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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
DIABOLICAL PLOT.

ATTEMPT by the Hatfield Crowd to
Commit Wholesale Poisoning.
After the ex ecution of Ellison Mounts at
PikeviIle, Ky, the officers discovered plot
which, if successful, would have resulted in
the escape and the probable death of a num-
her OF the guards Of the jail. Through the
confession OF the jail cook the discovery was
made. The Hatfields had paid the cook 5000
to place a drug in the food of the jail
guards the night before the execution.
The cook was told that the drug that was
given her was merely to make the guards go
10 sleep She became suspicious and con-
cluded to try the effects Of the preparation
on the Jail cat The result was the death of
the animal in horrible agony. She then be-
came alarmed and refused to put the poison
into the food. She did not communicate
her Intentions, however, to the outlaws,
and they gathered near the Jail to await
the signal which would indicate that the
! guards were sick within. Had this whole
sale attempt at murder been successful, not
only the prisoners in the prison would
| have been killed from the effects
| of the poison, but also the she, ifs family and
posse The drug was found to bestTychnnc
| The cook was Immediately arrested All the
outlaw gang have fled to the mountains Of
! West Virginia, where it is sure death for the
officers to follow them. All the lawless per
SOILS who are responsible for this outrageous
affair are from West Virginia. The sheriff il
having the necessary papers arranged to Sc
cure acquisitions for the wouldbe murderers
and every effort will be made to bring them
to Justice. Should they be brought back dur
| ing the present intense excitement, every one
of them would be instantly mobbed, as thu
people are crazed with Indignation.
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Tupper'S EgOtiSn7.

Sir C. D. a parsonage not IN
known to fame, once encountered the
late Martin Farquhar Topper on a
Clyde steamer, and was accOsted IT
him in these terms: Il perceive that
l am not the only distinguished man
on board" Mr.. Topper smiled nor
as he spoke, being quite in earnest
and, indeed. wishing to pay SirCi-
what he conceived to be Il high COM
plment. This little incident occurred
on deck Presently Mr.. TuHper Went
down into the cabin, but before doing
SO handed his umbrella to Il yOung
lady. a perfect stranger, to take care
of it for him. "IOung lady, he Oh
served to the astOnished recipient Of
the umbrella, you will now be able
to say in after life that YOU once held
the umbrella of Martin Topper.
Same smileless expression as before.
The story is told Of Tupppr that one
evening he attended u dinner party
after having lost his portmanteau in
the afternoon, and at the table, when
he had talked a great deal about his
loss, Il wit who was present inter-
rupted him by saying: III had lost
my portmanteau, Mr.. Tupper, |, be-
ing an ordinary man, should have
been justified in boring a dinner ia
BILE with my grief. But YOU. Mr.,
Tupper-your philosophy is proven
bal. San Francisco ArgOnaut.
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Dog COaxer.

Dog Profit" Holloway, the tramp
who was found a short time ago in
Connecticut, nearly dead from expos
ure, is we'll known there because of
the fascination he exercises over
dogs. He has been seen 1rvomp0u-
led by as many as twenty tive dogs,
and he always has from four to ten
with him. Almost any doc will fol
low him with halt an invitation, it
is said, and when he cOaNes no dog
can resist him. Valuable dogs have
been known to leave their masters to
take up with Holloway, and. when
brought back would seek the first
opportunity to join the beggar,
Holloway has been so long Il wan-
derer that he can claim no town as
a residence, but, so far as can be
learned, he was born in Foster, r. l..
Exchange.
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TELEGRAPHIC MISCELLANY.

Mary, Agnes and the spotted Horse.
MAIDEN, Mont. Special.-The group Of
mines known as Mary and Agnes on Wolf
creek disclose an immense quantity lead
carbOnates the most extensive yet found III
the Belt mountains, the assays running up
into hundreds ofdOllars per ton. The com
ing of the Ncihart branch railway from
treat Falls is awaited with anxiety by
farmers and miners and big spring growth
is certain. The Spotted Horse mine near
turning out 100000 month from twenty
stamp mill. 1t is the best mine in America
for tie amount of development and is one
of a seri,~, ~ = hot show equally rich Oh
,uria"~ Beside: the goa Quartz claims
rere are many silver and ganna veins IN
stamp mill is having twenty stamps addcl
10 the original plant, to be ready for worL
by April l.
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Bogus Coffee,

Lookout for q new kind of coffee
that is not coffee. Some clever
Frenchmen at the island of Reunion
have discovered that the fruit Of
tue wild orange that grows there
has the aroma ofthe coffee berry. As
it costs less to raise the Wild orange
than the regular coffee, naturally
the planters are substituting the
former for the latter, and the GOV
eminent even has ordered that q
great part of the highlands on the
island be reserved for the cultivation
of the new bogus coffee. One bright
CLEAN on the coffee horizon is the
fact that the new berry will be so
cheap, that it will, if it's culture sue
ceeds, drive out chicory, and as an
adulterant it is said to be much less
vile than that staple coffee cheapen-
err New York Sun.
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BURIED The RUINS.
Explosion Of a Packing House Boiler
With Loss of Life.


OMAHA Neb., Special To-day an ex-
plosion occurred at the Armour-Cudahy
Packing house at South Omaha, which re-
suited in the instant death Of at least one
man, the subsequent death OF two others,
and which may be followed by the death
Of others. The explosion occurred in the
boiler room of the Old packing house.
There is located battery Of nine boilers,
two of which are reserves. The outside
boiler of this battery burst, tearing great
holes in the walls of the machinery depart
mcnt adjoining. The noise OF the explosion
soon attracted the great army OF packing
house employees to the scene where beneath
the ruins perhaps twenty-five men lay
wounded. An alarm of fire was sounded
and the fire department soon arrived on
the scene, Joining forces with the Armour
Cudahy fire department, and the two soon
uuellcd the flames. \ crowd Of one hun
dred men went to work on the debris, Aur-
ricdIv working to relieve the sufferers, and
in a short time had the dead and injured
removed and taken to st. Joseph hospital.
The following is list Of the dead and in
jured:
Jack Tigh, head fireman, instantly killed;
Hans OlesOn and Cal Wheeler died from inha]ing
hot air; sam Gibson burned @nout the ht19
alri f""e, will probably die Ed MiSheI. fractured
SknIl ana oAverey burned, Will probably die;
James Black. ety@rp!y burned and his skull
fractured, will probably DE James Sherdan,
Harder scaided and burned, but II injuries are
not regarded as serious; James HcHI4re, Sc
verely burned about the hands ana lleaq; George
J. Meahan, burned about the head and eEe' i
Lanahan not been found, and believed TO be
dead am lying beneath the RUNS: Nike mar
Ind ~ )aH a
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three miles in length D,, thrce-tOurtns of a
mile wide and 10 feet deep. Lieut.. Brodie,
in charge Of the work, was absent at Phoenix
experimenting the shipment of the ma
chincry to the works, and was saved Of
those known to have been drowned were J.
IIaincS, wife and four children: H. Boone
and daughters, John Silby, Joseph Rey-
nOld5, Mrs Mccarthy and $. McMiller.
LATER.
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Specialize definite
news has yet reached here Of the loss Of life
or the damage caused by the break Of the
Walnut Grove dam. There can be no e5ti-
mae yet Of the loss of life or property, but
the latter will reach into millions, while
the loss OF life will without doubt be great,
as many Of the families were living
near the stream in the narrow can
yOns. Yesterdays courier came from
the lower dam, and as the road does
not come by the upper dam, it was only
surmscd that it had given away on account
Of the immense quantity of water. y more
hopeful feeling exists this evening on aC-
count of no news being received direct that
the upper dam has given way. 1t is now
hoped that the reservoir is still intact and
the flood was caused by the opening of the
gates to relieve it from the threatened
danger. No definite Information will be
received before to- morrow.
DUE TO CAKELEssNEsS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Special. Engineer Luther
Wagner to-day gave some details OF the
construction OF the great storage dam across
Hassayampa river which show that this dis
aster, like that at JOhnstOwn, Pa, was, &C
cOrding to him, due to the CarelessncSs and
mcanness Of the New York corporation that
built il. Mr.. Wagner was called in to re-
port on the dam about one and half years
ago. He advised the discharge of the CON
tractors and engineers. as he regarded them
as worthless, but this was not done The
company, however, acting on his advice,
strengthened the weak places. Mr.. Wagner
warned them that the dam would be unsafe
unless some OF the work was gone over and
rectitied, but they would not listen to him.
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RENEWED THEIR FAITH.
A Christian Scientist in Chicago
Cures Horse in Eau Claire.

A Christian Scientist in Chicago
Cures a Horse in Eau Claire.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, SpeciaI.-A
curious instance of the effects of the Chris
tian science craze occurred here recently.
There is quite large circle
of students of the science in
this city, and they hold regular meetings
for the discussion of methods and cases
One of the number, a gentleman who re-
sides just out of the city, had a sick horse
on his hands. The veterinary surgeon
could do nothing for the animal and the
local Christian science experts failed also.
ThereupOn the owner of the horse, having
plenty of time and not caring for the eX-
pense, went to the telegraph office and
wired an account of the case to Christian
science professor in Chicago. The symp-
toms were given III the telegram, and the
Chicago expert was asked to treat the case
by the usual method. The horse was at
that time apparently on its last legs. The
Chicago scientist wired back that he was
treating the horse to the best of his ability
and was thinking hard. Within five hours
the horse was we'll and eating oats. The
case was duly reported at the next meeting
of the circle, and the members are pursuing
th0i- experiments with renewed faith in the
science.
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A DAM BURSTS.
1t Gives Away Under the Great Pres
sure Caused by Flood.

1t Gives Away Under the Great Pres
sure Caused by Flood.
PRESCOTT Ariz.. iSpecial.-Th fine, large
storage dam built across the Hassayampa
river by the Walnut Grove Water Storage
co mpany two years ago at cost of 5000, 600
gave way to-day under the great gressure of
a heavy food, and swept everything before
it. Forty persons are known to have lost
their lives. AS the town of Wick
enburg, thirteen miles below the
dam, was on the same stream, great
fears are entertained for the safety of that
town, but as there is no Geographic COM
munication no news will be obtainable of
its fate until tomorrow at least. The
service dam of the company, located fifteen
miles below the reservoirs, and fifteen
miles of fume just approaching compile
ton were swept away. Altogether the COM
pany has spent over $SOO,0O0 on the enter
prise of storing the water. the hydraulic
mining machine had arrived and they
expected to commence operations next
week. The dam which held the waters
back was 40 feet long at the base and 400
feet at the top. 1t was ITO feet thick at the
base and ten feet at the top, forming lake
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
PERsEcUTEDB BY HIS RELATIVES.
An Old Man Who Has Spent Much
of His Life in Insane Asylums.

An Old Man Who Has Spent Much
of His Life in Insane AsyIums.
One of tn most remarkable cases of sane
man confined for nearly his whole life in an in
sane ASYLUM came to light in Seattle Wash,
Homer II. Brown is sixty years old and for
the past twenty years he has been confined in
asyums in different parts of the country.
For the past eight years he has been IN the
custody OF his brother. Watson Brown, now
Of Seattle, who has Just sought to have him
again confined in an insane asylum and 1T
was through his efforts in the probate court
that led to Homer Brown having his first
trial before a jury of his peers, and they
nave decided he is perfectly sane. Testi-
mOny before the probate court brought out
these facts: The other brothers are all rich,
They inherited property from their father
Soon after graduating from college and
alter practiCing law for q short time in SYRIA
cllse. \. Y. and Sioux City, Iowa, Homer
was confined in insane asylums and was close
" watched by his relatives. Mr.. Brown him
self asserts he never before had a trial and
was simply arrested and confined. The rea-
sons given for this was that one
brother was shocked because he
drank whisky and another caught him
smoking in O drawing room. His guardian
brother consented to his going back to Min
nesota. where his other two brothers are rich
and prosperous, one brother being president
and principal owner OF the National
Bank of Albert Lea, Mimi, and
the other, Marcus Brown, owns several
, large farms in that state. His guardian con.
sented to his going East, but when he went
ostensibly to get his ticket Homer Brown
suspected him and went to the probate court,
where he found him just about to seal his
doom for another term of confinement. He
demanded another trial, with the above re-
suit. Homer Brown says he thinks there was
a large amount of money coming to him
but he never got it, Expert physicians and
Others in court believe that the man hat
been prosecuted all these years.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
QUIETLY ARRESTED.

Walton, the Pacific Express Com
pany EmbezzIer, Caught in New
Brunswick.
ST. JOHNS N. B., Special.-Fred A. Wal
ton was quietly arrested here by Detectives
Ring and John A. Gross of Montreal on the
charge of stealing $4,000 from the Pacific
Express company at Dallas Tex Walton
had been in the city for some days, going
under the name of Simpson. When Wal
ton was arrested over $1,000 was found
on his person, and in his vAIise
was one package containing money which
was in the original wrappings, with the
seals, etc, on it. Walton arrived here on
the 14th inst. in company with John Laird
and Frank Brady, two notorious Montreal
gamblers. whom he gave $4,000 to get him
out of Canada. Laird and Brady, after a
couple of days high living, returned to
Montreal, where they were arrested for aid
ing and abetting Walton in bringing stolen
money into Canada.
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DISORDER COURT.
Exciting Scenes at the Trial Of
Women Saloon WreCkers.

TRENTON. Mo-, Speculative find the de-
PENDANTS guilty and impose fine OF > and
| cost on each case" That was the verdict Of
| the jury in the case of the Spickards-
| Vile crusaders. Great excitement at
| tended the hearing of the case
to-day. The feeling was intense
on both sides the opposition attorneys at
times barely escaping tistic encounters, and
and at one time it looked as if general row
would occur. When the court had been
| formally opened Justice Shanklin an
nOunced his opinion on the question raised
| just before adjournment yesterday. He held
! that no evidence could be introduced going
to Show that the destruction ofthe saloon was
the abatement of public nuisance Private
parties could not abate public nuisance
unless some individual rights were in
fringed. This had the effect of taking the
wind from the sails Of the defense and the
! announcement of the decision was greeted
| with distinct signs Of approval. Justice
Shanklin restored order and the introduce
| ton Of evidence by the prosecution
| was begun Twelve witnesses, all Of
| short memories testified and then the
| state rested its case. Judge Hall, chief
| counsel for the defense stated that the de-
ceiOn rendered at the opening of the court
! destroyed the value of the testimony that
| ne udu INTENDED u DTDuuCe. lie AOuIu
| present no witnesses. Prosecuting Attorney
Knight then began his speech for the state.
He said he had been insulted yesterday at
! the mass meeting by being Missed by per-
| sons
HOSTILE To THE PROS ECUTION
at the instance of Judge Hall. He had TO
| tear OF being iusulted to-day, he said be-
cause he was in a court of Justice and not at
a meeting called to defy the law and urge
! its in1ractiOn. Judge Nall was on his
feet in a minute He objected eXcitedly to
| Mr.. knights remarks and denied their
! truth, at the same time shaking his fist
under Mr.. Knights hose. Mr.. Knight cor
tinuing said that the judge had lied when
| he accused him of having perjurcd
| his oath of office III not entorc-
ing the law against nOn-licenSedliQuor sell
| crs. Judge Hall again rose to his feet, this
! time with his chair in his hand, and with a
| threatening gesture at MIR. Knight denied
! that he had ever made any such accusation.
! The excitement in the court room became
| intense and the justice was obliged to call
| on the constable to assist him to restore Or
| der. Finally the excitement was subdued
and Mr.. Knight proceeded with his
argument. Continuing, he said the
ladies had taken the law INFO
/ their hands because one boy had been
| found drunk in the saloon. At this phrase
! Ida +. Barr district organizer Of the w. c.
I. t.. sprang excitedly to her feet and cX-
! claimed "GOd save us" God save that
! woman, retorted Mr.. Knight, "shc's got
/ fits This passage at arms again produced
/ great EXCITEMENT and it was some minutes
| before quiet was restored. The announce
ment OF the verdict was received in sile- &c
| The defense gave notice of aDDpa
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
Insomnia Is Dangerous.


DR.. Sara b. Chase IS Il great beIlev-
en- in resting the brain. She said:
paonIa lio sooner from brain work
!},....I- .,'.. -r.,,;.,,1 ,uaa1.
IMAM ''''''' u" from pnN 0'S"i ""' ~
we ought not TO he Obliged TO WORK
SO as tO kill ourselves. Wecan stand
n great deal more of physical work if
NO h.vn nro,,or cord;tinn.of,;fot han
- ~, 49,
we can Oralll WORK. lit u '''' - a
very peculiar organ, and requires
more attention and care than pre-
hans any other ORGAN Of the budy
l. i,rs+ o,,o,,Ion+1a fro.+and,1., ~
vi cllah2e ana ana recreation. ne onIE
way 10 rest the Dram properly "1lo
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Killed bv A Highway Man.

ALBrQrERQUE, n Mex, Special.-While
on his way from Los Cerrillos to Coal Banks
with $500 to pay MINERS John Elder was
held up and robbed bv Lee White. White
alterward stole two horses, went to the house
PEELED her to cut her hair, don male attire
and mount the extra horse. Later they
were pursued and overtaken by Deputy
Sheriff Meyers and posse. White and the
woman opened fire, killing one of the posse
and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff
Meyers. White and the woman escaped
and are still at large.
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ger and Frank burke Vert arrested on the
charge Of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses while giving a Garh abnct Selnce in
hlrago.
News has been received Mt Monton. Iowa.
from North EZtino, Just arros~ 'hr, lip" IN
Missouri th't Or. LrllN.a i.2u .u- lnE-J-Iln'
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Says It Would BE Persecution.
I1,,,o 81 ToIo

FoRT DODGE, Iowa, Special Telegram.
Judge Weaver, in the district court
here to-day, refused to try any cases arising
from river land litigation. He says that
until the suit brought by the United States
attorney general is settled, any further in
reference with the settlers would be perse-
cution. The cases involved are principally
settlers who returned to farms after being
evicted. The decision is in line with the
recent action of the United States marshal
at Dubuque, who resused to do any more
evicting until the United States suit was de-
cided.
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THIRTY FOUR LIVES LOST.
Three Dams on the Hassayampa
River Relieved to Have Given Out.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Special-A courier Just
arrived trOra the lower dam on the HASA
yampa river reports tremendous noun
tain Of water came down the Hassayampa
about , o'clock Saturday morn
ing and thirty-tour men lost their
lives at the lower dam, where they are at
work. They were all whites except three
Chinese. The courier reports that the town
Of Wickenburg is all right. The loss of life
in the valley between Wickenberg
and the dam may not he
doubt considerable and the number may
reach thirty forty. The cVurle! ~tNt1S
that the upper dam undoubtedly broke and
carried the other two dams below down
with it. The loss to property in the dams
alone will amount to about $3000O0.