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Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
UNCLE sAm,s OLDEST SERVANT.

Captain Isaac Bassett, the Veteran BoorkeePer of the United States Senate.
 Washington Special to the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l Captain Bassett, the veteran doorkeeper of the United States Senate, is the oldest officer in the public service. He and his good wife celebrated to night the fftieth anniversary of their wedding. Captain Isaac Bassett Is l the oldest officer in continuous service in the | employ of the government. He is sixty 1 nine years of age, and has spent ffty-seven ! of those years in the employ of the Senate. 1 He entered the service of that body as a page, receiving his first appointment upon | the recommendation of Daniel Webster. His figure is better known in ths Senate | chamber than that of any other individual. He is hale and hearty man, erect as an In- dian and as active as many men who have not half his years. He rarely misses 8 ses- l sion. He is the first to enter the chamber
 every day and the last to leave. The desks
 and chairs are religiously guarded by him. He knows the history of each and can tell who have occupied each particular chair and
 desk for the past half century. He will not,
 however, impart this information to any one. He has private marks on the desks and
 chairs that are registered in a book into
 whose pages none are permitted to look. 1 Whether the captain will permit this knowl- edge to be communicated to those who may follow him is uncertain. The vandal relic hunter is what horrifes the captain. He
 would prefer to see the desks of Class, Gal. houn, Clay, Webster and other great states
 men who have preceded and followed them
 burned in the Capitol Park rather than mu-
 tilated in the chamber. These desks are
 built of the best mahogany and of uniform l pattern. Every desk made for the Senate ! since the establishment of the seat of gov.
 ernment at Washington is still performing
 service. The same is true of most of the
 chairs. few of the latter were broker
 down with heavy service, and, as they wer, the veteran Bassett. The ponderous Dayit , special chair made for Davis, but the bis , Senator would sometimes, in wandering about the chamber, seat himself in felloV Senator's chair. After he had crushed
 through one of these and was forced to 'as
 sumo the floor" in very undignifed man ner, he was particularly careful about depos iting himself, and looked we'll to the strengt l of the chair before sitting down. Captai : Bassett's place is at the left of the presidin
 officer. and he is always there. When com munications are presented from the Hous or from the President, the clerk of the for t mer or the secretary of the latter are for @ mally introduced to the presiding officer z the deorkeeper. This is a duty which CaI IL tain Bassett reserves for himself, and thor e sands who have from time to time visite e the Senate galleries will doubtless recall tn
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
Cut Hates in Cremation.


 The price of cremation, notwithstanding the cold weather, has been reduced at the Chelten Hill cremstory to twenty-sight dollars per body. That is the present mar ket value of one share of stock. One share of stock is accepted in exchange for one cremation. The original price was fifty dollars. That was in May, when the cre- matory began operations. Since then twen- ty bodies have been crematsd. One thou- sand dollars has been taken in. The Phil adelphia crematory ia the biggest in the world. President Trautmann receives cor respondence regarding it from all foreign countries. There are two retorts. Twenty bodies could bs cremated in a day. Ten hours are required to bring the furnace to the necessary heat. In two hours the body is three pounds of snow white ashes. In the upper story of the building are inches for depositing urns containing the ashes of the departed, should 1t be desired to leave them there. There are now two urns at the crematory. They contain the ashes of two Of the first bodies operated upon. They are surrounded by imitation flowers and white satin plaitings. On the glass door are photographs of the deceased, with their narnes inscribed beneath.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
Wednesday, January 9, 1889.
AN 1NTEREsTING DROIsTOn.

That is an interesting and important case which has just been decided in New York by Judge Beach of the Supreme court. In Feb ruary last John McGuire suddenly died at one of the meetings of the Anti-Poverty so- ciety. He had espoused the cause of Dr.
 McGlynn. An attempt was made to place the body in 8 lot belonging to his family in
 Calvary cemetery, but the authorities refused
 to allow it, maintaining that McGuire had
 not died in full communion with the Roman
 Catholic church. The body WAS temporarily
 deposited in a vault at Greenwood cemetery
 An action was brought for an injunction re-
 strainfng the trustees from interfering with
 the burial and for $1 ,0e0 damages.
 In passing upon the complaint Judge Beach said the case does not differ materially from the Coppers case, where the court said: "Where party applies for a burial plot at the office of distinctly Roman Catholic cemetery it is with the taeit understanding that he is either Roman Catholic, and as such eligible to burial, or at least that he ap- plies on behalf of those who are in commun- ion with the church." The judge said that when John Mcclure bought the lot he ac- quired the right of interment ''subject to the condition that, for whoever exercised, the person must have died in communion with the Roman Catholic Church." In conclusion he said that the case is one for decision by the empowered authorities of the Church, and continued: There is no injustice done by ! remission to such forum, because the claim of membership in the faith necessarily eub- jects the claimant to the jurisdiction of ec- clesiastical authority. It was shown on the I trial that decision upon the right to ecclesi. \ astical burial in this instance had been made | by the Ordinary of the Diocese, who is the controlling local authority. In my opinion ! the court should not and will not review that
 or any decision upon matters of faith, disei- l pline or doctrine. Whatever relief there may
 be must come by appeal to the higher churck
 authority, provided by the indiotory pro
 cedure of the Church.
 This is the decision which might have beer | expected. No court can decide whether ] man has or has not died without the pale ot ! the Church. The Roman Catholic Churct
 may impose the condition that no one shal
 be buried in conseorated ground who has not
 died Catholic in good standing. Whoever buys lot buys subject to the conditions
 on which it is sold. Whoever violates an es
 sential condition forfeits his right to burial
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09

The plan to give the members of the lower house of Congress private secretaries is in- teresting. The senators already have them. The cost of supplying the members of the house with them is estimated at $S75, 1000.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09

tall and erect figure of the gray haired man who stood under the clock at the south or main entrance to the Senate chamber, and who, lowing with genufection that marks the devotee, exclaimed in loud tone: "A message from the President of the United States D
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09

The wealth of the Vanderbilt family now amounts to $274, ,000,000 and the estimated income from this per snnum is set ct $13,- s64, 400. If there were not things that money cannot buy they might be very happy.
 Arkansas is also thinking about ballot form. It is needed there as much as any, where, but, besides the Australian ballot sys. tenn, something is needed that will prevent bands of armed men from taking possession of the ballot boxes and filling them with votes to suit themselves or destroying them. Such things were done at the last election.
 The annual report of the Massachusetts State board of lunacy and charity contains 8 mournful statement to the effect that there is a rapid increase of insanity in Massachusetts. tho number of the insane under the supervi- sion or care of the board having increased GO per cent. during the last ten years, although the gain in the population of the State in the same period has not exceeded 20 per cent. Iu other words. on this showing, the rate of in- crease in insanity is more than twice as great as the rate of increase in population.
 The Tammany members of the New York ! board of aldermen understand their business. They met in caucus at the wigwam to parcel | decided, after lots were shaken up in hat to distribute their appointments as follows Five $1, 200 clerkships, one each to Alder men Butler, Gilligan, Nooman, Shea and Storm; five $1 ,000 places, one each to Alder men Barry, Dowd, Flynn, Fitzsimmons and Walker; three $500 positions, divided among Aldermen Diyver, Gunther and Rinckhof sergeant-at-arms, $900, to Alderman Sulli van, and the librarian. $1,000, to Alderman Dowd. This is an interesting specimen O municipal government.
 Some one has been overhauling the oIt New England account books and tax list
 and has found some interesting entries. Il
 1915 Congress, to provide additional rev
 enues, imposed @ tax of $6,O00, ,00O on tn
 country, of which $632, ,541 fell on Nassa
 chusetts. of which Maine was then part
 Lands, buildings, slaves, household furni
 ture, plate, pictures, clocks and watche
 were taxed. For every gold watch kept fo
 use $2 duty was paid, and for every silve
 one $1. The lists for Hancock county, the , including PenobscoS, Piscataquis and par of Waldo, show that only ten persons in tn whole district owned furniture of value ez ceeding $200. Twelve gold watches we1 owned in the district and 2s9 silver ones. The process of photographing rifle bullet
 in motion, by means of the electric ligh = presents some remarkable phenomena, judi . ing from the experiments made by Mael :, the Austrian chemist. In this operation = plan is to illunine the bullet by letting
 break an electric current formed, but u
 velocity of the bullet must exceed that |. sound, in order that the conditions of u
 air before and behind the projectile can
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
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Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
h>f6LHIlauanms.
MEH1SS. A Booming Sale
 ON A SLAUGHTERED STOCK, OUR BIG RED LETTER SALE
 NOW IN ITS GLORY. Old Prices in Black.
 New Prices i'm Red,

Tho widest kind ofenihusfasm prevails among the hundreds of eager, astOnished buyers as they Counters. We've done Sensa- tiOnRl things with Clothing Prl. ces before, but this Great Red Letter Reduction Sale ecIipScs all former efforts; and If some Red Letter Sales are Redder than others, this will be the Red dcst of the century. A Verftablc Harvest for bargain seekers. Where else do yOu get these prices:
 $4 Vermont Gray Listers, reduced from $10. $5 Blue Chinchilla Overcoats, e S1O. $S Kersey, Chinchilla and Beaver Overcoats, reduced from $16. $7 All Wool "Victory" Cassimere Suits, re. duced from $14.
 $9 All Wool Fancy Csssimere Suits, reduced from $15.
 | $9 All Wool Scotch Cassimere Suits, reduced from $16.
 $1 All Wool Mems Pants, reduced from $2. 50 $2.50 All Wool Mems Pants, Scotch Cassi-
 mere, reduced from $5. ! g Children's Suits, reduced from $4
 25c Children's Knee Pants, reduced from 75c soc '' :" !" |" |" $1
 Cardigan Jackets, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, etc., etc. Prices cut ns deeply as on Clothing.
 It will be absolutely the occasion of the year to buy cheaply. We expect to make no money. We simply propose to get an extra ordinary stock turned into Cash at once. Let the losses be what they may, the old fig ures are cancelled. The neu prices in Red on same ticket. The difference you'll save; and it will be Worth Saving. We would ad- wise customers not to procrastinate, as these Enormous Reductions are making a short shift with some lots. No discounts from these reduced prices
 BOSTON CLOTHING co,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
EDITORIAL rOTES.

This is a pleasant winter for all except the coal companies. They may feel obliged to raise the price of coal so as to make up for what they don't sell.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09

The wealth of the Vanderbilt family now amounts to $274, ,OO0, 900, and the estimated income from this per snnum is set ct $13,- s64, 400 If there were not things that money cannot buy they might be very happy
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-09
9rp 8uuds. Howe & StGtSOl Mark-DOWl January Sale A GREAT SUCCESS, For the Second Week i'm the
 Month we Offer EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS.
Cotton Underwear.

h this department we call attention to Corset Covers at 121Eo and 25c each. Drawers at 25c, Ssc and 500 per pair. Chemises at 25c, 3Sc and 50c each. Night Robes, all sizes, at soc and 65c each.
 These garments are well made, from good quality of Muslin, and will sell at sight.
 Job lot, just received, Cents Lined Gloves at 75c and $1.00 per pair; regular prices $1 .25 to $1.75.
 Gents Japanese Silk Hemstitched Handker- chiefs, fancy borders, at 25c each; the wholesale price is $4.75 dozen. 25 dozen Gents Teck Scarfs at 25c each; this quality we never retailed at less than 5Oc
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02
1toIanoet.

S &om Tal opreiies ct Monuz
ment til Mtnoe ON 8apens perSli9e
Ma9t.
- 9r. 5ritbiof 9eanien forbere=
oer en- np @rpnlanoserpeoition. s
@n9lano ct Der auereoe iubfriberet
10000 Buno Sterlin9 til Goretagenz
bet, os mere tan ban faa ON bebbpes.
- @5aren opboloer fig fremoeleS
/ &isbenbaon. &eiiermpoet &ots.
bam r1aatte noiettes, foroi ben rugs
iilfe &eiierinoe baobe faaet 5ortf1>
lelfe. Sfplse "9fatioAal 8eitune"
oil @6aren TONNE til 8otsbam ben
9oe DIT. Mpoet ontaoes lite at billie
faa noseniombelit 8etDonine for
5orboloet me0em be to &ei{erobm=
mer.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02

r5unobebspennen" Ct uetommet
meb fplgeuoe Snbbolo: @ennelfets
tpiiite 2ip, Merinssueroien / 5rust,
st emil, @itroner, 11lpffestilfelbe,
@porfor sraoner @aaret?, Milten,
@alttiloer, Om at goa op ao Erap>
per, &befor9iftnin9, Eptus, Sloelu9<
tenoe @ueb, Tanfefur=&ilbtarelien,
8rofbino, @test Mao, MsIes' &iloer
(iQ.), @rpnlanosfarerne, Dloio9er
| ben npe &eroen (iu.), Mob 9obat,
&otalafbolosmenoenes Gortrop,
@lettriciteten, Miooel MOB 5ilipens
fer, Miooel mob &rompe. Moo Baf=
terrier, &interfleoer. 8ris aarli9
soc. Nor.: 26 & % college @lace,
@bicaso, SQ.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02

&i bnifer N9enter for ben nDe nor
tie Somiliebibel, bet sam1e e9 bet
npe 2eitamente fuloftenbi9t, lmutt
illuitreret, elegant inobunoet os inbe=
boloenoe manse@ienoommelisbeoe af
Snteresie for enbuer Onber al ben
bellise etrift. Set er ben meit ele>
sante s5amilie: 8ibel, 1om no9eniinbe
bar iol9t / bette 2anb.
Man bpr iifre fig Nsentltabet nu
o9 besDnoe at ta9e Ororer. M9enter
anto9es paa liberale Betin9eller.
Nmerican Commercial Hublilbina
Co., SO 9eorborn Str.
Chicago, SQ.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02
&ergus 6al1s @geb1aa
uotommer bper Onsbag.
a. Soleut, l1o9iber.
@nbifrtptton8pri8 $3.50 for Mar, betalt
/ Torffa6, eller8 $500.
FERGUS FALLS UGEBLAD.,
The only Norwegian newspaper in
northwestern Minnesota.
A. SoLEM, Publisher.
Entered at the post office at Fer
gus Falls as second class matter.

os $. S. Bradbury, @efreter. &eo
fortfatte unoeriesel1er opbasebes, at
De fannie Herioner bar forbunone
meo GrinitD l1niperlitetet Of Benz
ntn9ton, ifi6nt unoer andre 9eopne.
Braoburp breo o9iaa en ubItraft
5orretnin9 / 2otpeq unber Gapn af
9r Sreelano. 9iSie perIoner bar
fprt en- ubitratt &orreiponoance; nu
neo man, at bet bar aft iammen be-
ret en- itorartet ipitematilf @pinbel.
Nutboriteterne bat MI bespnot I'M
beribselier, o9 bet er ianoDnliat, at
Der blipersrDooet 9runoi9 op.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02

2anofarter tiliulss ! l1eeblaoets
&ontor: @tort &erbensfart meb &art
ooer 6orenebe @tater paa 8aoiioen,
50. &art ooer Nfinnelota inobelt
3otpnibtpS meb 5ortegnelle oper ale
&ofbuie / Staten, 81. &art ouer
9afota paaf(ebet paa 2erreb, Spo,
os gtoro=9afota bper for fig, 81.
Nqe bisie Starter forIpnebe meo
@toffe ferbi9e til at blipe ppben9te
paa &essen. &artene er netop an
TONNE fra @bica9o.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02
9afota.

Gn @beriff orreferet. @ranb
Sorts "a @ept. Sberiff 8aulsruo
fra &olt @ountp reite til Grafton
os tos en- pantiat SET % braste bib.
@beriff Olion fra &alib @ountp te.
lesraterebe til &olitimeferen berhebS
ON at arrefere @aulsrub, builtet
ogiaa bleu eiort. Strats efter Tom
Slion os tos Sberiff 8aulsruo meb
fig til Grafton.
= @nbnu etpar 9a9e fbr &al9et,
iom foresit isaar,. bleu bet inorpm>
met fra oemofratiit @ioe, at uofal=
bet af &alset Spb:9afota piloe
bliue, at ben republ,fanite @tats=
tidet piloe blipe palst meo fra 5000
til $4,000 Bluralitet.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02
8iuist sano.

Gre Seftioner meo uomarfet Sor=
min9slano 5 Mile / norb for &etb=
Jap, 8ilfin County, Winn., fel9es
til $3.50 pr. Ncre, meo 5000 &on=
tant pr. 100 Ncres. &elten lette
&ilfdar meb Z @rocent &ente. Man
benuenoe fig itriftlia eller munotlig
til s.. 8. @birlep, &otbfap, Wtinx.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02

9: formober, Sc lite fplber noset
for 8laoet, men bet er oui9epel bebft
at unoeriese peb &ielp af Mertes
Happen. -
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02

@n ameritanf &onsres lamles iba9
/ @a1bin9ton, buortil mpoer l1oienz
binse fra be foritie1ise 2anbe i
Norb=o9 @bb>Mmerita. Det bill biz
be me9et betDonin9sfuloe @pgr9sz
maal, iom ber ital forbanoles: Inta.
9elie af ct felles Mpnt<, Maal=os
&e9tipiem ooer belle ben peitlise
9alnfu9le. Dprettelien of en- &olb>
9iftsret til at tpmme / optommenbe
mellemfatlise Strios1pbresmaal os
Sitanobriueelieu af en- &ouoelsunion
mellem Staterne Moros, ,Spbso9
MeQem. .Mmerifa.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-10-02


meqem Staterne goro:, ,Spo=os
Melem= =Mmerifa.
Set en9elite @pross nbbrebelie.
S Bespnoe1ien af 'inbeperenoe Iar:
bunbrebeua ber ct runot 1al 224
Million @ennefer. iom talte bet en-
9elfe Gpro9. Sc boeoe bopeb1aee=
lisi @nelano. Ser par blot nosle
faa MiQioner 9lmerita. 5ranF
blep paa ben iamme Eio talt al 314
@iqion os Epit af 80 MiQioner.
@usft taltes af neiteu 81 Milliouer
% Spanit af noset ouer 26 @illio<
ner. 9isie fire @pros, 5ranit, Epif,
@panf os &usif par faalebes noe,
fen 1ise ferte meb 9enipn til 4ntal=
let af benz, iom talte benz. os be par
aQe / oenne 3enieenbe lanst foran
Gnselif. Stalieu!f nanebe op til tire
Gierbebele os Yortu9iitf til tire Dt=
tenbele / Stprte fammenlianet meo
bet en9elfe.
Mf be 161. 100000, fom antaees
at baue brust bisie ipu @pros /
1901, oar be engeliftolenbe minore
enb l3 &rocent, meoens @panierne
bar 16, 9pferne 1874, 9fusierne
1879 os Tranifmenbene 1916 @ro>
cent. 9isie famine Sproe tales M
af omtrins 400 Millioner Mennelter,
af builte be en9elftalenee ubsjpr ct
Mntal af 1875 Mil1ioner. Sra 13
@rocent bar Gntal1et potiet til 81
&rocent. 5ranF tales MI of so
Miqioner MenneFe1, SPIT af ON,
firing 70 millioner, @panif af noset
ouer 40 Miuioner, 9tusiit af om>
firing 70 Millioner, Stalient af omz
firing 80 Mi0ioner oe &ortueifif Of
maaite 13 MiQioner.
Set en9elite @pros bar uunbet ct
operoroentlistG Goriprans for iineMeb,
beilere. Set bruses af nefen bob>
belt iaa mango Mennefer iom noeet
af be andre. O9 bets relatipe @etf
pil tDbelisuis peoblipe. 9perten
5ranf eqer Epit bar npe @tretninger
at inbtage, meoens@nself taser / Be-
iiooelie sforo=Nmerita os nefen bele
Muitralia. Bare 9forb<Imerita pil
inort bape 100 Millioner ensell lfta=
lenoe Subbpssere. Ser er 40 Milz
lioner / Storbritanien % Srlano.
Iuitralia pil ON 'en Mennelfealoer
BABE liaeiaamanse enselftalenbe
Snobpggere, iom England MI bar.
S @pbsIfrita pil ber banne fig en-
ansel> ioriF @epublit meo mango
Mi1ioner Snbbpssete. Set eneel=
tie Sprog bar en- merfperbig Jrem.
gang Snoien os pil tilfiba fortren>
sc ben inofsote Befoltninss taubie
9ia1etter. s Sapan er bet paa Ea>
1e at inbfgre bet enselite @proa. S
@sppten bar bet ensellte 3erre<
osmme fortrenst bet frantic @pros,
os siennem belle Drienten er Der en-
pofienbe Sper efter at 1ere bet fom>
menbe @prog. Stanoinaperne, bpis
@pros er iua nnrbe ilestet meb @nz
self, lerer bette meset 9ierne, % bet
bar en- fremrasenbe @labs / Stolerne
/ 9forge. ON en- Menneifealoe ber>
efter pil &ienbFabet til @nself pere
alminoelig uobreot paa ben itanbina=
piite @alp9.
(rMinneapolis Eribune.")
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-05
New York Prohibition Convention.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Sept 4.-The Pro-
hibition state convention opened at
Shakespeare hall this morning. There is
a fair attendance of delegates, but not
as many as were present at the Prohibi-
ton convention held here a year ago.
Many ladies are present as delegates.
Professor a. A Hopkins of Rochester
was chosen temporary chairman. In the
course of his speech he said the Demo-
cratic party was as much a liquor party
as ii ever was, and the Republican party
more so. The usual committees were
appointed, and a recess till 2 o 'clock
was taken.
When the convention reassembIed per-
manent organization was made with A.
A. Hopkins of Rochester, president.
The committee on finance reported
that there was a deficiency of $4,000 last
fall, several counties having failed in
their contributions. Six thousand dol
lars were needed to paw deficiencies and
meet expenses of the coming campaign.
This would help to destov the liquor
traffic. An effort to raise the amount
was then made, and in a short time
S5087 was pledged by those present.
A telegram from Gen. Clinton B. Fisk
of New Jersey was read to the conven-
ton amid much applause.
After the appointment of a state COM
mlttee the business session was adjourned
until tomorrow morning.