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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-16

A LAME defense may be very effective Il
it's in the case Of n man who uses n crutch
for weapon.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-16

"ID scorn the action, as thesoldler said,
when he ran away.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-16

There Is q inch display advertisement
In this pnper, this week. which has no two
words alike except one word The same is
true Of each new one appearing each week,
from The DIR. Hartcr Medicine Co. This
house places n Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for Il, send
them the name OF tho word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-16

A poa with fieas has pretty hard scratch
ing to get along, ,-Binghamton Republican
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-16
a!
Flower

Zone Of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
1t is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. 1t restored
him to perfect health to the great
astonishment of his family and
friends" John Quibell, Holt, Onto
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-16
rurnod Completely ropsy.rurvy

THE value OF farm product is not always
declining when it's on tho wain.-Boston
Courier.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
AN LOVE
The Cause of the Female Re-
formatory Fire.
MINNIE JOHNSON, 1NcEND1ARY.
The Deed Committed Because She Was
Separated From a Negro Girl Love-.

She Confessed Her Guilt-A Remarkable
State of Affairs Existed in the Institu-
tution-.There Was Not Less Than
Twenty Cases Similar to Hers-Always
n Negro and White Girl-Ths Vice
Has Existed for over Twenty Years.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 21.-The
story of the origin of the 1ire that de-
stroyed the Female Reformatory on the
night of March has just come to light,
and reveals n remarkable phase of de-
pravity that has existed among the in
mates for 20 years.
Little Anna Tapp, child of 6 years,
who had been under the care of the in
stitution, died yesterday morning as a
result of the exposure on the night of the
fire. Mrs. Elmira Johnson, the assist
ant superintendent now in charge of the
detachment of prisoners housed at the
work house, made this death the occasion
of talk to the assembled girls. She
said she had reason to know that one of
the girls had set fire to the institution,
and this girl had not only that crime
but also the death of little Annie Tapp
on her head.
Most of the inmates burst into tears,
for the child had won the hearts of even
the criminal women in the prison. A
little later Minnie Johnson, one of the
three girls who had been suspected of
starting the fire, sent for Mrs. johnson.
The latter went to her cell and she there
confessed that she mad set fire to the
building.
Minnie johnson is a rather pretty girl
of II, who was sent up from Richmond
two years ago on conviction of theft
She had been working in the laundry on
the day of the fire and had fingered be-
hind the rest. When they were gone she
ignited an ironing cloth at a gas jet and
threw it upon a shelf under a stairway.
From this started the fire that wrecked
the building.
In her confession the johnson girl said
that she had not intended to fire the
building. but simply to create a scare to
get even because Patsy Williams, a col
ored girl, had been separated from her.
An intimacy of long standing and of re-
voting nature had existed between these
Two girls 1t had been detected through
endearing and disgusting notes between
them that had been intercepted, and the
officials of the prison had made every
effort to break it up without success,
until they finally removed the negro girl
} from the prison.
This confession gave rise, of course, tC
further inquiries by reporters, and clio
tied the information that there are no
less than twenty such cases of unnatural
love among the female prisoners, and
what is most remarkable, each case is d
mixture of the races. 1t is always a
negro and white girl, never two of the
same race The officials have made every
effort to break it up, but the inmates
resort to all sorts of schemes to meet
each other and be together.
The vice has existed for over twenty
years, and all efforts to stop it have
proved unsuccessful. The board of man
r ayers is thinking of erecting separate
buildings for white and colored inmates
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

ExMayor William R. Shelton Of New
Haven died Saturday, aged ~.
The Salvation Army for the first time
invaded Long Branch last night.
The total production of pig iron in
this country last year was 9,273, 455
tons.
James Parker of Newark was found on
the street with his neck broken. Prob
ably he fell on the ice.
The output of petroleum in this conn
try last year surpassed all previous
records, and amounted to 81, 150, 900
barrels.
NJ p Scully of Cincinnati, O., has
been awarded the contract at $54, IT'S for
completing the interior finish of the
Birmingham, Ala, public building.
One of the tanks of the Gas and Elec-
trio Company at Lynn. Mass, collapsed
Saturday, and about 100, 900 cubic feet
of gas escaped. Loss, $1,000; no in
surance.
The large mill of Abram Fisher at
Williamsport, Pa, is destroyed by fire.
Loss, over SIS, 900; no insurance. One
hundred hands are thrown ont of en-
ployment.
At the session of the New Jersey Con-
ference at New Brunswick a resolution
was adopted protesting against the en-
actment by Congress of any further op.
pressive legislation against the Chinese.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
"scRAMBLED" OR "scAMRLED."
A Little Discussion Between a Hotel Guest
and COlored Waiter.

Little Discussion Between a Hotel Guest
and COlOred Waiter.
"And scrambled eggs" said guest
at the St. James, as he concluded an
order which he was giving to a colored
waiter. The gentleman wore little
pointed red beard, his features were of
classic mold, and through his pair of
gold-rimmed glasses he looked with an
observation-disclosures air. Scrambled
eggs did you say?" repeated the col
ored waiter, and he laid emphasis on
the absence of the "r." The guests
raised their eyes from the plates upon
which they were intently fixed.
Scrambled eggs" repeated the guest
with the l'm-a-university-m air, and
he drew his silk handkerchief from his
pocket and waited it in the air just as if
he were a young lawyer endeavor-
ing to make an impression on
an old witness. Scrambled eggs"
again repeated the waiter. and this time
he gave the order without waiting for
any professional reply. Thercupon the
walters burst into a hearty laugh, in
which the cook joined, and the waiter
who had omitted his ''r'' was asked in
what part of Boston he had received his
education. "I'll make a bet" said the
young waiter, that 'scambled' is the
correct word" And bets were made,
all readily accepting the offer. Then a
dictionary was obtained, and there,
sure enough, the word "scamble" was
found. The meaning given is to stir or
to shake. In the old editions of Web
ster it is stated that it is equivalent to
the word scramble" which has now
usurped it's place. The waiter sticks to
his assertion that he is right, and the
university professor says it is the first
time he ever heard such didactic dis
cussion among a number of colored
hotel attendants.-St. Louis Globe
| namocrat
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
RESULT OF A CAROUSAL.
An Ex-Convict Murders His Host in q
Drunken Row.

An Ex-Convict Murders His Host in a
Drunken Row.
BROOKLYN. March 21.-Michael Stat
terry, a truck driver, 81 years old, was
murdered at an early hour yesterday
morning in the hallway of his home by
William Lawn, an ex-convict, who leased
furnished room from Slattery.
Slattery, Lawn, the wife of Slattery
and the mother of Lawn gathered in
Slattery's apartments last night, where
they partook freely of beer and other
stimulants. The drinking lasted late
into the night and had the usual sequence
"a quarrel.
Slattery attempted to eject Lawn from
the room, when the latter drew a razor
and cut his hosts throat from ear to ear.
Slattery died almost instantly. Lawn
made his escape at the time, but the
police, when notified of the crime, soon
located the murderer and he is now in
mil
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21

mission consists of Hon. T. W. Palmer,
president, Michigan; James A. Mckenzie,
vice chairman, Kentucky; Thomas NJ.
Waller, Connecticut; Michael II. de
Young, California; William Lindsay,
Kentucky; George v. Massey, Della
ware; J. w. st. Clair, West Virginia,
and E. B. Martindale, of Indiana. The
representatives Of the directory on the
board are Messrs. William T. Baker,
president of the board of directors;
Lyman ]. Gage, ex-president; Thomas
B. Bryan, first vice president; Potter
Palmer, second vice president; Fred w.
Peck, Fred S. Winston, Edwin Walker
and Harlow N. Higinbotham.
The members of the senate commit
tee on the quadro-centennial and of
the committee of the house of repre-
sentatives on the worlds fair comprise
many of the most noted names in cur
rent political history. Tho senate COM
mittee is composed of Messrs. Petit
grew, of South Dakota, chairman; His
cock, of New York; Sherman, of Ohio;
Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Hawley, Of
Connecticut; Wilson, of Iowa; FELTON,,
of California; Cullom, of Illinois; Col
quit, of Georgia; Vest, of Missouri;
Kenna, of West Virginia; Gray, OF
Delaware; Daniel, of Virginia; Villas, OF
Wisconsin, and Gibson, of Maryland.
The committee of the house of repre-
sentatives is composed of Messrs. A. C.
Durborow, of Illinois; McCreary, OF
Kentucky; Reilly, of Pennsylvania;
Houk, Of Ohio; Wheeler, of Alabama;
Lagan, of Louisiana; Little, of New
York; Cogswell, of Massachusetts,;
Diugley, of Maine; McKenna, of Cali
fornia, ind Dolliver, of Iowa.
Through the efforts of the committee,
congressional interest in the fullest
success of the Columbian exposition has
been wonderfully quickened. A broader
comprehension of the benefits to accrue
to the nation from the grand display OF
her civic and industrial progress before
the enlightened and inquiring repre-
sentatives of other countries is held,
and the work done by these gentlemen
In congress in encouraging the citizens
of Chicago and the citizens of the whole
country, may not be overestimated.
Their hearty cooperation in the work
of advancing the enterprise up to the
present is an earnest of their continued
efforts for it's welfare in the future.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21

SENATOR Hill returned to Washing
ton from his southern trip yesterday,
and whatever effect it may have had
upon his presidential prospects, one can
not doubt after hearing of the hospita-
bic reception he met with everywhere
he went that it was one of the most en-
joyable trips he ever made. The sena-
tor says that the sensational stories
about his having attempted to dictate to
the democratic members of the house
committee on elections how they should
vote in the New York contested cleo
ton case of Noyes VS. Rockwell, which
has been reported in favor of Noyes, the
republican contestant, are absurd. Per-
sonally he would like to see Mr. Rock
we'll keep the seat, but he has no doubt
that the committee acted on the evi.
dence produced before it, in deciding
against him, and he has no criticism to
make. This knocks big hole in one of
the most sensational stories of the ses-
| sion,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21

THE pictures that are being presented
daily in the press of the glories of the
Worlds fair tat Chicago have dark side
about which little has Teen said. The
Preparations for the fair have acted as a
magnet to draw to Chicago hosts of
men and women dcluled into believing
that there was an abundance Of work
and high wages awaiting them, and at
present there are over one hundred
thousand unemployed persons in
Chicago; all Of them suffering untold
miseries; all of them as badly in need
of assistance as the starving Russians to
whom American grain is being shipped.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
FaY'S Real Estate Department.

Some of the bargains offered TO- sale
this week, just look at them On So Main
street one business block with three stores,
three dwelling houses, modern improve
ments, also good business corner; two
nice cottages on Bishop street will be sold
cheap on easy terms; house and building
lots on Baldwin, Ridge, Washington, No
Main, North and Bank streets as well as a
first-class farms for sale. All kinds of
property sold exchanged, rented and cared
for. For further information call or ad-
dress J. s. FAY, Deputy Sheriff. All work
pertaining to the duties f deputy sheriff
win be promptly attended TO at No is
South Main street. up gtaixn.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21

GERMAN statisticians have been figuring
upon the probable effect of the newest
weapons in the next war. In 1870 the
proportion of soldiers wounded on the
German side was 1408 per cent of the
total number in the field. Only 22 per
cent were actually killed. Since then
an immense improvement has been
effected in arms of precision, and it is
believed that in future engagements the
proportion of wounded will be greater
than heretofore, but the wounds will be
less severe, as bullets, owing to their
small size and high velocity, will often
pass through bones without splintering
them. 1t is estimated that about
twenty per cent of the troops will be
wounded in the next campaign, and
that little more than three per cent of
the troops will be killed. That is to say
that in an army corps of $4,000 men,
l 200 will be killed and $500 wounded.
About One-third of the wounds, it is
thought, are likely to be serious. In
tending combatants are welcome to all
the consolation contained in these
scientific predictions.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21

New HAVEN sends a special tariff
lesson. Sargent & Co, one of the largest
manufacturing firms in the city, and
one of the largest concerns in hardware
manufacturing in the country, will not
exhibit at the'world's fair. Mayor Sar-
gent, tbs president of the company,
gives as a reason-the tariff. 1--WE pay"
he says, "$7 or IS more ton for pig iron
than do our English competitors; so per
cent more for wrought iron, more for
steel, double the price for lead, almost
double the price for spelter, and more
for copper. Because of this high and
extra cost Of raw materials it would not
pay us to make an exhibit in an inter-
national exposition.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
Prince M,cHAeL.s HEAVEN.
ne Assumes the Role of Knight or the
Bath In an Immodest Spectacle.


ne Assumes the Role of Knight OF the
Bath In an Immodest Spectacle.
DETROIT, Mich, March 21.-The fol-
lowers of the new latter house Of Israel,
with Prince Michael at their head, still
continues to furnish their daily quota Of
sensations. There are windows in Prince
Michael's heaven, windows without cur
tains and blinds, and it is not difficult
task to witness the proceedings within
the sacred dwelling from the street or
neighboring houses.
Michael and his angels are the chief Of
tenders. Residents on Smith avenue
have the bath room of the heaven in full
views and they assert that the Prince as
sumes the role of Knight of the Bath
when the angels are performing their abb
lutions.
So immodest was the spectacle that
the Prince was requested by the indig-
nant neighbors to put up screens. He
complied to the extent of FASTING white
paper on the windows, and now evenings
the exhibitions are like silhouttes. The
neighbors contemplate complaining
against Michael on the grounds of inde-
cent exposure.
Prince Michael's legal wife is compelled
to live in the house next door to his
abode. Size became jealous the other
day and, going to his "House of the
Lord" demanded that she be allowed to
abide there. To this the Prince de.
INJURED, and when she insisted, forcible
measures were employed to discipline
| her.
1t is claimed that she was handcuffed,
placed in a straight-jacket and confined
promised to do as she was told, and was
| released,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21

THERE will be cast at the next
election 444 electoral votes, making 223
necessary for a choice. What may
roughly be called the south, including
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia,
Missouri and Kentucky under that
term, will have in all 159 votes. To
bring this up to the required majority,
"a votes must be got. If the democrats
can get SO from New York, 10 from
New Jersey, from Connecticut, and IS
from Indiana, they will have in all 226
votes, which gives only as margin of
safety.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
Well write it down till everybody

Well write it down till everybody
sees it
Till every body is sick of seeing it
Till everybody knows it without see
ing it
that DR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures
the worst cases of chronic catarrh in the
head, catarrhal headache, and "cold in
the head" In perfect faith, its makers,
the Worlds Dispensa1y Medical associa-
ton of Buffalo, N. Y, offers to pay $500
to any one suffering from chronic
catarrh in the head whom they cannot
cure.
Now If the conditions were reversed
if they asked you to pay $500 for posi-
tive cure y GU might hesitate. Here are
reputable men, with years of honorable
dealing; thousands of dollars and a
great name back of them and they say
1--WE can can cure you because we've
cured thousands of others like you'll
we can't we will pay you $500 for the
knowledge that there's one whom we
can't cure"
They believe in themselves. Isn't il
worth trial. Isn't any trial preferable
to catarrh?
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
NEW YORK I NEW ENGLAND.
Trains leave Waterbury for


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Sunday Mail.
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Nov tx 1891
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
Fell Under the Engines Wheels.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, March 21.-John
Moore, Il freight conductor in the employ
of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Railroad, was killed at Charlotte yester-
day in attempting to mount an engine
from the rear. He lost his footing and
fell back upon the rails, the wheels of
the engine passing over him, and SO
badly injuring him that he died in If
teen minutes. Moore was 80 years of
age, and leaves wife and one child. He
had been in the employ Of the road for
II Years
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
Old Rails for telegraph Poles.

The great Indian Peninsular railway
utilities old rails as telegraph posts, and
they are cheap and durable, as we'll as
strong and flexible. An extra piece of
rail is bolted to the rail at its lower ex-
tremity, generally from four feet to six
feet long for an ordinary telegraph
post. Sometimes two pieces are neces-
sary for specially long poles. This end
is then buried in the ground, and the
pole is ready for its fixings. The cost
is about from eight to ten rupees each,
as against from at least twenty to thirty
rupees for wooden posts, and even more
for galvanized iron uprights. Chicago
Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-21
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Men Who Win Manage the Chi-
cage Exposition.
dow the Work Has Been Divided-chlefs
OF the Various Great Departments
Committees Appointed by tho
House and Senate.

The ork of the exposition is divided
into the following great departments,
over which is established chief officer,
appointed by the director general: Ag-
riculture, Food and Food Products,
Farming Machinery and Appliances, w.
I. Buchanan, chief. Viticulture, Horti-
culture and Horticulture, John NJ. Sam
uels, chief. Live Stock, Domestic and
Wild Animals, Eber w. Cottrell,
chief. Fish, Fisheries, Fish Prod
ucts and Apparatus Of Fishing, j. w.
Collins, chief. Mines, Mining and Met.
allurgy, T. j. v. Slziff. Machinery,
Lewis w. Robinson, chief. Transpor-
tation Exhibits, Railways, Vessels, We
hicles, Willard A. Smith, chief. Manu-
features, James Allison, chief Elec-
tricity and Electrical Appliances, j. P.
Barrett, chief. Fine Arts, Pictorial,
Plastic and Decorative, Halsey G. Ives,
chief. Liberal Arts, Education, Engi-
neering, Public Works, Architecture,
Music and the Drama, Selim II. Peabody,
chief. Ethnology, Archaeology, Prog
resss Of Labor and northumberland
and collective exhibits-F. w. Putnam,
chief. Forestry and Forest Products,
temporarily in charge of Chief W. L.
Buchanan, of the department of agri-
culture. Publicity and Promotion,
Moses P. Handy, chief. Foreign Affairs,
Walker Fearn, chief.
These departments are at all times
open to the inspection of the appropri-
ate committees Of the national commits
sion and local directory, and to facili-
tate and harmoniGe the work of the ex-
position in both national and local re-
| spects there was created a joint COM
mittee composed of sixteen of the most
eminent members of the national com.
mission and of the board of directors,
known as the board of reference and
control, in whom are vested to a con
siderable degree the powers of the ex
ecutive committees of each body. TIC
this board are referred all questions re
lating to the rights, powers and duties
of the two bodies, from whose member
ship its personnel is drawn and its &C
ton is in all cases final. The board o:
reference and control is composed o:
the president, vice president and siz
members of the commission, who arc
appointed by the president; and of the
president and seven members of the
directory, appointed by the president
The members of the board of reference
control representing the national com