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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
A Fargo Man Missing.

The family and friends of Ch aries #. Gle
ment of Fargo, D. T., are in d state of pain
full suspense and anxiety to know his
whereabouts. He left home for Chicago on
business, Thursday, Dec. 6, and two days
later arrived in Chicago where he registered at
the Saratoga house. Nothing direct has beer
been heard from him since. A. s. Bates went
to Chicago few days ago at the request of
the Grand Army post Of which he and MIR.
Clements are members, but was unable
to obtain any satisfactory information what.
ever. Col. Bates returned and reports that
all he could learn was that Mr.. Clement paid
his bill at the Saratoga house on Monday,
Dec, 10; that on the same day he lunched with
Z, ID. Whitehouse, q former resident of Fargo
and that he informed Mr.. Whitellouse that
he would leave for home that night. He was
then apparently in his natural health and ae
cheerful as usual. Since that time no trace
of him has been found and his friends fear the
worst. He had about settled up his business
matters here and it was understood that he
contemplated removing to Knoxville, Tenn.
some time in January. He had O number o
acquaintances there, but neither they nor his
relatives at Lafayette, Ind, his former home
have seen or heard of him. Various theories
have been advanced to account for his very
strange disappearance and silence, but they
are mere corjectures. He was prominent anC
highly esteemed citizen, having resided nt
Fargo eight years and during that time oc
cupied positions of honor and responsibility
For four or five years he was president of til,
board of education, at one time commander
of the Grand Army post and an aide on tn,
commander-in-chiefs staff, and for year OF
more was secretary of the board OF trade
He has always been highly respected and hat
most estimable family. Mrs. Clement is il
and nearly distracted with suspense anc
anxiety.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Mark Twain's COurtship.

Mark Twain, if he is in the mood,
will tell the story of his own court
ship in manner worthy Of the great
est of living humOrists. When he
first met the lady who afterward be-
came his wife he was not SO distin-
guished as now, his origin was hum
BILE, and for some years of his life he
had been a pilot on the Mississippi
River. The future Mrs. Clemens was
a woman of position and fortune;
her father was Judge and doubtless
expected "family' and social import
ance in his son-in-law, Clemens, how
ever, became interested in his daugh-
ter and after awhile proposed, but
was rejected.
"Well," she said to the lady, 81
didn't much believe you'd have me,
but thought I'd try"
After a while he "tried' again,
with the same result, and then re-
marked with his celebrated drawl,
II think great deal more of you
than if you'd said Yes but it's hard
to bear A third time he met with
better fortune, and then came to the
most difficult part of his task, to ad-
dress the old gentleman.
"Judge," he said to the dignified
millionaire, 'have you seen anything
going on between Miss Lizzie and
me?"
"What? What" exclaimed the
Judge, rather sharply, apparently
not understanding the situation, yet
doubtless getting aglimpse oft from
the inquiry.
"Have you seen anything going on
between Miss Lizzie and me?"
"No, no, indeed!" replied the mag
nate sternly. 'No, no, sir, l have
not?"
"Well! look sharp and you will, ~
said the author of "Innocents
Abroad" and that's the way he
asked the judicial luminary for his
daughters hand.
Mark has a daughter who inherits
some of her fathers brightness. She
kept diary at one time, in which
she noted the occurrences in the fam
lily, and, among them other things,
the sayings of her parents. On one
page she wrote that father sometimes
used stronger words when mother
wasn't by and he thought ''she didn' t
hear. Mrs. Clemens found the diary
and showed it to her husband, prob
ably thinking the particular page
worth his notice. After this Clemens
said and did several things that were
intended TO attrtct the chill is atten-
tion, and found them duly noted of
terward. But one day the following
! entry occurred.
Il don't think I'll put down any
thing more about father, for l think
he does things tc,have me notice him,
and | believe he reads this diary"
She was Marks own Shild.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Feeding Canadian Indians.

The denial from the Canadian authorities
that Canadian half breeds have made or in
tended to make q raid upon the Turtle
mo untain reservation is without weight or
Importance from the fact that the raid men,
toned had been going on for years and has
resulted in transferring from the Canadian
territory to become O burden upon the
United States nearly 1000 half breeds, all
of them sufficiently civilized to earn living
for themselves and their families. The
half-breeds raid began soon after the Rel
rebellion, when a few of Reifs followers
crossed the border to avoid the responsibility
of having taken their guns and defended their
homes when the valiant Gen. Middleton raided
them They left their farms and attached
themselves to the Turtle Mountain agency.
Our government protected them at first out
OF motives of humanity, and has ever since
borne the burden without q murmur. Indo-
lence is not entirely incidental to Southern
IL Il llde and TO lie around and be fed was
better than trying to earn TnEs SIT SIT st $40 p
Manitoba farm, however excellent O wheat
country. Those there sent back word to
their friends and neighbors, and the raid
has continued up to this time. In
making up his memoranda for his annuaS re-
port Chief Belt, of the Indian division of the
| secretary's Office, drew attention to the
urgent necessity for some legislation for the
relief of the Turtle Mountain Chippewas In
the report he says:
Since 863, when they were reported as Little
| Chiefs band of twenty-seven Indians, with
442 mixed blood followers, their numbers
have been increased, according to the report
of the agent for 1888, to 346 full bloods
| with a following of 1920 mixed
| bloods. But recent communica.
| tions from persons in the locality who are in.
| teresting themselves in behalf of these peo.
pie report that the number now on the reser.
walton is about 3,70O persons, with enough
| belonging thereon, now absent hunting, to
swell the total to about 5000. There can be
no question that the great increase of the
number of these people is due to large acces
| sions of their relations and friends from the
British possessions, who go there to share in
| the very limited food supplies furnished fo1
the Indians on the reservation.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
NORRIS STEVENS COUNTY, MINNESOTA THURSDAY JAN g. 1889

deck, as by miraculous recovery, call the
passenger on the San Jacinto, commanded
bp Capt. Atkins, Dec 16, to testify. This 10
no secondhand story.
Prayer impotent II l dared to think
there was no force in prayer, methinks God
after all he has done for me and mine, would
strike me dead. Prayer impotentI Why it
is the mightest force in the universe. Light.
ming has no speed, the Alpine avalanche has
no power, compared with it.
Will you let the attractions and the vag-
aries of q few skeptics, stand beside the ex-
in front of the English army, lifted his hat,
and called upon the Lord Almighty? or oi
George Washington, who at Valley Forge
was found upon his knee in prayer? or oi
Wilberforce, who went from the British par
lament to the closet of devotion? or OF Lati.
mer, who stood with his hands on fire. in
martyrdom, praying for his prosecutors?
weak? Was Wilberforce weak? Was Latimer
weak? Bring all the affairs of your store. OF
your soul, of your body, of your friends,
of your church, before him, and the great
day of eternity will show you that the best
investments you ever made were your pray
ers, and though you may have broken prom
ises you made to God, God never broke his
promises to you. Let God be true, though
every man be found q liar.
And now, in conclusion, have to present
some checks, blank checks, on the bank oil
heaven, written in blood, and signed by the
hand wounded on the cross. 1t is not safe
for you to give blank check with your name
to it. You do not know what might be
written above. But here is blank check
which God says l can give you: it is signed
by the handwriting of the Lord Jesus Christ
and you can FIJI it up with anything you want
to. ASK and it shall be given to you; seek
and yet We shall find" l do hot say that
your prayer shall be answered in just the way
you expect, but do say it will be answered
in the best way. Oh! will you test Him?
This is the outcome Of all this subject.
If should ask the men and women in this
audience who have found God prayeran
swering God to rise up, you would nearly
all rise up. In time of darkness and trouble
as in time of light and prosperity, he IN,
swered you. commend you to that God to
whom your parents dedicated you in infancy
They believed so much in prayer that their
last word was supplcation for you. Hav.
ing heard you in days of prosperity, He will
not reject your last petition, when in the
darkened room, after they had wiped the
dew of death from your brow, and the whole
group Of loved ones have kissed you good
bye, you have only strength enough left to
pray: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03

staggered to the house of a neighbor. The
bullet was found about an eighth of an inch
from the temple and q half inch from the
point where it entered. There were Il bad
scalp wounds. His recovery is considered
doubtful. The assailants are still at large.
At country church in CofIey county,
Georgia, n few days since, a man who was
disturbing public workship was killed by the
preacher in charge of the church. For some
time trouble has existed in the church, one
faction favoring the retention ofthe present
pastor, and the other favOring his dismissal.
The faction fight grew very bitter, and the
trouble reached n climax recently, when the
pastors friends voted him for another year.
One of the members most bitterly opposed
to the pastor, approached the pulpit where
the reverend gentleman was sitting and en-
gagged in conversation with him. This he
came much excited, and finally the member
raised his hand and dealt the preacher Il
sharp blow on the cheek. The pastor re-
monstrated with his assailant, but he struck
the preacher again and again, accompanying
the blows with profusion of vile epithets,
aud also splitting in the minister's face. The
minister drew his knife and stabbed his us
saiiant repeatedly. Women screamed and
the men looked on aghust while the untor-
tunate man fell Idown in the pulpit and died
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Foreign GleaningS

1t is rumored that the Car is disposed to
become recOnciled to Prince Alexander of
Battenherg. late Prince of Bulgaria. and the
report is construed that Russia will Gdvo-
cate his resumption of the Bulgarian throne.
Brussels, in Belgium, has been thrown into
a ierment of excitement by the reception by
prominent people of cards and kilograms an
nouncing the advent in the quaint ola city
OF the famous Jack the Ripper. OF White
chapel nOtorety. King Leopold, the per-
feet of police and the court ministers are
among the recipients of this mysterious be
ing's delicate attention.
The steamer Leo went into Prince Frederick
sound Alaska. and anchored, and when the
tide receded and the storm abated the Leo
was LETT high and dry on the the ledge of
Table Rock. The vessel settled down ten feet
striking her stern on rocky boulders, com
pletply demolishinc the keel. The tide fell
twentyfour feet. The crew landed on the
beach half mile distant and saved all the
vessels gear, while the cargo was lost. A
boat with five men was sent to Juneau for
assistance, and the rest of the crew remained
on the beach for twenty-five days. Capt.
NhttOrd and the cook remained at the scene
of the disaster, guarding what material was
saved until the same can be taken to Sitka.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Row over a Gosse in Dakota.

A serious riot occurred near Trip, Oak, be-
public sale was made at the farm of Rus
sian man named Siuk, and q farmer named
Merchant purchased dozen chickens. He
tied them in pairs and put them in q wagon
and when ready to go home found that two
had been stolen. He complained TO Siuk,
who told him to take something else of equal
value. He caught q goose and started home,
but was soon overtaken by party of eight,
Russians, who claimed the goose as their
property. A wrangle ensued that attracted
others to the scene and soon q general fight
began, in which about twenty men
were engaged, with the Russians
as the aggressors. Two brothers named
Johnson, who were passing, came to the as
sstance of the Americans, who were out
numbered two to one, and drawing knives
the johnson boys rushed among the Russians,
but found tile force too strong. Russian
named Mayer was stabbed, and he in turn
split Charles Johnson s head open with q neck
yoke, inficting fatal injury. George John
son had his right arm broken above the rl-
bow by a blow from the neck yoke. and three
Russians were out, but none fatally. When
the Americans found that the crowd was
too big for them they withdrew, and the
Russians were taken care of by friends, and
ulars are Obtainable from them. The affair
created intense excitement in the vicinity.
where the majority OF the settlers are Rus
SLAMS, who live in abject poverty, and have
| as little as possible to do with Americans.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Netting But Limburger,

Occasionally narrowing sights OF
the sufferings of the survivors OF
shipwrecks are published, and it
makes ones blood run cold to hear
of people out for days in an open
boat with only two crackers and a
bucket of water to q man, and as the
days pass by. and no friendly sail
comes in sight the rations are re.
duced to one cracker and two buckets
of water, and at last lots are drawn
to decide as to which OF the party is
in the best condition, &c. But all
these stories pale into insignifcance
compared to the sufferings of Cap
tain Stott and the crew ofthe steamer
Rowena, who got aground on Lake
River lately while after raft O.
piling. They were fast in the muo
for four days with nothing to eat
but Limburger cheese. What their
suferings were no pen can describe.
Portland Oregonian.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
European Standing Armies.

A Vienna correspondent throws
some light on the large number OF
men kept in the volunteer military
service in Europe. The yearly con-
tingent will be he1fceforth in Austria
in the proportion of 81 out ofT0, 600
Inhabitants. The proportion in Ger
many is 70, in France So, in tia N%G
and in Russia 26, The highte
portion, it will be seen, is in Ge
If the United States were to IT,
a proportion for military Sc
go, 100000 of inhabitang6 WoM,
keep q standing army Of 44S,000
men.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
THE NEWS RESUME.
The Cream of the News Cleaned From
,the Latest Associated Press Tele-
grams.
The Casualty Calendar:

81. Borrer, aged twenty two, while en-
u in his fathers sawmill at Rock Chapel
"a, rio, slipped and fell ON Il large circular
hand his body was cut almost in two,
cSing death Il few hours later.
& search for Gus Smith, boy who had
been missing since Christmas, was rewarded
at Eau Claire Wis, in finding the body un-
der the ice in the river with Il cut on the
forehead. An inquest was held and the jury
decided it case of accidental drowning,
A small grocery store on South State street
in Chicago was destroyed by an inccndiary
tre one morning. und an unknown man,
supposed 10 have been 4 burglar, was burned
to death. A barred of oil in the front part Of
the store exploited during the fire, and Il man
named Fr2nk Polio, who was standing out
side the door, was fatally burned.
The entire business portion Of Auburn, Il
small town seven miles north of Grafton,
Dakota. was destroyed 10y fire. The fire
was started in the Arlington house, owned
by William Mackenzie, and burned eleven
buildings. The losses will fully aggregate
$4,000; Insurance., $4,000. -Four families
are homeless The fire was Of incendiary
origin.
Amelie Thurin, seventeen years OF age, who
was employed as Il dOmesticina private taml-
ly, upon retiring at ChirugO blew ont the gas
and was found dead in bed next morning.
The girl came from Sweden three weeks ago
and had been ut work for the family only five
days. Three nights in succession her employ
er had turned out the gas in the girls room
10 show her how it was done, but she failed
to learn.
Two treights on the Rock Island, running
twenty miles an hour, colided in deep cut
near Nptop Colorado, completely demoIISh-
ing both engines and trains and instantly
killing Fireman Harding and crushing the
skull and otherwise iuiuring engineer Hoge.
Engineer Case received severe injuries on the
head, Fireman Houtz suffered Il fractured
hip. injured shoulder and severe wounds on
the head, which may prove fatal The other
train hands were only slightly bruised,
An accident occurred ut Denver which re-
suited in the instant death OF at least four
men and mOrtalIy wouuding of two others.
The Denver Gas company had 100 men en-
ployed eXcavuJin~ ditch. six feet deep along
the side of and underneath the track of the
cable car line, when suddenly he track tOran
entire block fell, crushing he life out ofand i'm
prisoning the men underneath The men were
Immediately s"t to work removing the fallen
track and -four dead and two ba!ly wounded
have been renewed. The other men escaped
with more or less bruises. Ii is not Vet
known VIII rlor any more are underneath the
track or rot. The names OF the dead and
wounded have not been ascertuincd.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Trouble Of Saloon Keepers.

In the district court at Grand Forks D. r.
Judge Templeton gave the liquor men q very
black eye when he decided that saloon
keeper could not claim the protection of the
law until his license was issued, even though
he had filed bonds and paid the license m oney.
This affects number Of cases. The county
com missioners. after the local option law
was passed, granted license for the bal
ance of the year at S125, Quite a number
of saloon men paid their money to the treas
urer and fled bonds, commencing to sell
liquor at once ard before the bonds had been
acted upon by the commissioners. Indet-
ments were found against some on this
ground and they have put up money
in the shape of fines. John
Sander, of McKinock. was found guilty of
selling liquor to minors. He plead guilty to
the second charge of the same character and
to third charge OF unlawful selling. The
court imposed fine of $50 on charge or
to go to jail and work out the fine ut the
rate of 81 per day. Judgement was reserved
on the other counts, Sander went to jail.
james Rich. of Manuel, was found guilty OF
unlawfully selling liquor during local option
times and was sentenced to Jail for fifteen
days without the option of fine. George
Swenson, who refused to heed subpoena to
appear before the grand jury, was sent to
jail for seven days for contempt of the
court.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
GREAT Is TO-DAY.

Out on q world that's gone to weed,
The great tall corn is still strong in his
seed;
Plant her breast with laughter, put song
in your toll,
The heart is still young in the mother soil
There's sunshine and bird song and red
and white clover,
And love lives yet, world under and over.
The lights white as ever, SOW and believe;
Clearer dew did not glisten round Adam
and Eve,
Never blucr heavens nor greener sod
Since the round world rolled from the hand
of God;
There's asun to go down to come up again
There are new moons to I'LL when the OLD
moons wane
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
The Authors Hardest Task.

Probably the most difficult task in
the construction of q story is the
management of conversations, so
that the individuality of the drama
tbs personR may not be hopelessly
mixed. The author must keep each
character definitely before his minds
eye, SO that he may seeit as distinct
ly as he would an intimate friend
embodied in the flesh. Virginia G,
Ellard.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03

Somebody saya that 'tAe mar
who borrows money horrows
trouble" It was not supposed that
trouble was SO hard to- borrow
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03

~ Borrer, aged twenty two, while en-
VI in his fathers sawmill at Rock Chapel,
a.rio, slipped and fell on a large circular
fand his body was cut almost in two
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-20

office. If they do there is moth
ing alarming in such an event.
There are already negro officers in several
of the states and l have not learned that
any very serious disorders have been
caused by that fact.
The color line and race problem are
made topics for the expenditure of long
and eloquent speeches and essays to prove
whatI that the negro race is inferior TO
the whites, which nobody denies; but if
the conditions of the two races,
which have prevailed for 500 years,
should be reversed for 800 more,
perhaps the white would be the
inferior race. But that signifies nothing,
nor does the superiority of the white
race have any political significance. The
negroes OF the United States are citizens,
and many of them, like many other
citizens, are somewhat ignorant and
sometimes vicious, wherein they resem-
ble some whites. No sane person dis
putes their ignorance, and consistent
philanthropists should, and do, seek to
relieve them, white and black alike, of
their ignorance and vice by the
only possible remedy, education.
But / am asked do you want
your son to dance with colored girl, or
your daughter to marry a negro? L
answer no. And l add there are some
white girls with whom don't want my
son to dance, and some white men whom
I don t want my daughter to marry.
The fact is, society is made up of many
classes and all the classes have their
special lines of distinction, and those
lines are based on various con-.
ditions, such as family, wealth, station{
intellectually, color, nationally, etc.
Parties and associations are generally
made up of those who officiate under the
above head, and always Will be.
Social parties are always composed of
persons who have natural affinity for
each other. White and black
people naturally repel each other
and avoid intimacys They always
prefer to associate with their own color.
That it is unfortunate for the South that
there is so much ignorance among the
negroes nobody will deny and 1 think 1
may safely and truly assert that there is
a pretty large amount of ignorance
amongst the whites also; but 1 repeat
these facts have no political significance.
An ignorant negro is of no more
or less Importance to the government,
or any political party, than an
ignorant white man, but when we con-
slder that both are voters they become
OF absorbing and unlimited interest to
all phllanthropists and patriots, and the
best interest and welfare and prosperity
and happiness OF the whole people
and the whole country demand that they
shall be educated as speedily as possible,
cost what it may. B.