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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-12
PennIa OF Note.

General Master Workman Powderly an
nounces that the general executive board of
the Knights of Labor will meet in st. Louis
Sept. 80 to consider important questions
affecting the Knights in the Southwest.
The widow of President James X. Polk
celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday at
Nashville recently. She is in fairly good
health and received number OF visitors who
called to congratulate her.
Gen. R. A Alger assumed command of the
Grand Army of the Republic and issued or
ders announcing that fact establishing ma
tional headquarters at Detroit and appoint
ing the following personal staff: Adjutant
general, George H. Hopkins, of Detroit;
quartermaster general J. Taylor, Philadel
phia; inspector general Lewis E. Griffith, OF
Troy, N. Y; judge advocate general, D. R.
Austin, Toledo O.
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Miscellaneous.

A natural gas we'll has been drilled at
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, that is estimated
to flow 5O,OOO,O0O cubic feet day.
The buffalo News publishes a complete
expose of Graham s alleged trip over the fails
and says it was a sensational fake"
Subscriptions at Johnstown to push the
suit against the South Fork Fishing club
have reached 81 500 when only 81 900 was
required.
A solid silver gavel appropriately engraved
and with Colorado diamond set in the
handle has been made to be presented to the
keepwater convention to be held at Topeka
Kan, Oct, /.
Politicians at Milwaukee profess to see in
the action of the Iowa con ference of the Afri-
can Methodist church, a scheme to colonize
Montana and Washington with negroes and
make those new states safely Republican.
The conference adviced Southern negroes to
the Northwest Rev T. w Henderson, OF
Chicago, who was prime mover in securing
this action, has been promoting the negro
exodus. He was the originator of the famous
"4O-acre and mule" exodus of last year.
Henry D. Lloyd, formerly on the editorial
staff of a Chicago morning paper, has been
investigating the condition of the destitute
miners at Spring valley for several days land
makes appeal through the press on their be-
half He says there is greater need than ever
of help for these people. There are thousands
there suffering for food, clothing and medi-
cine Most of the sufferers are children and
most of the children are little ones. There
are families where adults and children are
grievously sick and without medical attend
ance and medicines, because there is no mon.
ey to pay for them.
The senatorial investigating committee at
Des Moines Iowa. examined Martin Flynn, a
wealthy stock dealer and farmer, and P F
Morrissey butcher both of that city. l.
C. BaIdviIle, stock dealer, Council Bluffs
John Evans, farmer, West Liberty and II.
Smith farmer and banker, Mason City
They brought out the fact that prices hav
declined in Iowa for cattle about 40 per cent,
and that shippers generally concede that
there is no competition among buyers OF
Chicago; but not much evidence was given
on the beef trust. The committee took q
ride about the city, and did not seem to care
whether they obtained any information OIL
not, as they were given great number O
pointers on the subject but did not follow
them up. They went to Kansas City.
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From Foreign Shores.

The Bulgarian government has placed at
Llege orders for $4,000 Berdan rifles and q
OOO,O 900 cartridges.
At the session of the trades unions con-
gress at Dundee, Scotland q vote was taken
upon the adoption of the "eight-hours day, ="
and it was rejected-SS to So.
Maurice Dudevant Sand, son of Nine. Geo.
Sand, the novelist, is dead in Paris, aged
sixty-six years. He made reputation as a
painter and q man of letters.
The editor of the Paris Cocarde has beer
sentenced to four months imprisonment
and to pay fine of 500 francs for purloin'
ing court documents.
In his speech at the banquet at Paris, MI.
Gladstone, referring to the rapid population
in America, said Il wish TO recognize Amer
ica's right to be considered, prospectively,
at least and even now to some extent. the
great organ of the powerful English tongue.
| wish also to indulge in feelings of satisfac-
ton on rejecting that no cause on earth
our own folly now or hereafter, ought to di-
vide US from one another or revive those
causes of honorable or less honorable con-
tention that have heret % ore prevailed among
US"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-12
Legal Verbiage.

The world his outrun the courts
and legal technicalities have out
lived their usefulness. The progress
of the people has been toward COM
nonsense methods in all things, and
the lawyers "whereases," "afore-
saids," and parties ofthe firstpart"
must be relegated to oblivion. There
is a demand springing up for plain,
direct English. There is really no
sound reason why, to man of or
binary intelligence, legal documents
should he unintelligible. The techni-
cal verbiage employed is q relic of
the age when that which was mys-
terious and could not be understood
was esteemed to be beyond the COM
prehension ofthe common herd. The
use of uncommon English in purely
business circles would not be endured.
Why, then, should the transfer of a
piece of property be a process so
labyrinthine and SO mysterious that
q man of sound sense cannot fathom
it? 1t has been estimated that the
droppings of the letter in such
words as honour, labour, and the
like has added to the world each
year what is equivalent to the pro-
ductive capacity of 500 able-bodied
men. What would we not gain if
from every legal paper and from ev-
cry legal suit there should be re-
moved that vast mass ofsuperfluity,
that antique verbiage, that bulk of
repetition and solemn senselessness
that now enwraps them as it's shell
enwraps the clam?-New Orleans
Times-D Democrat.
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At Denver, Co.., Timothy Stocking shot
and instantly killed Billy Murphy, an ex.
convict from the Joliet (In) penitentiary.
The story leading up to the murder is some
thing of a romance. In 1883, Miss Williams
beautiful young girl, came to Chicago
from q small town in Wisconsin to visit
friends. Shortly after her arrival she met
Billy Murphy, plumber, who fell madly in
love. The lady did not return his attentions,
and soon atterward married Timothy Stock
ing II member of Pinkerton's force. Murphy
took to drink, and a couple of months after
the wedding attempted to burglarize resi-
dence, and was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment. Stocking being the principal
witness for the prosecution. Murphy swOre
ne would kill both Stocking and his wife as
soon as he could gain his liberty. After his
release he followed the couple over the coun-
try finally locating them in Denver. The
police had repeatedly driven Murphy from
Stockings premises, where he had been found
skulking AROUND at all hours of the night.
Murphy visited Stockings house, armed With
u knife, and was shot by Stocking.
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The Casualty Calendar.

A train from Philadelphia on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad struck ard killed two boys
who were driving across the track, near Ehz-
abeth, n. J.
Barney McBreen, a Kansas City fireman
fell from the eighth story of the Midland no.
tel. while drilling in the Pompier ladder sys-
tenn, and received injuries from which he died.
All the wires in the operating room and
tower OF the telephone exchange at Nch-
mond, Ind. were burned out by one or more
wires coming in contact with the cable OF
the electric street railway.
! DR.. II. Fl. Tucker. one of the best known
Baptist clergymen in the South, fell from q
second-story window in which he was seated
at Atlanta, and was doubtless fatally IN
Jured.
Freddie Higgins was run over and killed at
Ashland Junction. Wis, by the cars, his
head being severed from his body. He had
got under the cars for protection from a
: heavy storm, and a train switching there
showed the cars back over him.
James Mullen of Milwaukee was riding on
the platform Of an Illinois Central baggage
car when he fell on the bumpers Edward
Burke pulled him from his dangerous posi-
0On, when both were struck by the steps Oh
a passing train and badly injured.
A letter from reliable stockman in Big Horn
basin, northern Wyoming, dated Sept. 1
says: For three days we have been fighting
fire. The Big Horn mountains are ablaze'
The flames have swept down the mountaiH
side, carrying destruction before them. As
there have been thousands Of head of stock
feeding on the mountains the loss will neces
sarily be heavy. The ranch occupied by d.
Hale was consumed together with its con-
tents. A neighborng ranch occupied by
Houston, who entered the land year ago,
was burned the owner losing everything and
just savingnis life, as he fought the fire with
the energy of desperation. Every ranch locat-
ed on the mountain from north to south is
burned. Two lives are said to have been lost
One of these is a man named Robinson, who
camped on the north fork of Powder river
with man whose name | cannot learn. Fire
is now burning along Powder river, Clear
creak and at the head OF Tensleep creek
Hunters who have been over the ground say
that fully $500 900 worth OF timber has gone
up in smoke.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-12
A Bogus Lord Arrested.

a stirring sensation was caused by the ar,
rest of young nan who, for two weeks or
more has been supposed to be - younger
brother of the duke of Durham. On his a.
rival he registered at the leading hotel as
plain Robert Morris of London, but soon
gave it out that he had noble blood pulsing
in his veins. Ile stated that on account of q
difficulty he had with an older brother in
one of the aristocratic clubs of the English
intention of making n tour of the
world. He first appeared at Mayville,
where it is said he exhibited letters of intro
ductiOn to the Dalrymples and Grandins
from Cornelius Vanderbilt and other promi
nent Eastern gentlemen. With these ere
dentials he had no difficulty in procuring an
introduction in good society. He reported
that he had an income of $4,000 a year.
He was often seen with large sums of money,
and those who knew of the reckless extrava-
gance with which he spent it had no doubt
as to the truth of the statements. He sell
dom sat down to meal without q
number of guests and always or
dered the costliest wines. This
fast living he continued until week ago,
when he departed for the West, much to the
regret OF all who had enjoyed his prodigality.
III was UNDERSTOOD GnaU ne was going QlrecG
to the Pacific coast and from there to Japan;
but instead he stopped at Jameston and re-
mained several days. One night he returned
to Fargo and next day, as he was about to
board the West-bound Northern train, he
was arrested by Inspector Mitchell, of the
city OF London police force, who had just
arrived from st. Paul. His arrest has been
the talk of the town, but as he had gone to
jamestown, where he claimed to have left his
money, no facts in relation to the matter
could be learned until the return. Inspector
Mitchell was accompanied by q Pnkerton
detective and a Mr. Woodal of London.
From the English official it was learned that
the young man is wanted for forgery
amounting to 91,50O. His real name is
Oswal Riddel Miles. Until July - he had
been employed as clerk by Woodall L Co.;
stockholders in London, and while in their
service forged their name to draft. He
disappeared Immediately after the forgery
was discovered, but for some reason the
officers did not start to America until Aug.
10. From New York they traced him to
Minneapolis and thence to Fargo,
and although they have at last captured him
his victims will recover but a small portion
OF their stolen money. He had less than
| 5000 OF it left. The officer stated that he is
not even remotely connected with any noble
| family, and that his father is now serving q
sentence for forgery. The bogus lord pro-
tested his innocence to the last, and assured
a few weeks. He is apparently about twenty
| three years of age, but little over four feet
high, quite intelligent and well educated.
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G Hartman Abbott Rounee6.


CHICAGO, Special: The extraordinary dead
lock over the craftsmanship Of the Western
States Passenger association came TO q cli-
max to-day. When the general managers
of the various railroads belonging to the
org aniEation assembled the choice of W Il.
Newman an temporary successor to Chair
man John N. Abbott was annulled by the
strenuous objections of General Manager st
John. Of the Rock Island Then the PROPOSE
tion was made that Mr.. Abbott should con-
tinue as temporary chairman until such time
as his successor could be elected. Had this
been done 1t would have given Mr.. Abbott an
opportunity to resign and turn over his office
in regular manner to whomsoever might
be chosen to I'LL the place But il was not
done. There seemed to be determination
on the part of some of the members to
humiliate the ex-chairmsn to the last
possible degree, and tho proposition was
dogPediy voted down. IL was argued that
by the resolution just adopted Mr.. Abbott
had ceased to have any connection whatever
with the Western States Passenger associa-
ton, and that the business before the meet
ing was the election of chairman. The
balloting, which had already lasted over O
day, was then resumed. Mr.. Abbott's friends
stood by him through several ballots. but
after awhile the Rock Island was left prac-
ucaliy alone in his support The Rock ISL
and, however, remained Steadfast, cffectu-
ally preventing the requisite unanimous
votes for any OF the several other candidates
proposed Finally this afterAoon it was de-
cided to abandon the attempt to elect q
chairman until q futufe date, and the
duties of the Office were turned
over to Thomas Thompson. chief clerk
In MIR. Abbott's Office. who was elected Sec
rectary in charge until further notice. The
. meeting then adjourned subject to the call
OF the presiding officer, J. +. Tucker While
the balloting was In progress, some one sug-
gested to Mr.. Abbott that he put an end to
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-12
A Grave.digger Passes q Bad Night.

A few nights ago, says a Philadel-
phia paper. while a party OF young
men and women we're walking under
the shade trees skirting the Lafayette
cemetery, they were startled by a
number of wild cries issuing from the
center of that burying ground. The
hour was about 9, and although
there we're twenty persons about,
none OF them at first could muster
enough courage to go in. Then some
of them, guided by the sound, made
their way between the graves to q
vault near the center of the cemete-
ry. The vault top rises only few
inches above the ground, and there
are number of holes piercing the
sides, and the investigators threw
themselves prone before this.
For a time they could see nothing
Then one of the watchers discovered
the outlines of a moving form, and
another piercing cry rent the air.
Satisfied now that the thing within
was aghost, the men sprang to their
feet and ran like mad for the streets.
The mystery was not explained un-
til officer Smith passed that way.
Just as he reached the vault in ques-
tion he noticed the white face of q
man who was lying on the floor in
side. Hepromptly broke in the door
and found James N. Clarke, one of
the grave diggers, in a half uncon-
scioUs condition, leaning against the
side of the vault. 1t was some min
utes before he could talk. Then he
said:
81 came into the vault yesterday
afternoon to do some work. There
are seventeen bodies here. AS l en-
tered the door closed with a bang,
and l saw that was caught. The
lock is a spring lock, and opens only
from the outside. At grst laughed,
but as no one came to my relief /
soon quit that. When night came l
was thoroughly frightened. There
was no fun in the prospect of passing
a whole nightin a narrow vault with
seventeen corpses. Then shrieked
for help, but no one came. | must
have tainted, for when / awoke the
sun was shining. l knew no more
until you came. Pm going into some
| other business now
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q drawer in his desk I found several
advertisements plainly in the inter
est Cf swindlers. One of them read:
"a steady young man with $40, 900 cash
capital can double it in one year in legiti-
mute enterprise. For particulars address
Box S91," etc.
Another read:
"If you have nerve and $5, 900 in cash We
will make you a millionaire in one year. We
permit the fullest investigation before in
Vestment. Write for particulars"
A third just hit the case:
"Are you young and ambitious man,
feeling that you could get ahead if properly
backed and encouraged Have you any
money? Can you get from 81 900 to "a, DOOR
II so we will positively guarantee you 500
in return for every dollar, and inside ofa
year."
/ felt sure he had written some of
these parties, but as could not find
any letters from them / set out to
hunt them up IN perso0. They were
bold-faced swindlers, and they both
cred me some, but in the end i got
five letters written by Fergus. In one
of them he stated that he would
soon have money to invest, and ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the parti-
culars of the speculation as far as
given him. The greed of gain, then,
was his incentive. The woman who
had been mother and sister to him
came of a long-lived race, and was in
good health, and a month before
her death was told by a doctor in
the hearing of Fergus that she was
likely to live to be ninety or one hum
dred years old. Until her death the
young man could hope for little
or nothing, as she was obliged to
make the interstate of her capital
support her.
Murderer or not, the boy was the
legal heir; and he employed the best
legal talent in the west to defend him.
The lawyers might take every dollar
if they could but clear him. 1t was
veritable fight for life with all the
money and most of the talent on one
side, but that web of circumstantial
evidence kept drawing closer and
closer, and it could neither be broken
nor explained away. Had Fergus
been innocent a frank reply to each
question would have explained it.
Being guilty, his evasions only made
matters worse. The jury were out
fourteen hours before finding ver-
dict of guilty, but within an hour he
had made a full confession. He told
me that he had been planning, for
two months, and that he believed
he had arranged details until his
case could withstand the most min
ute investigation of the highest de-
tective talent.-N. Y. Sun.
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New YORK, Special: Inspector Byrne's
chain of evidence against the Robert Ray
Hamilton conspirators is now complete. the
last link, In the shape Of the Identification OF
the 10 baby, having been welded to it to-day.
On Tuesday he sent two detectives to At
lantic City wita the midwife who sold the
baby to the conspiratora She identified the
CHILD on sight. pointing out to the
detectives the tell-tale ears Inspector
Byrnes showed her Mrs Hamilton's picture
and she instantly recognized Ii as that OF her
customer. Joshua Mann told the inspector
to-day that during the last four or 1--WE years
he had lived with Mrs Hamilton as her hus-
band, and during all time she was
never in the way of becoming
mother. He was with her con-
stanJly after her marriage to Hamilton. He
says she showed him will her husband had
made in her favor. Ir provided that in the
event of his death oil his money, the family
jewelry and plate should go to her
and the child, and she was to be
the custodian OF the child till
shs became OF aga The inspector says the
mother OF the bogus Hamilton baby Is, and
was, when the child was born, u married
woman moving in good society. Con-
elusive evidence that Hamilton has deserted
Mrs. Hamilton developed to-day Il Ia
now probable. to say the least, that the plot
was directed not only against Mr.. Hamilton's
happiness, but against his life as well, and
that the ultimate object of the harpies was to
induce him to make will in favor Of the
child and then get rid OF him.
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Secretary Mobiles Ultfm.tum,

WASHINGTON. Special Telegram: Sec
retary Noble has settled the matter of
the opening of the Sioux reservation by
proclamation of the president There have
been so many diverse claims about the mat
ter that the seoretary's opinion is needed to
settle the dispute To Newspaper
correspondent the secretary said: at is well
known that two bills were passed by the last
congress, both on the same day-one au-
thorizing the secretary to negotiate with the
Indians, the other authorizing the president
to appoint commission. The latter con-
tanned a proviso that the treaty should be
ratified by congress. Itwas found necessary
to abandon the former bill, and the president
appointed q commission to make the treaty
and gave them their instructions. I am
not authorized to speak for the president.
but legally the reservation cannot be opened
until congress ratifes the treaty. It would
not be the best policy to open the reservation
in the fall In the first place, the report of
the commission has not been received. It
will probably be along in due time, and will
be submitted to the president Before It can
be considered the winter will be almost upon
US, and If the lands were then thrown open
the settlers would endure many hardships
and privationR We want to proceed under
thelaw and give tho people clear title to
the lands when they are once opened They
must be patient and await the action Of con-
gress. This would seem to settle the matter.
HIS PROBABLE ACTION
It has been stated several times in these
dispatches that congressional action was
necessary. All the Indian bureau officials,
as well as the prominent attorneys connected
with the interior department are unanimous
In that opinion. The law under which the
commission was appointed provides for rat
ifcation. The president named the commits
sioners, and their report will be submitted to
him and by him to congress, as the law d.
rects. Secretary Noble, while not speaking
for the president, speaks for himself, and it
is not supposable that the president will net
contrary to the combined opinion of those
who have given the matter so much atuen-
ton.
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YOU AND I.

Some day, love. one Us will stand
Ana gaze upon the Others happy face;
Who's found haven in O brighter land
And left behind n dTeary. vacant place.
We can not know which one of us will stay.
Or when the dav.
II you, dear heart, should look upon me there
In all your a9onv o gris and woe,
Bearing burden that may not share
Feeling a toT.ure that cannot know
You will 0rget tie cruel words, now past,
Remembering but the love gave at last
You will forRsr mr. waywaTd, cruel ways;
Forgive me al the ptt9 made you bear,
You viii forget the dark and gIUvmy GNyS
And think OF those alone that we're SO fair,
You will forget the doubt that tween us lay,
Remembering that kissed the pain away.
But, darling, should see you silent lie,
And listen for the tender tones and true,
The tears, unbidden, might bedim my eye,
And might sink in bitter grief for you.
I do not know-I only know that
Should pray to die.
m. Y. World.