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NEWS FROM JAPAN.
Terrible Loss by FloOsls-Fatal Result ar ~
Practical Joke.

Terrible Loss by FlOOsls-Fatal Result of
Practical Joke.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2.-Japancse
papers state that complete returns from
the prefecture Of China show ts5 people
were drowned and 121 injured during the
floods OF September IL. Over u thousand
houses were swept away, and thousands OF
acres Of crops were destroyed.
In "a review of the calamites caused 10y
floods during the year 1889, the Japan
Mail says: Incomplete returns show that
II perfecttIrcs have been teviistesi, 2,41g
people killed, 155 wounded, over 5000
people deprived of means of subsistence.
more than $1,000 houses swept away
submerged, 15O.UO acres of crops de-
stroyetl, 6.OOO bridges washed away and
some hundreds of miles of road broken
up.
In the province of klanRsu near n tenn
pie is a boys school. While the teacher
was called away one day all the boys ex-
cept one left with the intention of playing
a Joke on the teacher and hid i'm the empty
collins that were in the temple. The one
who was to act sentinel had hardly
closed down the lids over five of the boys
when the schoolmaster ap Dearetl. 1n
answer to the latter's questions the hoy
said his companions had gone to heaven,
their bodies being now in the collins. The
teacher being afraid the joke might be
CARRIED too far raised the lids of the cof-
fins and fobnd that i'm reality all five OF
the boys had died from suffocation. The
sixth boy being now so thoroughly scared
started To run. when the teacher overlook
him and whipped him to death.
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The eMPeRoR.s SPEECH.

what Ne Ma - susss.s ts tho Heschssag
-nishesry 0sasere~ Discussed.
BERLIN, Oct. &.-The Reichstag opened
to-day. Won Boetticher. vice-prrsitient Of
the Prsssian ministry, read the emperor's
speech from the throne. The asisiress
says: The active attention of the present
reichsta9 has been especially directed To
securing peace abroad aud at home, and
the tasks Of the forthcoming scssion will
be i'm the same dircction. When the
reichsta9 met i'm 1877, the foremost object
was the consolidation of the defensive
powers Of the fatierland. The rrichstag,
%n.ion. % % applied isseis "R shers,o. % Your % % co-
operation tn this end will again bc claimed
army. Its readiness for action i'm accord
ancc with whatever circumstances may
arise, will hereby inpart tn the efforts 81
the emperor and his exalted allies for the
preservation OF peace. "a weight which is
their due in the council of nations. A bill
will be- presented by the government
IL will provide for u fresh distribution of
of the army. and ~ intended to reatijust
IN the interest OF the training and conduct
zation which have arisen through strength
ening the army and the displacement of
troops from time tn time. This cause and
the corresponding expansion of naval
power will demand additional eNpendi-
turc set forth in the budget. The Imam
not an inconsitlerable incrssasc i'm the par
ticular contribution OF the several states
to the army compared with those of the.
current financial year. Nevertheless
these contributions viii no, greatly exceed
the sums to the federal state from imper-
ial revenue.ONew socialist and banking
bills were also announced To bc intro
duceSl.
L The speech refers tn the suppression of
the slave trade i'm East Africa. and pro-
pose the al,olishmcnt Of slavery in Zanzi-
bar. A special department. Is To have
charge Of colonial affairs and he formed
| to relieve the foreign office OF excessive
work. The hopes expresss,d by the emperor
| to the rechstag OH November -, 1SSs,
that with Gods help the peace of Europe
would be sustained. not only has been
| realized. hut gained strength as regards
| the future, owing tn the personal relations
| which the empower has since cultivated
| with the rulers Of friendly allies, thereby
/ helping tn strengthen the confidence fel,
| abroad i'm the honest love of peace ami
| mating GerInany's policy and justifyinG
the belief that European peace, basetl on
existing treaties, God helping, will bs
| DHait,tn ius.tl during 1SssD
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FRANKS OF SPIRITS.

strange Doing. rsorheriag the sspev-
nAsorsi In = House Near Ottawa. Oas.
OTTAWA, Ont. Oct. :2.-The neighbor-
hood of Clar~ndon has been thrown int0
u state OF great excitement over the toings
of some hidden. and il il believed super
natural hand. The mysterious agency
has wr.s,ked the full force of it's veu-
geancc upon the. household OF Geo. DugR
few days ago u boy named Dean
discharged from the Dagx family, and i'm
taking his departure invoked vengeance
of tho spirits upon the household of hi.
late employer. Shortly after hts depart
the window -sa-hcs commenced To
shake and nearly every pane of
glass i'm the house was broken.
Mr.. Bagg states that his first i'm
prr--ion wis that an earthquake was
passing. hut on going into the gable end
of the hoti-c hc discovered il tn ils. fire.
This lire was .xt,nnni-hcsi. That night
after TIA. family had retired Mrs. DagH
was awakened to find her bed on fire.
This was put out. when il was found an
other fire had just been started down
stairs, which was also put out. The
-trangcst part OF the, affair. Mr.. DagR
states. is the miraculous removal Of arti-
cic- from on" part of ths. house tn another.
A spinninx-wiiccl upstairs taken
apart and the PORTIONS placed i'm opposite
locked i'm "a cupboard changed it's location
aud WAS found on "a table i'm AN outho,ise.
IL was rr-torssl tai its place i'm the cup
guarded closely by one of the, parties.
presently the bottle took wings and
AgAin trsttistsrttsi ttss.it to the OttthOtis<s.
| The boy Dean WAS taken into custody,
charged with bs.iug the author of the mis-
chief. but the evening of his arrest Mr..
DaHx returned from Plum Hollow, where
he had been consulting old woman
| known the witch of Plum Hollow from
whom he had learned sufficient tai con-
vince him that young Dean was iunocens.
! He accordingly appeared before the mag
| istratc and Withdrew the charge. The
hoy says he has not been near Dagv's
| since the tricks began. but has during the
interval since. been engaged with Mr.
| Olni~tead of Litchtield. Dagg says he
was told by the old lady at Plum Hollow
| that the mischief Was be.ing done by q
| woman and her two children through tl,s
medium OF "black ART" and that is "a
| cease i'm November.
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FOUND HER SOULS AFFINITY.
Christian science Plays Fart tn th~ sep
aration or Man and wife.

Christian Science Play. Fart tn the sep
aratiOn Of Man and wife.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi. Oct. 22.-Georgc
years ago. and have several children.
They came to this city. where George
cured employment i'm the Milwaukee
shops. Mrs. weikoT soon joined the ranks
of the Christian Scientists, and began to
practice. Soon she found that her h,is-
band was not her souls affinity, hut ere
long found the m,ich-so,ight article m the
person of one Henry Bratsch. Henry is
past 40 and works alongside of WeikoH i'm
the shops. He is reputcd To he worth
$4,000. He boarded at Weikoir's. and soon
became convert to Christian Science.
Henrika, for such is Mrs.
weikoff's maiden name, was his
other soul. The only difficulty i'm the way
of the consummatiou of their faith was
the husband. But this obstacle was soon
removed by Henrika. She possessed
house and lot which she mort9aged for
$500. OF this she paid 800 tn her hus-
band, he agreeing to sign n decree of separ-
alton releasing her from all matrimonial
control. Yesterday the necessary papers
were signed. Mrs. weikoT will shortly
institute proceetiings for a divorce. and
weikoff says: Il know we have caused !.
great deal of talk, but believe in my re-
liRion. They can kill my body, but they
can not &ill my soul. believe that Henry
is my souls affinity" The husband ad-
was no longer any home for me-" he said.
weikoK is n German and his fellow-work-
men regard him AS y steady, well behaved
man.
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TO RESCUE THE SUSPECTS.

Discovery Of Another Plot to Defeat Jus
tice in the CrOnin Case.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-The Daily EeTs says
n discovery has been made of plot to
rescue Martin Burke and Dan Coughlin
from Judge McConncll's courtroom one
day this week, presumably just before the
adjournment of court. Judge LonRenecker
has been suspicious since ex-ShcriH JAS.
Healey of Hancock. Mich, appeared last
Wednesday and asked permission tn see
Dan Coughlin before court opened.
Longenecker, however, gave Healey an
order OH the jailor, and arranged to have
the visitor and prisoner Swallowed during
tho interview. The couple, however, were
circunspect i'm their talk, and the shadow
learned nothing. When the court opened
Judge Longcnecker, who had been warned
again by al Irishnlan who has spent both
time and money i'm assisting the state,
to pk a sly squint around the court room.
and. il is said, caught sight of ex-Sheriif
Healy with "A companion seated in the
rear of the court room. where old-tinle
hangers-on generally find seats. Quickly
tliverting his gaze he took a look down
the row of seats and recognized the forms
of several men who had been pointed out
to him during the week strangers who
would bear watching. He became ur-
easy, and for the first hour of the jury
getting had little attention for the prosy
work OH hand.
The States attorney took n position
where he could watch without being seen
and soon caught one of the strangers
making signs, which. from Coughlin's APP
pcarince. were answered 10y him. Soon
after the signalcr and IL companion went
ont and were followed 10y two other stran-
gers. They were Swallowed to ticket
Office, where they made Inquiries about
tickets to Vancouver. The mysterious
signaling was also noticed between a
stranger and Martin Burke. The Nrrs
says from these facts and other develop
ments Judge LonRenec ker is greatly agita-
ted, and Is taking elaborate precautions
tn prevent any attempts at rescue.
From the points learned the NeUs draws
it's inference that this is Clan-na-tsael
| plot going mp in the interest of Coughlii
| and Burke only, for the reason they arr
| the two men who must he saved at all
hazards i'm order to prevent their confess
| thought to be worth much more to the
Clafl-na-(.ael.
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WILL HOE HIS OWN ROW
Claus spreck~ls say. He win Never .Doi
t1as Trusi.


PHILADEIrHIA, Oct. .2.-t'laiIs Spr,rk-
els, the sugar rctincr, has arrived here
from San Francisco. He will at
tn work making preparations for opening
his big refinery here. He is very sang,,inc
and thinks that soon his refinery
gets fairly started the sugar trust will find
hs. il i'm earnest.
Mr.. Sprcckics said that many falss. re-
ports had been circulated tn the effect that
his new refinery here will never bc oper-
ated by himself. He enters general and
unqualified denial To these reports.
Mr.. Sprcckcls had addressed "a letter to
the Boston and New York papers, which
have published the reports, i'm whc n hc
My refinery in Philadelphia was not
built To bc sold, and have never had the
numerous propositions have been made
to do so. ! have never entered into ncgo-
tiations with ti.c sugar trust upon any
single occasion. hut the sugar trust has
approached uc upon several occasions.
have purchased raw sugar. IL il true,
and J intend tn pay niys'l IL every dollar of
the duty upon such purchase. l have no
knowledge that the trust intends To pay
the duties and make me "a present
of the amount. but l shall certainly .tius
the hole OF the raw sugar that | have
own benefit.
As far as am concerned th..r,. has beer,
NO collusiou aud uo attempt at "a collu-ioI,
i"tw,"u the trust and myself. | meyer
asked I'll" trust to p'ir,.haS. my taliforui.,
S'tiusry. and j never named "a sum for
which ~ could be- bought. hut I have been
asked To- sell il aud have been asked tu
| join the trust, hut l have absolutely de-
ciin"d bo,l, propositions. My California
| refinery is not. aud never was. for safe.
My Philadelphia refinery has been bull,
for the purpose I originally stated. and
from which I have never once, even Ia
| thought. dcviatsHi.
"As long ~ 1 am alive il il my intention
| to engage in business entirely on my owl
| account and without the interference, al
| co-opcration of any other individuals.
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STRANGE FLIGHT or Fuolrlves
How 70 Kansas city Couple Sought ts
Avoid Detection and Arrest.

How Kansas city Couple Sought 10
Avoid Detection and Arrest.
KANSAS City. Mo-. Oct. 22.-'rhe police
have just completed the Investigation into
tn. mysterious flight OF two fugitives.
Last Friday night man and woman.
greatly excited. went to the boat-ho,isss OF
Thomas Wright and purchase from tbs.
proprietor a Hat-boat. Later they brought
10 the boat-hosiss u heavy trunk and asked
permission to use n private room for . few
minutes. They shown into Mrs.
wright's be,-room, where the, trunk had
alrrasiy been placed. When they entered
i'm the height of fashion; when they
and the lady like n ragged beg
mysterious couple embarked. They told
Wright that they were going to fiont down
the river Ia the southern counties. Ths
police investigated the affair and discov-
cred that the couple were man and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Webb, and 10 il aaid h0
had been engaged i'm number OF shady
financial transactions. Mrs. Webb had
been acquainted by AN outsider with her
husbands guilt and so greatly Was she A.
taGched To him that she insisted on Joining
him i'm his flight. Mr.. and Mr.. Webb am,
both members of well-kuown families who
occupy positions high i'm the social scale.
The couple were married only two months
ago. Their Night has caused q seusatinn.
Mr.. wecb's financial complications have
been compounded by his friends, who aro
now searching for him to bring him and
his devoted wife bock to their home.
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WHY NE WANDERED FROM HOME


The Mv.tertous Dt.sppcArance of - Mas
ssrhasetts Man fzpiatned.
WEYMOUTH, Mass.. Oct. 22.-The scnsss-
ton caused by the mysterious disappears
ance OF Preston Pratt, OF South wcy-
mouth. was ended this morning by the
return horne of that gentleman i'm a badly
tiss.sl-up condition. Mr.. Pratt relates u
remarkable story of the cause Of his alb
sence. A week ago "Wednesday night he
crossing Boston common or the pub
lie garden, he is not certain which, when
he was assauSaed and robbed by thugs.
He was beaten insen>ible. and when he
regained consciousness he was on a steam
er bound tn Virginia. He Was without
money or valuabl.,s, and his mind was in
AN unsettled condition. When he landed
he started to walk to New York and
reached that city without any special iu-
cident. In New York he raised money
enough to pay his passage home. where
he arrived this morning. He is still sur
fering from the effects of his harsh treat
ment and the drugs administered by the
rutiians who assaulted him.
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GONE DAFT ON OIL WELL.
Three Thousand Excited I'roslpectOr~
Csssay,ed Around Eureka. w. Wa.

Camusd ~ round Eureka. w. Wa.
MARIETTA. o.. Oct. 32.-Thc oil fever
which originated at Eureka, w. Va. Il
miles distant. has reached this city and
nothing is talked of b,it leases, sand, der
ricks and grease. Three months ago
Eurka had 80 Inhabitants. Now 1000 pso-
pie are camped around il and - wells ars.
going down night and day. Pennsylvania
persons have secured most of the land i'm
sight, and are preparing to build "a rail-
road and pipe line across the mountains
to this point. Old oil men say the field
promises much as Oil City did i'm other
days. Eight wells. aggregatiug
2.OO barrels per day. arr. now in
operation. The well on the John
Hamnct land there, belonging to Moorc&
Barnssltll. did 40 barrels the last - hours
and is not yet through the sand. James
Strong. OH job Smiths farm at Van Clure.
got oil and gas to- such AN extent last
night that he was obliged To shut down in
the top of the sand. That il is ~ paying
well il beyond question, and what il can
"tlo" will he determined i'm the next few
days. The price of oil territory at Eureka
is mounting the ladder two rounds at "a
time. A dispatch says: at costs $500 to
look at IL farmer who HASN'T leased. and IL
you haven't got roll of bills large enough
for n pack-horse to carry you must on no
account speak tn him, for he is walking
way. up in the air, above common human
ity.S
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HER CHILD A CITIZEN.
Peculiar Ga-e Under the I'm sssi x ration
Law Decided st Washington.

Peculiar ea-r uslcr the Inn sssig ration
Law Decided st Washington.
wAsHISGToS. ID. e.. Oct. .s,.-1hc SO
licitor of the treasury has given am opinion
that ~ woman now detained i'm New York
on arrival from Scotland AS being unable
tai support herself and two children. can
not In. sent back because one Of the chill
slrcn was born in this country when the
mother was living in New Jersey about
two years ago. and il therefore an Arncri-
can-born citizeu. for whom, in tl. absence
Of her husband. who has deserted her,
she IL the natural guardian. ~ ann
not to- presume" says the solicit
tor. "that ia was the intcn-
tion OF congress to sever the
sacred ties sutp-isting betwcen parent
and child. or to forribly banish and cxp;,-
triats "A nativs.-born child for the reason
that it's parent is panper. Moreover il
may bc "a question whether the woman in
this case In an Immigrant in the. sa.n-e of
the statute, more than three years ago
she came with her husband and resided
herr. for N considerable time, and after n
short absence ia Scotland has returned to
the former adopted home of her husband. !.
] am therefore of the opinion that this
case. under it's peculiar and exceptional
cnvironmcnt,mayt In. justly discriHlinatssti
from the abuse. sought to Ia corrected 10y
the statute, and that the. woman and her
children may Ire permitted to remain i'm
this country"
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Aid for the D.kot. sun-rer~.

ST. PAUL. October 22.-The relief conn
mittee appointed by the chamber of conn
merce has presented a report of the desti-
tuition i'm the Dakotas which shows
rious state of affairs i'm several counties
caused by the failure of crops. which was
due to drought and frost. An organized
relief movement to get to work at once is
and pensions to the people who are i'm
want before the extreme cold weather
sets i'm. Delays will result in great suffer
ing. Subscriptions have been opened by
the city council and commercial bodies OF
St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Po~sonsce Robbery .s Fargo.

FARGO, Dakota, Oct. 22.-Two men
gained entrance to the postofiice at mid
night, bound and gagged the night clerk.
Harry Milton, placed N red hot poker ON
the soles of his feet and compelled him to
give up the combination of the vault door.
In the vault were 20 80 registered pack
ages. While the burRlar~ were opening
these Milton released himself, .secursd q,
revolver aud shot at the men. They
knocked him down and escaped, securing
not to exceed x125 i'm currency.
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Over AN k.nl,. IN ksn~nt

CHEYENNE, wyo.. Oct. 22.-Andrew
between Ron9is and Lost Cabin. i'm the
Big Horn country, was killed OH Friday 10y
the overturning of his stage down "A steep
embankment on Conant Creek. Rutledge
crushed under the heavily loaded
stage and instantly killed.
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Counterfei,err in Mrxirn.

COunterFeiter~ in Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO. Oct. 22.-for the past
few days the secret service officers of this
city have been busy hauling i'm counter
eeit gangs which have been at work here.
Nearly q dosen mem have been arrested.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-President Spulding
of the Chicago club says that unless the
players reserved by the club sign con-
tracts for next year voluntarily, legal
steps will be- taken 10 compel them n
do
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The Greas Americas D0ctor DeaA.
PARIS, Oct. 3s.-Dr. PHILIPPE Record, for
many years known in Paris As the ssGreAs
American Doctor. 'AiS dead. He vas bosA
i'm Baltimore i'm 16lO.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
DIR. p. j. MCDONNELL
SURGEON DENTIST.
ovvIcx ovsn sos. rRrxRs CO.,
RaxA 0eseee. Anaconda, Montana.

=. L. ST. JEAN. ABB, Nd, C.M.
Rssidence ON second street, ~. Jean Building.
Omcs ON First H.. In ~ Jean Building
once Hours: 0 To ~ A. M. 2 to 8 and In 0 PM.
T. D. FITZGERALD,
PEACE, NOTARY PUBLIC, CON
vEYANCER, &c.
First street, Anaconda, Mont.
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j. r. BOHRNHN,
ATTORNEY AT Law.
Anaconda Montana.
7. O'LEARY. Attorney and Counselor at Law.

Practices in all Of the state and United states
COURTS COLLECTIONS promptly made. special at
tention given 10 Mining Properties and Mining
law. Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Prop
srty Rented and Rents Collected. Office rooms
and Matte Block, corner Of First and OAK
streets, Anaconda, Mont
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-01-25
A A INFLUENCE.
A Lady who Claim. to He Completely I'm.
der the lnfluence offs Certain YounR Man.

vs. - 1Ao1o4 " &A0yIH
A Pittsburg dispatch of q recent date
says: A peculiar case Of what seems to be
magnetic influence has turned up ON the
south side. The victim is Miss Christine
Homberger, o handsome young woman,
about "a years Of age. She is wealthy and
we'll educated, speaking several languages.
According to her statement she attended q
party about nine years ago, where she was
introduced to a young man. She says:
II was favorably impressed with him and
We spent some time enjoyably in conver-
sation. During the evening he gave me o
drink Of something which he said was ci-
der. I drank it and from that moment I
have been under his influence. I tried at
first to rid msself of toe feeling of subser-
vience to his will which had possession of
my will, but it was impossible. Isoon
learned it was 40 delusion-it was a stern
reality. Worse still, he was conscious Of
his power over me-" She has consulted
physicians here, in Mexico and Cuba,
where she has Travelled for relief, but with
out success. The man got married q few
years ago. but he still maintains his infiu-
ence over her and he refuses to break the
spell. She says she hates the man, but
cannot resist his power over her. To-day
she placed the matter in the hands Of
Agent Dean, of the Humane society,
The case will probably go to court. Ply
sicians are watching the outcome of the
case with much interest.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-01-25
Boston Women at the Polls,

In their rubbers and galoshes.
In their wind waved mackintoshes,
Their umbrellas dripping foods upon the
heads Of Boston men,
The female voters rallied,
Not q mothers daughter dallied;
They came up wet but dauntless straight
to the polling pen.
Stately maidens, aged lasses,
Glittered chilly through their glasses,
Scanned the tickets most severely, never
passed the time of day;
Tighter drew their chest protectors,
Grimly glared at the inspectors,
Brandished their umbrellas proudly,
grandly, coldly stalked away.
Not o n of them that wondered
If mayhap she hadn't blundered,
II her vote was transcendentally right be-
You'd dispute or doubt;
Yet as home they were returning
With their newest triumph burning
How many dozen of them knew what was
the fight about?
Happy matrons, wisest lasses,
Better than the Browning classes,
The clinic of the mind cure, or the esoteric
soul foods,
1T Is to be q voter.
A civilization motor.
A cheyenne of Boston where DER the cod
fish broods!