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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
SMALLPOX AT DIES MONIES.
The Dread Disease Introduce by a Cali
fornia Pilgrim.

The Dread Disease introduced by a Cali
fornia Pilgrim.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 1.-The prospects
are good now for a number of cases of
smallpox In this city and vicinity. Perry
Osgood, q wealthy farmer living east Of
the city, in the edge of Jasper county, re-
turned home from California this week.
He came to Ottumwa over the Burling-
ton road, and On Monday came to Des
Moihes. Mr.. Osgood was we'll known in
the city, and spentthe day shaking hands
with his friends. That night he went home,
and was taken quite i'll and his physi-
clan pronounced his trouble smallpox.
DR.. Kennedy, secretary Of the state board
OF health, examined the case and also
pronounced it smallpox in its most yio-
iHsns i.rsa. tits highly probable that a
number of GASES will result from o.
goods contact with friends, as his dis
ease was in the stage to spread the con-
tagion. The state board has quaran.
tined Osgood's house, and local dealers
have sent for virus for vaccination pur-
poses. If nothing worse, the result will
be a lively smallpox scare while the legis-
lature is in session.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
FOREIGN NEWS.
Continental War.

SoubiuenIal Stars
LONDON, Feb. Ever since the recent
speech of N. Tissea, the European war
csouas have been t%hickening, In spite of
the peaceful assurances of Russia and
the apparent apathy of Germany. The
London correspondent of the Liverpool
Post, who is credited with possessing I'm
equaled facilities for obtaining Inside
information on political subjects, writes
to his paper that he has abundant reason
to believe that the government has no
hope that the sumEaer will pass without
wars and there are many other strsws
showing the tendency of events to be in
the direction OF armed conflict. Already
the uncertain state Of continental affairs
has had great effect upon the fiscal policy
OF the English government. All ideas Of
retrenchment so industriously advocated
a few months sgo have been abandoned,
and the present temper Of the ministry
may lead them to demand a vote of credit
before parliament is q month old. The
Vienna press also takes a perssimistic
view of the situation; notably the Tag
blatt, which says: 'Let us hope for
peace, but in the meantime get ready for
use all the good bayonets in Austria"
The members of the military council
have been summoned to resume the sta
tions, and all the available force in Aus.
trian gun factories and other sources
OF military supplies is kept constantly at
work to satisfy the demands of the war
office.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02

WASHINGTON, Feb. Iowa and Ne
braska inventors have receivedIpatents as
follows:
Samuel Barr, McCausland, Ia, pump
rod attachment and pillow; Joseph P.
Bower, Des Moines, Ia, driving mechan-
ism for elevators; Edward G. Butcher,
~Camanche, Ia, equestrian gymnasium;
Frederick E. Davis, Gladbrook, Ia, draft
equalizer; Webster A. Fairbanks. Charles
City, Ia. plow; Sylvester Fritch, Beatrice,
Neb., refrigerator; Allen Johnston, OF
tumwa, Ia, cutlery grinding machine;
Albert Landstrom, assignor of one-half
to A. B.. Walker, Council Bluffs, Ia,
transom litter; Wellington j. Martin,
Mt. Pleasant, ess'gnor to Iowa Road
Grader & Manufacturing company, Bur-
lington. Ia, road scraper and grader;
Henry 2. Moore, Tama City, Ia, reversi-
BILE o and ditching machine; Rowley
Robinson, Wymore, Neb., apparatus for
transferring cars; Jacob Shuck, Blue
Springs, Neb. ,%cultivator; Frank E. Smith,
Toledo, Ia, Office ticker.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
~TALLY-sHeET FoRGERlEs.
Damaging Testimony of Judges and
Clerks of Election.

Damaging Testimony of Judges and
Clerks of Election.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. lin the tally
sheet forgery trial the judges and clerks
of the precinct, the returns from which
were alleged to have been forged, testi-
ded as to the condition of the tally-sheet
when 1t left their hands. City Clerk
Bryan testified briefly as to his custody
of the ballot boxes, and County Clerk
Joyce RS to how he kept the returns, and
other circumstances connected Herewith.
His testimony was by far the most dam
aging yet produced against Defendant
Robt. Montgomery. He said, in sub
stance, that he kept the re-
turns in his safe, the combination
to which was known only to himself and
his s:eputy, but which combination was
printed on a piece of paper and kept in a
drawer in his desk. He locked his safe
on Saturday night after the fall election,
in October, in 1886. The election returns
were in the safe, and he believes the re-
turns that were forged afterwards were
among the others. He was not at his Of
fee on Sunday, but while out riding met
the defendant, who asked him to give
him the papers from precinct A, ward
18th. Joyce protested that he could not
do 1t. Montgomery urged that
he was an interested party IA
candidate) and was entitled to have
them. When Joyce absolutely refused
him, Montgomery became outraged, and
Joyce drove away leaving him talking in
a loud voice. On Monday, when the re-
turns were taken out of the safe to be
counted. IL was found that thia one had
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
WILL STAND HIS TRIAL.
RETURN OF ZIMMERMAN, FIDELITY
BANK DIRECTOR.

Bonds in Twenty Thousand Dollars for
Appearance In Court Mrs. Rawson
A%rraigned for Completely In Attempt to
Kill the Chicago Banker.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-Eugene thinner
man, the indicted Fidelity bank director,
who has been in Europe ever since the
great financial crash, last summer, ar
rived home Tuesday night. 1t was re-
Gently supposed Mr.. Zimmerman went
abroad to avoid arrest, and giving testi-
mony in the Harper trial. 1t has been
claimed he received $T5, 900 from Harper
on the day preceding the Fidelity failure.
Zimmerman appeared at the office of Dis
trict Attorney Burnett this morning to
surrender himself and give bond for his
appearance for trial. He was arrsigned
before Judge Sage, and gave bond In
$40. 900.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
FOUND Guilty OF Mprder.

DECATUR, Ill, Feb. 1.-The jury in
the William e. Westhrook murder trial
caused a general surprise by bringing in
a verdict of guilty, and fixing the penalty
at death. Westbrook was convicted on
the charge of ~stabbing William Gross, a
saloonkeeper, at Blue Mound. The pris-
oner received the verdict without finch
ing. A motion for a new trial will be
argued before Judge Smith next Tues
day. The defense will attempt to show
that the verdict is against the evidence,
and that the court should not have ad-
mitted the alleged dying statement of
Gross. Westbrook is an orphan, and has
no money and few friends.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
UNDER FALLING WALLS.
FOUR GIRLS LOSE THEIR LIVES IN a
BURNING BUILDING.

Buffalo's Mammoth Dry Goods House,
With Its M!llion-Dollar Stock, a Mass
of Ruins-An Early Morning Blaze at
Quincy, Ill.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. barnes, Hen
gereg & Co.'s mommoth dry goods es-
Enlistment, or Main street, took fire ct
II o'clock Wednesday morning, and at
noon was a mass of flames.
The employees became panic stricken
and made q wild rush for the streets. AT
noon the walls on Pearl street fell, bury
ing in the ruins four girls employed in
that part of the building. They were
seen to fall back with the walls. AT 1890
the front walls fell In, and the whole
is in ruins. The fire spread to
adjoining buildings occupied by Dickin-
sons jewelry store, and Partridge dry
goods store, and leaped across the street
to Glennis' china and glassware empo-
rum. Morgan's carpet store was threat
ened, and the Academy of Music andBank
of Buffalo, in the same block with Barnes,
Hengerer & Co., put all the books
and papers in the vault and vacated the
premises. The board of trade building
is in danger. The entire fire department.
is at work. Barnes, Hengerer s. Coz
stock is valued at q 81, 600, 900. The
building is owned by G. J. .Hamlin and
a quarter of a million.
Later-The efforts of the fremen were
directed toward preventing the spread of
flames, and were SO far successful
that the flames obtained no foothold in
any adjacent buildings. Beyond damage
the buildings Immediately adjoining
The origin of the fire, and to the fronts
those opposite, and in the rear on Pearl
street, the loss is confined to Barnes,
Hengeror & Co., and the buildings they
occupied. The names of the girls said
% have lost their lives are not yet known,
probably will not bs known until
,he roll of the employees Is called.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
WAS JlLTEo IN 8
A Breach of Promise Suit Nearly q Half
Century Old.

A Breach Of Promise Suit Nearly Q Half
Century Old.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. Among the
cases docketed for hearing in the circuit
court at Wooster, this state, is a breach
of promise case which has been in the
courts nearly fifty years. Both parties
interested are now old people, and the
case has outliyed many lawyers and a
host of witnesses. 1t is entitled Mary
Bartol VS.. Thomas Eckert, and was first
brought In 1912, when the plaintiff, who
fs now q widow, was Miss Mary Bartol.
The defendant is Gen. Thomas 7. EckerA
manager Of the Western Union Telegraph
company. In 1s42 you, Eckert was an
apprentice In 9 harness ,,op in Wooster,
and, it is alleged, became engaged to
pretty Miss Bartol. Eckert is a wealthy
man, while his former sweetheart is a
poor woman, and in need OF the money.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
DEMPSEY AND McAFFERY.
A Tsn-Round Glove Contest In which
Dempsey Is Declared winner.

A Ten-Round Glove Contest In which
Dempsey Is Declared Winner.
NEW YORK, Feb. There were about
five Thousand persons present in the
Pavonia rink, Jersey City, to witness
the glove contest between Dorninick Nc
Caffrey and Dempsey. The two men
fought ten rounds and referee Jere Dunn
decided, that Dempsey won. There was
much disaffection over the selection of
Referee Dunn, he being considered a
friend of Dempsey. The spectators called
for Harry Hill and several others.
Dempsey weighed 153 pounds, Mccall
frey l6S. In the first round McCaffrey
cut Dempsey on the forehead. In the
second round Dempsey struck McCaffrey
in the right eye. Dempsey was aggres-
sive in the first part of the battle, trying
to settle his opponent in short order. In
the last few rounds he acted on the de-
%fensive, and McCaffrey had to follow him
all over the ring, several times begging
him TO stand up and fight. McCaffrey
Tried his best TO knock Dempsey out, but
the Nonparisi always c~ievsrly avoided the
punishment. Several times McCfarey
tried to swing his right, but Dempsey cley-
erly detged. In the third round Demp-
sey struck McCaifrey on the right eye.
Ia the fourth round Dempsey caught Nc
Cafrey on the right temple. In the fifth
round Dempsey struck McCaffrey on the
nose but did not draw blood. In tho
sixth round McCaffrey tried to put
Dempsey over the ropes but Dempsey got
away. The seventh round was all In
Dempsey's favor, he doing all the lead
ing and planting blow after blow on Nc
Caffrey's ribs and shoulders, In the
closing round there were four blows, all
given by Dempsey. Three ounce gloves
were worn. Dempsey, at the end OF. the
exhibition appeared very fresh, aud said
pc was able to go ten more rounds. Ne
Csfery took his defeat very sorely. He
was also In good condition with the ex-
ception of his eye and forehead. There
was a protest by Che spectators against
the decision. The contest lasted forty
i've minutes, ara was under Marquis Of
Queensbrry rules,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
discussing the rishorIe, ouos,ion.

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 1.-The council
was in session three hours. engaged Who'll
~ with matters relating to the fisheries
commission. John M. Dewson, assistant
director of the geological survey of Cam
ada. leaves for Washington with refer.
ence to Alaska matters. Prof. Dawson
spent this summer on the Yukon river,
partly in Alaska, and partly in British
Columbia, making q survey. He studied
the question Of boundary between British
Columbia and Alaska while in that Sec
ton. His being sent to Washington is
regarded as certain evidence that cues
lions relating to Alaska and Behring Sea
seizares are before the commissioners.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Dickinson aud the Mail Service.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Superintendent
Nash has retu rned from a western trip,
which included st. Louis and Kansas
City, I'M was extended into Kansas.
The journey was on the request of the
new postmaster general, who has called
on Mr., Nash for a full report as to what
Is necessary in the way of increased ao-
Communications to make the mail service
west of st. Louis first class, and to put
an end to the complaints which have
Deon coming from Kansas especially.
The postmaster general says that where
more car space and more help are needed,
they are to be furnished forthwith. He
says his aspiration is to give the people
good service rather than to make both
ends meet.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Wants,

NJ ANTED-A G OH girl to do general house.
W work. Apply at Mckinney d. ScuueaIs
bauk or 1T Il. w. burns residence.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02

the house and be satisfactory to the
country. 1t will not be of a radical ma
ture. l believe that you will fad that
the duty will be taken off woods; that q
moderate reduction will be made on
woolen goods, SO as, in a measure to cor
respond with the reduction on the raw
material, and that the on cotton
goods will also be reduced. There will
be considerable of an increase in the free
list, AMI q reduction of from 90 to 25 per
cent. IN the sugar duties. That part of
the programme will please the revenue
refofmers, who are clamoring for a re-
duction on the necessities of life. To pla-
cate the Randall democrats the duties on
tobacco will be cut some $50, 900, 600, but
the whisky tax will not be touched"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Bought tho tather,s consent.

FULTON. Mo-, Feb. IA curious we'd
ding occurred here Monday. Miss Bette
Langley had two lovers, one a wealthy
Texan ana the other Jesse Bull, a poor
resident of Fulton. The Texan offered
Miss Langley's father 81, 600 for his con-
sent The girl decided to marry the poor
lover and told him to secure the license.
He was negligent and Monday the Texan
secured a license, and a few minutes later
Bull did the same. A foot race for the
girls home occurred, in which the Texan
won, and was married while Bull was
standing on the doorstep.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
rhoebe,s Expense Account

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Mr. Thoebe has
presented to the house election commit
tee q bill for his expenses in contesting
the seat of MIR. Carlisle. His bill is $4,-
1oo. The most allowed by law is 50, 900.
me. bill charges $1,000 paid to Mr.
Stever, an attorney whose talk lasted for
five minutes before the committee. Mr..
Rlakely's fees are charged to the amount
of 5000, Mr.. Wards fees to the amount
OF $500, and an item of $500 is charged as
the pay as an expert of Mr.. Pierce, who
made an affidavit to the statement (Which
proved erroneous) that the poll books
from certain precincts were all in the
same handwriting.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Mrs. Rnwson pleads.

CHICAGO, Feb. Mrs. Rawson, wife
of Banker Rawson, and her son, William
Ralph Lee, were brought into court to
answer to the charges brought against
them. Young Lee, pleaded guilty to as
sault with intent to kill, and was re-
manded to jail. Mrs. Rawson pleaded
not guilty to the charge of conspiracy in
the assault.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Henry Marmaduke's Disabilities.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Senator Vest
nsroduce a bill to emove the disabili-
ties of Henry M~armaduke, youngest
brother of the late governor. Mr.. Mar
maduke was, until recently, superiu-
tendent of the Pullman car service in
Florida. He came here expecting to re-
ceive an appointment in one of the de-
partments; but it appears that the sp
pltcant is disqualified. When the war
broke out he was a naval cadet. He left
the academy and took service with the
confederacy, and he cannot now be ap-
pointed to the place he seeks without the
removal of the disability.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
OUTLINING THE TARIFF BILL.

Tho Duty VIII Be Taken From Wool
Sugar and Tobacco Reduction.
WASHINGTON, Feb. LA rrorainsnt
member Of the house, not a member Of
the why's and means COMMITTEES, who ia
thoroughly posted as to the doiries OF the
committee in tariff matters, said: "Tho
tariff bill y being ffery carefully cofsid-
cred, and such good progress has been
made that | expect It will liz reported to
ihe house next week, unless, OF course,
thore should be obstacles IN the way that
are not nov known. That bill will be of
such . nature that / believe 1t VIII pass
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
MURDERED HIS MOTHER.

An Intoxicated Ship Carpenter Crushes
His Mothers Skull With an Ak.
BUFFALO, N, Y, Feb. John Cullen,
q ship carpenter, went home drunk Tues
day night. Upon his mother making
some comment, he picked up an ak and
crushed her skull with it, killing her in
stantly. Cullen then went out, visiting
several saloons. boasting in each that he
had killed his mother. His drunken ut
terances were unheeded at first, but
finally some one went to the house and
found Mrs. Cullen. Cullen is thirty-hve
and unmarried. He was considered in
offensive except when intoxicated.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Hung Himself IN > Barn.

De SoTo, Mo-, Feb. Fired Hamel, a
young man about twenty-five years of
age, son of George Hamel, one of the old
cid residents of this city, committed sui
eide. Some feeling was shown by him at
dinner in regard to work allotted to him
by his father for the coming summer,
and alter leaving the table he was not
again seen alive.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Yankton Market.
Ysnkton. February Q
Special Tax Levy.

Office Of City Treasurer. Yanktoa, Dakota.
January, 7th, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that n special tax
of the city of Yankton, b. IT,. Tor the construo-
tion of sidewalks along or in front of the lots
herein after described. Said tax il now due
and placed in my hands for collection. Unle 8
the same ia paid within trirty days g penalty of
ten PER cent will be added to the sum due
upon each lot or part of lot. The following is
supposed o. ner and the amount of special tax
assessed against each lot or parcel of sal estate
respectively;
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Conspiracy.

LONDON, Feb. LA private inquiry is
being pushed by a section of the irish CO.
ercton force at Woodford, with the OBJ.
ject Of ferreting out a conspiracy against
one Patrick O'Brien to compel him to re-
tratu from occupying a farm resigned by
the previous tenant because OF the excess
sive rent extorted by the landlord. This
is the first proceeding of the kind under
the crimes act, and II it should yield the
desired information, the consp.rators will
be summarily dealt with, while the pre-
cedent established by the investigation
will be extensively pursued throughout
Ireland.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
The New Mail route TO mex,co

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Mexican
authorities have already opened CORE
s%pondence for the transfer of the mails
between the two countries by the new
route. The necessary orders will be is
sued in a few days. The mails which
have been going and coming by the way
OF Ell Paso, will go by the way of Eagle
Pass. This will reduce the distance
travelled 700 miles. Western mail for
Mexico will probably 60 by the southern
route, instead of by St. Louis.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
stockslager on Prohation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Senator Vest
called at the White House, in the interest
of Judge Noah M. Given's candidacy for
land commissioner, but he learned moth
ing definite. The information is given
u in a semi-authoritative way atthe in
interior department that the president
has concluded to let the office run on
awhile under Mr.. Stockslager, acting
commissioner.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
chlnaman Married to an Irish Girl.

CHICAGO, I'LL, Feb. 1.-Quong Kee, a
funny looking little Chinaman, with q
felt hat, accompanied bysa lawyer named
Abbott, applied to the county clerks Of
flee Monday for a license to marry Mary
Doran, an Irish girl. Quong gave his
age as twenty-seven, and that of his in
tended bride as eighteen. Half en- hour
after the license had been granted the
certificate was returned by Rev. G. b.
Walker, a gospel minister, who said he
had performed the ceremony.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Mrs. Ainmon stiu In JAN.

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. L. Mrs. Jo-
sephine Ammon is still in Jail and still
banking on the hope that whel Judge
White succeeds Judge filden, February
1S, she will be released. judge Tilden
said: 81 shall decline to hear anything
in the case until Mrs. Amnaon clears her
self of contempt
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
no Trnnsport Criminal.

LONDON, Feb. ]. - The St. James
Gazette deyotes a long leader to advocat-
ing q return to the practice Of transport.
Ing criminals, instead Of imprisoning
them IN England, and it appears to many
persons that the Interior motive of the
writer or inspirer is to make it possible
10 transport offending Irish commopers
wnep It shall seem to the Tory govern
ment desirable to do 40.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02

shrieked, and a moment later old Vance
arose from his concealment, thirty or
forty yards behind her. During the
shooting which followed Vance was
killed. On this night of January 8,
Phillips and posse arrested Valentine
Hatfield, three Mayhorn brothers, Tom
Chambers, Andrew Yancy, Selkirk Nc
Coy and Moses Christian. Others of the
Hatfelds were captured in Mcdonald
county, w. Va, about the anne time and
landed In Pike Jail.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
Patents May Be Extinguished.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The annual re-
port of the commissioner of patents,
which was sent to ongre Tuesday.
recommends legislation necessary to IN
power the governments to %extinguish pat
ents at any time in Its discretion, upon
the payment Of a reasonable sum of
money, to be determined by arbitration.
This proposition is based upon an argu-
ment that under existing law, onopo
lies may work great hardships among the
people.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-02
For Governor Of Mas.achn,a,t.

Boston, Mass, Feb. Although fully
seven months must intervene before the
Republican state convention, aspirants
for ~gubernatorial honors are now coming
forward. Among the names mentioned
are. OF course, the present governor, Oil
yer Ames, Gen. VIM. +. Draper, of Hope
dale; Congressman Whiting, of Holyoke,
and w. w. Grape, of New Bedford. Mr..
Grapes friends are especially urgent for
his nomination.