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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-13
AN UNSAFE INSTITUTION.

The American Building and Loan
Association Of Minneapolis to be
Closed up.
Public Examiner Kenyon, of Minnesota,
completed his investigation of the affairs OF
the American Building and Loan association,
OF Minneapolis and, with the filing OF his re-
port the dissolution of the corporation was
taken Section 90 of Chapter 236, of the
General Laws of 1889, known as the Build
ing Association act, provides that when
ever it shall appear to the said examiner that
it is unsafe or expedient for any such corpor-
alton to continue to transact business, he
shall communicate the fncts to the attorney
Oesnernl who shall thereupon be authorized
to institute such proceedings against any
corp,orations as are now or may hereafter be
provided by law in the case OF insolvent cor
poratTons, or such other proceedings as the
occasions may require"
This tine Public Examiner has done, and he
closes upNthe report as follows:
The assoeiatiol being organized for the
purpose of making profit for its sharehold-
ers, after Rovfng. been in bssiness for two
us % in fEHSnti-E Goa moneys recelV Sd
from IUs shareholders, notwithstanding
the shareholders have paid to it's agents, in
addition to above, a large sum ESTIMATED at
1866, ,00O) in admission fees for expenses OF
the agents in obtaining the subscriptions OF
baIu bLOCkuOluSES W Tue 5lOCk. Hc dsSQ-
citation not only exacts from sub
scribers to stock the payment of the
above lees to relieve it from the burden oi
expense to secure such subscriptions, but al
so exacts from it's borrowers almost the en-
tire expenses of appraising, making abstracts
and other expenses connected with making
loans, thus making the Shortage in assets
to appear as having been brought about by
the expense of receiving, caring for and dis.
bursting the receipts. The deficiency appears
to be nearly per cent. of the total sum re,
ceived, and l know OF no loaning bust.
ness that can safely be pursued where
the expense for all purposes reaches
that percentage. An additional reason
that makes it appear to me that said as.
sociation should not continue to do bust
ness is the fact that on Aug. 2, 1889, and
Aug. 16, 1889, said association invested q
large sum. aggregating 100000, in the
stock OF the German-American Fire Insur
ance Company of st. Paul, in direct viola
tiCn of section 4, of said chapter 236; and
in further violation of said law, the said
I association has taken a second mortgage
on real estate for securities OF moneys
loaned.
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BURIED A TOWN.
AValanches Destroy the town
of Burke in the CGur
d'Alene District.
High Water Causes Much
Damage in the Fertile Will
annette Valley in Oregon.

SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, Special-The
town of Burke, Idaho. il the C@ur dAlene
mining district, has been nearly destroyed
by disastrous avalanches. Half OF the busi-
ness houses are in ruin. Three men were
killed, and the terror-stricken inhabitants
have fled to the towns of Gem and Wallace,
fearing a repetition of the disaster.
Particulars are meager, as the
wires to all the points in the
mines have gone down, leaving no means
of communication. The disaster occurred
yesterday afternoon, and this morning.
With scarcely moments warning, tre-
mendous mass of snow and rocks swept
down upon the town from the east side OF
the narrow gulch in which it is situated.
Five men were buried beneath the snow.
Two were rescued, but the others are dead
and their bodies have not yet been recov-
cred. The ill-fated town lies in a narrow
gulch, through which Canyon creek pours
its waters into the south fork of the Cnur
dAlene. 1t had about 200 inhabitants,
who have deserted their wrecked or men-
aced homes and places of business. The
nearest town is Gem, also upon Canyon
creek and three miles down the stream.
Yesterday another disastrous avalanche
swept down a boarding house connected
with the Custer mine which is situated upon
Nire Mile creek, about five miles from
Burke The boarding house was full of
miners, six of whom were killed. The 9TH
ers had a narrow escape, and a number
were more or less injured. The disasters
are not surprise to those familiar with to-
Biography of that section. The towns are
situated in very narrow gulches on either
side of which abrupt mountains arise. The
snowfall this winter has been unprecedented
in the history of the country. Within the
last few days it has been raining hard,
which had the effect of loosening the deep
snow banks and precipitating them upon
the town and the houses below.
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SUALTIES.

The county court house at Dallas, Tex,
was burned, causing u loss OF more than
S15O.0O besides the records of the two IL
braries.
The dwelling OF a farmer named Both, near
Stevenson, Ala, was burned, and Roth and
his family consisting of wife and four chill
dren, pershed in the flames. The neighbors
did not discover the fire until the next morn
ing, when they found the charred remains of
the family in the ashes.
John Wyman was accidentally shot and
probably fatally wounded near Black River
Falls Wis. while out hunting rabbits. One
of his companions named Frank Coke, fired
at a rabbit and the ball struck Wyman, who
was in kneeling position in the brush few
rods distant, wounding him in the left knee,
right hand and passing into his abdomen.
Washington hall, at Paterson, n. j.,
was burned TO the ground. The loss
will not fall much short of S5OO,OOO.
A ball was in progress when the fire was dis
covered, but all the guests got out in safety
The tre, it is said, was caused by an ex-
plosion in the soda water mandatory of
K. Swinley ( Co, in the rear end OF the build
ing. When the fire was at its height rapid
discharge of muskptry took place caused by
the ignition of 10 600 rounds OF cartridges,
the bullets flying in all directions. No one
was hurt however. The flames spread to
large three story building adjoining, which
was entirely destroyed, entailing losses
footing up $4,000.
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sown and cultivated or narrowed In
This, in many cases, materially lessons
the work Of seeding different varieties Of
small grain and grass. But this is not
all; while for some particular uses the
old fashioned or even the new patterns
of harrows may be good implements,
as yet we have no one style that can
be considered best under all circum-
stances or conditions. No one tool
will do the best work On all kinds Of
soil, and a large class of farmers arc
understanding this and larger varie-
ty of this class OF implements are
being used. And in addition to the
old plan of harrow, 1t is considered
best to have one of the improved inn
plements. This may be a spring
tooth, disc, or cutting, depending
upon the kind of soil and the variety
of work 10 be done. 1t is conceded by
many that one of the different patterns
of harrows can under general circum-
stances, be used to a good advantage
in stirring the soil for the earlier cul-
tivations, and do thorough and more
complete work than with cultivator.
1t is quite an item at the start not only
to thoroughly destroy the weeds, but
also to fine the soil and leave in a good
condition. as a much better start to
grow can be secured
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-13
he Montana Muddle.

Whel. It was learned in Helena that the
eight Democratic senators had left the city
with the purpose of getting out of the state
and remaining away until after the ninety
days allowed for the legislative session had
expired there was some indignation. The
news soon spread and created plenty of COM
ment. The Democrats have little to say
about it, while the Republicans denounes
the exodus as q disgrateful fight of men
running away from the performance of o
public duty. The senators who thus fed the
city are Baker Of Choteau county, Redd of
Custer, Becker of Dawson, Thornton of Deer
Lodge, Mcnamara of Fergus, ParbeFrJ of
Meagher, Hoffman of Gallatin and HeRnessy
of Silver Bow. This leaves the senate with
only eight members, all Republicans. Before
the journal was read on Thursday a call of
the house was ordered and the sergeant-at-
arms sent ont after the absentees. OF course
he could not find them. The Republican SEN
ators then passed the following resolution;
That each and all of said senator's be re-
quired to be in attendance at the bar of the
senate on or before 10 o clock on Saturday
the Sth inst, to answer Tor contempt under
such penalties as the senate shall deem meet
and proper; that any member of the senate
who shall be absent on and alter Feb. 6, 1890,
shall be fined for such absence, unless excused
500, for the third 5000, for the fourt $400. for
the fifth $500, for the sixth days absence 81,
000;that the president of the sena te is hereby
authorized to issue his warrant in duplicate for
the arrest ofany or all ofthe absentees by the
civil authorities ofany county in the state in
order to bring them to the bar of the senate
in accordance with the resolution pre-
viously adopted.
Acting on the last resolution President
Richards, after the adjournment, wired the
sheriffs of different counties to arrest the
DemocTatic senator's when passing through
and hold them until the sergeant-at-arms
could be sent for them. Senator Becker was
Helena. At Miles City he was taken off the
train by Attorney Middleton on writ OF
habeas corpus issued by Judge Milburn OF
that district. Becker is now in custody at
Miles City. The other three senator's went
on to st. Paul,
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cLEVELAND'S CHARACTER.
Testimony in the BalI-Post Libel
Suit

Suit.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Special.-There was a
large attendance in the supreme court this
morning when the Ball-Post libel suit was
again taken up before Judge Daniels, sew
eral ministers being present. The Rev. DR..
Ball continued his evidence. He was asked
where he got his information leading him
to characterize the Beaver Island club as a
diSreputabie institution when respectable
citizens were in the habit of taking their
families there. The doctor replied that he
got the opinion from certain remarks he
had heard on a river steamer. DR.. Ball
confessed that he visited negress who
had been janitress of the building in which
Mr.. Cleveland's office was located for
the purpose of getting points about Mr..
Cleveland. He said that what he had done
was at the solicitation of ministers who
wanted the information. The evidence
then led up to the terrible tale, which, the
witness said, was not written by him, but
the facts of which he admitted were fur
nished by him. He gave the points to the
editor who wrote the article. The letter
written by DR.. Ball to Rev. Mr.. Abbott, ed
itor of the Christian Union, was read. In
it DIR. Ball charged Mr.. Cleveland with se-
duction, and also stated that while Mr..
returning from down the river all being
drunk, one of them fell out of carriage
and was killed. There were other state
ments of a serious nature rejecting upon
Mr.. Clevelands character. DR.. Ball said he
learned later that Mr.. Cleveland was not
with the party at all, and had printed
statement in the public press to that effect
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D01NCs OF THE WICKED.

At Erie Kan Jaier Ellis shot two prison
ers who were attempting to escape from the
iail. one of the men Hyser by name, was
fatally, and the other man seriously, wound
ed
At Hamilton. Ohio, Miss Lottie Longneck-
or refused to marry Charles LoOmis. Meet
ing her on the street Loomis shot at her
twice, but failed to hit her. He then shot
himself in the temple dying instantly.
William Thacker purchasing agent OF the
Big Sandy Lumber Company OF tincinn att,
is supposed to have been murdered IN West
Virginia. His house was found covered
with human blood.
The Jury in the case OF James Shannon, on
trial at Sioux City, Iowa, for the murder of
james DugeOn. in Lakeport township Dec. 2,
1880 returned a verdict of not guilty. The
case has attracted wide attention, and has
been stubbOrnly fought.
A tramp barber, giving mis- name as G. K.
Brady who has been working for his board
at the Minnesota house atSt. CT '.es Mimi,
after putting the guests to beu robbed the
house and skipped the town. j. Ioneeb. the
proprietor, lost everything beIou=inp to his
barber outfit that could be carried off con-
EenIenty; also several hundred cigars. One
bOarder lost an OYercoat and cap. = H.
EveFhart, a travelling man, lost gold watch
some clothing and IS or $40, and another
travelling man a watch and some money.
F. {. Cartwright, a young man engaged as
manager of Dubose & Perry's collection
agency at Helena, Mon, commitd suicide in
his office by blowing his brains out with a re-
volVer. He had been drinking and gambling
heavily of late and had overdrawn his bank
account 5000 beside being in debt. Hecame
from Portland about four months ago. He
leaves young wife, who is almost distracted
with grief The debts which worried him in
to taking his life scarcely amounted to $500
all told, and a :ew hours after the tragedy a
letter was found in the postOffice for the de-
ceased stating that ranch he owned in Ore
gon had been sold for Sc, 900 and that the
money would be forwarded at once.
A terrible double TRAGEDY ~""y~r<1 "a
Miami, NanuGUa. John Morton and
his wife, aged respectively fi;ty-tWo and
fifty-four years, being shot in cold blood by
Morton's father, aged seventy-five, who wal
residing with them. John Morton was ab
sent from his home, and during his absenci
the old man and Mrs Morton had some an
pry words. which ended by Morton striking
his daughter-in-law with a piece OF wood
On the sons return he rebuked the old MAJ
for his actions, whereupon the father said
do YOU see that rife? | want you to TAX
it down and shoot me or l will shoot you.
The son paid no attention to this remark
going into another room. The old mar
then took down the rifle, went outside anC
fired through the window, instantly killing
his son, the bullet entering the heart. Th
hired man ran to nelghbor for assistance
and during his absence Mrs. Norton wa
shot in the abdomen by Morton. She onlJ
lived for an hour. The old man does no
deny the crime and says he did it intention
ally
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presence. When that pouch was put
off at the station followed it and
kept it in sight until it was taken in
to the Postoffice. Now you say you
opened it alone, that no one else
touched it. Where is my letter"
81 never saw it, sir. If you doubt
me you can search me-"
Mr.. Barrett said that he would not
do that, and that he had never done
such a thing to woman, and he be-
gan to pace the floor in deep thought.
The girl, more beautiful than ever in
her excitement, sat down in the rock
ing chair. crossed her limbs and be-
gan to rock.
Call your mother, and she can
search you in my presence" said he
at length.
"My mother is dead"
Again the Secret Service agent
paced the floor. He looked into an
adjoining room, brightly and neatly
furnished, and wondered whether the
girl could have secreted the letter
there while she pretended to be going
to the gate to let him in. Ashepaced
back and forth he noticed the swing
ing feet ofthe Postmaster Is daughter,
that one of her stockings had sagged
down, and that under that stocking
was the shape of an envelope.
"Your stocking has dropped" he
said.
The girl turned scarlet and white,
and stopped rocking She caught
her breath, as if to faint.
Now, give me my letter." said the
Inspector.
She took it from it's hiding place,
handed it to him and burst into a
food of passionate tears.
The decoy letter, as is usual in
cases of this sort, had been fixed SO
that it would be apparent to anyone
that money was enclosed. 1t had
done it's work.
"Where is your father?" asked Mr..
Barrett.
"In the garden" sobbed the girl.
Mr.. Barrett went out into the
garden, found the old man hoeing
and brought him in, and when he
WdS IOIu OOWCu Ills lCdO
and sobbed with his child The in
spector learned that the girl had ad-
mirers, as was natural; that her
father was very miserly, not giving
her even the money needed for a
bright bit of ribbon, new hat or a
new dress; that she had been tempted
to take money from the mails for
bits of finery, and had done so. Mr.,
Barrett bitterly accused the old man
of being the one to blame, and he ac'
knowledged it.
II suppose you will arrest her?''
said the girls father.
"Will you make restitution of the
sum tit was about $1O), she has
taken on account of your miserli
ness?"
Eyes; here it is, and it was handed
over. "Will you arrest her?'
eff l did what would be her future
No. Unless you or she tells this il
will never be known in the village
Inspector Barrett left after forcing
the old man to promise his daughtG
should never he compelled or all
- hnndln the mails a~oS" owl
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LAID TO REST.
Mourning Friends Assemble at the
White House for the Funeral SerV-
ices OF Mrs. and Miss Tracy. !

Mourning Friends Assemble at the
White House for the Funeral SerV-
ices OF Mrs. and Miss Tracy. !
WASHINGTON, Specialize beautiful, his
toric east room of the executive mansion,
the scene of so many varied spectacles OF
brilliant ceremony or social gayety, was to-
day devoted to the sadly contrasted ana
solemnly impressive purpose OF funeral
Very seldom has any similar scene been
witnessed at the White House, and never
since 1855, when the remains of the lament
ed Lincoln reposed among the same sur
roundings. The services over the remains
of the wife and daughter of the secretary
of the navy were appointed for IL o'clock,
but long before that hour the east room
was crowded with people desirous OF pay
ing their last tribute to their departed
friends. 1t was most distinguished gath
ering, and included everybody of promi-
nence in Washington. 1t is estimated that
there were nearly a thousand persons in
the house. As far as possible admission
was confined to the personal and offici2l
friends OF Secretary Tracy and his family,
and consequently very few strangers were
present. The casketS containing the dead
were placed side by side under the central
CnhnuelleE duu ulISCdS oppOSiVo wv mann
corridor. They were distinguished only
by the greater size of the one containing
the body of Mrs Tracy.
DR.. Douglas Immediately began the
Episcopal burial service, Il am the Resur-
rection and the Life" At its conclusion
the choir sung the hymn Jesus, Lover of
My Soul" The Scripture lesson was read
by Rev. Mr.. Elliott. 1t began at the twen-
tleth verse of the fifteenth chapter of First
Corinthians: But now is Christ risen from
the dead and become the first fruits of them
that slept. For since by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of the
dead" The choir then sang "Rock of ages,
cleft for me-" A prayer, read by DR.. Doug
las. concluded the services. The president,
with Secretary Tracy on his arm, first
passed out of the room, and next to them
came Frank Tracy, the son, who was so
overcome that he had to be supported by
two of the ushers. Following the process
sion came the choir, singing as occasional
hymn, abide with me- fast falls the even
ing tide; the darkness deepens; Lord with
ME abide" The bodies were removed to
the hearses and the funeral procession was
formed, the cortege moving slowly to Rock
Creek cemetery, just beyond the soldiers
home, where the bodies were placed in a
| receiving vault to await Secretary Tracy's
determination in regard to their permanent
| resting place. Secretary Tracy did not go
| to the cemetery, as it was feared the task
might prove too much for his strength.
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Extortion Punished.

The commander-in-chief of the Aus
trian army is the wealthiest man in
Austria Hungary. The other day,
while on tour of inspection in
Hungary, he spent 4S hours in a
small provincial town. The bill pre-
sented to him amounted to $767.
It was paid without murmur, but
the next day the officers of the gar
rison received strict orders not to set
foot in the hotel in question and for
the next II month no military
band will be allowed toplay in town.
Montreal Star.
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THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from West
ern Markets.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
WHEAT-No. 2, Spring, 751sc.; No 3Spring
62@72c; No. , red, 751sc.
CoRN-NO. 2, 2S8S@29c.
OATs-No. 2, 2O12@30c.
RYE-No. 2, 44c.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c.
FLAX SEED-$1 3513.
BUTTER-Qulet and unchanged.
EGGs-Quist at 1313c.
ST. PAUL
WHEAr-No hard, 78@79c.: No North.
ern T6@77c; No. northern; 74@75c.
CORN-No. B, 271&c.
OATs-No. mixed, zoe; No. white, gle;
No. 3, 1913c.
BARLEY-NO. 2, 45@50c.; No. 3. 3Sg42c.
RYE-No 2, 34c.
GROUND FEED-No. l, $40. .50011 .25.
BRAN-Bulk, $6.50@8
HAY-Upland prairie, $6@6.75; No. 1,
S.. so; timothy, So.
EGGs-Fresh, 81 SO@5.10.
BUTrER-Extra creamery, 2Oc.; dairy lac
15e.; roll and print, S@1Oc.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAT-No hard 79c; No. l Northern
77@771sc; No. 2 Northern. 7313@75c;
FLOUR-Patents. sacks to local dealers,
81. 1904. 80; patents to ship, sacks, car lots,
81. 1901 so; in barrels, 81. 3O@4. so; bakers
here, $3Q13.40 supertine, $1.7O@2. 25; red
dog sacks, S1@1.20 red dog barrels, $1.25-
@15O.
CoRN-Samples. 25@26c;
OATs-Mixed, 19@2O13c; white 20@22c; No.
2, 2114@22c.
BARLEY-23@44c
HAY-Cpland prairie, 81. so; common wild,
$5@G so.
BUTTER - Fair to fancy creamery, 14@2Oc.
per ID; dairies medium to fancy, 1O@12c.;
grease and packing stock, 4@513c.
MILWAUKEE.
WHEAr-No. spring, 72@74c; No. l
Northern. Sic.
CoRN-NO.3. 2Sc.
OATs-No 2 white, 2312@24c.
RYE-No. l, 44c.
BARIEY-No 2, 4215c.
EGGs-Fresh, n4c.
BUTTER-Dairy, 15@17c.
CHEEsE-Cheddars 9G912.c