Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
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-Prado. the murderer of Marie Auuetant,
his mistress. wa guilotined the morning
OF the 2Sth Of December in Place de Laron-
quette. He preserved firm demeanor to
the last He refused to make Il confession
ana also declined the services of the chap
IAN. The execution Was witnessed by
some 200 artiss, newspaper men, ac-
tors. lawyers an! politicians who possessed
influence enough. o obtain admission with
in the sentry lies to Place dc Laron-
quette. Many notables were among the
spectators. Pr"do in walking from the
prison TO the gu 'lotine showed no signs of
fear. His arms were were tightly pinioned
behind his back. His apparel consisted Of
heavy WOODEN sndorsllirt and dark trous-
ers. Tho shirt !. I'd been roughly cut away
from about the neck and shoulders In
front OF the gu:llotine q board stood up
right to the height Of five feet. AS Prado
neared this board four burly men sprang
forward. seized him. hurled him against it
and flung them elves upon him and by
their weight DO. Z the struggling victim face
downward to til" top Of the low platform.
In an instant the board was wheeled for
the glistening knife. The wooden collar
was then fixed vv Y the back of the prison
er's neck and the knife was sprung. 1t
went through and the head of Prado fell
among the SHAY .ngs beyond.
AT the navy department it is evident
| there is something in the recent advices
received from nc seat of war at Samoa not
looked upon wi i favor by ourgovernment.
The hurrying II, OF the work on the Wanda
liza and Mohicaa 1T the Mare Island navy
yard. so theyW | be able to leave the yard
next week in to of the reduced appro-
priation. is ev cnce that the government
contemplates taking action. 1t is known
among navy people that the Dolphin. now
on her way around the world. has orders to
stop at Apia. AID cipher dispatch was
| sent to her commanding officer Monday to
Acapulco. Mexico. where the ship stopped
for coal. to proc .ed to Samoa without de-
lay. The state department officials are
reticent when approached on the subject,
but enough has been ascertained to war
rant the opinion that President Cleveland
and his adviser, think Germany is going a
| trifle too far
| "A fire which originated early Christ
mas morning in the works of the
Jacobs Cordagc company. at Budd and
Harriet streets, Cincinnati, Ohio, burned
to ashes the factories and dwellings
covering three "crcs of ground. The fire
spread rapidly in the building in which it
| started. and 500" extended to the yards of
| the Cincinnati. hamilton and Dayton road.
| which were fille.l with cars. These soon
| caught fire. and though but little wind was
| blowing. the intense heat from the wooden
buildings and cars sent the flames bouud-
ing over large ;icea The fire department
worked with desperation, but despite their
efforts tho works Of the Budd Street Furni-
ture company. Central Furniture associa-
ton and Queen Irvine company. were soon
in flames. From these buildings the fire
spread rapidly to tho adjacent dwellings.
and several were destroyed before the fire.
men could subdue this connagration. The
total losses aggregate about S35O,0OO with
an insurance about half. Three nremen
were quite seriou ly injured.
Quarters have been engaged ut the Ar
lington hotel for General Hsrrison and
party prior to the Inauguration ceremonies
next March. There will be in the party
General Harrison ind wife. Russell Harri-
son and wife. ]. l.. Mckee, wife and two
children, ex-senator Saunders, Of Nebras-
ka. and wife parents OF Mrs. Russell Har-
rison). E. w. Hal!ord. private secretary.
wife and daughter. On the morning of the
Inauguration they will e, TO Wizards hotel
on Pennsylvania 'enue and occupy q par
lor on the second floor. where they will
review the procession as it forms. in ac-
cordance with thu precedent established
by Andrew Jackson and observed by
every president. bu two. since then. Pres
ident Cleveland vii. call for President elect
Harrison at the Willard and escort him to
the capitol.
Gen. Harrison has just received an
other unique cane 1t is carved from Il
single piece of poplar wood by c. L. Gilbert
of Crete. Neb. The handle consists of an
erect nude image, being supported by u
pair of high-top boots. The donor writes
that this figure is intended to typify dem
ocracy without protection. From each
hand OF the image hangs u chain, the CEN
trail lines of which are small cages with
movable blocks will in. The chains are at
tached to cube in the center of the stick
bearing on it the four aces-ace of clubs.
hearts. spades and diamonds. This cube
typifes the republican party holding full
hand. Below is a smaller square with Gen.
Harrison's initials ca we'd thereon. tits an
ingenious piece OF carving, and OF tho
hundreds of canes in the generals house
it is probably tho most grotesque
Mrs. Chamberlain got the first glimpse
of her handsome young stepson. Austen, last
week. and after the Fl! st embarrassment o
the meeting was over seemed much pleased
with him. The young man came to London
to meet his father on his arrival from the
continent and to welcome his new mother
at Birmingham. They went there in a pri-
vate carriage and no one knew Mrs. Cham
berlain was in England until the servant
girls at Highbury spreal the news around
the neighborhood. A few Of Chamberlain
intimates were invited to meet his wife at
q small gathering on Christmas. but he will
undertake no public engagements till the
presentation aud public reception on jan