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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
BURMESE BARBARlTY,
A British Sailor Tells OF horrible Tortures
Inflicted Upon n Native.

A British Sailor Tells OF Horrible Tortures
Inflicted Upon n Native.
san FRANCISCO. Feb. 21.-Capt.
Thomas, Of the British Ship Mcrloncth,
reports witnessing a horrible sight at
Burmah on recent voyage to this port
A native was caught plotting !: party of
Englishmen into sacred places. the pen
atty of which is death. The man was
seized and nailed to the nearest tree. In
describing the horrible scene Capt.
Thomas said to-day:
1.-The poor wretch ] saw nailed to the tree
lived three days. During that time the
natives gathered around him and threw his
infamy at him on every occasion. His naked
body was covered with mosquitoes and to-
ward the end his mouth opened and flies
crawled over his swoolen tongue. Sponges
saturated with water, were fastened to bam-
boo canes and held within Il few inches of
the victims mouth, and as the scent of the
cooling liquid was waited to his brain the
half unconscious victim would wrthe with
agony Toward the end OF the third day it
was announced that the traitor was dying
After the death of the victim an official,
with a spear made from the horn of an an
telope approached the Eody and drove it
into the side, and from the wound flowed
blood and water. Immediately us the blood
and water began to flow the people dis
persed."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
THE MARKETS.
Sioux city Live Stock.

Union STOCK YARDS. SIOUX CITY. Feb. q,
Probably to-day will prove tie most un-
satisfactory market of the week. The quail
ity was very fair, with q larger representa-
tion OF good hcgs than yesterday showed.
But it was mean, jcrky affair.
all day. Steady to strong bids
were offered at the opening, hut
sellers, thinking Chicago adviccs would
bear them out, fatty refused to let go and
held out to gain their ends. Chicago re-
ports. however, strcnst hened the buyers in
their position, aud there was an unsatisfac-
tory, spasmodic loosening-of- holds all
around. Any attempts on the part OF SELL
ers to bull the market fell fiat, all the suh-
sequent sales showing weakness from the
very first, and in several instances 81
pronounced nickel decline. The common
stuff sold about steady. packers seeming
partial to that class, and gave uo more
willingly. Four loads of prime hogs sold
firm.
Quotations: Choice heavy, s3.4O@3.45;
mixed and light, s3.2711a@3.371a.
Cattle-Estimated receipts. ZOO Tho
market today was one long continued dull
ness. Nothing but Il few pick-ups here and
there were sold. Prices were not uuotably
changed:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
MUST "wATCH OUT"
Non-Union Worlds Fair Workers Will Not
BE Police Protected.

BG IOilCe PfOteCteO.
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Prcsident Gage. Of
the worlds fair directory, sent a letter to
Mayor Creiger, calling his attention to
the cases of intimidation of the workmen
by the unemployed at jackson park: the
danger of serious labor riot. and the ne
cessity OF police protection. The mayor
directed the corporation council to draw
up an opinion, and the conclu-
sion was reached that the city
could not undertake to keep a force of
police on the grounds in anticipa-
tion of trouble; but in case of a riot the
police would be sent to suppress it. The
request for such force, however. must
come from the park commissioners, not
from the contractors or the worlds fair
officials, although the commissioners are
not on the ground and seldom in session.
The main points made in the conclusion
are that the parks are under the direct
control of the commissioners and pro-
Tided with their own police force, and
therefore the city has no right to inter-
fere, except by request of the park COM
missioners; also, that if the report is
true that the Italians employed are
aliens they arc not entitled to police pro-
lection. as, under an act passed by the
state legislature in 1889, it is made UNI
lawful for any board, commission, officer
or contractor acting for or under any
municipality to employ aliens. The
point is made that this law is applicable
because the city has raised So, 200, 900 of
bonds in support of the fair. The force
of park police in Jackson park at pres
ent does not exceed half dozen men
and is, of course, wholly inadequate to
cope with a mob which might number
anywhere from 500 to 5000 men.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
A WOMAN IN WHITE.
She Is TerrorizlnE Railroad Mon i
Georgia-Spook OF Flesh:


ALBANY, Ca, Feb. 17.-There is g
genuine sensation in railway circles
here, which partakcs of the supcrnat-
ural. 1t is ghost story with some
foundation in fact. The men who run
the cannon ball train from Waycross to
Albany have seen strange sights lately,
and are somewhat unsettled, as far as
their nerves are concerned. The ghost
was seen for the first time about a week
ago, and is described as being in the form
OF woman, rather tall and slender, and
arrayed in snowy white. 1t stands about
two miles this side of Waresboro. near
the railroad track. and is appar-
emily looking for some one on tho train.
The engineer says that the woman's
countenance is CHASTITY, and she has
been seen to stand on the track waving
her arms as if to signal the fly
ing train. On one occasion
loud screams were heard as the
engine dashed by the white figure. They
were piercing shrieks that even the roar
and rattle of the wheels could not drown,
and which will live long in the memory
OF the men who heard them. On an
other occasion the woman remained on
the track until the engine wa: within
fifty yards of her. Then, with Il wild
cry she fled from the track and dissa-
peared in the gloomy woods. Conductor
Pierson did not believe the story when
it was first related by his engineer, and
in order to see the strange sight for
himself got in a position to observe it
one night recently. He was SO thor
oughly convinced that he did not get his
nerves Quilted till he passed Triton, about
sixty miles beyond, and he may ask the
company for another run where there
are no midnight hobgoblins or white
robed ghosts. One theory is that the
apparition is nothing more than a crazy
woman. though parties living near
Waresboro say there is no such in that
neighborhood. The theory, however, is
a plausible one, and efforts will be made
to solve the mystery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
SENSIBLE ACT.
The Directors Conclude To Concentrate
the Worlds Fair at jackson Park,

TIC nOElU'6 F3lc at jackson Park,
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Probably the most
important meeting yet held by the
worlds fair directory was concluded just
before midnight last night. When adj
journment was taken the directors had
formally voted to abandon the lake front
as part of the site for the exposition.
The fair will be concentrated at jackson
park.
Estimates were submitted showing
the saving of S1,Ooo,0oo in con-
struction and operating expenses
by putting all the fair in
one place, and this, together with the
interminable delays encountered in har-
monizing the vast interests affected by
the use Of the lake front, resulted in
sending the entire show to the southern
part of the city. Nothing will be done
with the lake front save to beautify it
with fountains and statuary as memo
rails of the exposition.
A delegation of labor leaders pre-
sented demands for the employment Of
union labor as far as possible; an eight
hour day; preference to local residents
and American citizens; minimum rates
of $1.5O per day for unskilled labor, and
the establishment of an arbitration sys-
TEN. The directory promised to pass
upon the demands before the contracts
were let.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
The sherlook,s Victims.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 2O.-Mr. MCLEAN,
OF Pittshurg, whose wife was killed by
the accident to the steamer Shcrloci
had the melancholy satisfaction this
morning of hearing that the body of his
little granddaughter, Margcry L. Brown.
had been recovered at Riverside, where
the upper works of the boat were
neached: Beyond these two reported
drowned there is yet no positive assur-
ance of loss of life, although a number
OF persons on and about the wreck tell
OF seeing them apparently sink. Mr..
Lepper, the third clerk of the Sherlock.
who was supposed to have been drowned
has made his appearance. He saws he
mad fearful struggle in the river and
had no strength to go beyond the waters
edge, on the Kentucky shore, where he
lay until he was found by citizens, who
took him to house in Covington.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
ACCOMPLISHED HIS PURPOSE
Pennsylvania Faster Who Had an Oh.
icCt i'll View.

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 21.-Martin
Rupp, the Bareville faster, has brought
his nineteen days fast to a close, on par
taking, as he expressed it, of such food
as the spirits prompted him to take. He
appears none the worse for his long alb
stainance from food, and is in quite q
cheerful frame OF mind. There is no
doubt about the fast being a genuine
one, and that nothing but water passed
his ii ps during the time. Many visitors
called upon him during the fast, and he
conversed intelligently with all. Among
these were many members Of the Ger
man Baptist Dunkard) church of Bare
vile, OF which Mr.. .Rupp is a member.
and in which congregation there has
been trouble recently, this being the
cause of MIR. Rupp's fast. At the com
menccment OF the fast Mr.. Rupp expressed
the determination of remaining in bed
without food until he had received such
clvlnc inspiration as would enable him to
adjust the trouble and bring peace to the
church. and it is stated that this has
been accomplished, largely through the
interest aroused in Mr.. Rupp's fast.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
BOGUS NOBILITY.
An English Pretcnder Brought 10 Grte
.sDOwn East

.sDown East
BANGOR. Me-. Feb. 21.-C. Osca'' d.
Coursey has been living OH the fat of thu
land at Machias, where he has repre-
scented himself as an English nobleman
son of Lord De Coursey, and with plcnt.
of money to back up his title. While OF
the crest of the wave of popularity h
married Miss Georgia Hoar, and for ;
long time he successfully hoodwinked
her relatives and friends. Yesterday
he was arrested here charged will
swindling. His character as Il noble
man was hastily dropped few days ago
and since then the police have beer
hunting for him. He has swindleC
Machias people out of thousands OF dol
Jars, and has ruined q happy home. He
was evidently prepared for the worst
far as soon as the detective revealed his
identity De Coursey pulled a vial of ladu-
anum from his pocket and swallowed its
contents. Then he calmly folded his
arms and exclaimed:
81 have gone you one better this time. .
Detective Allen, who made the arrest.
asked him what he meant, and De Cou r.
sey replied:
SIT means that have taken the con-
tents of that laudanum bottle. and will
60 back a corpse if at ALL
A doctor with difficulty saved the
mans life. He Still sticks to his original
story. He says he spent his income reck-
lessly and was set adrift by his father.
He was once mixed up in a burglary but
was cleared on technicality. He
seemed to have money enough until he
married Miss Hoar. Then his supplies
were cut off. He said it was because
his father was angry that he should
marry beneath his rank. Early
In December, 1890. he received
what he purported to be an an
nouncement of his fathers death, and
that an executor of the estate would visit
Machias in January to identify him and
give him his share of the estate. This
announcement was followed by two
checks on the Bank of England, one
present to his wife for Ell, 900. The other
was for $4,000. Nobody in Machias
cared to cash those big checks, but they
were willing to loan him all the money
he wanted. De Coursey hired coach
man and rugged him out in the finest liv.
cry, and got trusted for everything. His
reign was short. The executor didn't
show up, but instead came letter ask.
Ing De Coursey to meet him at the Bor-
der City hotel, Calais. De Coursey Dor
rowed some more money, and went os-
tensibly to keep the appointment. He
stopped awhile at the hotel. but as soon
as it was discovered that the supposed
executor did not exist De Coursey de.
camped, and his arrest is the result.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
VERY TAME.
Herget Knocks Out LaBlanche in Twelve
Easy Rounds.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-George La
blanche, the Marine and Johnny
Herget, better known as "Young
MITCHELL fought last night at the Cali
fornia Athletic club for So, 500. Five and
one-half ounce gloves were used. La
Blanche was knocked out in
the twelfth round. Throughout
the fight Mitchell seemed to
stop LaBlanche's rushes and countercd
his blows with much ease. There was a
great deal Of clinching and some hot in
fighting but not much damage done.
In the seventh Mitchell sent the Marine
to the floor with Highlander on the
nose. Near the end of the round, however.
Mitchell himself went down under 2 like
tap. In the twelfth round, after few
blows had been struck, Mitchell hit La
Blanche lightly on the left jaw. La
Blanche dropped and rolled over on his
face remaining on the floor until counted
out. He was roundly jecred on leaving
the ring.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
THE LABOR PROBLEM.
Affairs Assuming Serious Aspect in the
Conncllsville Region.

P1rrsBuEG, Feb. 17.-The Connells-
willie coke region is excited over the ar
rival of fifty more Pinkerton guards to
be employed at Mr.. Raney's three plants.
G'ke importation oi these men is max
ing the strikers desperate. The raid on
the Meyer works was postponed, as the
men may be induced to strike. Fifty
men were working at the Junction plant,
near Dawson, but they will quit soon.
With these exceptions the remainder OF
sixty-fve plants were idle and many
were boarded up. There were no signs
of conference. The operators are hay
ing hard time keeping the mine pump
ers at work. The services of seven
bumpers were refused by r. Hogett, OF
the Lamont works. This afternoon a
number of the Hungarian coke workers
employed in the Whitney works went 70
Latrobe, got drunk, fell out among
themselves and beat one Of their number
to death.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
The .sunset Special"

ST. THOMAS, Feb. 21.-Miss Zoe Cav
ton, the actress, who is walking from
San Francisco to New York for prize
of $4,000, was expected here last night,
and large crowd awaited her arrival in
the city limits. but she decided to pass
the night at Shedden, the second station
west. The operators along the line are
keeping record Of the time of the party,
which has been called the 'sSunset
Spocia1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
nas Gobbiod some Moro OIL Lands

=, PARkERsBuKG, w. Va. Feb. sO.-The
standard Oil company has just purchased
10000 acres of land in Green county.
pennsylvania, and Monongahcla and
Marion counties, this state: also, the en-
tire county of Giimcr. outside of the
county seat, and nearly all of Dodridce
county and part of Mason, and is neeo-
tiating for other tracts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
Kavages Of Measles.

BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. s1.-Stephen
Hawks, of this city, to-day lost his wife
with the measles. Yesterday two of his
children died and four more are all sick,
There have been many cases here, but
none fatal before.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
REGULATING JOHN.
California Is Drawing the Line Very Close
About the Chinese.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-A bill has
been introduced in both houses of the
legislature to exclude the Chinese from
this state, and to compel those who re-
main to register, so that it may be
known what becomes of them. The bill
is said to have the sanction of the fed
eral officials at Washington, and has
been passed upon as constitutional by
the encouragement of the state. The
Dill will come up within few days for
action by the legislature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
Must Servo HIS Time

- JOLIET H., Feb. l7.-Carl Hartwig.
inc convicted murderer Of Newman. was
.rhen 70 the penitentiary yesterday to
serve MS sentence, the motion for a new
Trial having been ovcrrulcd.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
Cattle Quotations.
Fat steers. good to nr1me
South Omaha 1.-Two stock.

SOUTH OMAHA Feb Observation-Disclosures
receipts, 5000. Official yesterday, 5,,51.
Market opened shade lower; heavy, So 3Ca,
Soy; mixed, S320G3. &c; Eight, s3.OO0D3.;,5
Cattle-tistimated receipts, 1900. Oh
cial yesterday, 1.452 Market opened strong;
quality fair.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
Fell Heir H,a Sim 0nn

BISMARCK, n. D., Feb. 2l.-Ehe wife
OF State Senator j. NJ. Patch, of New
Rockford, has fallen heir to fortune of
ABOUT 500, coo by the Death of a relative
in Chicago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27

IHE Brussels Workmen's council is in.
vitlng socialists throughout Europe and
the United States to an Internal ional
congress in August next.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
CHARLES FOSTER IT is.
HE is NAMED FOR WINDOWS
SUCCESSOR.
An Action Foreshadowcd Several Days
Ago-Anotl,er bogus Lord Comes tn
Gricf-The Worlds Fair Consolidated-
Tho News in General.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s1.-Thc president
to-day nominated eX-Gov. Chas. Foster,
of Ohio, to be secretary of the treasury.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
THE SUPERVISORS.
Bridge and Road Matters = Ex-1

bIluBc Anu Noad MaLteTS - Ex- AK
Collector Piatt's Bondsmens
The board of supervisors met in regu-
lar session yesterday. Among the busi-
ness transacted was the ordering of the
bridge across the wash in the Hammel
& Denker rancho, on the Los Angeles
and Santa Monica central road, to be in
creased in length by 16 feet, and bridge
No. 2, on the same road, to be length
ened four feet. J. d. Mercerean, the
contractor, was allowed $106.65 addi-
tional for these changes.
1t was decided that the board should
today visit the Garvey and Monterey
pass road and Electric avenue in the
San Gabriel road district.
An order was issued for the sale
of the buildings on the city prop
erty at the corner of Temple and New
High streets. The buildings are three
in number and will be sold at public
auction on June 9th at IL m. to the
highest bidder.
/ During the session an interesting dis.
cussion took place between Charles
Johnson, the referee in the case of the
county against the bondsmen of ex-Tax
Collector Platt and the supervisors. The
county will maintain that the bondsmen
must be responsible for Platt's receipts
as shown ON his cash book, but Johnson
holds that if double assessments have
been collected, Platt is only liable fol
what was legally due the county. Nc
action was taken in the matter.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Fakir and His Fun at the Los
Angeles.

The Fakir and His Fun at the Los
Angeles.
1t goes with pop-fzz-ah action, does
the Fakir. The girls of the company
are all sizes, weights and complexions,
and they have not much to do except to
wear wondrous gowns and look their
pleasantest.
But the men, or at least two of them,
are a show in themselves. Mr.. ALI.
Hampton, the Col. Lexington, is bub-
bling over with new conceits and fresh
stage business; and Mr.. Max Arnold,
the Fakir himself, does, among lot of
clever specialties, a clog dance that al
most deserves to be characterized by
that much abused term, artistic.
There is some fine singing,
too little dancing, and constant
fun making. If you are of the class who
like to take their pleasure seriously, or
if you have convictions regarding the
mission of the drama, or are accustomed
to point of view of affairs dramatic so
high that the rarified surrounding at
mosphere makes laughter a pain, why
do not venture to see the Fakir for he
is all nonsense, all jingle, all joke. But
there are few of US left who like such
things occasionally, and who will enjoy
seeing this latest dramatic syllabub.
1t is billed for tonight and tomorrow
night only, at the Los Angeles theater.
KATIE EMMETT.
Miss Katie Emmett, one OF America 8
foremost soubrettes, has made for her.
self most enviable reputation as star
from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific.
The Waits of New York, the play in
which Miss Emmett appears this sea-
son, is one of the strongest plays before
the public, and tells simple, touching
story of the trials and sufferings of two
friendless and homeless waits cast adrift
upon the cold charity of the world in
the great metropolis, and of their subse-
quent rise to prosperity. 1t is play
that teaches good moral, and one that
should be witnessed by every mother
and child in the country, as there is
nothing to be seen during its actions to
offend the most fastidious. Miss En-
NETT and her company will appear at
the opera house Wednesday, June 4th,
for four nights and Saturday matinee.
NOVELTY THEATER.
People continue to throng this popu-
lar resort and evince much pleasure with
the entertainment afforded. The aim
OF the management is to present plenty
OF amusement for nominal cost, and
people must be satisfied with the quail
ity and quantity or else they would
not flock there as they do. This weeks
programme contains many features and
an entire new company will arrive next
Saturday.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

"THE people," says the Alta, "should
not be deceived by the report from Wash
ington that, notwithstanding the de-
crease in the federal revenues, the sur
plus in the treasury is increasing. The
surplus now is not descriptive of the
fund described by that term before this
administration came into power. The
reserve funds of the treasury have been
added to the available funds, in order to
prevent the appearance of deficit. In
fact, by the bookkeeping that showed
the balances until this change was
made, there is now deficit; and the
falling off in receipts means that it will
increase rather than diminish" The
fact that Secretary Foster has been
compelled to force balance to appar-
emily meet current expenditures is proof
enough that the surplus is gone and
that the treasury is shining for-funds.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

HAD the powers placed the same con-
struction upon the international obliga-
ton of neutrals in 1776 as the United
States now places upon it's duty towards
the Balmaceda party in Chile, it is
questionable whether we would have
emerged from the revolutionary war as
an independent nation. Whoever has
paid close attention to the politics of
Chile must know that Balmaceda is a
usurper; that he has violated the con-
stitution of his country, and set himself
up as dictator; that the congressional
party represents the cause OF patriotism
and the constitutional rights of the peo-
pie; and that the men now in arms
against the dictator are fighting for
liberty. If Balmaceda should win in his
fight against the patriots, Chile will be
reduced to condition OF absolute sub
lection to one man back ed by an oligar-
chy of wealth. The United States gov
ernmeat in it's policy of strict neutrality
is doing all it can to bring this about.
Our government should not hesitate to
grant belligerent rights to the congress
sional party, and that would cut the
gordian knot of situation which, by
the modern construction of the interna-
tional obligation of neutrals, forces the
people of free nation to appear before
the world as the supporters of tyrant
and a usurper; violator of the consti-
tuition of his country and a traitor to the
cause of civil liberty.