuit, and should the thieves be
captured they will be lynched.
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Market reports.

ST. PAuL-Wheat. No. / hard, 9aasIo3;
No. i SOC; No. 2hard, GS6og6c; No. 2, S)6oSoc.
Corn, No. =, Sic; No. 8, SO; rejected, Soc.
Oats, No. 2 mixed, Bic; No. 5 mixed, :a.9c;
No. 2 white, 32c.
Barle., No. 2, oac; No. s extra, SEC; No.
8, 4Sc.
Rye, No. Q, SIC.
Baaled Hay, wild, $40; timothy. sl1.oo
Potatoes, 25c.
Eggs, 13c.
MnwAuKEE-Wheat No. 2, s9s&c
Corn, No. 2, SIC.
Oats. No. 2 3l1sc; white, 36@se}SSc.
Rye, No. l, 61l1c.
Barley, No. Z, 63c; extra, No. 8, $40
Mess Pork, $lS7b.
Lard, $3.50.
Butter, choice creamery, 1s@l9c; fair to
good, 11@lsc; best dairy, 15@16c
Eggs, 13c.
cAIcAco.-wheat, No. achicago spring, ss11
@Ss&c.
Corn, 5M55c
Oats, Sl@31Lc
Rye, Gle,
Barley, &c.
Flax Seed, S1.6al
Pork, $lSl 5e0S19.m.
Lard, S8150s8. 1f1Ss.
Butter, creamery, aN@23c; dairy, ls@l9c
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06

Chinese and American firms are involved in
theassignmenk
Tho Penpsyirania bank At Pittsburg closed
itg doors sgain at u m. Monday and posted the
following notice on the door: Mr.. Riddle, tho
president and chief executive officer of the
i'll and unable to communicate with the board
of directors, it is deemed proper to close the
under existing circumstances until he
sufficiently RECEIVERS to be present at an adjust
ment of its affairs.
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TlIg PITH Or THE NEWS


1lr.s Strait has fled q petition from A. Ed
wards post, g. A. n, Of Red Wing, for 1 dona-
!tior Of cond6imed cannon.
The secretary Of theinterior has disbarred
William Pease of Batavia, Ohio, from practice
- pension attorney before that department.
The house has finally agreed to let Ensign
Reynolds Of the navy accept the medal which
WAS presented him moro than q year ago by
tho emperor Of Austria for his heroic conduct
In saving the lives Of twelve Hungarians dur
ing nsstofm At sea.
Vii house agreed to the conference report
oh tho bill to create u bureau Of animal indus
tries. The confreroes on tho part Of the house
recommend concurrence in all the senate
amendments, II amount of appropriation
Is reduced from Sa50,000 to S15O,JO 10 and the
jurisdiction of the commissioner on agriculture
Is lessened
This week the personal property of ascolored
woman named Smith was sold at auction, and
The sale was attended by many distinguished
men. She was fifty years the hohsekeeper Of
historical relics among her treasures. Among
others was q solid gold snuff box presented to
ar. Stevens by the citizens, of Colorado. which
bore this inscription: I the Hon. Thaddcus
Stevens from Colorado T~erritory-when old
Ihad takes snun, Colorado will enccze.
This box ia made Of Pixies Peak gold"
The right worthy grand lodge of Good Tenn
plars convened in Washington on the %, for
It's thirtieth annual session, with 100 delegates
in attendance, representing Canada, India,
Prince Edwards Island and every state in the
Union. The r. w. G. T. G. b. K~dtzenstein Of
Sacramento presided and read the annual re-
port, which states: The evidence