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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14
Two Readings.

Funny Fellow (entering restaurant)
81 see you have sign out here
Oysters. Families Supplied
Proprietor Yes, sir"
Funny Fellow-"Well, I'd like a
family. He, he!"
Proprietor .'Sam, bring an oysters
family for the gentleman" New York
Weekly.
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A Belle.
With raven tresses, slim and tall,

With raven tresses, slim and tall,
With dark eyes kindling into light,
She moved amid the dancers all,
The lovelist through the livelong night.
She scorned the love scarce dared tell,
For this-my lady Isabelle.
But time relentless onward runs
To vonge me of my ancient slight
Jet locks grow gray meath many suns,
And dim the eyes erewhile so bright.
All! little now remains to tell
How-once my lady was belle.
London World,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-14

Cedric-We strongly disapprove your
plan. Of coming home at 3 q. m, during Lent,
in order to wake in penitential mood. III
you desire to do penance confine yourself to
one cocktail per day.-Puclk.
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Still cause for alarm Mrs. Cpmritoveg
"How are the children thismorningp. Mrs
Lovitt--ssWell. Tommie and Susie are better
but PpSgie y still very SICK doc. IfLs
Epoch. !.
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Eccentric Rosanna, Mccormick.

GCCGnI41C 1GOS cbi414d- 0SSO1 uAASh.
Rosanna Mccormick, aged 60, an &C.
centric character, who has resided by
herself near Jordans, White Sulphur
Springs, in this county, for many
years, and who was well-known by
thousands of people from the north and
south who have been patrons of these
springs, was found dead at home yes
terday, lying on fertilizer sacks and
sheep skins. She had number of
feather beds, but never slept on them.
She always wore long heavy boots,
with pistols in them for protection,
rarely ever taking them off, and died
in her boots, At the coroner's inquest
verdict of ''died of pneumonia" was
rendered. She was great reader,
very intelligent, fine historian and
owner of two farms and number of
cattle and sheep, which she amassed
by her industry. She told the fortunes
of many fair maiden and old time
lady in the United States. She was
a great pedestrian, always walking to
the city clad in the toughest material,
accompanied by her faithful dog and
carrying long staff. A number of
handsome uncut silk dress patterns
were found among her effects. She
never took medicine and would not
have peysician in her last Illness
Winchester (Va.) Special.
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In Case of War.

For many years past the United
States navy has not been of much ben
eft to anybody except the newspaper
paragraphers. To them it has been
merciful boon. With the mother-in-
law, the young man who reposes Ian
guidly in the bosom of the custard pie
at the picnic, the old man who comes
home late and scared, the hair in the
butter and the lonesome oyster in the
church fair soup, the United States
navy has done wonders in imparting
spice and vivacity to the American
press. but as terror to hostile foreign
nations, it has not been very effective.
1t is not safe for any nation to be de-
void of an effective navy, and sham
navy is actually worse than none. The
status of the navyless nation is some
what similar to tenderfoot on the
frontier who does not carry pistol.
He may worry along for some time
without having any occasion to use fire.
arms, but, nevertheless, he is liable at
any time to need a pistol, and then he
wants it very much indeed. In such
case, to pull out an old-fashioned pep
per-box is more dangerous than to be
totally unarmed.
During the last twenty gears Uncle
Sam has had to quietly submit to many
indignities at the hands of the big bullies
of Europe, who are always armed to
the teeth, and also from the little black
guard South American republics, who
have presumed on the fact that Uncle
Sans naval pepper-bOX was not to be
relied on for offensive or defensiy>
purpose.
At present we are much better fixed.
The new ships of war are very fast
and effective. In case of war the for
eign commerce of Germany, for in
stance, would be entirely destroyed.
It hurts the commerce of a country to
entirely destroy it.
AS far as our so-called unprotected
harbors are concerned, they could in a
short time be protected very efectually y
by torpedoes. And then we have the
dynamite gun, which could be useful
in many ways. Hundreds OF ferry
boats in New York could be utilized,
and, while many of them might be
sunk, there would be enough left to
attend to the immediate wants of the
hostile leviathans. One shot from a
dynamite gun, exploding the equiv a
lent of a thousand pounds of that ex-
plosive, would cause the heaviest iron
clad in the world to Immediately sus-
pend publication.
Foreign nations will do well not to
crowd Uncle Samuel because they may
think he is not able to look out for
himself, otherwise they may experience
some painful surprises. Siftings.
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/. great many t,i2,ls say moi at FIRST; but,
like tho photographer. they know how to re-
touch their negatives. Puck.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-31
OMNIBUS BILL.
A Senator Questions Whether it will
Admit Anything
In the Shape of Territory into the
Union of States.
1t will be Referred to Sub commit
tee to be Strengthened Out.
Secretary Baysrd Interviewed on the
Samoan Subjec:.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The senate
committee on territories to-day took up
the house bill passed the other day for
the admission of north and south Da-
kota, Montana, Washington and New
Mexico into the union. After a session
of two hours one of the committee
said: eve have spent the entire session
in considering the house omnibus bill.
1t is noticeable for contradictory proyis-
ions and inadequacv to get any terrific
~ or part of a territory in the union as
state. For instance section seems
to provide for the admission of all the
proposed states upon the proclamation
of the president, while section 10 seems
to as clearly provide that none shall be
admitted, even south Dakota if it COM
plies with the terms of the bill, with
out additional legislation by congress.
These illustrate the inconsister cies
which seems to be fatal to the admis-
sion of any state until further
action had been taken by
congress. The attempt in a general
bill of this character to provide tor
the local necessities of different terri
tory seems to have been such a failure
as that if any state might come in
under it's provisions it would be I'M
able even in court to ascertain what its
rights are. Every territory possesses
unique local features and necessities
and the attempt to put them all in one
bill does not appear to have been a
great success. As the bill now stands,
it is probably the most complicated and
most difficult to interpret and admin
lister that ever passed either house OF
congress. If we are to pass it the
measure must he corrected materially
and has been referred to a sui
committee with instructions to see if its
inconsistencies can be SO reconcileG
that we can recommend its passage.
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Scandinavian Arrsrts d for Murdsr.

PoRT TOWNSEND, W. T., Jan. 23.-
A Scandinavian named Chas. Lums-
dale was arrested here today charged
with numbering his wife near Fergus
Falls, Minnesota, year ago.
He was farmer in COM
Portable circumstances and Dor
rowed considerable money from local
banks and induced his countrymen to
go his security, 1t was noticed Lums-
dale was unusually intimate with his
pretty servant girl who had just ar
rived from Europe. In March Mrs.
Lumsdale mysteriously died, which Oc
casiohed considerable gossip after it was
known that the servant girl assumed
the dead wife's relationship with
Lumsdale. During last summer the
girl gave birth to child and in Octo-
Der the couple left the farm for Fer
gus Falls where they were married and
started west accompanied by
six children of the former
wife. Notes became due and ffty-one
of the neighbors were called upon to
settle Lumsdale's debts. The subject
of his former wife's death occasiOned
much surmislng until the body was
eXhumed and examined when it was
found she was poisoned. InVestiga-
ton soon disclosed the fact that LumS-
dale had purchased some strychnine
and left very quickly for parts
unknown. About the same time D. L.
Larson stole s., 500 in checks and emf
grated west, where he was followed
and arrested in Kittitas county,
Washington Territory. last week
by the sheriff of Fergus Falls.
He said Lumsdale was here. The
prisoners only answer npon being ques-
toned was. ''they can't convict me. .
The sheriff says the circunstantial
evidence is very strong. The prisoner
left his wife and seven children here in
destitute circumstances. Lumsdale is
a very powerful man 40 years old.
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Wha. "a. aarman Prsa, sarr.

BERLIN, Jan. %. = The National
Zietung, referring to the action Of the
senatorial committee at Washington
on the Samoan affair, says that the
measures for the protection of the au-
tomony of the Samoan islands are
superfous, because it is not threatened
by any one. The sole interest of Amer
lea consists in not allowing good rela-
lions with Germany to he jeopardiZed
by few intriguing adventures.
The Viosseche Zietung criticiZing
the argument in the Cologne Gazette
of yesterdays say that it would be a
mistake to attach no Importance to the
measure taken by President Cleveland
merely because he is to be shortly sue
ceeded by Mr.. Harrison. It points out
that the authority for dealing with
| foreign affairs rest with the committee
of the senate and warns the semi-ofd-
cial press that it would be unwise to
appease the German public with ''fala-
cious illusions. /"
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MIR. Burnes was removed he appeared
to be conscious. in some degree recog-
nizlng the physicians, but they de-
ellned to say he was any better. The
stroke appears to affect his left side. the
tongue and hand being most noticahIv
touched. Mr.. Gallagher saws that at
this stage it is not possible to deter
mine whether the stroke is the erect
OF cut at the base of the brain (which
appears to be the seat of troubled or q
rupture of blood vessel. In the first
case with his fine constitution Mr..
Burnes might be expected to recover,
while If blood vessel is ruptured the
chances are against his recovery.
At 7:15 this evening DR.. Sewers who
had just left the bedside of Represen-
tatiye Burnes sad that the condition of
his patient was even more critical than
when first stricken, His left side is
completely paralyZed, and while he is
perfectly conscious his condition is in
deed alarming. Even If he could sur
y1ve the present attack there is iminent
danger of others following, and In that
event the chances of recovery would be
very slight indeed.
AT 10:45 O'Clock, the condition of Mr..
BHrnes had grown rapidly worse and
it was feared the end might come in
very short time. 1t is considered
almost impossible that he can survive
"a hours,
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Washington Notes.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-In its re-
ports upon the naval appropriation bill
the house committee on naval affairs
summarizes the present condition and
future prospects of the navy of this
country. The report says: With re-
gard to new navy, congress seems to
have settled upon a policy of appropri-
atiGg toward its construction about
So .O00, 900 per annum. Your commit
tee believe that this will build up a
navy as fast as prudence dictates. Our
navy department and our ship build
ings are utilizing as far as may be by
every means in their power the
knowledge acquired from the costly ex-
pence OF other nations, but they must
acquire experience of their own as too
great haste on the part of the govern
ment would inevitably result in con-
fusion and waste ana most probably
in combination Instead of competition
| among ship builders. Besides it would
be an easy matter in this country to
build ships more rapidly than we
could supply them with armament Of
domestic manufacture. Even il
| England with all their facilities there
is loud complaint that the government
| and all their contractors are unabIi
70 supply guns as fas
they are wanted. The manufacture q
modern high power gun is not only Al
| expensive but Il SLOW and tedious prs
cess Satisfactory progress is bein
made BY the private Contractors "a
supplying heavy guns and armcr plat
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Cantursd an Old oHandsr.

JEFFERsoNvILLE, Jan. 25.-Sheriff
Hay and posse went to Bull creek
early yesterday morning and succeeded
at last in arresting old Harrison Ho-
gan. They ran the steamer Minnie
bay up to his shanty and threw cleo
out to give battle. but seeing the odds re-
treated inside. The excitement among
the Bays fifty passengers was intense.
Hogan's hired man begged him to sur.
render. The old man barred his breast
and asked the sheriff to shoot him. He
said he had no friends, had been beaten
out of his wealth and did not want to
be further abused. Finally he surreu-
dered. The arrest caused a sensation.
Hogan had hitherto successfully re-
sissed arrest, given battle a number of
times and putting the officers to flight,
though he is sevent y-five years old.
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The KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Thursday. Proceeding.
SENATE.

topeka. Jan. 25.-The chief clerk
of the house was introduced with a
message to the effect that the house
had adopted house concurrent resolu
ton No. 80 relating to bounty on
sugar and memorializing congress; it
also had appointed the house contin-
gent of thejoint committee on printing
consistiug Of Messrs. Kenna. Duval
and Elliott.
Senator Howard presented petition
from 100 citizens of Douglas county
praying that the industrial school for
girls at Beloit be made state charit-
able institution. Referred to the COM
mittee on charitable institutions.
Senator 81. G. Kelley presented q
petition from the equal suffrage as
ISOLATION of GiraEd and sixteen Others
| praying that two of the members o.
/ the state board OF charitable insfitu-
lions be women SenaEors Kifkpaericl
sad Prie8 psFEgEa 5ed similar petitions
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Texas Scores ingalls,.

AUSTIN, Tex. Jan. 25.-The rejec
tion of the presidential electoral return
of Texas by Ingalls,, president pro TEN
of the senate, created something of a
connection down here. The opinion,
as voiced by State Elector Wood, is
that "the action of Senator Ingalls, i'll
refusing the returns was absolutely
unauthorized by any law found in the
revised statutes of the United States;
that his object was to delay the count,
as evidenced by Mr.. Hoar's resolution
introduced in the senate, because one
or two republican states were behind
with their returns. The action was
without any ground of law or sense, an
outrage on the rights of the states,
and Texas in particular" The cleo
toral college, however. met and cor
rected the return, putting it in full
legal shape. Col. Robertson, the mes
senger, left Austin for Washington
last night and, barring accident. will
reach that city Sunday morning.
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PAINTED RED.
Drunken Cowboys Have Real Old
Fashioned Time Out West.
A Waterman Shot by Burglars on
Business Bent.
A Brewery Seized in Massachusetts,
for Using Stamps Twice
A Corps of travelling Surveyors
Bleeding Iowa Towns.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Jan. 24.-Three
cowboys went to Stafford, place about
fifty miles west, yesterday and after
becoming intoxicated started out to
run the town. They went to livery
stable, hired double team and buggy
and began driving up and down the
streets at break neck speed, whOop-
ing and yelling like Comanche Indians
and amusing themselves by shooting
of their reVolvers. The marshal, as
sisted by another officer, attempted to
arrest them when they opened fire up
on the officers. This WAS promptly re-
turned. The team became unmanage-
able and ran away, overturning the
buggy. tearing off the top and box of
the vehicle. The men, one OF whom
showed signs of being severely
wounded, either by shots or being
thrown from the buggy, clambered in
to the running gear of the buggy and
escaped with the team. The buggy
top and box was riddled with bullets
and the ground despatched with their
blood. a posse has gone in pursuit.
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A Missing Bridegroom Found.

MATTITUCK, L. L. Jan. 24.-The
mystery surrounding the sudden. dis
appearance of Thomas Conway, of
New Suffolk, on January II, the day he
was to have been married to Miss Mary
Sullivan, has been cleared. Yesterday
afternoon Henry l.. KDeeland, a
farmer near here. on going to his barn,
found in the haymow man who was
insane and nearly dead. He was iden-
titled as the missing bridegroom.
After having been attended by
doctor during the night Conway
today recovered his senses, and told
the extraordinary story how he had
been in the barn since the day of his
disappearance, and that all the food he
had had was what milk he got
from the cows. He said he was una
bic to account for his strange actions.
Nothing was known of COnway's dis
appearance until the guests had as
sembled for the wedding ceremony
and the appointed hour had passed,
and when it was learned that Conway
had drawn $500 from the bank that day
it was feared that he had met with
foul play. The money was found in
tact in his trunk at his home.
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To Save the Bald Knobbsr,.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, J;n.24 A
delegation of southwestern representa-
tiYes called on Governor Francis this
evening to urge him to commute to i'm
prisonment for life the death sentences
OF Dave and Bill Walker and Wylie
Matthews, the Bald Knobbers. whose
execution is set for Friday, February
IL. The delegation consisted of Smith,
OF Douglas; Prather. of fancy; Jones
of Stone. Underwood of Lawrence,
Lupton of Texas, Conn of jefferson,
Moore of Webster, Smith of st. Clair,
Hunter of New Madrid and SHINE
man of Phelps. Talks were made by
Prather, Jones and Shinneman. The
former gave a detailed history of the
origin and growth or the Bald Knob
bers' organization and presented to the
governor certain statements concern
ing the manner in which the con-
DENIED men were tried and convicted.
Governor Francis promised to take the
matter under consideration and do
what seemed best after he had thor
oughly investigated it.
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Whits Onpn WING a Women

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. pa special
to the Journal from Monroe county,
Indiana, gives the details of brutal
whipping by White Caps last night of
Mrs. Lou Wright married woman
who lives quietly with her husband in
the vicinity of Bryants creek. She has
several times received eateninQ let
tiers from unknown parties the animus
of which was tracable to some idle Cos
sip about her character previous to her
marriage, to which she paid no atLen-
ton. Last night about IL O'Clock a
knock was heard at the door and when
opened six masked men crowded in the
room. The husband was compelled to
go to bed and while two of the men
stood guard over him the others caught
hold of the wife, dragged her outside
and proceeded to beat her with limbs
Of trees. When the woman was taken
back to the house and the regulators
had departed her back and limbs were
found to be covered with large welts
from the effects of the whipping. The
outrage will be investigated by the au-
thOrities
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COnprsssman Burnss a. Deaths Door.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-Representa
tive James n. Burnes, of Missouri, was
stricken with paralysis this afternoon
at the capital. The first symptoms of
the approaching attack was experienced
when Mr.. Butterworth in the house
called Mr.. Burnes' attention to a
passage of the sundry civil bill then
under consideration. Mr. Burnes then
remarked his tongue appeared to be
affected so he had great difficulty in
speaking. and noticing that bis
face appeared to be somewhat
drawn on the left side Mr..
Butterworth insisted upon Mr.. Barnes
accompanying him into the fresh air
on the east portico. Mr.. BurDes in a
short time expressed himself as feeling
/ better and went to the room of the
committee on appropriations. where he
was induced to take some stimulants.
He soon began to breath IN a labored
manner aud to loose consciousness
Messrs. Gallagher. Atkinson and Shaw
| who are physicians as well as TepreseD
ltatiyes, were hastily summoned from
Il the hall and a messenger was also dis
/ Matched for DR.. Sewers, who has beer
attending Mr.. BurneS during the WIN
ter. The physicians labcred with theil
Datient for an hour or more and it wa:
then decided to remove him Il
: hia hotel This was effsctet
{ through the agency Of the police ambn
I | isnee' the bick man being carEied on
q the buildfng OF q etreecheE. YfzSI
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A Fiebt Bstveeu the POliOs and Ci.i.su,

DUBLIN, Jan. 24.-During the pro-
gress of the trial of William O'Brien
to-day the spectators received a de-
cision of the court with murmers and
magistrates ordered the galleries to be
cleared. While this was being done,
Mr.. O'Brien exclaimed "I'll clear out''
and he started for the door but the
magistrates shouted ''stop him. and
and constable grabbed him. After a
sharp struggle O'Brien with the
aid of some of the specta-
tors managed to reach the
street with no worse damage
than a torn coat. An immense crowd
escorted him through the town and the
police used their hatons without mercy
upon the people, who responded with
stones and sticks. During the melee
Mr.. o Brien was struck violently in the.
breast with rifle stock and scores of
persons were injured. The court
issued warrant for the arrest of Mr..
O'Brien and then adjourned. The po-
lice with fixed bayon Is are patroline
the streets of the town
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Burelara Friehtenad AwnY.

BOSTON, Jan. 24.-Early this morn
lng an attempt was made by two burg
lars to enter the railway station at
Clifton, on the Sanges branch of the
eastern division of the Boston & Maine
railway. They were discovered by "A
Waterman, who raised an alarm and
attacked the burglars. The latter
turned on him and a three-handed
struggle ensued. Before help could be
secured the miscreants broke away
and fired two shots at the watchman,
one bullet taking effect in his neck. He
fell to the ground and the thieves made
their escape
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ANONYMOUS Letters.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Jan. 25.-W hen the
Rawson case was resumed this morn
ing, letter was passed around among
the ladies of the Woman's Protective
agency, who have sat in the court
room beside the defendant every day
since the trial began. The letter was
received this morning by one of the
ladies, who is Mrs. RawsOn's particu-
lar friend. 1t was anonymous, writ
ten evidently in a mans handwriting.
The writer threatened to destroy the
reputation of the lady on account of
her friendship for Mrs. Rawson. 1t
appears that all the ladies who have
interested themselves in the case have
received similar letters The hand
writing in each is different aud always
magculin9