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The National tribune., 1891-01-15

Indianapolis Journal
Watts-How is old man Gilfllanf Is he out
OF danger YETI
DIR. BOwless-I don't know. He died this
morning.
The National tribune., 1891-01-15

IF each subscriber to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE wiH charge himself oiH getting
one RelO subscriber the circulation Of the paper
ViH be doubled at once, and Nth little troa6ES.
Let each subscriber hyik
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
Down INTO THE RIVER.
An Excursion Train in Switzerland Goes
Through a Bridge.

An Excursion Train i'm Switzerland Goes
Through Bridge.
An accident on the Moenchen, Steine &
Bale railway in Switzerland increases in it's
horrible features as the full reports come
out. A loaded excursion train without any
warning went through a high bridge, pre-
cipitating the struggling mass of humanity
into yawning gulf. The killed are now
placed at 1870, with hundreds more or less
injured. Shortly after the first horror of
the crashing OF engines and cars through
the bridge and into the swift running stream
had died away, the survivors saw a scene
which rivalled in horror the most heart
rending features of the Johnstown disaster.
Beneath what remained of the bridge was
hideous mass of broken car wood, car
wheels, engines, etc, intermixed with still
quivering heads, despatched with blood and
brains, protruding arms and legs, bloody
garments of all descriptions, hats and bon
nets, umbrellas and parasols, hands and
feet, while floating down the stream were
number of dead bodies and fainting, strug-
Cling men, women and children, few now
and then uttering horrible cries. After the
first moment of partial paralyzation which
followed the revelation of this horror, the
survivors did their utmost to rescue those
whose lives were in danger. The work of
pulling those who remained in the two sus-
pended cars from their perilous position in
which they were placed was one of great
danger and difficulty and resulted in q num-
Der of instances of heroic conduct.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
Nebraska Notes.

PUBLIC meetings of all kinds i'm Otcs
county have been postponed on account o
the smallpox outbreak.
THREE children in Limerick TOWNSHIP
about five miles southeast of Tilden, were
drowned during heavy rainstorm.
BARTHOLOMEW BOGUS, while working il
his corn field near Humphrey. was strucl
and instantly killed along with both hi.
horses.
THE wild plum trees are heavily loadei
with plums, and the prospects are favor
able for larger yield this year than has
been witnessed for many years past.
THE farmers of Frontier county are say.
ing that the weeds are getting away ahead
of the corn, on account of so much we
weather. The listed corn is suffering witt
the surplus of moisture much worse tina,
the planted fields.
DURING thunder storm the wife anG
grandmother Of V..Lauton, of Palmer, too
two children and went into storm celia
to avoid the lightning, but a bolt enterc
the cellar and killed both women, but di
not injure the children.
CONSIDERABLE of a censation was occa.
stoned at meeting of the Lincoln cit.
#C0uilCli WIEIl tDfGe IHGHiDGFs TSIuStd 10 Voc
d resolution of respect and coincidence
the family OF the late Hon. j. B. Archibald
q member Of the council at the time Of his
death.
WHILE John Lorenson, living eight milt
east of Neigh, was returning home with 4
sneighbor named Petersen they crossed +
.rayine that had been swollen by The recch
rains. The wagon box was washed froh
tile wagon and Lorenson WINS drowned. lii
leaves a wife and nine children.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
NEBRASKA MASONS.
Meeting of the Grand Lodge at Omaha
Eastern Star Officers.

Meeting of the Grand Lodge at Omaha
Eastern Star Officers.
The Masonic grand lodge of Nebraska hes
been in session at Omaha. The number of
delegates was 225. An amendment to the
constitution prohibiting a Mason from leas
ing or renting building owned or controlled
by him for saloon purposes came up. This
lays over one year under the rules. The
election of officers resulted as follows:
Grand master, Bradner p. Slaughter, Full
lerton; deputy grand master, Samuel P.
Kent, Tecumseh; grand senior warden,
Lewis A. Kent, Minden; grand junior
warden, J. p. A. Black, BlOomington; grand
treasurer, Christian Hartman, Omaha;
grand secretary, William r. Bowen, Omaha.
The grand chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, chose and installed the following
officers: Grand matron, Mrs. A. NJ. Bill
ings, of Genoa; grand patron, w. N. Mason,
of Omaha; grand associate matron, Mrs.
M. Z. Musselman, of Osceola; grand assO~
cate patron, Geo. w. Keen, of Kearney:
grand secretary, Rev. H. Guild, of Lincoln;
grand treasurer, Edwin Davis, of Omaha:
grand conductress, Mrs. Mary X. Osgood, of
Tecumseh; grand associate conductress
Mrs. Kate E. Barsby, of Fairmont. APP
pointed offtcers-Adah. Mrs. w. ID. Gallop, OF
Norfolk; Ruth, Mrs. Rose Galbrath, of Heb
ron; Esther, Mrs. Alvison, of Omaha; Mar
tina, Mrs. NJ. A. Hartigan, of Hastings
Eiecta, Mrs. Lee, of Kearney; warden, Mrs.
DR.. Lane, of Lincoln; sentinel, Brother
Cokjera, of Clarks; chaplain, DR.. Lllrtor
of lexington; marshal, Mrs. Roberts, O
Rising; lecturer, Brother Stevens, of Crane
Island. The next annual meeting of thG
chapter will be held at Grand Island
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
THE BRITISH CENSUS.
The Per Cent. of Gain in England and
Wales Decreases.

The Per Cent. of Gain in England and
Wales Decreases.
The effect of the recent census in Great
Britain will be to allay the fears of over
population which have been cultivated by
certain alarmists. The census shows that,
with increased prosperity in all classes Of
the community, there is a large diminutiOn
of crime and pauperism. There are 10000
less paupers and 1900 less convicted
criminals than ten years ago. In England
and Wales the increase in population, for
the first time in forty years, shows q retro
grade instead of a progressive movement,
the rate of increase being, for the decade
ending 1881, nearly 14H per cent, while the
decade ending 1891 shows an increase of
only 1873 per cent. The registrar generals
estimate in April placed the total popula-
ton at nearly 30. 100000. All the large
towns have grown more slowly than was
expected, while the country districts have
Practically maintained their old rate Of in
Crease. Liverpool shows an actual decrease,
put it is asserted that some mistake has
been made The outskirts of London con-
tinue to grow rapidly, some of the eastern
and northeastern suburbs having doubled
lii ten years. The enhanced facilities of
locomotion probably explain the fact that
The increase in the country is greater than
In the Cities
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25

visional arrangement with respect to the
Premiership. He said: ave are fresh
from the electorate, and we can form
strong Ministry. Sir John Thomson,
to my mind, is the only man who can
give a guarantee of stability in the re-
organization of the Government and
the party. He will meet with difficult
ties, and we believe that our Ontario
friends will see that Id is their duty and
interest to join and CO operate at this
juncture."
John J. Caldwell Abbott was born on
March ~, 1928, in the rectory of st.
Andrews Parish, County of Argenequil,
Quebec. His father was the Rev.
Joseph Abbott, M. A, who in 1918 came
from England and settled at St. Andrew
as the first Anglican incumbent. Mr..
Abbott graduated from McGill College,
Montreal, and at once entered upon the
study Of law. At the age of 27 years he
was called to the bar of Lower Canada.
1t was not until 1859 that he entered
political life us member for his native
county in the Assembly of Canada, From
that time onward he took an active part
in the transactions of the House, notably
in reference tO'commercial matters He
was made a q. G. in 1852 and for short
donald Ministry as Solicitor General
In 1864 he introduced and fought
through the House the "insol-
vent act" probably his chief
work as legislator. In 1867, upon
confederation, Mr.. Abbott was elected
to the House Of Commons. In the nego-
tiations of the syndicate, of which Sir
Hugh Allan was chief, for the Pacific
Railway charter, Mr.. Abbott acted as
counsel, and through his confidential
clerks treachery the famous private
correspondence which caused the Pacific
scandal saw the light. In the defeat of
the Government at that time Mr.. Abbott
shared, and remained in private life
until $780, He was elected In that year
and sat through Parliament until 1887,
when he retired. He was subsequently,
elevated to the Senate, of which he has
OF late been the Government leader.
Next to the insolvency act, the measure
by which his reputation has been most
enhanced is the jury law consolidation
act for lower Canada.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
Atchison PecuIaritIes.

An Atchison colored barber has a
white wife.
A little Atchison boy yesterday said
to his mother: "You are the only
sweetheart will ever have"
An Atchison man whose wife does
all the work for family of seven, re-
Gently paid the licence on five dogs.
The awfullest man in the world lives
in Atchison. He was married three
weeks ago, and is already flirting with
the other girls.
A Northwest Atchison man is cele-
brating his sixty-fourth birthday, and
insists on every guest drinking sixty
four glasses of beer.
An Atchison man selects his wife's
hats. They are seldom becoming, but
he is the best natured man on earth
when the bills come in.
There is woman living in Atchison
who spent seven years as member
of circus company. She is now
happily married, and has several
children, and is popular with her
neighbors.
An Atchison man has mean way of
getting even with his neighbors.
When his children take the whooping
cough, or measles, or any other con-
tagious disease, he sends them over to
play with the neighbors' children.
There are SO many pleasant faced
old maids in Atchison; they should
form Merry Old Maids club. They
have as much reason to be merry and
gay as the married women, and great
deal more than some.
There lis one person i'm Atchison who
believes in speaking well of the oppo-
'sition. 1t is a wash woman. She
tells the family she washes for that
the lady who washes for the woman
across the street, is the best clear
.starcher in town.
An Atchison girl is badly afflicted.
Whenever she bushes, instead of the
red showing in her cheeks, it goes to
her nose. Say pretty things to her
that would make her blush, and in
five minutes her nose looks like the
nose of q usher.
An Atchison woman who liz subject
to fainting fits, and who is liable to
tumble over in faint at almost any
time, has spent great deal of time
and money in the past year in learning
how to fall gracefully. She has EN-,
,ployed at least three teachers. At
Gibson Globe.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
Dakota Notes.

WORK will soon be commenced on De-
Smet's artesian we'll.
SQUATTERs are already on the Sisseton
reservation ready to take claims.
THE Cheyenne Indian agency at Fort
Bennett will soon be removed to point
nearly opposite Forest City.
CHAMBERLAIN has called an election for
the purpose Of voting on a proposition to
issue bonds to build a bridge across the
Missouri river.
TRAIN load after train load of young
Texas cattle are being brought into the
vicinity of Pennington county to Craze.
The cattle are received at Douglas, Wyo.,
and unloaded at Belle Fourche, the ElkhOrn
terminus. 1t is estimated that $4,000 head
will be brought in.
SENATOR PETER and Congressman Simp-
son, of Kansas, are advertised by the county
alliance to address q campmeeting-or po-
litical lOve-feast-at the Great NortheI n
crossing of the Jim some time the last Of
June. Other distinguished speakers from
abroad are expected to be present and
notable occasion is anticipated.
AN unprecedented number of cattle ard
horses have been killed by lightning during
recent thunderstOrms in Brule and sur
rounding counties, and in most instances
were killed in pastures surrounded by "a
wire fence. The farmers propose to remedy
this by putting in ground wires every four
or five rods.
THE Interstate Ministerial institute will
meet in Sioux Falls and be in session until
July 2. The association includes the states
of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, and it is thought from $50 TO
200 ministers will be in attendance. The
institute is sort of a theological school. in
which the ministers discuss and receive en-
lightenment on theological points.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
IA CYCLONE IN KANSAS.
TIE STORM HAD SEVERAL DIFF
FERENT FORMS.

3 4 y 81
At Fort Scott 1t Appeared to Be a Cloud
Burst, mt Kansas City Cyclone and at
Emporia q Tornado The Growing Crops
Swept Down.
The southeastern corner of Kansas was
visited by terrific storms, causing some loss
OF life, much damage to property and enor-
nous damage to growing crops. The storm
was OF a different nature at different points.
AT Fort Scott lit took the form of cloud
burst, at Kansas City cyclone, and at EN-
poria a tornado. At Fort Scott the water
poured down for half an hour, the storm
having the appearance of cloudburst.
The occupants of houses escaped as best
they could. Some climbed trees while others
were rescued by relief parties in boats. The
farmers from the surrounding country re-
port great loss to standing crops, aggregat-
ing not less than S150,000. At Arkansas
City the storm developed into o cyclone.
Little damage was done in the city,
but fifteen miles from the city the
cyclone destroyed several houses.
The damage to the crops i'm radius of
twenty miles from Arkansas City is esti-
mated at $4,000. AT Emporia the storm
was q tornado, accompanied by extraordi-
nary rain. In the country the crops were
leveled to the ground. The damage is esti
mated at $4,000.
At Chanute, Kan, the worst wind and
rain storm ever known struck the town and
lasted about forty minutes. Abont 1000
acres of wheat was ruined, entailing loss
of $4,000. The storm could not have come
at a worse time for the crops. The wheat
was just ready for the reaper and at some
places had already been cut and stacked.
Much where the storm ragged is a total loss
and the rest badly damaged. Corn had
just got fair start and was in no conition
to withstand the heavy STORM. Much of it
was washed away and much will have to be
replanted. From the facts at hand, how
ever, 1t is estim ated that total loss will not
fall short of S5O0,000
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
FOR HIS MOTHER.
A Talented Actor Suicides Through Grief
for Her Death,

for Her Death.
At Chicago, Actor Jas. L. Edwards
suicided, while despondent over the death
of his mother few'weeks ago. He was
leading man with H. r. Jacobs COM
pany.
There is a remarkable coincidence in
the death of Edwards with the death of
Actor Henry Aveling, a few weeks ago,
in New York. When Edwards left the
Paul Kauvar Company his place was
taken by Aveling, an English actor of
considerable prominence One morning
he was found dead in his room in a
New York hotel. 1t was DELHI
crate case of self-murder. He
left letters which gave directions
for the care of his body. Aveling. also
died from morphine. But the strange
part of it all was that Edwards was en-
gagged to play the leading role in paul
Kauver" next season. He was men,
Der of the Actors Order of Friendship
His wife, who is q professional woman,
lives at 331 West Thirty-fourth street,
New York. She contemplated joining
the company of which her husband was
q member The remains were shipped
East to be placed at the side OF his
mother, whom he loved so dearly.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
WILL MEET THE ISSUE.
THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT TO
BE PROROGUED.

The Government VIII Summon the House
Early i'm January and Stake Their Fate
c Before the Electors ON the Irish Local
Governments Bill.
The English Parliament will be prorogued
August 8. The local party managers have
received authentic instructions to prepare
for the dissolution of parliament early next
summer. The government intend to sum
mon the house early in January and stake
their fate on the Irish local government
bill. They calculate to dissolve parliament
after carrying the bill. The conservative
uncertainty over the future of the party is
leading to further refusals by the present
members to recontest their seats, and within
the ministry itself the discomfort is pro-
ducing disorganization.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
A SOUTH DAKOTA POINTER.
An Important Point Concerning the MARI
riage of q Homestead Claimant.

riage of Homestead Claimant.
A celebrated case has just been decided
at Chamberlain wherein DIR. Goodale was
plaintiff and Ezra M. Bond defendant, on
the foreclosure of real estate mortgage on
500 acres of very rich land on the river bot
TOM The defendant set up the claim OF
right of dowry for his alleged wife, that she
had not Joined in making the mortgage and
was entitled to the homestead. The parties
had lived together for several years,
generally claiming that they were not mar
ried, but for the purpose of holding the
homestead they now claim they were man
and wife under the common law marriage.
The court instructed the jury that cohabit
ing did not constitute marriage under conn
mon law unless they publicly claimed to be
man and wife, SO that it was notorious in
the community in which they lived and the
world. The verdict was for the plaintiff,
holding the plaintiffs had not lived together
as man and wife with sufficient publicity to
entitle the woman to claim her right in the
homestead. The verdict Is a pointer to
those DESTROYS of joining in wedlock to have
the ceremony performed as provided by law.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
A Mountain Lake Let Loose,

An artificial lake 1000 feet long, $50 feet
Wide and feet deep, formed by the Martell
glacier behind the Zufallferner mountain
lin the TyrOl, Austria, burst it's confines and
Hooded the valley below. The huge VOL
umes of escaping water caused a shock like
an earthquake TO the surrounding country
and made a deafening noise. AS the in
habitants anticipated the accident and had
made preparations, it is to be hoped no
fatalities were caused, but reports from
many villages which have been inundated
are anxiously awaited. The bursting of the
lake was due to the softening of the glacier,
which is 1900 feet in thickness.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
All Night in u Balloon,

A professional aerOnaut made an ascen-
sion from Lavillette, France, being &C
cOmpanied by two shOwmcn. When about
sixty feet from the ground the aeronaut, who
had been fixing something outside of the
car, lost his balance and fell to the ground,
being fatally injured. The balloon shot up
with the other two men, neither of whom
had the slightest knowledge of how to han
die it, and before long was out of sight. In
the morning, as nothing had been heard of
them, they were given up for lost. but that
afternoon they descended unframed at
Versailles, but nearly famished and badly
frightened.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
CLOSE SEALING SEASON,
Am Agreement Reached by American an
Bri ish Authorities.

Am Agreement Reached by American and
Bri ish Authorities.
The agreement for closed season in
Boring Sea was signed by the represent
atives of the two Governments, William
f. Wharton, Acting Secretary for the
United States, and Sir Julian Paunce-
,fote for England, and the President at
once issued his proclamation ordering
the stoppage of seal killing, and
warning off the poachers. BY the pro-
visions of the new modus vivendi both
governments prohibit the killing of seals
kexcept the $500 necessary for the sup
port of the Indians) until the first Of
next May. To this end both govern
ments will cooperate to the extent of.
their ability, and the naval vessels OF
both powers are authorized to seize the
vessels found disobeying the agreement,
with this important proviso, that vessels
SO seized shall be turned over to the
authorities to which they belong for
trial, the captors supplying the evidence
Thus at last the orders have come from
the United States and from Great Brit
tain that the Canadian seal murderers
must desist from their brutal work, at
least until next May, by which time the
two countries may have settled by arbi-
tratioa, and our naval vessels will pro-
coed at once to the sea to enforce the
proclamation of the President There
Is room for congratulation all round.
Great Britain may be congratulated
for its decision to no longer support the
murderous pretensions of the Canadian
poachers. The administration may be
congratulated upon establishing modus
vivendi pending the arbitration. The
female seals may be congratulated upon
escaping from the heartless Canadian
butchers. and all the seals in Behring
Sea excepting the unlucky $500 who
mu + sacrifice themselves for food and
clothing) may be congratulated also that
they will have at least one season of
immunity from harpoons and clubs
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25

AT Fort Scott TIC Appeared to BE Cloud
Burst, mt Kansas City Cyclone and at
Emporia Tornado The Growing Crops
Swept Down.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
importers Win a Big Case,

The jury in the Meyer s. Dickinson test
suit, at Philadelphia, against the govern
ment to recover duties paid on importations
Of hat trimmings, returned verdict in the
United States circuit court in favor of the
plaintiffs. The plaintiffs claimed that the
goods were liable to 90 per cent. duty, while
the officials held that they were dutiable at
so per cent By the verdict the government
Is liable for from $40, 100000 to $50. 0OO zoe
that it has collected in duties from the i'm
pOrters of millinery materials in various
parts of the country
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-25
Told a Few words.

IT costs Americans about 1000, 600 a
year to stop their teeth
Or the twelve largest cities In the
world three arc in Japan.
In Lapland dress fashions have not
changed for thousand years.
IT costs more to keep poor horse
than it does to keep good one
NOTHING Is SO indicative of deepest
culture as tender consideration OF the
ignorant
LADIES at patriotic ball In Paris
pledged themselves never to dance with
German.
TEE French cartridge works at
Bourges are working on double Govern
ment orders.
No BOOKS are SO legible as the lives of
men; no characters SO plain as their
moral conduct.
TIE best harbor In the world ii that of
Rio de saneiro, with Sydney, Australia.
D close second.