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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-04
Or. Sanborn's Salary.

The bill to increase the salary Of the su-
perlntendent Of the Insane Hospital from
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-04

IcoNTNVED ON FOURTH PAoE.l
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
WHAT THE BABY CAN DO.

Achievements of the Precious Infant Care
fully CataIogued.
II can wear out paIr of kid shoes in
twenty-four hours.
1t can keep its father busy advertis-
ing in the newspapers for nurse.
1t can occupy both sides of the larg-
est-sized bed manufactured simultane-
ously.
1t can cause its father to be insulted
by every second-class boarding-house
keeper in the city, who never takes
children" which. in nine cases out of
ten, is very fortunate for the children.
1t can make itself look like fiend
iust when mamma wants to show
'.what pretty baby she has
1t can make an old bachelor in the
room adjoining use language that, if ut
tered on the street. would get him into
the penitentiary for two years.
1t can go from the furthest end of the
room to the foot of the stairs in the hall
adjoining quicker than its mother can
Just step into the closet and out again.
1t can 60 to sleep like a little angel
and just as mamma and papa are starting
for the theater it can wake up and stay
awake till the last act
These are some of the things a baby
can do. But there are other things as
well a baby can make the common
est house the brightest spot on earth
1t can Tighten the burdens of a loving
mothers life by adding to them. II
can fiatten its dirty little face against
the window pane in such a way that
the tired father can see it as a picture
before he rounds the corner Yes.
babies are great institutions, particular
~ ones own baby.-Boston Gazette.
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THE EAST.

THE board of aldermen of New York
passed a resolution naming the trlangu-
lar space at Seventy-third street and
the boulevard sherman place" in
memory of the late general
NEAR Madison, Me, a large meteor
burst with loud report. IL was seen
in all parts of the state
FIVE oil tanks, four freight cars and
four engines were demolished in a
wreck on the Reading road near Cor
don, Pa. causing loss of Sl5O.OOO.
THOMAS HALL, of Railway, y. j., the
inventor of the turbine water wheel,
was killed by an Erie train.
HENRY MARSH was executed at
Ebensburg, Pa. for the murder of
Clara Jones at Gallitzin. July 6. 1890
and William West was hanged at Wash
ington, Pa, for the murder of the
Couch family May IA. 1890.
HUNDREDS of tons of earth were
hurled down in landslide at Berry.
Vt. and many dwelling houses were
wrecked or damaged.
OVER 10000 immigrants arrived at
New York during the year 1890, Italy
sending the largest number.
DIR. CRANDALL's house at Fort Ed
ward, y. Y. was robbed of s., 800 in
gold.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted at the ma
tional conference in Philadelphia of
school superintendent indorsing the
compulsory education law. commend
ing the principles of civil service as APP
piled To the teachers of public schools.
and recommending the retirement and
pensiOning of teachers after a service
of thirty years.
The once noted lecturer, Anna Dick
inson. was placed in the insane asylum
at Danville, ia. II was said that fear
Of poverty unbalanced her mind.
AFTFR two years strike the glass
blowers at Glassboro, y. J., were re-
turnin~ 20 work.
sFRIE Of heavy thunder showers
pas ed az the ca e district and Eliza
beth is q lis in Ma sa huset.s, and many
chur-. Is, schoOlnouses ami other
build NJ, were struck bv lightning and
destroyed.
IL New York the sum of SO, 900 had
been raised for the widow of ex-Secre-
tary of the Treasury Window, and 500
600 more would be secured.
FLAMES destroyed twenty business
houses at Hermon. y. Y. Loss S1O0. OOO.
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MEsT AND souIH.

GOV. EAGLE has signed the bin passed
BY the Arizona Legislature providing
for separate coaches ON railroad trains
for negroes.
At Fort Logan. Col. eighty soldiers
were in the hospital and four deaths
had occurred from the grip.
FIRE nearly destroyed the town of
FennvilIe. Mich
The Edison building. the Lumber ex-
change and adjoining buildings at Min
neapOlis were burned, causing a loss
estimated At $4,000.
MASHED men attacked the Jail at
Abbeville. Ca. and took Allen West. a
colored prisoner, out and shot him to
death.
DAVE SEVILLE knocked out Arthur
Majesty in a glove contest at Nelson
vile. o.. and the latter died two hours
later from the effects of the blow.
GOLD was reported to have been
found along the streams of Brown
county. Ind. since the recent frcshets.
N wreck on the Pan Handle road
at Hagerstown, Ind, four persons were
killed and a large number of passengers
were wounded.
IN the Two Medicine mountains in
Montana four of a party of Eve labor
ers in search of work were frozen to
death
The region near Jeffersonville, Ind,
was visited by tornado. The greatest
damage done at Utica, where many
dwellings and business buildings were
demolished
IL the cars near Athens, Ga, John
L. sullivan, the pugilist. was soundly
thrashed by train hand for using in
sulting language.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

DURING the week ended on the 21st
the issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis was SIPS. 500. The issue dur
ing the corresponding period of last
year was sos. $50.
On the 18th Charles Foster, the newly
appointed secretary of the treasury.
took the oath of office.
PRESIDENT HARRISON sent to the SEN
ate the following nominations: John y
Anderson, of Kansas. consul general
at Cairo. Egypt; Truxton Beale. of Cal
ifOrnia, minister to Persia, and James
V. Long. of Pennsylvania, United
States consul at Florence.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the eth ult. numbered 300. against POS
the preceding week and sol the CORE
Spending week last year.
TUE National Woman's Suffrage asso-
citation in session at Washington elected
Elizabeth Cady stanton president and
Susan b. Anthony vice president at
large.
The death of Senator George Hearst,
of Cali fornia. occurred at his residence
in Washington on the evening of the
2sth nit. He had been i'll for long
time. lie was 20 years of age. and
leaves a wife ana one son and an estate
valued at $50. 600 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
A MISSISSIPPI KILLING.

A Wronged Husband Brutality Slaughtered
by His Wife and Her Partner in Guilt.
GREENvIILE. Miss, Fe b. IS The kill
ing Of w. T. Anderson, = section fore
man of the Georgia Pacific road, at
Stoneville Thursday. by his wife. aided
by her unlawful companion. a planter
named Scurry. was one of the most SEN
sational tragedies ever enacted in Mis-
sissippi. Mrs. Anderson left her three
children on Monday and did not return
until Thursday. Her departure was
to keep an appointment with
Scurry. Scurry met her at the
depot as she arrived, and giving
her a pistol, told her to go and
shoot her husband Holding It
in her hand she walked toward her
husbands house. only few steps from
the track, in which he and the children
were. The little ones, seeing their
mothers return. were filed with JOY,
but the wronged husband. seeing
her approach, started to meet her
with his pistol in his pocket.
They met on the porch. and
without a word the wife aimed the pis-
toll at her husbands head. Drawing
his own. Anderson knocked her pistol
from her hand and hit her in the face
with his \ few people from the train
had gathered about, and a negro dis
armed Anderson. The wife went
to some place near the train
and rearmed herself with another
pistol and Ratchet. Then she re-
turned, accompanied 10y Scurry. who
called Anderson to come out of the
house and he would kill him. Ander-
son, being unarmed and fearing Scurry
who was armed, kept within. Amid
the screaming of her little children, the
woman, with Scurry, then kicked
open the door. and both leveled
their revolvers at Anderson. Scur,y's
pistol snapped fire. The wife fired and
shot Anderson in the thigh. Anderson
grappled with Scurry. aud in the scuflie
received another and a fatal shot
from his Wlie's pistol, the ball
entering his head just below the
temple The woman then rushed
ont of the house brandishing her
pistol wildly. As she ran she ex-
claimed: Il shot him. have killed
him" The woman and Scurry have
been arrested
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The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FIFTYFlRST CONGRESS.

TUESDAY. Feb "a. The time in
the senate was occupied in discussing
the sIndry civil appropriation bill
The nomination of Charles Foster. of
Ohio. as secretary of the treasury, was
confirmed. In the house the senate bill
to refund the direct tax levied twenty
eight years ago to support the war for
the union was passed 1t carries an ap-
preparation of SIS, 227. 6S2.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. Ex-senator Cor
man Md announced the death of his
colleague, f. X. Wilson, in the senate,
and after adopting resolutions of re-
spect to his memory the senate ad-
jOurned. In the house the immigration
bill and the agricultural appropriation
bill were passed and the general def
cheney bill was discussed.
THURSDAY. Feb. 26.-In the senate
the sundry civil appropriation and
the military academy appropriation
bills were passed and the Indian and
legislative appropriation bills were re
ported 4 bill was also passed appro-
priating =. 900, 900 for new mint build
ing at Philadelphia. In the house the
deficiency bill and bill transferring
the county of Logan from the northern
to TIE -outhern judicial district of Ohio
were passed
FRIDAY, Feb 25.-President Harri-
son sent to the senate the nomination of
Henry W. Blair. of New Hampshire. as
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ipOteutiary TO China, and the nominal
ton was confirmed. The legislative
appropriation bill was passed House
bills were passed to amend the vaI ious
acts relative to immigration ana the
importation of aliens under contract or
agreement to perform labor, and for
the relief of certain volunteer and reg
ular soldiers of the late war / the
war with Mexico. In the house a sub
stitute for the senate shipping bill was
passed after long debate.
SATURDAY. Feb. 2S.-In { senate
bills W re passed To re I the timber
culture laws; granting a tension of
p 500 a year to the widow of Admiral
Porter; to provide for the reorganiza-
ton of the artillery force of the army;
u define and regulate the jurisdiction
of courts of the United States and to
establish a United States land court:
To provide for the safe transportation
and humane treatment of export
cattle from the United States
to foreign countries; the direct
tax bin and the Indian appropriation
bill. The death of Senator Hearst.
of California, was announced. In the
House bills were passed To prevent
matchmaking and pOol-seIling in the
district of Columbia; providing that
nothing in the existing tariff laws shall
be construed as affecting the treaty ex-
isting between the United States and
the Hawaiian islands; to repeal the tim
Der culture law, the right of all existing
settlers to be saved.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
THE SUFFRAGISTS.
Closing Session of the National Associa-
ton at Washington.

WASHINGTON, March AT the clos
ing session of the Woman's National
Suffragist association on Saturday the
principal paper was one by Henry b.
Blackwell, of Massachusetts,, on THE
Adoption of an Amendment to the
Constitution Giving Women the
Right To Vote DR. Frances Diclxin-
son, of Chicago, made report
from the platform committee, and
papers were read by Emma
Smith De Voc. OF South Dakota, on
1.-The Moral and Political Emergency"
and by Alice J. Pickler on The South
Dakota Campaign" Miss Anthony
read the report of the congress
sional committee and was followed
by number of state presidents.
Resolutions were adopted recon-
mending conventions during the com
ing year in every southern capital;
asking congress for constitutional
amendment abolishing all political dis
tinctions on account of sex; to petit
ton every state legislature for
municipal and presidential wom-
an suffrage by statute; to sup
port any state which engages in a
struggle for equal suffrage by methods
approved by this association; to urge
the appointment of women as physi-
clans, matrons and managers in all
penal, reformatory and other public
institutions containing women or
children as inmates; demanding
that women and men should
be equally represented on school
boards; urging each state suffrage So
ciety 10 petition its Legislature for a
thorough revision of the marriage rela-
ton. so as TO secure to wives and hus-
bands equal personal and property
rights, to mothers and fathers an equal
right to their children and to widows
and widowers an equal inheritance of
property.
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FOR WINDOWS WIDOW.

A Committee of WeiI-I<nown Finanr'ers
Rails n "A Fund If $50 900 for the Relic
of the Late Secretary OF The Trs asusS-
NEw YORK, March 2.-TEe C lmmit-
tee having in charge the raising of a
fund for the widow of the late Hon.
William Window, secretary of the treas
ury, has received subscriptions amount
ing to $50, lit is the in
tention of the committee" said
Mr.. John Jay Knox, the treasurer, ito
raise $40, 900 more during the next few
days, making a total of $4,000. This
sum will be given to Mrs. Window at
an early date" Messrs. Jesse Sehg-
man, J. Pierpont Morgan, John a.
Stewart. Joel b. Erhardt John j.
Knox and Hon. William ID. Washburn
are the gentlemen comprising the COM
tlittRa
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RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
He Was Grossly Insuited at Being Consid-
cred Ignorant.

He Was Grossly Insuited at Being Consid-
cred Ignorant.
At about midnight an officer found a
man asleep in the snow under a shade
tree on Miami avenue. and after work
ing two or three minutes to arouse him.
he said:
Come, get out of this. !"
'What for?" asked the man.
do you want to freeze to deatn?"
"No."
Then get up. Do you know where
you are?"
do IL growled the man. as he got
rid of his sleep at last. What do you
take me for2 Do you think somebody
has l'ypnotized me, and that | imagine
I'm occupying first-foor parlor at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York"
you'll have TO come along"
"Where to-
'sTo the station.
sI'll go, of course, but i don't feel
right about this thing. The idea that
didn't know where ! was After 3
man has put in sixteen years Of sleep
ing in barns, fence corners. sheds ans
under trees, in all sorts of weather
YOU come along and roll him out of a
snow bank. and pull his leg and tap hi.
feet and ask him if he knows where he
is, | feel hurt. sir-hurt and insultedt
Detroit Free Press.
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NkNa BLAIR. SlltNC HObDNf " as
expecting it The mission to China IS
rated in the second rank and carries a
salary of ST., 800. Mr.. Blair has
been twelve years in the sen
ate, and prior to that had
served two terms in the house of repre-
sentatives He is native of New
Hampshire, Sc years of age, and law
yer by profession. lie was lieutenant
colonel of the Fifteenth New Hamp-
shire regiment during the civil war, and
was twice elected to the state legisla-
ture before he entered congress.
The nomination of Senator Blair was
well received at the capitol. As soon
as it became known on the floor of the
senate he was surrounded by a large
crowd of senators and kept on his feet
for half an hour receiving congratula-
tions. Senator Blair received national
reputation as the author of the educa-
tional bill named after him and his adj
vocaey of national prohibition and vari-
GUS labor measures.
The senate in secret session con-
firmed the nomination of Henry w.
Blair as minister to China.
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WELL WORTH READING.

THE following states have no state
motto: Indiana, Mississippi, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Caro-
lima, Ohio and Texas.
IT costs five cents to swear in a Ger
tain Grand Rapids factory, and the box
which contains the fines and which is
now nearly fun is soon to be sent to the
heather.
THERE is just oue-fifth as much nutri-
mcnt in quail on toast as the same
quantity Of weak mutton broth: aud
there is even more difference in the
price of the two articles.
THE proprietor of leading American
rncnageric says that his gains by the
birth of wild animals in his show are
annually about $4,000 greater than his
losses by the deaths iu the collection.
* hotels the life of a napkin is put
down at three months, provided it is Of
extra good material. sheet lasts six
months and tablecloth depends for its
existence upon the care that is taken
of it.
TYPEwRIrING machines are the ia
vorite object, OF thieves who sneak into
offices and make way with them while
the owners are out temporarily. A
large number IS yearly stolen from the
offices of professional men.
The senator's barber shop contains
seventy shaving mugs and seventy-two
shaving brushes and one pair of clip
pers-sufficient for the many senator's
who shave and the few who are not
bald, while the employees barber shop
has no mugs at all and only two shaw
ing-brushes.
INFORMATION comes from lady mis-
sionary who for the last ten years has
been working among the half-savage
wouen of India that the boxes Of cloth
Inc sent from New York last year con-
tanned 2. 900 pairs Of e9rsets, 200 pairs OF
rubber ga~ters and $500 dresses ribbed
with whalebone and steel
A WRITER makes an ingenious caleu-
lation as TO the restoration Of the po-
tato crop, supposing it 70 be so reduced
that only one tubcr were left IN ex-
istence. On the assumption that this
solitary tuber produced ten sets. their
products the same. and 50 on, IN ten
years the total product would be TO-
OG1. 600 600, a quantity sufficient to stock
the whole world.
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THEY 1T HAD PAPERS.
IN Accusing Episode of street Car TI'av
ell in the Capital City.

An Accusing Episode of street Car Tgav-
eI in the Capital City.
Washington gentleman relates the
following street-car episode witnessed
recently:
Il boarded a north-bound cable ear
1own IN the heart of the city about
dusk, and. as usual, there were no seats
left. / took position near the rear
door. At the next corner two young
women got in. They were bright look
ing. and ore was particularly pre-
possessing in appearance, but she seem
"a very tjred--h ON having operated
typewriter all day long perhaps.
Every man seated in that car save two
we're snugly ensconsed behind his even
ing newspaper. The two without
newspapers were each huddled up like
ball, almost, and had their hats pull
ed down over their eyes and pretended
% be asleep.
"A small newsboy squeezed himself
through the crowd on the platform and
erie out his evening papers with poor
success. On his way out he was stopped
by one of the young womcn-the pre-
possessing one. Her face lighted up as
By some bright idea. She whispered
something hurriedly to her friend.
I'm dare you to do it, replied the
after
IAN right: I'm not afraid. Here,
boy, give me two papers. Give me the
largest and never mind the change, she
said eagerly.
Then, in a perfectly self-possessed
and matter-of-fact manner she walked
10 the center of the car. where sat the
two individuals with the SLOUGH hats.
She took the papers with her, and her
movements were followed by the eyes
Of most every one in the car.
"'Here, gentlemen, please have pa
per. said She thrusting one of the
sheets toward each of these men. For
it is too bad that Of all this carload You
should be the only ones without any
thing to engage your attention
And the two men, AT first not COM
pretending the situation, took the prof
fered papers, but the laugh of the 9TH
ers who had witnessed tht performance
brought them to their senses. They
turned red, and soon found il eonven-
lent TO ride the rest of the way on
the front platform. a number of
men who had enjoyed the other fellows
discontinue, and admiring the woman's
nerve, rendered her and her friends
seats. Both, however. declined with
thanks, saying that under the circum-
stances they were well satisfied TO
stand. Washington Post.
"A gentleman said of tragedy. he
wondered it was not Kissed a friend
said: People can't yawn ana Hiss ),
the same time"
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
A TEST CASE.

luit Brought 1T Madison to Recover the
sum of SI5S.O00.
Attorney General O'Connor served
papers on ex-State Treasurer +. c.
NeFetridge and his bondsmen for the
recovery of interest on public funds al
eyed to be due the state. The case i'm
Tolves the sum of S15s, 900 alleged to
nave been received by Mr.. McFetridge
Turing his term rs state treasurer as
interest on state moneys deposited in
banks at Milwaukee and other points.
The case is in the nature of test, and
# successful suit will be brought
against Ii. b. Harshaw and other ex-
.reasurers or their bondsmen to seeu~s
interest money.
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CASH FOR PENSIONERS.
Warrants Issued for the Payment q
Nearly 100000, 900.

Warrants Issued for the Payment of
Nearly SEQ. 1000, 900.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Acting Secre-
tary Nettleton has issued warrants for
the payment of nearly $50, 600, 900 on ac-
count of pensions The amount was
distributed among the different agen-
cies as follows: Augusta, Me, $3.50, 900;
Boston, 81, 500, 900: Columbus, O., So
$50, 900; Concord, n. H., S750,000; Des
Moines, Ia, 81 600, 200; Troy, 81. 800, 900;
indianapolis, 81, 500, 600; Knoxville,
$1,000, 600; Louisville, l,000,0 900; Mill
waukee, 81, $50, 600; Kansas City, 81, 49,
900; San Francisco, 500, 900, making in
all SIS, SOC, 600, in addition to which $685.
900 was paid out on account of naval
pensions. The requirements for pen
sions for the quarter ending March
next are about S3l, 900. 900. Including
these disbursements a little over S21,-
600, 600 has already been applied to that
purpose, leaving nearly $4,000. 600 To
be met between now and next Thurs
day. The available cash balance in the
treasury, as stated by the treasurer, is
$50, 900, 900, so that there viii still be a
surplus after paying all these pensions.
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FATAL EXPLOSION.

Three Killed Outright and Others Tx
pected to die Through sawmIl Dis
aster.
CHARLESTON. Mo-, March .. - The
boiler of James Fugate's sawmill ex-
ploded Saturday, killing jeff Cobb,
Charles Cobb and John Dawdy. The
body of Charles Cobb was thrown 700
feet in the air and one leg was picked
up in a corn field 100 yards from the
body. Four other mill hands were
dangerously injured. The mill is To-
Gated miles south of here. Lack of
water i'm the boiler is supposed to have
caused the eXnloSion
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A wonderful Hand.

President Braden, of the Waukesna
whist club, had wonderful hand the
other day. 1t was one which might not
be secured in lifetime. His partner
led club. Mr.. Braden playing the ace.
Mr.. Braden having five trumps, led
them, the queen falling in the second
lead. Everybody being out of trumps,
he then began with the ace of spades
and tapered down to the deuce. The
ace and king of hearts followed, fin
ishing the book.