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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
Airaas,s Home and library.

At another place Gen. Sherman said
TO the fol owing effect:
"There wss q great deal Of pathos'
shout Grants simplicity. The way he
surmonnted the property question is Q
very interesting study. When the war
was over and Grant was general Of all
the forces, he had an income OF probably
S1B.00O 6 year. He had . brother in Law
by sLe name of Corbin, who set to work
to give Grant a residence. Corbin sold
him y house in Washington Tor
sbont $30,0Oo-one Of the three
houses which had been built by
three OF our public men some.
whore In the time Of PIerce'e admins
tEation. One OF those honses belonged
to breckenridge, another to DouRlae,
snd another to Marshal Brown, I think,
Corbin came over to New York and talk
cd to some of the rich men about be-
slowing On Gen. Grant . residence.
Grant was asked it he had . home. He
said no; that WAS to say that he had lot
paid fos hia home, but he had no doubt
that ne could do SO il he wss let alons
SO when the New Workers raised their
purse 1t paid for Grant's house two or
three timestover.
"Then the Boston fellows began to
think that they ought to do something,
and they sent word to WaehibRsSn
to have Gen. Grants library looked inEo
IN order that when they bought him .
II~brsrytbat might not duplicate his books.
This was mentioned to Grant, and he said:
We'll, they will re. duplicate any books
that bave got hsve got no books
at all. Let them buy the books and
eepd them 90. ALL books will be new
books TO me-"
Here Gen. Sherman begsn to laugh,
and he eaid:
There was Grant. n Of fhe greatest
characters in history, so Indifferent on
the matter OF o library that nobody
could duplicate his books"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
So s. ress md 9akutaiaa
BIG FIRE AT ST. PAUL.
TIE WHOLESALE DISTRICT AGAIN
VISITED BY FIRE.

The Ryan Block Badly burned. and Its
Occupants Dnmaged . Third of a Mil
Mon-A Fashionable Boarding Honse
In Ruins at Brooklyn.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 13.--Another
disastrous fire visited the wholesale dis
trict Monday morning. Fire was first
discovered in the Ryan block, opposite
the still smoldering ruins of a building
which was burned several weeks ago, en-
failing a loss Of $500, 900. The entire de-
partment WAS called out The upper
floors of the Ryan block were occupied by
the Foote & Schulz company, boots and
shoes, and despite the efforts of the fire.
men to suppress it, the fire soon had
possession OF the entire upper portion Of
the building. The Ryan block is FIVE
stories high. At no time was any flame
visible. Dense volumes of smoke pre-
vented the firemen from getting through
several floors. The Ryan Drug company
will be damaged about $50, 600. The
company carries a stock valued at $780,
600, fully insured. The machinery used
IN the factory, and entire stock of boots
and shoes, Is probably a total loss, aggre-
eating nearly $500, 900. No one could
advance a theory as to the origin of the
fire.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
The WALK.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-At 9:S7, satur.
day night, Albert completed his 620th
mile, ten minutes ahead of the record.
At 10 O'Clock, the conclusion of the race,
the score stood: Albert, 621 IL; Herty,
5S2; Guerro, sd; Hart, SAG; Golden, 53S;
Moore, 531; Strokel, 526; Noremac, 5s5;
Dillon, 504; Sullivan, 1888; Taylor, 35S;
lilly, 800; Stout, 207.
Albert was apparently as fresh Sunday
morning as any man in the Ashland
house. He took only his usual sleep Sat-
urday night, arose early and after break
fast took a short walk with his wife.
Later in the day, he walked from Twen-
ty-fourth street to Central park and back,
and will continue taking moderate exer-
else instead Of lapsing into idleness. He
he will never enter another pedestrian
contest, although he may participate in
walking exhibitions. He is under en-
gagement to appear nightly for a week
with Dockstader's minstrels, aud will de-
liver an address in ring costume. Two
proposed receptions in Philadelphia have
been postponed in nseqnen
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
A BOARDING HOUSE FIRE.
Several Persons Injured I'M Attempting
to Escape.

lrN
Several Persons Injured I'm Attempting
to Escape.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb. ia fire which
broke out at 2:30 Sunday morning in the
large boarding house known as the Har-
per House, at No. 105 and 107 Clark
street, caused the most intense excite
ment in the neighborhood for a time.
Unfortunately, several persons In their
Efforts to escape from the burning build
Ing, were more or less injured. The
house, which vas elegantly furnished, and
regarded as a of the most fashionable
on the Heights, was kept by Mrs. q.
Cornbes. When the fire broke out there
were about thirty boardeIs and nine
servants asleep in the house. When the
first alarm was given they might possi-
bly,, with a little haste, have all ESCAPED,
but u took some time to arouse them.
The house WIS a three.story double
structure. The injured persons were those
on the third floor. Mrs. Combes was
awakened by q servant, and they at once
began to rou the other occupants Of
the house. q. Coombes, q broker, aged
forty. who slept on the third floor,
jumped from q window for q second-story
porch, but missed 1t, and fell upon the
sidewalk. His skull was fractured, and
he will probably die. A number of the
boarders got upon the porch, and some
jumped to the ground. Two young men
who were passing, ran and found a lad
der, with which they rescued fifteen per-
sons from the porch. John Gordon, q
salesman, jumped, and sustained a severe
seaIn Wounds:nnd shnnk-Ma@isat ut lie
hospital. Minnie Reynolds, a servant,
received severe Commissions of the legs and
back. Emma Slater was badly hurt ON
the back. Both these girls jumped from
the second story. Mary Wyatt received
q deep scalp wound. William Sink, q
telegraph operator, was injured on the
head. The hoardera found shelter at
5neighboring hotels. Most of them lost
nearly oil their effects. Mrs. Combes
losea about sc, 900 on furniture. The
house which was destroyed belonged to
Mrs. Lind, and was valued at $l5, 900.
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Nos worth . y

Troy Standard: G. Baker Hsn,e. m
is editor anu proprietor Of a blight ii.t,a
weekly newspaper In the rural d,stric,.
OF the west. He was lately married 10 .
pretty little woman, WHO'S filed with .
lsudibls desire to help Baker along Al
she can ~
'sType setting looks 90 saw AZ.
oooed the other day. Il know eonIS
do 1t just 40 we'll as ans,b,pg Lei =.
belp" -
Although Hanscom lie his ~,
ccmpositor, be didn't accept tb,a ~,
at onoe. His wife nad s.Iearned ~.
CASES." ~ she called it, and that. a..
thought, was the graduation deares IN
the type setting profession. She w.s in
.ne omoe alone the other day when .
oh" she snid, glr-fnily, "Ill Just Get
sn'e up and slip It in the form and won't
Baxter be surprised when he sees il IN
print?:
Itstherefore appeared az follows in tho
maRRIED: at Tqe RsSpenoE or rue
6RiDes psSentsts on wendsy svepr
Sep $50 1881 Mrl Jnho Jscknos TO Mrs
Ia ly neRt.u9 the Oersm Gy-was SeR.
from by Rsvv; mr. Deeen Inn the
resencs OF q large rnmer OF FReidsn of
the RnuoS couple & was Q berry, Joyful
Occssino. Mr. and mrs. will Be ct Hoem
to the.r fri,s ct S74 bath 81 afr ooto,
100;
t0fcourse Baxter wss surprised, So
we're Mr John Jackson and bis vile,
Who didn't think they had received =
full equivalent for the SIS they, had paid
for . "Rood eend off,
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Aberdeen, Feb. l3-Early this morn
ing q strong wind from the north deve-
Hoped into a blizzard, completely block.
ing the roads apGin. At noon the
thermometer was 25 above, and tonight
1t il 10 below, Although She storm
seems nearly as severe as that OF Jan
uary IL, no loss of life is anticipated; az
tho storm came mp gradually and was
expected. Farther reports to night
show.that the storm has extended
throughout central and southern Dakota.
Huron, Feb. IA severe wind and
snow storm set in from tho north this
afternoon, ~blockading the railroads in
all directions. No trains from the east
to-day, and none aept in that direction.
The storm is worse esat snd north than
here. No
Sioux Falls, Feb. 13-The mercury
fell fr N "a degrees above Zero at IL
O'clock, noon, to 10 above at 6 p. m.
During the frat two or three hours it
travelled at the rate OF 8 degrees per
hour. The wind is blowing agsle at
present, but owing to the big thaw this
forenoon no snow is flying. The On aha
train Isem the east is abandoned owing
o the blizzard at Worthington.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

SHE WAS WILLING To MARRY.
a Pretty Miss Follows Her False Love,
from New York.

A Pretty Miss Follows Her False Lover
from New York.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Eouis Kohn, other
wise DR.. Keller, late of Bohemia, Paris,
New York and Philadelphia, was placed
in an embarrassing position in Justice
Kersten's court. Beside him stood a
pretty young woman, and she was max
ing a speech that brought q blush to the
somewhat hardened face Of Mr.. Kohn.
eYou will have to marry me. II
came all the way from New
York to marry you, and you
must keep your promise Her story was
that she met Kehn in New York a year
ago, and that he asked her to marry him.
Henrietta String is her name, and dress
making her occupation. She spent 81, 500
in purchasing a dentists outfit for her
lover, and she 1iaims he borrowed money
from her, took her diamonds, skipped to
Philadelphia and shipped her diamonds
to Chicago. The case was continued.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
BLAlNE's CANDIDACY.
How His Florence Letter was Received
at the National CapitaI.

How HIS Florence Letter wa Received
at the National Capital.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Mr. Blaine's
letter declining the presidential nomina-
tion, published in the morning papers,
was the leading topic of political gossip
Monday. Mr.. Blaine's avowed friends
i~nscongress show a desire not to express
their opinion, but intimate that the letter
only emphasizes the dislncli2ation he has
shown to press his claims for nomination.
Conspicuous Sherman men, and others
known as opponents of Mr.. Blaine, hail
the letter as actual withdrawalon his part
from the presidential race. Senator Allison
and others who may be classed as presl-
dental candidates, content themselves
with saying Nj. Blaine's expressions are
unquestionably sincere, but he would
have to yield to the demand OF. the party
that he should become its candidate If it
should SO express itself in convention.
Among prominent Democrats in both
houses the impression seems to prevail
that the letter is far from establishing
the fact that Mr.. Blaine will not be q
presidential candidate.
t-ihMF. Daiissii, IHs=Iasi hiiIIaeaa Tepr.ssr1 tta tty,
from the Pittsburg district, and an inti-
mate friend of long standing Of Chairman
! Jones, of the Republican committee, says
he Is not surprised to hear of Mr.. Blaine's
letter. He had an intimation several
months ago that Mr.. Blaine had suffered
severely from nervous prostration since
the campaign of 1884, aud would
not likely be physically able TO
endure the rigorous demands of
another campaign; that he went abroad
with the hope of recovering health, but
the letter indicates that he is disappointed
in the object OF his trip. Mr.. Dalzell be-
lieves Mr.. Blaine is serious in his de-
termination not to have his name used in
the convention, and also that he intends
to assist in the election of the nominee, to
the extent of his physical powers.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD.
DAKOTA, MONTANA, WASHINGTON,
AND NEW MEXICO.

Democrats Favor a Bill to Lump the
Applicants for statehood-How MIR.
B,aine's Letter of Defamation Was Re-
ceived at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.--The Democratic
members of the senate and house com
mittees on Territories, have been holding
caucuses, with a view of deciding on
hasty action at both ends of the Capitol
on the question of admitting Dakota.
The matter has been fully considered,
and an agreement has been reached that
theD Democrats in the committees should
support a bill admitting Dakota as one
sta6e, and also Montana, Washington,
and New Mexico. The house committee
ON territories met to take up the Dakota
question, and the Democrats favored
preparing a bill to let in the four
territories. The Democrats say they are
liberal enough, and if either party is to
be blamed for keeping Dakota OUT it must
be the Republican party. Dakota is Re.
publican and New Mexico Democratic,
aad Washington and Montana close and
undetermined Dakota would give the
Republicans about three congressman to
begin with, and the Republicans have a
better chance in Washington than the
Democrats have in Montana, in spite of
the fact that Washington has twice
elected Charles Voorhees, delegate. The
democrats thinkuhe Republicans ought
to be satisfied with the arrangements, es-
pecially as north Dakota is by a large
majority opposed to the division scheme,
which Is favored by the southern part of
the territory. The Democrats propose to
lump the four territories in one bill. lest
If the house passed three or four separate
bills, the Republican senate should pass
the Dakota DILL, and leave the rest un.
acted on. The Democrats say the Re-
publicans must admit the four or nothing.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
BOTH WANT ThE CHILD.

frank Roiduc, Of Florence. Wis, Caps
lures . Child from Ills Divorced wife.
NEENAH, Wis, Feb. 13.-When the II
o'clock passenger train was pulling out
of Appleton for the north, a large man
jumped OF the train with a boy four
years old. A tall. .ane-iooking woman.
wearing a seal cloak, followed him, cry
ing bitterly. The man was Frank Bolduc,
of Florence, and he bad taken the child
from his mother. Mrs. Mira Nudge,
wife. This is the fourth time he has
stolen the child. The woman got on the
train with the intention Of getting the
child and having Bolduc arrested for alb
ductions
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
FUNDS FOR THE MINERS.
DR.. McGlynn Suggests the Remedy TO
Labor Troubles.

800
Labor Troubles.
New YORK, Feb. 1S.-The meeting at
the Academy of Music, in aid of the
striking miners in the Reading region,
was largely attended and a goodly
amount was realized. Master Workman
Quinn presided. In his remarks he said
Mayor Hewitt helped to bring about the
coal strike, as he was interested in the
Lehigh syndicate. Austin Corbin was
bitterly denounced. DR.. McGlynn spoke,
denouncing the coal mine owners and adj
vocating the Heary George theory as a
remedy for such troubles as the coal
strike. He did not refer to his secession
from the George party. Resolutions were
adopted demanding that the cherters of
corporations which have violated public
rights be revoked. and extending sym
pathy and material aid to the Reading
strikers. A committee to wait on Mr..
Corbin and attempt o settlement of the
strike was appointed. Chairman Lee, Of
the Reading strikers, next spoke, iusti-
Tying the strikers. T. B. Mcclure, of the
general executive board, K. of Ii, also
spoke. All referred very harshly to Mr..
Corbin.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
THE. BALLOT COMPULSORY.
A Bin to Prevent Illegal Voting and
Punish Offenders.

A Bin to Prevent Illegal Voting and
Punish Offenders.
BALTIMORE, Feb. ia bill has been
introduced in the legislature to compel
all registered voters to cast their ballots
at each election under penalty of a fine.
Among the principal provisions of the
bill is u requiring che registers to
furnish a list Of all the registered voters
liz the state to the states attorneys
In the cities and counties. 1t is
maue the duty Of the Judges of election
Sss.sisoa the
election, to the same officers, a list Of all
persons who have voted. Then the
states attorney is required to oormpare
the two lists, and tc summon before a
criminal court all persons whose names
were on the registry who have not voted,
where, upon conviction of not having
voted, they are liable to q fine of S., or,
in default of payment, to 8 jail sentence
of thirty days, unless they can give q
valid excuse to the judge.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
MORE NATURAL GAS.
Northern Prospectors HAYES Lively Time
at Fort Worth. VI

Northern Prospectors Have a Lively Time
at Fort Worth. ~
Fort WORTH, Tex, Feb. 13.-Northern
capitalists have been prospecting on some
rich mineral lands in Palo Pinto county.
AT a depth of $50 feet, great volumes of
gas, accompanied by a cloud of sand,
rushed from a well with q roar that
could be heard a mile distant. James
Gabriel, a workman, lit his pipe twenty
feet from the well, igniting the gas, burn
ing off his whiskers and hair, and throw
ing him a distance of fifteen feet. The
flames scared upward sixty feet, burning
the limbs Of trees thirty feet distant.
Two houses, thirty-six feet distant, had
to be torn down. Stones and gravel,
earth and water, were thrown in upon
the flaming well. The flames were low
cred, but could not be extinguished. A
barrel of salt was next emptied on the
we'll. Ground was forced into the we'll
and cement laid over it. The gas still
presses itself through and burns rapidly.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
Nebraska and Iowa Penstons.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-F Following Is
the representation of Nebraska and Iowa
citizens in the last batch of pensions
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
ARREST OF a BANK PRESIDENT.

An Indiana Capitaiist Mado False tag
Returns of Personal Property.
CRAwFoRDsyILLE, Ind. Feb. 13.-Will-
lam q. Durham, president of the First
National bank, was arrested. The CON-
plant is that Durham, the LIST day Of
April, 1881, was the owner OF $138, 900,
Oh deposit. subject to his order, check
and draft, and which was subject to taxa
ton under the laws of the state and
county, and that said Durham the Goth
day of May, 1887, did not give in a true
list and schedule of his personal property,
and only reported about $500. He v
bond In the sum Of So. 900.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
The Gray Eagle q wreck.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 13.-sunday morning
about 4 o'clock, the bark Gray Eagle,
loaded with scrap irons bound from Rio
de Janeiro to Baltimore. went ashore on
Little island beach. She Immediately
flled with water, and lies in such a po-
sition that with the easterly weather
she will go to pieces within twenty-four
hours. The crew were saved by the crew
OF the life saving station at Little island,
where they are now being comfortably
cared for. Assistance has been sent from
here by the Merritt Wreeking company.
The weather is very thick and dangerous
along the coast.
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a JAIL DELIVERY.
The Minneapolis Postofaoe Robber and
Two Companions Go Free.

EM Erma EH#L
Two Companions Go Free.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Feb. 13.-Three pris-
oners escaped from the county Jail Sun
day night, about 7;30, and their depart
ure was not discovered until about the
same hour Monday morning; hence, pros
poets of recapture are considered doubt
fnI. The names of the men are: Bill
O'Conner, the notorious Minneapolis
postoflce robber; Frank st. Clair, and
William Thomas, both awaiting trial
Tor highway robbery. The hour
OF their escape was learned of r.
Burkhardt, United States prisoner from
Milwaukee charged with passing counter
felt nnoaiey. He was In the same cell
with Thomas and refused to make the
attempt, giving as his reason that he
could prove his innocence II he stood
trial The escape was made by saving
the bars FROM the cell doors and the roof
of the corridors. The men reached the
ground by rope made from hammocks,
torn into strips, found between the jail
and court house. Sheriff Richter was in
Milwaukee. He has been autographed for,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
springer. tho Auseerat.

Lsrimore North Dakota Pioneer:
The springer n state bill, which shs
Aberdeen humbug convention endorsed
aud which is favored by the few na:-y5
politicians who evidently want to keep
Dakota ont Of the union and themselves
in office as long as possible. distinctly
provides Tor breaking up and abolishiuR
thirty six ofthe sdready organized corln.
ties. consolidating end arranging
them and naming knd locating
new count5sseats-a1 wholly wiitioni
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
FATALLY BITTEN.

A Vicious Dog Sinks His Teeth Into h
Skull of a Child.
EVANSVILLE, O., Feb. 13.-Saturday
afternoon Mrs. Lewis Fl. Harper, of Mill
Run, north of this city, left her two.
year old boy with Mrs. Smith, her sister,
while she came to town. The child was
playing on the floor when a vicious coal
mine dog that had an aversion to the
boy, seized him, tearing and m~utilating
his head aud exposing the skull in several
places. Upon examination it was found
that one of the dogs tusks had pene-
trated the skull behind the ear, and there
is little hope OF the child's recovery.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
FOOD A~pULTERATiohs.

Chicago Exporters Say the Skim Cheese
Fraud Has Killed the. Market.
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.-Chicago exporters
OF SKINNED cheese complain bitterly of
adulterated OF allied cheese, which they
claim is made in Elgin district. The eff
feet Of the adulterated article has been
practically to destroy the demand In the
English market for the genuine cheese.
The adultsration IS made with filling
with animal fat cotton seed oil, lard and
other cleap Substances. IL Is tnsanufac-
tured for less than the cost OF the genu-
inc article. and is a fair imitation. An
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Burned Their Daughter AIive.

RALEIGH, N. G.. Feb. 1a.-solordon
Easton and his wife, negroes, living in
Chowan county, became angry with their
twelye-year-old daughter and beat her
cluded to burn her body. The body was
thrown into b large Fireplace. The child
moved, upon feeling the heat, and its In
human parents again knocked her upon
the head,
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a REORGANIZATION proieot,

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Feb. 18.-C. W.
Smith, president Of the Santa Fe Rail
road company; H. Q. Mutt, president of
the Atlantic g. Pacific; II. r. Mccullough,
general manager Of the Chicago g. North
western, and several other officials, are
here to secure the reorganization of the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad company.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

SAN RENO, Feb. 13.-Dr. Berymann
visited the CROWN prince and subsequently
signed a bulletin expressing himself as
thoroughly satisfied with the treatment
the patient is receiving, and the progress
he is making.
SAN RENO, Feb. 18.-fhe crown prince
left his bed Sunday Afternoon and re.
manned out of it several hours, mean
while sitting or reclining in his room. He
expressed himself as feeling we'll, and his
lively demeanor seemed to confirm his
statement,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

ent action. the general committee Of
New York county, and that of Kings,
have adopted resolutions rea.irming the
Syracuse platform and refusing to be
split by the tariff issue. We are OF only
one mind. The detection is that of u
former leader, who will support the
Democrats. No one else (outside the
Standard office proposes to abandon the
great social reform hitherto 80 largely
associated with Mr.. Georges name"
Mr. Barnes added that d conference or
convention will be held late in May. in
the west, probably at Chicago.