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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
GENERAL.

While wake over the body of an infant
was in progress at New Brunswick N, j., the
child opened its eyes and began to cry. 1t will
probably recover.
The Nationll W. C. T. U. has issued an ap-
peal for money to be used in the election in
Nebraska next November to decide the ques-
ton of prohibition or high license.
Liverpool dockmen decline to accede to the
demand of the strikers and the negotiations
for settlement of the strike, based upon Mr..
Davitt's recommendations, have been rup-
tured.
The garrison of Rio Janeiro recently be-
came disaffected and was ordered to the south.
The troops refused to go and the govern
ment Cancelled the order. There is much dis
content throughout the city.
Hamilton Shidy, whose record as an en-
ploye in the Milwaukee postoffice was Incl.
dentally one of the features Of the recent con-
gressional civil service investigation, has
been dismissed from his clerkship in the CEN
sus Office.
Hob Yam Lee of Philadelphia has been
taken to the pest house, suffering with lep-
rosy. His disease was first diagnosed as
erysipelas, and he was treated three days at
the aims house, where 5000 persons were ex-
posed to contagion.
A storm OF severe intensity has prevailed
throughout Kansas and Southwestern Mis-
souri,. 1t follows q season of warm, spring
weather. and for that reason seemed all the
more severe. Snow is reported from some
portions OF Eastern Kansas but the fal has
not been heavy and no Inconvenience to the
winter wheat has thus far occurred by reason
of it.
A stylish young woman had been sworn and
had partially given in her testimony before
Judge Arnold, in Philadelphia, when one Of
the jurors objected on the ground that she
had not kissed the Bible. After a breezy dis
cussion between counsel, Judge Arnold cut
the matter short by ordering the witness
to be sworn by the uplifteo hand. 81 amnot
surprised" said the judge, chat this witness
did not kiss the book. I would not do it
either. dirty book like that. This Gus tom
is relic of idolatry, and thesooneriti is abol.
ished the better it will be. don't think this
witness objected to kissing the book because
she intended to lie but because it is dirty
book. I respect her regard for her person
and her health.''
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
! NEWS BREVITIES.
The Latest Telegraphic News
Chilled from Associated
Press Dispatches
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

A Washington paper says that the mys-
terry which has surrounded the fire on the
Bird of February last, at Secretary Tracy g
residence at which his wife and daughter, as
well as Swiss maid servant. lost their lives,
is about to be cleared up. There are well
sustained rumors that Bridget Sweeny the
trusted old servant who had been living in
the secretary's family for fourteen years
or more, has confessed that she fired the
house with kerosene Her statement is said
to be that she poured kerosene all over the
dining room panelling, and as far up the
stairs as her stock of oil would go; that she
then lit the parlor gas, set fire to the coal
oil around the wainscoting and went to
church. No motive is assigned for the hor-
rible deed, and no possible incentive except
insanity.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
OPERATED THE COUNTRY.
A Brace Of Burglars With Penchant
for Rural Safes.

A Brace of Burglars With Penchant
for Rural Safes.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Special Telegram,
For the past three months gang of
safe blowers has been terrorizing South
western Wisconsin and Northwestern
illinois. On an average OF twice week a
country hamlet has been entered, two or
three safes cracked, the contents taken and
the burglars make their escape without
leaving clue. The safe blowers have paid
their attention impartially to safes in post
offices, railroad depots and general stores.
A list of some of the safes cracked
is as follows: Jan. "a a safe be-
longing to the Adams Express COM
pany, standing in the Chicago, Milwaukee g.
St. Paul depot at Darlington, Wis, was
blown open and $3.50 taken. Five weeks
later the same safe was again blown. This
time jewelry to the amount of $500 was Sc
cured. March Is the safe in the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul depot at Platteville,
Wis, was blown and $40 in cash taken.
The same night the safe in the Chicago e.
Northwestern depot at Platteville was blown
and $50 secured. On the same night also
the safe in Knoernschelds butcher shop in
Dubuque was entered and 5000 in money
and securities distracted. March q the
safe in the Hazel Green (Wis.) postoffice
"
in postage stamps and $25 in cash was Sc
cured. The same night the safe in Nc
Cams general store in Hazel Green was
blown. The next night the burglars went
to Georgetown, Wis, and
PAID THEIR RESPECTS
to the postofice safe. securing $50. Safes at
Freeport, ILL.,, Mineral Point, Darlington,
Monroe and Potosi, Wis, have also been
opened within the past month and plumber
to the amount of thousands of dollars Sc
cured. Suspicion pointed first to two men
who have been driving through the country
pretending to be agents for nursery and
agricultural implement house. They drove
a small bay horse, hitched to two-wheeled
gig. This outfit was seen tied all night in
several villages, where next morning one or
two safes would be found blown open. The
men gave the names of Shelby and Ken
nedy on their prospecting trip. Their head
quarters were in Dubuque. Here they
passed as the Bennett brothers.
two women who passed as their wives. The
men came here three months ago from
Memphis, Tenn, where they have the rep
utation of being experienced and hardened
criminals. To-day officers came to Dubuque
from several points in Wisconsin and
Illinois. The men were located in the
house and an officer set to watch. Some
one of the women in the house got tip
that the police were on guard, and when
the officers made the descent the birds had
flown. The house was searched and $198 in
postage stamps taken from the Hazel Green
postotfice were found, together with much
other stolen property. The sheriff and Of
ticers are crazy at their failure to capture
the burglars. kilograms have been sent to
various cities, but the men wanted are very
smooth and will hardly be captured.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
LIKELY TOBE VERIFIED.

Prediction Made by a Representa-
tive in Regard to Public Building.
WASHINGTON, Special.-The house of
representatives recently has passed many
senate bills appro priating money for public
buildings, but in several cases the appro-
priaton clause has been struck out of the
bill. This action recalls the remark made
by representative recently when an outcry
was raised against the Extravaganza" of
the house and senate because great many
public building bills passed either body.
He said that while more bills for public
building would pass the house or the senate
during this congress than ever before, the
appropriations for public buildings would
be less than in the congress before. In part
explanation of this prediction he said that
he expected the house to pass very few SEN
ate bills and the senate to pass very few bills
that came from the house. II the two
houses follow this policy. and as a further
precaution strike out the appropriation
clause for many of the bills, the prediction
is likely to be verified.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
Sale Of a Crown,

There was a crown to be sold by
auction at Singapore. The Straits
Time says: 1.-THE crown is no small
affair, for it is of pure gold studded
with about a thousand brillidnts,
some of which are of twelve-carat-
weight, and it is an historical crown
worn by Malay sultans and sold for
behoofofthe estate of the late sultan
of Perak. As thegold is believed to be
of the Malay peninsula and the dia-
monds are of Borneo, it might be con-
venient to send it home as a sample
of the wealth that our gold and dia-
mond mines are yet to produce. The
value is estimated at about $50 O0O."
st. James Gazette.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
FIRE IN A CONVENT.
1t is Burned to the Ground the Fl, q
Spreading With Great Rapidity.

1t is Burned to the Ground the F,:e
Spreading With Great Rapidity.
MILWAUKEE, Special.-Fire broke to-
night in st. Joseph's Catholic convent on
Greenfield avenue and the entire building
and its contents were burned, the seventy
two occupants of the building barely escap-
ing with their lives and having no time to
save any Of their belongings. The fire
started from the furnace and was carried
quickly through the building by ventilator
shafts. Sister Banker, who was on the
fourth floor, finding escape cut of, jumped
from a window, breaking her left
leg and all her ribs. She
cannot live. Two young candidates,
Rose Minet and Mary Werner, jumped
from the third story windows and were seri-
ously injured. Two fremen were also in
jured by the falling walls, but not seriously.
All the other inmates succeeded in getting
out safely under the guidance of the Sisters,
who prevented many young girls from
flinging themselves from windows in their
fright. The building and all its furniture
were burned, entailing loss of SIC, 900, on
which there is an insurance of only $25, 600.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
THE MAHnETS,
The Latest Quotations from, West
ern Markets.

ern Markets.
WHEAT-No 2, Spring, 79@7oasc: No :
CoRN-No. 2, 2s7sc.
OArs-No. 2, 21a4@22c.
RYE-No. 2, 4213c.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c.
FLAX SEED-$1. 1901. 4SHc.
BuTTER-Elgin creamery 23a@24c.; West.
ern creamery 20@22c.
EcGs-Quiet at 141ac.
ST. PAUL.
WHEAr-No. hard, 79@SOc.: No. 1 North.
ern, 7S@79c.; No. 2 northern; 75@77c.
CoRN-No. 3, 25@26c.
OATs-No. 2 mixed. 21@22c.; No. 2 white,
221A@23c.; No. 8, 22@221Ac.
BARLEY-No. 2. 45@5Oc.; No. 3. 38@42c
RyE-No 2, 32@33c.
GROUND FEED-No. 1, $11.25@11.75.
BRAN-Bulk, $40.
$5.75; timothy. So.
EGGs-Fresh. $3.75@4.O5.
BuTTER-Extra creamery, 2OG22c.; dairy
15@1Sc.; roll and print, 8@12c.
MINNEAPoLN.
WHEAr-No. hard, SOC; No. 1 Northern
78A@79c; No. 2 Northern, 75@77c.
FLouR-Patents, sacks to local dealers
f40OV4 %; patents TO snip, SACKS, cor lots
81. 1904. SO; in barrels, 81. 1904. so; bakers
here, 1903. 40; superfne, $1.70@2.25; REQ
dog sacks, $1@1.2O; red dog barrels, $1.25
@1.5O.
CoRN-Samples, 27@2Sc;
OATs-Feed, 211a@2212c.; good to choice
23h@25c.
BARLEY-25@35c.
HAY-Upland prairie, $3.50; common wild
$5@6.5 SO.
BurTER-Fair to fancy creamery, 14@2oc
per ID; diaries, medium to fancy, 1O@12c.
grease and packing stock, 4@51ac.
WHEAr-No. 2 spring. 72@73c: No.
Northern. 82c.
CoRN-No.3, 29c.
OArs-No. 2 white, 241a@24Ac
RYE-No. /. 431ac.
BARIEy-No. 2, 44c.
EGGs-Fresh, lac.
BuTrER-Dairy, 16@1sc.
Characterization. 1O@1O15c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
To Honor Returned Explorers.

LONDON, eSpecial.-It is probable that
the reception of Henry NJ. Stanley by the
royal geographical society will take place
at the Albert hall May 5. Mr.. Stanley ex-
poets to reach London about the 25th OF
April. The Albert hall meeting will be
presided over by the duke of Edinburgh,
and it is expected that the prince Of Wales
will be present and will speak. Mr.. Stan
ley will describe some Of the geographical
results of his expedition, and will be pre-
scented with the handsome gold medal
which has been especially struck in his
honor 1t is hoped, from communica-
ton which had been received from Emin
Pasha, that that hero will appear in Lon
will no doubt receive from the society q
worthy reception of his many ysan' wurk
in Africa The sociotv banQnet - III.
Stanley will take place so1ne tins atl1 -
Albert hall meeting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
FATHER BOYLE FREE.
On His Second Trial He is Found
Not Guilty Of the Crime.

On His Second Trial He is Found
Not Guilty of the Crime.
RALEIGH, N. c., Special. The Boyle case was
given to the jury at 8 o'clock tonight. At
11:5O o'clock the jury came into the court
room. The judge entered his stand and
remarked II want it understood that
there must be no demonstrations from either
side when the verdict is announced. The
jury were then asked for their decision and
they all simultaneously replied "Not
guilty" In spite Of the judges order there
was a. wild burst of applause from
hundreds Of Threats in the court
room and this was kept up
for five minutes. People crowded
around Father Boyle and congratulated
Hmm for Speech f his attorney p an
nounced that no speech would be made.
Father Boyle went back to the Jail and re-
manned there until Father Charles, Of the
Church of the Sacred Heart. came tor him
in a carriage and took him to the rectory as
his guest.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04

Letters received in Vienna from st. Peters
burg declare that tho original cause ofthe stu
dent outbreaks in Russia was indignation over
the Siberian outrages.
meat famine is impending in Paris. The
wholesale butchers threaten to close the
abattoirs if their demands concerning the
importation offoreign cattle are not granted.
Mexican troops and renegade Apache In
dams from the United Stated had skirmish
near Sonora Mex One was killed and sew
eral injured on each side.
The steamship Trinidad from Bermuda,
which arrived in New York, brought the
captain and six seamen of the German bark
Western Chief which sprung leak and was
set on fire and abandoned of the Bahamas. :
Herr Jacobson, cashier of q small bank at
Dresden, has abscondcd. Examination of
his accounts shows him to be detaulter ex-
ceeding $1,000 marks. He is thought to
havegons to America.
A Japanese syndicate has been formed,
with the government as a partner, to devel-
op the coal mines OF Sorachi and Jubari on
the biggest scale practicable. The sum OF
100000 has been raised for the prelim-
mary work.
] The contract for constructing the subma-
rine telegraph between Brazil and the United
States has been awarded to two French COM
panies, the Societe Generate Des Tele Phones
aud the Societe Franchise des Telegraphes
Sous Marins. The concession is Tor thirty
five years and the first cable must be at
work within nineteen months.
1t is learned that the British steamer II
Gulf Of Alden, from Clyde Jan. 20, for Valpar-
also, was wrecked when 100 miles from land,
Three boats, containing in all eighty-one
people, left the vessel, and one of them has
arrived at Chloe, an island off the West coast
of South America. Two steamers are search
ing for the missing boat. The British steam
er Tom Pyman has been wrecked in the Scaw.
The captain, three officers and three seamen
were drowned.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
ADRIFT ON THE SEA.
While Going at Full Speed the Port
Engine of the City Of Paris Col
lapses.


Engine of the City of Paris Col
lapses.
QUEENSTOWN, Specialize Inman line
steamer City OF Paris, towed by the steamer
Aldersgate, arrived at Queenstown at 4
o'clock this morning. The accident by
which the City of Paris was disabled oc-
Cured on Tuesday, and was caused by the
breakage of the low pressure cylinder OF
the starboard engine, the flying pieces OF
metal forcing the bulkhead and disabling
the port engine. The passengers became
panic stricken when they found that the
ship was making water and that there was
a possibility of the vessel laundering The
water, which flooded the engine compart-
ment, was forced through the injection
tubes, which, it is alleged, the engineers
during the excitement had neglected to
shut. The starboard engine was shattered
almost to pieces. the port engine rooms
were filled with upward of 1900 tons of
water, and the port engine was entirely use
less. All went we'll until the evening of
the 25th, when at $50 p. M, while the
steamer was going at full speed, the star
board engine suddenly collapsed, and the
low pressure cylinder broke, smashing the
injection water pipe connections and burst
ing the iron bulkhead dividing the port and
starboard engines.
THE METAL FLEW AROUND
in all directions. A portion of the machin-
cry smashed through the steamers double
bottom. The water rushed through the
hole into the engine-rooms, compelling
the engineers and fremen to rush to the
deck for safety. Terrible consequences
would have ensued but for the bravery OF
the second engineer who, at the peril OF
his life, enveloped as he was in kissing
steam, managed to shut off the steam, thus
saving the machinery from total demoli-
ton, which would have happened had the
engines continued working. He then escaped
unhurt. The passengers were much excited,
but the captain and officers succeeded in
assuring them that there was no danger.
The life boats were cleared in readiness fol-
use and the pumps were kept working. The
steamer drifted helplessly until the 26th
inst, when the captain sent Chief Officer
Passon and six men in a life boat to get into
the track of other line steamers in the hope
OF being able to intercept the City of Ches-
ter or the AdriAtic. The boat met the Adri-
attic, which declined to take the City of Paris
in tow. The Aldersgate now hove in sight
and offered to tow the City of Paris. Tie
offer was accepted. The Aldersgate is a
small steamer, unable to tow over four or
i've knots hourly, and
-.--- PROGRESS WAS SLOW
until Saturday, when the Ohio was sighted.
She sto0d BY until p. M when Fastnet
Mug&ghtcd. Two tugs were sent later. The
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
Young Decker a Burglar.

AUBURN, NY, Special.-Eugene Decker
of this city, a son OF the New York piano
manufacturer, was arrested near Moravia,
seventeen miles from here, for burglary
and larceny. He was found secreted
tn the haymow of the barn of
his grandfather, Isaac Storm. where he had
been tracked in the new-tallen snow from
the store of Stewart & White in Locke. A
quantity of stolen property was recovered.
Decker has been living in this city, and acts
as an agent for musical instruments.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
PERSONAL MENTION,

In Dublin Mr.. Healy in speech said that
the land purchase bill proposed by the Con-
servatives ought to be refused in view Of the
extreme likelihood of the accession to power
of Mr.. Gladstone and the adoption of adras-
tic measure dealing with the land problem.
: Some one circulated the rumor that Miss
Susan B. Anthony proposed removing to
Wyoming and making the race for the United
States senatorship when the territory shall
be admitted as q state. Miss Antho ny
laughed good-naturedly when spoken to
about the report, and said that inasmuch as
she had no such intention, it must have been
started as Joke
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
FOREIGN CULLrNCs.

FORETGN CUTTINGS.
Four thousand employees in the factories in
Catalonia, Spain have gone on strike
The Brazilian coffee crop is reported as
middling. 1t is estimated that $50. 600 tons
,Fill be available for export.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-11-15
THE SOUTH.

An attempt is being made to form o
rice trust to control all the mills in
Louisiana
TIE most disastrous FIRE ever had in
Shreveport, La, occurred the other
morning The fire started in the third
story of Sour eco s hardware store and
the entire block was consumed Losses
on buildings and stock, $3.50, 900; insur-
ance, S241. 1000.
Tie business section OF Hartman,
Ark. has been destroyed by fire. caus-
ing S27, 900 total loss, with no insurance.
FIVE persons were killed or fatally
injured by the destructive fire at Owens
boro, Ky, which started in the Rudd
House. The loss was $50, OOO
A TERRIBLE wreck occurred at $3.50
o'clock the other morning at the cross
ing Of the Cincinnati Southern railway
and the Louisville & Nashville at juno
ton City, in almost the central part OF
Kentucky. No one was killed outright
but many passengers were injured.
Passenger train No. collided with a
heavy freight and 1t was miraculous
that so many escaped.
MISS MARY ABELL- the wealthy daugh-
ter OF tho late A. s. Abel, founder Of
tho Baltimore Sun, is to enter q nun
merry.
GENERAL ]. c. J. WILLIAMS. of Knox
Vile, Tenn, declares that he will not
contest Congressman Houk's reelection.
HoH. BARCLAY MARTIN, the Oldest
living ex-Congressman in Tennessee,
lies very I'll at his residence near
Columbia There is no hope OF his re-
covery.
JOE JACKSON, one Of the Rube Bur-
rows gang. confined in the penitentiary
at jackson. Miss, awaiting trial for
train robbery, committed suicide by
jumping from the third floor Of the cor
rider Of the court 10 the ground, dis
lance Of sixty feet
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-11-15
A Poverty. strlcken Millionaire |!

This seems n paradox, but It is ex-
planned by one of New York's richest
men. az don't count my wealth in
dollars" he said. "What are all my
possessions to me, since am victim
of consumption My doctor tells me-
that I have but few months to live,
for the disease is incurable. am poor
or than that beggar yonder." "But,"
interrupted the friend to whom he spoke,
consumption can be cured. If taken
in time, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will eradicate every vestige
of the disease from your system" "I'lp
try it." said the millionaire, and he did,
and to-day there Is not q healthier.
happier man to be found anywhere.
The discovery" strikes ut the seat OF
the complaint. Consumption is o dis
ease of the blood-is nothing more nor
less than lung scrofula-and it must
and does yield to this wonderful remedy.
"Golden Medical Discovery" is not
only an acknowledged remedy for that
terribly fatal malady, when taken in
time and given fair trial, but also for
all forms Of Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, as White Swellings, Fever
sores, Hip joint Disease, Salt rheum,.
letter, Eczema, Boils, Carbuncles, Ery-
sipelas and kindred ailments.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-11-15
HHE Latent.

TIIE british torpedo war ship Ser
pent was wrecked recently off the
Spanish coast Two hundred and fifty
lives were lost
THE Wellington barracks at London
were destroyed by fire recently.
TIE total gold in the Treasury, coin
and bullion, is sa93, 5l4, $50; gold certi-
ficates in Treasury, $50, 49,, $50; gold Ger.
tificates in circulation. Sl3j 963 7GO; net
gold in Treasury, coin and bullion,
S157, $50 3sl
TIE sensational statements concern
ing leprosy in New Orleans are again
revived, it being alleged that forty cases
exist in the city.
THE total vote Of the State OF Penn
sylvania for Governor was: Pattison,
Democrat, AGA, 200; Delamater, Repub-
lican, AZ, G55; Gill, Prohibition, 16, 175;
Ryder Labor, 1895.
THE remains OF the late Major-Gen
eral George Crook have been taken
from Oakland, Md, and inferred with
military honors in the National ceme-
terry at Arlington, in the presence of q
few longtime friends OF the dead Gen.
eral.
THE North River Bank suspended
temporarily at New York on the 18th.
JAMES s GOODWIN, q cartoonist on
Puck. was killed on the track recently
near Marmaroneck, n. Y.
BURLINGTON, the condemned murderer
| 81 ,,.hA arnaVNa1 fpnr,
Jail at 'Boonville, Mo, has been recap
tured at Auburn, Ky. He was visiting
his sweetheart
J. q. WALcoTT & Co., brokers, New
York, have assigned.
THE Matin, of Paris, says the report
of the Societie des Metaux shows that,
despite the rise in the price OF copper,
the shareholders OF the company will
receive nothing. The final liability OF
the company is estimated at III, OOO, 900
francs and the assets at 5000, 600
francs.
THE pigeon shooting match between
Chicago and Kansas City at the latter
CITY resulted in favor OF Chicago.
A COLLISION took place near the
Georgia station on the Edinburgh,
Scotland suburban railway Twelve
persons were badly injured.
PRESIDENT ADAMS, OF the Union Pa
cifc, denies that Jay Gould has OBJ
tanned control OF the road.
TIE court martial proceedings at the
recent tr al Of First Lieutenant g. M.
Turner, Ad 'utant OF the Eighteenth in
fantry, at Fort Clark, Tex, on the
charge OF embczzlement OF the band
funds we're made known recently. Lieu
tenant Turner was found guilty and
sentenced to dlshonorable dismiss o.
from the army.