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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
No License for Conductors.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The senate
committee on interstate commerce has
decided to report adversely the bills to
to license railroad conductors and to-
limit the hours of employment to railroad
employeS = 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01

Opera company
has disbanded and
all members left
for New York Sum
day evening, TAX
ing along the prop
critics and cos
tunes. f u tn re
dates have been
cancelled and adj
vance agents call
ed in. Manager
Locke says t h Q
seasons los Sc S
have been $780,
ma
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01

Three Hundred Miles of New Dakota Road,
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-It is announced by
the Herald that the Illinois Central has
decided to build 800 miles Of road in Da-
kota this year, beginning at Sioux Falls
and heading for Bismarck.
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.sMoonsb,nipon I'm Dako.,

HURON, OAK, Feb. 22.-Revenue off,
GERS have taken charge of the bottling
works here. It has been discovered that
an illicit whisky still was in operation
there
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
Oil Tank Boats for the Lakes.

DULUTH, Feb. 25.-The Standard Oil
company is planning to build three or four
tank boats to carry oil from Cleveland to
Duluth. ~
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A Rridro for the Northwest.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Mr. Nelson's
bill giving the North Dakota & Pacific
road right to build bridge across the
Red River Of the North has passed the
house.
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MUST PAY THE PENALTY.

Holong, the Fergus Falls Murderer, to Be
Hanged April IS. 81 .
ST. PAUL, Feb. 23-The committee ap-
PORTED to examine into the sanity of
Nelson Holong has reported to the gov
ernor declaring him responsible for his
act. The governor has fixed the day of
his execution at April Is next.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01

Advertisements in double columns, doaoie
he single column rates .,.,
business cards. five lines. one year. 80 w: :.
Adverti,emeats making more than five
ines and less than All inch will be charged as
one inch.
All transient advertising must be paid In
advance.
Advertisements in the local notice column
5 centsa line for each insertion.
Announcements Of marriages ana deaths
rutlishcd tree: but obituary notices. except
in special cases, will be charged nj advertis-
ing rates. - .
Legal notices VIII be charged at % cents
per oiIo for the FIRST inserts ion, and S7t cents
FOR each subsequent insertion. All lie tai no
tlces must be upon the responsibility OF tme
person ordering them published, and no am
davit of pnSlication will he given until the
publication fees arc paid.
All accounts payable quarterly.
In connection with the paper, we have a
splendid assortment OF jobbng material. aod
are prepared TO execute all kinds OF pruning
II a sty lie unsu rpaSsed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
Won by . Minneapolis Man.

PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Feb. 27.-Ding
ley, of Minneapolis, won the seventy-two
hours bicycle race here, covering 900
miles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
Has . Through Line Of It's Own.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 25.-The Chicago, st.
Paul & Kansas City has completed and
put in operation the link from Akin to
Dunbar, forty-nine miles, on the main
line, thus giving it q through line of its
own from Chicago to st. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
Dakota Liquor Men Still Hopeful.

BISMARCK, OAK, Feb. ~. Dakota
liquor men now expect to nullify the
local option law on the ground of insult
ficient number of signers to the original
oo11 .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
THE MOUNT VERNON DISASTER.

Suffering Reported to Be Indescribable
laid Appealed for.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ga telegram
has been received by Clara Barton, presi-
dent of the National Association of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
THE BIG STEEL GUN,

It viii Be Ready for Testing in April.
PrTTsBuRG, Penn, Feb. 25.-Tne big
steel gun was Saturday placed in an an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
ANOTHER PHlLANTHRoPIsr GONE.

Death of william, w. Corcoran at Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-W. W. Corco-
ran died at $50 a. m. Friday. His death
has been expected for several days. For
the last two days he has been uncon-
scious, and sank gradually until Friday
morning, when he qsietly breathed his
last
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01

The official appointment of J. w.
Kendrick as chief engineer of the North
ern Pacific was announced Tuesday.
Clergymen will be furnished free tick.
cts to all ball games in Minneapolis this
season. -g E-et-
Three agents of Pasteur have sailed for
New South Wales with ,hen-cholera mi
crobes to inoculate and exterminate rab-
bits in Australia
Minnesota school teachers may regard
Feb. %, Washington's birthday, as q
holiday, and close schools, says the at
torney general
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
NO BLOW ABOUT THAT GAS WELL

NO BLOW ABOUT THAT GAS WELL.
Reports of Natural Gas at Ashton Based
on Solid Facts.
ASHTON, OAK, Feb. 28.-The Ashton
gas well is no fiction. The force con-
tinues to increase. An expert who has
made an estimate states that the flow is
$4,000 cubic feet per day, this from q
two inch pipe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
Another Road for Huron.

HURON, OAK, Feb. s5.-The Manitoba
has all things in readiness to begin lay
ing the rails on the Manitoba grade be-
tween WATERFOWL and this city.
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ehDLY sWAMPED THIS TIME.

Continued Embarrassments Force the Ma
t!onal Opera Company to Disband end
Cancel Dates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01

The ailment of the German crown
prince Is cancer of the throat, say the
doctors.
Gossip has it that Secretary Bay
ard is to marry Mrs. Folsom, mother of
Mrs. Clevelrnd.
The Dominion government has largely
reduced the salaries of all the civil
servants in Manitoba.
Manitoba railroad people deny that
they are endeavoring to purchase the
Minneapolis & Pacific.
Judge Emillis V. Martinez, highest ju-
dicial authority in the state of Tula, Mex
ico was murdered Friday.
Owing to the prevalence of measles and
mumps the public schools of Black River
Falls, Wis, have been closed.
The Moody and Sankey meetings at
Sioux City, Iowa, have ended. Moody
goes to Sioux Falls and Sankey to Huron,
Oak.
First payment on Libby prison has
been made and it is now reasonably sure
that the old shell will be taken to Chi
cago.
The county commissioners of Sioux
Falls, OAK, were unable to agree upon
an auditor, and have adjourned until
April 2. -.
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little Falls & Dakota.
Iinnesota e. Northwestern R'y.


E'rjoays. *1his train runs Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays.
Minnesota & Northwestern R'y.
Lowe ARRIVE
ST, Paul. STATIONS. ~. Faul:
tS.Io MTSt Tonis 4 KaS CITY Exp,t 1850 M
zoo M $50 M
Chicago Waterloo & Du-
7:05 NJ budue express. S:3O
Rando! phi ,Northfield Far
$3.50 PM iDault & Watervilie acc. fll:2o AN
Dodge Centre. Rochester,
4:3OPM Austin and Lyle acc. ltll:2O AM
Daily ex. Sunday. ex. Saturdays Exc
:Onday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
There Was ga Bet On. -

Vieuxtemps, the violinist, used to relate
that one day, when crossing London
bridge, he saw poor wretch leap down
into the stream. There was ut once q
rush of eager spectators and q voice
shouted: cru bet he drownsr' saTwo to
one he'll swim ashorep' ''Doner' Mean
while Vieuxtemps has fastened to get q
boat. and YVES rowing with q waterman to
the rescue of the unhappy creature, who
was floundering about and just managing
to keep himself .afioat. AS they reached
him, and were preparing to pull him into
the beat, there was roar from the bridge:
''Leave him ulone-there is bet onp'
The waterman Immediately lay on his
oars, refusing to make any further at
tempt to save tho drowning man; and
Vieuxtemps saw him sink before his very
eyes. journal.
American Women Growing Stouter.
ssHave you ever noticed, /" remarked an
English gentleman who was idly staring
out of the windows of the Bellevue, sswhat
large proportion of abnormally stout
women are in this country?" "No," was
the answer, with touch of resentment,
sand for the reason that it isn't So"
stBut it Is, though returned the Eng
lshman, coolly. II know that you
Americans credit England with being q
nation of fat women, and there are sons
tolerable specimens there, but this coun-
try beats us all out. / notice it because
was brought up to believe that Yankee
woInen-by which term our people mean
every woman in the States-we-e thin "a
rail. Quite the contrary, assure You.
/ find one out of three women stout. Let
us count them, young and old-it's quite
interesting and also amusing" The
count was made and resulted as follows:
Time, one hour; number Of women over,
is years of age testimated), 638; abnor-
mally stout women, 80; pretty stout, So;
stout, 1914; total. all kinds of stout. 220,
or more than one-third. The result sur
prised the American, but rather pleased
him, after all. The fragile girl Of the past
should stay past. Philadelphia eau.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01

CHARLES e. LoCKX OOU, and he drops
$40, 0gO. Salaries are due all members Of
the troupe except the orchestra.
DEMOCRATS WILL MEET IN JUNE.
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TIE coLoREp EXODUS.


Tho Negroes OF the sOath Going to South
Amsrica-Statement by Col. Jones.
indianapolis, IND, Jan. 26.-Col. A. A,
Jones, Of the State Auditors Office, who
is connected with the latest proposed e1'
odus Of negroes from the Southern States
to South America, talks freely about the
scheme. He is an active friend of al
movements for the improvement Of the
condition Of his race, and was engaged In
the first exodus Of 1879. BE accompanied
Governor Chamberlain, together with
several other,young colored men, to South
Carolina, from Massachusetts,, and entered
heartily into that movement, "This exc.
iug, he said, twill be effectually pushed,
and by May l we expect to get our frst
party on the Toad,' There arc nc
headsuRrteIS 90 yet; the move
msnt ls very young, lees than two months
old, 90 far rs active work Ia concerned
The headquarters will be established pro
badly In New York. We shall have three
accents In Cincinnati, one In st, Louis and
one at Ohicago. am agent at this point
We have some oil the best people in the
exodus, first and foremost, protection
This is not question Of politics at the
bottom, although 1t will oi course, have
some political bearing. Why, do you
know that in the last fifteen years 1900
black people have been killed in the
south for their political opinions, ant
nothing has been done to remedy the mat
Ter. ills life oT death with Us primarily
We are tired OF having representatives II
Congress upon q voting population thA
lhaye no representation.
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TRADE AND LABOR.
LATEST PHASE OF THE STRIKE
On the Reading Eoad-rhos striker. Petition.
ing the state Authorities for Hearing.
Asking that the CompAnS'S Charter
bo FOrfsitsd-rhs Coke Industry.

HARRIsBuRa, Pa, Jan. 26.-To.day a
committee Of the Knights Of Labor, con-
sistinG Of Edward Moore, Henry Bennett
and Joseph Cahill, appeared before the
Attorney General and asked that q quo
wArranto be Issued sgainst the Philsdsl.
phia & Reading Railroad Company With
q view to forfeiture OF i!s charter. They
said they camo as private citizens to lay
before the department facts to prove that
the railroad company has violated the
State Constitution by engaging in the bus
iness Of mining coal. They were asked II
they had any petition or affidavit, and
replied in the negative, but said that
they would at once make one to
the effect that they have positivs knowl-
edge that the Reading Railroad Company
and the Reading Coal and Iron Company
are he same, and the debts OF one are paid
by the other. II being explained by the
Attorney General that it 10 rule Of the
department to hear both sides before
granting writ OF quo tOdTdHtO, 1t was de-
Cided TO hold the argument next Thurs.
day. In the meantime the petitioners
were instructed to serve notice on as
many OF the company . officers aS possible.
The committee claim to have abundant
facts to prove the companys violation Of
the constitution.
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AuEAYY SNOW.
A Great Storm In New England Pats Stop
to RAilFoAdinK,

A Great Storm In New England Puts Stop
to RAilroAdinE.
BosroS, Jan. 26.-Rsports received to.
day from various points in Maine. New
Hampshire and Vermont state that the
heaviest snow storm for years prevailed all
night and in most places Is still showing,
Snow fell from fifteen to eighteen inches
and travel is greatly impeded. Many trains
are entirely suspended and highways are
practically impossible.
A dispatch from Bellows Falls, VT, says
A solid blockade Of snow exists In all
directions to-day. There was previously
about two feet on the ground, and last
night heavy fall Of snow added eighteen
inches to the previous amount. It is still
showing and high wind Ia piling It up in
all directions. No trains have arrived OF
left on any Of the roads. The same con.
ditions are reported within Q radius oil
twenty-five miles.
Biddeford, Maine, reports roads are
everywhere blockadsd, and up to II O'Clock
to-day no trains have passed through over
either division OF the Boston & Maine
Railroad. The morning express, which
left Portland at 1880, Is showed In at Old
Orchard. Help has been telegraphed for
and engines and snow ploWs have beer
forwarded.
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AGAINST CLEYRLANp.
Indiana Lost, Ohio In Doubt and New Yorh
In nanVar

Indiana Lost, Ohio In Doubt and New YOrh
In Danger.
WARRINGTON, D. O., Jan. 26.-The ex'
hibition Of hostility to the denomination o.
Mr.. Cleveland, which Is making itsel
known in New York State by carefully
wordsd dispatches from Albany in the
interest OF Gov. Hill, is developing mani
isststions Of q similar import in Other
States. Ohio Democrats in the confidence
Of what are known there as the Goal
Oilers" who will practically control the
selection Of Democratic delegates TO the
next National Convention, are outspoken
in the opposition to Cleveland, and
Indiana has gone 80 far away from the
administration that the White House peo.
pie have determined to let 1t 60, and pay
all their attention to the capture OF MResa'
chuRetts in its place.
A delegation opposed to Cleveland OF
one divided can be counted on as certain
from Ohio.
AS evidence that Mr.. Cleveland has
given up Indiana, no better proof could
be furnished than in the appointment oi
x.Oongressman Hoge, OF West Virginia,
as United States District Attorney for the
District OF Columbia. Hoge's leading COM
petitor was ]. Paul Jones, OF Indiana, q
nephew Of Senator Voorhees,. Jones was
in every way qualified, and his backing
was at least as strong as that Of Hoge, who
had Senator KennR for O champion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-27
THE COAL SHIPMENTS.

No Visible Eject ut Reading of Partial
Resumption in the sehuylkIII Region.
READING, Pan Jan. 26.-The partial re-
sumption Of operations at few mines in
the schuylkill region has as yet had no
effect on the coal shipments, which are as
meagre as at any time within the past two
weeks, averaging only so to 70 cara a day.
All the coal that Is being mined by the
men who Just resumed tits either reserved
by the company for its own use or sold in
the immediate vicinity Of the colleries.
The Blandon Iron Company, which oper-
ates large rolling mill at Blandon, this
county, has posted up notices that ten
per cent reduction in wages OF their em-
ployes, will 60 into effect on February l,
owing to the great decline in the selling
price of iron. The advance in prices and
the scarcity Of coal is no doub! also fac.
tor in Fastening a reduction in wsgss ut
this and other mills.
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VOLUME XXXVL-NUMBER 1856.

arailroad train, but that is minor con.
sideration when tell you that for week
before left there was not stick Of fwood
or o pound Of coal in the whole region
and not q drop ofoil. By uniting several
families in one and keeping single Ere
going by the use oftWisted hay and straw
we have Just managed 10 exc out preca.
rious existence. There have been three
deaths from freezing. At Browns Valley
the aituGtion is worse. There the people
have been short OF provisions for some
time, as well as without any lights, but by
going out In the Indian reservation some
green fuel can be obtained. Itis almost
impossible to stir abroad. The bnow Is
several feet deep and In many places the
drifts are fully eighteen feet in height. I
have seen some pretty tough sights there
within the. past few weeks. At one place
there was Q woman with q babe but day
old and not sign Of FIRE in the house."
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DUBLIN, Jan. 26.-The tenants of Don.
egal have resolved to withhold the pay.
ment Of rents during the time that Mr..
Blame, Member OF Parliament for South
Armagh, and Father McFaddsn, Of Gwes.
dore, who was arrested at Armah last
Friday, are kept in prison. Mr.. Blanc
and Father McFaddsn are now 10 the
Donegal jail. The former is charged with
making speeches tending to incite tenants
to resist the authorities, and Father Nc.
Fadden is charged with holding anti
police and anti-lRndlord meetings.
Mr., William 0'Brien went TO MRlloW
to-day. He is still pale from the effect OF
his confinement in prison, but Is in good
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-27
FATAL D1soBEDIENcE
Causes an Explosion of DynRmItO-ono Ma
Killed and Several Injured.

Causes an Explosion of DynRmito-one Man
Killed and Several Injured.
PITTsBuReH, Pa, Jan. ga terrible
explosion Of dynamite occurred this morn
ing at the Carbot Limestone Oompany's
quarries, located on the line Of the Pitts.
burgh & Lake Erie road, about ten miles
from youngstown, Ohio. The foreman OF
the company placed twenty sticks OF dy.
Mantle on stove in a shanty in which
FIVE Italians we're lodging. An explosion
occurred and the shanty was blown to
pieces. Masters was picked up some
twenty feet away; life was extent, his
body being horribly mangled. All the
Italians were more or lees injured, nearly
all having their legs and arms broken.
Two, 1t is expected, will die. The aCci.
dent was caused by Matters failing to obey
orders in regard to the dynamite.
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THE EASTERN sToRM.
The soVoreSt Storm In Years Exported from
New England.

1 Now GuBLAnus
BosroN, Jan. 26.-The following adviceB
have been received by the Associated
Press tonight:
Bangor, Maine, reports one Of the sever
eat atorms for years raging all day, block:
aiding roads and nearly suspending railroad
traffic. Outgoing trains tonight were
cancelled.
Rutland, VT, reports storms still raging
with high wind tonight, and trains from
and for Boston cancelled. The drifts Rt
shelburn are IL feet deep.
Concord, N. e., reports all trains on the
White Mountain division Of the Boston d
Lowell Railroad at q Btandstill. The wind
has increased and traffic will be suspended
several days.
The upper harbor OF Boston Is full ol
packed ice and navigation Beriously i'm.
psded.
Hyannis, Massachusetts,, reports four
unknown schoonera ashore. on Point
Cannon.
At Chatham, Massachusetts,, the winds
have been switching about alternately
driving the Ice away from the shore and
bringing 1t back sgain, carrying number
Of vessels with It. One large three
master has been making signals OF dis
treas all day, but she could not be
succored.
At Montpelier, VT, twenty inches Of
SNOW have fallen and the wind is blowing
gale. Afternoon trains are not expected
to ariYe tonight.
At tProvidencetown, Macs, the wind Is
blowing forty miles an hour, with thick
snow squalls.
Fairlse, Vt., reports the ssveress storm
ever known in that section and extending
all over the State. Freight trains are
all cancelled and passenger trains are
either blockaded or from five to fifteen
hours late. Advices from the lumber
region tell Of fearful suffering. Numer.
ous sheds have been unroofed by the
blizzard.
at Keene, N. a., the railroads are snow
bound. It Is blowing hard and drifting
badly. At Highland Light, Mass, mum.
Der Of vessels are in peril on the Vinyard
shoals, a tug has gone to their assistance.
Franklin Falls, N. H., reports the worst
storm for twenty-five years. Travel Of all
kinds Is almost suspended. Twenty inches
Of snow has fallen, the wind is blowing
gale and the snow is drifting very badly.
At Great Darlington, Mass, there are
drifts ten feet high and one hundred feet
wide, Trains have been abandoned.
Three trains are stalled on the HousataniC
road, near Pittsfeld, Mass.
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SENSATIONAL LITIGATION.
ALVEY Fight between Partners In Well
known Firm,


Known Firm.
NV YoRK, Jan, 96.-The Royal Baking
Powder Company, OF Brooklyn, has come
into public notice by reason Of litigation
between tho men interested In II, VIM.
Zleger, Dr.. O. n. Hoagland and J. Y,
HoAglRud, all Of Brooklyn.
Mr., Xegler owned nearly hall OF the
stock, and the Hosglands held the re-
mainder. BY persistent advertising the
manuiaCturebecsnei immensely profitable
and the three stockholders are all mil
llonaires.
Last year the profits amounted 10 $685.
900, oil which Mr.. Ziegler's share yRS SlOO,'
OOO, but serious differences have arisen
between him and his partners, aud he has
begun suit 10 secure an accounting. The
otiices Of the company until recently
we're Joseph o. Hoagland, Presidsnti Cor,
ne!iuS n hoBgland, Vice'Prestdent, and
William ZieVler, Secretary and Treasurer
E9ch drew the nominal salary OF 81 500
A year ago the Hoagland brothers offer
cd to buy Ziegler out but he refused IA
1Oll. The brothers then combined end
left Zisgler out In the cold and raised
their own salaries to $4,000 year. An
other oder was then made to buy Ziegler'I
stock again he refused; again the Hoag
lands raised their own salaries, but still
ZteUer refused to be frozen out.
The brotherB say they will increase theil
sa!Arirs untl the profits are wiped out
and Ziegler Is forced to sell. The matte
hAO also been placed in the hands ot thu
District Attorney, with the intent o
bringing criminal proceedings.