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The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

s.i;d 81; ~ king nery'ously toward il, 8 Il
Twill tell you all. = 81; Il
There was g large box in the room !.
dragged it to the door and placed
1t against il. "Go on with your
story" 1said, seating myself on the
bed again." the door is as fast asI
can make it; we broke the lock lust
now"
II have had q premonition ~
death" he said, ''for two months
past, and / know that this will be INV
last night on earth. At twelve
o'clock shall be corpsel'
/ decided that the man was crazy
but l thought I would humor him
awhile.
"How do you know that" 1asked;
"what makes you think so?''
II cannot TELL" he answered, sbut
I know that this will be my last
night on earth
ut ia q stormy one, 1 said, smil-
ing in spite of myself. "Too bad q
night for q man to die and go out in
to the unknown dark"
"Yet men have died on inst such
nights" he said, t'died in the dark
alone, save for the spirits that min
istered unto them and closed their
rayless eyes. My father died on Just
such q night; a year afterwards nv
mothers spirit passed out into the
dark and storm. They foretold their
deaths, just as I have done. You
can remain with me if you will, and
see the Dronheav verif3oH >,
He then ceased speaking, and knelt
on the floor with bowed head and
folded hands. For nearly an hour
ne remained in that position, his lips
moving in prayer.
I inclined full length on the bed
and watched him curiously. Then
my lids drooped dreamily, his form
became confused before my eyes; he
faded into shape, and Twas fast
asleep.
Unjust have slept at least two
hours, when was awakened by
loud noise.
A large black-bird attracted by the
light, perhaps, had dashed itself
against the window pane and shiv-
cred it into fragments. The poor
thing fell bleeding and dead in the
room. leaped from my bed as a
savage gust of wind extinguished the
light. / saw the figure at the table
still; a face as white as death was
turned toward me, and then q hand
was raised-a finger pointed at the
clock-and then
Then mans head dropped on his
breast, and slow moan escaped his
lips.
"Help!' 1 shouted, as struck a
light.
But the man was far beyond the
reach of help. He was dead.
The hands of the clock we're on the
stroke of midnight.
1 reused the snoring watchman in
the hall, Mrs. Plym came screaming
from the room; but her screams were
louder when l ushered her into tha
presence of the dead.
Mystery OF mysteries! but life is full
of many such. The shadow which
walks by our side is not always our
own, and God sends his storms to
make calm in our lives, and reveals
to little children the mysteries he
withholds from wise men.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
vice President Morton Robbed.

SARATOGA, N. Y, special.-A bold day
light robbery has been committed in this
village. Sneak thieves entered the Bliss
cottage on North Broadway and got away
with $4,000 worth ofdiamonds and jewelry.
The cottage is occupied by Mr.. Morton.
vice president of the United States, and his
law partner, Mr.. Bliss, with their wives. It
is impossible to ascertain whether the
jewelry was the property of Mrs. Morton or
Mrs. Bliss, as the parties interested decline
to make any statement. The police refuse
any information. except to admit that the
robbery was committed and that : reward
OFF, 900 Is offered for the recovery Of the
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
Of Course.

"Look at your fashionable young
women" said q dress reform lecturer;
'they toll not, neither do they spin
and yet Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these" Well,
we should hopenot. Solomon would
have looked pretty going about in a
tight-fitting redingote made ofcheck-
er cloth, trimmed with bands of vel
vet, and hat partly on his head,
with the broad brim crushed and
dented as if he had been "out with the
boys" B.. would have been put in
the insane asylum. Norristown Her.
aid.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
COMMITTED BY HolEs.
Munchrath's imprisonment Reduced
from Four Years to Three Months.

Munchratll's Imprisonment Reduced
from Four Years to Three Months.
Dies Mo1NEs Iowa. Special Telegram,
July 1S.-Goy. Boies has commuted the
sentence of Fred Munchrath from imprison-
ment in the pcnitentiary for four years to
three months. He was convicted of con-
spiracy to murder Rev. George C. Haddock
at Sioux City. 1t was not claimed that he
did the killing, but he abctted the act by
urging others to do the deed. The applica-
ton for pardon was filed during Gov Lar.
rabees term of office
NOT SURPRISED IN SIOUX CITY.
Sioux CRY, Special Telegram, July 1s.-
The action of Gov. Boies in committing the
sentence of Fred Munchrath, the only one
oftbc Haddock conspirators ever convicted,
was no surprise to Sioux City people. In
fact, it has been pretty generally believed
that favorable action would be taken and
that q full pardon would be granted
Munchrath said to q reporter to-day that he
was glad a final settlement had been
reached. He had worried himself nearly
to DEATH not on his own account but be-
cause OF his wife and parents, and said
further:
II will so to the penitentiary an innocent
man" be said land will demonstrate by my Ii u
work that am worthy OF the respect and conf
dence the people of Sioux City have placed III
me-"
Clerk Sackett will issue the commitment
tomorrow and Sheriff Magner will proceed
to the penitentiary with the prisoner.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

INalist of the twenty-seven wealth.
lest women in the United States first
place is given to Mrs. Hettie Green,
Of New York, who is credited with a
fortune of $40,O00,000 in her own
right; Miss Elizabeth Garrett comes
next, with 100000; Mrs. Terry,
$20,000,O0O; Mrs Mark Hopkins,
$2O,OOO,OOO; Mrs Edwin Stevens
$4,000, 900; Mrs John c. Green, $1O,-
100000; Mrs Cyrus H. Mccormick, of
Chicago, $10.0O0,0OO; Mrs John Ja-
cob Astor, $s,oO0,OOO; Mrs John
Ray Barton, of Philadelphia. 81, 600
900; Mrs Thomas A. Scott, widow of
the railroad president, $5,0OO,0O0.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
Before We Turn to Dust,

How long will a human body re-
main in the earth before it decays un-
til it cannot be distinguished from
the surrounding clays is question
as yetundecided by scientists. Much,
depends upon the character of the
soil and the different elements of
which it is composed. In countries
abounding in limestone, or, again, in
regions thoroughly saturated with al
kaline waters, human flesh will retain
q natural color and flrmness for an
indefinite period Of time. The bogs
OF Ireland have yielded up bodies
fresh and natural as life that had
been buried in their slimy depths for
centuries. Itis said to be an histori-
calfact that the bodies of three Rom
an soldiers we're found in q peat bog
on the Emerald Isle, in the year 1890
A. D., fresh and lifa. like, although
they had been buried almost aixtssns
centuries. 's,!
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
ALL AT REST.
The Last of the Victims of the Sea Wing
liaasfal PLACED In TIair Gsaxaa

The Last OF the Victims of the Sea Wing
Disaster Placed in Their Graves.
RED WING, Special, July 1s.-The last of
the victims of the Sea Wing disaster were
buried yesterday. Business is now, to a
csntain extent, assuming its normal condi-
tf0h here, but it will be long time before
it will fully recover. Numerous offers
of assistance both financial and otherwise,
have been received and the people duly
appreciate them, though thankful to say
sistance has come from everywhere, which
the people can never hope to repay. One
and all sincerely hope, however, that they
may never be in position where any sister
city may need similar assistance.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
Warding Off a Kick.

PARIS, July 19.-M. Ribot, minister of for
eign affairs, has requested NJ. Dupuy to
postpone his Interpolation in regard to ne
gotiations with the powers relative to the
Mckinley bill until a uote shall have been
taken upon the direct taxation bill. It is
stated that the dissatisfaction in France on
account of the increased duty proposed on
French products by the Mckinley bill has
tions between the French and United States
governments on the subject, the French
minister Of foreign affairs seeking some in
timation from Washington that the pro-
posed advances may be modified.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

ANOTHER English syndicate is re-
ported, this time to purchase all the
plate.glass factories of this country.
After the purchase is made, look out
for new factoriea backed BY domes-
capital.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
Killad hi = Windlaas.

ASHLAND, Wis, Special Telegram
Pat Malone of Bear Creek, Wis, was
killed by windiass near the Eureka mine
at Malone. He was taking up two men
from the pit when he slipped his hold on
drop. In an effort to get control Of the
windlass pin of the windlass struck him
on the head, killing him instantly.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

THE New Haven Palladium says
that out of the 125 men connected
with the daily press of Connecticut
81 are church members, So are
church-goers or in sympathy with
the church, while only nine are in
different or skeptical.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

BENEDICT & LOCKWOOD of New
Canaan, Ct, have just made pair
of shoes for a Charo tie, N c., man.
They are the biggest ones ever made.
The size is No. 32. Each shoe is
2OxS inches. The man who is to
wear them is a clergyman. six feet
ten inches tall, and weighs 40
pounds, and the county in which he
dwells is q roomy one
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

THE citizens Of the Argentine Re-
public have proven themselves to be
the egreatest financiers of the century.
There are only 100000 of them.
and they have managed to borrow
money in Europe to the amount of
$500, 100000, or $125 for every
blessed man, woman and child in the
republic.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

JUDGE MILLER, OF Washington,
had occasion to decide judicially
that pigeon is not a fowl, and
in support of this decision u corre-
spondent of the Washington Star
claims that the dividing line between
birds and fowls is this: That fowls
take their young to the food, while
birds take the food to their young.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
Changed the Abstracts.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 1s.-For numerous
years Cyrus Craig of Marysville has been
employed as local agent for Bartlett Bros,
extensive real estate brokers of this city. 1t
has been discovered that he has done them
and others out of sums variously estimated
from 500, 600 to $4,000. One Of his favor
ite schemes was to change the abstracts and
procure loans upon lands which were al
ready plastered with mortgages. He would
purchase these lands, make the loan and
pocket the money. II is said Mr.. Craig is
now in Kentucky.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

Mrs. JOHN A. LOGAN says she has
taught herself the use Of carpenter
tools until able to build a cupboard
or put a new shelf in the pantry.
She smashed one thumb, sawed the
other half off, crippled two fingers
and knocked her knees, but persever-
ance won and the jack plane is king.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

A RUSSIAN society has begun the
publication of a newspaper in Lon
don called Free Russia, which is de-
signed to influence English opinion
in favor of constitutional liberty in
Russia. English capital is said to
be at the back of the enterprise.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
AcclpENrAL.

A violent wind storm struc k Cleveland, o.,
causing damage estimated at 100000. No
one wus injured.
small cyclone visited the country around
Peoria, ILL.,, wreckins a freight train, killing
one man and doing much damage to crops
Severe thunder storms, with torrental
rains have occurred in thesouthern and mid.
die counties of England, causing extensive
struction Of crops.
During violent wind storm Mt Norwalk,
Ohio, lightning struck Otto Goldner's house,
killing three sons-Willie, Freddie and Otto
who were sitting on lounge.
At Vincennes. Ind. Borrownan's brick
warehouse fell. Three men are known to
be in the ruins. One is Mr.. Thomus Borrow.
man, one OF Vincennes leading citizens
disastrous storm swept over Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania, doing considerable
damage to property, but few casualties are
reported.
At the inquest over the remains OF thirty
men killed in the steamer explosion at Chi
cago it developed that naptha, shi pped as
refined oil was the cause OF the explosion.
At Ehengen, Wurtcmburg. the roof of a
large building used as a cement factory fell.
Eleven workmen were burned in the ruins.
Five OF them were killed outright, and the
remaining six seriously injured.
Christopher Anderson and George Kreftz-
meyer, shoemakers were run down by q
passenger train near Chicago and received
injuries that may result in the death of BOTH
The two men were under the influence OF
liquor and it is supposed that they stepped
from one track to another to avoid freight
train and got directly in front of city.
bound passenger running at the rate Of about
forty miles an hour. Anderson has Il wife
and family living in st, Paul.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
NEWS J! SIFTING'S. \ 9
Criminal, Personal, Foreign
and Other Interesting
News Items.
WASHINGTON.

Congress will repeal the act withdraw ing
lands for irrigation surveys.
The house committee on commerce has or.
dersdafavorable bill giving theatrical troupes
reduced rates in parties ofseven or more.
Secretary Tracy has officially accepted the
United States steamer Philadelphia. Mr..
Cramp. the builder. receives 500 ss pre-
MUM for extra speed.
The senate has confirmed the following
nominations:
james Russell Solely Of Massachuse etts,
assistant secretary of the navy. Aliured B.
Nettleton of Minnesota and Oliver l..
Spaulding of Michigan, assistant secretaries
Of the treasury, Henderson NJ. somerville OF
Alabama Lewis Stackpole Of Massachusetts
and Ferdinand N. Shurtleff of Oregon, gen.
eral appraisers of merchandise.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

A NEW style of passenger cur has q
depressed floor between the wheels,
and the sides are carried TO full
height of the ventilator Sc ction, MAX
ing room for a gallery containing
two rows of seats.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

THUNDERsToRMs are said to be
more numerous in low latitudes than
in high. and one reason given for
their being less destructive in Eng.
land than in some other countries is
the dampness of the climate.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
OTHERWISE.

vvsS6s
The Bristish cabinet has decided to drop
the tithes bill. pass minor bills and supply
votes, and adjourn parliament.
John Roth, pauper in q hospital at Ga
lena, ILL.,, has not tasted food, solid orliquid,
for eight weeks. He is suffering from paraly.
sic.
Water has been let into the Central Pork
reservoirin New FORK for the first time through
the new Croton aqueduct, ,hich has been six
years in building.
Two yachts with dozen people on board
lett st. Joseph, Mich, during storm, and
have not been heard from. 1t is probable
that they took to shelter.
Hamburg, Lubbock Roster and other free
cities of Germany are not included in the law
prohibiting the importation OF American
pork.
Breweries in Chicago and adjoining cities
who have been engaged in beer war have
patched up truce, and the price will be re-
stored.
Another mob collected in Bow street, Lon
don, but was dispersed after a short conflict,
in which four constables were injured. The
metropolitan police have not struck.
The opinion prevails that in the absence
ofgovernment or foreign aid the National
Bank of the Argentine Republic must go into
liquidation. There is no abatement in the
financial panic in Montevideo
The scheme Whereby all the soda water
and beer apparatus interests in the United
States were to be amalgamated into q trust
and sold to English capitalists has fallen
through.
The committee on parade has finally per-
suaded Gen. Alger to consent that crippled
veterans shall be permitted to ride in car
riages in the Grand Army procession in Bos-
ton Aug H.
A subcommittee OF tho permanent organ.
ization committee of the worlds fair is to
meet in Philadelphia and advise with the
Philadelphians prominent in the centennial
exposition as to the most feasible means of
assuring the success of the worlds fair in
Chicago.
There was genuine case of Asiatic cholera
in Atchison, Kan, Every symptom was de-
veloped except that it was sporadic. The
victim was Mrs. w. r. Bishop the wife of a
we'll known citizen, and she died within
twenty-four hours. Two prominent physi-
clans pronounced the case undoubtedly
Asiatic cholera.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

The United States at the close of
it's first century has as many cities
with u population of over 1000, 900
as Europe. New York has 1921
227; Chicago, 1,os6, 900; Philadel-
phia, 1,O40,499. London, 4,351, )
73S; Paris, 1920, ,995; Berlin, 1, 1856
$50.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
Plsyed Havoc with Roofs.

ERIE, Pa, Special.-A hurricane struck
the town of Girard, west of Erie. and came
near demolishing the town. Scores of
houses and barns were unroofed and the
Presbyterian church was unroofed and al.
most destroyed. The damase 70 trees and
fsD yropefty will be heavy.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
PERSONAL,

The Farmers alliance OF the Second Min.
nesota congressional district met Mt Kasota
and nominated j. H Baker for Congress.
DR.. Charles X. Barlow, dentist ofPough-
keepse, N. Y, has taken no food ofany kind
except u glass of milk or cup of coffee each
day for over torty-five days. He has no ap.
petite, but appears to be in the best Of
health.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

The supreme council Of agriculture OF
France has voted duty OF 8 per cent. on
cotton, 5 francs per 100 klos on wheat and
8 francs per 100 kilos ON wheat -four,
Affairs among the London postmcn have
resumed their normal condition, and the de.
hveries of the mails are proceeding without
interruption.
The Valencia cholera bulletins indicate that
the plague is steadily decreasing in virulence
Six new cases and Eve deaths are repovted ut
Gambia.
The Vienna board Of health is informed
that cholera has again become prevalent in
thirty-one communities In the provinces of
Valencia and Alicante, Spain.
Fire destroyed large business block In
Cologne, Germany, involving loss OF q
million marks. Three fremen were killed BY
falling walls and several others were serious
" injured.
Halifax and Bermuda newspapers OK.
changed messages congratulating each other
on the completion OF the cable connecting
Bermuda with Canada and the rest of the
world.
verdict has been returned in London
awarding Henry Astor Carey OF New York
1856 pounds damages against the proprie-
tors OF Langs hotel for the loss OF q quaint.
ty Of jewelry which was stolen while Carey
was at the hotel
Her mnjesty's steamship War Sprite, flag
ship Of the North Pacific squadron, with
Rear Admiral Botham aboard, arrived at Vic
toria, B. c. Ce admiral stated emphatical-
ly that lie had as yet received no instructions
to send any OF the fleet to the north to pro-
tect British vessels from seizure by American
cutters or to retake any that might be
seized in Behring SEQ. He considered the
matter principally, from what he had read
o. it in the press, as purely one for diploma
tic negotiations.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
wAHpEToN, NORTH DAKOTA.
IT is estimated that the centre OF
population will be changed by the
new census from the neighborhood
of Cincinnati to the longitude of
Lake Michigan, if not further west.

Rev. Elisha Holland, ofGoldsboro,
N. c., is IS years of age and is grow
ing q beautiful crop of black hair on
what was lately very bald head,
At 80 he cut a tooth.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24
FOREIGN CRlsr.

Spanish agents in Washington declare th at
the United States will buy Cuba before the
year suds.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-24
Followed in the Wake.

The Democratic "head Knockers
make very apt pupils of the leader who
ran the Republican caucus afew nights
ago. The tactics which were pursued
in that gathering were followed out ex-
actly in the Democratic meeting of We'd
nesday night and as a result the pre-
arranged program slipped through the
same as if there had been no caucus at
all. In the first place John 9. Rudolph
was elected chairman. This no doubt
was part Of the scheme. and it was fol.
lowed up by a motion from somebody,
who was onto the s'inside, to the effect
that they copy after the style of the Re-
publican leader and allow the chairman
to appoint a committee of three to se-
.ect the fourteen delegates. Strange to
say, not a murmur was heard against
this way of doing business, and har-
n1onY prevailed in the interests of the
mighty ones. In pursuance therefore
to the motion, the chairman appointed
PAIL, Eckstein and Wehye, who pro-
ceeded to endorse the slate. That they
did their work we'll, the similarity be-
tween their report aud the printed slip,
which was circulated among few dur
ing the afternoon, bears evidence. Not
a name appeared on the one which was
not present on the other, and there
were fourteen in all. The slate CON-
plete. as swallowed by the caucus, was
made up Of the following; j. Krause,
G. w. II. Heidemann, John Arbes, c..
Stuebe, F. Schubert, w. Brust, A. G..
Ochs, j. G. Rudolph, E. G. PAIL, A. A.
Bogen, c. Knospe, I. Mueller, A. j.
Eckstein, and Fred Pfaender. As the
names were being read off, the writer
sat in a back pew, and as he checked
them off one by one from q list that was
kindly handed to him late in the day by
courteous follower of Jefferson,
the thought struck him forcibly of
how nice it must really be to be
among the fortunate fxers of states that
were sure to stay fixed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-24
THE TICKET THAT WILL WIN.
Brown County Republicans Hold a
Harmonious Convention.
Splendid Nominations and General
Satisfaction the Result.

The Republican county convention at
Sleepy Eye last Thursday passed off
without a ripple to mar the harmony
that prevailed ut the oatset. Called to
order by j. M. Thompson, organization
was at once effected by the election OF
E. G.. Koch as chairman and G. A.
Spellbrink as secretary, and by the ap-
pointment of a committee on creden-
tials. The latter found all the towns
represented but Linden and Stark, and
the convention then settled down to
business. The selection of delegates to
attend the senatorial convention was
first considered. To facilitate matters,
the chairman was instructed to appoint
committee of three whose duty it
should be to select the nine. This was
done, and the committee, consisting OF
Cook of Mulligan, Helling of New Ulm
and Harrington of Leavenworth, named
the following gentlemen as delegates:
Chas. Silverson, K. H. Heiling, Chas.
Hagberg, G.. Warnke, G. Harrington,
Chas. Schoregge, E. G. Koch, G. W. A.
Krook and Mat Reck, all of whom are
for Peterson. These were accepted,
and the convention proceeded to county
nominations. "
Early in the session the name of Oscar
Erickson was presented for the first
place on the ticket, but that gentleman
refused, and acting upon his decliDation
H. M. Ball of Eden was nominated by
acclamation. Immediately after, A. j.
Grimmer and F. Burg were placed in
nomination for register and treasurer,
and each proved to be the unanimous
choice of the convention. The other
candidates who were given places on
the ticket by acclamation We're Ernst
Brandt ior judge of probate, Nels And
erson of Burnstown for sheriff, Alfred
Walton of Eden for clerk, J. LAuden-
schlager for coroner, Geo. Boock for
surveyo or and s. G. Koch for court CON-
missioner. Over the authorship there
was something of a scramble. Three
nominations were made, the vote on
which resulted as follows: A. F. Wal
ton l6, G. Jorgensen Is and G. A.Spell-
brink 4. Spellbrink at once withdrew
and the second ballot resulted in Jorg-
ensen's nomination by a vote of 26 out of
a total forty. Two ballots were also
taken for superintendent of schools, or
rather one informal and one formal
ballot. The latter gave the place to l..
G. Davis, of Sleepy Eye, who was op-
posed by Velikanje and Street, Of
Springfield. For attorney there was but
one ballot, J. M. Thompson, of Sleepy
Eye, receiving 26 and Jos. A. Eckstein
Is votes. Thompson was accordingly de
clared the nominee. The Second dis.
trict chose Hans Sigurdsen, of Albin,
for commissioner, the Fourth put up H.
j. Hanson, of Sleepy Eye, and after the
chairman had named a county commit
tee consisting of A. Blanchard, G. An
derson, G, Spellbrink, VIM. Gieseke
and Oscar Erickson, the convention s
work was at an end.