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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1891-11-04

JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Judge-Hon, G. l.. Brown

JUDICIAL OFFICERS
District Judge-Hon, c. l.. Brown
COUNTY OFFICERS
Sheriff-George H. Munro
TreasuFeg-A, O. Thorpe
CLERK OF District Court-Thos. Thomasson
Auditory r. Spur
Register OF Deeds-T E Colahan
Judae of ofProbate-George Il. Darling
Attorneys. A. Flaherty
Coroner--H l. Hulburd
Suryeyor--D. Il. Wheaton
Court Commlssioner-R G Stevens
County Supt OF Schools-L r Macintosh
VILLAGE OFFICERS
President-Anton Watzke
Oouncilors-L * Wellington, L,Stcnger,
Ti.nothy Murphy. Charles wilson
Treasurer-SamuelL Larson.
Recorder-R + Elliott
Marshall james Griffith
Justices OF the Peace d Gillespie, G e
Camp
Assessor F Elliott n,o
-4ngineer- r A Callahan
Fire Wardens-J A Johnson, o Tewks-
bury, E NJ Haight
TOWN CLERKS
Framnas-E Z Solseth, Jr, Cyrus p
Darnen-H Bragg, Morris
Scots-G II Farwel, Morris
Steyens-Hans Gabriel, Morris
Swan Lake-O N Dohlen, Cyrus
Noore-Henry Fels, Hancock
Pepperton-Fred Rentz, Morris.
Baker-ChRrles Leaman, Morris
Donneily-G Anderson, Donneliy
Efdorado-L 8 Burlingan,e, Herman
EveTglade-J Robinsoa, a.
Synnes-H Schrapps, Morris
Rendsyiile-A Young, Morris
Horson-Dennis bewane, Morris
Hodges-C B Park. Hancock "r
CHURCH DIRECTORY
Congreeational-Re H NJ. Herriok, Pastor
Metfrodist-Rev. Bllery, Pastor
scnndinaVian Sotih Evang'i Luthn-Rev. P. A.
Detrichson. of Scandia. Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Rev. p. Winther.
Pastor.
CIVIC SOCIETIES
AB. & a. M.-Golden Sheaf Lodge, NO: :l3s,
meets 1st and Sd Saturdays OF each month;
F. A. HANCOCK, w. M.
WV. GR1swoLD, sec'y
G.A.R.-Overton Post, No. 90, meets st and
sd FRIDAYS of each month, at o'clock m
r. O. STEVENS, Com
HIT. BEvANs, AdJt
Sons OF Veterans-Albert Scheffer Camp.
No. So, meets End and 4th Thursdays OF each
month, at o'clock p. M o.
L. HAIGHT, ON.
A. o. U. W.-Morris Lodge, No. 55,, meets
each Tuesday evening at their hall
J. A. JOHNSON, NJ. w.
j. D. GILLESPIE, Recorder.
A.O H.-Division Mol, meets 1st Sun
day and third Thursday OF each month.
AFLAHERTY, Pres't
P F CHURCH, Rec Secy
MT. LEBANON r. A. CHAPTER, No. 47,
meets first Wednesday Of each month.
d. r. SUTHERLAND, H. T.
Ell. JONES, Secy.
KNIGTHSTEkPLAR,- Command
cry, meets ed and 4thMondays of each month.
G. L. BROWN, E. C.
w. L. CoLYER, Rec.
I.O.O.F-CrystalL Lodge, No132, meets at It's
hall on Monday evening of each week.
JAMES DENNIsON, N. G.
w. P. FOWLER. r. 8.
The County School Superintendent
Will be at the Court House in Morris. every
first and third Saturdays in each month.
l.. r. MACINTOSH,
Co. School Superintendent.
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~. urned Twenty Houses

w Arrgy LILLE, Me-, Nov. "A dis
match f4earlsl New Portland says that a
fire wFie4 started there Sunday night
.h,7rnad. .sho ut twenty houses, leaving
some .tbirt.f antilles without homes.
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Ten C,,nyicts Recantured,

MT. VERNON, BY, Nov. 2.--Ten of
the Bri, ,eville and Coal Creek convicts
were arr >ssted and jailed here. The
sympathy Ct the peo. pie generally is with
tha 1niporc
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The County School Superintendent
Will be at the Court House in Morris, every
first and third Saturdays in each month.
l.. r. MACINTOSH,
Co. School Superintendent.
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I.O.O.F.-Crystal Lodge, NO132, meets at Its
hall on Monday evening Of each week.
JAMES DENNIsoN, N. G.
w. p. FOWLER. r. 8.
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R.-Oyerton Post, No 90, meets st and
3d FRIDAYS OF each month, at s O'Clock p m
r. O. STEVENS, Com
HIT BEvANs, Adjt
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KNIGTHSTEMPLAR. ell Command
ery, meets I'd and 4thMondays of each month.
c. L. BROWN, E. C.
w. L. CoLYER, Rec.
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Mt. LEBANON r. A. CHAPTER, No. 47,
meets first Wednesday Of each month.
d. r. SUTHERLAND, H. p.
Ell. JONES, Secy.
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Sons OF Veterans-Albert Scheffer Camp.
No. 5, meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays Of each
month, at 8 o'clock p. m:
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CIVIC SOCIETIES

A.B.& A, M.-Golden Sheaf Lodge, No. .138
meets i at and Sd Saturdays Of each month.
F. A. HANCOCK, w. M.
WV. GRIswOLD, Sec'y
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CHURCH DIRECTORY

Congregational-Rev.H H. NJ. Herriok, Pastor
Netfnodist-Rev. Bllery, Pastor
Roman Catholio--Rev. Geo. Gaskell, Priest
Scandinavian Evang'l Luth'n-Rev. P. A.
DIetrichson of Scandia, Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Rev. p. Winther,
Pastor.
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A o. H.-Divison No. 1, meets 1st Sun
day and third Thursday OF each month.
SAFLAHERTY, Prest
P F CHURCH, Rec Secy
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40. U. W.-Morris Lodge, No. 55, meets
each Tuesday evening at their hall
J. A. JOHNSON, NJ. w.
J. D. GILLESPIE, Recorder.
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Fifteen Lives Known to Have Been Lost
in the Disaster-The Number of Per
sons Killed by the Recent Japanese
Earthquake Now Estimated at 10, o00.
Casualties, g54rt ti
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A Short time ago at Winona, The
parents of Willie Fort sued Miss Jones,
q city teacher, for inficting physical
punishment upon the boy. The case
was the first of the kind ever tried in
the state, The Judge decided that the
teacher was not guilty Of assault, and,
as the reasonable demands Of the teacher
had been violated and defied, the boys
punishment was declared to be lawful.
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27

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literature.
Their motto is: "We're brithers az ana SO ,ne'
ere rs all good curriers' should be, The writer was '
guest OF Thomas Nicholson the other, afternoon anu
he has not often spent more pleasant hour un" io
did in meeting the Qae O'Clock Club WIN an
Scotchmen who love sport, curling Is eeheraHy 'io
interesting topic discussed and good stories are tod
about scotland's favorite winter pastine. Curling
IS TO the Scot what cricket is to Johnny Bull ana
ba sebali Is to Uncle sam and his relatives.
The curling season Just opening promises with goou
weather to be the most interesting hereaDoutS III 'o
history Of the game. All the clubs have made Ut.
rangements TO send delegates to the great international
curling match TO take place ut Toronto on Jshuary
7. This is the first international match In hVe
wars and the velest interest Is manifested. Several
changes have been made in the schedule OF loca
matches on account OF the change In the Canadian
match The match for the north and south OF SCOT
land for the Dalrympe medal will take place at Oeh
trail Park on January IA, beginning at noon.
The Gordon Rink match for single rnks will take
place at Van Courtlandt Lake beginning on Tnesday,
January 49, The McLintoch match VIII be payed
throughout the United States wherever there are curl
ing clubs between January 26 and February 3. The
game to be played at Central Park between scoanu anu
Al-Amerca will be arranged later.
Last winter will 60 on record as one OF the mliaee'
ever seen in the United States, and IL was hatura!
rather poor one for curling. About all the curing IN
the Eastern part Of the country was done IN tne COW
er.d rink At Albany and few games could be played
even in the now favored Western section, where an
average winter allows two three months OF curing
Lack of practice tends to weaken strong clubs ana mas
a disastrous effect upon the weak ones. Curriers' now
ever hope that the present winter Will furnish pehty
Of ice
Covered rinks are now rapidly coming INTO la'or ~
the East There are two at Albany ana one each al
poson Yonkers and Hoboken The latter Is said to be
the largest In the United States Canada The COW
cred rnks are valuable for doing AWAY with cidmpts
an abomnaon TO all curriers' The additional practice
allowed by covered rnks will allow the Eastern curriers'
TO give their Western rivals effective support In the
international bonspel at Toronto STILL heaithy' III
migrating outdoor curling will always be favorite
wherever il can be played-the curling OF song and
story.
Curling is the one sport with literature all its own.
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27

Island is attended by any great amount of rejoic-
inc on the part of the immigration officials or en-
ployee; on the contrary, there is scarcely man
connected with the Department, from Commissioners
Weber down. who does not secretly dislike the idea
OF going away from the Battery, where the busl-
ness has been carried on for upward of half a
century. This feeling exists despite the fact that
all the facilities and arrangements of the new es-
tablshment are immeasurably superior TO those now
existing at the Rarge Office OF hat were furnished
by Castle Garden. No one pTetends that the Barge
Office was a suitable place Tor an Immigrant land
ing station 1t has hcen common expression
that the use of it for this purpose was equivalent
10 doing business on drygoods box" so made
ouate was its space for the task imposed upon it.
But it was in New-York City, and that is con-
sdered by the employees at least, as an overwhclm'
inr argument in it's favor.
However. the Government has settled upon
Ellis Island. 1t has built an immense structure
there and there immigrants must henceforth be
landed and qualifications for citizenship or SETTLE
nent in this country be passed upon.
The new structure, like most other Government
buildings though of gigantic proportions, can
not be termed an architectural masterpiece. An
opportunity for erecting such pile was afforded.
and the hope was widely entertained that the
Government would see its way TO adOrn Ellis
Island with a building which would make II
worthy of association with Bartholdi's statue on
Iedlow's Island, short distance away. The late
Secretary Window gave expression to this hope
in the preliminary consideration of the matter,
but il was quickly abandoned. Money for the
purpose could not be obtained. at least so II was
argued at the time 1t was decided TO put up a
building which would not cost over S23O,OOO.
This necessarily meant a wooden structure, and
one Temporary in its character. Such one has
been constructed, but instead of costing 100000
or $3.50, 900, it has already involved an outlay OF
more than double that sum, and no one OF taste
can become particularly enthusiastic over
it, 1t is simply little more than big business
shed. but it will answer well the purpose for which
it was built.
An idea of the buildings immense size IS
suggested by the fact that over 100000 feet OF
lumber have been used in its construction.
As has been stated, the huge building covers
the greater part OF the island, the area of which
was something less than five acres. but this was
increased to about eight by driving piles around
the water front, and filling in the vacant spaces
with earth. The building is of no particular
stye of architecture 1t is three stories in height,
with tower at each corner. The ground and
upper floors measure, each of them, 404 by 15i
feet The first floor will be devoted to railroad
and baggage transfer and the local express Office as
well as the private Offices of Mr.. Bgin the veteran
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
CASTLE GARDEN.

sary in furtherance of this idea to cover the entire
island with coat of asphalt the sail has given
evidence at times of being malarial.
All the immigrants bound for interior points VIII
be transferred directly by barges to the railroad sta
tions while those whose destination is in this State
and the immediate neighborhood will be conveyed
by the ferryboat j. III. Brnkerhof to the ferry
slip alongside the Barge Office and will 60 on Their
Journeys from that point Ample space Tor the
landing and subsequent transfer of immigrants Is
afforded by the 500 feet of pier-front at the
island. The water has been dredged TO a depth OF
about twelve feet which is considered sufficient for
the craft that will be employed.
Nessrs. Sheridan d Byrne are the builders Of
the new depot Roosevelt, Son & Miller have
done the pier work, piling and also built the new
ferry slim at the Barge Office. Major Hibbard, Of
the Treasury Department, is the Superintendent Of
Construction, but Assistant Secretary Webleton
has had the general oversight OF everything. All
the old employees will be retained at Ellis Island
and several new appointments will be made, as
the force will be slightly increased.
One familiar face however. will be missed-that
of ex-Coroner John r. Nugent, who has kept
the restaurant for years, but whose contract has
been given 10 "a New-Jersey man, ex-Sherih Tafhe,
of jersey City.
Desnite all the efforts which have been made
TO restrict immigration, it hes been unusually
heavy this year. The total number of steerage
and cabin passengers landed at this port since
January /, 1891, is 555,6l7. The cabin pas
senger LIST amounts 10 III ,40s. but about half
Of these. or sc. Ell. were American citizens. The
other 55,l37 represent the number of aliens who
came here as cabin passengers. Over 10000 Of
them were Englishmen; over 1000 Germans,
s,.-i freshmen and 4,607 came from Scotland
Holland contributed about l.i00 and Spain over
100 The rest were from pretty muca all over
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27

single mtenit that they Gamma play. NO, no uiero
cever--I may say 0werclevcr
"Noo we hae curled ava day Sometimes we
wero and sometimes they were up ana whlles, ma
brethren, they played strong, and VIC WORKED onr
righteous pesoms and soopit them DOT a thcg.ther
and sometimes played wee hard, and thoy car
ri.d us through a. ice with their Internal besoms O.
corruption And whiles we were weak an no over the
bog ore, I'm sorry d say, aad whes we weso al tho
ice a. thegitber But at times we played CAUTIOUSLY
and coreilllly and with the RIGHT striDgth ard the
richt curl on sailed through thr narrovest OF por's,
and refusing o. the wiles OF the fasworkcd Dcsos OF
temptation stuck hard fast at the poh Of success
But. oh ma brethren, 1t lsss come to the last
beid and the last and oh its salr tao say ou
we are par and the unrighteous lie the shot. And
oh II sc but saw hoo its eardit iist on inch o its
cheek bare through the Ony part. II we played ~
hard brethren would lit our ane nearest siahc
iar aad IL would be as bad as ever Ma brethren
what am then tae tse'"
"wOu;d ye nae try bit inwick on the pillar Oh
Redemption p said John slowly, apparently strangely
affected
"or rattle on the gards." said Peter who fanced
be saw a. the stanes as if they were before him.
mo, Il will not do; an nwick is impossible ana
a straInash would dae nae guild, for a orr stahes
are ayout the tee But I'll jist my frcens-aha Do
ready VII yer besoms-try to draw canny through
the port, lowly and everentIy, and wi the rcht
III.
brcathless silence followed during the time me. the e
hc cramp Peter the bcadIe, said aiterward me ne
could se. at the time the whole thing as II IL Wete
before him. Carefully. he said ne saw MN M dt,nsi n
stane and wipe the sole OF It WI his cove, adIus.
the crampit and elbow cot, put it OH the Ice ike
a duck on the water. =, H.. A.. s,o,o
its course. -. ,.. ..o,, ,ho
pulpit; 1T will do it; bonnlly 1t works down S"a; =;
inc hOgg the han'lc hall turning as II tae tuh ~
me Not cove, ma freens not cove tnrJasn n9 sno
port OF the wicked clear Of all guile ana Wlckeuheo
Il catches Of the unrghteous mtcIlopep;, anu
gently moving 1t aside, lies shot, ana the Heh'co"S
have ma brethren, trumphed once more
There we're many head -shakings as the eooa doom doom
was closed with familiar thump and some oI
felt difnculty In keeping themselves from aseenans
the pulpit stair and giving him shake OF inc inc n 'u
Curling has been played In scotland for -oV Sgals
and IL has been followed in this country TOT the l,
100 years. One of the Oldest clubs was 0rseT
in Quebec I'm lsO4. There now forty-two regularly
organized clubs IN this country. with the nnme OF te
Grand National Curling Club Of America Ihe omcers
are as follows President, Major John Peatiecr' Oh
Utica ". V; first vicepresident John MeCulloih s.
Paul Minn; second vice president, General RooerI
Ienox Banks, Albany, n. Y; chaplain, the Rev. Dr.
william OrmestOn California. and DAVID toulis Oh tis
In Canada the curriers' usually iron, while In this
country the granite stone is used. These stones
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
The occupations of these foreigners were as

Last year only 1855 farmers came nere, OF
less than a third as many came in 1891. The
increase in the number of laborers Is also nouce-
able-about $4,000 -,
The total number returned in the year thus
far is 1850. OF this number 45O consisted of
those who came back for relief within year
after landing; 626 were barred as liable to become
"a public charge, l6O Were sent pack as navleg
were diseased persons, 35 were convicts l6 insane
2 were idiots, and were polygamists.
So much has been said end written OF late OF
an alarming character TO the rapid way In
which this country is being filled up with for-
eigners that it j. somewhat refreshing TO hear
teresting way by Mr. Austin, the manager of the
Money Exchange at the Barge Ofice, and
student of the Immigration question While a
firm believer in the wholesome RESTRICTION OF
Immigration, Mr.. Austin maintains that this coun-
try is far, far from the prohlbitiVe point In
support of this contention he draws a comparison
between some Of the countries OF the Old Woria
and various States OF the Union as 10 population
per square mile. Here are some of his figures
Enclands area is about $500 square miles about bon
it's population is about 25,00O,GOO or $50 inhaDi-
tants TO the square mic, exclusive OF London,
Willie New-York has only 100000, or about
80 10 the square mile, outside OF New-iork
City. Belgium is the most. dcnsely populated
country OF Europe Its population is 46l 10 the
square mile Italys il $50, and Denmark's popnla-
tion is about l3O: Sweden, about 2o. and Nor
way about ls Norway is the most sparsely set
tied country of Europe, but compare 1t and the
others with some Of our States, with lcAas, ior
and a population of nine to the square mile, or
Kansas, with population Of nine, 20 the square
mile, or the Dakotas. with population OF about
five to the square mile, or New-MeNico. with only
two TO the square mile, or Washington, with
three or four TO the square mile, or Idaho with
less than one. or Wyoming, or Nevada, or oregon,
or even Michigan, Missouri or Iowa. Iowa. with
an area Of 55,04j square miles Of rich country, has
only about thirty people TO the square mile.
Michigan has about thirty-one or thrty-two :
Missouri has about the same.
We are suffering said Mr.. Austin, In dis
cussing this point the other day, not 80 nuch from
over-mmigration from lack OF discrimination.
for IL Off country was settled to-day as thlckly
as England Texas alone would have plenty OF room
for the population OF our entire nation There
is far less danger from over-popuation than there
is from filling our cities with iawlessness and
yagrancy We must draw the line OF restrictive
legislation sharply but il is a long way in the
future before we shall be ready to get along
without thc good immigration"
Mr. Austin by the way is a clever amateur
photographer The pictures which illustrate this
article were taken By him.
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27

expreseman. On the second floor the registration
and examination will be conducted. There Will De
ten TO twelve registry clerks, so arranged as 10
examine as many lines of passengers This IS about
twice the number Of clerks now employed 1t Is
thought that if required from $4,000 TO $4,000
passengers could be examined in a single day.
Over 5000 have been examined at the Barge Or
fee in one day, but it taxed the force employed
20 the utmost to do it, There is "a welestablished
tradition that nearly 10000 were landed at old
Castle Garden one day, but the work of registra-
tion was not completed until nearly midnight.
Rut at Ellis Island II 900 can be disposed Of
easily. and as that number was the largest ever
arriving in single day. il can be said with per-
feet safety that whatever defects there may be in
the new landing station from an aesthetic point
Of view there is no question that il will be suf-
fciently large TO handle the business easily.
casual inspection of the establishment, par
tcularly this part Of it, will disclose several eA-
celent features Chief among these Is gallery
winch extends completely around this 1oor.
From this the immigrants can be inspected Dy
the public or those interested in them. without
coming into actual contact with them. Detention
rooms are provided also this floor IN abundance
There VIII be rooms for pauPers, another loE In-
natics, another for those suspected OF Deing con-
tract laborers. another for women and chlluieh'
and so on. Tie telegraph station. morey eX-
change, postsl station, information bureau, rail-
road and steamboat ticket offices are all arranged so
as to give the newcomers the least possible in
convenience.
IL has been frequently remarked that the poorest
Immigrant who arrives at this port is more care
fully looked after, more zealousy protected from
fraud or imposition of any kind, than the wealth.
est cabin passenger, foreign-born American cit
izen. The latter may easily become the victim
q Q cabman Or baggage-sbarp. but the immi-
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27

Clerk Thompson and his efficient assistants, Messrs.
Eichler and Tompllns, are next in order. and
thsn come the boarding officers quarters.
General OBeirne, Assistant Commissioner, has
the northeast corner, fine set of rooms, looking
toward the city. There are also rooms for the
press, for visiting committees and for almost
everything.
None of The officials will live on the island ex-
cept the surgeon His quarters are in separate
building, the one formerly occupied by the gun
when the island a storehouse for ex-
plosves Adjacent TO the surgeons quarters are
the boiler and dynamo rooms. The artesan well is
near here. 1t has been sunk to depth of about
l,400 feet, but the water obtained so far is not
pure enough for satisfactory use. 1t may be
found necessary to resort to Croton water, in
New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
the countries of Europe and Asia. China's quota

the countries of Europe and Asia. Chinas quota
was only %.
But greater interest is felt in the steerage pas
sengers. These number no less than 444,2os.
or this number 1881 We're American citizens.
making the total alien immigration by steerage
42s,6ls. The nativity of this vast army was as
follows:
lrelandas5.eo4; males. 1s453; females 1.'59l
England 2,Gs5: males, 1885; females, 500 !;
Waes-432; males, 30j; females, 12l scotiana-
aSt' a5 males Sso Sais aSle' $9
%, ,ssS; .iemaieS, 1885; Poland. q es5; males
4,G3C; females, eS72: sweden~32, ,414: males, IS.
925 females i3,4so Norway-1oe47; males; mall 6;Ssis
oaa; Holland-4,s7s; males. 2,5ss; females l,69o; ;
Itaiy-65 434 males. 53329 females 12,105; Spain
3 mass no. ismass s Ia males
males. 1857 Austria~s7 7oI males 1887 females
Flnland-4,I13; males e,eo9; females, 1.2o4; Ar.
menia-S20: males, 7s6: females, "a Australin-l4; !;
males, 1o females, & Turkey-7o males, 81; females
as; all other counules-3403; males. 2,o9o females
1345.
The total number Of males was 276, ,092; females
1885. OF the whole number Of alien pas
sengers landed, 1858 were under fifteen years
old; 30i.52s were between fifteen and forty and
1857 were over forty years old
The increase in Italian immigration this year
is remarkable, being about $4,000 greater than
in 1890, which was over $4,000.
While the years immigration was distributed
pretty generally throughout the country it will
be observed in the following table showing the
destination that one-half came to this State, Of
course in many instances only to stay here
temporarily: