davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

A Gorilla and Bull Dog Fight.

FoRT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 1s.-The
longtalked-of fight between the African
gorilla, owned by w. w. Stewart of this
sity, and the thoroughbred English
bull dog Jack" owned in Marion, Ind,
for $500 side, came off early this morn
ing near Van Vert, o., twenty miles
east Of this city. The fight was most
brutal exhibition and was won easily by
the ape. Jack" weighed forty pounds
while the gorilla was nearly twice as
heavy. The fight took place in an open
pen 10 feet square and feet high. AS
soon as the animals faced each other
the dog fastened his teeth in the apes
neck, but seemed unable to penetrate
the thick hide Of the latter. Quick as a
flash the gorilla had the dog in his long
arms and broke his back by main
strength. He sunk his long tusks re-
peatedly into the neck and spine Of the
bull dog, until the blood flowed in
streams. The dog was utterly helpless
and his owner threw up the sponge to
save him from being killed just as the
dog fell over dead. The gorilla. infuri-
ited from the fight, was with difficulty
put back into his cage. Tho betting was
quite heavy, but with odds largely in
favor OF the gorilla. The spectators
quickly scattered to escape the sheriff's
posse, which had been gathered to pre-
vent the brutal sport.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
-
Worried Into INSANITY,

NEW YoRK, Dec. 1s.-"Billy' French,
for twenty-four years a member of the
New York Stock exchange, is said to
have lost his reason through brooding
over the efforts of Coils p. Huntington
TO get possession of the Houston and
Texas Central railway. He is suffering
from what is technically known as
aphasia, or lack of the power OF CO.
ordination. A friend of his said yester-
day: "We all think he has come to his
present condition through Huntington's
attempt to gobble the Texas Central.
Why, have heard him excoriate Hunt
ington time and again. l believe if
Huntington had been here whom he
caused that rs per cent. assessment to
be made by the Central Trust company
Billy might have sought to do him per-
sonal injury. 1t may be that Hunting
ton will not succeed in absorbing the
Texas Central, as he seems to have
done, but right over in Brooklyn he can
find man whose bright mind has been
ruined too successfully to ever be re-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
THE slLcoTT INVESTIGATION.
An Approx .ation Will BE Asked to Max,
Good Mcmbers' Loskes.

An Appro, ..lation Will BE Asked to Make
Good Members Losses.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-The special
house committee investigating the Sill
colt defalcation has agreed upon a re-
port, by the terms of which an appro-
printion will be asked to make good the
losses sustained by the members of the
house. A separate bill will also be re-
ported making the sergeant-at-arms q
disbursing officer.
Five of the seven members of the COM
mittee, including the chrirman, held
that the sergeant-at-arms was a public
officer and individual members are justi-
fled by usage and official recognition
ing him, and the loss by the malfeas-
by the public treasury and
not by the members Of
congress, who have not received the
compensation to which they are entitled
by law. The committee also hold that
the government would not be justified
in taking the special deposits with the
sergeant-at-arms for the purpose OF ap-
plying it toward the payment of the sal
aries due by the government, and,
therefore, that such personal funds
should be restored to the private own
ers. BY the proposed pro rata arrange
ment those who have regularly drawn
their salaries up to November would
have the advantage of sharing in the
amounts that other members had left
undrawn, which majority of the COM
nSttee regard as indefensible.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
sAlPLEY's CONDITION.


Organize tho Iowa House.
DIES MONIES, Ia, Dec. 1s.-There is
considerable concern as to the outcome
of the injuries which Representative
Shipley received in his fights few
weeks ago. 1t is known that he is in
critical condition, and if he should be
unable to take his seat at the opening
of the legislature the democrats could
organize the house and elect the speaker.
If he should die there will not be
time for special election before the
date when the legislature is to meet.
The law requires that in case of spe-
cial election to fill a vacancy, the GOV
ernor shall issue his proclamation fog
it thirty days in advance. The general
assembly will meet Monday, January 10.
So, if vacancy is to be filled, it
will hardly be practicable to have the
special election in time for the new
member to take his seat at the begin
ming of the legislature. Representative
Shipley may not die, and no special
election may be needed. His friends all
hope that he will not But in view Of
his serious condition it is nat.
ural that the possibility of such en-
event should be discussed, especially
with the legislature so close as it is. 1t
seems to be the misfortune of the re-
publicans to have accidents when they
need every possible vote. In 1884,
when the prohibitory law was passed,
and the republicans had but one major
ity in the house, one of the republican
members broke his leg and had to be
carried to the house on stretcher and
sleep in the building for several weeks
in order to be present to vote.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
STABBED TO DEATH.


A Chicago Man Killed In His Own House
by an Unknown Person.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.--Sixty knife wounds
we're inflicted last night on Max Mant-
will in the basement of his own home.
The man was literally cut to pieces.
The family resides in the upper fiat of
two-story house. According to the
wife's story her husband went down
stairs to the closet, and had not been
gone long when she heard strange
noises, but attached no Importance to
them, and only remembered the circum-
stance when, after two hours of his abb
sence, she began to worry. No expla.
Enation to the horrible atfray could be
found except sIrmise which coupled
with it the name of man known as
Bruno Eberling. The police at once
set about investigating what, il any, re.
lations existed between Eberling and
Mrs. Mantwill.
Eherling was former lover of the
murdered mans wife. He has been
arrested on suspicion. The coroner's
inquest will be held tomorrow morning.
Up to 1o'clock the police had not
succeeded in unravelling the mystery
u viz lOEliplo vi MIA ANuuG,
will. A number of officials are working
at it, but so far their most
persistent efforts have been in vain.
Bruno Eberling, who was arrested early
this morning and who satisfactorily ex.
planned his whereabouts last night is
still held by the police. Mrs. Mant-
will who was kept at her house in
charge of officers is in the most intense
agony, rocking to and fro and
giving vent to piteous moans
She declares her husband who was about
to retire found it necessary to go to the
closet below and replaced his shoes
which he had taken off. This looks
plausible as the dead mans shoes are
unlaced. One theory is that the mur.
dered man when he went to the base
ment ran across sneak thief who was
laying to steal the washing which was
hanging on the line.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Telegraph writes: 1.-The price of
beef, mutton and pork has increased SO
much throughout Germany that hum
dreds of household of the small official
class and artisans and laborers cannot
afford to see these meats on their tables
Recourse is now had to horsefiesh, which
is much cheaper, though the extra de-
mand has run up the price OF this also.
In the month of October SIG horses
were slaughtered in Berlin for domestic
consumption, an increase of 25 per cent.
as compared with last year. At Konigs-
berg, town with about tenth of the
inhabitants of Berlin, $50 horses went
to the butchers. AT Carlsruhe he in
crease in the consumption OF horseflesh
is 100 per cent. as compared with last
year. and Dortmund follows suit; at
Cassel it is 30 per cent, at Bochum and
Stuttgart it is 60, at Leipzig it is a little
over 60 per cent, at Brunswick and Lu-
beck it is over 80 per cent. The in
crease is also great at Hamburg and
Bremen-in the former town the price
per pound is now I'd
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
She Was Right.
Philsdelnhin !

Philadelphia Press.
The daughter of we'll known bank
president was recently, for reasons sat
isfactory to him, put on a monthly al
lowance, which was to be deposited by
him to her credit in his own bank. The
young lady was given check book, Of
course. The second week of the new
arrangement she went to the bank to
get some money, and the teller gravely
informed her when she presented her
check that her account was overdrawn.
"Overdrawn!m exclaimed the pretty
maiden. "Wcll," with great severity,
will you please tell the president, with
my compliments, that / hope he will
not allow such thing to occur again. y
And the clerks had immediate engage.
ments under their desk.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

The lash has never been abolished as
means of discipline in penal institu-
tions of Germany. Generally they use
thong twenty inches long, fastened to
handle a yard long. The lash is
thickest at the end. The thickness
varies according to the provinces. But
thick. Only in Saxony are the dimen-
sions fixed by law, the handle there
being thirty inches long and the lash
thirty six inches. The maximum num-
Der of the blows is left to the Judgment
OF the prison directors, but it it must
not exceed twenty-five in Mecklenburg
and Oldenburg, thirty in SaSony and
sixty in Prussia.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
A Lottery Case.

Probably the courts do not afford q
more curious case than this: In 1859
Nine. Hardouin of Paris bought three
tickets in a lottery, the capital prize of
which was 100000 francs. BY presenti-
ment she chose the number 4O,634, put
ting the ticket away among her. hus-
bands effects. He became bankrupt.and
all of his books were seized. The lottery
was drawn in 1861. and 40, ,G34 won the
prize. Since then Mime. Hardouin has
been accumulating evidence to show
that she was the person who bought
the ticket, and now expects judgment
in her favor every moment.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Blew His Head on.

SHELTON, Neb., Dec. 1s.--vercel v.
Hervert, farmer living about two
miles north of this place, committed
suicide today. Ais wife being the only
person in the house at the time rushed
into the room and found him lying
across bed with the whole top of his
head blown off with shotgun, which
lay beside him.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

The use of sawdust as a dressing for
wounds and as Il vehicle for mendicants
or anti-septics is suggested by the New
York Telegram. 1t is said that the
dust, freed from splinters and sharp bits
of wood by sitting, when used
alone and dry. makes clean
and graceful dressing: that it readily
takes up and holds the discharges with
out packing or adhering, and that it is
easily rendered antiseptic by any of the
methods used in preparing antiseptic
cotton or wool. A well-known medical
authority also suggests that our yellow
pine sawdust, rich as it is in
turpentine, would prove of itself
valuable antiseptic application.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Hooted a newly Married Pair.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, Dec. l7.-Mrs. Fan
ME Stillwell, wife Of Amos J. Stillwell,
the victim of Hannibal's most horrible
murder, and Dr. j. c. Hearne were mar
ried this Afternoon. The event caused a
great sensation. The couple left after
the ceremony for Chicago and a crowd
at the station hooted at tho departing
bride and groom.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

A young lady of Carlisle, Pa, has re.
ceived a bill amounting to over 800 that
tells a little history. The bill came
from a Tilted man. and in it she is
charged with twenty-five yards of silk
dress goods, two gold bracelets worth
$40, one diamond ring, a hat and several
other items. The above named articles
we're presents from him.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
An ExtradItIon CHANGE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-President
Harrison has transmitted to the SEN
ite the extradition treaty with England,
referred to in his message, negotiated
3y Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Paun-
:efote, the British minister. BY its
terms the number of extraditable Of
lenses is largely increased, the most i'm
portant addition being that of embez-
Element. So, if the treaty be ratified,
Canada and the United States will cease
20 exchange class Of undesirable resi-
tents who have hitherto secured immu-
nifty from punishment. The Samoan
treaty, negotiated at Berlin last spring,
has not been transmitted to the senate.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

A man named Pawlikowski, who died
lately at Wloclawek, Poland, and who
worked in the fields until last year, is
said to have been lI6 years of age. 1t is
further related that his brother died at
the age of 116.and his father at 1876,
while three surviving sisters are aged
respectively 1o2, 90 and 90 years-one
Of the Oldest families in Europe.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Withcrl,ee Divorced

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-A decision
was handed down in the district court
granting Alfred s. Witherbee a divorce
from Marie A. NNitherbee. This is the
end of the scandal which created quite
sensation. Mrs. Withcrbee left this
city with Judge Mackey, of South Caro-
lima. They went to bismarck, N. d.,
where they were received in the best
society of that city until the facts in
the case became known.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Portuear, Quarrel with ENGLAND.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Lisbon papers
declare chat the story from Zanzibar
about Serpa Pinto's campaign in Mako
loland is distortion of facts, and that
there is no chance of quarrel with
England if Lord Salisbury acts Justly.
says Portugal has resolved to adhere to
her pretensions in the Myassa region,
despite Enrland's objections.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
The Indians Go Free

NoRFoLE, Neb., Dec. 1s.-The jury in
the case of Henry Rice, George Black
hawk and Green Rainbow, the three In
dians who have been on trial in the dis
trict court of Wayne county this week
charged with the murder of Jimmie
Benjamin, on the Winnebago reserva-
tion, near Fender, last July, brought in
verdict last night of not guilty. The
evidence against them was only circum-
stantial, and not strong enough to con-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Frightful Barbarity Suspected.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Dec, 1s.--.Iohn Me-
earthly. an undertaken of this city, who
has just returned from the Samoan
islands, where he went to recover the
body of Chief Engineer George w. Hall,
of the United States steamer Nipsic,
brings information rejecting on the
naval squadron in those waters, which
he intends to formally bring to the no
tice of Secretary Tracy. 1t is said that
the dead engineer was abandoned on
desolate island while deathly sick
through some disagreement with the
commanding officer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

/ A peculiarly shaped rock was picked
up by workmen on the foundation of o
building near Morgantown, w. Va. II
almost exactly resembles a moccasined
foot, and for a time it was supposed te
be the petritied pedal extremity of some
giant Indian who chased buffaloes and
tomahawked his enemies in prehistoric
ages
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

There are ten gentle churches in
Salt Lake of the leading denominations
The Methodists, the Presbyterians, the
Baptists and the Congregationalists-
through the New West Educational as
sociation--all have mission schools, the
Methodist being a boarding school.
Hammond Hall, the gift of Charles G..
Hammond, of Chicago, is the oldest
school of the New West, which has be-
sides it two or three ward schools.
These various mission schools seem to
be full.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
---- -
Iowa Druggists Will Meet.

DUBUQUE. Ia, Dec. 1s.- The Iowa
State Pharmaceutical association will
meet tomorrow evening at Waterloo in
conference with the Cedar Valley as
sociation to devise means of relief from
the present unjust restraints placed
upon Iowa druggists by the action of
the state pharmaceutical laws. The
feeling among the members of both
associations is very strong and action
will be taken looking to modification
of the law so far as it relates to the
liquor question.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Acquitted,

Council BLUFFS, Ia, Dec. 20.-The
trial of Theodore Brown, charged with
murder, was concluded in the district
court last evening, and at 12 o'clock the
jury returned verdict acquitting the
defendant. Brown was charged with
killing VIM. Spears, last September.
The murder was one of the most cruel,
the victim being beaten to death with q
club and tho mutilated body dragged
into the weeds in secluded spot, where
it was found several days afterward.
The evidence against Brown was al
together circumstantial
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
----->s-s =
Bcaten and Kohhsl hY His Xife.

LONE TREE, Mo-, Dec. 1s.-Sevcral
months ago Newton Summers, man
aged 65, married young girl aged H..
The girl was engaged to young man
named James EIarland, but her parents
objected to him and compelled her to
marry Summers. This morning Sum-
mers was found lying in his house by
some neighbors, terribly beaten, and
his wife was gone. Summers says that
Harland and his wife beat and robbed
him, and then left together. He says
he will not try to get them back, as he
is afraid they will finish the job if they
get another chance.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

In discussing lager beer German
critic insists that there is in the Ger
man vocabulary no such word as lager,
which he believes to be purely Wen.
nese expression. There is also very
little lager about great deal of beer
that is put out.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

The Paris women have annexed
shop to their vocabulary. "To five.
o'clock has been long in use as term
meaning to take afternoon tea. So now
when madame goes out she says; "Je
yais shopper, ct mon retour nous five
oclockquerons q six heures."
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
-
Siberian Exfles Butchercd.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1s.-A party OF
Siberian eNiles were fred upon by sol
diers and six of them, including one
woman, were killed and nine wounded.
Their offense was that they declined to
withdraw Il petition which was
construed as rebellious. After the
shooting court martial was held and
three men were sentenced to death and
several to Imprisonment for long terms.
One of those condemned had been
wounded during the shooting and was
carried to the ga!lows on bed
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Three Different Eyes a Day.

That man was not without personal
vanity who. obliged to wear an arti-
fetal eye. wore three different eyes
every day eye for morning, when
the pupil was not very large; an eye for
afternoon, when the pupil was smaller;
and an eye for evening, when the pupil
aad expanded to its full size.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

The French academy gives prize of
1000 francs every year for the best
verses upon whatever subject it may
select. This year the assigned theme
was labor. but of the 200 poets who en-
tered the contest not one considered
labor in any other light than that of
pessimism. They all dwelt upon its
pains, it's hardships, its drudgery and its
miseries, without once touching upon its
duties or its saving influences.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Russian Influenza

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2O.-Russian in
fluenza has reached Detroit. and Curl
ously enough so far only bank employees
are afflicted. This is attributed, how
ever, to the report that microbes travel
in paper money, and when contagious
paper has been freely circulated in this
city it is expected the disease will be-
come epidemic.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2O.--A local paper
says the number Of cases of influenza Of
a distinct enough type to be readily
recognizable, have attracted the obser-
vation of physicians in this city.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

Nhat is known as the rhinoplastlc
operation has been successfully per-
formed by Brooklyn. physician. Last
October he made an entirely new nose
for woman, using the breastbone of .
chicken as n foundation. The lady has
as good a nose as anybody.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

A new process for burning coal with
out smoke has lately been discovered,
1t consists in sprinkling water contain
ing special preparation of resin over
the coal, and the result is that there is
no smoke and the glow is as intense as
coke.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Prize Paid.

Walla Walia tWesh.) Statesman, Nov. s.
Mr.. F. ]. Carlyle, one of the proprietors
of the Delmonico Hotel, has just received
1000 by express from New Orleans, Ee-
ing one ne-twentieth of the capital prize of
$50 GOO in the drawing for October of the
Louisiana State Lottery. A few days be-
fore the drawing took place he triee to dis
pose of his tickets, 63,s56 among them,
but without success. Something very
peculiar and interesting attended the sue
cess of Mr.. Carlyle. a short time go he and
Mr.. Marshall, bookkeeper for Schwabacher
Bros, entered into n compact that IL one
WINS ever SO lucky as todraw the capital
prize he would give the other 10 per cent.
of his drawing. As soon as he received his
money, Mr.. Carlyle hunted up Mr.. Mar
shall and counted ont 81 So to the surprised
gentleman. He had forgotten about the
agreement but Mr.. Carlyle had not. The
Louisiana State Lottery is perfectly relia-
BILE, and those with the most conscientious
serupies can invest in It. 1t is merely one
form of speculation. The WaIla Wallans
are very much pleased with the honorable
way in which tho company treated their
follow citizen.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Cold WaterIte. m Convention,

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 1s.-Up to noon
thirty delegates Had arrived to attend
;he five states prohibition convention
which meets at o'clock this afternoon.
local prohibitionists appear to take no
interest in the event and visitors
are not even mot at the depot.
The convention will be organized
this afternoon and general meeting
held tonight. Bishop Newman attends
this meeting as non-partisan. He will
make the closing speech tomorrow night
and it is believed the speech will make
. sensation il - cut Of prohibition
eankR
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Fatal Explosion.

LONDON, Dec ao.-An explosion oc-
CURED on board the British tank steamer
Ferguson ut Rouen, from Philadelphia,
by which one man was killed and four
others injured.