davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17
Itis no Misunderstanding.

Special to the GLOBE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-It is denied
that there is any misunderstanding between
the civil service commission and the presi-
dent concerning the decision in the Sterling
case. The statements that the president
intended the decision in the case should
apply to all others is made under a misap-
prehension of the situation. The references
to the Sterling matter made by the presi-
dent in his recent interview were intended
to apply to that case and no other, and
there was, it is stated, thorough
understanding on the subject before it
was regarded that the whole list of
elgibles should be certified to Mr.. Hedden
to select from. Col. Lamont says it is some
others, and not the civil service commission,
who have Inexperienced the presidents
views. 1t was understood from the first.
he says. that this was to be all exceptional
case. The commission did not fail to catch
the drift of the presidents idea. Messrs.
Edgerton and Trenholm are out of the city,
but Mr.. Eaton says he has not seen or heard
anything to indicate that the commissions
action was in any way at variance with the
presidents views.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17
More About Vincent.
Special to the Globe


WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. P. Nc
Mains of New Mexico. to whom Judge Vim
cent alludes in his letter as the instigator of
charges which led to his removal, is in the
city. He says he was waiting for Metho-
dist pastor appointment at Silver City in
1875. and in the interval worked as a
printer. The whole territory was then in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17
An Unfortunate HONEYMOON.

LONDON, Nov. 16.-Lord and Lady
Mayo, who are spending their honeymoon
at Goodwood, were thrown from carriage
to-day. Both were injured, the former
seriously, and the latter, it is feared, fatally.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17
Investigation of Telephones.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The hearing
concerning telephone patents and invention
of telephones was continued to-day. Coun-
sci for the contestants occupied the time
with arguments. and more testimony being
necessary, the hearing was adjourned for
ten days.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17
The BigLockout Begins.

NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-The promised
lockout" in Straitton & Storms cigar fac
tory, in consequence of which 2, 900 persons
are idle, began to-day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17
The Visible supply.

CHICAGO. Nov. 16.-Secretary Stone of
the Chicago board of trade has compiled
the following statement, showing the
amount of grain of all kinds in store in the
Chicago elevators and in sight in this coun
try and Canada on Saturday, the 14th inst,
as compared with the week preceding. In
Chicago elevators. Nov. Il:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-17

The French cabinet agreed to refuse gen.
eral amnesty to political prisoners, but IA
vored the granting of individual pardons.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
GORDON CAPTURED.
The Rebels I'm Possession Of Kha
tOUlms

The Rebels I'm Possession Of KhaH-
tOum.
The alarming news that Khartoum
had fallen into the hands of the Arabian
rebels under Ell Mahdi was received in
London on the morning of the 9Th, and
as soon as it became known caused
widespread and intense excitement. At
first the report was regarded as q mere
street rumor, though some of the morn
ing papers issued extras affirming that
Gen. Gordon and the city he had so
long successfully defended had been
captured. All doubts were soon dis
PEELED, however, for at noon the war
Office issued an official telegram from
Gen. Wolseley, announcing that the fall
of Khartoum took place January 26.
The dispatch was to the effect that Col.
Wilson arrived at Khartoum January %,
and was greatly surprised to find that
the enemy were in possession of that
place He immediately started on his
return down the river and proceeded
under heavy fire from the rebels. When
some miles below the 6hublaka cataract,
Col. Wilson's steamers were wrecked but
he and his whole party managed to
reach an island in safety, where they
are secure. A steamer has gone to
bring them back to the British camp,
near Metemneh. Gen. Wolseley says
he has no information regarding the fate
of Gen. Gordon, and does not know
whether he il dead for alive.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
LUNAT1C's FREAK.

Hearty Frozen to Death While Trying
70 Escape From an ImaEinaTy Foe.
John Erich, q German living at
Toledo, recently joined q Methodist
Church and became very much excited
upon the subject of religion, constant
brooding producing temporary aberra-
ton OF the mind. Shortly " before day
light on the morning of the 30th he rose
from his bed with q rush and jumped:
through rear window into q shed, car
rying portion of the sash with him.
He was badly cut on the head and legs.
From the shed he climbed to several ad-
joining houses, entering several and ter
rifying the inmates by taking off what
clothing remained on him. Friends
called patrol wagon, and after q
lengthy search he was found, entirely
naked, lying in snowdrift on Western
Avenue. When taken to the station it
was found that besides the cuts and
bruises, his feet were badly frozen. he
says he was trying to escape from man
who was chasing him with q knife, and
that he took his clothes off so that his
fight would not be impeded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
RAILROAD WRECK.

Four Cars Deratled-The Wreck
Takes Fire but NO Lives Lost.
The Philadelphia express on the
Reading Railroad was wrecked at Green
vile, Pa, on the morning of the 30th.
The train consisted of four coaches, we'll
filed with passengers. The accident
occurred between Danforth Avenue
Station and Cemetery Bridge. The
train was running rapidly when wheel
of the forward coach broke and the car
was derailed. It ran into coal train
and was upset and the other three cars
were wrecked. The accident was wit
messed by a mounted policeman, who
telephoned the facts to the police head
quarters at Jersey City. The various
hospitals dispatched surgeons and
ambulances to the scene. The over
turned stoves set fire to the wreck in
several places, but the blaze was ex-
tinguished by the efforts of brakemen,
who rescued the passengers. The Long
Branch express came along nine minutes
after the disaster, but was stopped by
the danger signal. A special train wss
sent out from Jersey City and brought
back the passengers from the trains.
Twelve persons are reported seriously
and many more slightly injured. No
lives lost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
An Awkward Resurrection.

FROM t1eund's Weekly.1
It occurred one night when Nelson
and Compton had been playing Romeo
and Juliet at one of the provincial
theaters, and happened in the scene
which closes with the killing of @Tybalt"
by ~Romeo's" sword. "As this scene is
usually closed in well up the stage to
allow "Juliet's" chamber to succeed i'm
mediately, the representative of the
fiery Tybalt' ID always asked to die in
the third or fourth entrance-i. e., at
the back of the stage to lie close
until the fats are run on and he is hid
den from view. sTybale received the
sword thrust in the usual ef-
fective, fashion ano, treating
the audience to tremendous
eback-fall,' dropped down stiff and stark
and dead. The prompter at once gave
the signal for the fats to be pulled on,
but alas ! the scene shifters were pull
ing ut something else, and did not re-
spond, the only movement being the
shuming Of feet, caused by some Of the
employees rushing next door to fetch
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
A SOCIALIsTIC BLOT.

The Police of New York Attempt to
Preserve Order, and a
Riot EnSueSs
Two thousand persons gathered at a
Socialist meeting in a hall on Avenue A,
New York, on the night of the I'd. It was
rumored previous to the meeting that
an attempt would be made by Herr
Most and other extremists, and the aid
of the police was invoked to preserve
order. The presence of the police in
furiated the turbulent ones, and an at
tempt was made to drive the bluecoats
from the hall A general row ensued,
in which pistols, knives and clubs were
freely used. Two policemen were
slightly hurt and there were many sore
heads among the crowd. Reinforce
ments we're sent for, and the hall was
finally cleared. A dynamite bomb was
afterwards found on the floor of the
ha11
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
DYNAMITE IN NEW YORK.

A Dry G OOds StOro Partially Wrecked
"A Big Scare.
A New York dispatch of the LIST says {:
@The first criminal use of dynamite in
this city greatly excited people here to-
day. The explosion took place at q very
late hour last night. One or two morn
ing papers made second editions, giving
the news. The explosion was at Garry
Brothers drygoods store, on Grand and
Allen Streets, and that section of the
city is to-day crowded with people. At
the time of the explosion a number of
persons were passing the spot, but none
of them were injured. To-day Capt.
Allaire and a squad of officers guarded
the premises of Garry Brothers and
of Ridley Brothers, the windows
in whose establishment were also shat
tered by the explosion. Shortly after
the explosion four men were found in
the shadow of the Rlvingston Streetsta-
ton of the elevated road, and one of
them, Charles Henry, laborer, who
said he lived at Williamsburg, was
severely cut on the head and face. The
others, William Britton, q waiter, James
DAILY, q clerk, and Joseph Lamb, q
painter, were binding Henry's wounds.
All were arrested and remanded. The
police are of the opinion that the ex-
plosion was caused by employees of Garry
Brothers, who are on strike."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
NATURAL GAS.
Eighteen Persons Injured and Sew
efal Houses Blown to Pieces by
an Explosion.
|l11o8ky Pipes and = Girl With
= Lamp Cause the Disaster,

Three explosions of natural gas took
place in the suburbs of Pittsburg on
the 81st. Eighteen persons were badly
injured. The explosion took place in the
cellar Of August Muellers house, at the
corner of Thirty-fourth and Butler
Streets. The gas had collected in the
cellar from q leak in the Pennsylvania
Fuel Company's mains. It was ignited
from lamp carried into the cellar by q
member of Mr.. Mueller'a household.
August Mueller was thrown twenty feet
into the air and fell in the street thirty
sfeetsawsy. He is thought to be fatally
injured. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed. The residence of Maria Ebert,
next door to Mueller's house, was blown
to pieces. The residence of jenkins
Simmons, adjoining, was also wrecked.
The sdrng store of a. G.. Tees, on the
opposite side OF the street, is almost q
wreck. The chimneys were torn of,
the windows broken, and all the bottles
Knocked from the shelves. A
butcher-shop and saloon on the
opposite corner from Mueler's
place shared the same fate. The shock
was so great that windows were broken
squares away. Debris from the wrecked
buildings was scattered over an area of
200 yards. Showers of bricks fell in
every direction, crashing through the
roofs of houses until the people thought
they were in the midst of an earthquake.
Just previous to the explosion at Muel-
lers, there was another just across the
street. This report startled the people,
as it was very loud, and they came from
all directions to find the cause and had
just got to the corner where the explo-
sion was when there was another, still
louder, from the saloon of Mr.. Mueller.
This last was the explosion that did the
most damage. The entire first floor of
the saloon was blown up, and the flames
burst forth in volume. In the first
explosion there were two or three
people who were badly burned, but the
second was where the most damage was
done. The force of the latter was tor
rifio. Some people who were passing
along the sidewalk were blown clear
across the street. A dispatch of the LIST
inst. says two of the injured are dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
CRANK MEETS CRANK,
A Woman Attempts TO Ass0sslna
OsDOnOVan Rosa.

A Woman Attempts TO Assassinato
O'Don0van Rosa.
Jeremiah o. Donovan Rossa was shot
in the back on tho afternoon of the I'd
inst, in front of the Stewart building,
on Chambers Street, New York. His
assailant was woman of majestic
height and commanding features who
was seen to come from the American
District Office in his company. They
were walking west on Chambers Street
when the woman slackened her pace,
aud drawing pistol held it close to
Rossa's back and fred. He fell, and
she fred four times at his PROSTATE
form, but without effect. Broadway
was thronged with pedestrians. Stages,
cabs and wagons made a din that was
almost deafening, but above the
roar the reports rang out
sharp and clear, and people
rushed in the direction of the Stewart
building to Learn the cause. In less
than minute crowd of several hun
dred had assembled around Rossa. he
was taken to a hospital, where an exam
ination showed that only one of tho bull
let's had taken effect. This made = Sc
rious but by no means dangerous
wound. The woman was Immediately
arrested snd taken to the city hall,
where she stated that her name was
Yseult Dudley. She said she was an
English woman, and that the attempt
upon the life of Rossa was the result Of
his attitude towards her country. Rossa
maintained that the woman was sent to
this country by the British government
charged with the mission of his assas.
sination.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
DEATH ON A CROSSING.

A Slefghing Party Near Toledo Run
Down by an Express Train.
A sleigh containing party of nine
persons, while crossing tho track of the
Lake Shore Railway between Oak Har-
Dor and Port Clinton, O., early on the
morning of the 31st, was struck by q
west-boand express and two of the oc-
cupants, Stephen Hall, of Detroit,
Mich, and Miss Jennie Hoople, of
Wauseon, o., were killed. Mrs. A. D.
Thiermichter. Mrs. Jno. Vogel, and
Mrs. Charles Vogel, of Oak Harbor,
were probably fatally injured. John
Vogel was seriously injured, but it Is
thought he will recover. The party
had been to Port Clinton to attend q
ball, and were returning to Oak Harbor
when the accident occurred.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11

the delinquents. Having heard the
whistle and the subsequent shutting Of
feet, Tybalt concluded that al was
right, and, calmly sitting up, he very
metbodically put his collar to rights,
fdgeted with the button at his neck,
quietly pulled down his Shakespearian
shirt, and, shaking the dust off bis Wig,
turned round to get up, when to his as
tonishment and dismay, he encountered
the amused gaze Of the large audience
intently fixed upon him. With horrii-
fed my Godp he rapidly measured his
length second time, and the scene
shifters having returned, the fats were
Immediately run on amid the uproarious
laughter of every spectator before and
behind the scenes"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
Why the Dinner Was Late.

(From the New York Mall and Express.]
A butchers boy carried q basket
containing big roast of beef, eight
pounds of beefsteak and six chickens
for the Sunday dinner into q boarding
house on Eleventh Street last week.
he had hardly mounted his cart and
driven away down the street when q
smooth-faced young man rang the base
ment bell.
"There is some dispute at the shop
over the weight of the meat sent here
by the butcher" he explained to the
landlady, "and I have been sent here
to take it back and re-weigh it"
The landlady thought it was q shame
that the butcher couldn't weigh her
meats correctly the first time.
IF your stupid clerks can't do their
work properly they ought to be dis
charged" she snapped out.
"Would you be kind enough to loan
me tin pan in which to carry the meat
back to the shop7" inquired the young
man With m oleoma1garine smile.
The landlady took . new bright tin
pan and dumped the roast, the steak
and the chickens into it.
"There," she exclaimed, as she gave
it to the young man, you hurry righ,
back with that meat, for want to cool
the roast for dinner"
The smooth-faced young man tool
the pan with "certainly, madam" and
went out into the street.
Two hours passed and the young
man had not returned. The dinner
hour approached and the cook was be
coming furious. At last the 1and1adJ
went post haste to the butcher shoI
with fire in her eye.
"Where's that young man you sent
to my house to get the meat I ordered
to have it re-weighed :" she shouted.
II haven't sent anybody to brinl
back the meal" " the butcher replied.
"Well, I never" " SAID the woman, he
face red With anger. 'Do you mean 4
say have been swindled7"
II should judge that you had,
mused the butcher - he proceeded +
sell the hndlady another dinner.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
MISS KEYS ASSASSIN.

John Lee Convicted of Murder and
Sentenced TO be Hanged.
John Lee, the ex-convict who muir
dered Miss Key, wealthy lady, in her
mansion at Babbicombe, near Torquay,
Eng, on the 18th of November last,
and then set fire to her residence, has
been convicted of murder and sentenced
to death. It will be remembered that
he forged letters of recommendation
and obtained employment from Miss
Key as valet, and confessed when ar
rested that he had assaulted and MUIR
dered the lady because she refused to
marry him. He afterwards retracted
his confession.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
Enjoyed the Conversation.

Lewiston man who passed two days
At the state capital last week came out
of the State House Just too late to take
the hack to Hotel North, and was start
ing out to walk. His acquaintance
in al parts of Maine has been large.
Few men have known more people in
Maine than he, and few are known by
more. He was not surprised when he
heard his name called from out pass
ing cab, and when he heard directions
given to the driver to hold the horses.
He got . comfortable seat in the cab.
The driver said he would stop at Hotel
North. He found his friend to be one
whom he had known in Portland = num-
ber of years ago. They chatted all the
way. Talk was on divers subjects.
When they stopped at Hotel North and
he offered to pay, the driver said, point
ing to his friend, You can settle
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
DEAN IRVINE's SENTENCE.
He Is Suspended from Clerical Duties
for One Year,

He Is Suspended from Clerical Duties
for One Year.
AtQuincy, ILL.,, the ecclesiastical court,
in the trial of Dean Irvine, rendered its
verdict on the 30th. It finds the dean
guilty Of part of the charges and not
guilty on others and sentences him to
suspension from clerical duties for one
year. The defense will appeal to the
appellate court of the province, which
will be constituted of Bishops McLaren
and Seymour. The specifications rela-
tive to his conduct toward Mrs. Miller
are found true in part and false in
others. Th defendants friends seem
much surprised, claiming that the evi.
dence does not sustain the findings Of
the court.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
CUNNINGHAM IN COURT,

At tho PFeltminary Trial Strong
Circumstantial Evidence Adduce d.
James G. Cunningham, arrested at
London for alleged connection with the
recent dynamite outrages, was arraigned
on the I'd inst. A strong chain of cir
cumstantial evidence duplicating
him in the crime was adduced.
The government charges him
with conspiracy, reserving the
right to change the charge to trea-
son. This course is taken in order to
secure the death penalty in case of con-
viction. After listening to a portion
of the testimony the prosecution asked
for a continuance, and the prisoner was
remanded for q week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11

A BALL dress of white satin, with
stripes of salmon-covered velvet, Is q
triumph of the modiste's art. The
peasant waist is plain and pointed.
Around the neck and shoulders there is
putting of white satin, covered With .
drapery of salmon tulle, dotted with
minute tassels Of pink pearls. The
robe il trained and the front of the
skirt is exquisitely draped with the
beautiful pearl-covered salmon tulle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11

with him for the conversation if you
want to. I don't charge anything.
This is the insane asylum cab, and the
gentlemen inside all but you are resi-
dents there" Such proved to be the
oase.- The Lewiston gentleman re-
marked to Landlord Quimby that it was
q most enjoyable ride and remarkably
interesting chat, and that he had en-
joyed both hugely.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11
death IN A MINE.

An EXpI0S10n Oh Gus IN u MJh6 A1tD
Three Men and lD1ures Many
More.
A Dennison (Tex.) special says ter
rible explosion of gas occurred in q
coal mine near Savanna, in Indian Ter
ritory on the I'd inst. There were 100
miners working in the mine at the
time of the explosion. Three are re-
ported killed outright, twenty-niDe Sc
riously burned and forty-two slightly
burned and otherwise injured. Savan-
ma is small village on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad, in the very
heart of the Indian nation, about twen-
ty.fve miles south of McA1ister and
fiftv miles north of AtOka.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11

An exchange says: There are seven
teen sewing societies in Brattleboro,
vt. The unhappy town should change
its name to Prattleboro...
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11

A vERY pretty dress is made OF beige
cloth and . thicker woolen fabric Of
the same shade, brocaded With small
pattern of small butterflies in brown
and old gold; the skirt Of the cloth Is
plain and round, plated at the back
only, and without any trimmings; the
polousise of the brocaded material is fas-
tened sideways, being long on one side
and short on the other, and trimmed
over each front with deep roses of gold
or brown velvet, and belt Of the same
velvet; the bodice is buttoned on one
side with large velvet buttons, and the
long sleeves hsve velvet facings.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-11

PREsmHsr ARrHuR has . Baltimore
colored woman specially engaged to
cook terrspip for his state dinners: