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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
A DeStructiVe fife.

ST LOUIS, Mo-, March IA fire start
ing in one-Story frame building on the
levee in East st. Louis destroy ed row of
five frame boarding houses, the old passen-
ger and freight depot Of the Chicago IL AL
ton Road, a portion of the stables of the
ST. Louis Transfer Company and elev tor
of the Advance Elevator and Warehouse
Company, which contained 100000 bushels
of corn, $4,000 bushels of oats and 10000
bushels of wheat. Over one hundred cars
loaded with grain and hay were burned,
as were also the Chicago " Alton, and the
Ohio and ~ Mississippi repair-shOps. The
total loss sustained figures up over $500, 900.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
MONOPOLY IN NEWS.
Another Shot from the "Enquirer's" Guns
at the Advocates OF the Proposed News
CODyright Law.

Another Shot from the "Enquirer's" Guns
at the Advocates Of the Proposed News
Copyright Law.
CINCINNATI, o., March .3-The Oppo-
nents of the impracticable and manifeStly
unfair proposition to create a monopoly In
the news of the day by means of the pro-
posed news copyright law have an able
champion in the Enquirer of this city.
Much opposition Is apparent among the
newspapers of the leading cities and towns
of this State, Pennsylvania and Indiana,
and Senator Sherman is roundly denounced
because of his introduction in the Senate OF
the bill to make such copyright the law OF
the land. The Enquirer of Tuesday says
editOrially:
Congress should not dilly-dally with the
scheme TO create monopoly In news. If the
people who are working to that end propose
to get up events and want patent that IS
one thing; but they stand tori as uneXam-
pied instances of impudence when they ask
for patent on events which they merely pro-
pose to chronicle. The work OF II book-maker
"a writer of books-is wholly different The
matter of the book Is the coinage or the
brain OF the man who asks for copy
right The gentlemen with more gan
than Judgment or fairness who are now
asking for aid might as reasonably petition
Congress to give them a patent on motive
power as whole--On the principal OF the
steam engine or the waterwheel-as to ask Tor
guarantee of proprietorship in events to
which they bear no relation except that OF
chroniclers. more direct route to the re.
lief they seek would be to forward with Dill
and ask that the people In their respective
bailiwicks be compelled to become
subscribers to their slobber., Failing
in that, how would it do for them
to go before their Legislatures ana ask the
law-making power to come down on the du-
plicate and subsidize their abortive efforts IN
Journalism that can not stand ordinary com
petition? II the bill introduced AT the III
stance of the monopOlists can pass, the shoe-
makers matters and irOn-wOrkers now en-
gagged i'm business should Immediately de-
mand that all new corners snail be
ruled out and the people compelled to
buy from them, and from them alone.
The bill is fraud II IS Tor
the purpose of establishing a dishonest mo-
uopoy, and Congress should sit down upon
it without ceremony, and with unmistakable
force The scope of the bill is possibly not
comprehendcd by the publishers whose inter
ests are most seriously affected. Towns ike
Dayton, Springfield, Hamilton, Chillicothe,
GAINESVILLE, Akron, Urbana, Youngstown, Del
aware, Lexington, Frankfort, Paris. Gym
thiana, Lafayette, Evansville, Shelbyvllle,
Terre Haute, etc, might rs well ask their
members of Congress to legislate them out OF
most iniquitous of monopolics The country
newspapers that have been doing well can
not assure themselves Of continued prosper
ity by indifference to the action or their Con
gressmen. Their material interests and the
rights of the pubic have been attacked in the
highest legislative body. Letters to your
Representatives and Senators are IN order.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
An Old Man Cruelty Murdered.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March Is. Frederick
Vierke, an old resident of the town of
Lind, Waupaca County, was fouly muir
dered Tuesday evening. He was found by
side his barn with his skull crushed, prob
ably by heavy mallet found lying near
him. He was undoubtedly murdered, but
by whom Is not known. lie was very rich,
and usually carried large sums of money
with him. Vierke was eighty-five years
old
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
AMONG THE POLITICIANS.
Interesting Notes Concerning the Prog
ress of the Coming State and National
Campaigns.

Interesting Notes Concerning the Prog
ress of the Coming State and National
Campaigns.
The Republican State Convention of Texas
will be held at Fort Worth, April %. The
most prominent candidate for the guber-
material nomination Is G. G. Brinkley, of
Sherman, who Is strong in the cattle re-
giOns
The Michigan Republican State Conven-
ton for the selection of delegates to the
National Convention at Chicago will be held
at Grand Rapids, April "a.
The California Democratic State COnven-
ton will be held at Stockton June 10.
At Charleston, S. c., Tuesday, the Re
publican Convention of the Seventh Con-
gressional District nominated Robert Small,
cOlored, for Congress, to succeed E. w. M.
Mackey, deceased.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va, says that
in an interview General Grant expressed the
opinion that either Arthur or Blaine would
receive the Republican Presidential nominal
ton. He thought the Southern outrages
would be used by the Republicans as a cam.
paign rallyng'cry.
The Arkansas State Democratic COnven-
ton to nominate State officers and select
delegates to the National Convention will
De nelQ AT Llttle IlOcK June 20.
The Vermont Republican State COnven-
ton for the election of delegates to Chicago
will be held at Montpelier April 80. The
Gubernatorial Convention will be held at
Burlington June Is.
The Republicans of Maryland will hold a
State Convention May | to select delegates
to the National Republican Convention.
w. NJ. Smith, eX-Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner denies that he is candidate
for the Republican nomination for Lieuten-
ant Governor of Illinois.
The faction of the Republican party in
Missouri known as the "Filley Republic
ans" have decided to hold State COnven-
ton at Sedalia, April 0, AS this is the same
time and place decided upon by the regular,
or Van Horn, Republicans for holding their
State Convention, there will undoubtedly
be music in the air.
The Wisconsin Democratic State Central
Committee met at Milwaukee wednesday
and decided to call a State Convention to
meet at Madison, May %, for the election
of delegates to the Chicago Convention.
The date of the convention to nominate
State officers has not yet been fixed upon.
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Disappearance OF a Poker PLAYING Clerk.

New YORK, March 13.--J. Ii. Fullerton,
Sl,200-a year clerk of the Manhattan
Beach Railway, was missed yesterday, and
with him 4s4 shares of stock, valued al
S45, 900. Fullerton is single, aged thirty
five, and had held confidential position
with the company for four years He fell
in with eXtravagunt club fellows, and is
known to have lost as much as $500 pei
night at poker.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
A Great Game in Prosnect.

New YORK, March 13.--William Sexton,
the billiard player of New York, has chal-
lenged George F. Slosson, of Chicago, to
60 or New York, beginning the first week
in May, one game to be cushion carroms,
500 points, one of regular three-ball carrom
of ], 500 points, and one cham iOnshp
game of 1000 points. The games to be ten
days apart.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
A New Industry for East 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 13.-JOhn B.
butcher, ID. Il. Sherman and several other
Eastern capitalists who own the old beef
canning establishment in East. ST. Louis,
arrived here yesterday and arranged to turn
their property into large slaughtering con.
Germ, from which they will soon send great
quantities of dressed beef to New York and
the East in refrigerator cars.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
Sentenced for Life,

MUSHROOM, Mich, March l3.-Judge
Russell has Overruled the motion for new
trial in the case of Mrs. Koren Larsen, con
victed of poisoning John Guild with rough
on rats last August She was sentenced
to Jackson Prison at hard labor for life
She was calm and collected. Her husband
will be tried in MAY for the same offense.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
Death OF Bishop Clarkson.

OMAHA, Neb., March 1l.-Rt. Rev. Rob
ert II. ClarkSon Bishop of Nebraska, died
about one o'clock yesterday morning. He was
born Novmber 9, 1926, at Gettysburg, Pa, He
graduated at Pennsylvania College in 1914,
and graduated in theology at St James Col
lege, Maryland, in S4S. He was rector of St.
James Church, in Chicago, from 1919 to 1865,
when he was consecrated Bishop of Nebras-
ka and Dakota, and came to Omaha, where
he made his home
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
The Garden OF Eden.

BosToS, March 12.-President Warren,
u Boston University, was the Speaker at
the meeting of the Boston Evangelical
Alliance He read an elaborate essay tC
prove that the Garden Of Eden was To-
Gated at the North Pole.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation, "a
Sour Stomach, DiarrhHa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d.
gestion
Without injurious medication.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
DISASTROUS Fires in Michioan Towns.

DETROIT, Mich, March Ia.-Forty stores
and a number of other buildings were de-
stroyed by FIRE at Allegan yesterday, entail
Ing . loss of over $500, 000 A Are also dc
stroyed $l50, 900 worth Of property 1t Grand
Banda
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-15
CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND PACIFIC R'Y,

unvaied
ouh an
Of Toadbetw he
and In
Missouri and teasen-
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for Infants and Children.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
tnown to me- H. A. ARCHER. MD
III So. Oxford St., brooklyn, NY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-29
rs 1T CHOLERA?
Frightful Mortality from a Strange
Malady.
Hundreds of Deaths in the Noun
tains of Virginia and
Kentucky.

Dispatches of the Doth tell terrible
story of the ravages of strange dis
ease IN the high country of Virginia
and Kentucky. The counties suffering
from the unknown and fatal disease are
Lee, Dickinson and the edge of Scott
IN Nlrginia, and Harland, Leo and ad-
joining counties in Kentucky. Owing
to the isolated position OF the in
fected district, particulars are hard to
obtain. Hundreds have died, and al
lowing for exaggeration the mortality is
large. The malady is attributed to
mineral poison in the drouth-dried wa
ters, in which strange disagreeable min
eral taste like copperas exists Although
the disease is unknown, the people call
it cholera, and we're it so it could not
be more dreaded or disastrous. The
symptoms are described as being like
Asiatic cholera, followed by terrible
hemorrhages of the bowels The per-
sons attacked die or recover in about a
week. 1t is frequently fatal in twenty
four hours and sometimes in a few
hours. In most instances it visits an
entire family, and is so contagious that
IN some cases parties die alone, their
friends being afraid to come near them.
As result the people are demoralized,
and local business suffers. A like
scourge visited this section in 1854 1t
is an extremely mountainous country of
high altitude. Cattle are also dying in
some sections. The loss of life is We
nously estimated at from 400 to 500.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-29
PortiOning a Prince.

T.
Ten thousand pounds per annum is
what they propose asking from the Brit
ish taxpayer for the purpose of setting
up the Prince Of Wales eldest son in
business as a Royal Duke. 1t is not a
bad income for young man scarcely
out of mis- teens, and although John
Bull may grumble bit-as is his wont
when called upon to put his hand into
his breeches pocket-there is no doubt
he will ultimately agree to part with
the necessary sum. Besides 10000 q
year, it is said the young prince, whom
his grandmother intends to make Duke
of Kent, will have Marlborough House
as a residence, while his father and
mother will emigrate to Buckingham
Palace, a very desirable change for
them and for the public.
All the young fellow will need after
this is penniless German wife, and
then he will be settled for life in the
orthodox Guelph fashion. He stands.
of course, in direct line to the throne,
but many people of radical and eco
nonomical turn of mind are beginning to
grumble at the country having to sup
port three generations of Guelphs all al
once, with the not impossible contin.
gency of having to maintain fourth
before the first shuffles off this mortal
coil, for young Albert Victor may have
twenty one year old son before bis
grandmother dies. But many things
may happen ID twenty-one years.
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LATE NEWS NOTES.

Two men named Ryan and Walters
left Victoria, B. c., with sloop-load of
Cinnamon to smuggle them into the
United States. The sloop capsized and
| all on board were drowned.
Marauders from Indian Territory
shot and mortally wounded police off
| Ger at Sherman, Tex. In battle that
| ensued with pursuing posse, two men
| were killed and one wounded.
Patrick McDermott, Chicago foot
pad, was fatally shot by police officer,
on the morning of the Odd.
A fire which began in the block occu-
pied by the Manitoba Railroad offices, st.
Paui, on the night of the Odd, destroyed
the building. Loss $4,000.
The Grand Opera House, st. Louis,
burned on the afternoon of the 23d.
Loss S125,000.
Oliver Bateman, a young man 20
years of age, was executed at Savannah,
Ga, on the 2lst, for the murder of the
two young daughters of Jno. McLaugh-
lin, on the 31st of August last.
A negro named John Bush was exc
| cuted at Lexington, KY, on the 21st
| for a murder committed six years ago
He had gone through ten trials and re
trials in the different courts.
A large portion of the town of Hick-
man, KY, was destroyed by fire on the
Goth. Loss estimated at $125,0OO.
The private banking house of Adams
& Leonard, Dallas, Tex, closed it's
doors on the Goth. Liabilities $780,
900.
Siytv ,,arc,Ds uara ,oioo,,a5 in tba
village of Hernals, Austria, through the
carelessness of the village miller, who
mixed rat poison with his -four.
The village of Toisnot, n. c., was
DESTROYED by fire on the 10Th. Loss
$25,00O
Smallpox has broken out in two On
tario villages. At Tweed regular pan
ic prevails.
Forest fires are doing much damage
III Greensville County, Virginia. The
protracted drouth has made everything
dry and highly inhamm able.
The waters of the Nile are receding
rapidly, and the British expedition will
probably be delayed until the next ris-
ing of the river.
HIRAM BoDNE, of Ohio, a govern
heart while at his desk on the 18th.
MISS CARRIE AsToR, daughter of
VIM. Astor, and Orme Wilson were
married in regal style in New York city
on the 18th.
A LACK of orders has caused the clos
ing of the mills of the Sharon Iron
Company at Sharon, Pa. The mill en-
ployed 500 men.
HOWARD BRIGHEL, aged II, fatally
stabbed Charles Ross, aged Is, In a
quarrel during a baseball game at
Pleasant Unity. Pa, on the 18th.
PATTERSON, n. j., was visited by a
100000 fire on the 18th.
The Continental Hotel, at Fargo, D.
T., was leyeled by fire on the 18th. Loss
$4,000.
Fire at Millbank, D. T., on the 18th,
caused loss of $150,000.
Fred. Kruger, aged %, son of As
semblyman Kruger, of Neenah, Wis,
committed suicide on the 18th by
shooting himself through the head.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-29
Mrs. Lincoln and Cheyalier Wykoff
From the Boston Budget.I

From the Boston Budget1
Among other adventurers who figured
a Washington early in 1862 was the
Chevalier Wykoff, who was really col
Letting news for the New York Herald,
bnt who professed to be the first gentle
man of the land, and issued his edicts
on all matters concerning society. At
last he was summoned before com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
and asked from whom he had obtained
in advance portion of the president s
message, which he had telegraphed to
his employers. Notoriety to him was
fame, and he mysteriously refused to
state from whom he had received the
document, saying that it came to him
under an obligation of strict secrecy
which he felt himself bound to respect.
1t vas rumored and generally believed
that Wykoff obtained sight at the
message from Mrs. Lincoln. who used
to take him to ride in her carriage, and
listen attentively to his accounts of
European courts. The president was
much annoyed by this scandal, and
visited the committee confdentially,
while Gen. Sickles was active in ar
ranging the affair. Wykoff finally told
the committee that the information was
furnished to him by man named Watt,
a gardener at the White House, whose
wife was Mrs. Lincoln's waiting maid,
and his explanation was accepted. Con
gress did nothing with Watt, who was
nominated as a second lieutenant in the
army
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4 RiSected Woman.


There was private exhibition yes
terday at the Eden Musee of new SEN
sation called Thauma. The attraction
was quite remarkable. The room in
which it took place was darhened so
that the audience was in the back
ground. A railing separated varie-
gated curtain from the audience.
The curtain was withdrawn, and the
face, bust, and arms of young woman
were exhibited. She had pretty teeth,
was much painted as to complexion,
ard had a very agreeable expression of
countenance. She was good looking
and lively. She smiled at the audience
and spoke occasionally to those who
addressed her. Now and then she put
out her arm and shook hands with
people in the small audience who de-
sired it.
The peculiarly of the whole thing
was that nothing below the waist APP
peared. What would be the waist
rested on hanging pedestal. Now and
then TO show that there was nothing be-
low, she would raise herself up by her
arms, and the pedestal was taken away
to show that there was nothing beneath
She herself passed fan through the
dark air, and an old lady, her assistant
did the same thing. In one instance a
young boy was handed up to kiss her
and she gave him sounding smack
after which he was rapidly taken away
This was all very remarkable to the
people present; nevertheless it was 6
most transparent trick. The ground
back of the swinging figure is absolute
ly black. No light is permitted to react
it. A very short examination of the
bust of Thauma shows that what is nat
ural finishes at the bosom and that tn,
waist is not her own. This is yer,
clearly shown when she raises hersel
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-29
Falling Dead After Punishment.

On Friday afternoon, says d Cleveland
dispatch, Francis Lafrinier, aged 10 and
apupil at st. Stephens Catholic school,
on Cortland Street, died suddenly at
school, and the death certificate was re-
turned as paralysis of the heart. 1t has
since been ascertained that his teacher
had punished him by striking him on
the head, and that almost instantly after
she dealt him the blow he sank down
dead. A new teacher has been placed
in charge, and it is said that the one
who punished the boy has been sent to
a convent. Father Ludwig. associate
pastor of st. Stephens, says that the
boy was always delicate, and once before
tainted away in school: that previous to
coming to school on the fatal day he
had dispute with his mother because
she was unable to give him money; that
he was nervous when he entered the
school-room, and that few minutes be-
fore he died, when the teacher chided
him for dlstracting the attention of the
rest of the pupils, he flew into passion
and denied it; that the teacher drew
from her pocket piece of knotted car
pet lining, and lightly struck him with
it, when the boy reeled backward and
fell dead. Father Ludwig insists that
the chiId's death was due to heart
trou ble
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-29
Smoke Consumers.
From the Detroit Free press.I
WANTFn-A SMOKE CONSTNEE

WANTED-A SMOKE CONSUMER
Such was the sign hung out by q
prominent firm. In abou. three minutes
in walked a man and applied for job.
Sur" said he, "Ive been dockwoQ
oper and a coal HEAVIER, and | think
might learn to be a smoke consumer"
But the boss thought he wouldn't do.
Ar hour passed by and the Office was
filed with agents of smoke consumers.
They all besieged the senior partner
and began to talk.
"Ours is the oldest firm in the mar
ket." said one; "our consumer can be
attached to a cigar or bonfire. 1t saves
about dfty per cent, and -
"That's nothing" spoke up another
"ours gathers In the smoke from the ali
around, and so saves -
ours was once attached to house
afre," yelled No. 5, "and the fire burn
ed steadily for three weeks. You car
estimate the saving for yourself"
Gentlemen" put in another. "the
consumer which [ have the honor tC
represent saves so much that after it Ii
once put on you never have to replenlsf
the fire."
"And mine," shouted No. 5, lis con
denser also, and if you feed your fur
mace with something that makes plent.
of smoke, it condenses the surplus int
coal Guaranteed to start coal-yard IL
/ five weeks"
George" gasped the senior partne
to one of the clerks, take in that sign
/ and run up town and get me Gatllng
gum
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-29
The Norman Wife.

From HaTper's magaZlne.J
The Norman wife has also her house
wifely ambitions, poverty, as we under
stand it, has here no ambition. Her
home is the abode of decency and
cleanliness, OF such, Mere Gradot is a
type. In front of the dingy gray hut,
with its little windows haphazard
breaking through the stone, her fish
market stands, newly built of brick,
with pots of geranium Frightening the
air The narrow, crazy stairs pierce the
gloom of the interior. Below, half
buried in the ground, is the kitchen,
with it's yvide-mouthed fireplace and
petit four, On which the pot an feu fills
| the air with its savory smell.
The brick floor shines with frequent
securing. Old Rouen faience, such a:
the bric-a -brac dealers on the Rue
| Alphonse Karr tempt the summer lott
erers with, makes bands of colors ranged
endwise on the buffet shelves, and two
silver tankards are conspicuously dis
played. The buffet of shining yellow
wood is brilliantly polished, and with
the great armoire, curiously wrought az
to hinges and fastenings, IS here, as else
where the Joy of every Norman fish
wife's heart. Above the fireplace hane
few kitchen utensils of copper, as re