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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Shocking Calamity.

Aspeeial from Pittsburg, Kan, says that
1.-THE most dreadful disaster in the history OF
kansas occurred on Friday, Nov. 9th. When
tthe men were preparing to leave off their
work at Shaft No at Frontenac, a suburb
of Pittsburg, terrible explosion was heard
that shook the earth for q great distance
and completely shattered the shaft Upon
Investigation it was found that go men
were within the mine at the time of the ex-
ploson. Being 112 feet below the surface,
it is almost certain that all are dead.
The only exceptions were two men in a car
coming up, and being near the top of the
shaft, managed to escape. Pittshurg is in
center of the coal mines of Southern Kansas,
and is about one hundred miles south of
Kansas City, on the Fort Scott Gulf road
The violence OF the shock was so
great as to hurl dishes from
shelves and demolish chimneys Half an
tssour after the explosion the villagers who
were preparing to go to the mines, were
startled by a ragged, bleeding man, who al
most staggered into the arms of the search
ers. He said that Shaft No. 2 had been de-
stroyed by an explosion, and that all the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21

men in the mine at the time. except him
self and a. Dane whom he left bleeding at the.
mouth OF the pit, were undoubtedly
dead. Horses were quickly harnessed.
TO wagons, and in a few minutes the
villagers were hurrying through fierce snow
and sleet storm which was raging At the
mouth OF the mine the tremendous force of
the explosion was apparent There were
huge seams IN the earth and the timbers of
the hoistlng apparatus were shivered and
burned. Foul gasses were escaping The
Dane who escaped with the man who had
alarmed the villagers, lay in the mud with
his face covered with blood. For long
time IT was thought he was dead, but
he regained consciousness in few hours and
is now at his home. He cannot speak and;
does not know what cansed the explosion.
his clothes are in ribbons. The man who,
reached the village with the first tidings of
the disaster, and who accompanied the.
rescuers to the mine, said the men were
about to quit work for the day when the
explosion occurred. Together with bhe
Dane he had ridden in the car to the top
of the shaft, when the earth seemed to
snap beneath him, and the next thing he res
allied was the splashing of the snow and wa
ter upon his face as he lay with his. comrade
| IN the Wreckage above the mine Big fires
were built near the mouth of the pit and be-
side these blazing piles the women of the en-
tombed miners placed their children while
they, themselves, tried by all kinds of EN-
treaties to induce the miners from the other
shaft to enter the pit and rescue their rela-
tives. One rescuing party started down the
shaft at o'clock, but was forced to turn
back, owing to the foul air. Another attempt
was made at 8 O'Clock, but the plucky
rescuers were again forced to abandon their
work. They could hear no sound
from the chambers below, and this
leads old miners to believe that all
the men in theshaft have persisted. Other at
/! tempts will be made to reach the entombed
men Those who started down the shaft
early in the evening say that the shock has
| destroyed whole drifts, and that it is proba-
bic that the men in the lower levels are buried
beneath tons of slate. Black damp is sup
posed to have caused the explosion. Most of
the miners at these shafts came originally
from Illinois and Pennsylvania.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Wheat from Seed 5000 Years Old.

A mos t interesting experiment cul
minated in the raising Of some wheat
as old as the exodus. The ex.
pertinent er is David Drew, who last
year received from a friend in Alex.
andria, Egypt, some gra ms of wheat
taken from mumm y exhumed near
the ruins of Memph is, and belonging.
it is believed, to the period Of the
ninth dynasty which would make it
grown about three thousand years
B. c., or nearl y five thousand years
old. He plan ted the seed early in the
spring and carefully nursed it. IT
grew rapid y and at the time of cut
ting measured from six and a half TIC
seven feet high Theleaves alternate
on the stalk like common wheat, but
the product + the plant is the most
singular part of it, for instead o.
growing in an ear like modern corn
there is a heavy cluster of small
tWigs in place OF the spindle, which
hangs downward from its weight
and each tWig is thickly studded witt
KERNELS, each OF which is in q
separate husk- From what is
threshed a larger crop Will be grown
next year, as the result proves thi
to exceed in quality anything mod.
ern grain can grow.CineinnattI
Enquirer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.

FACTORY Hands Perish in the Flamcs---a Iane
LAST OIL the Kissing, Who Mag be in the Ruins.
he most dangerous and fatal FIRE that has
happened in Rochester, N Y for manv wears
occurred recently, and the loss of life is ey-
pected to reach between fifty and sixty. a
general alarm was sounded on fire being dis
covered &c IN the packing room of the Rochester
.71esi i uause and Lantern works, employing
large number of men So busy
mas the factory been lately
ghaU the men have been working night and
nav TO catch up on orders The building to
Wtsich the hire was confined was six stories
.nlgh. About sixty men were working in the
t tlIee upper hoors, and as soon as they found
GAere was lire underneath them they began to
reap rom the windows ignoring the fire
escapes with balconies on the south side ofthe
puHdlng. In these leaps quite nuHaber of
men were injured, many of them SO
seriously that they will probably die
Dy CLOCK the building was en-
!tlTely destroyed, and five men had been
taken out dead; sixteen were seriously in
,Jured, fourteen were entirely safe and the
resi- unaccounted for, Of whom quite a num-
Der are unknown by name The scenes at
10Ae nre were heartrending, and prominent
&1nlohS those VINO were present after the fire
were three priests in the surplices who ad-
ips'3lstered spiritual comfort to those who
iwefe IN dying condition. The factory was
Quilt on the high bank on the west side of
the Genesee river, and was difficult one for
the nremen to get it, owing to one side being
entirely closed to them
Cntll the books are examined it will not be
possible to tell who were actually at work
ana now many persons are lost. Among
tGnose saved were John Platts, who escaped
10y sliding from tho sixth floor He says
I6here were thirty persons at work on that
1oor, and three were saved-Robert and
fHorat1o Hall and Joseph Smith Platt
thlnks thai about ten others escaped with
min. The lantern works, with stock and
fmachlnery. is total loss, estimated at
asS9ut S22o, 900 The insurance is $179, goo.
u Z cause OF the fire is a mystery Two men
went to work after supper and all seemed to
pc right then. Soon afterward Jacob Diehl
the Watchman, while making his usual rounds
discovered flames making way up through
the floor. He had barely time to give tile
alarm when he was surrounded by the flames
put he succeeded in making the dan
ger known to the men on the fourth
fifth and sixth floors. These at once
realized their position and made their
way from the building, but before
all got out the structure was seething mass
OF fire. There was not the slightest chance
OF escape by the usual doors of exile. and the
=, windows were at once utilized for the purpose
y ehe majority of the workmen lost their heads
= al began to jump instead of taking the fire
ladders that were attached to the building.
Ii is believed that number of men are
buried III the ruins. but at present it is i'm
possible to be sure of this
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
HYp. Hyp. Hurrah.

A scientific writer, speaking Of the
different processes employed for pro
ducing hypnotic sleep, says "the
body often presents hypnogenic zones,
simple pressure upon which will often
produce hypnosis, as also will a vIo-
lent blow struck upon a gong near
the ear Of the subject. He adds
that it is very difficult to produce
5hynotic sleep in old men, It may
be so, but when al these other pro-
.cesses fail in the case of the Oldham.
try adoctrinal sermon on him. If
sseventhly and lastly buzzed near
the drum OF the ear ,loesn' t keel him
over. then he needs the hipjoin toper-
alton performed on him sure.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Sheriff Steele's Fix.
From the Pittsburg Commercial-Gazett

From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
A remarkable case of mistaken
identity occurred recently in the Gin
cinnati court. William J. Long was
arrested during the centennial on
charge of robbing Mrs Comerford OF
$500 at the West Penn depot. While
incarcerated in jail Long allowed his
beard to grow, presumably with the
object Of changing his appearance.
When placed in the dock Long sat
with his hand on his chin, concealing
his beard, and the close resemblance
the prisoner bore to Deputy Sheriff
Steele, who by the way, is a remark
ably handsome man with a magnif-
cent mustache, was commented upon
by the court officials.
The case was called for trial, and
Long took seat behind his counsel
at the table, while Sheriff Steele
busted himself about his duties in the
courtroom. Mrs. Comerford took
the stand and related the incident of
the theft. District Attorney Porter
asked the witness if she could recog-
nize the thief. 'Yes," she replied.
why there goes the man now who
stole my money; he's leaving, the
courtroom, pointing to deputy
Sheriff Steele, who was making a..
trip to the jail for prisoner
The deputy sheriff was surprised
to hear himself accused of such a.
crime, but Mrs. Comerford was posi-
tive thatshe was correct in her iden-
tification. Mr. Steele thereupon
took the witness stand, and efectu-
ally dispelled any belief that might
linger in the minds Of the lobby that
he was in the habit of varying
his official duties with raids upon
the pocket of ladies. Long was then
ordered to stand up where Mrs.
Comerford could see him, and, after
a close inspection, she decided that
she had been mistaken and that
Long was the man who had robbed
her.
The prisoner appeared to enjoy the
perplexity of Mrs. Comerford, and
probably expected that it might re
suit fayorably to him, but in this he
was mistaken, as he was convicted
and remanded to jail for sentence
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
One of the Penalties OF Curiosity.

From the New York Herald
Curiosity has it's penalties. The
other day, out West,a bright, hand
some authenticated youth saw a tin
can in the path. He kicked it, not
knowing that it contained nitro.
glycerine. That handsome youth
satisfied his curiosity entirely, com
pletly; to much SO. He left suddenly;
indeed, he left in several directions at
the same time, and it israther doubt
full if he, will ever be able to pull
himself together again.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
What the Republicans Will. Do.

lift shall be found that the Republicans
have the house by a working majority they
will have col trol of the entire government,
for there is no longer any question that they
will control the senate. Then if the state
ments OF those who ought to know are to be
relied upon, the Republicans among other
things will endeavor to carry out the follow
ing:
First-To postpone the consideration of
the subject of the reduction of the revenue
and all tariff legislation until the Republicans
shall be in full possession of the government.
:. second-to enact laws to admit at the ear
lest possible moment two states in Dakota
and one in Montana, Washington Territory
ana possibly Wyoming.
Third-To convene congress, possibly, in
extra session On March 4 in orderto organize
the house and to give effect to the admins
tration policy as early as practicable.
Fourth-To consider and if possible to pass
the Blair educational bill and any other
measures which receive the support Of North
ern Republicans as to which the Southern
Democrats are divided.
tltth-IO attempt generally to enact laws
which will receive support OF a considerable
portion of the South and to seek to enlist
that portion of the Southern Democracy
which favors protection and educational
measures IN movements which it is expected
will tend to render the South less solid
Sixth-The admission of Oklahoma as a
territory and its subsequent admission as
state fit shall appear that the population is
likely to be Republican,
Seventh-The extinction of polygamy in
Utah and when that shall have sbeen accom-
plished the admission of Utah as a state
Elghth-The passage of the tonnage bill of
the present congress or Of some bill which
will encourage ship building.
Ninth-To devise, if practicable, further
measures which shall give the federal govern
ment q better supervision of national cleo
tons within the states, and especially in the
Southern states
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
derfI roads and carried a WEIGHT of

derful roads and carried a weight of
arnor and luggage that would crush
the average farm hand, lived on
coarse brown bread and sour wine.
They were temperate in diet, regular
in exercise The Spanish peasant
works every day and dances half the
night, yet eats only his black bread,
onion and Watermelon The Smyrna
porter eats only a little fruit and
some olives, yet he walks off with his
load of hundred pounds. The
eoolie, fed on rice, is more active and
can endure more than the negro fed
on fat,-The Dietetic Gazette.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
He Had No Fever.

DR.. Holmes relates the following
to Illustrate the significance of small
things in the sick room: s.Will you
have an orange or fg,2'' said DR..
James Jackson to q fine little boy
now grown up to goodly stature. "A
fig, answered Master Theodore,
with alaerity No fever there, said
the good doctor, Cor he would GER
tainly have said an orange. y Her.
aid of Health.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Mend Your Own Tinware.

Housekeepers may often find itcon-
venient to know how to keep their
tinware in order, besides it helps to
economic. For the benefit of such
we will say it is easier and just as
satisfactory to solder such things
yourself as to pay a travelling tinker
two prices for mending them, says an
exchange. Take a sharp knife and
scrape the tin around the leak until
it is bright, so that the solder will
stick, then sprinkle on a little pull
verified rosin, lay your solder on the
hole and with your soldering iron
melt it on. Do not have the iron too
hot or the solder will not adhere to
that After two or three trials you
can do a job that you viii feel proud
of. Ifyou do not own a soldering
iron, procure one by all means; when
hard pressed use a smooth piece of
iron. Anything is better than stop
ping leaking pans with beeswax or
rags. Your pans should be perfectly
dry when you commence work. Try
it, young housekeeper.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
MINNESOTA RETURNS.

The.retuznss in Minnesota on president con-
gressmen and governor are nearly complete.
In several counties the judges of election
sealed uptthe vote and sent them in without
any note of the vote cast being given and on
ures. From those counties where official re-
turns have not been received estimates have
beenmade In othercounties only the plurali-
ties have been received and they are given,
designated by an asteriek Harrison's pIur-
atty over Cleveland is SO OFT, and Merriam
24.S27 ahead of Wilson. Official figures
will probably increase these pluralities slight
lN,. but very little changes will be made.
PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Work no Hardship.

THERE'S no hardship in true work.
1t is as far removed from drudgery
as is the free movement of clouds in
the upper air from the cheap imita-
tions of shy scenery on the stage of
a theater. True work has something
OF play in it; it is the Joyous over
flow Of a full nature, the natural out
going of a, full heart that cannot
contain its own life. but must find
speech for itselfin manifold activities,
1t is only after we drive ourselves
after the natural impulse is spent,
when we urge ourselves to the task
after the JOY of it is gone, that work
becomes monotonous, and then
wearisome, and finally dangerous.
Working days are spent in dealing
with human adaptations and means
and in perfecting human skill. Vaca-
tion days ought to be spent in UNI.
broken fellowship with truth and
beauty. They are the recurring Sab
baths which leave an open road
heavenward through our years of
toii.-Christian Union.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Fearful Responsibility of Parents.

How mindful parents should be of
the fact that nature DEGREES they
shall pass to their descendants, as
it were, themselves. Those children,
or some of those children's descend
ants, are sure to contain in their
very organisms tendencies, inherited
from you, that make it q foregone
conclusion that in some respects they
will resemble you, even if they never
see. you. If, for instance, you are the
slave of drink, of the tobacco habit,
or OF profanity, you may be morally
certain that these. vices will crop out
somewhere among your descendants,
if you have any. Theinevitables, the
subtlety and the infnitenesss OF q
mans Or Woman's influence, regard
ed in this light are almost dazing-
Boston Jour. of Health.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Riot in Madrid.

In anticipation of the arrival Of Senior
Canovas del Castillo from Seville a strong
force of police and military was posted along
the streets through which the Conservative
leader was expected to pass on his way from
the railway station to his residence. Thous-
ands of Republicans collected at the station
at an early hour, aud the arrival of Senior
Canovas was signal for hostile outburst.
The mobsurroundeda and followed his carriage,
hootlng and throwing stones The windows
OF the carriage We're smashed by flying mis-.
slles: Sonora Canovas, who accompanied her
band, was struck by a stone but not serious
" injured. When the carriage reached the
Prado the gendarmes surrounded it in order
to protect the occupants from violence. Sim.
liar scenes of disorder occurred outside of the
residence of Senior Canovas In order to es-
cape from the mob he drove to the house of
his brother-in-l law. the marquis ofSotomayer
The crowd continued the demonstration in
front Of the Conservative club and the Con-
sentative Journals. At the Epoca building
the mob again became violent and every
window in the place was smashed. Through
out the disturbance there was no collision be-
tween the people and the police nor was there
any fighting.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21

VOTE ON CONGRESSMAN.
For congress the several districts show
greater gains than was ever anticipated dur
ing the campaign. With the exception oil
the Fifth, the returns are about complete
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21

By means Of photographs from the rogue's
State Detective Seaver has identified the men
who robbed Elisha Williams of $ 1000 as no.
torious confidence men who were convicted
and sentenced in New York three weeks ago
and who have been at liberty but little
while. Word has been sent to New York,
where they are well known, to look out for
them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
Not All Meat Eaters.

All the heavy work Of the world is
not done by men who eat meat. The.
Roman soldiers, who built such wen
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-03
Steamboats, in Idaho.

It may seem as preposterous to
many to speak of steamboats, in
Idaho as did the scene in an Amer
lean play at one of the French the
aters which represented steam
boat on its way from New York to
Chicago, but nevertheless there are
steamboats, plying in Idaho waters.
There are two in almost constant
service on Lake Ceur d'Alene.
Their trips were interrupted for a
few weeks this past winter by the
presence of ice in the lake. Idaho
has more modern improvements
than many outsiders give her credit
for. Previous to the discovery OF
gold in 1860 she had very few per-
manent settlers. The territory was
organized in 1868, and now after a
lapse of twenty-five years the pop
ulation is about $4,000. There are
about one thousand. miles Of rail-
road within her borders, good wag-
on roads in almost every direction,
and q perfect network of good trails
for pack trains. and now steamboats,
can be added to the list of means
of transportation in use in the ter
Titpry.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-03

PERHAPS it has never occurred to
you that years with three Fights in
them are lucky years, says the Cas-
sia Caunty Times. They don't
come often, only once in thous-
md years, but it is a lucky person
who lives to see one of them. There
is an old Chaldean superstition
that year with three Fights is one
of unlimited blessings. All bust
ness enterprises prosper, everything
you touch turns to gold; want and
famine skulk into their hiding
places until these days Of universal
prosperity are over. Those who
have faith in this old superstition
will derive additional comfort from
the construction Of the figures of
this year. There are three of a kind
and one spot. 1t is not the best
arrangement of the fgurative sym
bolization that could be made, yet
It is better than anything that will
be done for the next thousand years.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-03
PERSONALS.

| Budd Reynolds came in from
Smoky on Sunday by the stage ane
returned again on Wednesday.
Homer Bounds and Pete Gilstrar
left town last Monday to resume
work on their. Bonanza Heights
mine.
Mrs. G. B. Marlatt returned BY
Thursdays train from Mountain
Home and reports Miss Ida Mar
latt convalescent.
James Brennan, from BOYLE
mountain, was in town last Sunday
Jim is bound to come into the set
Elements once in awhile.
Rev. l. T. Osborn of HALEY is in
town. He will officiate at the fun.
eral services of Mr.. Hammond al
the Methodist Church to-day.
W. D. German, of the Sunday
mine, Boyle mountain, is spending
few days in town. He reports
the leaseholders all doing we'll in
that camp.
A. w. Dunn, of Smoky, was a
passenger by the stage last Sunday
He says that everything is active
in the Smoky camp and reports
strikes in every direction.
Tom Popham, of the Forest Hill
mine, on Warm Springs creek,
came in on the Smoky stage on
Sunday last. He reports his pros
poets looking very encouraging.
w. D. Vernum, formerly in
charge Of the Bidwell & Beaver
mine and Columbia mill at Saw
tooth, is now manager of a new
town site named West Superior, in
Wisconsin.
Samuel Morgan, who is employed
in the wood work branch of Fleni-
ing and Donald's blacksmith es-
Enlistment, returned home this
week from Salt Lake, where he had
been spending the winter.
Maurice James left on Mondays
train for Phihipsburg, Montana,
where he thinks of locating per
manently. Success to you, Maurice.
and if you get homesick, drop into
Hoyer's drug store and he will give
you an antidote.
S. H. Wooster, who has been
afflicted with rheumatism most OF
the winter. left town last Sunday
to try the medicinal virtues of the
Hoover Hot Springs on the Smoky
road. He has a fine opportunity to
try the efficacy of. hot nineralized
mud baths.