Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-28

large majority of the American people
hive not the least idea how much of task
their chief executive has, but fancy that
the position is very nearly sinecure, If
not continual round of pleasure. 1t is
1 but just to Mr.. Cleveland to say that he
has been one of the most Industrious pres
| idents the country has ever had, and while
the necessity he has found for working SO
hard may be measurably due, as he himself
says, to awkwardness, and perhaps also to
a want of the highest executive ability, he
has shown conscientious devotion to the
duties of his office.
| Crimes Doors and Victims.
James Elliston, prominent cattle man,
in western Kansas, became involved in a
quarrel with C. L. Badly, superintendent
of his ranch, on the 18th. Badly armed
himself with a.revolyer and shot Elliston
three times, death resulting almost in
stantly.
John Elsmer. of Writ county, W. Va,
went home drunk on the 18th, and with q
heavy poker, Drained his wife and two
daughters and the hired girl, set fire to the
house and burned their bodies. He is in
| jail and claims that thieves did the terrible
work.
Frank l.. Silvers, well known horse
breeder of Tecumseh, Mich, on the 10th
shot his wife and two daughters, and then
shot himself. There was no known cause
for the deed
John G. Brown, a Santa Fe yardman, at
Kansas City, shot Robert Jove, a local
sport, through the head killing him in
stantly. Jove began the quarrel, and the
shooting was in self-defense. 1t is said
that Jove is wanted in Johnson county,
Tennessee, for the murder of a colored
man some two years ago.
Edwin Clifford, the actor, died at Hast
ings, Neb., during the present month. The
story is told by Miss Jessie Crisp, an act
ress. that over twenty years ago, in Mo-
bile, Ala, Clifford quarreled with friend,
c. w. Mobley, during which he fired four
shots into Mobley's body, from which he
died the next day. Clifford. whose real
name was Acker, was arrested, but at the
request of the victim was given his liberty.
Various Tales of Crookedness.
The Capital bank at Macon, Ga, has
caused the arrest of John L. Adams, of
Adams g. Son, cotton manufacturers and
warehouse men. The charges are forgery,
uttering forged paper, cheating and
swindling. Adams acknowledged the
crime and stated that $50, 900 would barely
cover his populations.
John Wilson, the Homestake train rob-
Der, who turned states evidence against
Nlckerson, 1elford and Doc Dougherty,
his accomplices, escaped from the Dead
wood jail Saturday night, the 18th. Es-
Gaping without his shoes compelled him
to seek shelter, and he was recaptured.
The legislative committee which has
been in St. Louis investigating the
state insurance department of Mis-
ment, not only under the present COM
missioner, Walker Carr, but also
under his predecessor, Williams, has been
administered in a very extravagant, if not
corrupt manner; that unduly high salaries
and exorbitant attorney fees have been
paid, and that insolvent insurance COM
panies. whose affairs were IN charge of the
department have actually been located.
Commissioner Carr Indignantly denied the
charges. As to insolvent companies, he
says that their affairs were in the hands OF
the court and he simply obeyed the order
of the court.
News from Stanley.
Brussels dispatch of the 22nd says
Lieut.. Baert, who was sent. to Stanley
Falls when stanley's letter to Tippoo Til
was delivered, has arrived here. He states
that the messengers were closely CUES.
toned and they confirmed the details Of
the letter. Lieut.. Baert believed that
Stanley only reached Wadelai by siren
uous efforts, and that Emin Pasha relieved
Stanley instead of being relieved and Re.
victualed by him. Stanley was enabled te
return to Murevia In eighty-two days
whereas the journey from Yambuga tt
J Wadelai occupied ten months. Baert adds
that fresh letters from Stanley for Eng
land, written when Stanley departed from
Murevia to rejoin Emin, arrived at Stan,
ley Falls just as he left and may be ex
pected shortly. He says Stanley will no
return, either by the Congo or by lanzi
, bar, but that he intends to capture Khar
toum and wrest the Soudan from thu
! Mahdi. Baert expresses confidence il
Tippoo Tbs facility and says Tippoo'i
, refusal to accompany Stanley was due t.
his fears of risking the consequences of |
prolonged absence from Stanley Falls.
. A Terrible Explosion.
A boiler in the Park Central hotel a
Hartford, Conn, blew up with terrific
e force Monday morning, totally wreckinl
the entire front of the structure, whicl
!, was five story brick. The ruinsimmedi
ately caught fire and the work of the fire
: men was greatly impeded by dense volume
of smoke and steam which hung over tn
b debris. An immense crowd soon packe'
I the streets in the vicinity and the spec
Q tators were appalled, by the shrieks an
n groans of many human beings VIII
4 were imprisoned in the mass of timber an
masonry, from which the flames wer
bursting. When the flames were subdue
the rescuers began search for the victims
! Some were pinioned beneath heavy tim
# bers, upon which rested heavy masses Q
masonry, rendering the work of renderin
: assistance extremely hazardous. It is tn
!: most horrible catastrophe that has eve
|, been known in Hartford. The list of tn
g dead and wounded complete will exeee
y fifty. No less than forty are known to b
g dead or dying, while score of Others es
: capped with injuries more or less severe.
i, | End of the HatIen War.
,r The latest from Hayti is furnished b
o the second officer of the steamer Delft
" lately arrived at Boston from Port de Pal,
% The officer states that information wa
r received on February 10 from a natil
,s mail carrier who had just arrived from 5
Is Marc, of a serious conflict between tt
II northern and southern armies that occul
ID red three days before one mile below s
Marc. In which the army under Hippiyt
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