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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21
CAUSED SENSATION
Sun Prairie, Wis.,, Excited
Over the Alleged Blackmail-
ing of One of its Citizens.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Will Consider Pensions
in Their Turn.

MADISON, Wis, Special Telegram,
I'm the cases Of w. w. Meredith and
Peter Hansman, the commercial travellers
who are charged with trying to blackmail
George Maloney of Sun Prairie, the allega-
tons which the prosecution makes are that
the defendants, by and with the connivance
of a certain pretty milliner in Sun Prairie,
set trap for Maloney, into which he read
lily fell. Letters are in the possession of the
sheriff which show that the woman, a
pretty, dashing, young married creature,
whose former home was in Lodi, told the
drummers when to come to her residence,
where to stand to best watch MalOney's
movements, and where they might see
everything that he did while in
her company. They are said to have sta
toned themselves at the point mentioned
and there obtained visual evidence OF un-
due gallantry on the part of Maloney, him
self married man, which they proceeded
to turn into cash by threatening Maloney
with an exposure which would bring dis
grace upon himself and sorrow upon his
family. 1t is stated that
IN ONE OF THE LETTERS
to the complaining witness in the alleged
Matchmaking proceedings the defendants
say substantially: "Mr. Maloney, we have
in our hands your reputation, your home,
your good name, your family peace; now
plank down So. 5OO." The evidence against
the drummers is of an ugly character, be-
ing, as it is in large part, letters over the
signatures of the defendants and aforesaid
coquettish milliner. A demand was
made upon the sheriff by the
attorneys for the defense for this evidence,
but that officer refused point blank to re-
linquish single piece of the paper in his
possession until ordered by the court to do
SO. The defendants were arrested at one OF
the hotels while quietly rejoicing in game
of cinch and appeared to be quite taken
back at the procedure. One Of them, it is
said, professed to be detective, and If So
prosecution may be begun against him for
the personation of an officer for the purpose
of extorting money from Maloney. The
latter has refused to take any action look
ing to the arrest of the milliner. although
advised to do so by competent legal author
ity, and this TACT has been cited as peculiar
ifshe is, as claimed, equally as guilty as the
defendants in the suit. In any way the case
is viewed, it abounds in spicy features and
is the sensation of the hour in Sun Prairie.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21

for I'll 900 to be used In making surveys
and sinking experimental wells.
Gilbert Laberg, Of Montreal, was taken
from Northern Pacific train in . violently
insane condition at jamestown, and placed
in the insane asylum for treatment. His
family lives in Mt. Vernon, Wash. The man
was on the road home While being convey
ed to the institution the patient jumped from
the sleigh and a long and exciting chase for
his recapture followed. At lucid intervals
the man claims to have been robbed and
brutally beaten in Chicago, while en- route to
Washington.
William Mitchell, state superintendent of
public instruction, died of heat failure. He
had just retired, and was apparently we'll up
to the time of the last struggle. Mrs. Mitch
ell was with him at the time, and the first
warning she received was q gasp and the
throwing up of his hands. In answer to her
query, what is the natter" he made no
reply, and Mrs. Mitchell ran to o neighbours
for aid. When she returned life was ex tinct.
The body was taken to the former home of
the deceased in Ohio.
Commissioner Helgeson returned from the
western portion of the state. where he has
been making a personal examination Of the
destitute districts. He says that Rollette,
Benson, Pierre. Bottineau and Cavalier coun-
ties are the ones moet in need, and that the
restitution in these districts is greater than
people have any idea of. In many places he
found children without shoes. Flouris great
~ Deeded. Aid will have to be extended I'M
til the LIST of June. He says the greatest and
most imperative need is food for stock.
Many horses and oxen are dying for want OF
food. He says $50. 900 il needed to enable
the bureau to do the work demanded of it.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21
NORTH DAKOTA.

John Keenan,, a Glby hotelkeeper, fell
from Northern Pacific passenger train at
Grand Forks and was seriously injured He
narrowly escaped death
Sioux Falls Brewing company has offered
to furnish 1000 ushels of seed barley to
destitute farmers and take their individual
unsecured notes therefor.
North Dakota has four United States court
districts. while South Dakota has but three
The sittings in South Dakota are held at
Pierre, Deadwood and Sioux Falls.
The secretary Of war has retailed Lieut..
Leon S. Roradiez, Fifteenth infantry, as pro-
lessor of military science at the University of
North Dakota ut Grand Forks.
John Sullivan, q brakeman on the Great
Northern road, was instantly killed by fall
ing from freight train at Marvel. The entire
train passed over his body. He was nine
teen years old and lived in Grand Forks.
The senate co mmittee on territories has
agreed to report favorably Senator Pierce's
bill for a penitentiary at Grafton. The COM
mittee was not unanimous, and q minority
report will be presented and q fight made
against the passage of the bill in the senate.
Much of the land in North Dakota that
cannot be depended on to raise wheat by
reason of drouths is adapted to sheep hus-
bandry. The buffalo grass, which is the
richest grazing in the world, often becomes
too short for cattle in dry years, but even
then it can be cropped in sheep.
The senate committee on public lands has
reported favorably Senator Pierce's bill for
an additional land Office in North Dakota,
which will be known as the Minot district,
and the land Office will probably be located
ut that place. It includes the northwestern
part of the state.
The impression prevails in certain sections
of North Dakoto that the irrigation sur vcys
provided for in the bill now before the senate
is for South Dakota only. The bill makes
NO distinction between the two Dakotas. ALI
four senator's signsd q request to Maj. Powell
to make some recommendation, and the bill
was introduced by Senator Piers providing,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21
ICE 10000 YEARS OLD.
Minv in California in Which There =
Perpetual Frost.

The altitude of the Stevens mine ON
Mount Mcclellan California; is $500
feet. At the depth of from 80 to 200
feet the crevice matter, consisting Of
silica, calcite, and ore, together with,
the surrounding wall rock, is solid
frozen mass. says an exchange, Nc
Clcllan is one of the highest eastern
spurs of the snowy range. 1t has the
form of horseshoe. with bold es-
carpment of fcldsparic rock nearly
1000 feet high, which, in some places
is nearly perpendicular.
In descending into the mine nothi ng
unusual occurs until depth of eighty
or ninety feet is reached, when the
frozen territory begins and continues
for over 200 feet There are no indi-
cations of thaw summer or winte-.
The whole of the 200 feet of frozen
walls is surrounded by massive rocks
The miners, being unable to excavate
the frozen material with pick and drin
in the usual way, found that the only
way to mine in this peculiar lode was
to kindle huge fire against the face"
of the tunnel and in the morning take
out the ore that had been thawed loose
during the night.
In fact. this was the only mode Of
mining used while going through tho
frozen belt some ten or fifteen years
since. The tunnel is now many hum
bred feet deep, and still there is no
diminution of the frost. There is, 80
for as can be seen, no opening or cham
mel through which the frost could pos
sibly have reached such depth from
the surface. Besides this there are
many other mines in the same vicinity
in q like frozen state.
The theory is that the rock was do
posted in glacial times, when there
was cold enough to freeze the very
earth's heart. In that case the mine 10
an ice-house whose stores have remain
ed unthawed for at least $4,000 years.
The phenomenon is not uncommon
or inexplicable when openings can be
found through which current of air
can pass; but cases which, like the
Stevens mine. show no opening for
air-currents must be referred to inn
bedded icebergs of the glacial period
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21
NAKED sAvAcEs IN Brazil,

Discoveries Of DR.. Ehrenrsich ON tha
AraguAya River.
DR.. Earenreich, German explorer.
speaking of the Caraja tribe Of native
Brazilians. says:
'This tribe found on both banks o3'
the Araguaya River, in the Province Of
Goyaz, far in the interior. believe no
white man has ever studied them care
fully before: certainly to my knowledge
they have never been described. They!
present many points Of interest for the
student Of orthropology. Their man
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21

Gilbert Bjorneon. Of Ell Paso, was fonnd
frozen to death. He was intoxicated when
he left the saloon and had strayed out Of his
homeward course.
Herbert Kepler, aged 18, SON ofrespectabls
parents at Eau Claire. has been arrested for
stealing He IL wild. drinking boy, over
whom his parents have no control.
Edward Gill. Of Merrill, pleaded guilty be-
fore United States Judge Bum, at Madison,
to violating the revenue laws. He was sen
fenced to thirty days in the county jail, and
to pay fine of 800.
Charles Brahmer narrowly escaped freezing
to death, near Fort Atkinson. Hewas thrown
from his wagon, suffering q broken leg, and
lay for two weeks by the roadside, the tenn
perature being Is degrees below zero.
In the circuit court, now in session at Port
Washington. Charles Lucht, of the town Of
Mequon, recovered "a, 900 from his stepfather
for services since he came of age, fourteen
years ago.
"A burglar entered the house of Mrs Chas.
Brady, at Racine, and was discovered by a
son, who fired two shots at him while he was
making his exit out of q kitchen window.
Neither of the shots took effect, and the bur
William Zimmerman, a farmer living three
miles from Boyd, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat with butcher knife Sever
al days previous he cut his wrists with q
knife in an unsuccessful attempt to end his
life.
In the circuit court at Wausau William
Gritzmacher, veteran of the late war. was
convicted Of an assault upon q 16-year-old
German girl, October 4, 1889, Immediately
after which he fed to Minnesota, where he
was found through pension vouchers, at
Aiken. A new trial will be asked.
There has been shipped out of the city Of
Madison, this season, about Isl, 500 tons Of
ice, which has sold at an average of 65 cents
per ton, bringing $9S,475. Besides this there
has been stored away in icehouses at least
an amount equal to the shipment. The cost
Of cutting and placing ice on board cars ia
about Is cents per ton, most of which goes
directly to the laboring men.
A great excitement was created at Eau
Claire by tho discovery that six prisoners
had escaped from jail. They are John Fisher,
John Ever, James Doyle, Ed Dixon, Thomas
Sander and John Wedenberg, all burglars.
They had worked several days on bars and
bolts with files and drills struggled in by
friends and had plugged up the holes with
soap. They reached the roof through a sky.
light and slid down a rope made of blankets
and torn into strips and braided. kilograms
and offers of rewards have been sent broad.
cast and officers are searching the woods.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21
JUDGE LYNCH'S QUICK WORK,
A Murderer is Lynched in q Half
Hour After His Victims Death.

BLOOMFIELD. Neb., Special.-A murder
which was committed here to-day was fol-
lowed thirty minutes later by the lynching
Of the murderer. ''NYoure the man I've
been looking for for two or three days."
These were the words uttered by ]. S~atton
as he entered the butcher shop Of N. w.
Lewis. who was reading a newspaper.
They were followed by several shots from
the pistol of Stratton. which he carried in
his hand. The first bullet entered the
breast and lodged in the lungs and
was sufficient to have caused death. BIZ,
ing and faint, Lewis CROPPED his way to the
door and went to the back of the house.
He was followed by his murderer, who
continued firing. Finally Lewis fell to the
ground and died almost instantly. As soon
Is the pews OF the murder reached the ears
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21
Way Gets Three Years.

MADISON. Wis. Special Telegram,
William Way, arrested in Minneapolis
for burglary committed here two months
ago, pleaded guilty to-day and was sent to
prison for three years.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21

Over 5000 Russians have settled In
and around Eureka, Cal, within .
year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH.
MINNEAPOLIS.
ST. PETER A. NJ. e. CHURCH.

Cor. ed street and 10th avenue South.
Sunday services: Preaching at II 90 A. II.
and 1870. p. M. Sunday school at 800 P; N.
Class meeting IL A. NJ. Thursday evening
prayer meeting, Friday evening class meeting.
Days for PASTORAL visits, Monday and Tues
day. Days at home, Wednesday and Thurs.
day. Weddings, funerals, and the sick,
promptly attended to upon notice.
REV. r. II. WILLIAMSON, Pastor.
219O 10th Ave, 8.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27

Settlers on free Government Ionr
lands along the Great Northern kUW
Ry. Line in North Dakota and
Montana get low rates and flneI h " \
markets for products. ~ IL y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27

their stomachs the work Of soap-making
begins. Lime water, alkali of the soda,
grease Of the hog meat, heat of the
stomach. See?''
ugh! don't wonder at their having
such yellow, parchment like skins"
On our way back we stopped at Toms
house for dinner, 50 that I might see
that spread of soap-making ingredients.
AS we rode up to the door of the log
cabin pack, of some dozen or more ours,
Of every conceivable size and color, came
rushing snarling and swapping at our
horses heels. A tow-headed girl Of
about fourteen summers peeped around
the corner of the hut and yelled:
'sWhat yer want?"
"Call of your dogs, Sallie. We are
going to stay to dinner" said my COM
panion.
''Wall, why don't yer light? Yer
know them purps won't bite. Yer've
bin here before, Dick. Who's tibet
chap?" ri ". G.s..t , 49,. >..-s . l. 3
"He's all right, Sallie; he wants your
dad to tell him about the hunting in
these parts" =
We hitched our horses to pine sap
1ings and had almost reached the door
when swarm of half-naked, tallow-
faced, frowsly- headed urchins surround
ed u.s.. Miss Sallie had come from the
corner and was waiting to receive us,
cordially inviting US to enter. .-.. To-
Where are the old folks?' asked my
friend. - ..... H.. ..-.-.. 81. ....
"Mam, she's a-sottin' out later vines,
and dad, he's a-huntin'. They'll be here
arter while. Sit down. .''.
Sal1ie then went to the back door,
and, placing cow-horn to her lips, blew
several loud blasts. ~ = - J.
''That'll fotch 'em," she said, as she
came back into the room. 80 ..-. .-......
In a few minutes the old lady, with
her home-spun skirts gathered up and
tied around her waist with string,
came in, her rough hands full of mud
and tired look on her care-worn face.
"Howdy, Dick, and you too, stranger?''
The dinner! l tied hard to eat, but
wild visions OF human soap factories
fitted before my agonized mental eyes
and could not swallow to save me.
However, the others all ate with seem.
ing relish.
The spread consisted of great gobs
fat pork, roasted sweet potatoes,
boiled long-leaf collards, syrup, black
coffee without sugar and corn bread.
As we rode back through the woods to
Tallahassee my friend told me that
little Sallie and her mother did all the
work about the place, raising what
crops they could, and that Tom never
did any thing but hunt and drink corn
juice whisky.-N. Y. World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27

Montana produces the finest0 uoDono
Horses and Cattle Free rangesU HlIkXkX.
yet in Mouse, Milk and Sun Riv-
er Valleys and Sweet Grass RNTTLE
Hills. = r@F". IN AAy
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27

To introduce the popular household journal, the
LADIES HOME COMPANION into thousands OF new
homes, the publishers offer -'-'''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27
A Leading Part.

Father (reading letter)-Ah, what
rapid advancement Jim has made! He.
has been with that Uncle Toms Cabin
company but two weeks, and now he
writes that he is already doing . lead
ing part. . 81
Jim lin parade, a hundred miles away
Come along here, Balaam, consarn
you! You're. the slowest blamed donkey
ever seei-Spirit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27
IT WOULD BE CHEAP At $1.0o'

As it is the Latest, Best and Most Practical
Cook Book Published, More Nearly
Meeting the Wants of American.
Homes than Any Other.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27
SlEIHTY uIRHETHRY.
ST. PAUL.

MASONIC.
PIONEER LODGE, No. IL, At. A. n. meets
the first and third Mondays in each month at
Masonic Hall, 81 jackson street Master
Aasons in good standing are always welcome.
SOLOMON HALL, w. II.
NELSON TAYLOR, Sec. 141 18th st.
STEVENS LODGE. No. H. AT A. NJ. meeta
the first and third Tuesdays in each month 1t
Masonic Hall, 81 jackson street Master
MasOns in good standing are AWAY welcome.
a. ROBINSON. w. M.
J. F. COQgIRE, Sec Irish AM1r Club.
FOR RENT-Four elegantly furnished
rooms with use Of parlor, piano, etc.
Apply at Mrs. N. Weir's, No. SIS Martin
street. Terms reasonable
PIONEER COMMANDERY. No. g. meets the
second and fourth Thursdays in each month
ct their asylum 37l Jackson street. knights
Templar in good standing are invited
S. K BURNETT, E. G.
J. +. COQUIRE. Rec. s.-s.-E 49,. f
BETHEL CHAPTER, No %, r. A. NJ. meets the
first and third Thursdays in each month at
Mass mic Hall, 81 jackson street. Royal Arch
Masons in good standing are always welcome.
f J. F. CoQUIRE. 81. p.
TALBOT BUSH. Sec. 20 E. 4th St,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27

Home seekers will find thel unuu
last OF the public domain Of az fRkk
along the Great Northern Ry I'M II x
North Dakota and Montana II u
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27
A Costly Fit.

Mellick Look here! Skipps, the
cashier of the Sphinx National Bank,
has just fed with eighty thousand dol
lars Of the deposits. He was an old and
trusted employee, and the directors think
he must have fed in fit of mental
alteration.
Jellick- Either that or q fit Of abstrao-
tion.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-12-27

"A NEwsPAPER writer fippantly refers
to Victoria, Queen Of Great Britain and
Empress Of India, as .'her nibs, the
Queen" is this because she is so care
full Of her pen )2-Ameriean Sta
iousE. s No. E ~.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-03
The Hendricks Monument.
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.

"AH," he said, as the postman handed
him letter, ''an epistlei" ''No," said
his wife, as she opened the envelope and
a bill futtered to the floor. "Not an
epistle. A collect"
THERE is a young woman in Maine
who, on being asked where she was born.
replied that she wasn't born anywhere
in particular. as she was the daughter Of
Methodist minister.
"WHY. thought you were in rail-
road accident?" II was" II heard the
engine ran over you" sit did" "And
that the baggage-car fell on you. I"
-"Yes." ''Well. you're wonder" No;
I'm football player"
A wELL~KNowN Irish Judge is reported
to have said of a parsonage who had an
apparently congenital indisposition to
deviate into veracity: IT once knew him
to speak the truth, and then could tell
it by the natural embarrassment of his
manner"
A COUNTRY editor received the follow
ing: Dear Sir-I have looked carefully
and patiently over your paper for months
for the death of some individual was
acquainted with. but as yet not single
soul care any thing about has dropped
of: you will please to have my name
erased"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-03
SHAWNEES SIGN.

The Absentee Tribe Put Their MARKS 60 IT,
Commissions Terms.
SHAwNEEIowN, /. T, June 2S.-Ibes
treaty with the absentee Shawnee tribe
was signed yesterday. Each head q
the family receives 160 acres, each
member of the family between eighteen
and twenty-one years so acres and
each member under eighteen years 20
acres-the land to be taken north q
Little river. Each member of the tribe
receives 500, the money to be expended
for the improvement of his home unde4
the direction Of the Department Of the
Interior.
The treaty was signed by White
Turkey, Chief Charlie Starr Elephant.
Thomas Rock, William Littleaxe and
Jim Bullfrog. The Council and all tho
tribe voted to accept the Commissions
proposition.
The Indian Commission has succeed.
ed beyond the most sanguine expectar
lions of the public.
The Pottawatomie reservation now
only awaits the action of Congress to be
thrown open. The allotments will be
made at once by Major Porter, who 10
energetic
This will throw open to white settle>
ment some 2, 400 farms of 160 acres each.
The tribe has until February s. 1891, TO-
take its allotments.
The Commission will move to-day &c,
the KickapoO reservation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-03
SWAN THE RIVER.

Exnioit of = Deuerado After Shooting BID
Brother-fn-Law.
ST.. JOSEPH. No. June 2a-Thursdo1
night West Darlington became involved
in a quarrel with his brother-io-ia as
Robert Oder, one of the largest STOCK
raisers in this county, and the qnoHSe
ended in the shooting of Oder.
Darlington mounted horse ana toee
ried1y rode from the scene of the taee
edy, small town called Cover, to s.
Joseph, a distance of eighteen miles
He reached here about daylight ana
rested himself and his horse by a.
river side, waiting for che ferryboat -
carry him to the Kansas side, where b
hoped to make his escape. The Evefi u
very high and the boat only makes s0o-
trips day.
Darlington did not know this, but
waited until he was surprised sby tAo
approach of the sheriff and his deputieop
Jumping upon his willing horse as hiG
pursuers approached the murderer urged
the animal down the embankment end
into the water, while the officers looked
on in amazement Into the river thee
went, the rider looking anxiously
over the half mile of water sepae
rating Kansas from Missouri. Each
moment they threatened to sink The
officers began discharging their resols-
ers and ashasty search for boats gss
made. When about a hundred yards
from the other side the horse eank.
The man followed suit, but only tor Q
moment Then both arose, and mount
ing the plucky animal Darlington liftea
his hat in derision and drove into tho
thicket- Nothing has been seen oe him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-03
wire i'm . Tenemeue Niser,eH.
ClippinEA

The annual report OF the Amefiool
Bible Society has an amendment calling
special attention to the alarming growth
of illiteracy. According to it three
quarters of million families have been
found without the Bible in the last eight
years, and almost three hundred thou
sand families refused it even Is . gift.
The Salvation Army has just COM
pleted the tenth year of its work in
America
Henry Beard. who recently died near
Akron, O., at the age of eighty-seven,
had read the Bible through carefully
sixty-two times
The petrified jaw and tusk of some
mammoth prehistoric animal have been
found near Petaluma, Cal The Jaw is
two feet long and weighs forty pounds
In it are two molar teeth, the larger of
which weighs two and one-ha1f pounds.
The tusk or horn is nearly three feet
long and about five inches in diameter.
The remains were exposed by huge
landslide.
A wren at East Bradford, Pa, built a
nest in the sleeve of a garment that had
been hung up in the yard to dry.
A petrified bat was found near Yuma,
a T., by some railroad men who were
digging a heavy cut through sand hill.