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The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
NO MORE AMERICAN WAR.

Representatives Of Ten Nations Have
Signed the Great Arbitration Treaty.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The repre-
sentatives of about ten of the American
nations signed the arbitration agreement
recommended by the Pan-American con-
ference at the state department. Among
the nations which signed the treaty were
Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras.
The ministers resident of these countries
to the number of about ten, gathered
together in Mr.. Blaine's office Monday
and exchanged treaties. The arbitration
treaty is the one which was agreed to in
the Pan-American conference and rec
commended to the various countries rep
resented in the conference. It could not
be adopted by the representatives Of
these countries in the conference, but
was referred by them to their home gov
ernments, which have authorized their
ministers to the United States to meet
in Washington and sign for them. 1t is
believed that all Of the countries in the
conference will sign eventually. This is
the GROWING act in the conference, as
this was the principal business for which
the conference was called.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
UNITED STATES COURT DISTRICTS.

How North Dakota Was Divided and
When and Where Court Shall Be Held.
The law recently passed by congress
divides North Dakota into four divisions
for holding terms of the United States
district court, each being made up as
follows:
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION.
Counties of Burleigh, Emmons, Foster,
Kidder, Logan, Mcintosh, Mclean,
Stutsman, Wells and all that part of the
state lying west and south of the Mis-
souri, river. Court to be held in April of
each year at Bismarck.
NORTHEASTERN DIVISION.
Counties of Grand Forks, Trail,
Walsh, Pembina, Cavalier and Nelson.
Court to be held in December of each
year at Grand Forks.
SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION,
Counties of Cass, Barnes, Riohland,
Dickey, Sargent, La Moure, Ransom,
Griggs and Steele. Court to be held at
Fargo in May of each year.
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION.
Counties Of Ramsey, Eddy, Benson,
Towner, Rolette, Bottineau, Pierce, Nc
Henry and Ward. Court to be held at
Devils Lake in February of each year.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
lNves7IeA- ING IRRIGATION.
The Commission Appointed by Congress
at Work In the Huron District,

The Commission Appointed by Congress
at Work In the Huron District.
HURON, S. D., May Col. Nettle-
ton and his irrigation commission have
begun their work of examining artesian
wells. The investigation will be confined
directly to the artesian water supply,
but information will be obtained on
other subterranean water supply. 1t is
the purpose of Col. Nettleton, through the
commission, to complete a condensed
history of every artesian we'll in the
plains region. The inquiries call for in
formation as to depth Of the wells, cost.
flow, geological formation and other
facts. Especially investigation will be
made of results from wells used for
irrigation.
It is expected that Secretary Rusk
will personally visit many points in the
arid region while the Investigation pro-
crosses. The action of congress, how
ever, will be based almost wholly upon
the recommendation of Col. Nettleton
and Professor Hay. AS soon as the
working force for South Dakota is or
ganized and instructed, Col. Nettleton,
with Professors Hay, Updyke, Culver
and Bailey, and State Engineer Coffin
and S~tenographer Greenwich will so to
North Dakota, stopping at Jamestown.
Devils Lake and points on the Great
Northern road, examining basins of the
southwark on that line, reaching Denver
the middle of May; then going to South
western Kansas and Northwestern
Texas, returning to Washington the first
week i'll June. On their return the COM
mission will visit the artesian wells at
Yankton. Woonsocket. Aberdeen, Hitch
cock, Miller and other places. and if
possible, they will spend some time in
Minneapolis and st, Paul,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
NEWS In THE DAKOTAS.
NORTH DAKOTA.

Churchs Ferry.-Signal service flags
were put in use here May I.
Steele.-Kid6er county seed wheat
Bonds were SID at 1903 to Hayes & Son,
Cleveland, OHIO.
Valley City.-The Northern Pacific
will spend about $4,000 improving and
repairing their water supply here.
Jamestown.-This city will have both
q band and a hook and ladder company
at the Fargo tournament.
Bismarck.-Every person in North
Dakota should observe Arbor Day by
planting a tree or shrub on the 9Th Of
May.
Mandan.- The mail route between
Mandan and Fort Yates will shortly be
discontinued. It has been operated
about a year.
Bottineau.-1t is stated that the eleva-
tors Of this county had over 5000 busL-
els of wheat left after providing seed for
all the farmers.
Bismarck.-The resolution adopted by
the school board in regard to children
not being eligible to attendance at the
age of seven years, will probably be
modified to make it six instead of seven.
Bismarck.-Old man Kelly, of this
city, who is known by almost everybody
who has ever stopped here, has at last
got the pension he has been struggling
for since 1889. Back pay, $500; monthly,
allowance, $40.
Wahpeton.-Active efforts are being
made to raise a $4,000 fund for the
Wahpeton Academy of Science. and
when the money is pledged, the opening
of the school will be but 9 matter Of only
a few months.
Bismarck.-Farmers all through this
part of the state say the crop outlook is
excellent. The ground is in good cond;-
ton and early sown grain is in fine
shape since the rains. A great deal of
corn will be planted this year.
Fargo.-The Northern Pacific has an.
nounced its willingness to make a rate
of one cent per mile to firemen. bands,
and other companies in uniform who at
tend the fremen's tournament. To all
other people a rate of one and one-ffth
fares will be given.
Churchs Ferry.-The Sun says that
people living in this vicinity are alarmed
owe the absence of Col. Sibley who
went east five weeks ago to solicit aid
for Tower county farmers. He secured
two or three carloads of feed and gen
eral supplies near Fulton, Ills. Tele-
grams Of inquiry have failed to reach
him.
Fargo.-The Argus tells of the plans
of William Weaver for raising cattle.
He owns a large farm in Cass county
near Durbin, and has bought a pair OF
large buffaloes-male and female
which will be bred to thoroughbred
Polled-Angus cattle. Mr.. Weaver is ex-
tensively engaged in the live stock husi-
ness.
Bismarck. North Dakota, fifteen-year
4 1-2 per cent. bonds. to the amount
of $3.50 900, have been sold. Bidding
brokers eight in person. w. G. Quen-
tard, of New York, bed 81, 425, he be-
ing the successful bidder. This is
equivalent to a little lese than 3 10 PEI
cent premium and accrued interest.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

The people of Stark county have
not forgotten that wilson defrauded
them out of their just represention
by committing a most heinous out.
rage when he stood before an audi.
ence of Mandan citizens and a num-
Der of delegates and deliberately lied,
without the slightest change in his
cadaverous, ex~pressionless face, by
claiming to be a duly elected delegate
to represent them. The very men
who were benefited by his act of
qualification were afterwards out
spoken in expressing their contempt
for him. McGillivray was there also
and the question 10Y arises: Did he
pay wilson for his dirty work in that
convention by appointing him regis
ter of deeds? He lied for the pur-
pose of obtaining a seat to misrepre-
sent the people of Stark county who
would under no consideration elect
him. Then he forced himself upon
them. Now he is forced upon them
by the votes of Jopp and McGillivray.
The people must submit to this for
the time being; but when the time
comes they will resent it by their
ballots.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
SULLIVAN ACCEPTS.


The Champions Manager Has Tele-
graphed an Answer to the California
Clubs Offer.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-President
Fulda, of the California Athletic club,
has received a dispatch from John l..
Sullivan's manager saying: "John L.
Sullivan will accept your proposition
after the Mississippi affair is settled,
which will be June 20. The winner to
take ALL" Fulda has been carrying on
Geographic and mail correspondence
vii With sulliyan ls1 manager ger Clark 9 lark. and nd5 says = y
sures Sullivan meeting jackson here
some time this summer. Jackson's bust
ness manager, William Naughton, ar
rived here Sunday. He says jackson is
in prime condition, and that stories Of
his dissipation are false.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
SOUTH

Sioux Falls.-It is expected to have
electric cars in operation May 20.
Huron.-The Democratic state central
committee decided to hold the state con.
vention in Aberdeen June IL.
Sioux Falls.-On Tuesday, June II,
the seventh annual conclave of South
Dakota knights Templar will be held
here.
Huron.-The Republican state central
committee will meet here May 8 to de-
eide upon a date and place for holding
the state convention.
Chamberlain.-Advices from all along
the Missouri river slope is that about ID
per cent. more crops are sown this
spring than last, with an increased
acreage of corn.
Redfield.-A practical test of the value
of artesian well irrigation will be made
at the agricultural college here. Ar
rangements have been made to use
water from the city well on ten acres Of
land.
Sioux Falls.-The knights of Labor of
this city claim to have worked hard for
the election of the new city officers, and
a formal demand will be made for some
of the city officers that are filled by ap-
pOintment.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
S

Thursday. April 24.-Senate: House
bill to transfer cutter service to the navy
department debated; new bill reported
by Mr.. Pugh for national control Of cleo
tions; forfeiture billconsidered. House:
Senate bill creating customs district of
Arizona passed; appropriation bill dis
cussed.
Friday, April 25.-Gladstone port of
delivery bill passed; house amendments
to Lafayette, Ind, public building bill
non-concurred in; joint resolution ap-
propriating $3.50, 600 for flood sufferers
passed; land forfeiture bill considered.
House: Flood sufferers appropriation
resolution passed; senate antitrust bill
reported; forty pension bills passed.
Saturday, April Classmates: Bill ap-
propriating 81, 800, 900 to carry out treaty
with the Sioux Indians passed; also bill
to validate pre-emption in North and
South Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton, and senate bill authorizing the sec
rotary Of the interior to negotiate with
the Turtle band of Chippeways for the
cession Of their reservation. House:
Legislative appropriation bill reported
from committee of the whole.
Monday, April 2s.-Senate: Question
of whether the levee or tho outlet sys-
TEN for the Mississippi river was the
correct one occupied considerable time
without result; land grant bill taken up
and considered. House: Conference
report on grant of 500, 900 for Fremont,
Neb., public building; presidents veto
of bill to allow Ogden, Utah, to increase
its Indebtedness received and referred;
legislative and judicial appropriation
bill passed. Committee: Adverse report
on war claims of towns of Frederick
town, Haggerstown and Middletown,
Nd, for $685., 500 agreed to.
Tuesday, April 29.-Senate: Land
forfeiture bill passed and discussion be-
gun on customs administration bill;
| Oklahoma bill recalled for correction of
boundaries. House: Bill to classify
woolens as worsteds considered in COM
mittee of whole without action; Okla
homa bill recalled. Caucus: Morrill,
service pension bill amended to make
age of limitation go years, and agreed to
by house Republicans.
Wednesday, April 3O.-Senate: Gus
toms administration bill discussed with
out action; Oklahoma boundary bill cor
rected. House: Bill classifying worsteds
as Woolens passed; Morrill, service pen
sion bill passed as a substitute for senate
bill. Committee: Foreign relations
committee reported joint resolution ask
ing the president to negotiate with Mex
leo and England for the exclusion of
| Chinese,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
SENATOR PIERCE TAKES A REST

He Runs Out to North Dakota From
Washington n Strikes a Few Re-
porters Along the Way.
ST. PAUL, April Ex-senator Gilbert
A. Pierce was in the city on his way
home for a short visit. He talked freely
on several bills now before congress of
interest to the Northwest. His bill for
the appointment Of an agricultural COM
mission to investigate the causes of the
present depression among the farm
ers of this country is now before the
committees. Its fate he does not know,
but he is confident the American farmer
would like to have such a commission
appointed, for its labors would surely
benefit the agricultural classes. He has
found that there is a disposition in this
congress to do a great deal for the farm-
er, and he thinks it will bear fruit.
He was not prepared to discuss state
politics, because he had not been home
lately.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
TRAIN A AWAY.

An Express Dashcs Into Staunton at q
Terrific Speed---The Sleeper Wrecked
lone Dead, Many Injured.
STANTON. Va, April 29.-The express
train of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road, for Washington. was descending a
heavy grace at 8 o'clock m. a mile west
of here. when the brake rod of the en-
CINE fell, the air brake was rendered
useless and the wild train rushed into
Staunton at eight miles an hour, tearing
away the roof. The Pullman sleeper
left the track and was thrown on its
side: Fifteen members of the Pearl of
Pekin" troupe We're in the car. OF the
company Miss Myrtle Knott, injured,
died while being taken from the car.
Miss Edith Miller's leg was broken, and
Mrs. Edward Webb, Edward Stevens,
Miss Bertha Fisher, Louis Harrison and
Miss lone Durham, all escaped with
slight cuts and bruises. w. F. Kilpat-
rick, lumber merchant. New York, had
his leg severely torn. The car took fire,
but was put out.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

WITH oats quoted in Minneapolis
at from 24 to q cents and those
which are furnished to Stark county
farmers for seed at IS cents a bushel
and the fact that the Northern PA.
cifc shipped the seed free of charge
the people think the difference in the
prices leaves quite a good margin for
handling. This may not be an exor.
bltant commission for handling the
seed for the farmers but all explana.
tion would seem to be in order to
relieve the minds of the farmers.
many of whom object to he made the
victims of Il possible 'job."
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
ssPepular Editiono Of the Laws,

The popular Edition. of the laws
issued by the Bismarck Tribune and
sold for so cents is a piece of enter.
prise never before attempted in any
state. The volume is much larger
than the publisher anticipated, but
al orders received before May LIST
will be filled at the price decided
upon-50 cents-although the first
edition will have been exhausted be-
fore that date. The second edition
now in press, will be sold for IS cents
after May LIST.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Australian Law Defeated.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 3O.-One of
the last acts of the house before finally
adjourning was the defeat of the senate
joint resolution creating a commission
to investigate the Australian ballot sys-
tenn, a bill to adopt which passed
through the house, but was postponed to
next January by the senate, although
strongly recommended by the governor
in his message. The law has virtually
been rejected by the legislature.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Duluth Ore Handlers Out,

DETROIT, Mich, May IA special
to The News from Duluth, Mimi, says
all the coal dock hands to the number of
$50, have gone out on strike.
The men are out on a strike for SO
cents an hour. They were getting 40
cents. The coal companies say they
will not give the extra 10 cents.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
FROM FIRE INTO FLOOD.

Seven Refugees Drowned in Attempting
to Escape From q Burning Gin.
New ORLEANS, April 29.-The steam
gin and saw mill of Charles Lawrence,
situated in Sparkey, three miles from
Rolling Fork, Miss, was burned Satur-
day night. The loss is estimated at $780,
600 partly covered by insurance. Fifty
or sixty of Mr.. Lawernce's tenants were
quartered in the gin and in their efforts to
escape from the flames seven were
drowned. The building was surrounded
by water seven feet deep. They had
taken refuge there from the overflow,
and it is stated their carelessness caused
the fire.
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Entered at the postofice at Dickinson, Stark
Dakota, as second class matter.
OFFICIAL PAPER OFsTARK COUNT,
Saturday, May 8, 1880.

On Thursday prohibition took eff.
feet in South Dakota. About the
same time the supreme court of the
United States decided that liquors
could lie shipped into and disposed of
in prohibition states in original pack
ages. This complexities matters in
the prohibition states.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

In is conceded that the advocates
of free coinage of silver will gain at
least a partial victory during the pres.
ent session of congress. 1t is be.
lieved the senate will pass the free
coinage bill and the house the bill re.
curing the purchase of $4,5OD,OOO of
silver per month. The matter may
then be compromised.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
DE MoREs AN ANARCHIST.
The Marquis of Dakota Fame Arrested In
Paris for Inciting Riot.

The Marquis of Dakota Fame Arrested in
Paris for Inciting Riot.
PARIS, April 3O.-Twelve anarchists
were arrested in this city Monday.
Among those taken into custody were
the Marquis de Mores and his secretary,
NJ. Mondacq. LIE Temps says that in
the house Of the marquis the police dis
covered printed pamphlets and leaflets
melting the workingmen to violence and
that in the house of M. Dumont they
found a secret printing press together
with a number of printed copies of a
manifesto urging the troops to revolt on
May day. The fact that the police as
certained that certain anarchists de-
signed to throw bombs in an effort to eff
feet a bloody revolution on May day led
to the arrests.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
A Town DemoIi.h.d-

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 28.-York-
vile, a village a few miles southwest of
Cotton Plant, in Woodruff county, was
entirely blown away during a heavy
wind and rain storm early Sunday morn
ing. Hundreds of cattle and stock are re-
ported killed, but there was no loss of hui
man life so far as can be learned. Many
houses were overturned and the families
narrowly escaped death.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
E.tables Go with a Drink rhere.

Eatebles Go With a Drink There.
Boston, April 29.-The order has been
issued by the Boston police board that
after May 1, next the sale of i~ntoxicat-
ing liquors Owe bars must be stopped.
This order has been expected for some
time, hut it was the hope not only of the
police commissioners but also of the
saloonkeepers that the law requiring
liquors to be sold with food would be
repealed, but it was not,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Detroit Wants the Convention.

DETROIT, Mich, April 2s.-A project
is on foot among leading Democratic
politicians here to secure the Democratic
national convention in 1892 for Detroit.
l. NJ. Weston, of Grand Rapids, chair
man of the Democratic state central
committee, is chief mover in the matter,
and Don NJ. Dickinson's aid is also being
counted on.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
kEMMLBR STILL LIVES.
His Sentence of Electrocution
Will Not BE Carried Out
at Present.
Writ Of Habeas Corpus Granted
by Judge Wallace, of the
Federal Court.
The Case to Be Considered June II
at Canandagua-Suspense Tells
on the Prisoner.

AUBURN, N. Y, April 9o.-Judge Wal
lace, of the United States circuit court,
has granted a writ of habeas corpus, re-
turnable June II, in the case of Kemm-
Ter. The ground for the writ is that the
act under which the execution was to
take place is in violation of the constitu-
<son
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

WHEN wilson, McGillivray's up.
pointee, took charge of the office of
register of deeds, the records were in
good shape. When he is kicked out
by the people we predict that the rec.
ords will be i'll a worse condition than
1t a ten-year-old school boy had been
in charge of them. Endless litiga.
ton is likely to follow as q result of
his appointment to an Office where
the titles to property are ait stake.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Moro Irregularities of Congress- Employe.

More Irregularities of Congress- Employees
New YORK, April 29.-The SUMS
Washington correspondent telegraphs
that serious charges are preferred against
James L. Wheat, postmaster of the
house of representatives p%ostofice, and
that a resolution will be introduced in
the house in a day or two calling for an
investigation of the Office. The formal
charges against Mr.. Wheat are signed
by six employees of the house p~ostohice.
These charges accuse the postmaster of
eondacting The basinegs Of he ale Office. ~
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
DECIDEDLY A SENSATION.
A Leading Wisconsin Educator Opposed
to the Bennett Law,

A Leading Wisconsin Educator Opposed
to the Bennett Law.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. April 29.-Presi-
dent Merrill. of Ripon college, who is
recognized as IL of the leading educa-
tors of this state and a leading Congre>
gationalist, has created a decided polit-
ical sensation by declaring himself as
un%alterably opposed to the Bennett
school law. i'll the course of his address
before the Congregational union, held at
the Church of the Pilgrims, on Grand
Avenue. He denounced the law as I'M
American and i'll the course of his re-
marks said: "Those who saw that the
secular and sovereign state shall deter
mine the educational formation of a
human soul, in the most critical period
of its existance are about twenty-five
centuries behind the proper wisdom of
the time. That would have done for
Sparta, but it is very,poor wisdom for
a Christian country"
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Survivors of the sultana Disaster.

Survivors Of the Sultana Disaster.
ADRIAN, Mich, May AT midnight
April 81, 1865, the steamer Sultana,
freighted with 1000 Union soldiers, par
oled from Southern prisons, blew up on
the Mississippi near Memphis. Less
than 200 of the number now survive and
the association formed by these met in
annual reunion Tuesday. The next
meeting will held April 20, 1891, at Ere
mont, Ohio.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
SETTLED ON ARBITRATION.

Boss Carpenters and the Union Agree to
Submit to the Decision of u Commit
tee.
CHICAGO, May AT an informal
conference between committees of the
striking carpenters and the new bosses
association, it was agreed to submit all
points of difference to an arbitration
committee and representatives of each
organization were Immediately ap-
pointed to act. This arrangement, Of
course, does not include the old Master
Carpenters association, whose members
refuse to treat with the carpenters as a
union although having conceded the
eight hour day and other important de-
mands.
THE BOARD COMPLETED.
CHICAGO, May 1.-The committees
chosen by the carpenters council and the
New Bosses association met in the after
noon and agreed upon the third umpire,
Judge Mcconnell, who with Judges
Tuley and briggs and the committee of
six from each organization, will settle
the carpenters strike by arbitration.
These fifteen gentlemen will meet at the
Grand Pacific club room Friday morn
ing and it is believed all differences will
be speedily settled. The carpenters are
pleased at the prospect and the bosses
r glad that they can resume work
Monday on their contracts.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Called . Halt I'm APPROXIMATION.

Called . Halt in Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, April 3O.-The presi-
dent sent to the house his veto of a bill
to increase the appropriation for the
public building at Dallas, Tex. In q
long message accompanying the veto the
president calls q halt on mdiscriminate
building legislation,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Minneapolis Grain.

Wheat-No. 1 hard, April, Sec; May. ss1sc;
July. SC; on track, s71xc; No. l Northern,
April, Sc; May, SIC; July, s7kc; on track,
W No.2 Northern, April, &c: May, &c;
July, s311ssc; on track, sa9S3c.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

twenty-five bushels irst.class seed
corn for sale at my ranch, Lime
Butte, Hettinger county, N. D., or at
n. G. Lawrence's store, Dickinson.
.apr l2-4t L. CoLaRovE SR.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Chicago Grain.

Wheat-Cash. ssz4Gssc; May, sac; July,
s71sc.
Corn-Cash and May. se11sc; July, ss1saaAc.
oats-Cash, 241zc; May, 245sc; July, 241sc.