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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
EPIT0ME OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Extra Session of Senate.

EXTRA session OF SENATE
r TUESDAY, March Pain the Senate the
Mexican claims treaty was further con-
sidered. The following nominations by
the President were received: Henry l..
Muldrow, of Mississippi, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior; William A. j. Sparks,
of Illinois, Commissioner Genera of the
Land Office, and Daniel McConville, of
Ohio, Auditor of the Treasury for the
Post-oftice Department.
WEDNESDAY,, March 25.-Further con-
sideration of the Mexican Claims treaty
occupied the time of the Senate. The
nomination of S. S. Cox, of New York, to
be Minister to Turkey, was received and
confirmed, and the nominations of the pre-
vious day were also confirmed.
THURSDAY, March 26.-In the Senate,
after some further discussion, the Mexican
Claims treaties We're postponed until the
next session. A resolution was adopted
appointing two Senators to inform the
President that if he had no further COM
munication to make the Senate was ready
to adjourn. The nomination of Daniel Nc
Conville, of Ohio, as Auditor of the Treas
ury for the Post-Ofice Department, was
confirmed.
FRIDAY, March Reconsideration of
executive business occupied Che session
of the Senate. The nominations of
several postmasters were confirmed. A
communication was received from the
President requesting the Senate to re-
main in session until April 9. Adjourned
to the Both.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
A CHILD MuRDERESs.
Confession OF a N~ine-Year-Old Girl who,
Hung Her Tive-Year-Old Cousin.

Confession OF a Nine-Year-Old Girl who
Hung Her Tiye-Year-Old Cousin.
RICHMOND, Va, March Gothic murder
of a child reported from S%cottsville some
days ago has been confirmed by the confess
sion of Mary Cooper, the nine-year-old girl
who committed the crime. The victim
was Melville Barrett, seven years
old, and a cousin of the young
murderess. The two children lived with
their uncle near Scottsville, in Albemarler
County. The girl was suspected of the
crime, but the only evidence to support the
suspicion was the statement Of a little five
year-old sister Of the girl. Strong circumr-
stantial evidence pointed. to David Cooper,
the uncle of the children, as the mur-
derer, and he was taken to Jail, though
the smaller of the girls stated from
the first that her sister killed the
boy "for eating her egg" The girls We're
to be taken 10 the courthouse yesterday to
testify before the Grand Jury, and in talk
ing to MI. Bledsoe and others Monday night.
the elder Of the girls acknowledged that
she killed the boy, saying she and
her sister persuaded him to get Oh a.
chair ostensibly to put up a swing; that
when the rope had been attached to the
ceiling OF the cabin she made a loop, into
which lie was made to put his head; that
then she Knocked the chair from under him
and struck him several severe blows over
the head with a shovel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
PASSED AWAY.
Death nj Chicago of General Arson Stager,
the Famous Electrician.

Death at Chicago of General Arson Stager,.
the Famous Electrician.
CHICAGO, March 26.--General Anson
Stagcr died at his residence, 1875 Michigan
avenue, at 2:55 this morning. The General
had been unconscious for two hours previous
to his death. He had been confined to his
bed for about two weeks, suffering from a
complication Of troubles, among others
Bright's disease.
General Stager was born in Ontario County.
n. v, Iii 1875. He was Il pioneer in the build.
ing and operating Of telegru]hs. 10 him is
que the credit OF first ~economiZiug batteries
tby charging many wires at the same time from
the same sources. He was the first General,
Super1ntendentof the Mississippi Valley Com
pany in 1852. Soon after he was prominent
leased by and consolidated with the Western
Union Telegraph Company. and upon the or
ganizat.on OF that company he became its
General Superintendent. He accompanied
GENERAL Mcclellan in his West Virginia
campaign, during which he established
Tue tlrst system Of field telegraphs
used during tho rebellion. In No
TeHbcr, lS6l, he was commissioned
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, and by
oIuer OF theSccretary OF War was appointed
Gilct or the United States Military Telegraph
snroughout Tue country. He remained in the
service until scptembcr, 1865, and was brew
Gted ,ErigadierGcneraL. In 1869 he estab-
i4shcd his headquarters in this city. Ho
rounded the Electric Manufacturing Com.
pany and continued To be its President until
january l OF the present YEAR,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
lis, celebrated his one hundredth birehdsv
on the 9th. He has been married seventy

Lis, celebrated his one hundredth birehdsy
on the 9th. He has been married seventy
six years.
HENRY S. NEAL, Solicitor of the Treas.
ury at Washington, rendered his resigna-
tion on the 9th, and Alexander McCxe, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, was offered the position.
The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill
making it q crime to Ipreach or practice
polygamy.
GENERAL GRANT testified on the 9th
in the suit against President Fish, Of the
Marine Bank, New York, that he paid in
100000 as q special partner in the fism Of
Grant g. Ward; chat on May 1 last he
thought himself worth 100000, and that
everything he possessed wasslost in the
failure.
THE Arkansas Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 9th.
GENERAL GRANT passed a comfortable
day on the 9th, and a visible improve
ment in his condition was claimed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
cu,,Rcu AND rHEATER BURNED.
R,nn.,o Visited with a Disastrous Blaze, liz
Which One Man Loses His Life.

u,r.,o Waited with a Disastrous Blaze. IL,
which One Man Loses His Life.
BuFrA1.o, N. Y, March 26.-Last even
ing. AZ an attache of the Music Hall wa.
lighting the gas above the stage, the drop
fy took fire from a defective burner. In an
instant the whole stage was on fire, and six
minutes later the entire building WAC.
burning. The members of the McCaull
Opera Company were dressing preparatory
to the production Of "Falka," and had bare.
Nv time to escape, some only partly
dressed. The company loses the entire
vardrobes for "Falka," ''Ihe Little Duke,o
and ssThe Queens Lace Handkerchief.'
VERY few persons had arrived to witness
the performance and all escaped without
injury. An hour later st. Louis Roman
Catholic Church, at the rear OF the Music
Hall, took fire, aud 1t was soon evident the
magnificent edi6ce was doomed. The street,
between the Music Hall and the church is.
very narrow, rendering it impossible for the
fire department to do effective work. George
Smith and Joseph Green assembled ladders.
in front of the church for the purpose of as.
sisting the firemen III directing the work.
The building burned rapidly, and the fire..
men and Smith hastily left the roof, which
they had reached, but for some reason
Green remained and frantically rushed
to the cupoia and climbed it. In
full view of thousands of spectators,
he climbed to the lightning-rod, but.
returned and rushed to the body of the
roof, which was now burning fiercely. He,
rushed to the corner Of the building and,
needless. of the cries Of fremen, who had a.
tarpaulin stretched for him to jump into,
made for the tower, and from it hung by
his hands fully ten minutes. An attempt
was made to reach him with a ladder, butit
was unsuccessful, owing to the network of
telegraph wires surrounding the building. At
this time the entire front of the church was.
euvelopcd in flames. When the smoke
cleared away Smith was seen still clinging
to the edge of the roof. Then he lunged
forward. let go his hold and fell. He,
struck OH his head and was instantly killed.
At $3.50 the tower OF the Music Hall fell in,
and a few minutes after the front walls,
fell into the street. The fire was finally
confined to the Music Hall and the.
church. The Music Hall was completed
in 1855, having been about a year in con-
struction. st. Louis Church was the Oldest
Roman Catholic church in the city. The
Music Hall will be remembered as the
place of holding the grand musical festival
in 1888. the Democratic State Convention
in the fall of 1888, and the grand music
festival at which Theodore Thomas and
DR.. Damrosch appeared in June, 1884.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
CHICAGO CoNSPIRATORS RE-
LEASED.

Judge Gresham Decides THAI Mackin and
Gallagher are Entitled to a Writ OF Error
and They are Released on $50, 900 Bail.
CHICAGO, Ill, March 25.-Judge Gresh-
am, in the United States Circuit Court,
granted Mackin and Gallagher a writ of er-
ror and all indefinite stay of proceedings.
Mackin and Gallagher were released from
the county jail at eleven o'clock and taken
to the Government biilding, where they will
be released on bail of $50, 900. NJ. C. Nc
Donald and James Crawford, their sureti6s,
will go their security.
In his opinion Judge Gresham said that
while it was not to be inferred from his ac-
ton that the rulings of the District Court
would be reversed and a new trial ordered,
yet the record presented questions of sufi-
Gent difficulty and Importance to entitle the
defendants to a writ of error. The defcnd-
ants ought not to be denied all opportunity
to take the deliberate judgment of the court
upon the rulings of the District Court, and
IN such a case the proceeding under the SEN
tence ought to be stayed. Any different
construction Of the statute would defeat the
manifest intentions of Congress under Sec
ton l OF the act of 1879. His Honor said
ne would write to Justice Harlan, of the
supreme Court, and ask him to sit with him
when the writ Of error was heard. He also
suggested that counsel OF both sides, in view
OF the Importance of the question, should
ask Judge Harlan to leave his seat at WASH
lngton before the Supreme Court adioum-
ment late in May, in order that the matter
may be disposed of as cxpedisiously as nos
sible. Pending advices from Judge Harlan
he would set the argument on the writ of
error for the first Monday in May. Mackin
and Gallagher then furnished bail in $50. 600
each and left the court room.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
Tho Bakers HIVE q Failing Out.

CHICAGO, March 2G.-The executive
committee of the Western Cracker Bakers
Association, at a meeting at the Grand Pa
c'lic yesterday. dissolved the organization
ny a. unanimous agreement to suspend all
tne rules and prices heretofore governing
TIC members Of the association. The asso~
cation, which was formed four years ago,
comprised one hundred and fifteen
paAcrles, covering a territory from Pitts
purslA TO the Missouri River, and from St.
Iaul to New Orleans. The cutting of
prices by the Southern members becoming
generally known, resulted in a special
meeting. the object Of which was to dis
cass the situation and discipline the guilty
members. The dissolution of the ~associa-
tIou will result i'll crowding the trade and
decreasing the prices.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
FOREIGN.

The rebellion in Manitoba was causing
great excitement on the oath. A report
was received at Winnipeg that while a de-
tachment of moun police was proceed.
ing to reinforce Fort Carlton the insur.
gents under Riel attacked it, killing fifteen
of the police and wounding others. The
rebels had captured and imprisoned forty
whites and had taken possession of more
stores. Four Indian chiefs and bands had
Joined the insurgents, who numbered over
a thousand hardy men, all we'll armed.
The people of Germany have subscribed
$4,000 for a memorial to Bismarck, and
on the fiftieth anniversary of his entry
upon public service he will be presented
with the deeds Of the Schonhauser estate.
The British Cabinet on the 25th resolved
to demand of Russia the speedy delilnita-
ton of the Afghan frontier. All officers
of the Indian army now in Europe on fur
Tough were ordered to rejoin their regi-
ments. Wa between the two Govern
ments was considered inevitable.
REPORTS on the 25th placed the nunber
of British killed and wounded IN the recent
battle near Hasheen at $50, including
camp-followers.
ADv1cES of the Goth state that a COM
mercial crisis exists in Moscow. -Four of
the largest tea and sugar firms had failed,
with liabilities of ST., O00, 1000.
GREAT excitement prevailed in London
on the Goth over the prospect of a conflict
between England and Russia. Fresh
orders were sent out to the military and
naval centers for the Immediate dispatch
of munitions of war to India. The Queen
sent a message to the House of Commons
calling out $4,000 reserves and 100000
militia for permanent service.
ADvIcEs of the Goth from Madagascar
state that n terrific hurricane passed over
a portion of the island recently. Seven
teen persons were killed and many others
wounded. The American bark Sarah
Hobart was driven ashore and became a
total wreck.
Forty men were buried alive on the 9th
by an explosion in the mines of the DOM
brau Orran Mining Company at Trappan,
in Austrian Silesia, and all were believed
to have persisted. An explosion in the mines
of Baron Rothschild, i'll Moravia, killed ff-
ty-six men.
The excitement at London and other
European points over the probable war
with Russia was undated on the 9th.
Lord Dufferin had sent n request from In
dia for rein~forcements, and active prepara-
tions were being made to get all available
cruisers and iron-clads belonging to the
navy into condition for active service as
soon as possible. Advices from Russia
stated that preparations were making for
war, and silence was imposed on the Rus
sian newspapers.
The Canadian Government received ad-
vices on the 9th of a battle with Riel in
the Saskatchewan region, in which eleven
mounted policemen were killed and ten
wounded. The capture of Major Crczier
and his command of one hundred men was
also reported.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
LATER NEWS.

GENERAL GRANT suffered greatly on the
29th from accumulated secretions in his
throat. He had to be held in bed, and
cried out that he could not stand the pain.
Ills death at any moment would be no sur
prise to his physicians.
JOHN KANE. a wealthy cattle dealer of
San Francisco, killed his wife on the 10Th
because she refused to remove from the
city with him, md then killed himself.
a cABLEGRAM of tie 2Sth from London
says Parliament believed that peuc, would
continue between England and Russia,
while the court was certain that war was
at hand.
AN explosion a few days ago in a coal
mine at McAlister, Indian Territory,
caused the death of twelve men.
GREAT destitution prevailed on the oSth
among the striking miners in the Monon-
gahela (Pa.) district. Unless aid was rem
dered deaths from starvation would be in
evitable.
ADv1cEs of the Goth state that at Lang.
son a Chinese force of fifty thousand car
RED thc French intrenchments, and Sc
verely wounded General Negrier.
EX-GovERNoR THOMAS G. FLETCHER, of
Missouri, a prominent lawyer of st. Louis,
had on the Doth been missing from that
city for nine days, and his friends were
unable to account for his absence.
|. GENERAL MIDDLETON and seven hundred
men We're on the 2Sth on the march from
,Cu'Appelle to the scene of the Riel insur-
r~ction. TIL Canadian Government had
ordered the immediate dispatch of eight
hundred militia from Ontario and Quebec
by the Lake Superior route. Fort Carlton
had been evacuated and rurned.
MPon% of general merchandise at tho
porto of New York during the week ended
on the 2Sth wers valued at SJ5,,0a. 900.
The courthouse at st. Joseph, No, was
burned early on the morning Of the 2Stl,,
with the court records and law library.
W. B. McMett, chiefof the tire department.,
received fatal injuries. The BUILDINGS
cost $3.50, 900.
In the sculling mattel, at Sydney, N. S.
W., on the 2sth, between Hanlan aud
.5each, the latter won by six lengths.
A CORPSE found on the Doth in the Della.
ware River at Trenton, N. j., was iient;.
fed by several persons us that of S. S.
Conant, the missing editor OF Hurpcr's
Weekly.
lone ballot was taken for United States
Senator in the Illinois Legislature on the
2sth, General Logan receiving one vote
and Mr.. Morrison ten.
! AT twenty-six leading clearinghouse
in the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the DIST aggregated
$64G, 72l ,4S0, against 500, 951 ,076 the previ-
GUS week. As compared with tho CORE.
spending period of 1884, tho falling or
amounts to 22.2 per cent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ADvICEs of the oath state that the Nor
mons express great dissatisfaction with
the ruling of the Supreme Court that in
habitants of the Territories are under the
sovereign control of Congress.
MARCH 8 William Shields, an old man,
was appointed postmaster at West Ches-
ter, Pav and becoming worried over the
duties of his Office he drowned himself on
the morning of the oath.
GORDON w. B%URNHAM, the New York
millionaire who died recently, intended to
marry the daughter of Prof. Sanborn, of
Dartmouth College, and left her $50, 900 in
his will.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago on the 9th Judge Gresham
granted a writ of error in the cases of
Mackin and Gallagher, the election con-
hearing arguments in company with
Justice Harlan. He closed his decision
with the remark that it need not be in
ferred that a new trial would be ordered.
The prisoners were released in bonds of
$4,000 each.
In the New York Senate on the oath the
bill changing the time for holding the mu-
nicipal elections in New York City from
all 10 spring was defeated.
JACOB THOMPSON, who was Secretary Of
the Interior under President Buchanan,
died on the oath at Memphis, Tenn, aged
seventy-fve years.
MDLLE. NEVADA, the opera singer, was
rendered al ovation at San Francisco the
other night. Besides numerous floral gifts
of a costly character, her old schoolmates
presented her with a purse of $1,000 infye-
dollar gold pieces.
The Democracy of Chicago on the 9th
nominated Carter H.. Harrison for Mayor
for u fourth term. Judge Sidney Smith is
the Republican nominee.
GENERAL ANsoN STAGER, the famous
electrician, died in Chicago early on the
morning of the Goth, aged sixty years.
The Indiana Senate on the 25th passed
the bill providing for scientific instruction
in public schools on the effects of alcohol
on the human system.
The Missouri Legislature adjourned
sine de on the 25th.
JAY GOULD and Russell Sage on the 25th
retired from the directory of the Union
Pacific Road. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
was reelected President.
A HIGH-LICENsE bill was passed by the
Wisconsin Legislature on the 25th. The
license ranges from $500 to $500, according
to the size of the towns, and wholesale
dealers must pay 5000 in all cases.
Mrs. e. D. MORGAN, widow of ex-Gov-
ernor Edwin D. Morgan, died on the Goth
at New York.
A PETITION, signed by over one thou
sand %clergymen and laymen, including
the most prominent divines in the country,
was presented to the President on the 2Sth
urging him to enforce the Edmunds anti.
Polygamy act.
The bills providing for a dish of bread
and water for Migrants, and giving women
the right of suffrage at school elections,
passed the Wisconsin Legislature OIL the
Goth.
JAMES HUBBART, living near ~Indianapo.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
General Barrios Moving on San Sal.
Vador,

LA L1BEHEAD, San Salvador, March OK
-Courlers arriving here yesterday from tha
city OF San Salvador report that in the )at.
ter place the greatest CONSERVATION prevails
because OF the approach of President Rar-
RIOS at the head of his army. The would
De Dictator is reported to be encamped at
tle lake near Metapane, about $50 miles
rom here. His army, which was first
tliouen1 10 number $500 men, is now said
10 DC ully double that. He has conaderahla
artillery and cavalry. 1t is said he is he;no
reinforced every day. The most m%isleadims
reports are being scattered over this renub.
nc, ana become more exaggerated at each
telilng: Many of the rich citizens of San
SalHador have deserted the city and fled to
the mountains. Others have taken shin
, from this port; The country is full of Bar
rios spies, and the San %Salvadorian army
which numbers less than 1, 500 men ia sniyi,
to be in a state of revolt. 10 'alo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
Another Sign of War.

CHICAGO, March 26.-It is stated that
Armour ~ Co.. had contracted to furnish
1,4oo: coo pounds Of canned meats to the
BRUSH government, and yesterday it was
stated that the Fairbank Canning
company have orders for $500, 900 pounds
aaullionai. This makes a total Of nearly
s'@oo, 200 pounds Of meat, all of which
~ presumably for the supply Of British
troops IN t1oir actual campaign IN the Sou
VA" Hm! ana tie prospective one in A%fghanistan.
n!ls alone is equa! to the supply of so, co.,
!heh each with eight ounces of cooked meat
uall$ for a whole year, or 100, 600 for six
months. The fact may be accepted at least
u ai Indication that vigorous war prepare
tons are il progress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
The Connecticut "Brokers. Ri, .

HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 25.-1n +ho
house OF Representatives yesterday Mr.
Mitchell, of Norwich, called up the .R'n.
kers' bilp' and after a little debate u wv.
passed by the House, although unfavora Ma >
reported by the committee Two , n?T
snort, prohibits brokers from doing q m nn ~
business, but does not require disclos,r as ~
tiie names of their customers to tho Solea ~
men, as the original bill did. The effant ~
1lc Dill, should it become a law. viii ~ " "
erlve all speculation of this Sort ont ~ - ~ 20
State and it is a most sweeninr eMa,t VI 1he
Dut MI. Mitchell says it is needed ; IN Wnt'
wen and other cities of the State NOT no
oehate will very likely reject the biz Inc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
Duchess of Norfolk claims tn

WO1fSs VI INOI1OIh C1IIIu6 UUU
possession of the finest rubies in the
United Kingdom. Any woman of rea-
sonable means may wear diamonds, but
only an imperial wealth ever permits
her to number rubies among her Jewels.
The Duchess of Norfolk would I'M
doubtedly give all these priceless gems
to obtain sight for her little son, whose
future is shrouded in mental as we'll as
in physical darkness; but the oldest and
richest Dukedom in England can not
buy health for its sole heir.-N. Y.
lTlbMne.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17

Denver, Col, has never experienced
a case Of hydrophobia
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-19
A Hand-Weaving Machine.

An ingenious kind of hand-weaving machine or loom has been invented in Germany, by means of which silk, wool, yarn, cords, strips of fabric, etc., can be woven into pieces that may be applied to various useful purposes in the house. hold In using this machine the warp threads are first arranged parallel either on the backs of two chairs or se- cured to the knobs of two doors. The warp threads are then passed through the heddles, arranged on a suitable frame, and the ends of the warp threads are tied together and fastened to the back of the chair upon which the person operating the loom sits, and the other ends of the threads are held in suitable clamp on the table. The heddle frame or comb is raised by means of the left hand, whereby the threads are separated, and then the shuttle is passed through the warp threads, the latter are shifted,
 the sh title passed through in the in- verse direction, and so on.-M. r. Sun