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The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
JOhNSIONN'S BAD LUCK
Fire Threatens To Complete the
Destruction of the STRICKEN
City.
About Thirty Houses Were Destroyed,
Involving e. Loss of Probably
$4,000.
Only the Nccring Of the Wind Saved the
CITY From Almost Total De
StructiOn.

JoHNsTowS, Pa, June 25.-It vas
only due to the direction of the wind
that the remains of Johnstown were not
entirely wiped out by fire. The blaze
began at | o'clock with the First Ward
school house, which stood on the bank
OF Stoney creek. That building stood On
the upper side of the dismal waste, which
the torrent of water swept clear across
the town. Close by the school building.
all jumbled up together, We're about
thirty buildings, some Of them in n good
state of preservation and inhabited.
Next to these houses was a street. the
only one not yet cleared of debris, and
on the opposite side was a wide stretch
OF ground tightly packed with frame
buildings in all manner of deercpit at
of the best preserved buildings III the
in the opposite direction fire would have
destroyed what the flood had lett. AS
il was the fire
Caused "a Vrritable Panic
in the immediate ncighborhood. as it
e1lEc!Optu OUe mouse dlleF anDtlcf III
rapid succession. One OF the abandoned
houses had been u hardware store. and
the explosion of a key of powder in it
sent the burning roof flying in frag-
ments, thus increasing the danger. Men
were put to work smothering the bon
fires that stretched across the open space.
with earth, and i'll this manner cut off
the fires line of communication to the
threatened buildings, whose oc-
cupants were already moving the
remnants of their furniture. Tins bank
ing of the bonfires with earth and the
vecriug of the wind so that the burning
cmbcrs were carried into Stoney creek
ended the danger in this direction. Sn
the other side the fire met no opposition
until it had reached the ruin-packed
street. The militia and Il gang OF labor
er, worked hard at clearing the street
and then tore down a number OF houses
Oh the opposite side. by this time the
streams of water from the fire engines
had their effect and the fire was under
control after burning for two hours, and
twenty-five or thirty houses were in
ashes. The whole population Of the
valley turned IL to watch the conilagra-
ton and so general became the belief
that everything remaining would go up
in smoke that in all directions people
We're loading their effects on wagons
preparatory to fleeing to the hills. The
money loss will be about $50, 900. The
fire was caused by three small boys set.
ting fire to a pile Of rubbish.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
officer. of the A. o. u. w.

OMAHA, June 24.-supreme lodge A.
o.. U. W., in session here, elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Supreme master workman, William R.
Graham, Cedar Falls, Iowa; supreme
foreman, w. Warne Wilson, Detroit;
supreme overseer, j. w. kinsley, Hell.
ena: supreme recorder, NJ. W. Sackett,
Meadyiile, Pa; supreme receiver. John
J. Acker, Albany, n. y; supreme guide.
L. r. Young, Jr., Lexington. KY; SUI
more: supreme medical examiner, DR..
Hugh Doherty, Boston; supreme trust
ecs. H. II. Loon,is, Buffalo, l.. L. Troy,
Chicago, Farren Lotten, Woodstock,
Kan. The place of the next annual
meeting has bsen fixed at Boston, the
third Tuesday Of jude G3l.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

THE FLATHEAD TROUBLES.
An Outbreak Caused bv an Attempt t,
Arrest Indian Niurtiercrs.

An Outbreak Caused bv an Attempt to
Arrest Indian Murtiercrs.
MlssouLA, Mont, June 2G.-An at
tempt to arrest the Indians who muir
dered the bookkeeper of Storekeeper
Demer caused a bloody battle between
Indians and a sheriff's posse neal Jocko,
on the Flathead reservation, Monday, in
which three Indians were killed. The
Indians have been gathering rapidly at
the scene in full war paint and refuse to
give up the murderers. Throe compa.
MES of Montana militia have been called
out and are now encamped near Ravilla.
The Indians are on the mountain sides
in bands near .%.avilla, watching the
movements ol the troops and awaiting
the decision of the council of ohie S. Ii
it =, decided to turn over the murderers
the trouble will end at once. If not the
renegade following of the fugitives from
justice, a small number of worthless In
dams, will have to be overpowered. The
majority of the Flatheads do not sympa-
thiZe with the mutinous Indians.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
& hAYESlspEAp-

The stroke of Paralysis by Which She
Was -attacted Proved to he Fatal.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June ga special
from Fremont, Ohio, says: Mrs. Gen.
Hayes passed the night quietly, growing
gradually weaker, and passed ava at
6:30 a. III. The family, Mrs. Mitchell,
of Columbus, Mrs. Huntington, Miss
Lucy keeier and Mrs. a. Ill. Miller were
at her bedside.
kilograms of coincidence have been re-
President and Mrs. Harrison.
The entire city is in mourning and
flags are at half mas Arrangements
for the funeral have not yet been COM
pleted.
Lucy Ware Hayes wasa daughter of
I)r. Isaac Webb. She was born at Chill
licothe, Ohio, in 1888. Her father. DIR.
Isaac Webb, when quite young. served
in the war of 1872 as a member of the
kentucky Mounted Rihcmen.
Mrs. Hayes we'll known earnestness
of conviction with regard to the subject
OF temperance was inherited from her
maternal grandfather. The inherent
feeling was fostered throughout her
fchcol days, both during the six years of
her education in Delaware and later in
the Wesleyan Female seminary at Gin
c%innati, where she completed her school
course and was graduated.
1t shaped simply and naturally the
ways OF her home life, the manner of
her Inequalities and her custom in So
ciety while she moved through tleul all
as the wife of a private citizen, Il Union
general, a member of congress-, a gov
ernor of her native state and president
of the United States.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

TIE commissioners. at their July
meeting, will he presented with
-Anld's petition Tor five commission
ers. the appointment of the two adj
ditional members being i'm his hands.
All know that this move is not i'm the
interest of the taxpayers and the ON.
missioners should guard we'll the ill.,
tcrestS of the latter. c%onsiatlmg of Il
large majority of the people, against
scheming of Il small minority headed
by Aud. who seek to force two more
officers on the people in order that
their own personal ends may be
served.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

cipal leaders of these mo%untaineers have
worn allegiance to the Northern cause,
and they are now among the escort of
the president. Now not a single place in
any of the three departments of the
North is occupied by the enemy.
Yesterday we had news from Port
au Prince up to the 3lst ult. Further
assertions in the ranks of Legitime's
friends are reported. Anselme Prophite.
legitime's minister of war, who had left
his command in the Nortll-First army
corps-and reported at Port au Prince
before the breaking up of his army, has
resigned and left the country. Gen.
Lai'orest. who was military governor of
Port au Prince. has also left. a new
ministry has been formed. Tie arch
bishop of Port au Prince and other
friends of Legitime called upon him.
begging him to leave the country, so as
to insure peace. lie refused to do So"
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

THERE should be. says the James
town Alert, Il strong Thanksgiving
flavor attached to the renaissance of
Dakota patriotism which is to be cell
ehrated SO auspiciously on the coming
glorious F6urth of July. The shack
les of dependence are fast falling
apart. The new State with us fresh
an enthusiasm and as sturdy q loyalty
as the old colonies had, is ready to
enter the Union. At Bismarck, the
capital, all the leaders of the new
state will he found on this doubly
memorable day. The delegates to
the constitutional convention will be
ready to take their oaths to build lis
q fundamental guide post which will
stand the shock of law and blasts of
sectional strife. The day will be q
great one in Dakota's annals, and it Is
pleasing to hear that the citizens OF
the capital are preparing to hospit'
ably entertain strangers and to LEND
every device possible to the fitting
recognition of the occasion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Union Pacific Employees Win.

OMAHA, Neb., June 21.-The board of
arbitration agreed upon between the
the road rendered a decision in favor of
the employees. They hold that the taking
of the Kansas Central out of the man.
agement of the Union Pacific did not
abrogate the agreement under which the
engineers and firemen were being paid
at that time. Manager Baldwin says
the decision is final and that the a
will be restored, and will date back to
May 10, the time Of the reduction.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

THOMAS CALLAHAN is maghanl'
NOUS. He showed 1t to perfection
last TALL when he gave us That bottle
OF soothing syrup. we uld not need
1T us much as he hoped, So we lald 1t
aside 1or future use. The rectltude
OF Il intentions and the actual re-
suits OF that election have soothed
our feelings ever since. we have
slept the sleep OF the righteous, after
our days OF toll, II dreamed funny
dreams OF a vacant Chair" that,
9ust sasSslna dreams, you
know, always seemed Y when. the
other feiioW wa a0out 70 iflillt. Tom.
aDosAss Miactlon nave speen getting
small py degrees mo- beautifully less
lever since. Ihey seem to he shrlv-
cling up; their bones are getting 50
dry that they rattle as they go; the
spirit o i rye has lost It's genial power
10 cneer theif sous anu since IL
time IL WAS aScefealheo that Il
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Foraker Again Nominated.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June Ex-Governor
Foraker was to-day nominated by the
Republican convention on the second
ballot by reclamation, making the fourth
nomination he has had for governor.
The convention was an enthusiastic one
and Governor Foraker's speech or ac-
ccptance was received with tremendous
cheering. The ticket was completed by
the following nominations:
Urban ii. Hester. clerk of the supreme
court; ID. X. Watson. attorney general;
+. j. Dickman, judge of the supreme
court: William Hahn, member Of the
board of public works: John Hancock,
school commissioner.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
EuLLY 10000 LOST.

After Comparing Notes YOUNGSTOWN Ply
sicians Give That as Their l:stimatc of
the mi of Victims.
JoHSsTowS, Pa, June 2l.-Thc Red
Cross hospital reports four new cases
received. Two are serious cases of
blood poisoning and two typhoid fever.
At a meeting OF the local physicians of
this city the sanitary and general condi-
tion of health in the flooded district was
under consideration. The physicians
also compared notes as to the number of
lives lost in the flood. All agreed that
the dead number at least 10000. These
resident physicians have probably had a
Il better opportunity for judging the loss
of life than any other person here.
Their judgment on this subject is ac-
centel with confidence.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

TIE Sonth Dakota constitution di-
vides the state into representative dis
tricts which in all but two cases con-
sists of but II county. II is well to
consider this matter and have it
under.st, oil before the convention
meets. Shall we elect Il representa-
tives from districts of several count
les. or shall we give each organized
county. nc or more representatives,!
III in large districts, the counties of
small population are almost certain
to be without representation while
the more settled counties will have
the lions share. But if every county
has ut least one member of the lower
house. the intrest of all sections will
be cared for. We are in favor of
making each organized county Il repre-
sentative Observation-Disclosures Settler.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Want = ,04O,o 600 From Blainc ct al

RICHMOND, Va, June 25.-In the
chancery court Watkins, Campbell &
Co., for themselves and other creditors
of the Richmond and Allegheny railroad
company, entered suit against Hon.
James q. Blaine and other stockholders
of the Richmond and Allegheny railroad
company. The object OF the suit is to
recover for the defendants, who are or
were stockholders of the Richmond and
Allegheny railroad company. their pro
rata shares of 81, $40, 900 actually paidin,
as shown by the sworn statement CT
Secretary Z. r. Eland.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

EN-TEERIToRIAL TREASURER RAY
MoND. % president of the National
Bank of Commerce. Minneapolis. is
authority for the statement that
among momled men North Dakota is
now being discussed more than for
years previous and crop reports closely
watched. which means that good
crops this year will bring new life
and renewed prosperity to the whole
TERRITORY.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
TWO NOTABLE aANGINGs.

Red Nos"d Mike Executed at Wilke
barre, Pa.-Mrs. Nhitcling, the Pois-
oner, Also Strung Up.
WlLEsBARRE, Pa, June 26.-Red Nose
Mike was hanged at 10 o'clock. There
was nothing of a sensational nature in
connection with the execution. The
body was cut down at 10:lS a. 10.
y Wholesale Prisoner Executed.
PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-Mrs. White
ling. who poisoned her husband and two
children, IA executed Tuesday morn
ing. The drop fell at 1907.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Alinncsota swamp Lnnh.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 26.-State Aud.
itor Braden and Assistant Attor.
ney General Child have returned
from Washington. D. c., where they
have been supporting the claim of the
state to the ownership of all swamp
land. Capt. Braden is doubtful Of the
result OF t'eir visit. but MIR. Child is
confident the state will maintain its 20
sition--that is, the right to claim swamp
land upon the field notes of government
surveyors, and prohibiting any outside
pegsup to enter Chains.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Bit OH the Gold Brick swindlc.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-An Eng
lishmen named S. c. Coombs has lost
$4,000 by the old gold brick swindle.
The trick was very cleyerly played by
the sharper, who figured as a farmer and
his confederate as an Indian. The swim
oilers played the same trick zeal Los
Angeles last winter. when they sold an
other brass brick for Sl.5uO.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
An Extra session in Rhode ISLAND.

PROVIDENCE, r. L., June 27.-Govern-
or Ladd says that an extra session of the
general assembly will be called to revise
the statutes regulating the liquor trade.
He will count the votes cast at Thurs
days election a. oon as possible and
proclaim the result at once. He will
also appoint a new chief Of state police
as soon as a satisfactory examination of
the candidate a be concluded.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Russia.s Latest OCCUPANCY.

SHANGHAI, June 2I.-Russia has oc.
rupied Deer island, Off the coast of Corea,
proposing to use it as Il coaling station
and general naval depot. A Russian
man-of-war is now stationed at
the entrance to the harbor and
no n is allowed either to land on
the island or to leave it without a per-
nit from the admiral in command.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

has not yet been determined upon.
Simon Cameron was the poorest of
poor boys. He learned the printing
trade, and wandered to Washington.
where he put into type congressional
debate in 1921, "by the light of a tallow
candle" as he himself says. He worked
twelve hours a day and got $40 a
week pay. But he had a liking for
presidents even then, and though only a
Jour printer, while in Washington he
made the acquaintance of President
Monroe, and lie has known personally
every president since. AT the age of ii
he was elected public printer of Pennsyl-
vania. Before that. however, he had
been a newspaper editor. lie went with
the governor of Pennsylvania to meet
Gen. Lafayette in 1895. Besides the
other irons lie had in the fire, he began
to take contracts for canal building. he
got his start in life from a canal from
Lake Ponchartrain to New Orleans.
President jackson was about to be re
nominated, but he wished to defeat John
Z. Calhoun for vice president. This he
did by calling a national nominating
convention. the first ever held il the
United States. Cameron was a delegate
to that first convention. There were
only four states more thar the, original
thirteen then.
For sixty years Gen. Simon Cameron
has practically carried the politics of
Pennsylvania in his pocket. In a mon
archy of the old time he would have
been a maker of kings. He has been.
IN fact, Il maker of presidents. He made
possible the nomination of Van Buren,
for the vice-president i'll Jackson's time,
he made Buchanan senator from Penn
sylvania. he turned over the Pennsylva-
MIA votes to Lincoln in 1860, in the con-
vention, and nominated him. and again,
in 1864, he came home from Russia to
renominate Lincoln.
On the formation of the Republican
party. in 1856, Cameron joined it. lie
has worked for it with enthusiasm ever
since. lie succeeded Buchanan as SEN
ator from Pennsylvania. When Lincoln
became president he became a member
of his %cabinent, but soon resigned to ac-
cept the position of minister to Russia.
He returned before the end of President
Lincoln's first term, and was his chief
organizer in the second campaign.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

Attorney General Nickeus, Of North
Dakota, has decided that the counties of
Burleish and Morton can legally tax the
bridge which spans the Missouri river
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

NEW YORK, June 2G.-A Paris cable of
The World gives particulars of the elop.
ment of George Hitchcock, secretary Of
the American art jury at the Paris ex-
position, and Miss Agnes O'Halloran, of
st. Paul, one of his former pupils. and
an artist of considerable note. Hitch
cock left a charming wife, to whom he
was married eight years ago.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Northwe,t pctrolcnm Sur;uu

FIELD, N. w. T., June 27.-William
Carlin has returned from a trip to the
newly discovered petroleum springs.
There are seventy-one different springs
OF petroleum within a radius Of 500
acres, and indications are that the quail
ity is first-class, analysis having shown
springs are near the Crows Nest pass.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
SEVENTY LIVES LOST.

Terriilc Cyclone III Cuba Great DaMAg
Done to Property.
HAVANA, June 25.-Reports regarding
the damage done by the recent storm
continue to come in. Batoclana, on the
southern side, just opposite Havana, was
flooded, the principal streets being mum
dated to Il depth OF three feet.
a number of houses We're blown down
i'll the suburbs of Havana. Four people
We're killed at Ell Nelardo and two others
at Cerro. 1t is now thought that over
seventy people were killed during the
r~yc1opn
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

The committee consisting of Governor
MeIictte, Gen. Pcase, Maj. Diggs and
Hon. "A. Is. Crossticld have left for
W ashinyton i'll the interest of having
the Slsscton and Wahreton Indian res
eryatipn Onenel.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
OUR GERMAN MINISTER,
William Walter Phelps Ap.
pointed to That Position
by the President.
Governor Foraker Receives His
Fourth Nomination at the Hands
of Ohio Republicans.
Only Two Ballots Necessary to Scatter
the Opposition-Balance of the
State Ticket.

WASHINGTON, June 27.-The president
has appointed William Walter Phelps, of
New Jersey, minister to Germany. Mr..
Phelps will qualify at once, but it is
probable that he will remain in this
country for some time arranging his
affairs preparatory to leaving for Ber-
lin
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Dakota White Caps Acuuittc.,.

REDFlELD, S. d., June 2l.-The cele-
grated trial of White Caps was brought
to a termination Saturday by a verdit of
the jury for acquittal The Jury STAYED
out all night, decision hanging fire on
two holding for conviction. This pract-
ically annuls other indictments against
them for arson and threats.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
LATEST MARKET PRICES,
st. Paul Union stock Yards.

Hogs-Lisht, sl.15G4.s5; mixed, s4.1o@4.so;
heavy, SI.C5@4a5.
Cattle-Gooi to choice ripe corn fed steers,
S3.5Oipi.oo: good to choice fat native steers, $3.50
G3.S3; do cows. s2G3.5i; common COWS and mix
cd, s1.e@a5O; bulls. Sl.co0a.5O so; stockers, S1.6o-
@.2.GO; feeders. sa.3o13.0o: calves, S203.so.
S~heep-Good to choice shearling muttons, 81. 50
OARS; fair to good, S3.OOl3S5: lambs, S3.5oM
a N
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
FOR KILLING cooMgs.
The Beckman and Peterson Trial Begun
nj Rochester. Mimi.

at Rochester, Mimi.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, June 26.-The in
terest there is in the asylum case exhib-
tied itself at the time set for the
beginning of the trial of August Beck
mar and Ed. Peterson for the murder of
Taylor Combs, the insane patient. in the
large number of people who went to the
court house. The prisoners did not
show any nervousness by their actions.
A jury was soon secured. and the trial
began by the examination of DR.. Bowers
and Coroner Morse. Nothing was de-
v.!oped by the testimony beyond what
has already been published.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

CHAIRMAN ALLEN has called Il
meeting of the republican cen.
trail committee. for July 18th, those
in North Dakota to assemble at Bis
marck and the South Dakota members
at Sioux Falls.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

THE death of Mrs. Il. Il. Hayes
takes away one of the foremost ladies
of this country. In every thing that
was good, noble and ~elcNating, Mrs.
Hayes was Il consistent worker and
she will he remembered for the good
she has done.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Bad Timber Fires.

HELENA. Mont, June 25.-Disastrous
timbe. fires are reported west OF here on
the Northern Pacific railroad. The
bridge over Clarks Fork, COO feet long.
has been destroyed. Tie fires caused
delay to trains and much damage to
property.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
DIRE DISASTERS.

Fifty Persons Poisoned by Drinking Pic
mic Lemonade Made of Tartaric Acid.
MONTREAL, Que, June 26.--Fitty per-
sons have been poisoned at Weston at a
picnic. A druggist had sold sugar of
lead instead of tartaric acid for making
lemonade. Fifteen are reported to be
dying. The others are considered out OF
danger. The druggist has disappeared
to evade arrest.
y crowd has started after Alexander
with the openly avowed intention of
capturing and lynching him.
Seventy Miners Entombcd.
SYDNEY, n. S. W., June 2I.-Bv the
caving in of amineat Newcastle seventy
miners have been entombed. Every
effort is being made to rescue them but
it is doubtful that their lives can be
saved.
Part Of the Crew Lost.
BRISBANE, Queensland. June 24.-The
American bark Brazos, Capt. Edgett,
from Newcastle, N. S. W., for Hong
Kong. has been wrecked 800 miles from
Sandy Cupo. Part Of the crew were
saved. The remainder are missing.
Thirty Buildings Burned.
T~oklLAND, OTe., June s4.-tlre broke
out Saturday in Vancouver, b. c., and in
less than two hours swept over nearly
four blocks in the business portion Of
the town. These blocks, fortunately,
were covered with small frame build
ings, and the loss will probably not reach
$4,000. Thirty buildings were burned.
Two Iowa Boys Drowned.
/ Dies MONIES, To-, June 21.-Two boys.
George and Freddie Sinskey. aged res.
pectively twelve and twenty years, were
drowned in the Des Moines river. Fred.
die lost his life while seeking to a
his brother. Georges body was re-
covered.
John NJ. Galloway, United States land
commissioner at Guthrie, Okla, charged
With aiding land prahhprs. has been re.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Wait Till After Election

HARTFORD, Conn, June 24.-uov.
Bulkeley will withhold his signature
from the high license bill on the ground
that with u prohibitory amendment
pending it is better to await the result OF
that election before changing the liquor
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
THE o
john +. Ecgs,, of Camp No. 20. Und'

john f. Ecgss, of Camp No. 20, Under
Arrest.
CHICAGO. June 26.-John i. Beggs,
senior guardian of Camp No. 90, Clam
na.Gael, is under arrest. An anony-
nous letter received by Chief Hubbard a
few days ago said that Beggs could tell
the names of the committee designated
by Camp 90 to remove DR.. Cronin.
Beggs' replies before the grand jury
failed to throw any light on the subject.
Burke ~EXtraditiou Case.
WINNIPEG, June 2G.-The Burke ex-
tradition case was resumed to-day. Sew
eral witnesses We're examined and the
case was adi ourned until Tuesday to
The arrival of extradition papers
from WASHINGTON.