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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
HOLDEN MUST HANG.
The Des,sion of tile Minnesota Court Al
firlmcd by the Highest Tribunal.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Clifton Holden,
the Redwood Falls murderer. must hang.
The United States supreme court to-day
affirmed the decision of the Minnesota
court. BY this decision the John Day
Smith execution law is declared constitu-
tional. Justice Harlan, in rendering the
decision, has this to say relative to the
SOLITARY confinement section:
The only Interpretation Of the act of 1889
that will give effect to the intention of the
legislature is to hold as we do, that section
Of that act prescribing solitary confine-
ment is applicable only to future offenses,
not to those committed prior to its passage.
No principle is better settled than il the
valid and invalid portion OF a statute are
capable of separation the latter may be
designated and the former enforced. In
this view i. does not appear that the ap-
pellant is kept in solitary confinement.
There Is no ground, then, on which it can
be held that the Imprisonment is in viola
tion OF the constitutional provisions against
eX-post fncto laws. The sentence Of death
and the subsequent imprisonment Of the
convict under sentence and warrant Of ex-
ecutiOn are IN accordance with the laws Of
the state as they We're when the otfcnse was
committed. and do not infringe upon any
rights secured by the constitution of the
United States. The fourth section of the
act OF 1889 is 50 entirely distinct from the
provisions upon which the rest of the prior
unrevealed law relating to the sentence OF
death and subsequent imprisonment with
out solitary confinement that it may DO
held inapplicable to previous offenses and
therefore as not affecting the validity OF
such sentence and imprisonment. In this
way effect may be given to both the old and
the new law without rejecting any part OF
either as invalid under the constitution.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
THE IRISH SITUATION.
Homo Rule Is ID. AL According to the Dub
lin ..EXpreex.''

DUBLIN. Dec. 9.-Thc Express.
independent conservative, says: The
prospects for home rule for
Ireland at the neNt election are
as dead as Queen Anne. Irish public
opinion points to the continued popular
ity of Parnell."
The F'rccmd1t's journal. iii which Par
nell is understood to have an interest.
to-day advocates on its own re-
sponsibility, without recommending
the plan to either side on
grounds beyond its rcasonableness. that
efforts be made by the TWO factions of
the Irish party in the direction of con-
Citation and peace. IL urges Messrs.
Dillon and O'Brien to return from the
United States to Paris forthwith. and
that oil the nationalist members of the
house of commons or delegates from
each section OF the party assemble in
conference in that city.
with the full knowledge of all that
has happened to decide with them what
course to pursue. such conference, the
Journal says, .'would not only prove
that the sections desire to hold together,
but would attract attention TO the
fact that the men in the 'front.'
rank are of the best and bravest of the
Irish party, and will preclude the set
ting on foot among their own people Of
an utterly fatuous break up in the tenn
per of the party it took so MANY years to
establish and consolidate" The Journal
assumes that the threat of the secession
lists to start a new paper in Dublin is a
threat against itself. 1t says it will bc
delighted to welcome q new journal, but
warns the gentlemen who may be will
ing to invest money in a new paper tina,
the hardest thing to make or unmake is
good newspaper, and that the worst
time to start such'a project is when the
promoters arc at the lowest ebb of thcil
popularity, many of them hardly daring
to show their faces in Dublin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
GOULD AMprHE UNION PACIFIC
What Director Amcs Says of the Road
and Its Eus,lre.

WnAG Olr0CtOr 1AmeS says OF the hO00
and Its Future.
RosToN. Mass. Dec. 9.-Director +. L.
Ames of the Union Pacific says in an
interview with tho Boston news bureaus:
''Thc floating deb! of the Union Pacific
was fully explained in last years report.
1t was set down then as about $15. $780,
600 in notes and accounts payable. 1t
has been reduced the past year about
81, 900. GOO and is now about Sll. 500, 600.
We sold 81. 100. 600 collateral trust bonds
issued against the Oregon Railway &
Navigation stock, and could at one time
have sold all the Sia, 600, 900, but thought
it worth much more, so that on account
the Oregon Railway & Navigation stock
purchase we now have SG,0O0,O00 bonds
unsold. We have besides S., DOC, 900 Or
cgon Railway ~ Navigation bonds
for construction advances, and there
has been invested in the Portland
& Pugc: Sound road Sso0,0oo. and
new equipments Sl,4OO.OOO. for which
bonds have not been sold. We have also
put a large amount of money into side
tracks. new shops at Cheyenne and Den
yer and the union passenger station and
freight depot at Omaha. as we'll as other
improvements. Mr.. Gould knew about
the floating debt when he entered the
directory and he has discovered nothing
now about il. He agreed 10 take care OF
it. and has provided for the Jan. re-
qnremcnts, which are less than $1,000
coo.
.Alr. Gould expressed great satisfac-
ton Saturday at the appearance OF
everything connected with the property
and the outlook for the future. lie has
M moro idea of A. rccrivprShiD for his
property than have for the Ames build
ing. do not know of any scheme for
funding the Union Pacific debt. Had
there been no change in ownership
or management there would have
been no talk of it, We can easily pay il
when the railroad bond market revives.
No appeal was made to Mr.. Gould, Mr..
Vanderbilt or anybody else to help the
Union Pacific. The first intimation we
had that Mr.. Gould wished to enter the
directory was in the newspapers, but
Mr.. Adams had many times expressed
desire to get out of the harness. ~,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
STEALING FROM INDIANS.
Tho Fond du Lacs rlundcred by White
LogEers.

Nuo cONU uu Laos f'AnnAcrcO by "n1Ge
LogEers.
DULUTH, Dec. 1O.-lndans on the
Fond du Lac reservation. near Cloquet,
are in a state Of fcrmcnt. They allege
that their reservation farmer will take
no steps to prevent the wholesale plum.
dering Of timber from the reservation
allotmcnts. which has been going on all
summer. One of the head chiefs. Ma
Gway-Nab. was here with several lead
ing Indians to meet Agent Leahy, but
that individual failed to appear The
Indians allcge that something overs, 0Oo,-
900 feet of pine timber has been taken
from the reservation, also large num-
Der of telegraph and telephone poles,
ties and cedar for block pavement They
also say that six lumber camps are now
being erected on the reservation by white
people who propose to do logging there.
They claim that Farmer Stack is inter-
cstcd in some of tho cut timber and
poles, and that they have failed to re-
ceive cent for any such cutting. They
expect a special commission from Wash
ington to investigate the matter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
A GENERAL DENIAL.

Maj. Bartelot's Brother Says stanley's
Charges Are Made to Cover HIS Own
Culrability.
LONDON, Dec. 13.-Walter Bartclot,
brother of the late Maj. Bartelot, writes
TO the Times:
"All that Stanley said about me is UNI
true. 1t is also untrue that my brother
wrote to prevent Troup divulging any,
thing, or that Stanley or his officers
warned me not to publish my brothers
diaries. Bonny told me stories to
discredit nearly every officer of the ex-
petition, including Stanley. The lat
ter's book and all subsequent accusations
are filled with irrcconciliable contradic-
tions and Inconsistencies
Bartelot concludes as follows:
STANLEY has done this to cover his
own capabilities"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Annual Report of tho Maratimc Canal
Company for the Year Ending Dec. I.

Annual Report OF tho Maratimc Canal
Company for the Year Ending iJec. I.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O-The annual re-
port of the Maratime Canal company, of
Nicaragua, covering the year ending
Dec. l, 1890, shows that during
that time the work has been
prosecuted with energy and great prog
ress has been made. The final plans
and detailed surveys have been com
plcted and verified. Parts of San juan
lilo, Dies Eado, San Francisco and other
navigable streams have been cleared of
snags and other distractions and several
miles of the route of the canal has been
grubbed and made ready for dredging.
About 100000 cubic yards of canal is
already excavated and several miles of
the aqucduct to supply fresh mountain
water to the company's headquarters
has been completed. Ten miles of rail-
road, now under construction from the
Atlantic port TO the divide. is
practically completed. Very satisfac-
tory progress has been made on the
breakwater to protect the Atlantic har-
Dor from the shifting sands. During the
year the company purchased q dredging
plant at Panama and a greater part Of it
has been transferred to Greytown. There
has been great Improvement in the hos
pital service during the year. The very
important work of dredging the harbor
of San Juan del Norte is being energetic
ally prosecuted. The health of the en-
ploycs is very good, and there have
been no deaths from fever the past three
months. Since the organization of the
company 1O.145 shares of the capital
stock have been subscribed for, aggre-
eating $l,O14,5OO, of which S.. OO4, $50 is
paid in. Since its organization the COM
pany has expended for work and mate
rial st777722,363 in cash, and 100000 of
full paid capital stock. and is obligated
for s4.a9s. 900 Of it's first mortgage bonds.
The liabilities of the company consist of
the amounts still due under concessions
granted it and the 81 .a9s. 600 bonds above
mentioned and cash liabilities not en-
cecuing $4,000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
A MILD WINTER.
A Weather Prophet Who Bases Ills Pre-
dtctiOls on Storms.


RusnFoEp, Mimi. Dec. p.-Scvcral
weather prophets, Indians and old set
tiers, have predicted that the present
winter would be a severe one. In de-
fiancc of such opinions have steadily
maintained that the winter would be
mild in the main, with possibly few
severe snaps, and base my opinion upon
the following: When storms clear of
warm after the. autumnal equinox, you
can calculate on warm weather for the
season. When this class of storms clear
up cold, with a sharp fall of the thcr-
mometer, the winter will be severe.
Every storm since Sept. 81 has been
mild and ended with rising thermom-
cter. This mild weather still prevails,
hence predict higher mean tempera-
ture than usual for the winter, and per-
haps higher than last. The causes that
produce this result do not understand,
but l do know that storms are the best
weather indicator / know Of, and on
them have based my conclusions for
many years. A. E. BALL.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
Died in the Pulpit.

New BRUNSWICK. N. j., Dec. o.
While preaching to a large congregation
at the East Milestone Reformed church
Sunday night, the pastor, Rev. Or. J. H.
Strong. said: ga man might fall as
easy as the star from heaven The
next instant his face turned ashy pale,
he clutched wildly at the pulpit for sup
port and then dropped on the floor in a
fit Of apoplexy. The Mortified congre-
cation was spell bound for moment.
Then the cooler ones rushed to the pros
trate pastor and raised him from the
floor. He was taken home and died yes
terday morning. He was about 60 years
of age,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
THRILLING SEA sToRv
Los. of a British steam.h,p in tn. n, j. =.
Sea-The Crews Sulfarln.


PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 12.--Inform,t;o,,
has reached this city of tho loss at ,hs.
British steamship Wcstburne. in tha
Black sea. Only four of the ships crew
consisting OF twenty-five, were saved
and they are wrecks of humanity nros'
trated by suffering in tho hospit.l -,
Odessa. 10y
The Westbnrne. an ordinary ranp
steamship. left Theodosia, southeast, Of
Crimea. Nov. "a, laden with Iinsced
bound to Dunkirk and thence to Philias
dciphia, with general cargo On the
evening of her departure gale, neon
llar TO the Black sea alone, arose. The
weather grew SO intensely cold that The.
men we're frozen to death in a life-}jAe
posture at the wheel or wherever
their duty called them. Every So.
that swept over the vessel froze Ia
her, making her sluggish and SO heavy
that she refused to ride the waves AND
became unmanageable. When the water
gained entrance to the hold the cargo
began to swell and bust open the decks
fore and aft az though powder had cs-
ploded in her interior. About r,idniyh,.
although only a few hours out of nor,
the vessel began to go down. The sail
ors were frozen US hard as iron. VIII
all the crew that still held fast to their
lives Capt Bennington put out.in a small,
boat and headed her back to Theodosia.
distant then some fifty miles. Dnrnp
the early morning the men died off one.
by ono until on reaching Thcodosia the
following night the number was rc,,ucea
to eight. subsequently four more died
while undergoing medical treatment,
leaving but four survivors,.
The commander of the Westburuc Is
we'll known to shippers of Philadelphia
He is Frustrated by his sufrcrings ard
the death of his brother.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

\ BIG Four elevator and {, ZOO, 900 feet
Of lumber were destroyed by fire at San
dusky. o., yesterday. Loss, about al2a.-
900: insured.
CHICAGO police have information that
Millionaire Campbell is alive, and that
he was seen a few days ago i'll Detroit,
Mich. on his way to Canada.
HENRY Il. BLUE. q clerk employed by
Thomas II. Perkins & Co., stock brokers'
of Boston, has been arrested, charged
with the cmbezzlement of $4,000 froln
his employers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
PARNELl. AND HIS TRIALS.
An Anti-Parncll Edition of ..Unite, Ira
lsnd" Causes Trouble Which, Nav Prov,


DUBLIN, Dec. 1e.-An anti-parnc,,
edition of the United ireland was issued
to-day from the Office of the Nation. S.
ID. Suilivan's paper. 1t contains an ar
ticlc addressed to every true lover Of
Ireland the world over, declaring that
the sole alternative now is. Parncll or
home rule, and that home rule is limos
sib!e under Parnell's leadership. A
Parncll edition OF the paper was also is
sued from the regular Office 1t quotes
a legal opinion justifying the seizure Of
the paper by Parncll.
ANti-Parnell Edit ON In tho SCUM.
A wagon loaded with copies of tho
anti-parnell edition of United IYc,antE
was driven to the Kings Bridge railway
station to-day, it being the intention to
send them for distribution in the south
of ireland. AS the wagon drove up a.
the station two men, one of whom had "a
mask OH his face, and the other with a
drawn revolver, sprany upon the vehicle
and compelled the driver to proceed with
his load to Island bridge. Arriving there
the two men flung all the papers into
T4itrcy river.
An attempt was made to seize the Sec
ond wagon loaded with papers standing
at the entrance of the depot, and it.
would probably have proved successful
had not the police interfered to protect
the driver, and under their guard the
papers were loaded upon the train.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
THE MARKETS.
Sioux CITY Live stock.

SIOUX CITY, Dec. 13.-Hogs-Es ated
receipts, 1000. The quality was hardly rs
good as yesterday. Out OF the thirty-scven
cars that came III, there were not half
dozen loads of strictly good hogs III the lot.
While the market was S cents l6wcr buying
was more active than yesterday. no such
drag as existed Friday could be seen to-day.
The stock was weighed up about as fast as
it could be watcred, and Il more settled
fleeing seemed to be the rule all around.
One load of smooth heavy weights sold for
s345 in the forenoon, which price held
good as top all day. Tho bulks ranged
from S3.25GJ3.35. Market closed weak to s
cents lower
Cattle-Estimated receipts. 500. The
market is dull. There were few buyers,
and sales brought little satisfaction to first
hands The only marked activity was i'll
butcher stuff, and deals in even this grade
of cattle was strained az 10000 lower. The
market is strong 90 cents lower than at the
same time last week.
South Omaha Live Stock.
SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 13.-Hogs-Es Estimated
receipts, $1,000. Official yesterday, 1850;
shipments, 10 cars. Market opened weak
at S2.90e53.55.
Cattle-Estimated receipts, 1000. Or
cial yesterday, 1.4:5. Shipments, none.
Market opened steady; quality common.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Dec 13.-Cuttle - Receipts,
10000. Market steady.
aogs-Receipts. $4,000. Market steady
and lower. Common, 81. 25as;..45: heavy
packers. S3500n3.65; light, s:3.5GGD3.55.
shcep-Reccipts 1000. Barely a suHi-
Gent number to make q market.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO. Dec. Ia Closing Wheat.
STEADY ADJ, cash ash 9oc; January esc; May
Corn-cash. sic; January, 5ls4c; May,
53l4c.
oats-Easy; cash. 41ss@41s4c; January.
l2c: May, 451sGs45;4c.
Rye-Steady ut CSC.
Barley-Sominal at GS@70c.
Flax-Steady at $1.20.
Timothy-Quict at S1.21GD1.ee.
Whisky-sl.14@1.1
Professionalism, weak: cash. Ss.3T.i:;
January. SlD.i5; May, sl1.1lla. Lard weak;
cash. S5..5; January, $500; May. s6.4o.
Short ribs, January. S5.07}a; May, s5.621s.
Hides-Unchanged; heavy and llght
green, SIC; green hides. $40; salted bull
hides, 4Mc; green sailed calf, 7A0sc; dry
flint, 7@Sc; dry sulted. 7@Sc: dry cali, s0
0c; deacOns, each, CSC. -
Tallow-Unchanged No. I. solid psckeo'
t1ac.
New York produce.
NEW York. Dec. 13.-Wheat-Higner;
December, $1.04k@1.04I; May, S1.06%sW
l.0TN.
Corn-Lower; No. g. 84@G51Sc.
Oats-Steady; western, 4T@5Tc.
Provisions-Pork steady at Sl0.O0@1S.Vv.
Lard weak ut S6.10@OS6.1e. Butter IN
changed. Eggs unchanged.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
A QUEER CHARACTER
CHOSEN TO SUCCEED sENA-
TOR WADE HAMPTON.
Once Outlawed for Murder and Guilty of
Other Grimes OF Gn UnsaNory Character
The New Acknowledgement Charged
with Political Intimidations.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. Dec. l3.-Although
young man. Col. lrby has a history,
and not u very savOry one. He has the
reputation of being ''bad man." al
though it is said he has since reformed
and Joined the Baptist church. Back in
the '7Os he was outlawed by the demo-
cratic governor. Simpson, who succeeded
Hampton. for numbering man named
kilgore in Laurcns county. A reward
of $50 was offered for his arrest, but he
fled tho state aud remained away until
the thing blew over. when he returned
to Laurcns and with the uid of Il. w.
Shell. then clerk of the court and now
alliance member of congress. secured an
acQuittal.
lrby's next exploit was to arm himself
with a shotgun while he was painting
the town of Laurcns red. and defy the
town authorities to arrest him. He paid
a fine for this. Then some decent man
offended him in some way, and lrby took
one of his negro friends to the offenders
plantation. gave him a horsewhip, and.
catching his enemy unawarcs. held a
pistol to his head and one to the Negroes
head and compelled him to horsewhip
the man. His next exploit was to go
with his brother into the town after a
him. and between the two OF them they
slashcd the justice to pieces. He was
never punished. but he is an alliance
man now and is a member of the church.
The election of Irby to the United
States senate has brought the blush of
shame to the cheek of every decent
South Carolinan. From every section of
the state come expressions of Indignation
at the outrage aud regret at the defeat
of Hampton. Should Hampton live till
1892 he will be put up for governor by
the democracy.
Charged With Politics Intimidation.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 13.-'Thc new
attorney general of the state, L. j. Pope,
was arrested yesterday morning on a
warrant sworn out by N. G. Gonzales, a
newspaper man, charging him with po-
litical intimidation. This is the scnsa-
ton of the hour, coming just on the sac
cess of the Til!man movement. The
case arises from the discharge of I. Il.
Butler, a nephew of Senator Butler, Il
clerk in the state enrolling department.
The affidavit claims that in dischcrging
him the attorney general violated the
law in regard to discharging officials for
their political views and especially states
that such discharge was made because
Butler would not support Tillman. A
letter from the attorncy-gcncral to this
effect is in evidence. The penalty is IL
fine of from $50 to ST. 200 and imprison-
ment of from three months to one year.
nr both
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
Aliens Cannot Hold Rea, Estate.

HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. 13.-Advices
from Bermuda report that the people of
those islands are greatly exercised over
the recent refusal of the imperial gov
crnment, in defiance of colonial laws
which have existed for third of a CEN
fury, to allow aliens, even when natural
lied. to own real estate on the islands.
The Bermuda legislature has adopted q
memorial to the queen protesting against
the action and pointing out that as all
privileges OF citizenship in Bermuda rest
upon the ownership of reSl estate, there
Is no inducement to become naturalized.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
ourPur CUT DOWN.
Weekly Review of tho Mimneapoli. Local
Flour Trade.

MINNEAPOI.ls, Dec. l3.-As a result of
the low water and bad markets the -four
output declined to comparatively small
limits last week, says the Northeastern
Muller, being the lightest since July. The
aggregate production for the week was
ll4.6O0 Notwithstanding 1900 bar
rels daily-against l65,O2O barrels the
week before, 10000 barrels for the cor
responding time in 1889, and $4,000 bar
rcls in 1888. With unusually mild
weather the water power has improved.
However, the bulk of the flour at pres
cnt is turned out by steam. The ten
dency to curtail the output is quite
marked on account of dull markets.
There were fifteen mills running Wednes-
day at the rate of about 900 barrels
per twenty-four hours The northwest
ern railroads talk of advancing the flour
rate. Minneapolis to Chicago. from
nc to 12]9c but the large amount of
transit standing out would make this lit
tie effect. The domestic -four market
has been extremely dull. Wheat has
lost considerable ground. and is now Oh
a basis making it practicable to export
flour more freely. Manufacturers re-
gard present values as below IL normal
basis. and they are wary about discount
ing the future very much. Bakers and
low grades are also in good request for
export The export shipments last week
were $4,000 barrels, against 63.s65 bar
sells the preceding week.
The flour output of the mills for No
vcmber was exceptionally large. only be-
ing exceeded twice in over three years.
The exports were also very heavy. Fol
lowing are the comparative figures for
ylr.nn I,>i