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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
The Nows Briefly a:hronlolod.

The meeting of the National Educa-
tional Association will be held in St.
Paul from July to II.
Tisdale, Mcclellan & Co., grocers at
Winona, assigned recently to s. c.
White. Assets, 81, 200; liabilities, 1900.
1t is said that St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis street railway companies will within
three months put in operation COM
plete electric power system.
The residence of John Kobeski, of
Winona, was partially burned the other
day. Loss, 800; insurance, $500.
The Fifth Presby terrain Church in
North Minneapolis was burned the
other day. Loss, $4,000.
Faribault merchants have organized a
local branch agency of 1.-THE Merchants
Retail Commercial Agency" for the pur-
pose OF protecting the retail merchants
The farm residence of H. M. Fowler,
in Viola, was burned to the ground with
all it's contents recently, the family be-
ing absent at the time. The origin of
the fire was unknown. Loss, $1,000.
The Minneapolis cigar-makers recent
~ instituted boycott against f. G..
Lauer, the manufacturer who cut wages
and threatened to employ non-union
men from Milwaukee.
Railway post-ofaoe service was recent
~ established on the line of the Wilmar
4 Sioux Falls railway between Wilmar
and Sioux Falls, s. D.; distance, 14s
miles.
John Haug, an old resident of Duluth,
aged nearly SO years, committed suicide
recently by taking carbolic acid. 1t is
supposed he had been disguised at the
hold liquor had on him. He was mem
Der of the firm Of Haug Bros, dealers in
GOAL and wood, =, 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
Epit0me of the Week,
CONGRESSIONAL

CONGRESSIONAL
IN the Senate on the Gath bills we're introduced
to amend the Interstate commerce act and to
establish in every county Of each Of the sew
eral States United States agricultural de-
pository, to be under the control Of the
Treasury Department. 1855 In the House the
time was occupied in balloting for site for
the worlds fair, Chicago being chosen as the
place on the eighth ballot the vote standing:
Chicago 1877; New York, l07; ST. Louis o.;
Washington 18
On the 25th Q bill was passed In the Senate
granting pension CT 500 month to the widow
of Major General Judson Fitzpatrick. A bill
was introduced to provide for general system
Of reservoirs for irrigating the grid lands of the
West -. In the House bills were passed author.
lzing the director OF the mint to perfect and
beautlty the existing designs ON coins; consti.
tut1ng Minneapolis q sub port for the collection
district Of Minnesota; to discontinue the coin
age Of tho 81 and s. gold pieces and the three.
cent n1okle piece. A bill was reported appro
pr1at1ng &5,COO for y monument to William
Henry Harrison, grandfather OF President
Harrison, at North Bend, O.
TwENTY-s1x pension and private bills were
passed In the Senate on the 26th, and the Blair
educational bill was further discussed :. In
the House the urgency deficiency bill (ss3,
o5O,9l3) was reported. Bills were introduced
reviving the grade OF Lieutenant General; to
prevent the adulteration of food and drugs and
bartering Of food or drugs in and between the
States and Territories; providing that all the
waters in the United States shall be used for
purposes of irrigation.
A BILL was passed in the Senate on the e7th
ult. appropriating $4,000 for monument to
Christopher Columbus, to be erected in Wash
1ngton The bill to declare unlawful trusts and
combinations in restraint of trade and produc.
t1on was considered. In the House the con.
tested election case Of Atkinson (Rep.) versus
Pendleton (Dem.), from West Virginia, was de-
clared In favor Of Atkinson. bill was intro
duced to amend tho worlds fair bill so as to re-
Quire at least two Of the board Of control to be
women.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JOHN JACOB AsToR died suddenly at
his residence in New York on the morn
ing of the 22d of heart failure, aged 81
years. He left an estate valued at $780,
000, 900, which goes to his son and three
daughters, his wife having died two
years ago.
AN extra session of the Tennessee
Legislature opened on the oath to con-
slider taxation and conflicting election
laws.
MISS LovEL GREELEY, sister of the
late Horace Greeley, died on the 25th ct
Spring Greek, Pa, aged Is year,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
Father, Mother and Two Children MUIR
dored by Indian Territory Outlaws.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 1.-The
Globes Oklahoma Ind. r. special says:
''News from Shawnee, a town thirty
miles east of this city, says that
the dead bodies of man named
Holmes, his wife and two children
were found Thursday few miles west
OF Shawnee. They had been working
on the new Choctaw railroad and were
returning to their claim q few miles
from this city when they were killed,
it is supposed for their money. by the
outlaws that infest the Pottawatamie
reservation. There is no clew to the
assassins." 81
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
A Building Association Combine.

The National loan and building as
sociations of Minnesota have formed
league for mutual advantage and ap-
pointed committee to enlighten the
public in regard to the scheme on which
these associations are organized. This
committee consists of Byron Suther-
land, of the Peoples Building and Loan
Association; Mr.. Butin, of the Railway
Association, and Ex-Governor Austin, of
the North American Association, St.
Paul.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
A Tree Fell on Him.

Fred Uhlenhut, q single man residing
in the town of Dora, came to his death
recently in a horrible manner. He was
alone in the woods telling trees, and in
some way got under huge trunk as it
came to the ground. It fell across his
body, pinning him to the ground, but
did not kill him instantly. The marks
in the snow indicated that he struggled
for a long time. When found the body
was frozen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
Gone Daft Over Tascott,

Thomas H. Matthew'S of Duluth, was
taken to the st. Peter Insane Asylum
the other night, having gone insane
over the Tascott mystery. He believes
he is destined to find Tascott charged
with the murder of Mr.. Smell, Chicago
millionaire. and wants to spend several
millions of dollars in his search.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05

Times, Friday after
noon shot ex-Con-
gresham Taulbee,
of Kentucky, in the
head, inflicting .
pro b ably fatal
wound. The shoot
ing took place in
one of the corridors
Of the capitol near
the southeast en-
trance, and was the
voc,,1f ~ an old
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
Suicide of d Farmer,

Andrew Torgerson, a Scandinavian
farmer living in High Forest township,
Olmsted County, hung himself between
the hours Of and the other morning
in the lookup in that city by means of
handkerchief. He was about so years
old, had wife and large family, and
was put in the lookup the night pre-
vious for drunkenness,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
TWO MEN KILLED.
Fatal Wreck ON the Toledo b Ann Arbor
Road at Ithaca, Mich.

Road at Ithaca, Mich.
ITHACA, Mich, March IA wreck oc-
CURED here at o'clock Friday morning
ON the Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad.
One freight train ran into the rear end
of another, killing Conductor ]. Enright
and the fireman, William Farrell, Of
Owosso Engineer Reading was so bad
ty injured that he can not recover and
two Of the trainmen were badly injured,
but not fatally. One enrine and dozen
cars were dis -=sss is. -ss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
LATEST NEWS.
Saltwater Sensation,

SALTWATER, March "A double
tragedy of sensational character oc-
Cured here this evening. August Gorth
a German employed as a cooper in the
Northwestern brewery, murdered his
wife and then committed suicide. The
deed was accomplished in each case
with razor, and all the surrounding
circumstances lead to the belief that
both man and wife had agreed to thus
put an end to their existence. Gorth
was of an intensely jealous disposition
and has frequently accused his wife of
being intimate with other men. Their
|quarrels on this account have been nu-
merous. During the past few days
Gorth's jealousy seemed to have been
increased and he charged his wife with
numerous instances of infidelity. What
really occurred between them to-day
will never be known, but it said that
the woman confessed that she was init
mate with policeman in Germany six
years ago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
A BULLET FOR AN INSULT.

4 Southern Newspaper Correspondents
Shoots Ex-Congressman Taulbee, Of KEN
tucky, for Pulling His Noso-An Old
Quarrel the Cause Of the Anair-The
Wounded Man May Recover.
WASHINGTON, March Charles Kim
caid. correspondent of the Lonisxilla
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
VIII Rob no More.

MERIDEN, Kan, March "a man an
swering the description of the robber
who stole "a, 900 from Hicks & Gephart's
bank at Valley Falls, Kan, yesterday,
Registered at hotel here last night.
Police Officers Smith and Summerfield,
who had been notified of the arrival Of
the stranger, armed themselves with
Winchester rifles and at midnight went
to the hotel where they requested that
the stranger be called. When the
stranger descended to the Office he was
confronted with the police officers and
told to hold up his hands. Instead of
doing so he drew a revolver but was
shot and Immediately killed by the
officers. All of the money was found
upon his person.
TEIEGRAMs from New York CITY
says the storm of the 2nd reminds
New Workers of the famous. blizzard
two years ago. A binding snow storm
set in about o'clock, accompanied by
a brisk south wind, and the city was
soon covered with mantle of white.
Many accidents, due to falls on the slip
petty sidewalks, were recorded at the
various police stations and hospitals be-
fore midnight. At midnight the snow
was still falling.
Ex-Gov. ENGLISH of Connecticut died
at his home in New Haven of pneumo-
MIA of the 2nd.
MARCH LIST was the coolest known
throughout Louisiana and Georgia for
years. The mercury fell below freezing
and great damage was done to corn,
vegetables, etc It
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
ST. LOUIS NEW BRIDGE,

Tho Contractors Ready to Turn the
Structure Over to the Owners.
ST. LOUIS, March The last nail
was driven in the new bridge across the
Mississippi at o'clock Friday night
and the new structure is ready to be
turned over to the company by the
contractors. The first pile for the be-
ginning of actual work ON the bridge
was driven February /, 1889, about thir-
teen months ago, and now the i'm
mense steel structure, containing three
long arched truss spans aggregating
about 1,600 feet, and six short spans
aggregating 900 feet, spans the Missis-
sippl. The Merchants Bridge Com
pany will give the bridge thor
ough inspection. If satisfactory the
bridge will probably be formal
~ turned over to the Merchants
Bridge Company in week or
two. According to the contract the
Union Bridge Company is allowed until
June 1 to finish the bridge, but the
Merchants Bridge Company offered
handsome bonus for each day that the
bridge would be completed before June
l, and if the bridge is accepted as COM
pleted at the present time the bonus
will amount to about $4,000.
DICK HAYES HANGED.
The Noted Murderer of His WIFI. and Two
Children Executed at Birmingham,
Ala.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 1.-Dick
Halves was hanged yesterday for the
murder Of his wife and two children on
December 4, 1885, He made a state
ment that a previous confession was
true. He said he paid John
Wylie $40 to put his wife and
children out Of the way, because
his wife refused to leave as promised,
having heard of his intended marriage
to another woman. The trap fell at
1880; life was extinct in thirteen min
utes.
Halves murdered his wife and two daugh-
tors, drowning them in an artificial lake near
days after the commission Of the
crime he married q young girl
named Story. Of Columbus, Miss, and
was on his wedding tour when arrested
Attempts were made to lynch him and resulted
in riot, the sheriff and his posse firing into the
mob and killing twelve citizens. He was tried
convicted and sentenced to death, and on Jan
uary IL last Judge Mcclellan, Of the Supreme
Court, rendered decision Affirming the YER
dict.]
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

eth the gates Of Zion." "Open to me the
gates Of righteousness" And Isaiah wrote:
'Go through. go through the gates" And
the captive of Patmos wrote: ..Thc city had
twelve gates" Having passed the gate we
went on through the narrow streets dimly
lighted, and passed to our hating place.
any sat down by the window from which We
could see Mount Zion. and said: 'Hcre we
are at last. in the capital OF the whole
earth" And thoughts of the past ana the
future rushed through my soul in quick sue
cession. and l thought OF that old hymn.
sung by SO many ascending spirits
jerusalem my happy home,
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labors have an end.
In JOY and peace and thee?
When shall these eyes thy heav n-buit
walls
And pearly gates behold?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets OF shining gold!
And SO with our hearts full OF gratitude
to God for tourneying merc!es all the way
from Joppa to Jerusalem, and with bright
anticipation Of our entrance into the shin
Ing gate OF the heavenly city when earthly
journeys are over, my second day in pales.
tine is ended,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
The Indians OF Canadn u.

Canada seems to have practically
solved the Indian question. Instead
of that disappearance before the ad-
vance of the white man" which some
theorists find it convenient to repre-
sent as inevitable. they increase in
number in the eastern provinces. while
even in the far northwest they show "a
tendency to adopt the methods of civ
ilization. A striking token of prog
ress is the fact that 1000 more chill
dren are at this time in the Indian
schools in Manitoba and the terrific
ries than were receiving instructions
in 1881, and the number is stated to
be increasing. The effect Of this in
creasing contact with civilizing inhu-
ences is shown in the improvement in
their dwellings, the gradual abandon
ment of many Of the old heather cele-
brations. such AS the Sun Dance
etc, and the increasing number who
stay on the reserves and endeavor to
get something out Of their land, Chi.
capO Herald,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Expensive HMOviny."

A driver told of one trip he took that
lasted two weeks, and yet the town
from which the goods were moved was
not half as far away as Bridgeport.
Conn. The house in question had been
owned by Il very wealthy man, a col
lector of various costly articles. from
coins to Sevres vases. After his death
the goods were sold in this city, and
the driver who told the story had
charge of the moving. There were
several loads, but the main expense
came in the packing. Most of the fur
niture had to be carefully burlapped,
and nearly all the objects in the colec-
ton had to be. packed separately and
with the utmost care. The vans came
to New York by highway and the dill
for moving was upward of 800. There
was no swindle about it. The men
employed to pack were experts, and
they earned S. a day.-New York sun.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Smallpox in Germany.

The law of Germany makes vaccina-
ton compulsory, and provides for re-
vaccination at stated periods. As II
result smallpox is rapidly disappear
ing, Il recent report giving the deaths
for the whole empire as only 1913 in
1886, l69 in 1887 and 40 in 1888.
OF the deaths in 1888 about four-lifths
occurred in parts OF the empire i'm
mediately bordering countries not pro-
tected by vaccination. Comparing the
deaths of the larger cities with those
of cities in other countries. the DEATH
rate foom smallpox was 1876 times as
great in Austria, 80 times rs great in
Hungary, 16 times as great in Eng
land, "a times as great in Belgium and
twice as great in Switzerland. -Arkan.
saw Traveller.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

SURPRISE is often expressed that
with impro we'd methods OF cultivation,
improved machinery aud improved
stock, farmers cannot make AS much
money as they used to do. In. truth.
however, these advantages have main
" gone to the farmer himself. They
nave been largely adopted all over the
world. Ii American farmers did not
adopt these new methods they would
be left behind in the race. Much as
working-men on the farm used to
yrumble about the introduction of i'm
proved farm implements. they have
made more out OF them than farmers
themselves have. TO 20 back to old
methods would not bring back old
conditions. It would simply make
cultivation impossib bic.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

PoIsoNs are OF no use in destroying
plant lice, and may even be injurious
by destroying beneficial insects. The
insect damage is done by inserting u
tube into the leaf and sucking its juices.
How this affects the fruit illustrates an
important fact in tho vegetable econo-
my whereby all fruits and grains are
produced. The roots feed the fruit
and grain, not directly, but by elabo-
rating the sap through the leaves, aud
from there sending it to the fruit or
grain. When plant lice appear in
such numbers as to wither and shrivel
the leaves, the fruit is not fed and falls
off. The grain. being only partly
nourished. remains thin and shrutrle n,
instead OF exp .nding as it should.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

A MAINE man says the golden rod is
responsible for many of the cases OF
influenza. A while ago his little
daughter gathered large bunch and
put it in vase in the parlor. Two
sleeping apartments are on the same
floor, aud the doors are frequently
left open at night. Two days after
the flowers had been carried into the
home several mem bers of the family
began to sneeze, complain of sore
throat, and feel greatly depressed.
but not for several days did thy ind
out the cause of their illness 1t is
said that the flowers give of an i'm
perceptible powder-like substance
which is taken into the lungs by the
sleeper, causing an irritation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

THOSE persons who have made up
their minds that the rate OF railroad
travel Is us high as it can be made
with safety, and We had better stop
where we are, will probably be dis
appointed at being informed that 10
years hence they will be able to travel,
and made to travel. twice as fast as
now. Increased interest in higher
speed has been awakened in this
country and England by the possibil-
tiles revealed in electricity. and Prof.
Elihu Thompson intimates that rail-
road travel may be expected to reach
100 to $50 miles an hour. This dizzy
rate is about four times the presen,
average speed on American roads.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Characteristic. OF the Americans.

The American citizen is not content
to exist as mere animal. Physical
we'll being does not limit his desire or
aspiration. He is especially solicitous
for the welfare and advancement of his
children, and freely depletes limited
income in their education and training
for career in life. often upon other
than ancestral lines. This tendency
may become excessive, and is already
to some extent creating distaste for
useful industry and desire for con-
spicuous position, for accumulation
without labor and speculative rather
than productive occupation. Thus the
average American lives upon high
plane, exciting the envy and emula-
ton of people of other countries and
inducing extraordinary immigration.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

EASTERN clergymen are lamenting
the declining condition of religion in
some of the rural districts in New
England and New York. consequent
on the gradual depopulation that has
been going on for twenty years pest
The communities that once supported
1ourishing churches and schools have
melted away. and left the churches
and school-houses to go to ruin. A
distinguished preacher. writing to a
New York religious weekly, says:
There are half dozen vacant pulpits
within q short distance of Auburn, and
there are Roman Catholic churches in
neigh borhoods where. in the days OF
childhood, IA Romanist was almost as
treat rarity as n Mohammedan.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

In MAINE it has been the custom for
some years of the cumberland owners
to cut no trees less than ten inches in
circumference, and in this way they
have an annual crop OF spruce timber
instead Of destroying the entire sup
ply. Had the same course been pur-
sued with the pine in the state OF
Maine it would still be tho "Pine Tree
State" in fact, as we'll as in name.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Food for Neptune.

The quantity of meat thrown over
board into the Atlantic is very great.
Out OF 1856 cargoes of animals sent 10
British ports in one year from Canada
consisting of 81, O92 head of cattle d.
3S2 sheep and IS pigs. 65S cat'ie,
ITO sheep and l pig were conslgneu
to the deep during the voyage. W the
432 cargoes exported from the onl,eu
States to this country, comprising 100 :,
661 head of cattle. 3O.317 sheep anu
II pigs, 1870 Of the first and S3' Oh
the second class of this live stock were
thrown overheard during the voyage
thus numbering 4, $50 animals when
were pitched into the sea for the year.
London Letter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Electric Light Wires XIII Birds.

The numerous electric light and tel
egraph wires strung all over the city
with such disastrous effect upon human
life are also playing havoc with the
pestiferous English sparrows. One OF
these birds was seen the other day to
alight upon a wire in Forty-second
street, near the Grand Central depot
and in another moment it fell to the
pavement, quivering like leaf in the
wind and was seemingly in death
struggle. One of its wings was par
TALLY burned. and the little thing tried
hard to fly with the other. The fatal
electrical current had evidently done
its work, for the sparrow fell over on
its back and turned up its little toes ID
death.-New York Telegram.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

IT has been computed. as an illustra-
ton OF the great cheapening OF ocean
freights which has taken place in re-
cent years. that half sheet OF note
paper will develope sufficient power,
when burned in connection with the
triple expansion engine, to carry ton
q mile in an Atlantic steamer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

GAME and fish preserves have be-
come desirable II not necessary to the
pu bic good. State laws are not always
executed, but the regulations OF q
sportsman's club are quite certain to
be enforced. Game preserves will
have a desirable effect In keeping
hunters from trespassing on private
property. Farmers are at great trouble
TO keep hunters from their lands.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

THE Ohio courts have decided that
no damages can be recovered from a
railroad company for killing a COW If
it can be shown that there was In
plain sight of the COW notice to look
out for the locomotive. Such at
least is the effect OF the decision
though not its precise wording.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

The census bureau announces the
following: SangamOn county. illinois,
6l,O42, increase 8. l4e; Springfield, Ill.,,
"a, 1859, increase 5, lO9.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

TAKING the railroad lines OF the
country mile by mile. and those OF the
north have three accidents per mile to
one in the south. Can this matter be
explained? Is the Yankee more reck-
less?