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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
In Spite of Recent Denials a Farm
ers' Wheat Combine is Said
to Exist.
Headquarters Established in St
Paul With George Muller
in Control.
Circulars Advising Farmers to Hold
Back the Wheat Crop Being
Distributed Broadcast,

ST. PAUL, July 23.-St. Paul is the
headquarters of a national movement by
the united Farmers Alliance of the
country. to corner the entire wheat
cropof the United States. A short time
ago there appeared in the Chicago pa
pers a brief statement, which was de-
MED by Alliance men the next day, to
the effect that circulars were being sent
out from Washington, D. c., to AL
lance men, asking them to hold back
their wheat. This was denied, and is
incorrect in part, but such a movement
is on foot, and at No. BIT Wabasha
street. for several days, a large force of
employees has been engaged in sending
out circulars with the view of having
not only the Alliance men of the United
States, but all classes of farmers, keep
back their wheat crop until the bears
have all been killed off and prices have
been advanced to a high point.
George Muller at the Head.
At the head of the movement, which
has its headquarters in St. Paul, is
George M. Muller, editor of The State
and Il prominent Alliance man. MI.
Muller has an Office at 3l7 Wabasha
street, and with a force of from twenty
to thirty employees for the past two
weeks has been issuing circulars urging
the farmers Of the state to hold back
their wheat for a few weeks. Two
months ago the Alliance press bureau
OF information was organized at Wash
ington, to begin the compilation of crop
statistics. This investigation was be-
gun, and the Alliances of the United
States all sent in local reports of the
conditions of crops. This information
was supplemented by the views of Chi
cago, Minneapolis, Buffalo and New
York spectators, obtained from private
sources. Then the scene of operations
was transferred to St. Paul. Nj. Muller
and other Alliance men looked over this
information and compiled a statement,
Over One Million Copies
of which are now being placed in the
hands of the farmers. The circular es-
Inmates the wheat crop Of the United
States at 500, 900 900 bushels. The pro-
moters of the farmers wheat trust be-
lieve that four-ifths of this wheat can
be held back by the farmers for from
four to eight weeks. by which time it is
thought that prices will have gone sky
ward. Lists bearing the names of sec
retarles of every Alliance in the United
States are now in the hands Of Mr..
Muller, and the circulars have been
sent to the Alliances in all the Eastern
wheat growing states, Illinois, Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa, California, Oregon.
and to a part Of the remaining wheat
growing states.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
IF 1T is UNANIMOUS,

A Friend of Secretary Blaine Says He
Will Accept the Nomination.
DETROIT, July 24.-The Tribune pub
fishes the following: Captain William
A. Gavette, of this city, has received an
important letter from j. H.. Manley, Of
Augusta, Me-, in response to a letter
written by him on the 18th inst. The
subjects Of inquiry on the part of Mr..
Gavette We're the health of Secretary
James G.. Blaine and his attitude affect
ing the earnest desire of a multitude of
his admirers in the opinion Of the party
to become its standard bearer in 1892.
The replies are especially significant
when it is remembered that Mr.. Marley
has for years been q warm personal
friend and the political helmsman and
advisor of Blaine. In effect Mr.. Marley
says that Mr.. Blaine has almost fully
regained his health and that he will re-
turn to Washington in the fall with all
his vigor and strength of both mind and
body. Briefly stated, it is learned from
Mr.. Manley that the distinguished Sec
rotary, in the event of the Republican
party nominating him as their standard
bearer, will accept the nomination if
coming unanimously from that party.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
BABE IN AN INCUBATOR.
An Experiment Which Has So Far Proved
Very Successful,

An Experiment Which Has So Far Proved
Very Successful.
New YORK, July ga babe which
weighed four and one-half pounds at
birth has for the last month been one of
the wonders of the Charity hospital on
Blackwell's island. 1t was born prema-
turely, and has spent the first four
weeks of its life on earth in an incu-
bator, imported from Paris. The
baby now weighs almost nine pounds.
The experiment has been very
successful and the baby hag
just been handed wei to a nurse. The
incubator is a walnut box, in which the
child rests. 1t is heated from below BY
bottles of hot Water to a temperature Of.
SO degrees. The hot air from the BOTTLES
passes into the box through Il yentllator
and keeps the baby warm. The infant
was bathed every day in cod liver oil
and wrapped in covton. 1t was fed
every few hours. The mother of the
child watches with it. She is Mrs.
Eliza Dunn, of 1877 Mulberry street, and
is a strong woman.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
ON THE RIO GRANDE.

A Collision at Carlisle, Colo. in Which
Four Are Killed and Several Injured.
DENVER, Colo, July @.-The narrow
gauge, e%ast-bound express, from Saliaa,
Colo, on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad collided with the broad guage
Salt Lake express going west, a few
miles from Carlisle, in the early morn
ing. The trains were running at full
speed and were heavily loaded. The
engine and front coaches of both trains
were completely wrecked and four per-
sons We're killed. The killed are:
George A.. Ardell, engineer; A. H. Par
ros, conductor; G. M. Cole, express mes
senger, and an unknown tramp. The
injured are: Ben Williams, H. c. Null
nix, Henry Schumer, R. Robinson. news
agent; Fl. G. Gibson, G. M. McAdams,
mail messenger. Another unknown
tramp has been found under the bag
gage car mangled out of all semi3lance
to humanity. The body of George Ar
dell, the unfortunate engineer, is still
under the wreck. The injured were
brought to this city and are now in the
Sisters hospital. All the injured are
doing we'll with the exception of Glib
berson, the news agent, who will proba-
bly, die, Z
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
THE SHARON CASE AGAIN.,

"A California Landlady Has a Bundle OF
Letters She'll Give Up for $4,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, July Capitalization
has been made of the fact that a bundle
OF letters written by Justice Field and
Francis j. Newlands, Senator Sharon's
~son-in-law, and bearing on peculiar pro-
cedure in the Sharon divorce case,
were in the hands of Mrs. Sarah Mitch
ell, the laAdiady of Newland's confiden-
tlal agent Charles Livingstone. 1t is
said that the woman wants $50, 600 for
these letters, as she declares they are
worth that money. should she deliver
them to Sarah A1thea. She hints that
they reveal many compromising trans
actions in the Sharon case, especially
after the senator's death, but young
Sharon and Newland's both assert that
70 such letters are in existence. Justice
Field also says that she may print any
letters of his which she holds. The
case excltes much attention here be-
cause OF the mystery that has always
hung around the Sharon case, and be-
cause of the general belief that the
court was influenced by Sharon money.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
a Saloon Keeper at Billings, Mont.
Assaulted and Brutally
Killed.
Extremely Probable That Murderers
May be Lynched Before
Daylight.
A Prize Fight Occurs Between Penn.
sylvania Miners in Which
One is Killed,

BILLINGS, Mon, July 24.-This town
has been overrun with tramps and hard
characters for the past month. Last
week a woman was assaulted for refus.
ing to furnish a couple with food, and
Thursday evening an old citizen was
assaulted in his place Of business by
three of them and brutally murdered.
The three buns are in the custody of
the sheriff, and at this hour the coroner's
inquest is being held. The murdered
man, Joe Clancy, kept a saloon in the
town and has been engaged in that pur-
suit for five years. He bore a good rep
utation and kept an orderly house. Ex-
cltement is running high, and it is ex-
tremely probable that the developments
Of the coroner's inquest may result in
the lynciling Of the three desperadoes
before daylight.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
ONE DAY A CONVICT.
A Dying Man Hustled OF to the Visco
sin State Prison.

A Dying Man Hustled OF to the Wiscon-
sin State Prison.
WAUPUN, Wis, July "a. AT Merrill,
Lincoln county, on July IA, Frank
Stranch was sentenced to prison for
two years for assault with attempt to
kill. He arrived at the prison IN an
advanced stage of disease, suffering
from congestion of the liver, and in so
weak a state as hardly to be able to
stand. His condition and suffering were
SO manifest that Warden Lamoreaux at
once ordered him into the hospital, but
the disease was so far along, and so
aggravated by his days journey
from Merrill, that he died at
half past 6, having been an inmate
OF the prison only twenty-four hours.
1t is said that at the time of his sem
tence his condition was such that it was
apparent he could not survive the Jour-
ney, and appearances indicate that the
sheriff feared a later dat might lose
him his fees for the commitment Of the
prisoner. Warden Lamoureux is strong
in his denu~nciation, and a more ex-
tended investigation may follow.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
STRIKE AND A RIOT.
Pennsylvania Miners Refuse II Reduction
and u Serious Conflict Results,

Pennsylvania Miners Refuse II Reduction
and a Serious Conflict Results.
PLYMOUTH, Pa, July PA strike
and serious riot occurred at 6 p. m. at
the Nottingham colliery of the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre Coal company. wherein
several persons were hurt. 1t is feared
that it is the precursor of troublous
times in the coal regions. On Monday
last the coal company brought here a
carload of foreign laborers, and Tuesday
more carloads came in after nightfall.
The new men were all recent importa-
lions Of the lowest type of Slavic race.
AS a gang of fifty men who enter the
mine every night to clear the gangways
were about to descend in the shaft to
begin their work, they were informed
that the rate of wages would henceforth
be reduced from $1.6S to $l.25 per day.
Those employed in the gang are all
Americans. The men held a consulta-
ton and unanimously
Refused to Accept the Reduction.
As soon as it was definitely known that
the rock men would not go into the
mine Foreman Ccnnor dispatched a mes
sage to the barn aCks. where the
AtNA 1SSSA-C IL jul ltUlOIS,
and i'll a few minutes a body of newly
arrived Huns We're entering the %colliery
yards, every man in a new working out
fit which had been provided by the CON-
pany. Their appearance was the signal
for an outburst OF looting and groans
for the men were waiting to see the out
come of the affair. AS the new men,
under the leadership OF Superintendent
Leckie and Foreman Connor, walked in
the direction CT the shaft
a. A yolley of Stones
and pieces of coal fell upon them. The
throwing OF missiles continued until
several of the Huns dropped. At this
time a leader among the sympathize..s
suggested that the nen be driven to
their barracks and a bold rush was
made, sticks being freely used on the
unfortunate Huns who were routed.
The Huns have barricaded themselves
in their barracks, and, as they are Ell
tirely friendless it is probable that tie
company will take them in the mines
under strong guards. Seven men sns-
tanned serious cuts and commissions. 1t
is the general impression that the COM
pany's wish is to foment a general strike
and fill the mines with cheap labor.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
EXCITED.


The Belief Expressed That There Must
Ee II New Election There.
OMAHA. Neb., July PA veritable
bomb was exploded in Nebraska state
politics by the announcement Of Hon.
j. c. Watson. chairman OF the Repub-
lican state central committee, that
General Thayer, who was declared gov
ernor after the failure OF James E. Boyd
to qualify TOR the POSITION, could not
hold oFer and that the committee would
shortly be called together for the pur-
pose OF considering the nomination.
The chairman states that he is con
hdent Thayer cannot hold over, and says
that the ablest lawyers in the state have
taken Il similar position. The matter
has been submitted to the attorney
general. This announcement compli-
Gates matters, in view of the fact that
the Republican supreme court rather
intimated in the quo-warranto proceed
ings against Boyd that Tl,ayer would
hold owe until 1892. This idea is in
line, however, with Alliance and Demo
cratic ideas and it is now quite certain
that Nebraska will be disturbed by a
fierce political combat at the approach
ing election.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
A HORRIBLE STORY.
The Confession of Il Woman to Killing
Her Husband and Your Children.

The Confession Of Il Woman to killing
Her husband and -Four Children.
AUSTIN, Pa. July pa startling
story comes from one of the lumber
camps at Kettle creek, this county. In
April, 1879, the people OF all this region
were horliied by the news that Frank
Hancock, u lumperlnan living at Blue
Run, had murdered four of his children
and committed suicide by banging him
self in his house. The news was made
known by Hancock's wife, who had
been absent from home on the night of
the tragedy. Her story was that she
returned home and found the four chill
dren lying dead, some in the house and
some in the yard. They had been
stabbed and frightfully mutilated with
a big butcher knife. The eldest child
was II years old. A fifth child, a babe,
was asleep and uninjurad at the side of
one OF its murdered Sisters. A note,
apparently in The handwriting of her
husband, was found in which he con.
tessed the Jerribis crime, giving his
reason-his desire to rid his wife of
himself and the children because of her
conduct. 4 report now comes from the
camps at Kettle creek to the effect that
Mrs. Hancock had died, and before the
end came confessed that she and two
men, whom she named, had planned to
kill the husband while the children
slept. The husband was duly des-
patched, when one Of the children
awoke, and the mother stabbed it. The
others being awakened by the noise, all
were killed to destroy their evidence,
except the babe. Then. liz the midst Of
the bloody scene, the note was written
and placed in the dead mans pocket.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
To Work Natural Paint Beds.

DUBUQUE, Ia, July PA company
is being formed in this city to worksa
bed OF natural paint recently discovered.
in Wisconsin about fifty miles from
Dubuque. These paints lie i'll a strata.
and are of all colors. Samples were
sent to New York to be assayel and.
proved, and q telegram has teen re-
ceived from there stating that the sam.
pies were natural paint Of the best:
quality and that an expert would be
sent on to make a thorough examine
ton. The owners of the mine are,
greatly excited as the supply is unlim-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Horrible Freight Wreck.

ELM1RA, N. Y, July s3.--One of the
worst railroad wrecks seen in this vicin-
ity for a long time occurred about mid
night. A Lehigh Valley passenger
train, due here at II o'clock, while pass
ing a switch opposite the tower on
Pennsylvania avenue struck a Northern
Central railroad freight train with
frightful force. The freight n were
piled thirty feet in the air. The loco
motive slipped and was thrown down
an embankm ent and the tracks torn up
for considerable distance. Engineer
James Hopkins, Of the Lehigh train,
was killed, and Fireman M. w. Till
man, Of Wayerly, and Baggagemaster
John Daniels, Of Wilkesbarrs, fatally
injured
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
In Jail for Safety.

Long PRAIRIE, Mimi, July 24-The
excitement over the Bender murder
case has subsidized. He is now resting
in the security of the steel cells of the
Jail. His attorney quashed the papers
of the prosecution twice, and could
have turned Bender out a free man, but
it would have been certain death to
him. There Is 80 far nc substantial evil
dence that Bender killed his wife, or
ven that the woman was murdered,
Every circumstance is against the theory
OF murder, except that he did not raise
an alarm when he found his wife did
not return, and that he has been in the
habit of occasionally ill treating her.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
FIERCE CONFEDERATION.
A Philadelphia Cotton and Wooden Mill

"A Philadelphia Cotton and Wooden Mill
ncst-oycd--Loss, $3.50, o
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Campbell
q Elliott's cotton and wooden mill at
Washington avenue and Twelfth street,
has been destroyed by fire.. The loss is
estimated at between 5000, 600 and $780,
ooo. 1t is believed to be covered by in
surance. The fire was a fierce one. The
building extended about two hundred
feet on Washington avenue and about
the same distance on Twelfth street, It
was filled with infammable material
and when the flames got a good head
way, but little effort was made to check
them, the iremen directing their efforts
towards saving surrounding property. In
this they succeeded. Nearly 500 hands
are thrown out OF employment by the
cont1agration.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31

CUMBERLAND, Md, July ga
strange fatality pursues the WEIGH fam
lily, of this city. Wednesday William
WEIGH, who was employed as yard
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, was caught under the wheels
Of a shifting engine and instantly killed.
being literally ground to pieces. He
numbers the fifth of the family that has
met with violent death within the last
few months, four of his brothers being
killed in various ways.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Not Going to Retire from the Senate.

Not Going to Retire from the Senate.
P1TTsBURG, July Ex-senator Quay
was SHOWN the dispatch from Philsdel-
adelphia which stated that intimate
political friends of the senator's through
out the state said he was determined to
resign his seat in the United States SEN
ate upon the meeting of congress in
December next. When asked if the
statement was true, Senator Quay re-
piled: ut is a fake, pure and simple. r
have not SO much as thought OF it and,
really I do not see why the story was
started for there is no foundation for it
whatever"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
AT The Point of the Hnyonet.
TrOOnS liiyiteu the Attack.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. July 23.-Al-
though denied by a majority of the
soldiers who were forced to retreat from
Bricevllle, the charge that the troops
invited the attack of the miners is
doubtless true and serious dissensions in
the ranks of the Moerlin Zouaves. of
Chattanooga, is one OF the results.
LleuteIants Eenneer and McCook have
formally rendered their designations
and make charges against Lieutenant
Lauter and three privates of unsoldierly
conduct. Lieutenant Lauter in a pub
lished card denounces as false the
charges against the privates and him
self as lies made from whole cloth.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
T PRIZE FIGHT.

Henry Boyd Kills John Myford in a
Battle Over u Girl.
PITTsBURG, July 24.-Henry Boyd
killed John Myford in a prize fight neal
Monongahela City. The men had quar-
relied over u girl and decided to settle
their dispute in the prize ring. Thurs
day night was. set for the fghJ and the
men met according to the previous ar
rangement. Three rounds were fought
neither having a decided advantage. In
the fourth round Boyd landed heavily
with bis left On Myford's jugular and
knocked him down. Myford died in a
few minutes. Boyd Immediately sur
rendered to the authorities. Both men
We're young coal miners.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Cable to the West Indies.

WASHINGTON. July PA new cable
to the West Indies is among the posi-
bilities Of the Q a future, Mr.. F. M.
Osborne, the electrician Of the govern
ment of Canada, having recommended
the construction Of a new line, after
visiting all the West Indies and collect
ing statistics as to the volume of bust
ness that may be expected from each
island. His report has been submitted
to a London syndicate and it is under
stood that the necessary capital is at
hand, :
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Town Gazing In.

W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, July 25.-The.
earth has caved in in many places ia.
Edwardsville, just across the river
causing houses to toppls over and rem
dering the land in the vicinity useless
for further building. The people re-
ceived warning and escaped with their
lives. 1t will cost many thous.t.:is of
dollars to put the interior OF the mine,
over which the town is situated in con-
dition. The settling has not yet ceased
and the people are still vacating their
houses.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
He WAS JEALOUS.

A South Dakota Man Shoots His Wife
Three Times and Kills Himself. )
RAPID Cry, 8. D., July eli. w.
saulters, a mechanic, shot his wife three
times, each shot taking effect. Think
ing he had killed her he shot himself in
the head and died instantly. Mrs.
Saultry will probably recover, only one
Of her wounds being at all serious. The
weapon used was q Colts revolver.
Saultry and his wife had not been living
together for 9 year on account Of Saul
treys jealous disposition.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
4 ROUNDhOUSE EXPLOSION.

Two Killed and Several Injured at
P~lattsmouth, Mob.
PLATTsMoUTu, Neb., July PA ter
rible explosion mas occurred in the Bur-
lington and Missouri railroad round
house. The ruins caught fire but the
tre was soon extinguished, and several
badly injured men were rescued. The
boiler OF the engine had &ploded and
two men were killed. CHARLES Hase-
meyer, engineer OF engine No. 10, was
cut in two By g board and John Hand
man was buried beneath a pile Of debris
With s hole In his head.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Took Revenge on tho Horse,

TRAER, Ia, july 25.-John salasek. Il
farmer near Traer, got drunk and at.
tempted to murder his wife. She es-
capped and fed to a neighbours for help.
He then spent LIS vengeance Oh n 81
his horses. Taking a sharp knife. me-
cut long gashes in the poor animals
flesh and kicked it. numerically in the
side, and pulling out its lung rippedit
IN two. Salasek was arrested,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION,
Three Killed and Five Probably Fatally
Injured in Kentucky.

LITcHFlELD. Ky, July PA disastrous
explosion occurred on the farm of james
Durbin, in Elmouson county. The
boiler of a steam thresher exploded when
surrounded by men and quickly trans
formed a pleasant harvest scene into
n of terror and death. Three men
We're Instantly killed by the flying
debris and escaping steam, and five
others We're perhaps fatally injured.
The killed are John Durbin, Will
Basham and John Massey. Those dam
gerously injured are: Peter Pierce, Kit
Yates, Job Elanton, Oliver, Phelps and
Thomas Lindsay. The explosion is sup.
posed to have been caused by the water
becoming too low in the boiler.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-31
Singular Cattle Disease,

E~MMETTs8URG, Ia, July pa singu-
lar disease among cattle is raging in
Great Oak township, this county, the
past week. The cattle begin to froth at
the mouth and nostrils and below as if
they are mad, and then drop dead in
less than twenty-four hours. About
ten head have died during the past week
and sixteen more are affected in q sim
liar manner