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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
War on Trinidad Gamblers.

TRINIDAD, Dec. 2.-The proprietors Of
the leading gambling houses in the city
have been arrested on information filed in
the county court by the district attorney
The cases will come up at an early date
The district attorney has declared war on
gambling and there is fire ahead.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02

ing, a p1int which he made evoked loud
applause from u little clique of soldiers.
Judge Vandevanter happened to detect
one of the offenders, and calling him up
before him, sentenced him to thirty days
Imprisonment There was no more ap-
plause during the trial
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
Trinidad win Advertise.

TRINIDAD, Dec. 1.-At meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce held this evening,
the preliminary steps were taken toward
the creation of fund of $50, 900 to adver-
tse the city and induce capitalists to
come here. There is no doubt of the
success of the movement.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
Four Little Girls killed.

ELLoTsvILLE, W. Va, Nov. 30.-Four
little girls, children of Hugh Dunn, found
keg of powder yesterday and in some
way set it off, All four were blown to
pieces. Their mother has gone crazy.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
A Cashier Goes Wrong.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 90.-Samuel Kuch
hotter, cashier Of the Great Western type
foundry, was arrested to day charged with
embezzling between $4,000 and s., 900 OF
the company's funds. He was committed
to Jail in default Of s., 900 bonds.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
Auction Tomorrow.

At 80 a. m. on Tuesday we will sell
at public auction on the plaza a very
desirable lot of household goods of all
kinds. Come out and get bargains.
WAGNER & HAFFNER, Auctioneers.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02

CHEYENNE, Dec. PA soldier was on
tri Il here this evening charged with hav-
ing committed rape. About fifty men,
bers of the 18th Infantry were present in
court. While Judge Rittenhouse, of Den
yer, attorney for the defense, was speak
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
Te|egraphic Tid1ings 6
WASHINGTON MATTERS.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The 5lst con-
gress convened at noon to-day. Reed, Of
Maine, is the caucus nominee of the Re
publicans for speaker; Mcpherson, ol
Pennsylvania, for clerk A. j. Holmes, ex-
representative from Iowa, sergeant-at-
arms.
APPOINTMENTS.
Hiram J. Dunlap, of Illinois, to Breslau,
Germany. Dunlap is editor of the Cham
paign Gazette. William K. Gardner, OF
Wisconsin, to Rotterdam. Gardner has
been for several years connected with the
Evening Wisconsin, of Milwaukee.
Bedford Mackay, of South Carolina, has
been appointed to San Jose, Costa Rlca.
He is transferred from Paso del Norte.
JUDGMENT DUE THE UNITED STATES.
The annual report of Gen. Hepburn,
solicitor of the treasury, shows that the
sum OF $85, 900, principal and inter
est, is due the government as is evil
denced by judgments of the circuit and
district courts, but that no reliable esti-
mate can be given of the value of these
judgments. The solicitor asks an appro-
priaton of $4,000 to be expended in
hunting up these debtors and their prop
erty in order that collection of these
judgments can be made.
PUBLIC MONEYS.
The following announcement is made:
The secretary Of the treasury has decided
to reduce the number of national bank
repositories and amounts of public mo-
neys kept Herewith. 1t is intended to
m oka thia rndnptipn in a1ch q manner as
to avoid as far as possible any disturbance
of the business Of the country by trans
fer to the sub-treasury on or before Janu-
ary Is, 1890, of about 10 per cent OF their
holdings of public moneys.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02

Boston, Nov. 29.-Wool is frmer; ter
ritory is selling 5S@60, fine 50@53, medi-
um sales of 100000 pounds; fall CaIifor-
mia reported, but terms not made public
spring California quiet.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-02
Carl Schurz' Illness.

New YORK, Dec. Carl Schurz has
been seriously ill with pleurisy since last
Monday. He is at his residence, and is
said to be improving.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
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CAUGHT IN ST. LOUIS.

Thomas Vines, Who Got Away with the
Wages Of tho Employees or . Chicago
Firm. Amounting to About $4,000. Capt
urcd im the Missouri Metropoiis--nis
Novel Way " Leaving the Garden City.
ST. LorIs. Jan. IA detccti We arrested
young man dressed as tramp at the
Union depot in this city Tuesday 1t
proved to be Thomas Vines. the assistant
time keeper of the Adams e. Westlake CONF
pany of Chicago, who was given the pay
envelopes Of large number Of the firms
employees on Saturday, but ;nsteai Of de-
livering them to the foremen of the diff
fcrcnt establishments took them to the
cellar, dumped their contents in a bag aud
absconded. Vines acknowledged his iden-
tlty when arrested, and told an interest
ing story. After securing the money,
which he took to room near the factory
of the Adams 4 Wcstlake Company, be
procured large trunk, disguised himself
| put the cash and lot of clothes into the
| trunk, which he bored full Of holes. and on
Monday evening got an expressman
| and was driven to the Wabash
depot. He told the expressman he was
broke and intended to beat his way to st.
Louis in the trunk. He then opened his
baggage, spang in and let the lid, which
fastened with q spring lock, down,
/ and was left at the depot by
the driver Of the wagon. The trunk with
/ Its contents was placed aboard the train,
| hut owing to his crampcd position and
| fear Of suffocation Vines managed by
kicking and making other noises to arouse
the attention of the baggagemen, who Let
him out when about 100 miles from Chicago,
and moved by his story of poverty allowed
him to ride to st. Louis. He hung around
the depot all day, being unable to secure
the trunk. and was finally arrested by the
detective, who recognized him from the
description tclegraphed from Chicago. He
will be taken back to the Garden City at
once. Funds to the amount Of $3, S93. Il
were found in the trunk.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
FATAL FLAMES.

4 Thrco-Story Building In ST. Louis De-
strOyed BY Fire-A Girl Jumps from .
Window and h Kiilctl-Seyeral Persons
Badly InJured-NarrOw Escapes.
ST. LoCIs, Jan. 2.-The three-story sa-
loon and tenement building on the south
west corner Of Sixth and Morgan str eets
burned ut 8 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mary Byshaicker. waiter, was instantly
killed in jumping from window of
the burning building. A waiter girl
named Lizzie Qast name not knownl,
Mary Davis and Mary Westland. were
removed to the dispensary in dying con-
dition burned and sunocated. Patrolman
Mcfarland was nearly sunocated while
rescuing dodgers, but was rescued by o
brother officer in time to save his life.
John Daily, . trapeze performer, saved
himself and wife by sliding down . rope
from the third-story window with his
wife in his arms. Several other
dodgers were severely burned but
none fatally. The two upper floors Of the
building were used AZ lodging house at
tached to Hugo Feller's restaurant and
saloon. which occupied the first floor.
The building was old. with wooden floors
and partitions, and burned very rapidly
The loss on building and contents was
about g, 600 No insurance.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
BLOOOSHED IN "A RIOT.

knights and Union Men Fight FiercoIy
In Washington Territory-kifles Used
by Roth Sides - Some Loss of Llfe-
Mcagsr Details.
SEATTLE, w. T., Jan. g. Since New
Years there has been much wrangling be-
tween the Knights Of Labor and the Min
ers' Union, two rival organizations in the
little coal-mining town of New Castle,
eighteen miles from here. Trouble arose
over Miners Union man being gwen .
preference over q Kn gnt Friday tho
Knights Of Labor began an attack
upon the Miners Union. A force Of thirty
Knights cut the telegraph lines, stationed
sentinels, and began assaulting the men
at the mines The attacking party after
wards boarded the 8 o'clock train at New
Ca.tle armed with rifles and rode to G, ,al
creek Atthis point the regular force Of the
Miners Union was attacked BY the Knights
with every kind Of missile. The train was
on trestlc, and some OF the leaders were
driven and thrown OF. falling seventy feet
or more. The Knights then returned to New
Castle and assaulted tho men there
again. Foreman Duncan Ross was
badly injured. Terrence Mularkey
Unionists, SO the Miners Tn on
men brought out their rifles and opened
fire on the Knights. Three men fell
Their names are not yet known. The
sheriff. with . posse, went to New Castle
Friday afternoon, and as the fight
ing was very fierce he called for
the militia The latest reports are
to tho effect that the trouble is about
over. A train arrived late Friday night
with one corpse. 8. f. Crobut Of the
Miners Union, who was injured, says he
was first saved by the bad shot of o
knight and was then dubbed down with
the butt end Of the gun. Others expert
ences were like his. Exact details arc not
now Obtainablo.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
FAILURES DURING THE YEAR.
An Increase In Number but Decrease In
Liabilities ss Compared with 1887.

An Increase In Number but . Decrease In
Liabilities Compared with 1851.
New YORK, jar. 2.-Some interesting
figures bearing upon the mercantile fail
ures in the United States during the last
eight years have Just been completed BY
Bradstreets. The number OF failures in
1883 was 1857, as against 9,s40 in 1857, 1O,-
56S in 1856. II, 116 i'm 1885, 11,6a0 in 1884, TO-,
$50 in 1883, 1895 in 1852 and 3 92S in 1881. The
general liabilities Of the failures for 1sS3
amounted to $laO, ~, ,402 against :l3O, G05,-
O1Ofor 1851. The assets Of failures in 1888
were :6l. yy9,9ll, while for 1857 they were
s64 65l. .OO0. OF the eight years 1884 shows
the greatest general liabilities. Ss4S, 74O,-
600. and lssl the least, s7G.0a4 90. The
typographical distribution OF the failures
for 1883 is as follows: Eastern states, ,3i2
in number; general liabilities. <l3. 323, 6bl;
actual assets. s5.l60336; Middle States,
1891; general liabilities, 37,41l, s64;
actual assets. SIS, ,4l9, Sol; Southern States,
3O9S; liabilities, SO, 436, 99i: assets, Sl0.-
SAG, ,945; Western States, 3.6a: liabilities,
<39, $50, ,O99; assets, i2l.Si4.gs4; Pacific
States, SIG; liai ilities. s9,461, 43l; assets
g. 81 764; Territories. 3li; liabilities, S2,
22s, 543; assets, 500 Canada and
the Provinces had 1.73O failures. with
general liabilities Of sl5. 49s 2i3 and actual
assets of s.. ia. III New York State had
]. 139 failures in 1858, with general liabili-
ties Of 24,3O7,OoO and actual assets Of
go, ,139 OOJ The record or the State
for 1887 was Loss failures, with s23. ia
coo in general liabilities and SO, 3Ss, ,0O
Of actual assets. New York City had
500 failures in 1855. as against 43l in
1857 The general liabilities Of the former
were s17,O32 SsG and the actu,l assets
&. .O7S. SO; Of the latter the liabilities were
e1S, ,0l9 0O0, and the assets s., 1l3O0O. In
the year just ended the percentage Of as
sets on liabilities were as follows: For tho
United States. ~; for the Eastern States, ~;
Middle States, A.; outhern States, -; West
ern States. IS; Pacific States, G6; Terrific
rics. 81; Canada and the Provinces, ii:
New York City, II. The same percentage
fer 1851 was: Eastern States, 81 Middle
States, a5; Southern States. -; Western
States. 10; Pacific States, 81; Territories.
t6; Canada and the Provinces 40; New
| Vork
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
HOURS OF LABOR.

Figures showing That the struggle fp
Life Is Becoming Easier.
The hours Of labor rs u whole hav'
been diminished. In the factory tei
hours have been customary in place OF
eleven, or even twelve; the usual hours
OF work in textile factories forty o.
fifty years ago having been thirteen
and even fourteen. In the building
trades, nine and ten hours have becom"
customary in place Of eleven and
twelve, or even more. In all the great
retail shops and wholesale warehouses
in which goods are distributed. the
hour of closing is earlier and the hour
OF opcningis later than it used to be.
The Optimist can thus find on every
side facts which sustain his view tha.
the general struggle for life is becom
ing easier and not harder. while tn
statistics OF the life insurance com
panies prove that the duration Of life
is lengthening. Forty or fifty years
since, the daughters of the farmers Of
Now England worked thirteen hours a
day in the cotton factory in order to
eacn $l75 year; to-day French Cana
dians. working ten hours day, earn
$500 year; yet the cost of labor is less
now than ever before. In a broad and
general way it might be proved that
Uncle Sam and his children have OBJ.
tanned such power over the mechanism
of production and distribution during
the last twenty-five years that if the
long hours OF work required thirty
years ago to produce the materials fo'
u narrow and poor subsistence We're
now applied under the new conditions
the same hours would yield at least
one-third more OF all the necessaries oi
life than they die then.-Ednard r.
kinson, IN Forum.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10

An Alleged New PrOcess OF Refining
sugar Proves To He . Fraud-The Con.
coctors OF the scheme Find Themselves
Richer by 81 1000. 900 wrung from tho
Pockets Of wealthy American and En-.
giIsh Dupes.
New York, Jan. Sit has Just been dis
covered that confid .ng capitalists here and
in Europe have been swindled out Of over
81, OOO, 600 by Henry C. Friend, now dead,
and others, through an alleged method Of
refining sugar by electricity.
About four years ago Friend exhibited
samples Of wonderfully pure sugar and
claimed that II had been refined by an
electric process discovered by him. About
. year ago he induced American and
English capitalists to organize
company for the refining OF sugar by
his ..process" and erect factory. He re-
fused to reveal his secret, saying that y
was not patentable, and carried on his
work behind locked doors. Only he and
his wife and few ignorant workmen
were allowed inside.
In the meantime tho stock OF the COM
pany was ..boomed" to s3O0, three times
its par value. Friend then began to un-
load Suddenly he died. The officers
Of the company suspected nothing
wrong until few days ago, when it
was found that Mra Friend and all
who had been connected with the factory
had disappeared, Mrs Friend leaving
word that she had gone to the West
President Cottrell. Treasurer Robertson
and number Of stockholders proceeded
to tho factory and invaded the secret
rooms. Nothing was found but several
machines for crushing cubes Of sugar.
An investigation was at once set on foot
| and il was discovered that not pound OF
raw sugar had been refined in the factory.
Quantities of refined sugar, chiefly cubes,
had been purchased by Friend and pre-
pared in some secret spot with chemical
| liquid which eliminated the ordinary
impurities found in all sugars. The
.'doctored" sugar was thcn carted TO the
factory in bags purporting to contain raw
sugar. The chemical used had crystalized
the cubes to large extent and when they
were broken they had finer appearance
and quality than sugar was ever known tc
possess.
Mrs. Friend and those connected with
| her received large sum Of money in cast
from the company for the process and
q heavy block Of the stock, which
was disposed of, partly in England
and partly here, at price away
beyond its par value. just how
many persons were interested in the
scheme does not seem clear, nor will th'
officers Of the company tell just how mucl
money was paid to them, although the,
admit that, adding the cash and the pro
cceds from the stock together, they mus
have realized . sum approximating ESQ,
OOO
President Cottrell has left the city TO
the purpose OF procuring the arrest o
Mrs. Olive Friend and William E. How
ard.
LONDON, Jan. h-The sensation In BIZ
mingham over the revelations rcgardin
the Electric Sugar Refining Company ha
been increased by alarming cablegram.
J The legal holding of stock Is said to b
H2O. COO One Of the principal stockholdcr
has departed for America to inquire pei
sonally into the matter. The STOCK fc
greatly in Birmingham and Liverpool FIR
| dQv
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10

DURING the last third Of century
one Of the surest indices Of the pros
perity Of the country has been the ac-
tivity In railroad building. Last year
marked the highest point ever reached
in the mileage construction, and 1883
according to the figures compiled by
tho Raitscay Age-now stands sixth in
this respect. The great railroad build
ing years have been 1871, 1879 miles;
1881, 9,796 miles; 1882. 1869 miles;
1886, 5000 miles; 1887, $4,000 miles,
and 1883, 1920 miles. The mileage
this year has been mainly that of
short independent lines
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10

THOMAS A. EDISON, the great cleo
trician, passed the holidays with his
father-in-law, Lewis Miller. of Akron,
.. In an interview with a reporter he
said he was now working on IN invcn-
tion whereby electricity would be pro-
duced direct from coal, dispensing en-
tirely with the boilers. engines, dyna-
mos. etc, now required. Besides, he
said. he would use nearly the entire
heat units OF the coal instead Of only
about five per cent. rs is done by the
present system of burning.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10

Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is said
to be a confirmed invalid from spinal
disease incurred through over-devotion
to tho cause Of nursing. She went
home sick from the Crimea, and her
health was never thereafter re-estab-
lished. She is now approaching her
seventieth year. and is destined to
pass the evening Of her days as a most
favored inmate Of St. Thomas Hospit-
al, London. In that institution, in
1858, was established the Nightingale
Fund of 10000. in commemoration OF
the heroic labor Of that lady in the
Crimean hospitals
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
WILL De HEARD IN TIE SENATE.

Three Nominations That Are Equivalent
to Observation-Disclosures In Michigan.
Colorado and Maine Choose Respectively
James Mem Han, Z. q. WolcOtt and
Willian r. Frye Tor United states SEN
atOga.
DETRorT, Jan. a-The Republicans OF
the Michigan Legislature placed James
Mcmillan, Of Detroit. one Of the wealthiest
manufacturers Of the State, and long .
leader Or Michigan Republicans. in noni-
nation for tho United States Senatorship.
Wednesday, night, to succeed Thomas w.
Palmer. TIE nomination amounts to an
electlou, and has been conceded to Mr.. Nc
Millan
Tho nomination is, Of course. equivalent
to an election, but Mcmillan will not be
| formally elected until the 10Th inst The
Democratic minority will cast Its votes
for Melbourne H. Ford. Of Grand Rapids.
James Mcmillan II 80 years Of agc. Hil
4 father was Scotch Presbyterian. who settled
\ In Hamilton. Ont. In 1884 and died there u
| 1874. leaving . handsome property. Jamei
McMillan was educated In the Hamilton gram
| mar school. After four years spent in bus.
ness - Hamilton he settled In Detroit
where hs began the wonderful Dust
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
WEST AND eourn.


THE Colorado and Nebraska Legislatures
convened on the lst, tho former at Denver
and the latter at Lincoln.
NEAR Marysville, Mo-. boy named
Brady was cutting an apple with . pocket
knife on the I'd when Da Q Robinson ran
against him in play, driving the knife
through Brady's heart and killing him
instantly.
JOHN r. MARTIN, of Washington Mo,
one of the most widely known Republican
roliticisns In the State, was found mur-
derec On the Iron Mountain tracks in st.
Louis on the I'd. He had been robbed Of o
gold watch and all his money.
JOHN HRONEK. found guilty In Chicago
Of having dynamite bombs in his posses
sion, was on the I'd sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary.
WILLIAM GERALDs house at Terre Haute,
Ind, was burned on the ID, and his wife
and little boy were suffocated.
MRs. DIR. J. G. CHINN, the oldest woman
IN Kentucky, died at her home in Lexing-
years
ON the Sd Maurice Thompson, state
Geologist Of Indiana, rendered his resig-
nation.
On the 3d Colonel John Ashford, OF
Clinton, N. c.. was fatally injured and
his two sons and o negro instantly killed
by the explosion Of q boiler in q hoop
factory Of which he was proprietor.
AT Lincoln on the Sd John NJ Thaye-
was inaugurated as Governor Of Nebraska
for his second term. In his address he
urged legislation to guard more carefully
the ballot box and recommended o registry
law.
ON tho Sd Governor Luce was reinaugu-
rated Governor OF Michigan, his address
being largely devoted to the needs OF
State institutions. He spoke Of the neces-
slty OF legislation to protect the ballot,
and recommended the passage Of local
option law ii one could be devised free
from constitutional objections.
The Indiana Mine Inspector filcd his re-
port with the Governor on the Sd, showing
that the output Of coal in the State in 1855