The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-01
WESTERN.

A Lewiston idaho dispatch gives
the following account of the lynching of five
Mongolians: 'Five Cinnamon, implicated
in the murder of Daniel Frazier and a rob-
berry in Pierce City, were taken from jail by
citizens last night and hanged to convenient
trees. Mr.. Frazier, who was one of the
pioneers of Southern Idaho, was we'll known
and respected. His room In the rear of
bis store was entered on the night
or the 18th inst, and he was murdered and
his body horribly mutilated. An attempt
was then made to blow op,n the safe, which
was unsuccessful. The tracks on the outside
of the building showed that Chinaman had
done the deed. In the next five days fifteen
Cinnamon were arrested, and finally FIVE
confessed to the deed These were taken out
and summary disposed Of
Disguised and armed men visited the
Black Diamond Mines, near Seattle, W. r.,
drove the Chinese from their houses, and
burned the premises.
A dispatch from Omaha says the
knights of Labor have served their ultima
tum upon the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, demanding, among other things the
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the Coal Department, and the discharge Of
all Chinese employees. The dispatch states
that the officials of the company do not be-
lieve that these demands will be pressed.
Quiet prevails at Rock Springs, and the
working force at the mines is increasing.
The troops will not be withdrawn for the
present.
A st. Louis policeman who had been
whipped several times by people who object
ed to being arrested, killed himself while
insane from injuries and fear.
According to an enumeration just
taken, the population of Des Moines, Iowa,
is 80, 469, an increase of 10,06l since 1880.
Strong opposition to the proposed
sale of the lands known as the "Oklahoma
and Cherokee strips has developed among
the Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee Indians.
Joseph Fisher and his three children
were burned to death in their farm dwelling
near waubeck, Iowa, A dispatch from Ana
mosa, Iowa, gives the following particulars
Of the shocking affair:
About midnight Mr. Fisher was aroused by
the cracking and glare OF flames, which were
eating their way through the lower portion of
th9house and enveioping the stairway. Taking
an infant child from his wifes arms he at
tempted to descend the stairway with 1t, but
was driven back by the fire and smoke. Sec
ond effort also failed: then he attempted to
cross n small corridor and enter the room
where the other two children slept. 20 rouse
smoke, and fell to the floor with the child
In his arms and utterly unconscious. His
wife endeavored to wake him from this deadly
stupor, but IL was IN win. With the energy OF
despair the wife burst into the room where the
children were sleeping, intending to throw a
feather bed out upon the ground and drop the
children upon It. She was also overcome by the
heat and smoke, and when her senses returned
she found herself lying upon the ground near
the smoldering ruins OF her home. bereft of hus-
band and children. The charrcd remains OF MT
Fisher and the infant child were found in the
ruins, but trace Of the bodies of the other two
children has been discovered.
A special from Fargo Oakota) says:
"Prairie fires are still spreading over a vast
scope OF country between the Red and James
Rivers, as well as farther west. The past
few days losses have been heavy in Barnes
and Stutsman Counties, and the fires are GO
ing south into Lamoure and Dicley. Only a
heavy rain, apparently. will stop them. 1t
IS impossible to give total losses, but they
must be good many hundred thousand dol
lars I'm North Dakota"
Mitchell Ind dispatch: @The bond
swindles of r. ID. Pollard and his gang in
volve nearly 81, 100000 This amount in 1ndi-
ana township bonds is known to be on the
market and how much more may be in
volved is only a matter of guesswork, and
the full extent OF the swindle will probably
never be known. Eleven township trustees
are involved, and their issues of bonds will
average over $4,000 EACH
A locomotive spark ignited pile of
lumber in the heart OF the lumber district at