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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
MORE FLOODS.
A Niagara-Like Torrent Carries Death ard
Destruction in Its Track.

n Niagara Like Torrent Carries Death ard
Destruction in Its Track.
CHEROKEE. Iowa. June 2i.-The ter
rors of the Johnstown flood were in great
part repeated in this place today. Sew
enty-tive houses have been carried out
Of sight in the Niagara-lik torrent. How
many lives have been lost is yet a mat
ter of uncertainty. A terrific cloud
burst, thrice repeated, and wind almost
a hurricane are what consummated the
dread work.
The storm, which began last night. APP
pears to have swept in a vast circle of
northwestern Iowa, fully 100 miles in
diameter. with Cherokee as the center.
Up to 1880 p. III. tonight, owing to
the obstruction of wires and railroads.
only the vaguest reports have reached
here from the dcvasted territory to the
west, north and south, The damage
here. taking into account the relatively
small size of the town. is enormous,
Most of the destruction in Cherokee was
wrought by the extraordinary rise in the
Sioux river, resulting from the tremen-
dous %downpour of water from the sky.
Some idea of the immensely and sud
denness of the flood can be inferred from
the fact that it carried off apparently
without effort the big truss bridge on
which the Illinois Central railroad
crossed the river and with the bridge
went four hundred feet of trestle on
which the company's tracks approached
the river. Tonight the Little Sioux is at
the highest stage ever known.
The best informatian indicates that
the Illinois Central rails are under water
continuously for many miles on the On
ava branch and that havoc, both to the
roadway and bridges, is something sell
dom paralleled in railroad history. Ad-
vices have been received stating that
Vice-president Harahan and a majority
of the other high officials of the Illinois
Central company are already en- route
for the stricken territory. Many days
will probably elapse before traffic, either
passenger or freight, is in anything like
a normal condition. Orders have been
issued to receive NJ more freight until
further orders for any point beyond Au-
relia. Every effort is being made to-
night to bring order out of chaos, but the
absence OF accurate information
and paralysis of transportation almost
nullifies progress. Gangs of workmen
and several railroad telegraphers had
reached this point tonight but could get
no further and could do but little if any,
thing here as yet. 1t may be a week
or more before the full extent of
the disaster is known. Other
railroads besides the Illinois Central
can scarcely have escaped great damage,
particularly the Chicago g. Northwestern
and the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul.
AS near as can be learned the area of the
storm as given has been, if anything,
underestimate. According to the latest
advices the storm falls little short of the
great tri-state affection, affecting not
only a huge stretch of country in Iowa,
but large portions also of Minnesota and
Nebraska.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The president
this afternoon made the following ap-
pointments: Receivers of public monies
Warren G. Plummer Of North Dakota at
Minot, vice Dean w. Hammond, re,
signed. William H. Hare of Washington
at North Yankton, WASH, vice Thomas
N. Vance resigned.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-The president
also awarded a certificate of merit to
John F. Tritle, sergeant of company E.
Seventh cavalry, for distinguished ser.
vices in action at Wounded Knee creek.
s. d., December %, 1890.
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ARMED MEN FROM WOODSDALE 0NA RAID
They Collide with the Sheriff's Posse
and a Pitch Battle Ensues-A Num-
Der Killed on Both Sides.
Bardsley Makes a Sorry Spectacle in a
Philadelphia Court Too Much
Confidence in Human Nature.
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD,
A County seat War Stirs Up Strife and
BlOOdshed.

A County Seat War Stirs Up Strife and
Bloodshed.
HUGoTowN, Kan, June 23.-Col. H. S
Wood, the most noted man in western
Kansas, was brutally murdered today by
James Brannon. The murder of Colonel
Wood is only n Of a long list of trag-
edies that have resulted from the noto-
rious Stevens county seat war. Today's
tragedy resulted directly from the one
Immediately preceding it, which has be-
come known the country over as the
Sheriff Cross murder case.
A county seat wal was waged between
the towns of Huogtown and Woodsdale,
the latter being founded by Sam Wood,
the victim of today's murder, who was
the leader of the faction which held
that, in the county seat election,
victory had been obtained by fraud by
the adherents of Hugotown. Several
Intellectual attempts had been made by
the Woodsdale people to remove the
county records from Hugotown to
Woodsdale and establish the county seat
there. One day about % men from Woods
dale armed themselves and marched in
the direction of Hugotown. They were
met by Sheriff Cross of Hugotown with
a posse. In the parley which ensued the
Woodsdale people said they had no
belligcrent intentions and were only
going down to the Indian territory hunt
ing. They marched down to the Indian
territory and Sheriff Cross and his posse
followed them. That same night a battle
ensued between the two parties in which
the sheriff and five of his posse were
killed. Most of the Woodsdale party
were arrested on a warrant issued from
the United States court at Paris, Texas,
the criminal jurisdiction of which is
In Indian territory. The trial resulted
in conviction. The case was appealed to
the supreme court where the verdict
was reversed and the case remained for
trial at Paris, Texas. Brennan was one
OF the principal witnesses for the state.
Sam Wood was one of the defendants
counsel and during the trial handled
Brennan without gloves. Brennan swore
revenge and when he hear today Wood
was in town he armed himself. and after
a search found Wood standing on the
court house orner Without warning
drew his revolver and fired four shots
into his victims heart. Wood expired
without uttering a word. Sheriff Cam
to arrest the murderer, but
Brennan stood the officer off with his re-
volver. Finally he surrendered to Sheriff
Weir, of Morton county, who turned him
over to Sheriff Cam. Sam Wood was
very popular in Woodsdale, and when
the news of his murder reaches there it
is feared the people will seek revenge
and the war between the two towns will
be renewed. The murdered man was
prominent in the Farmers alliance and
was clerk of the Legislative committe in
the lower house Of the last Legislature.
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Grand Forks Notes.

GRAND Forks, June 25.-The alliance
platform makes no mention of the Gin
cinnati platform. 1t demands 100 cents
in the silver dollar; taxation Of mort
cages paid by mortgage; an income tax;
favors prohibition and woman suffrage.
Gov. Hoard addresses the Dairymen's
association this evening. Bishop Shan
ley and Rev. Conaty also make addresses.
AT the commencement exercises of the
Ursuline convent academy this evening
the Misses Mabel Enright and Mary
Fitzmaurice will graduate.
Commissioner Helgesen received a
telegram from the mayor Of Park River
asking for help to kill grasshoppers.
Men and teams are at work with an ap-
paratus made after the Minnesota and
Kansas models.
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ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Jessie MCGEE and Fred Vogel Charged
with Jack the Ripper's'. Death.

Jessie Niece and Fred Vogel Charged
With Jack the Ripper's". Death.
BUTTE, June 23.-Whatever the coro-
ner's jury on the inquest on "Jack the
Ripper" thought of the evidence devel-
oped then, it is plain that the county
prosecuting officers do not share their
opinions. 1t will be remembered that.
! among the testimony developed, one wit
ness testified that the deceased told him
on the morning of his death that the
IMAM of the woman he had been living
with had come back and threatened his
life, and that he did not anticipate hav-
ing to bother any more with "fakes," as
he expected to be done away
with before night. The woman Nc
Gee herself testified that she never
knew of the deceased using the drug,
and that when she left the cabin to go
for a morphine needle, she left Vogel and
Jack there together. Another witness
testified that Vogel was in the cabin
when he brought Jack there shortly
after noon in a stupefied condition, while
Vogel, ignorant of what these witnesses
had testified to, swore positively that he
left the cabin a short time after Jack
came there in the forenoon, and was not
in the cabin when Jessie MCGEE left for
her morphine needle, or when Jack was
brought back there by Leonard just be-
fore his death.
These incOngruous statements throw
a strong suspicion, to say the least, over
the m MCGEE and the man Vogel,
a suspicion that would have warranted
the coroner's jury in bringing in a YER
dict different from hat which it rem
dered-namely. death from an over
dose of morphine taken with suicidal in
tent" There was an entire absence of
evidence that deceased had intended to
take his own life, none of the witnesses
having testified that the deceased had
announced any such intention.
The county prosecuting authorities
have, therefore, very properly decided
that If the testimony at the inquest is
worth anything, it has developed enough
to warrant a grave suspicion that de-
ceased did not come to his death by his
own hand, and that the case deserves
further investigation. For this purpose
Jessie McGee and Fred VOgel were again
arrested and were yesterday arraigned
before Judge McMurphey. the woman
uiSSo WIN II d HlOTpIllIe ulNe
and being responsible for the death of
Jack the Ripper" and the man for aid
ing and abetting in the crime. Both
pleaded not guilty. The woman's pre-
liminary examination is set for Friday
next and the mans for Saturday. As
several cases of sudden death from NOR
phine have occurred at the dive kept by
the woman, there is no doubt that the
most searching investigation is in order,
if only to ventilate the morphine dive
business.
The body of Jack the Ripper" is still
at Schuldt & Solvenson's undertaking
Mr.. Ripper" whose real name
is said to be Wood, lost both feet by hav
ing them frozen some time ago. The
for the funeral will be set today,
providing friends or relatives do not step
in and claim the remains.
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NATE WERTHEIM
THE STORMS.
Irregular Trains, Washouts and b
Disturbances Again RamD,,I

Ara1ns, and ~
Disturbances Again Ramp,,
OMAHA, June 25.-Specials to n
from various parts of Nebraska n
that last nights rain amounted n
eral flood. At Wahas it took MI
of an electrical disturbance, N
nearly an hour the heavens were
with lightning. A house in tbe
western part Of town occupied b
Gunderson and family was str
lightning and torn to pieces. M
dows were torn out and glasses
doors were torn from hangings Il
frame house was damaged so n
will be impossible to rebuild n
family were in bed at the time nj
springs of the bed on which thu
were sleeping were melted. No \
hurt aside from being badly shah]
cept one child that was cut by
glass. =
At Fremont the rain fell in +,
for hours and the streets were 81
water. There was no damage a
the wind, but incessant lightning
havoc with electric lights.
Trains on the Fremont, ElkE.
Missouri Valley road have been n
lrregularly on account of was
About 700 feet of track was tax
near West Point and transfers hs,
made over the breaks. Three W.:
between Fremont and Lincoln bsr
off all communication between
cities today. Until late this event
heaviest washout is on an apprp
the big bridge over the Platte.
miles west of this city.
At York it began about 8 o'cloc
night and kept it up steady from |
this morning.
The b. e. M. road had a diss
wreck near here on account of a
out. The northwestern trains are
of crossing their bridges west Of
and a Kansas City and Omaha
turned back a mile from town. afr
come in over their shaky and
mined tracks. County bridges arr
ly all washed out and especia
western sections. Three Of tn
the outskirts of town are gon
more are reported gone. DIV
in low places in town were invad
the rising waters in the night and
habitants had to move. The CROP
greatly damaged.
At Harrison, the sixteen-v
daughter of John johnson. left her
about six o'clock in the evening
short errand. This morning her
was found in a ravine. She
her way and fell into the ditch. d
in a terrible whirl of water.
At Kearney there was conaA
electrical display. Many builds
struck by lightning, but no one r:
iously hurt. The damage is grcaa,
At Grand Island four inches Of
fell during the night. Much smal.
age was done in town.
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NATE WERTHEIN
rect vote of the people,

rect vote of the people.
Ninth-We reiterate our demand Of
one veal ago for the free coinage of silver
Tenth-We declare in favor of a Just
liberal and equitable pension laws for all
invalid and dependent soldiers and sail.
ors. their widows and orphans.
Eleventh-We denounce the McKin-
ley bill, the motives of its authors and
defenders and the theory under which
it is submitted for approval of the Amer
lean people.
Twelfth-We denounce the wasteful
and lavish appropriations of the last on
gress.
Thirteenth-We are unalterably op-
posed to nonresident alien ownership of
lands and of foreign syndicate owner
ship of our industries, and we also de-
mand that all unearned railroad land
grants be reclaimed and held for actual
settlement.
Fourteenth-We tender to the Irish
people our profound sympathy in their
struggle for home rule.
Fifteenth-ResOlred That we are in
hearty sympathy with the efforts being
put forth to make a creditable exhibit at
the Worlds fair and favor a liberal APP
preparation for it.
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BARDSLEY'S CONFESSION.
He Claims His Ruin Is Caused by Mis-
placed Confidence,

He Claims His Ruin Is Caused by Mis-
placed Confidence.
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-Ex-City
Treasurer Bardsley was in court today
and a confession was made, although he
confessed little but was already known.
According to Bardsley's statement his
present plight may be accounted for by
trusting too much in the statements of
others and can be epitomized in his own
words on telling the history of his de-
posts in the Keystone bank:
81 did not get the money and I have
never gotten any, and it is still in the
bank or should be there. | knew the
closing of the bank meant a great loss to
the city and state and personal destruc-
ton to myself. l therefore made every
effort to sustain the bank. The closing
has resulted in my absolute ruin.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
STORMS.
Iowa Scorched In One Place and Flooded in
Another.

Iowa Scorched In One Place and Flooded in
Another.
WATERLOO, Iowa, June 24.-Reports
continue to arrive here contirmatory of
the disastrous storm and flood along the
Illinois Central. Cherokee was visited
by another storm this morning fully as
disastrous, though not of so long dura-
ton as last night. The Illinois Central
railroad bridge, about 80 feet long,
across the Little Sioux at Cherokee went
down under the rush of the flood at 2:15
this afternoon, together with several
houses in the lower part of the town.
Reports of the drowning of four per-
sons at Cherokee and four at Correction
vile are confirmed by a dispatch from
Gilleas, superintendent of the Iowa di-
vision, who is at the scene of the dis
aster. Aurelia and Cherokee both re-
port another storm breaking at 4:3O p. m.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
A Murderer COnfesses,

RIcHLAND CENTRE, Wis, June o.
One Irwin Fowler, of Viola, Richland
county, confessed that he had a hand in
the murder of old Ruben Drake, his wife
and two grandchildren, in May, 1888, for
which Andrew Grandstaff was lynched
three days afterward. 1t is reported
Fowler duplicates jeff Bowker and Frank
and Elijah Carey. Great excitement ex-
lists in the vicinity where the diabolical
crime was committed, and in consequence
of Fowler's confession further violence
NAV result.
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HOT WEATHER IN IOWA.

Corn Growing at the Rate of Five Inches
in "a Hours.
WATERLOO. Iowa, June 24.-Today
has been the hottest of the season, So
degrees in the shade at noon. The sun
has been obscured by clouds most of the
time, the excessive temperature being
due to the hot wind which has prevailed
all day. Leaves on trees are curling up
and the grass is badly scared in places.
1t is thought the hot winds will not do
much damage to crops, owing to the
moist condition of the ground from the
recent rains. Corn by actual measure
ment grew over three inches today and
experts say tonight will be good for two
more,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27

CHICAGO, June 23.-Henry Claussen,
Jr, Lewis May, Samuel Unkermayer
and Joseph and Albert Flannager, prin-
cipal owners of the Barney Pink tin
mines in the Black Hills, left Chicago
last night for the east. j. S. Childs,
superintendent Of the mines, says that
while here the syndicate bought reduc-
ton machinery, and that it is their in
tention to begin making tin at once.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
A Blow

A Baseball Umpire HIT by a Bat on the
Head.
Downs, Kan, June 23.--At a baseball
game yesterday Frank Burton, a by
stander, found fault with the decision of
the umpire and a scuffle ensued, in which
the umpire, Fred House, got the worst
of the struggle. The c~ombatants were
separated and the game resumed, when
Burton stole up on House unawares and
knocked him down with a bat. The
blow resulted in paralysis and House
now lies at the point of death. Burton
is in Jail awaiting the result of the cow
ardly blow,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
Fatal Railroad Accident.

RICHMOND, KY, June GA construc-
ton train belonging to the company
which is building the road from this
place to Beattyville, left the track at
Million, five miles from here yesterday
and killed four men, all colored. Six
were wounded, one losing an arm. The
men who remained in the cars were not
hurt and those who jumped out were
caught under the car as il turned over.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
BIG FIRE AT DEMERSVILLE,
About a Dozen Business Houses of the
Metropolis of Flathead Country
Burned,

ST. PAUL, June pa Pioneer Press
Missoula special says: About midnight
last night a fire broke out in the bust
ness portion of Demersville, the metrop-
oils Of the Flathead country, and burned
about a dozen business houses. The
loss is estimated at 10000 to $4,000;
insurance, light.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
Canadian Budget.

OTTAWA, June 23.-The budget was
brought down in the house Of commons
today. The leading features were the
references to reciprocity issues and the
announcement of the abolition of duty
on raw sugar, by which act Inc treasury
over 100000.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
The Cattle Ship Bill,

LONDON, June 25.-The chamber Of
shipping of the United Kingdom today
unanimously resolved that the cattle
ship bill was a needless and dangerous
measure, and that the chamber would
oppose it by every means in it's power.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
The Kodak Man Jailed,

PARIS, June 25.-The tribunal of the
Seine today sentenced a German named
Schneider to five years Imprisonment
for taking photographs of French FORTH
cations. The trial took place with
closed doors.
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A SAD CASE.
An Insane Mother browns Her Three Litts
Children.

HUDSON, Wis, June 23.-Mrs. JOIN
Larson, wife of a farmer living in tht
town of Troy, near this city, drowned he'
three little children in Lake st. CroE
during a fit Of insanity last evening. Her
husband, on finding her absent from the
house, began a search and found her at
the lake shore wading and two of the
children lying on the shore dead. The
third could not be found. Mrs. Larsor
imagines that devils pursue her. Sb'
was taken to an asylum this morning.
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A Hundred-DOllar Prize Puzzle!

Is indeed something worth striving for, but
you very rarely see one. The puzzle shown
here is not one of that kind. Read Alright,
however, it is a phrase of two words, and in
dicates precisely and exactly what you get by
trading with
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It Is No Puzzle At All!

To account for the large trade Nate Vert
helm enjoys. By means of good goods, large
assortment, latest styles, low prices, and the
kind of treatment as indicated by the forego-
ing prize puzzle, he has built up a big business.
1t pays we'll to trade with
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
The Students Dilemma.

y Harvard student told me an anus
Ing story about himself the other day.
says the Boston Herald. 1t seems that
recently his mother had Young lady
guest at their home on the Back bay,
and when he came from college in the
afternoon he was introduced to her.
At dinner, also, she sat opposite - him
at the table. lie paid little attention to
the fair visitor, as his mind was en-
crossed with problem in his lessons.
However. his brothers were as aSsid-
uOuS as possible in entertaining her.
As it happened, the latter had
engagements out that evening, and, as
Mrs. \. had promised Miss i. to have
one Of her sons to take her TO the the
alter. it fell to the lot or my friend
George, the Harvard man. lie accepted
the situation gracefully and in due time
the young cou0le set OF for the theater.
Arriving, George left his companion at
one side of the lobby while he stepped
up to the bOX-Otiice and purchased the
tickets: then. turning about he looked
toward the place where he had parted
from the young lady, and was surprised
to see half a dozen there, and
We gods! is it possible?-he could not
tell which was his precious charge
Here was dilemma. George said he
Immediately decided that. rather than
risk speaking to the wrong person, he
would stand still till the young lady
spoke to him. So he gazed at his tick
cts for what seemed to him an age, but
was probably only a minute, when Miss
| b. came up and said: 81 fear you did
not recognize me-" "Oh, yes-yes,' .
stammered George. eQuivOcally; Ives
! | did: l thought they had not given me
/ the seats l asked for, and was consider
| ing what was the best to do in the mat
ter" And this was one of the gallant
! Harvard men!