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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
IN A RUSSIAN PRISON.
The Experience . Nsturslixed American
Had In His Native Land.

The Experience = Naturslized American
Had In His Native Land.
New YORK, May 2s.-AmonR the cabin
passengers on the Augusta Victoria from
Hamburg was Herman Kempinsky,
Russian by birth, and naturalized Ameri-
can citizen. He was on his way TO his
home In Bridgeport, after having spent
thirteen months In Russian prison on
the charge of evading the military duty.
He was accompanied by his wife and two
little girls, who remained near him. His
wife was confined In jail. They had re-
turned TO Russia TO visit their parents and
the husband was arrested without charges.
Kempinski tells an interesting story Of
his experience and his wife's efforts To
procure his release. She first applied To
Wurts, the American consul, who
promised 20 intercetlc, but nothing more
later friend coming To America laid the
corrcspandsnce which followed had no
result. 4 frleud q few months ago laid
the cascs .efcre Secretary Blaine. who nc-
corxiing 90 Kempinski's story, notified
Kurtz to demand the prisoners release,
and failing TO demand passports and leave
the country. As soon as this cable was
laid before the ear he ordered the pris-
oner's release. This was Immediately Of
fected and the unfortunate man was
treated with every consideration. He
says the Russian jailors demanded money
for everything done, and that his wife ex-
pended nearly 81 900 during his imprison-
mcnt, He will sec Secretary Blaine and
try 10 recover his money.
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THEY WILL JOIN HANDS
An Enormous Meeting to That End
Held In ndlanapolts-Flvo Hun
dred Delegates from varI-
Gus States Present.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 25.-One of the
most notable meetings of railway en-
ployes ever held In this city convened this
afternoon. For sometime past the oues-
ton Of federating the various orders of
railway service has been agitated and
to-tlay's meeting looked to the accom-
plishment OF that object. Fully 500 dele
gates were present from Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan. represent
ing the following orders: The Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers, the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the
Brotherhood of Conductors, the Switch
mems Mutual Benefit association and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The
Hugo OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers and Col. j. b. Maynard of
this city, addressed the meeting. He said
much had already been done by each
order acting separately, but what did one
organization amount To In n conflict with
corporations. II had been demonstrated
that one organization could easily be de-
feated in contest with capital, but capi-
tai could never triumph in contest with
such n federation was now proposed.
Past Grand Master Robinson, founder
Of the brotherhood OF Engineers, said
the beneficial results of organized and
disciplined action were no longer matter
OF speculation; they were assured truths.
In the great railroad lines OF this coun-
try, said Robinson, Ii seen the most colo
sal aggregation Of wealth the world had
ever seen. Though occasionally appear
ing as rivals they are constantly pooling
their interests In matters OF rates and
there Is every reason To believe that also
the pool influence and power In any pro-
longed conflict with labor. II is against
gigantic forces, with well known tenden-
cies To imperious dictation and harmful
measures that the brotherhood OF railway
employees now find themselves called
TO fortify these. Mr.. Robinson said the
only righteous course lay i'm federation,
that would stop the trouble with employ
crs because u would lead TO the arbitra-
ton of all disputes and strikes would be-
come a matter of history. Arbitration
had grown until a bill had been intro
duced i'm the senate by tool Of tho rail-
roads TO compel the bill so cunningly de-
vised that should IL become law Il must
render nugatory the patient effort Of many
years to better our condition. He
thought the railroads next trick
would be To try 20 federate with
the employees. :. T.. Wilkinson, grand
that the order Of conductors had gone
down. All rAilroed men were beginning
20 understand that thsy mqse un1oe
Freak Sweeney, president OF the Switch.
mems Mutual society, George w. Howard.
grand chief of the Brotherhood Of Con.
ductors. and John w. Hannahan. vice
grandmaster Of the iiremcn, also urged
federation.
Tonight vote was taken resulting ia
the adoption of the scheme and final AL.
journment was taken. The action OF the
convention was not final as it must be
ratified by the Brotherhood of Engineers
at their meeting In the fall.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
The WEEK IN CONGRESS
What viii be Done During tho Pres
emf Weak.
Appropriation Bills to be Consid-
cred In the t3ouso-Tho Silver
Question to Come Up
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-In the senate
the naval appropriation bill comes up to-
morrow as unfinished business, and by
agreement Wilson's original package
bill In a special order for Tuesday.
Doubtless the silver bill will get hearing
this week. PuRh will speak on IL II
chance offers. Sherman may also speak.
The committee on appropriations is ex-
pected to have Notifications and leRisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bills ready to report during the week.
Probably the remainder of the river and
harbor appropriation bills will be dis
posed of by the house tomorrow. A con-
ference on the antitrust bill may be pre-
sented early i'm the week and will doubt
less give rise to much debate, as the re-
port Is unacceptable to some democrats.
The Alabama election case is again post
poned.
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Nationalist Meeting I'm ireland.

DUBLIN. May Notwithstanding the
government proclamation against ma
.ionaiist meetings n crowd of 1000 per-
sons welcomed Dillon. O'Brien and other
members of parliament at Limerick
Junction to-day and speeches were made.
The police contented themselves with
warning the speakers. The members Of
parliament then went TO New Tipperary.
but the police there dispersed the meeting
by the free use Of clubs. O'Brien de-
noslnced the police, but advised the peo-
pie not to offer undue resistance, as the
nationalist leaders desired to avoid blood
shed. During the banquet at the national
shoot two bombs exploded i'm the street,
but no one was injured.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
HIRED TO KILL.
A Conspiracy Against the Life of "a FrencI,
Dostor.

"
Doctor.
PARIS, May pa plot has been discov-
cred to murder DR.. Herr, one of the
wealthiest and most prominent residents
of the French capital.
II appears that the man who was COM
missioned to assassinate him had been
paid $1,000 francs to commit the deed.
He disposed of the money for future use
and completed his preparations to COM
init the deed. but he became conscience
stricken and warned the doctor.
The would-be assassin did not betray
his fellow conspirators, but il is believed
that the plot Is of a semi-Semetic origin
and that number OF very prominent
persons, known to be personal enemies
Of the doctor and Hebrew haters on prin-
ciple. are involved i'm IL.
The disclosure has created consitlera-
BILE excitement, and the police are en-
dervoring TO trace the conspiracy To its
inception and arrest the plotters.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
A VESSELS MARROW ESCAPE.
The Beacon Light Coilides with an Ic,
berg ON Her First Voyage.

The Beacon Light C0llides with an Ice
berg ON Her First Voyage.
New YORK, May 25.-With bows stove
in and with her water very low the
staunch iron tank steamer Beacon Light
came into port Tuesday morning. II was
evident that the vessel had come forcibly
In contact with some heavy obstacle since
May 3, when she left Newcastle, England,
upon her first voyage across the Atlantic.
Captain Elliott stated that the trouble
had been caused by q large iceberg, upon
which the ship had struck suddenly dur
ing the night of May 13 i'm latitude 43 de-
Rrees and 50 minutes and longitude "a de-
grees and IS minutes. The vessel was
injured by falling ice and sprang leak,
but was able to continue her voyage.
The Beacon Light was a new vessel
just of the stocks when she sailed. On
the night OF May 18th ice was sighted
ahead. The object suddenly materialixed
into an iceberg with two peaks. The ship
was heading toward the very center OF the
peak which lay to port and which lowered
above the vessels foremast. The ice
seemed TO be little more than fifty feet
away.
Instantly the helm was put hard to star
board, but the ship glided on toward the
big white craQ, against the base of which
the long swell of the ocean broke with q
dismal roar. II seemed to tina captain and
his officers that the ship would batter her
head to pieces against the ice wall, and
the men on deck stood with pale faces
was to send them to the bottom.
But the ship had answered her helm
more speedily than had been expected,
and she now began to swing quickly
around 20 port. An instant later she had
cleared the ice wall, but she was now con.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
A RUSSIAN COUNT.
Arrssted for Creating = Disturbance In
the Palmer House. Chicago.


the Palmer House. Chicago.
CHICAGO, May ga man claiming TO
he Count Theodore Royal Of Kiev, Russia,
was arrested for raising q disturbance I'm
the Palmer house recently. The titled
gentlemen came from Kiev, Russia, in
1872, and, after working In various drug
stores In Chicago until 1883, he tried his
fortune In the northwest.
Accompanying him was his wife. Ada
line Rosalic Won BerRh, who. previous to
her elopement with the count, lived in
Bergen, Norway, where she owned two
steamships that piled between Norway
and the West Indies; also aswarehouse
and personal property. Miss Bergh's
mother opposed the counts attentions
and the couple took a secret trip to
Zurich, Switzerland, where they were
united "amid scenes OF Alpine splendor," !"
as the count says.
i'm the counts life from which he now re-
cords his career which Is TO come. Ham,
berger Brothers Of New York notified the
then Mr.. Royal that upon the death OF
Joseph Haetrykowsky, count OF kiev,
Theodore became Count de Royal and
owner Of the estates, consisting OF 10000
acres OF blue grass prairie and 10000
rnblex "Hurrah I'm now Boyar. which
heats my fathers title by one point"
cried the sprig of nobility. I'm captain
in the Royal guards. I'll 20 back TO Rus
sia, and, as Pushkin says of Peter the
Great, I'll teach all Europe how to fight"
The Lord of kiev said he was a personal
friend OF Tolstoi. MY mother Is Princess
Truboskoy. She will receive her son in
great style. But will 90 10 Washington
first, as am an attache of the Russian
Embassy. will present President Harri.
son with one Of the finest bearskins the
czar could find I'm his storeroons."
And thus he ratified on. Opinion varies
as 10 the sanity OF the prisoner. He has
been well educated, and carries gold
medal earned at the university OF Heidel
berg. Mrs. Royal, the wife, has not ap
peared. The count says she is stopping
with friends In Englewood, preferring thu
quiet of suburban home TO the hustle oi
hotel. The city physician tonight de,
clares Royal to be suffering from a mild
form of mania. but thinks II he receives
careful treatment he will soon recover.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
THE MANSFIELD FIRE.
Two Persons Killed by AN Explosion of
Dynamite.

Two PcrsOns Killed by an Explosion Of
Dynamite.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, May Pa severe
lightning and rain storm passed over
Richland county early this morning, do
ing considerable damage. Al Lucas,
John Charles block was struck by light
ming and fired. The flames communi-
Gated 10 adjoining buildings and citizens
turned out to extinguish the fire while en-.
deavoring 10 save the contents of the
general store, fifty pounds of dynamite
exploded. John Smith and Jeremiah
Jones were instantly killed and score Of
other people more or less severely injured.
II is not thought, however, any of them
will die. The explosion was heard five
miles distant aud nearly all the wir''ows
in the village Of Lucas were broken. The
loss amounts to $4,000.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26

SAN Francisco, May 25.-Captain An
derson OF the ship Oneida arrived tonight
on the schooner Kimball. He reports
his ship was wrecked April ~ on rock
at Scnek island during n dense fog.
Thirty-thrce Chirese aud a. white men
escaped. and ~ Chinese are missing and
believed To be drowned. They were en-
route 10 the salmon canneries in Alaska.
Details OF the wreck have not yet been
obtained.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26

NEw YORK, May 25.-As the ocean racer
the City of Rome, which arrived to-day
left Queenstown, a stabbing affray oc-
Cured i'm the steeragc between some
cattlemen and fireman. One Of them
may die. According TO the statements OF
passengers a reign Of terror prevailed
during the entire trip. Revolvers were
fiolrished and free lights indulged i'm
which resulted i'm several men being in
iurpd.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
VIII be Completed.

PANAMA, May 25.-The Colon Telegram
printsa despatch from Santerean at Paris
10 Couet Gousseneaux, in which he says: :
al have contracted for the completion of
the canal i'm four years. The French gov
eminent and Lematir are in my favor.
Napoleon whyse and Fontans, secretary
general of the canal. viii leave for Colum-
bia at the end of May"
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NEW YORK, May 5.-The ocean race
between the City of Rome, Aurania and
Alaska ended to-day. The time Of the
City Of Rome TO Fire Island was days, 8
hours aud 4 minutes; Aurania. Z days, Z
hours and q minutes; Alaska. days. s
hours and 40 minutes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
Mus, Hold Th.m-.,,.. Re.p.,.,,,.

CHICAGO, May 25.-A special from Ot-
tawa says: The dominion government
has informed the owners Of sealing ves-
sells on the Pacific coast that they can
offer M assurance that their vessels will
be free from molcstation IL caught by
by American cruisers in Behring sea. and
in hunting seals in these waters they take
the whole responsibility for what may
follow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
To Add To n. Cnp,tn, s,,cl

BALTIMORE. May 25.-The Sun will say
tomorrow: The Baltimore d Ohio COM
pany is preparing TO add ten millions to
its capital stock and buy up the stock
held by the city Of Baltimore and the
state of Maryland, so rs TO sever all POI
litical connections and make several
needed additions To the road, notably an
extension which will give the road q
shorter line to Chicago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26

JoHSsTowS, Pa. May "a very heavy
rain storm accompanied by thunder and
lightning occurred this afternoon. Streets
were flooded, cellars filled aud niue gen.
eral damage done. The Pennsylvania
railroad trucks were badly damaged.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26

PAoLA. Kas.. May 23.-The Missouri.
Kansas q Texas freight train was
wrecked near here to-day. and the en-
gineer and fireman so seriously injured
that they died this afternoon. Two other
trainmcn were badly hurt.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
Explo.Iou n, = nl.., rur,.c-.

CHICAGO, May 25.-By the explosion of
a blast furnace at the Illinois Steel works
to-day five workmen were terribly burned,
one of them fatally.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
Riots tn Austria.

VIENNA, May 25.-The labor agitation
at Pilscn has been renewed. The strik-
ers have pillaged stores, inns and vicar
ages. Many rioters have been arrested
at Traphan.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
The French Turf.

PARIS, May 25.-The Prix Dcdiane
French oaksl was won to-day at Chan
tilly by three lengths by Pierre Donno's
chestnut filly Wandora. Aumont's chest
nut fllly Nativa second, Liliane third.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
H.axx STORM in re.ns.

LoREpo, Tex. May 95.--To-night. dur
ing a heavy storm, the power house of
the electric street car line was blown
down, Two whites aud one negro were
killed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26

NoRRIsrowN, May 25.-The farrelly
building. owned by Patrick farrelly.
president Of the American News CON-
pany, burned this morning. Loss $l0.-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
Killed by The Collapse OF . Hou.-.

PoRT WASH s0ros, May 25.-A house
which was being raised this morning
collapsed. killing three men. All leave
families.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
L-ape,l Fron a Tower.

PARIS. May ga girl 2i years of age
committed suicide to-day By leaping from
the tower Of the Cathedral Notre Dame.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-07-30
Meaning of a Louisiana Flood

Meaning of a Louisiana Flood.
The heart-rending and tremendous
ly tragic scenes of a flood in a noun
tain gorge are wholly lacking in a
Louisiana flood. When great levee
breaks in our lowlands there is a
terrible rush at the imme date scene
of the crevasse, but at a short dis
tance from the locality the scenes are
entirely different.
The water does not oroaring and
raging through a narrow valley,
sweeping everything before it. The
yellow flood pouring through the
gap, often enlarged to the width OF
miles, simply spreads over the fat
country, filing the vast shallow basin
that it really presents. Day after
day the turbid waters climb up
around and into the dwellings,, the
stables, the stock-yards, the sugar
houses, the cotton-sheds, and gin
houses, while the pastures and Guilt
waited fields are covered. The sub
mersion goes on until the country is
inundat ted from four to twelve feet
deep over vast areas. The people
retire to their upper rooms, unless,
as it is often the case with the smaller
dwellings,, their habitations are
foated away. The domestic ami
mails encompassed by asea ofwaters
perish by thousands from exhaus-
ton or starvation. The muddy
water deposits it's silt in the houses
and upon the growing crops, cover
ing everything in it's reach with a
Shiny mud. The country roads are
extinguished, the bridges getaway,
the railways are disa bled, and boats
alone afford a means of communica-
ton with the population beleagu red
by the inund
Many people are drowned under
these unusual circumstances; many
more sicken, and not a few die from
the exposure and privations which
they undergo, while the suffering for
provisions is often SO great that the
destitute people, over vast areas of
submerged country are dependent on
charity. The flooded region is often
twenty to fifty miles wide and q
hundred miles long, and in all those
limits there is scarcely a spot Of dry
ground. Such state of things may
last one or two months before the
waters subside; and then dry land fit
to stand on; much less to plow, is
slow in making it's appearance.
Such is a food in Louisiana. lift
has not the verwhelmingly terrible
and instantaneous cataclysmic fea-
lures Of a JohnstoWn tragedy, it is
sufh ciently deadly and dreadful. Let
itnot be considered lightly New Or
leans Picayune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-07-30
A Snake in Her Bonnet,

One evening about 8 o'clock the
neighbors of Mrs. Kate Lynchbar
were much alarmed to hear success
sion of shrieks issue from that lady's
residence and ran Instantly to her
assistance. They met Mrs. Lynch
bar, who is a widow, as she rushed
from the house holding her hands
to her head, but it was sometime be-
fore she could calm herself sufficiently
to tell them what was the matter.
Her story was that having an en-
gagemeut to go to church she had
gone into spare room for her bon
net, which, on coming home from
morning service, she had put tenn
porarily on a table in the room.
She picked up the bonnet, noticing
that it seemed unusually heavy, but
put it on her head, or tried to, for
she was prevented from doing so by
the presence of some body in it too
large to permit her head to enter.
Before she could snatch it off, how
ever, whatever it was struck her
on the head, she said, and frightened
her out of her wits she tore off
the bonnet and what she declared
she knew by the feel of it's slim body
to be snake. Though believing the
lady was mistaken in the thing that
had been in her bonnet her neighbors
proceeded to thoroughly search the
room and finally discovered a small
puff adder behind a dressing case.
The creature showed fight, but the
numbers being unequal it was atlast
dispatched. There being on the
island no snakes of that kind, which
is extremely venomous, the only ex-
PLANTATION of it's presence is that it
must have been brought from Mexico
in one of the fruit schooners plying
between there and this place, and
probably was copcealed in a bunch
Of bananas Mrs. Lynchbar had that
day purchased. Her hair prevented
the blow the snake gave her from in
ficting a wound, which in all likeli-
hood would have proved a serious
matter.-Galveston Cor. Philadel-
phia Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-07-30
NORTH DAKOTA.

The population Of North Dakota is eBti-
mated by Census Supervisor Dodds at $780,
900. ..."@ ~
Large shipments Of wool are made daily
from Bismarck. The industry in North d.
kota is increasing almost double every year
Senator Pierce has had J. W. Stoddard of
La Moure appointed statistical agent
for the agricultural de partment,
A destructive hail storm struck Sidney, in
Northern Towner county 1t is reported
that the storm destroyed 5000 acres of
grain.
During the months of April May and June
the auditorof La Mour county paid bounty
on 1l3, 900 gopher scalps, am bunting to
over $4,000. :
Senator Pierce introduced bill in Con
gress granting twenty-eight acres of land on
a lake near jamestown, N. D., to the Grand
Army for encampment purposes.
At Fargo, Nicholas McGraw, q brakeman
on the Northern Pacific, was thrown from
the top of car by the sudden setting of the
air brakes and seriously injured.
The agricultural college board is endeavor-
ing to determine the practical value of Da-
kota grass and weeds with view to de-
stroying those that are in the nature of
pests.
A boy named Fisher is held in $1,000
bonds at Bismark charged with assaulting
his father with intent to kill. Public sympa-
thy is with the boy, who was protecting his
mother from the brutality of his father.
Six burglar are under arrest at Fargo
for bprglarizing a store at Lake Park. A
large amount of stolen goods and acomplete
outfit OF burglars implements were found in
their possession