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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
BLOWN UP WHILE BED.
Oscar Sternger9 in Butte Has Giant
Cartridge Exploded Under
His Pillow


His Pillow.
BUTTE, Mont. Special Telegram, Oct a.
"A sensation was caused in the center Of
town this morning by an explosion in .
house. Oscar Stenberg, sign painter. slept
apart from his family in a room under his
shop. There have been family jars be-
tween him and his wife. in which q
man named Schmitzgor was the disturbing
element, the children taking the mothers
side. Proceedings for divorce have been be-
gun on both sides. which fell through, and
Stenberg has been arrested more than once
for abusing his wife His family live Ia
house adjacent to his shop, and his wife
has taken care of his sleeping room,
to which there were two keys,
one kept by him and the other
by Mrs Stenberg. The family retired early
last night and at 6 o'clock this morning were
alarmed by the explosion in stenberg's
room. His son and daughter, aged sixteen
and fourteen respectively, rushed into the
room and found it In horrible disorder.
filled with smoke and the bed clothet~
on fire. Stenberg was assisted out to
the other house. his head frightfully lacer-
ated and blood streaming from wounds in
the face. By q miracle he escaped death,
though suffering painfully from his Injuries
Investigation showed the explosion was due
to a giant cartridge having been placed
under the pillow of tho bed, fuse
about six feet long having been
passed through a small hole to the outside Of
the room in tho yard. Another cartridge
placed there had failed to explode. otherwise
the building would have been wrecked and
Stenberg blown into eternity. Mrs STEM
berg and her son were arrested during the
day and placed in separate compartments
in the Jail. No evidence has developed point
ing directly to the perpetrator Of
the outrage, but the authorities believe
these two to be implicated in the affair to
the extent of justify.ng their arrest The
doctors say Sternberg will recover, propided
blood complications do not arise. Schmitzger
cannot be found, though the officers are
searching for him. The wrecked condition
of the room and furniture in which the oc-
currence took plack make It a mystery how
the victim escaped with his life.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
WILL GO FURTHER.
The Old Dominion Republican League
Will Have Money.

The Old Dominion Republican League
Will Have Money.
WASHINGTON. Special. Old Dominion
Republican league does not intend to take a
backward step on account of the threat of
missioner Thompson has said
would be brought against all
persons who solicited political contributions
of government employees Tonight the
League took decided stand in the matter
and went little further than the political
assessment circular recently sent out
committee of three was appointed to 60 to
the departments next Friday. which is pay
day. and receive the money that was
solicited in their circular. The
committee consists of Mr. Brame, a member
of the executive committee of the league;
John Hall and J. W. Jones' None of them is
an of1ceholder and they were purposely
selected from private life. The officers of
the league say that no oficeholder had
anything to do with the preparation
or distribution of the political assess
ment circular, and assert that
they have been legally advised that it is not
against the law for a priv ate citizen to be
concerned in soliciting assessments 1t is
claimed by some. however, that it is an
offense for any citizen, whether an office
holder or not, to solicit political contribu-
ton from government employe
The penalty is heavy one-three
years imprisonment and $4,000 fine
Civil Service Commissioner Thompson was
seen in regard to the proposed prosecution
of the officers Of the league. ut will be
pushed with vigor," said be. @as it is our be-
lief that one conviction will settle the ques-
ton for good, and no one would ever again
attempt TO collect assessments The COM
mission has not yet secured all the evidence
it desires, but will have it in few DAYS"
@What officers of the government are i'm
plicated?"
sThe only one that / now recall is W. c.
Elam, chief of division of the interior de-
partment. He is an officer of the association,
the first vice president. and am confident
that the evidence we have is sufficient,
judged by the usual practice, to secure con.
victiOn.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
A Struggle With = Burglar.

KANSAS CITY, Special-George E Thomp-
son drew 81, 100 in cash out Of bank Be-
fore he went home he paid a note of 500.
When he went to bed he put the re-
mainder under his pillow. During
the night burglar entered his
room and presenting . revolver at
Mr.. Thompson's head demanded the money.
Mr.. Thompson Involuntary grappled with
the intruder. During the struggle that en-
sued = revolver was discharged, the bullet
bar.y missing Mr.. Thompson's head. The
money from under the pillow, and escaped.
Mr. Thompson was badly used up in the
struggle.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
RICH AND RACY.
Correspondence Between Gen. Noble
and a Pension Agent.

and a Pension Agent.
ALBANY. N. Y, Oct 24.-Secretary Noble,
in letter to W. w. Thompson, pension
agent for the district of Maine, refuses to
accept that gentleman's resignation. The
correspondence as furnished Mr.. Thompson
is as follows: Secretary Noble writes under
date of October %:
have received letter addressed by you to
Hon. Hiram Smith. j.. deputy commissioner Of
pensions. In this document you endeavor to
resign. but inasmuch as you have not had the
intelligence to direct your paper to the only per-
SON who can accept your RESIGNATION. and it 10
handed to me by Mr.. Smith, I beg leave to
inform you that your intended resignation 10
not accepted. but as you are thereby shown to
be both slanderer and one totally unfit for the
services Of the United States, you are dismissed,
and your services are no longer required.
Mr.. Thompson gives the following as his
reply to Secretary Noble:
dignity, respectability and exhibits the writer
in his true character. I feel FREQ to
say you are 2 puppet: personally. and OH
station. and cannot afford to waste more post
age and time with pen. shall send all your let
tiers to me, and an account OF your dictatorlal
methods to the president, and II he sustains
you shall be confirmed in the general opinion
Of all good people that You misrepresent the
men who made II possible for BENJAMIN
place and power, which neither your services or
character can justify, and your continuance in
office is = violence to every sense Of propriety.
There can be NO usefulness in your further SER
vice, certain no benefit to tho peo-
pie will be derived from your persistent
Islander Of better than you ever attempt to be
or ever have been. While dislDissals are going
ON you are conspicuously worthy notice. Tho
president wouln consult the public welfare by
letting you return to the obscurity in which no
found you and for which your talents best At
you.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
Tho Sole Survivor.

NEW YORK, Oct 24-Joseph Katx. q stow
away. arrived here to-day and claims to be
the sole survivor Of the steamer Brooklyn.
from Darien, Ga, for New York, which has
been before reported a. supposed to have
been lost The ship was wrecked on the
18th inst Katx manned boat with two
men named johnson and Olsen, when the
steamer began to sink. His companions
were swept away. He drifted until the 18th
instant and was picked by the schooner
Mary Watson. The owners Of The steamer
have given up all hope Of seeing her again.
There were seventeen men on board, al
residents Of kTookly-
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
RESORTED TO CANNIBALISM.
Horrible Story Related by Two Ship.
wrecked Sailors.


wrecked Sailors.
BALTIMORE, Special.-Carl Graves, fireman,
and Ludwig Loder, seaman, two survivors of
the crew of the steamship Earnmoor, told q
story, horrible in it's details, of the way they
sustained life by cannibalism for days Loder
said: @The only food we had the first fifteen
days in the boat was a flying fish and few
raw small sea birds, divided among eleven
men. On the sixteenth day out William
Davis, seaman. caught me by the throat
and made dash at my head with knife.
He cut me in the right cheek, the scar from
which still remains as you will see. He was
told to kill me by August Plagge, fireman.
When Davis began to cut me some Of his
companions caught him, others shouted Kill
him, kill him; we want something to cat
We arc starving It seems that Plagge,
Davis and others in one end of the boat had
decided that should die. as, suppose, be-
ing pretty fat looked inviting. Plagge was
placed on watch that night. but he was miss
ing next morning. No one saw him 20 over
board.
LIVED ON HUMAN FLESH.
3On the seventeenth day, William Robinson
lay down to sleep, and when they tried to
call him they found him dead. It was de-
termined to eat his flesh, and William
Wright. the cook, was ordered to carve the
body. The first thing done was to smash in
Robinson's skull, and from the fracture each
one sucked the blood as long as it would
last, which was but little while. Then the
COOK stripped the flesh from the ribs The
next day this flesh in strips was placed on
top OF the water tight compartment and
dried in the sun. After taking out Robin
sons liver, heart and other parts which
would furnish blood to be sucked, we threw
his mutilated body into the sea. Two days
after Robinson's death, Third Engineer
Thomas Hunt died. His body was also cut
up for food. In about three days the limos
and feet Of all began to swell. and several
have since broken out in ugly sores We
think it is poison from the human flesh and
blood" Both Graves and Loder say that
they have no recollection of the taste of
human flesh, so great was their mental
anguish at the time. Their only recollection
of taking the food is feeling their own blood
quicken as it coursed through their veins
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
AFTER THE WEDDING.
The Duke of Sparta and His Bride
Receive an Ovation.

The Duke of Sparta and His Bride
Receive an Ovation.
ATHENS, Special the ceremony of
kissing the brides hand at the palace
the duke of Sparta and his wife
drove throaIh the still decorated streets,
which were thronged with people
Upon returning to the bridal residence
they were received by the king, who
conducted them to the balcony to acknowl-
edge the cheers of the crowd. At-nign5 the
city was again brilliantly illuminated. EN-
press Frederick accompanied the prince OF
Wales and his sons on the yacht Osborne as
far as Salamia The yacht was escorted by
the British squadron and was saluted by all
the foreign vessels in the harbor. The
prince of Wales and Princes Victor and
George proceeded for Egypt
EMPEROR WILLIAM Is POETIC
BERLIN. SpeciaL-The North German Ga
xette says that Emperor William, on his arri-
val at Athens, sent the following dispatch to
Prince Bismarck:
have arrived at glorious old Athens after q
voyage Of Intoxicating beauty. After splendid
reception from prince and people. your tele-
gram was my first greeting from home. Hearty
thanks for it. NY first word back to the Father
land is salutation to you. sent from the city Of
Pericles. from the pillars Of Parthenon, the sub
lime aspect Of which deeply impresses me.
The North German Gazette publishes a
poem in Greek, congratulatin2 Princess
Sophie and the duke of Sparta. The Vos-
siche Zeitung dwells upon the fact that the
match is on-political one, Princess Sophie
having followed the wishes of her heart
NOT VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.
LONDON, Specialize English newspapers
a ra Sin do6 in
yesterdays marriage of Princess Sophie of
Prussia to the Duke of Sparta, at Athens, and
in view of the fact that the alliance has not
only the countenance, but the specific ap-
proval of the queen and Prince and Princess
of Wales, and the Empress Frederick, the
paucity of complimentary alusion to the
affair is the more to be wondered at None
OF them, however, goes TO the length of criti-
clsing it and the public must perforce believe
that it is a matter in which England has no
interest
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
A NEW CONGRESSMAN.
Mr.. Hansbrough Thought to Be That
in Every Sense of the Word.


in Every Sense of the Word.
WASHINGTON. Special Telegram,
Congressman Hansbrough has secured quar-
ters at the Riggs house and will remain there
during the end of the session He is sized up
in the Evening Star as follows:
Representative Hansbrough of North Dakota
liz a new member In the broadcast sense for he
and his state are both new. Having been news
paper man. he is modest and does not undertake
TO say what congress Is going to do with the tar
i'll he says DakOsa is glad to 60 into the Union.
where she belongs. and her representatives viii
pay their share OF attention to public affairs
something Of the duties Of . member Of congress
through having q number Of applications for
Office to look after. He is . young maa. plain,
-cient in energy. He says he IL inclined to think
that exc Ordway may not got the senator
ship he seeks. Pierce will probably be elected,
he thinks.
Ii q half-coluMn interview in the Phila-
delphia Press Congressman Hansbrough
takes exceptions to the reports of great des-
tituton in North Dakota. especially in RAM
eey county. He says that the report pub
llshed 80 widely in the East that there ara
1000 destitute people in Ramsey county is
erroneous. as there are only that number of
people in the county. Good crops are what
the people need, and more moisture III all
they ask. In this connection Mr. Hansbrough
is studying irrigation matters and will be
READY with the entire Northwestern delega-
tion to put through some measure that will
secure more water for prohibition Dakota.
Mr. Hansbrough ca led upon Secretary
Proctor to-day in the interests of the dis
t-essed residents of Ramsey county. N. D.
Mr.. Hansbrough has osked Secretary Proctor
to permit the destitute settlers to cut fire.
wood from the timber tract ON Devils Lake
reservation, Fort Totem. covering several
thousand acres on the ehore OF the lake
The secretary was not cert.ln of his au-
thority in the premises, but promised Mr.
Han-brough an answer to-meiro He feels
Inclined to grant the requesG
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
NEWSOF ADAY.
English Mail Service The Duke O
Sparta's Wedding :. A New
Congressman.
On the Mississippi =. Will go Further
=. Killed by His Own
Brother.
ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE.
The Canadian Pacific Scheme Fails.
The Grand Trunk Mentioned.

The Canadian Pacific Scheme Fails.
The Grand Trunk Mentioned.
MONTREAL, Special Hon. ]. J. G. Alb
bolt, leader of the senate, has returned
from Eng and. It was learned from
him chat the reason why the twenty-knot
eervice mail steamers promised by the An
dersons had fallen through was that the gov
eminent would not carry out the under
standing they had with the Canadian Pacific
as to facilities for the conveyance of passen-
gers over the Intercolonial railway. They
had agreed to grant the Canadian Pacific
running powers at special RACES over this
road from the termin us of the Canadian Pa
cific Short Line at St Johns, N. B.. to Halifax,
at which port the passengers and mails were
to be landed. This they now refuse to give,
and will only carry passengers at regular
rates over the Intercolonial railway, thus ne
cessitating change of cars at ST. Johns N.
B. AS the object of the Canadian Pacific
Short Line through Maine was to provide
this quick transportation across the CONT
nent, Sir George stevens and Sir Donald
Smith at once withdrew their names, and the
Anderson syndicate refused to go on with the
projected line of steamers until proper IA
cilities were granted They hold that if the
line is to be Of any service the railway CON-
pany should be in position to take passen-
gers through without change of cars or other
delays, and that If the government would
not permit this it would be of no use to pro-
coed In the matter. This means war to the
knife between the Canadian Pacific and the
government, and it is rumored that the lat
ter will arrange with the Grand Trunk for
another short line to Halifax and get another
syndicate to take up the mail steamer serv-
ice. 1t is expected that this will be done by
selling back to the Grand Trunk that section
of the Intercolonial between Quebec aud
Riviere du Loup, or granting them running
powers over it. The Temiscouatta railway,
which runs from Rlviere du Loup to Ed
mondston, is controlled by the Grand
Trunk, who would extend the line across
New Brunswick to Monclon. where it would
connect with the Intercolonial, which runs
from that point almost direct to Halifax.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01

tower was put In operation and proved .
novel sight for the majority Of the visitors
A 1t quickly rose in the air and then stream
OF water poured out, with sufficient pressure
to send it distance Of half . block, muir
murs of surprise and admiration arose from
nearly every carriage. The ease and
rapidity with which the stream could
he turned in every direction were illustrated.
This closed the exhibition, anu the drive was
resumed mp Summit avenue to Dayton.
When the Aberdeen apartment house was
reached shortstop was made and the party
proceeded to Western avenue, aud thence to
Summit. returning BY that avenue to Sixth.
The many handsome residences along tho
route were pointed out to the delegates, who
pronounced Summit avenue one Of the finest
residence streets they lad seen. A good
view Of 1r. J. J. Hills magnificent new
residence. now in course of construction,
was obtained From Sixth street the pro-
cession Of carriages proceeded along Smith
avenue to Seven Corners, and thence down
third stree. That thoroughfare was crowded
with people, and the delegates were int,
pressed by its busy appearance. The whole
sale district was thoroughly travsrsed, and
after viewing the general offices of the
Manitoba and Northern Pacific the party re-
turned by way of Sixth street to the Ryan,
well satisfied with their tour of the city.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
ST. PAUL HOSPITALITY
The City's Gates Thrown Open ia
the Representatives Of Three
Americas.
Oscar Stenberg in Butte Has a Giant
Cartridge Exploded Under
His Pillow.

Nature was kinder to hosts than guests
in St Paul but our courteous and kindly
South American guests will forgive the lack
of Minnesota's blue skies and invigorating
air when they appreciate that the clouds
may mean the difference between success
and disaster to this Northwest Truly q
handsome, distinguished and altogether adj
mirable party arrived In the SANITY City last
week, and their welcome was none the less
hearty that fuss, feathers and flummery had
been dispensed with. As all the world
knows, there would have been no lack of
ceremonial had the Pan-American represen-
tatives SO desired. That they were charmed
both with reception and receivers was
voiced by so many of the gentlemen ana in
such multifarious and delicate ways that the
expression passed clear beyond the bounds
OF the perfunctory and showed itself heart
felt More than one of the distinguished
gentlemen took occasion to say that
the further West and North they
came the heartier grew the hand
clasps, the more breezily delightful the well
comes. To these citizens of the South,
with its ruins and its memories, the New
Northwest of which St. Paul stands as ex-
emplar and manifestation, is a source of
wonderment as well as of delight, and as one
of them said Thursday, @We will carry back
with US in the bo.dest outlines memory can
give the picture of this great city, which was
not even hamlet when was in my coun-
try's congress for the first time" NoJh:ng of
moment marred the day. Every part of the
programme was carried out as far as was de-
sirable, and St Paul has no reason to fear
that her guests WI leave her with anything
but the pleasantesr recollection.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-01
Reception at tho Ryan.


In the evening there was a full-dress re-
ception given at the Hotel Ryan in honor Of
the city's guests The committee had made
every effort to make this one of the grand
est events of the Kind ever given in St
Paul, and that they succeeded well every one
in attendance can testify. The hour for the
reception was 8 o'clock. and shortly after
that time the parlors were thronged
with the best citizens Of ST Paul.
No better crowd of representa-
tive citizens ever assembled together.
The parlors and corridors were beautifully
decorated with plants, while the soft strains
OF the orchestra filed the air with melody
The ladies present were attired in most beau
tiful costumes, and sparkling jewels and
shining silks and satins gave an air of brill
fancy to the scene such as is seldom wit
messed. The presence OF the stats of Gov.
Merriam and Gen. Ruger in full dress uni
form aided largely in lending distinguished
air to the occasion.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-10
LOGAN RRnHITIEs.


j. Wall, on employee of the jackson &
Sharp OompRnys works, had a finger of
his left hand cut of by rip saw. DR..
Cantwell dressed the wound.
The Street and Sewer Department is
talking OF placing new street signs ct the
various corners, In order to facilitate
strangers in finaing their destinations,
The Board OF Health INST In regular
session Tuesday and transacted routine
business. The board maintained its right
to jurisdiction one mile beyond the city
limits, and, therefore, ordered . nuisance
Just outside the Unite gbaled.
at Squire Bertolotte's of1ice to day the
case Of disputed sale OF goods between
John Brown and Thomas Wright, both
of Stanton, YVES heard. Deoision was
rendered in favor OF Brown for The whole
amount, $1,000. Wright WAS repre-
scented by Lilburne Chandler, Esq, md
Brown BY JyDn II. Rodney, Esq.
August Kuhlmann, formerly drug.
gist at Fourth aud Walnut streets, but
now d prosperous druggist in Everett,
Kansas, arrived here last evening on a
visit to friends. MIR. Kuhlmsnn is pros
I pering in the 'wild and wootly" west
aud he Ia mayor OF the town. DR..
Unger, WHO also left Wilmington year
or 80 ago and settled in Rverett,i rspid)y
| recovering his health there.