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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-24
Pure Hibernianism.

A Thanksgiving dinner without good
cooks is a hollow mOckery. One of
"Ours" told me once to look out for
him. Upon inquiring why, he replied:
"Why, is it? Sure, wasn't me mother
on the police foOrce in Oireland?"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
SCHOOL EXHIBITS DESIRED.
Correcting an Erroneous Impression 60,
corning the Columbian Commission

Correcting am ErrOneOus Impression Con
corning the Columbian Commission.
+. A. BAEroN. who was recently APP.
pointed Superintendent of the IIduca-
tional department of Nebraska.s
Worlds Fair exhibit. has gone to Chi
cago on business connected with the
exhibit. lie issued a general circular,
in the course of which he says:
ask for the fun and hearty cooperation of
an Interested IN this exhibit; and parttcu-
schoolmen and schoolwoinen of the State. To
the end that Nebraska, of whose progress and
standing we are justly so proud. may worthily
appear at Chicago i'll 1879. as not only an :ayri-
cultural State but as an educational one. her
school exhibit demonstrating that we have
good reasons for our standing as the State
within its borders. 4 great agricultural State
Nebraska is acknowledged to be: We can dem
onstrate that she is equally as great educa-
tionally.
An impression has been abroad that the Ne
traska Columbian Commission is not particu-
larry interested In the educational. exhibit
the members of this Commission have done
and are doing all i'll their power to forward the
TACT that without "a high place Internationally
among our sister States. Nebraska cannot
long maintain her high standing III all that
goes to make up a great Commonwealth. The
state press. directed as 1t is by men with edu-
cattonal ideas and educational spirit and of
pride in educational advancement and stand
ing. Is one of the most potent factors of our
progress. and i'll the line of interesting the
people at large 1t can do a work possible to no
other power. Its cooperation is earnestly so
licited. Let those who receive this circular
see to 1t that the local papers have an oppor.
tMnitv to publish 1t and that the press of the
State receive due credit for its part III this
work.
A detailed plan will be sent out as soon as
the particulars can he arranged. This will be
1sHt fNnYrH t{ytn1 o. Ak.,,r f-- -AN. t--
lars and letters of information and directions.
In the meantime suggestions will be thank
fll1y received
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Two Serious Accidents at wahoo.

AFTER the bohemian picnic ut
Wahoo two serious accidents occurred.
Joe Reranek got on the train with I'M
of his friends and did not get off till
after the train started. Then his
friends prevailed on him not to jump
off while the train was in motion and
succeeded in keeping him from jump
ing for awhile. Finally he jumped from
the train and fell under the wheels.
Both legs yer torn from his body. one
being entirely severed and the other
hanging by q few. shreds.
Marshal Joe. Vinous went to arouse
Beranek's friends and inform them Of
the accident and ut one place was at
tackled by Q savage dog. lie attempted
to draw his revolver from his hip
pocket to defend himself and accident
ally discharged the weapon, the bullet
going through the tleshy part of his
hip and down the posterior of his right
leg, INJECTING u serious but not danger
Gus wound.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Received THEIR DIPLOMAS.
Concluding Exercises of the state Univcr-
xtty Commencement.

concluding Exerclses of the State Cnivcr-
xity Commencement.
TIE twenty-first annual commence
mem exercises of the Nebraska State
University were hell at Lincoln. The
fOrmel on the University CAM
pus and marched to the Funk Opera
House. The commencement exercises
were opened by u selection from the
University Band. Rev. q. \. Williams
made the invocation and. after another
piece OF music, this time from the Uni
Ncrsity Orchestra.
Rev. DIR. Willard Scott of Chicago,
delivered the commencement grafton,
taking for his theme the unity of the
American people. He traced the his.
tory of the United States from the rev.
olutlOn and the adoption of the conSti-
tuition. through the late rebellion and
down to the present time, and he
showed how our position among the
great nations OF the earth was the re-
suit OF the establishment of individual
rights. In the earlier history of our
national existence America was ig-
nored. AS ur. national proves was
developed We We're feared and then re-
spected. To be respected, he said, was
greater than to be feared.
The story of America, said DIR. Scott,
was the story of her individual men.
individuality was the secret of our ma
tional success. lie illustrated this fact
by telling the story of the mutiny on
board the Santa Maria. which Colum-
bus quclled by his individual person.
ality. Turning from the progress of
material America to the progress of in
tellectual America, DIR. Scott said that
nothing was more marked than the de-
cline of atheism. The word sathcism'
is rapidly becoming lost and in the next
edition of the dictionary it would be
marked ''obsclcte." Skcptics now-a-
days wish TO be agnostics because they
don't know what the word means.
Neither does any one else. Speaking
OF education he said that a College
should he known by its work for the
student. A liberal education should
preccde special study.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
OMAHA WILL BE CROWDED.
che People Will Flock There by tho
Thousands.

che People Will Flock There Isy tho
Thousands.
OMAHA, Ncb.. special: Omaha citi-
aet.s are getting uneasy about handling
the Peoples Party Convention. The
official estimate completed shows that
10, 200 visitors will be present and the
convention will last four days. Tho
meeting of the general committee of
cliizcns, called by Chairman Swobe at
the loard of Trade, revealed that
there was AN alarming apathy regard
ing the convention. Considerable
more money must be raised to meet en-
pchscs and the committee realizes that
ticr"i. measures must be rcsortcd to in
order To secure tho mount nes ded.
be committee on hotels reported that
IT had secured accommodations for
5000 dodgers, with only a part of the
city canvasscd. Every arrangements
has been made to put the Coliseum in
shape for the convention as soon as the
Manufacturers Exhibit is closed. Moth
lag remains to he done but to raise the
balance of the funds needed and to Sc
rurc quarters for the visitors.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
A PANORAMIC VIEW
RAPIDLY SHIFTING SCENES
IN A BUSY WORLD.
MORE CHINA OUTRAGES.
MISSIONARIES ARE pRlvEl
AWAY.
Prejudice Against Foreigners BEING
Stirred Up Ey observation-disclosures, ia
BE Sent to the Nicaragua Canal, tls
Plantation of Jamaica and Ecquador.
Moro Outr.gcx in Ch,na.

"AOAC OutE0kcS Iu NutUAs
VANCOUVER special: Mail advicei
per the steamer Empress of India state
that the an~ti-foreign policy is again
manifcsting itself in the Yang Use Val.
ley. and that u renewal of the outragcy
and riots is probable. The "%literati,''
Who are in advance of tho European
loss OF prestige, fired with intense hat
red. are stirring up popular prejudice
against foreigners by malignant false-
hoods. and in many instances the half
ignorant II superstitious and Imperial
forces are powerless. AT Ching Iii and
kienng mobs, personally led by thu
.'iterati.' looted the missionary build
inSs and put the foreign residents in
danger of their lives. In Ching Iii two
ladies, missionaries of the Church of
England, were insulted and ordered til
depart. They escaped to the chief
magistrates house, which the mob SUR
rounded. and the frightened Yamen
sent the ladies away. AT %iIicnning the
mission hospital md %dispcnsary was
wrecked. Dr. Rigg was dragged out
ny fonr soldiers ostcnsibly sent by tho
local Mandarin to protect the place.
Rigg made his way out amid Il shower
Of bricks. stones, and sticks. Not sat-
tstled. however. the mob tried to throw
him into IL vat of liquid otfal. higg
finally escaped with his clothing torn
to rags and minus his watch and chain.
The natives were robbed of all their
possessions. a project is on foot at
Hon. Kong to send 10. 900 or 10000
coolies to the Nicaragua Canal. and ths
plantations of Jamaica, British Hon
Gurs>. and Eciuador.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24

traveller when the awful crash came
and no ono u tell how many were
working below. The crash came like u
bolt from heaven. Suddenly the over
taxed beams of pine broke and crashed
into the river below u mass of ruins,
under which q score of lives went out.
The debris filled the deep stream from
bank to bank. People lined both shores
ana the stream was soon full of skiffs
and the work of rcscuing life was be-
gun at once. There were sixty.eight
persons on and about the bridge when
it fell. Twenty have been removed,
and q number arc missing. Twenty
others are more or less injured. some
fatally.
PIrTsBuRG special: Rev. Father
Mollinger, the renowned faith cure
priest, died from the effects of Il surgi-
cal operation for u rupture of the stom-
ach. When the tidihgs became known
to the people in the vicinity of the
church the excitement was intense.
Hundreds of invalids, who were board
ing near h church in hopes of being
healed, were stricken with terror and
many were heard to exclailn that there
Mas now no hope for their own recov-
cry. Father Mollinger was 20 years of
age and was rcputcd to be worth from
81, 000.0 600 to Sd. 900, 900. The fame of
his miracles is world wide.
WAsHINGToN special: Mrs. Harrison
is slowly but steadily gaining in
strength and is now able to walk Il lit
tie every day. In case her improve
ment continues she will he taken to
the Adirondack Mountains on the list
proXimo to remain during the summer.
President will probably accompany her
to the mountains. The President will
return to Washington almost immedt
ately and remain until Congress add
Jouins, when he will 60 to Cape May.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
WAS A REMARKABLE LIAR.
a Nebraska Woman Who Drove Her Hin.
band to Getting "a Divorce.

band to Getting 10 Divorce.
A Few days ago William Trucsdale
of Beatrice, was granted an absolute
divorce from his wife. The reasons he
recited his application To the court
were most remarkable. In brief she
was u monumental liar; a regular fe-
male Mullattan. Trucsdale avowed
that she told 10. 600 lies within the
three years of married life. lie de.
clarcd that she could not tell the truth,
and her passion for tale telling and
gossip rendered life with her unbeara.
Bile. Among the stories that he filed
with the court as coming from her
were such as the following: She told
HIM one day that his mother had been
found dead in Il bed. murdered by UNI
known persons. On another occasion
she startled him with the information
that their nearest neighbor, and his
personal friend, had made an attempt
to criminally assault her. She secured
$50 from her husband Mt one time by
telling him that she had just received
q letter from a lawyer informing her
that She had fallen heir TO u large for
tune, and that the lawyer required $50
TO secure it. The believing husband
shelled out the money and the wife
bought herself ley dress with it.
Another time she startled him with the
Information that their little boy had
tumblcd into the we'll and broken his
leg. One of the most heartlcss stories
that she created, and which led to very
serious results, was to the effect that
their preacher had eloped with the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
FOREIGN JorrlNcs.

BORDEAUX special: 1t is now known
that there were two explosions ON the
tank Steamer Petro!ia ut Blaye. The
first explosion k Tiled twelve men and
blew their bodies into the sea. The:
vessel, which still had 1850 tons of,
petroleum aboard. After the FIRST en-
plosion the foreman rushed to stop the
petroleum tap connecting with the fac,
tory, when u second explosion occ aired.
Thu foreman and another man disap-'
peared. The lighters took fire and
drifted away, and two lightcrmen and
the wife of one of them were burned to
death. The wife of the other was res.
cucd from the water unconscious. A
customs officer was killed While trying,
to assist the victims. The total loss!
caused by the explosions is estimated ut
Sl2O, OO0 on account of the cargo and
S6O.0 600 on account of the lighters.
which were destroyed and sunk. The,
vessel was insured in Paris. A part of
the vessel is still visible above the
water. Four of the victims of the
catastrophe belonged in Blaye. The
others were members of the l etrolia's
crew. The terrible force of the ex-
plosion is shown by the finding of por-
tions OF some of the bodies of the killed
a long way from the steamer. Tho
head of a customs officer was picked up
u great distance from the scene of tho
disaster. The bodies of tho sailors who
were drowned have not vet been recov.
cred, although Il constant search is be-
ing made for them. The explosions,
besides tearing the steamer apart, car
ried away all the metal POI lions of the
vessel.
MADRID special: All a bull fight at
Lineras, the crowd became dissatisfied
with Ii sport and pcltcl the Mayor
and the bull fighters with bolts, sticks
and dirt. They then burst into the
arena. where the i~nfuria.ed bull
charged upon them, tossing them right
and left. One was killed and IL NUM-
Der of others seriously hurt. The
Mayor ordered the civil guard to clear
The ring. The guard refused. The
crowd then chased the Mayor to police
headquarters. and smashed the win
dows n doors. The Mayor escaped
and fled to the barracks, where he was
safe. But the rioting continued in
other parts of the town until night. t,
LONDON special: The Dniiy ,Ncws,
spccial from Vienna says: While at
Copenhagen the Car expressed his in-
tention To attend the Wedding of the
Grown Prince OF Ro,lmania to Princess
Marie of Edinburgh. 1t is expected,
that thei wedding will occur in Eng
n One result, therefore. will he IL
meeting of sovcreigns of England
Russia, Germany and ROumania.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

SAN ANTONIO special: T.. NJ. Hart
her. an American merchant ut Quay
mas, sonora. Mex, has just arrived
here. He states hal the widest en-
citement exists throughout the State CT
Sonora, over the arrest and conviction
OF Teresa Uria. the celebrated saint of
C%acheosa, by the District Judge of
GuaymaS. ST. Teresa was arrested,
three weeks ago by u detachment of
soldiers, who escorted her and her aged
father, Thomas Uria, to Guaymas.
Both were heavily ironed and kept
closely confined until placed on trial.
She is accused of witchery. About two
years ago Teresa first became aware of
u healing power which enabled her to
cure Affections of all kinds. The news
OF her power spread among the laqui
and Mayo Indians. who visited her by.
the hundreds. The excitement spread.
to all parts of SonOra and was reaching
the state of chihuahua when tho gov.
eminent decided to put an end to it by
arrcstlng the ain and putting her out
OF the way. When the news reached
the Mayo Indians that st. Teresa was
to be shot, they went on the war path
and have devastated a; vast monnt Of
property and created much terror
among the ranch owners MIR. Hartner
SAYS that st. Teresa is about II years
OF age and is possessed of some strange
power. The District Judge firmly be-
lieves that she is q witch and that her
father is an accessory. st. Teresa
would accept remuneration of
any kind for the wonderful cures She
is said to have performed. She awaits
her fate quietly and offered no defense
when on trial.
LANCASTER, n.y., special: Lancaster
is a local option town. Several days
ago Henry A. Burdettc, q detective
took the 'blind tigers" in hand and
began to work up cases against the
illicit whisky selling on Battle Row..
a negro settlement. He reported this
morning and five negroes and one white
man were arrested tn-day on 3,2ll war;
rants. The white mans name is Frank
Turner. He halls from Bell County.
He was fined 500 each in S1,a1s cases.
amounting to $l51,1O 200. Turner is now
in Jail for kidnapping an important
witness against him. A negro named
John Smith. who was engaged in the
business with Turner. confessed in
l,3S5 cases. His fine will come close to
81, 600. 600. Burdctte. the detective,
has several brothers. who will protect
him against the Turner's. several in
number. who. it is believed, will try to
do him injury.
NAroLEoNv1II.E. La, special: Six
men were drowned here by the sinking
OF Il smali %ferryboat in Bayou in
Fonrch. Their names are Edmund
Schneider. J%arconia Nardelii. Robert
Aiken and W % unknown Italians.
NEW ORLEANS special: AS tele.
graphed all hope of closing the Belmont
crevasse. %forty-eight miles above here,
have been abandoned. The break is
now more than 200 feet wide and cut
ting rapidly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
IN THE EAST.

FiTTSBuRG special: The Pittsburg
relief committee decided to issue an app
peal for more money to relieve the oil
amount of money needed to relieve the
people OF the two flooded cities is $780,
600.
WASHINGTON special: All the gov
rnments of Europe have either for
mally OF informally accepted the invi-
tation ISSUED by President Harrison to
participate with the United States in a
monetary conference looking to the
more extensive use of Silver money.
The time and place for the. conference
have not yet been settled. While the
conferees on the part of the United
it is generally accepted that III. w. Cans
non and Senator Jones of Nevada, will
be appointed.
CINCINNATI special: A causalty
such as throws Il pail of sorrow over q
community II II Il thrill of horror
through the civilized world happened
on the Licking River, between New
port and Covington, Nv. A wagon.
and straitway bridge was in course of
construction betwcen the two Cities.
Inc CONTRACTORS Ter the iron work were,
Baird Bros. of l%ittsburg. They both,
went down To death with their two
score or more workinen. The stone
piers on each side of the river were fin.
ishcd. The iron works of the APP
pIoaches are very massive. The span
between the two piers is 36O feet. The
Eeighth of the truss which was to form
the bridge span was sixty-tive feet
above the water. a false work of pill
ing and timbers had been been con-
structed in the river On top of this
false work the construction of the iron
truss was begun midway between the
two piers. and work was pushed from
the middle both ways. Five sections
of the pondcrous iron work had been
constructed. On top of this was atrav-
ciier, which was full of men and some
of them near the top, nearly 100 feet
above the waters of the Licking River.
The tirnbers of this false work were old
and weatherbeaten and evidently had
been used before. 1t was the mass of
iron weighing hundreds of tons
that over-matched them, wrought ruin
and gathered an awful harvest for
death. Thirty-S!a Ns3n were in the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Labor Tronhlc I'm Minnesota.

Sofa iron mines, neal Tower, 1,400 men
are on Il strike and the mining shafts
are filling with water. The strikers
have possession of the engine and
Jumps and are drunk and ugly. 800
FinlandcrS laid off without permission
and got drunk. They were discharged
and the strike is the result. Two shots
were fired at Superintendent Wallace
without effect. Company \ of Duluth,
Is preparing to 20 to the scene. Twenty
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Ph.rm.o,.t. Granted Certificates.

Pharmacists Granted Certificates.
AT the meeting Of the board of exam
liners of the Nebraska State Board of
Pharmacy held at Grand Island, the
following persons successfully passed
the examination and received their GER
ttficates as registered pharmacists: j.
\. Anderson. Alliance; Gratz barnes,
Lincoln. r. L. Beckwith, Oxford: Her.
bert Cooper, Greenwood; w. s. Cleaver.
Hermann: r. c. Harris, Endicott: II.
NJ. M. Julian, Cairo; ID. r. Lee, Area
dia: c. +. Leinhardt, German; j. III.
Long, Hay Springs; Clarence r. Lud.
den. Ulysses; Herbert w. Miller, Pali-
SADIE: A. j. Macarthur, Westeryille; H.
$. McDougall. South Omaha; A. j.
Sanders, Grand Island; Andrew Texley
Newman Grove; Alfred H. Thomas,
Trenton.
The board cancelled the certificates
OF seventy-ntne who had failed to pay
the renewed fees and keep up their
registration for 1892.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
Failed to r"rc,.asc tho Line.

AT q meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Beatrice Street Railway
Company, the contract between the
Company and the Beatrice Rapid Tram
sit and Power Company was declared
off and all further negotians between
the two companies suspended. Several,
months ago the Rapid Transit and
Power Company undertook to buy the
cur line known as the Beatrice Strcea
Railway, its tracks, equipments, otc.,
now in operation. The Rapid Transit
Company proposed to electrically equip
tile road and was given to June i to
make its necessary payments. :.
1t is quite probable that the Eeatrice
Street Railway Company, the owners
of which are largely interested in the
Beatrice Light and Power Company,
will electrically equip the horse car
limo
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-24
MISSING LINKS.

JOSHUA WoTToN, aged 81. who lives
on Cranberry Island, three miles from
b mainland at Friendship, Me-,
.rowed alone to the latter place tho
other day. walked a mile to u stored
bought some garden seed. returned aS
he came and went to work in his gar
den. He says he feels as we'll as he did
forty years ago.
JAMES BED1KER of Fort Fairfield,
Me-, has just been released from Houl-
ton Jail after an Incarceration OF four.
years for debt. He was able to pay
but wouldn't, and transferred all of his
property, worth several thousand dol
lars, to relatives, saying that he could
stand boarding at the Jail as long as the
county and his creditors could, Thd
amount of his Indebtedness was insies
nifiicant.
JACOB KEARNs of West Virginia,
hasn't forgotten how to tramp even IL
he is 80 years old. He recently walked
over to his daughters house, seven
miles away in the country. aud with
her examined the family bible to see il
the ames of his thirteen children;
eighty grandchildren, l21 great-grands
children and seven great-great-grand
children had been properly entered up.
on the register.
AT Shanghai, China. there is an Euro
pean quarter which contains hand
some buildings for banks and public
offices. In most of the streets colon-
nades are built, while the open spaces
are utilized by being filled with trees
and flowers. The inevitable race
course, which seems to follow as a ne.
cessary adjunct to Western civilization,
is a prominent feature outside the
boundaries.
IT is only recently that people have
been permitted to ascend the rock and
signal station at Gibralter. Since last
November the British military, with
their families. and persons connected
with the British navy, have been per-,
mitted to visit this fine lookout. The
privilege, however. has not been ex-
tended to the citizens Of Gibralter nor
to strangers visiting the fortress, n cir
cumstancc which is generally resented,
particularly by the subjects of the
queen.
Miss LENA WOODWARD of Thorn
Creek, Wash, sowed the seed from one
head of barley four years g She
harvested the crop with q pair of shears
and sowed the amount received the
next year, again harvesting it with her
shears. The tn I'd crop her father cut
with a grass scythe, getting enough
barley from this crop to SOW forty acres
last spring. which averaged forty BUSH
els to the acre when thrashed. making
Q total yield of 1000 bushels from one
head of barley in four years.