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Is Your Property Insured I?
If not, consult GURLEY Bros, 1919 + st. n. W.
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Monograms and address dies stamped In
colors at low figures. KERvAND's, 1912 Penn.
sylvania avenue.
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Visiting Cards neatly engraved from your
plates at 75 cents per hundred. KERvAND, 1919
Pennsylvania avenue.
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"Alderney Dairy Wagons"
Fresh Alderney butter, churned every morn
per 10. Also cottage cheese buttermlk and
sweet milk, &C. per qt. Cream. 15c. per qt.
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Edors is the coolest place in town.

go to John t. Kelly. stalls G2S, 500 and $50
centre Market and BOG and POS Northern Lib
erty. Corned beef specially.
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We have reduced another lot of fine suiting
to $50 to order. Eiseman Bros, corner 7th
and Il, manufacturing taiors and cothiers.
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IL Is the Best.
Ask for t. Schlitz's Milwaukee Lager Bee.
For sale by all leading houses.
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Lithograph Check Books made to order
Handsome designs. KERyAND, 1912 Pennsyl-
VaOin ayenua
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willis Ice Co.'s Penobscot ice--red wagons.
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For Washington Spring Lamb

Free Concert at Edcl's tonight.
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vev%->o OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS
R%sas or THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
August oS. 1888.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05
SwitzerIand's President.

William Frederick Hertenstein, re-
Gently elected President of Switzerland,
was Vice President last year. He be-
longs to the canton of Zurich, the
second in Importance in the Confeder-
alton, Bern being the first. President
Hertenstein is about sixty-three years
old. he was born at Kyburg, canton
Zurich. After receiving a good aca-
demic education, he entered the service
of his native canton as forest officer,
whence he was promoted, after some
years, to he Inspector of the forests of
Zurich. During the nine years from
1870 to 1879 he was a member of the
government of that canton. Since the
second of those dates he has been a
member of the National Assembly and
of the Council of States. also Vice Pres
ident, as previously stated. Since 1872
MI. Hertenstein has been Colonel of
artillery. He has been head of the
Military Department in the Swiss Coun-
Gil Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05
Tact in Leap-Year Matters.

1t is seldom necessary for bright
girl to take advantage of the preroga-
tive leap year gives her, for there arc
so many more ingenious and satisfact-
DRY means at her disposal. For several
weeks a group of yoing people in Al
bany been devoting themselves to anna
teur theatricals, paying particular at
tention to the presentation of q drama
which has its elimination in a pro-
posal and acceptance by the leading
actors. In this case the heroine was
even more deeply interested in the hero
than the exigencies of the play re-
CURED, and in accepting the offer Of his
affections was so ardent that it set the
young man thinking, until he decided
that he would like to make the stage
scene real. This he effected lust after
the last rehearsal few evenings ago,
and his prospective bride will take care
that he never learns how artfully she
set his mind moving in the direction
she desired. Albany IN T. Journal.
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THE NORTHWESTERN FLOODS.

+ + - = &
West St. Paul Surrounded hy Water
People Forced to Leave Their Homes
Railroads Lose Heavily = Wisconsin
Streams Out of Their Banks and Doing
Much Damage.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, April 14-Thc water
rose about two feet on tie fats on the
upper levee during last evening. Most of
the shanties there have been vacated, their
occupants seeking shelter with friends in
other parts of the city or in other houses
on the bluffs, OF in the few houses that
stand on ground that has not yet been in
undated. This morning the flats present
the appearance of lake bordered by the
roofs of houses Small outbuildings
have been lifted from their founda-
tions and, floating against the fences,
have toppled over. Occasionally one
might see man rescuing his family
and household effects from the upper story
of his shanty, whittier he had re-
moved them in the hope that the
water would not rise to the second floor.
Should there be heavy rains, however, the
water would be still higher and extreme
loss and suffering would ensue West St.
Paul will suffer IN any event, as the banks
are likely to give way as soon as they are
filed and cause much loss to property-own-
ers in that vicinity.
/ The situation in that part Of West st.
Paul east of State street is much worse than
anywhere else, because the land lies lower
and there are more numerous sloughs
through which the water C n find
easy access to the more thickly set
tied portions of the fiat The oc-
cupants of a good many of the houses
In that neighborhood have already
vacated them, and more are preparing
to do SO as the river still rises Already the
water stands several feet above the first
floor in many houses and is fast encroaching
on others At the St Croix Lumber Com
pany's mill, which is situated on Florida
street, the water is nearly up to the plat
forms on which the lumber has been piled,
and workmen are now engaged in remov-
ing it to higher grounds, as well as the sash
and doors from the mill. All that ground
east of State street and south Of Plato av-
enue is entirely covered with water and
looks like one vast lake. The soil
OF the flats is of such sandy
and porous nature that the water
percolates through it readily, and as re-
suit many of the cellars in the blocks
along Dakota avenue are full of water.
Much fear is felt lest the water should I'M
derm1ne the ground to such an extent that
the foundations OF the buildings will sink
aud cause much damage to the different
blocks The houses just under the bluff at
the west end of the ward are surrounded by
water and reached only by boats.
At other points up the river the water is
falling slowly. From st. Peter comes the
information that a fall of ten inches was
observed during the last twenty-four hours
Hamilton reports stand-still since Thurs
day. At East Henderson there was fall of
one foot during Friday, and the wat, r is
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Tin Horn-..Hello. Drum, hear
that you've been b..stsn:?" Drum
20, you be blowedw life.
There is more difference between
cheap talk and free speech than some
people seem to suppose.-2Sa- Bats.
You can't insult man when your
feet are under his mahogany. He has
the dead wood of hospitality on you.-
Puck.
AT the employment bureau: '.And
now, what is your position in society,
sir?'' "Ahem! I am one of those who
only stand and wait
In Paris there are said to be people
who make living by waking people
up in the morning. They must do i
rousing business. Boston Bulletin.
"A writer insists that American
girls are "too giddy." He must have
met some of our girls who have been
going round a good deal. NorristosOn
Herald.
Marion Harland says the coming
woman will have her own bank ac~
count. She needs to have it if she ex-
poets to support the coming man who
will be her husband.-M. O. Picayupe.
There is no use in man trying to
be more stubborn than Il joint of stove
pipe, or a gate that won't latch. He
can not compete successfully in that
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
-Shakespeare's immortal sentence,
"He who steals my purse steals trash"
would Indicate that in his day, as in
modern times. the poetry business
didn't pay Washington Critic.
IL see a buttonless shirt advertised
here, john" said wife, looking up
from paper. What kind Of a shirt
is that?' "Just like NINE" was the
reply. And the wife resumed her read
ing.-N y Graphic. ,..r
There is a great deal of talk Just
now about the declining power of the
pulpit. The fact is, it isn't the pulpit
which is declining; but a great many
people are declining to listen to it. The
pulpit, probably, was never stronger
than it is to-day.-M Y Tribune.
Collector for the heathen-'Is Mr..
Jones at home?' Mrs. Jones-"He is
down in the cellar trying to fix the fur
mace. 1t won't draw. Shall call him
up?' Collector (hurriedly)-'O, no,
I'll call some other time. "-Boston
Courier. -%
-"Poor fellow, he died in poverty
said man of a person lately deceased.
THAT isn't any thing exclaimed
seedy bystander, dying in poverty
is no hardship; it's living in poverty
that puts the thumb-screws on fell
low. '-Teras Sytings.
-Hc was feverishly awaiting her
answer. II have spoken to your
father Miss Clara" he added, by way
of a clincher, '.and he will gladly well
come me Us a son-in-law.'' In low,
sweet tone the answer came: IF you
had spoken to me first. Mr.. Sampson,
she said, "it would have saved you the
trouble of speaking to my father"
And then she said something about the
weather. which MI. Sampson found
cold and bleak a few moments later.
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Foreign"

A FIRE the 10th devastated thrae
large estates at Matanzas, Cuba.
WILLIAM M1LLMAN, for the murder OF
Mary Tupling, was hanged OH the 10th at
Charlottetown, P. E. T.
IT was reported on the 10th that the late
Emperor William, Of Germany, left the sum
of thirty marks to every invalid soldier Of
the war OF 1870.
AN exp s.on in dynamite factory at
Grenoble, France, on the 10th killed nine
persons and others were seriously injured
The first execution in Madrid, Spain, in
i've years took place on the 18th, when a
girl, her lover and an accomplish were gar
roted for murder.
CANADIAN farmers were on the 1th emil
grating to Manitoba in large numbers.
By the bursting of a boiler on the IL TIL on
the San Lorenzo estate, province of Havana,
the engineer and fireman were killed and
sixteen other persons were injured
AN explosion on the 18th in powder
mill near st. Petersburg Russia killed
seven men. E.
The American Exchange in London, with
a capital of SIS. OO0,O was closed on the
18th by order of court
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05
SOCIAL VAMPIRES.
Detective Agencies That Are Nothing
More Than Blackmailin> Cancerns

detective Agencies That Are Nothing
More Than Matchmaking Concerns.
''Something ought to be done to con-
troll these private detective agencies"
said apolice officer of rank to re-
porter. They are nuisance, and
work more harm than any one i'm.
AGNES. don't refer to the straight
agencies, but these concerns that do all
the dirty work are the ones I refer to.
Anybody can start detective agency,
and some of the men who work for
many of these in Chicago ought to be
in the penitentiary. Many private
detectives make their living by black
mail, and it is easy to see that they
have a fine field to work in. Take, for
instance. a case of a woman, or even
man, who has some standing. Some
one-it may be a husband or wife, or
even an outsider-puts detective on
the track of the one he wants to find
out about, and the victim is followed
everywhere. Suppose something is
found out--and there's nobody but has
little dark spot that shouldn't be ex-
posed-and here's where the chance for
blackmail comes in. The detective
makes his report and receives his pay,
but doesn't let the matter rest there.
He has a hold on the one he'd been
shadowing, and when the proper time
comes he works the racket for what it's
worth. He wants I loan after letting
the victim know, of course, what
knowledge he possesses, and nine to
one he gets it. The one affected knows
that he can't afford exposure and he is
willing to pay for secrecy. Mind you,
all private detectives don't work this
snap, but many Of them do.
Il know of a young man who robbed
his employer. The latter knew some
thing was wrong, so he hired a shad-
over. Proof against the young man
was complete, and when he was
confronted with it he confessed
every thing. He begged not to be
exposed, and the employer consented
to his remaining, provided he made up
the shortage. This he did and after
wards regained his employers conf
uehce. linen ne married a fine girl
and was happy. The world smiled on
him and ne was getting along as nicely
as any one could wish when one day
he was called on by strange man.
who soon let him know that he was the
detective who had done the shalowing.
He didn't say that he would expose the
young man. but the latter knew what
the matter was and readily consented
to make small loan. Instead OF tell
ing his wife and employer about it Inc
struggled on, meeting demands made
on on MN, and finally took to drinking.
His employer discharged him. he went
lower and lower, and when :1e got clear
into the gutter his wife left him be-
cause ne couldn't support her. The
other day, | see by the papers. she sued
Tor a divorce. and she'll get il. = Gsi-
cago Tribune.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05
PERSONAL AND PoL1T,cs1..

MRS AzULIA DOUGLASS died on the 10Th
at the residence of her daughter in Omaha.
Neb. Had she lived until her next birth.
day, May 8, she would have been lO2 wears
old She was twice married and botl hus.
bands died old men. Her mind was clear
to the last
THE Michigan Greenback State conyen.
ton will lie held at Lans .ng on the Sth Of
May
Born branches of the Iowa General AS
sembly adjourned sine die on the 10Th
THE Irish-American Protectivca Tariff
League Of New York on the 10th issued q
manifesto against the adoption OF tne free
trade principles and calling on all foreign
born citizens to oppose free trade
THE Arkansas Republicans met on the
10th at Little Rock and elected delegates
to the National convention in Chicago.
Hon. EZRA B. TAYLOR was renominated
for Congress on the 18th by the Republic
ans of the Nineteenth district of Ohio
Hon. CARL SEIZURE and family started
from New York for Europe on the 11th
The Oregon Republicans met in conven-
ton at Portland on the 18th and elected
delegates to the National convention. Tne
Platform favors a free ballot and a fair
count; protests against further Chinese inn
migration; favors liberal pensions; de-
nounces Cieveland's action in returning the
rebel flags, and denounces the tariff policy
of the Democratic Ad minisration as "a
piece of unparalleled political dishonesty"
HE illness OF Roscoe Conkling, in New
York, took an unfav orable turn on the l tn,
and his recovery was considered extremely
doubtful
Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON was rsnominated
for Congress on the 18th by the Republic
ans of the Fifteenth district of Illinois
The lower House OF the New York Legis-
lature on The 18th adopted resolution
providing for submitting to the people a
prohibition amendment All the Demo-
Gratis voted against it,
TWENTY FIVE years ago, at Frankfort, N
Y, William B. Gates, OF Chicago. and George
". Gates, of Oshkosh, Wis, (bro thers), were
married. On the 10Th they celebrated their
silver wedding at the same place, the cler-
gyman who married them being in attend
ance
The Kentucky Prohibitionists met at
Louisville Oh the 18th and elected delegates
to the National convention who favor
Green Clay Smith for President.
The Republicans of the E eventh district
Of Ohio on the 18th renominated A. G.
Thompson for Congressman.
ANOTHER change for the worse in the con-
dition of Roscoe Conkling was reported
from New York on the 18th, and there was
great anxiety among his friends and the
doctors in attendance
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were l,nrned to death on the 18Th Tho
mother was trying to save her little ones.
who had fallen into a burning rusl.-heap.
and both persisted.
On the 18th two boilers used y the .A1mi-
stead Lumber Company at Pulahatchee.
Miss, exploded, killing four mon
AT Fort Wayne, Ind, James Dolan wont
into the dry-kiln at Hoffman's plan ng mill
to sleep. Steam was turned on, and he was
found on the 18Th roasted to d,stl
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05
LATER NEWS,


In the house on the 18th, Mr.. randall,
(Pa.) from the committee on appropria-
tons, reported the legis 'ative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, and it was
referred to the committee of the whole.
The committee on election, by unanimous
vote III the contested election case from the
Ninth Missouri district, Frank VS. Glover,
decided in favor of Glover, the sitting mem
Der.
IN case of damages for personal injur-
les against railr> ad company, the Iowa
railroad commissioners decide they lave
power to grant a money judgment
TWENTY members of the Chicago board
OF trade were suspended on the 18th for
trading after hours.
The tell. T. Of the Union bank of Winni-
peg has fled to the United st ties, the
amount Of his defalcation being $4,000.
JUDGE LoCHREN denied the motion for q
new trial in the case of the Barrett BROTH
ers, convicted of murder at Minneapolis.
WILLIAM o. BRIEN M. p, was arrested on
arriving at Kingston on the 14th in conse-
quence Of a speech at Longhrea the previ-
GUS Sunday.
WILLIAM WARD, a we'll known foreman of
lumber camps, on the ut took drink of
whisky at Duluth, Mimi, sat down on
dOor-ste and expired
SMALLPOX was discovered in the steerage
Of the steamer Italy, which arrived at New
York on the 14tn. The steamer carried SIG
Italian immigrants.
AT Ashland, Wis, on tie 18th Judgment
for S9l4, 544 was entered against the Allan
tic Iron Mining company and one s6l0,526
against the Bourne Mining company.
Miss SARAH CHELL1s, aged 40, sue John
B. Chapman, aged 70, for breach of prom
Use of marriage, at Water town, N. Y, and
a jury in the supreme court on the l4th
rendered verdict of $1,000 in her favor.
THE President has designat d Col. Cyrus
Byrovs, of the U. s. corps of engineers, as
president Of the Mississippi river commits.
sion wee Col. Gilmore, deceased.
Henry F. GILL1e, manager Of the late
American Exchange in Europe, sailed from
New YORK on the 14th.
On the 18th Roscoe Conkling lay in
state of coma, and it was thought that he
could live but few hours. His doctors
were still issuing hopeful bulletins but they
were contradictory and unsatisfactory.
AT Philadelphia, Pa, on the 18th, the
Washington express on the Pennsylvania
railroad co.lidei with an engine, and four
cars were upset and badly broken. A
large number of people were injured,
though it was not possible to learn how
many.
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An exchange wants to know "why
it is, with SO many negroes dying no.
body ever sees a black ghost?" 1t is
for the same reason that, with so many
white people dying, nobody ever sees
q white ghost. -Norristown Herald.
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ICE JAM IN THE ST. LAWRENCE.
Husband lat dinner) NV

Husband Cat dinner)- Yes, my
dear, we've got to (hic) begin to econ
onl1ze. : Wife think so, too, John,
and will make an agreement with
you. will2get along with one pair OF
gloves each month if you will promise
to ride home every night from your Of
fee. IN y Sun
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REscU1Na PEOPLE FROM THEIR HON IS.

still falling. At Redwing the Cannon river
is higher than it was ever before, the flats
of tho Cannon valley, which range from
three-quarters of mile to a mile in width,
being nearly entirely inundated.
The greatest loss is sustained by the Min
neapolis & St Louis railroad, whose track
is submerged for more than mile. The
greater part of the track is completely torn
away. The telegraph wire is also down
along the line, and one bridge is gone.
The Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul branch,
running to Cannon Falls, has been damaged
sufficiently TO suspend traffic for few
days, two bridges having been carried off.
Otherwise little injury is done to the track
THE FLOODS IN WISCONSIN. g:
GRAND RAPIDS, Wis, April IA. The great
est ice Jam ever known in this part of the
Wisconsin river passed out yesterday with
out doing any damage Another ice-jam
extending miles up the river, above Bar
ron's mills, four miles north, cleared there
at & o'clock last night and was two hours
in passing here. A raft of lumber valued
at $50. 900, owned by John Parrish, was in
the jam, and part Of it passed here and will
be total loss. ~. r
MAUsToN, Wis, April 14-The river here
is higher than it has been since 1870
4Ae D1luSe uedI LyuuOu, Dul1G 1aSG season
at cost of 81. 500, has been carried away
The bridge at New Lisbon also went out
yesterday morning. Travel on the Ne
cedah branch railway is suspended. A
great deal of the track is under water.
SEYMOUR. Wis, April l4.-The rain has
raised the water here higher than ever
known. Van Vassalere's shoe store in the
Second ward is atioat the flood having
raised it from it's foundation. The water
is also within few inches of the floor of
the city hall The track of the Green Bay,
Western & ST Paul railway as well as the
roads on both sides of the city are SUBJ
merged
New LONDON, Wis, April 14-New Lon
don is experiencing flood Forty houses
are already surrounded by water. All of
the country roads leading to the city on the
north side are flooded and washing out,
and both the Wolf and Embarrass rivers
are still rising
ICE JAM IN THE ST. LAWRENCE
MONTREAL, Can, April 14.-The river St
Lawrence is rising steadily opposite the
city and shows signs of a general breakup
The people in the low-lying districts are
already removing their household effects,
anticipating Hood, which, it is expected,
will be higher than for many years. big
jam is reported above the Victoria bridge
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EpitO1ne of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION
CONGRESSIONAL,


The bill for the admission OF Dakota into the
Union and for the organization of the Territory
Of Lincoln was considered in the United States
Senate on the 9th, but no action was taken.
Bills were introduced for permanent court
OF arbitration between the United States and
Great Britain and France, and for the compile
ton OF the direct tax (s2) COO, OOO) Of 1851 In
the House the deadlock over the DirectTax
bill still continued, with no prospect Of coming
to an end.
IN the Senate on the 10th the bill to author
ize the sale to aliens of certain mineral lands
was passed, and the bill to provide for the ad-
mission OF the State Of South Dakota and the
organization Of the Territory OF North Dakota
was further considered. 80. In the House the
entire session was devoted to filibustering
over the Direct-Tax bill.
On the nth the bill for the admission of the
State OF Dakota and for the organization Of the
Territory of North Dakota was further consd-
cred In the Senate. Bills were passed to pur-
chase OF the widow and children of the Late
General James Shields certain swords at sum
not exceeding $4,000; the Military Academy
Appropriation bill. and the bill for the erection
OF monument to the memory of General
Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill. Sen
ator MorrlII tVr.) spoke in opposition to the
Presidents tariff policy and the Mills Tariff
Dill In the House the deadlock over the Di.
rect-Tax bill still continued
IN the Senate on the 18th the bill for the adj
mission Of the State OF South Dakota and for
the organization Of the Territory Of North Da-
Eota was further considered, but no action was
taken. Adjourned to the 10th -. ;. In the House
the opponents OF the DirectTax bill succeeded
In breaking the deadlock and in postponing the
further consideration Of the bill until the De-
cember session.
THERE was no session of the Senate on the
lSth....l In the House numerous reports of a
private character were submitted and bill for
the payment OF a claim of several hundred
dollars for the occupation of certain property
In Memphis by United States troops in 1864
was discussed at great length. At the evening
session ffty-tVe pension bills were passed