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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
FOREIGN

Estimated loss of wares, stOppage oftrade
and blight of crops by the storms and cold
in France is 81, 800, 600. Seven fishermen
have crossed the Zuyderzee on ice, not done
before since 1740.
Dispatches from Buenos Ayres state that
affairs in Chilli are far from improving. Con
siderable dissenSiOn already exists among
the Chilian troops, and this feeling is rap
idly spreading.
The weather has moderated in England
and rain is now falling. The thaw has set
bridges and houses ahoat in Kent. On the
continent the thaw is less decided, except
in France, where the seaport of Fecamp, on
the English channel, was flooded SO quick
ly that the inhabitants barely escaped with
their lives. Mails i'll Germany, Belgium,
Holland and France are yet delayed by
snow. From Austria still come reports OF
rigorous weather and cases of freezing to
death are reported.
The poverty of the rank and file of the
Irish party in the British parliament is be-
coming an important factor in the situa-
ton. The needy members threaten to re-
volt unless some settlement is speedily
reached whereby they can obtain the equi-
valent of the salary, which was never with
held while Mr.. Parnell was their leader
In his perpleuty Mr.. Mccarthy has ap-
pcaled to the leading GladstOnians to help
his followers out of their financial Difficult
ties in order to retain their support. Many
of the members in question are actually OBJ
liged to remain in London, not having
funds enough to get out of town with.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
SLOWLY STARVING.
An Illinois Mans Terrible Mode of End
ing His Life.


ing his Life.
ALTON, ILL.,, Jan. N.-ln the little town OF
Newbern, twelve miles from here, George
Harris lies on sick bed, from which he
will probably never rise. Last night closed
the twenty, ninth day of his fast with the
determined man still alive, but he is linger-
ing in a condition OF most CHASTITY weak
ness, stupor and emaciation.
When death does come it will mark the
close Of probablythe most grim and stubborn
march to the grave ever made voluntarily
by mar tired Of living, andGeorge Harris
last will break the record as an instance OF
a deliberate and prearranged suicide by a
new and peculiarly appalling route.
Harris has been a hopeless invalid for
some time and on Dec. % he announced
his determination to starve him self to
death and has not tasted mouthiul OF
food since.
The scene at the house of his sister Mrs.
Dow, with whom Mr.. Harris has resided for
number of years, is one that can never be
forgotten. Friends of the desperate and OBJ
stinate man have been gathered about him
all day. He lies in a sort Of strange stupor
nearly all the time, condition OF trance
weakness, that keeps him Obllvjous OF his
surroundings. Occasionally, however,
pangs OF hunger grow so keen that his sut-
Icrings rouse him from his lethargy. Then
begins a struggle between his Will power
and his craving Tor food. which is the most
horrible feature Of his effort at selt-destruc-
ton.
The iron will OF the man invariably wins,
and his condition is rapidly becoming such
that the desire for food will be lost in the
fatal lassitude that will precede his last
hours He is sinking rapidly, and 1t will be
impossible ier him to linger much longer.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
ONLY A FAKE.
No Truth I'm the story of Child Devil
Near Howard Lake.

Near Howard Lake.
WAvERLY, Mimi, Special, Jan. ga
short time ago communications appeared
in the ST. Paul Globe dated from Howard
Lake, in which details were given OF the al
legged birth of mOnstrOsity near Plato. Nc
Leod county. Reflections Of shameful
character were cast upon the lady and it
was represented that she gave birth to a
child which bore a striking resemblance to
the devil.
Your correspondent has taken pains to
inquire into the actual facts, and for that
purpose. interviewed a near relative in this
village well acquainted with the people
who have been so cruelty injured by these
aspersions. 1t appears that the lady and
her husband have Il high standing IN the
community in which they live; that an
early miscarriage is the only ground OF the
rumor and that so lar from being prOiane,
they are exemplary Christian people.
The mos. curious Cuturc OI the business
is that while in their immediate neighbor-
hood no such rumorS are prevalent, the
dispatch in question dates from Howard
Lake, over twenty miles north OF where
the incident is alleged to have occurred.
Another suspicious feature is that the last
name is given correctly but the christian
name is wrongly stated, u clear proof that
the report was not sent by Well informed
resident
Letters of inquiry arrive daily at Howard
not only from this state, but also adjoining
ones. and these villages are considerably
worked up over the infamous scandal. Your
correspondent is informed .urther that pro-
ceedings at law will be taken at an early
day to secure an etfectual vindication from
the detamatory charges. Large numbers
Of people have visited Plato from the cities
and adjoining parts who, after their abor-
tive visit. have expressed their Indignation
in 70 measured terms
1t is understood that the tntI5 has been
preserved ana can be used II necessary as
an answer to this most unexampIed and
cOwardy libel. The husband OF the much
maligned woman is determined to secure
justice at whatever cost
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
FRUSTRATED WIRES.
Immense Damage Done by Sundays Snow
Storm.

New YORK Jan. 27.-Never before have
the telegraph and telephone companies ex-
perenced such complete and absolute
havoc. Out of 1,500 running out of this
city the Western Union bad hut three wires
working this .tern0on. The Postal COM
pany has not a wire working from the
city, while the Metropolitan Tele-
graph and Telephone company rough V
estimates that 2, 500 oil it's wires are laid low.
The total damage to the companies men
toned which will result from this condi-
ton of affairs is estimated at $780, 900. Two
weeks unceasing efforts will be required to
get the wires back into the condition which
existed before the storm. Between Phila-
delphia and New Brunswick. \. j., the
wires are totally wrecked. All tho
Eastern wires are down between Will
Jams bridge and Stam ord and all
Western wires between Williams Bridge
and Croton Falls are in the same condition.
AT Pleasantville, just back of Sing Sing,
every wire is down Tor q distance OF two
miles. The linemen working at Cos Cob
report that all the wires at that point were
found in the river. Every one OF the West
ern Union wires which run along the line
ofthe West Shore railroad is down south OF
Kingston. The Western Union wires which
run through New Jersey are piled into
small heaps on the Jersey flats.
The several telegraph and telephone
companies which cover Brooklyn with their
wires estimate their aggregate loss at $3.50 :
600. In Jersey City and Hoboken the telc-
phone and telegraph wires hung in tan led
masses from broken poles. In both these
places the bell towers have again been
pressed into service to be used in case OF
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Useful Information.

Unless extraordinarily resistant
water becomes sterilized if it be at or
near the boiling temperature for
fifteen minutes. If the same degree
of heat be maintained for five minutes
all harmful micro-organisms will have
been destroyed. Still less time serves
to destroy the disease producing va
rieties which are recognized rs liable
to occur in water. Thus merely rais-
ing to the boiling point a clear water
containing the micro-organisms of
malaria disorders, typhoid, cholera,
diphtheria or Of suppurative processes.
and allowing it to gradually cool,
insures the destruction of these germs.
They are also destroyed by keeping
the water for from a quarter of an
hour TO half an hour at a temperature
of seventy degrees G. Occasionally,
however, very resistant but harmless
bacteria may get into water. The
brief heating renders them safe for
drinking purposes; but when it Is
desired to destroy every micro
organism that may be present in a
contaminated water, it should be
heated for one hour and allowed to
cool slowly. Then it may be used for
cleansing wounds or for alkaloid
solutions. which keep indefinitely if
no germs be introduced after the
solution has been heated.
For moths salt is the best exter-
minator. The nuns in one of the hos
pital converts have tried everything
else without success, and their expert
ence is valuable. as they have so much
clothing of the sick who GO there, and
strangers when dying often leave there
quantities OF clothing, etc They had
n room full Of feathers, which were
sent there for pillow making, aud they
we're in despair as they could not ex-
terminate the moths until they were
,dvised TO try common salt They
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
ASUALTIES

While Richard Lane and wife of Boston,
Ga, were at church, their house was burn
ed and their four children perished in the
flames. They had been locked in by their
parents.
At Quebec an immense avalanche of
snow fell from the cliffs of the Plains of
Abraham into Champlain street, half a
mile from the disastrous landslide of 1899,
which caused the death of tifty-twO people.
Much property was destroyed but no lives
lost.
At Appleton, Wis, a terrible coasting ac-
cident occurred; in which two persons were
killed outright, another was drowned, and
all the others were more or less injured.
The sled with its load of happy pleasure
seekers, was coming down the hill at the
rate of nearly mile minute. When the
bridge was reached the steerer lost control,
and the sled crashed through the railing g
and was precipitated into the river. When
the sled struck the railing Jay Briggs, the
steerer, was killed outright, as his face was
smashed nearly to jelly. Miss Emma Ad-
sit also was killed by striking against a
timber. Their bodies were recovered coon
after a short distance below the scene of
the accident. A terrible struggle for life
was had in the river.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Look Out for the Naval Man.

The Wandering Jew was stay-at-
home compared with a naval woman"
groaned a New York mother, the other
day. -Four years ago my daughter
became one by marrying a lieutenant
in the navy, and since that time l
never know where in the habitable
globe to expect she will be next. Last
year, while her husband went to
Africa with the eclipse expedition. she
and her dear little 3-year-old, who
calls her father that man. because
she sees him so seldom. stayed with
me; to-day they are in California, look
ing toward Japan. with chance, how
ever of coming back to New York
next month to sail for the Niediterra>
mean squadron. Two years ago last
Thanksgiving, Lieutenant M hav-
just one week to a day. we arranged
for a gay dinner for my daughters
husband and his friends. Everything
went beautifully till about o'clock.
CAuuCL "dS SOU lOE O. NuSu IuO ILGu-
tenant, who had been out since luuch-
con, returned with long face His
ship, which was at Fortress Monroe.
had been ordered to Samoa his leave
was recalled, and before dinner was
served he was miles on the road 10 re-
port for duty, and my daughter spent
that winter in California, to be in moro
direct communication with him. Now.
isn't that sort of thing enough to
shatter a woman's nerves. But she
doesn't seem TO mind it in the least
She may like il. but do not. If | had
her to chaperon over again l shouldn't
let her to speak to man in the navy.
Her husband is one Of the best men
ever knew and charming companion,
but that makes it the harder to havo
him 5000 miles away. l think" sho
finished emphatically, naval officers
should marry in naval circles"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
ROBERT HAMILTON ALIVE.
His Alleged Drowning in Snake River
Only Ruse.

LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 27.-News has been
brought in here by a ranchman named Sam
ford that Robert Ray Hamilton, who was
reported to have drowned in the Snake
river while hunting last juno, is still alive
and enjoying good health.
Sanford says he learned this from men
who worked on the Hamilton-SarEent
ranch. From their remarks he cleaned
that there was cloud upon Hamilton's
life, and he wanted it to appear to the
world that he was dead, The corpse of a
man who very much resembled Hamilton
was secured and placed in the river where
it was ound, and the inform alton given out
that he was dead.
The laborers said several prominent peo-
pie were in the secret that Hamilton was
still living, and that he had gone either to
Australia or Alaska under all assumed
name.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29

Did Not Trouble Him.

Yankee Blade: When Sam Jones was
preaching in Western town some time ago
he was annoyed by a young man who was
whispering to his girl. Finally the
preacher could stand the interruption no
longer, SO he looked straight at the young
man and said:
II will pause until the young man in
the back OF the room gets through talk
ing"
The silence was intense and every eve
was on the young man, who was still whis-
pering to his girl. He had been SO busy
that he had not caught the preacher .
censure. Mr.. Jones repeated the remark,
and this time the young man heard him.
Not an instant did he hesitate, but he inn
mediately tried to square himself While
everyone was watching. him he looked
squafely at the preacher and said:
go right ahead, Mr.. Jones, You are not
bothering me-"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Horrible Cruelty.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 27.-While skating on
4 pond, Freddie Hackbarth and August
Priese, both aged twelve years, were seized
by two older boys, who said they wanted to
"make nggers out OF them" After fire
had been lighted the little fellows faces
were held over the fire until the flesh rolled
off, and both may lose their sight. They
will at any rate be disfgured for life. No
arrests have as yet been made. The cries OF
the youngsters brought workmen in the vi
cinity to their relief but the older ones
escaned.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
A SWEET TOOTH.
Simple Instructions Fer Waking the Finest
''French' Candles at Home.


Table talk gives this recipe for MAX
ing some very palatab!e candy: Four
or five pounds XXXX powdered
sugar, one pound of English walnuts,
half a pound OF paper-sholled almonds,
half cake OF Bakers chocolate, one
orange, with a dark, rough. thick
skin; one lemon, one pound of dates,
one small bottle extract of vanilla
(from a druggjst). BIanch The al
monds (this is done by pouring boil
ing water over them after they are
shelled and then slipping off the
brown skins); stone the dates; and in
cracking the walnuts be careful to
keep the halves uubroken. Buy also
a quarter OF a pound Of freshly grated
cocoanut. Put the whites OF two eggs
in a tumbler and measure an equal
quantity of cold water, turn them to-
gether into a bowl, adding a teaspoon
full OF vanilla. Mix we'll, and stir in
sufficient sugar to make dough,
which you can work with your hands.
Pinch off small pieces and roll into
balls for cream chocolates. Take part
of the dough and roll it on pieboard
half an inch thick; cut it into small
squares. Press half a walnut on
each side of some OF tuem, in others
roll an almond; form it into a good
oval and then roll it in coarse granu-
lated sugar. Fill the dates where the
stone came out with some Of the dough.
knead the grated cocoanut in part of
the dough. roll some into balls for
cream chocolates and cut the rest into
squares. Crate the yellow rind (not a
( bit Of the white) from the orange, add
drop of the juice to moisten it, mix
! it with some of the dough, roll out and
cut in any fancy shape you choose. Do
| the same with the lemon, forming some
Of them into balls for chocolates. The
dough can be coloced pink with few
drops OF cochineal, or green with the
juice of spinach. Melt the chocolate
in !; small saucepan on the back OF the
stove (do not put any water in it) dip
! in the balls one at time. take them
out with a fork, laying them on paper
to harden. Any number OF varieties
can be made by combining different
! tlavors and materials
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Christ AbrahamsOn Murders Miss An
ME ROnninger in Pope County,
Minn.
Using the Revolver Upon Himself He
Follows His Victim Into the
Unknown.

GLENwooD, Mimi, Special Telegram, Jan.
H.-Word has reached here from Ben Wade
township, this county, of a shocking affair
at the residence OF Mr.. Simonson. 1t seems
that Christ Abrahamson, a youth about
eighteen years old, called at the residence
and shot Miss Annie Ronninger, young
lady about fifteen years, she diving in a lew
moments after. He then shot himself
through the head, dying almost instantly.
The cause of the shooting IS the TACT that
the girl had repulsed the atlectionate ad-
vances OF the murderer. who then. in tit
OF anger, did the deed which sent two lives
into eternity.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Misitrecsed EnthusiaIn,

A party had gone one week day into
q church to get child baptized.
While awaiting the arrival OF The
Clergyman the sexton created no littI
CONSERVATION by chucking the infau
under the chin and thus addressing th
person whom he took to be the autho,
OF its being:
You should consider yourself lucky,
sir, in having child that so closet,
resembles you"
The person addressed was the god
fathen-The Wasp.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
PERSONAL.

George W. Rowbottom, an Allegheny
tPa,) politician leaves for England in a few
days to claim an estate of $3OOO,OOO
This sum was left without heirs by Peter
POwnell, a distant relative.
Charles F. Washburn, Jr., vice president
ofthe Washington e. Moon company, con-
firms a report that his company will
establish barbed wire plant in Waukegan,
Ill.
Mr.. Westinghouse is securing an extern
sion of time on preferred stock, which will
relieve the company ofall tinaucial difficult
ties and place it in a position to push bust
ness
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
A Confederation Formed.

WASHINGTON, Special.-The Farmers Al
lance and labor organization delegates i'll
conference here to-day adopted and agreed
upon resolutions as the basis of action un-
der their proposed confederation. The
resolutions favor government loans to the
people at per cent interest upon nom
perishable property, and also upon real es-
tate; demand Tree and unlimited coinage OF
silver; the prohibition o. alien ownership;
favor national control and supervision, and
II this does not remove existing abuses,
then government ownership of telegraph
and railroads. Ben Terrell OF Texas was
elected president and j. w. Hayes of Penn
sylvania secretary and treasurer of the con-
federation.
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DETROIT, Mich, Special.--A drug trust
with proposed capital OF $50, 900 is
matter which, it is reported, has been sub
mitted to some of Detroit's wholesale drug
manufacturers recently by promoter from
New York representing capitalists oil botE
New York and London 1t is said that
such satisfactory terms were made with two
OF the largest manufacturing houses here
that they were accepted.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Panar Frnm cnttnrsnsa Hnll,

Paper from cottonseed hulls is likc
ly to form an important industry
the south, since it has been show
that an excellent article of paper ca
be made from them. The hulls ha>
hitherto been waste product, a.
their utilization in this way will be u
important matter to cotton-growers.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
open and every platform filled with deputy

sheriffS.
The United States marshal and his depu-
ties have arrested William p, d. c., and
Harry Johnson and another man for using
the mails for the purpose of circulating lot
terry matter The accused have been Oper-
ating as agents for the Louisiana State lot
terry at Cincinnati, One of the culprits has
made a confession. He stated that Circu-
lars had been sent as far east as New York,
and that this agency is the largest in the
United States.
The people of Rice Lake, Wis, were
startled with the news that Capt. Frank
Bulger resident ofthat place and MenOm-
onie for the past fifteen years, and an old
empIoye of Knapp, Stout IL Co, had COM
mitted suicide in his room i'll the Lake
house by taking laudanum. No cause is
assigned. He left special instructions to
the proprietor to see that his body was in
tered on an island in Cedar lake, with no
Odd Fellow foolishness or G. A. Il. non.
sense but in plain old soldier fashion.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Close nf nm InatItnfa-

HASTINGS, Mimi, Special, Jan. 27.-The
state farmers institute has closed its ses-
sion. The attendance was large. In con-
nection with the institute the cooking
school was conducted by Mrs. w. NJ, Hays
The institute was conducted by supt. o, C..
Gregg
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
INTERVIEW WITH M'K1NLEY.

BERLIN, Jan. PA German newspaper
in this city publishes an interview which
its correspondent at Washington has had
with Mr. Mckinley. In this Interview Mr..
Mckinley is represented to have said that
Prince Bismarcks policy of limited protec-
ton, which had in twenty years brought
Germany up to her present condition OF
prosperity, induced him to take up the
tariff question in the United States. Mr..
Mckinley is also reported to have said that
it was his intention to visit the ex-chancel-
lor in order that he might personally ex-
press his admiration of that statesman and
OF his policy.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
RUMORs OF A WRECK.
A Fatal Collision Reported on the Union
Pacific

a Fatal COIIlslOn Reported on the Union
Pacific.
TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 27.-Brief news was
received here tonight of the wreck of the
Union Pacific train on which the Seventh
cavalry we're passengers on their way from
the Northern Indian country to the post at
Fort Riley, Kan.
At Irving, Kan, the train collided with a
passenger train. Both engineers and their
tiremen are reported killed and several pas
sengers injured. 1t is not known whether
any of the soldiers are among the injured.
train was made up for them and they
were sent on their way to Fort Riley.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
Gamblers Cnptured.

ABERDEEN, s. D., Special Telegram, Jan.
27.-Early this morning the police raided
a gambling den in the basement of Hotel
Kennard, bagging six men, with tables and
complete outfits. The gamblers were
heavily fined. This is the second raid and
more Is to follow.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-29
ALARMS THE SETTLERS.
Lake of the Woods Indians Now Per-
forming the Ghost Dance.

Lake of the WOODS AnulanS NOW fer-
forming the Ghost Dance.
HALLoCK, Mimi, Special Telegram, Jan.27.
"A messenger has arrived from the Roseau
country, seventy miles east of here, with a
pressing petition to the governor asking for
rifles and ammunition. They are i'll great
fear OF the Indians Of the Lake OF the
Woods. The redskins are dancing and have
their war paint on. and gather from all
along the Rainy river and from the Cana
dian side. The report and petition is
signed by fifty of the settlers near the scene
OF the excitement, aud unless they are fur
nished with arms and ammunition it is to
be feared that an outbreak will be disas-
trOuS
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A Servant Girl Suffocated.

2.-Louise Gerlach, domestic in the
home OF r. C. Burns, was found dead in the
kitchen this morning, 1t is supposed she
Tell in faint and sutfocated from gas that
t.scaDed from a gasoline stove,