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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-08
Tho Late E.nperor,s order.

1t is said now that tho latc Emperor
Frederick issued an order that for the
future no German officer should appear
in uniform, except on parade, at mess, or
on some official occasion. Hitherto tho
German army has lived in its uniform.
one particular advantage Of that practicI
arising from the fact that few Of the
officers could afford suitable citizens
drc,s in addition y their uniforms.
Emperor William, however. at once re-
scisi.lel the cgtisr-New Yor.. Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-08
Death from Tight Lacinc.

Last years coroners' inquests in Eng
land furnished two examples of death re-
sulting from tight lacing. The last case
was of young lady suffering from fatty
infiltration of the heart, who died sud-
denly while dressing hastily after a hearty
meal. The corset was proved to have
had close agency in determining the
fatal result Popular Science Monthly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-08
iIact;nn Made Mortar.

An idea has been developed in Ger
many in the shape Of the manufacture
Of mortar by machinery in large qCanti.
ties to be delivered to contractors CT in
dividuals as required for use. About
100000 barrels were disposed of il
Berlin On this plan alone last year.
New York Star.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-08
A Clew to His Age.

Those narrow minded people who think
human beings reach maturity at the un-
ripe age of 70 should learn better from
the Roumanians. One old peasant called
as a witness in court pf justice In the
year 1882 could only give clew to his
age by saying; 81 remember that when I
was boy our emperor was woman, ;,
and, reckoning from the death of Maria
Theresa, in 1850, made him not less than
110 years old.-Chicago Herald.
Fear is far more painful to cowardice
than death to trus. courage. P. Sid
ney.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.
Factory Hands Perish in the Flamcs-.-A Long
List Of the Missing. Who May be Ia the Ruins.

The most dangerous and fatal fire that has
happened in Rochester, N. Y. for many years
occurred recently, and the loss of life is ex-
pectcd to reach between fifty and sixty. A
general alarm was sounded on fire being dis
covered in the packing room of the Rochester
Steam Gauge and Lantern works, employing
n large number of men. SO busy
has the factory been lately
that the men have been working night and
day to catch up on orders. The building to
which the fire was confined was six stories
high. About sixty men were working in the
three upper floors, and as soon as they found
there was fire underneath them they began to
leap from the windows, ignoring the fire
escapes with balconies Oil the south side ofthe
building In these leaps quite n number of
men were injured, many of them so
seriously that they will probably die.
By O'Clock the building was ell
tirely destroyed and five men had been
taken out Dead sixteen were seriously in
jured, fourteen were entirely safe and the
rest unaccounted for, of whom quite IL num-
ber are unknown by name. The scenes at
the fire were heartrending. ana prominent
among those who were present after the fire
were three priests in the surplices who ad-
ministered spiritual comfort to those who
were in dying condition. The factory was
built on the high bank, on the west side OF
the Genesee river. and was q difficult one for
the fremen to get it, owing to one side being
entirely closed to them.
Until the books are examined, it will not be
possible to tell who were actually at work
and how many persons are lost. Among
those saved were John Platts, who escaped
by sliding from the sixth floor. He says
there We're thirty persons at work on that
floor, and three were saved-Robert and
Horatfo Hall and Joseph Smith. Platt
thinks that about ten Others escaped with
him. The lantern works, with stock and
machinery. is a total loss, estimated at
about $225, 900. The insurance is $179, 900.
the cause of the fire is a mystery. Two men
went to work after supper and all seemed to
be 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 the
alarm when he was surrounded by the flames,
but 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 exite and the
windows were at once utilized for the purpose.
The majority of the workmen lost their heads
and began to jump instead of taking the fire
ladders that were attached to the building.
1t is believed that number of men are
buried in the ruins. but at present it is i'm
possible to be sure of this.
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'PITH OF THE NEWS.
The Very Latest Associated Press Tele.
grams Greatly Condensed.
About Washington.

A warrant was issued at Washington by
Justice Walter for Representative Glover of
Missouri, charging him with false swearing.
The justice issued the paper on the oath OF
James III. Graham, whom Glover had
charged with being violent and disorderly on
Connecticut avenue in Washington, knowing
that his said charge was false and corrupt.
Graham was Glovers private secretary. He
il now on trial before the criminal court,
charged by Mr.. Glover with housebreaking
on Sept. 10 last and taking some papers be-
longing to Mr.. Glover.
The departure of Lord Sackville and his
family from Washington will take place
about the end of this month. 1t was their
purpose to leave sooner, but they found it
impracticable on account of the many things
to be done in closing up their domestic ar
rangements Mt the legation. The summary
action of the president has broken up a very
pleasant arrangement both for Lord Sack
vile and the official and polite society of
Washington. 1t was the intention of Lord
Sackville, in Difference to the wishes of his
daughter, to continue at the head of the lega-
tion and to spend his winters in Washington
during the gay season, giving fine entertain
ments and passing the summers at knole,
his fine English estate
The best opinion at Washington is that
the Republicans of the senate will not deem
1t eXpedient to press the senate tariff bill to
a vote, this winter III view OF the fact that
the public and the president would both be
unfriendly, and that it will be better party
policy to wait until the Republicans have
both houses and the presidency before enter
ing upon the discussion of this subject. 1t
will not, it is claimed, be of any party advan-
tage or promote the cause of tariff reduction
to spend the time upon q bill which cannot
become law. Next congress when the Re-
publicans have control of the government,
will ho ,,Nccihlo fCr ho y,rosiAant N Iudi.
cate his policy and for the house of represen-
tatives to give it FORM
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terial, and afterward cut his throat. Two
kegs of powder exploded, but in spite of this
and the knife wound Brown will recover.
From Foreign Lands.

Seventy thousand followers of the mahdi
attacked the town of Wadai, west of OAR
toor III Africa. The garrison repulsed the as
sailants and killed 5000. but the mahdists
re-attacked and captured the town. The sui
tan of Wadni fled to Ghiri.
A Paris reporter who witnessed an expert
ment with the Lebel rifle few days ago.
writes to his paper that at n distance of 600
metres the weapon drove ball through five
manikin soldiers, shattering the back of the
fifth as completely it had the first Other
trials were made in which several sheep were
killed at a distance of 2, 500 metres, the balls
passing entirely through them.
j. W. Hanna, grain merchant of Virden,
Man., arrived in Winnipeg, in search of his
brother in-law, John M. Laurie, who was
missing with a large sum of money i'll his pos
session to invest in grain. He was finally
traced to Seattle and from there to Winnipeg,
where he was located and is now being held.
Laurie is subject to temporary fits ofnsanity
and was accompanied in his rambles by a
man who has stripped him of 81 500.
steamer from Panama brings an account
of u big fire which took place recently in the
neighborhood OF Villeta, Colombia. The fire
originated in stubble, and, owing to Il strong
breeze, the flames caught the houses of the
town. Many children perished in the con-
fiagration. Heavy losses of cattle and pro-
duce are reported. At Carthagena there has
been great loss from drouth and forest fires.
All crops have been lost, and in some places
the fire has destroyed other valuable proper
ties, including all immense sugar cane plan
tation, on which the buildings and $4,000
coffee plants were consumed by the flames
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15
Horrible Scenes.

Dispatches from Pittsburg, Kan. give the
following as some of the incidents of the mine
horror at that place: For hours after the
explosion suffocated out the lives of nearly a
hundred men, the scene at the pit was dis
tressing. Poorly clad women with babies
clasped to their brests came through the
darkness by the light cast from the bonfires
like haggard, uncanny beings from another
world Some shrieked above the storm, and
muttered as they fell helpless on the should
ers of the stronger neighbors. Still Others
were mad in their despair and tore their
dashed into the tomb headong but
for the strength exerted by miners
from other shafts. One poor woman,
whose husband and two sons were in the pit,
lay her three youngest children beside Il
blazing fire and then fell in Mysteries among
them. She lay unnoticed in this position un-
til morning, when she was removed to her
home O raving maniac. At one time the
crush of women ana children at the shaft
was so great that it was feared violence
would be necessary in order to clear the way
for the rescuers, The poor creatures fought
each other in their despair, and in some in
stances inflicted severe punishment. As the
night wore on the work of recovering the
bodies continued until the floor of the engine
house was strewn with mangled men. The
bodies were placedin in rows upon the ground,
where the rain and snow beat upon them.
Most of the victims were shockingly mutt
lated, Some were SO disfgured as to be un-
recognizable. All were covered with
blood and dust, and many were almost
stripped of their clothes. There was nothing
left of the first man brought up from the
dreadful hole but bleeding, pulpy trunk.
The head, arms and legs had been blown off.
Many of the searchers tainted at their work;
others stimulated by brandy and the en-
treaties of the demeniacal women continued
at their bloody task all through the night.
Some of the victims were not disfgured.
They were in a chamber least affected by the
shock and died of asphyxiation. AS fast as
the bodies were brought to the surface there
was a rush to identity them, a dozen women
in many cases being engaged at one time in
scanning the bleeding face of some unfortun-
ate. There are still about fifty bodies in the
lower levels.
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A Stylish Yankee Funeral.

The funeral of the eccentric Dr. Henry
Hitler took place in the town OF Whining
ton, Mass. Charles Sumner was carried to
the tomb on q funeral car but he was the
only one to whom this honor has ever been
accorded in New England till DIR. Killers
remains were carried from the residence
to Wilmington cemetery in a catafalque
more superb than the great statesman's.
This car of the dead was made
at a cost of $4,000. 1t consists
of q heavy platform twelve feet long
by seven wide. resting on q truck. Over
the platform is the canopy, or catafalque
proper supported by four standards, The
whole is heavily draped In the best black
broadcloth, lao yards having been used.
The height of the car and catafalque is
eleven feet. 1t was drawn by four black
horses, each led by a man dressed in black.
The temporary tomb to which DR.. Killers
remains were consigned was constructed
since his death, and was jnst completed on
the day of the funeral. 1t il of brick, and is
about twelve feet square, with an arched
roof and plastered inside. The tomb cost
about $500. A huge red cedar box four
feet wide. four feet deep and nine feet long.
costing $3.50, was put into the tomb to re-
ceive the casket. The boards of the box are
two inches thick and are held together by
SIS worth Of brass screws, The
about 2, 900 people. The services were held
in the house Of the deceased and were pri-
vate, but at the close the public were per-
mitted for an hour and a half to march
through the house and look upon the dead
mans face. The services included the reading
Of the will Of the deceased by q justice of the
peace. The will, dated Oct. 30, 1883, one
week before the doctors death, leaves all his
property, both personal and real, to his
widow, dnd she is made the executrix. 1t is
thought the estate is worth fully $13, ,OOO,-
600. It consists Of houses and land at VIII
and in vessels, bonds stocks, the business on
fremont Row, Boston, and various other
property.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15
Record of CauSa1ties.

Salgotarja coal mine, in Hungary, is
flooded with water. Twenty miners were
drowned.
The Republican ratification at Winona.
Mimi, was productive of a terrible accident
to Ole Olsen, an old resident who was ram
ming the cannon when it went off, tearing
away both of his hands at the wrists Olsen
received prompt surgical aid, but is very low.
Philip Baer, aged twenty.eight, sales
man. tried to board an elevated train in
New York after the gates were closed, and
was caught between the station railing and
crushed. He fell to the street and was killed
He was hurrying to join his family at a ball,
u ticket to which was found in his pocket.
The Cunard line steamer Nantes came into
collision thirty six miles off the Lizard with
the German ship Theodore Ruger, Capt.
Meyer, from Hamberg Oct. 81 for Sidney,
and both vessels sank. A portion OF the
ships crew were landed at Trouvile. The
fate of the rest of her crew and of the steam
er's crew is sunknown. The Nantes was an
iron screw steamer of 949 net tons. She was
bark rugged and was built in 1878.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15
Personal Talk.

Dr. Hostetter, the "bitters'' man. who died
few days ago, carried life insurance policies
amounting to $361 900. Most of these
policies were taken out couple of years ago.
1t was his intention to take other policies
aggregating $500,000, but the companies
would not take the risks.
Henry Willard is confined to his house in
New York, bp slight illness. He was not
feeling well on election day, but his interest
in the result caused him to visit the Demo-
cratic national headquarters both in the
afternoon and at night. He canght a cold
wfrirfr will 4rvvp- i1i11 within tivurs for a few
days. No serious illness is expected by his
friends.
There is family in Boston which suffers
from mysterious hereditary curse-the first
son born to every daughter, even to remote
cousins, bleeding to death. Not one has es-
capped. The legend that goes with the state
ment is that q female ancestor, a good many
generations back, opened the veins Of q rich
uncle with o poniard in order to secure his
wealth, and ghost appeared to her and an
nounced the fate that has followed the family.
The story is vouched for SO far as the deaths
are concerned, but there is no biography of
the ghost.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15
What the Republicans Will Do.

Ifit shall be found that the Republicans
have the house by u working majority they
will have control 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.
Ihlrd-Io convene congress, possibly, in
extra session on March 4 in order to 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
Fifth-To attempt generally to enact laws
which will receive support of 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 a
state if it shall appear that the population is
likely to be Republican.
Seventh-The extinction of polygamy in
Utah and when that shall have been accom-
plished the admission of Utah as state.
Eighth-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 a better supervision of national cleo
tions within the states, and especially in the
Southern states
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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 the
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 re-
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 relar
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 the shaft have perished. 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-
BILE 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.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-15
News GeneraiitieS.

The largest funeral procession that Dakota
has ever witnessed took place at Rapid City,
Dak., from Library hall to Evergreen ceme-
terry. Over 200 people participated in the
ceremonies and the funeral. Upward of one
hundred vehicles were in the procession.
The occasion was the reburial of the bodies
of J. w. Patterson of Allegheney City, Pa;
George w. Jones of Boulder, Col; John
Erquhart of Kansas City, No, and Thomns
Z. Pendleton, of the New England miners
who were murdered by the Indians on Aug.
%, 1876, in the limits of Rapid City. John
r. Brennan induced the council to take
measures for the disinterment of the bodies
and their permanent reburial.
young man, who gave the name OF Dex-
ter Roosevelt as the only one he had to offer,
went to police headquarters in New York in
search of information about his identity. He
said that from the best he knew he was found
waif in the streets of New York twenty
three years ago, and was cared for on RAN
dall's Island for two years. Then, at the
age of five. or therea bouts, he was sent West.
He arrived in his new home labeled Dexter
Roosevelt. He plospered as he grew up and
is now boss truckman, well off and with u
home of his own. But he is not happy un-
less he finds out who he is or at least how he
came by the name of of Roosevelt. He sus-
poets that somehow hei s connected with the
old Knickerbocker family of that name. The
went to the department of charities and cor
rection to continue his search.
Facts were developed at La Crosse about
the strange death OF q lady at La Crescent,
Minn.. an indirect result OF q quarrel on elec-
ton day. Don Carlos Cameron, formerly
superintendent of schools and again q can
didate, made the remark on election day that
Mr.. Noyes, the other candidate. was drunk
at the convention. which nominated him and
nd oloof innooriDO wit h EacrS of In
Mr.. Picard, superintendent of the La Crosse
pickle works. and friend of Noyes, said the
statement was false. The matter ended for
the time being, and Cameron went to
Brownsville, where he is teaching school. In
the evening he returned to La Crescent and
went to the house of Mrs. Dell Gurley where
Picard boards. He raped at the door, and.
when Picard answered, struck him in the face.
pic.sra erressptIy knocked Cameron down.
As result of the fracus there ssesa ON
the floor near the door, and when Mrs. Cur
ley, who was at neighbours, returned and
saw it. she was taken with spasms from
which she did not rally, dying before mid
night.
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Riot in Madrid.

In anticipation of the arrival of Senior
Canovas del Castillo from Seville, q 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 a signal for a hostile outburst
The mob bsurrounded andfollowed his carriage,
hooting and throwing stones. The windows
of the carriage we're smashed by flying mis-
siles. Sonora Canovas, who accompanied her
band, was struck by stone but not serious
" injured. When the carriage reached the
Prado the gendarmes surrounded 1t 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-law, the marquis ofSotomayer
The crowd continued the demonstration in
front Of the Conservative club and the Con-
servatiye Journals. At the Epaea 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.
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Snow STORMS in Csaa;,a.

A snow storm and gale, which, in severity
has seen few equals In Canada even in winter,
set in Thursday night Nov. 8, and continued
until Sunday night. 1t extended over the
whole of Quebec and the maritime provinces.
Dispatches from lower Quebec say that 2M
feet of snow has fallen all along the lower
st. Lawrence, and that serious fears aye en-.
tertained that there hos been o large loss of
life among the fishermen on both shores of the
gulf. At Mananea, lumber laden schooner
is ashore and the crew were in the rigging all
night. They were rescued badly frost-bitten
One of them cannot survive. The steamer
Polma, attempting to run up the north
branch Of the Saginayo, was compelled to
put into Trinity bay, where she dragged her
anchors, and went ashore on the rocks. Tho
captain Is reported drowned. It is known
that large number of fishing boats were be-
low Anticost, but none of them have been
heard ofsince. Telegraph wires are down and
trains are delayed BY the snow, and commu-
tically iMpQssi6ls.