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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
A VESSEL BURNED.

A Petruloum Ship Destroyed by Fire in
the Seine-Three Members of the Crew
Lose Their Lives and Seven Others Are
Missing and Probably Dead.
PARIS, Nov. 5.-The British bark
Norcross, which left Philadelphia on
October 2 for Rouen with load of pc.
troleum, has been burned in the Seine
with loss of three and probably ten
lives. Capt. Roop had his wife with
him and both were saved. How the
fire originated is not known. AS soon
as the petroleum caught an explosion
followed and bright flame shot up
into the air where the dense smoke
almost hid the bark from those on
shore. The crew rushed to the side
and leaped into the river. The captains
wife was saved chiefly by herhus bands
exsrtions. Five others were also saved.
The remains of three of the crew,
horribly burned, were found in the
river and seven others are missing,
and it is thought they have gone to the
bottom. Several of the survivors were
injured by the burning petroleum
which foated on the water, making ap.
preach to the wreck dangerous.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
ROBBERY ON A TRAIN.

A Travelling Man Relieved of $4,000
Worth of Jewelry.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 5.-A daring rob.
berry occurred on the train from Omaha
to Missouri Valley Friday evening by
a masked desperate The victim Of
the robbery is W. G. Pollock,
representing a New York jewelry
house. The robbery occurred just
beyond California Junction, Ia;
AFTER the train had got under Roadway,
when the desperate drew a revolver
and began firing on Pollock. Two bull
lets took effect in the arms, after which
the robber made rush d; him and beat
him in terrible manner about the
head and face. At the same
time he secured sample case
which Pollock says contained about
$4,000 worth of diamonds. Secur-
ing these he jumped from the train
and made for the woods. Pollock is
here at the Willard hotel and is in q
badly dilapidated condition from his
wounds none of which are necessarily
fatal. He travels for the Samuel Berg
man Jewelry Company.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
FOR a DAY OF THANKSGIVING.
Proclamation Issued by President Hard
SON Naming November a. q s.s sSi

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The following
proclamation was issued Friday after
noon: ~ Z
'The gifts of God to our people during the last
year have been SO abundant and 50 special that
the spirit of devout thanksgiving awaits
not cali, but only the appointment of day
when 1t may have q common expression He
has staid the pestilence at our doors; He has
given us more love for the free civil institn.
lions in the creation Of which His directing
providence was 30 conspicuous: He has
awakened deeper reverence for law;
He has widened our philanthropy by
call to succor the distress in other lands;
He has blessed our schools and is bringing for.
ward a patriotic and God-fear1ng genera tion to
execute His great and benevolent designs for
our country He has given us great increase in
material wealth and q wide diffusion Of con tent.
ment and comfort in the homes Of our people;
He has given His grace to the sorrowing.
Wherefore I, Benjamin Harrison, president
OF the United ties, do call upon all our peo-
pie to observe, as we have been wont, Thursday,
the gath day OF this month of November as a
day Of thanksgiving to God for His mercies
and OF supplication for His continued care and
grace. ,.
"In testimony whereof have hereunto SCI
my hand and caused the seal Of the UnflAd
States to be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington this fourth
day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety two, and OF she independence of the
United States the one hundred and seventeenth.
'l3ENJAMIN HARRISON,
by the president:
"JoHN w. FOSTER, Secretary OF State
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Tree Bounties.,

State Auditor Hermann has issued
tree bounty warrants TO the amount q
SIG, s97.S7, divided as follows in the
various counties:
Renville, 1861. 66; Martin, s7s3.95; Brown
l,41l.s3; Freeborn, s5e7.5s; Pope, $4O6.41; Kan
diyohi S641 Faribault, S9Sl49; Sibley, ST. 437. 40
Watonwan, .16: Chippewa, go; Mower
e14i.s7; Waseca, $27a IL; Murray, s4sS. 81; Blu.
Earth. $40; Grant. S7187; Redwood, $3.50; Vel
loR Medicine, $50. 37;. Traverse, 40; Cotton.
wood, S23s.74; Lincoln, s2Os.12; Lyon, $50. so
Dodge $685. Mcleod, $50. 81; Meeker, S726. 81
Jackson, $780,. 96; Stevens, s96.25: Otter Tail
s16.2b; Steele, $4,000; Rice, $3.50 Mobiles
b4s3a2; Big Stone, $4,000; Lac qui Parle, 1915.
80; Nicolette; s1,18594; Cottonwood, s1O2. so
wifi. S237lA
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IT is reported from Hamburg that .
new remedy for cholera has been in
troduced there by Dr. Richard Weaver,
which has saved ninety mine out OF a
hundred patients in the first stages and
20 per cent. of those having the most
malignant form of the disease. The
remedy is said to have been tested in
London AID to have received the rec
ommendation of Sir Edward Clark
It is percedale crystals dissolved, and
the solution % administered by injec-
tions under the skin. 1t is said to DO
harmless and equally good in all mala-
dies having microbic origin, and u
claimed to be boon beyond price.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

The law Of Denmark gives to every
Danish subject, man Or woman, the
right to a pension at go years Of
age, except in cases of convicted GRIM
inals, of those who have fraudulently
made over their property to relatives,
brought themselves to distress by ex-
travagance, or who have during the
preceding ten years received relief
from the parish or been convicted Of
mendicity. The parish examines each
case and reports the amount of relief to
be granted. 1t may be withheld if the
beneficiary becomes ineligible through
misconduct or improper expenditure Of
his pension, or if he marries
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
MERCER NOT GUILTY.
Great Excitement III Quebec Caused b
the Ex-Premier's Trial.

Great Excitement III Quebec Caused by
the Ex-Premier's Trial.
QUEBEC, Can. Nov. 5.-''Down with
Angers!' 'Down with the provincial
executionersv' sHurrah for Mercier!'
were the yells that went up from a
crowd of 5000 men assembled in front
OF the court of justice here Friday
And as the crowd yelled four sturdy
fellows bearing ex-Premier MERCER on
their shoulders appeared at the court
house door.
mon coupable," roared one of the
four, while his three companions cried:
Not guilty. That was the verdict
rendered by the jury in the case against
ex-Premier MERCER, charged with t1.y-
ing to defraud the queens province out
of 500, 900.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
Sues Uncle sam for Money.

George N. Baxter has filed petition
In the circuit court of the United States
at st. Paul in which he seeks to recover
b, 100. He was appointed United States
district attorney January II, 1886, and
held the office for four years. During
that. time he alleges he made inquiry
into internal revenue Eases and rem
dered sundry services, the claim for
which was disalIowed by the secretary
of the treasury. Among the points
made are that he rendered service for
167 days. ami that he was allowed for
only 557 days.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
LATER NEWS.
Outlaws Shot

MERIDIAN, Miss, Nov. THE posse
which started Saturday afternoon to
capture or exterminate the Talbert
gang of outlaws succeeded in making
some Of them prisoners. But as the
sheriff was taking them to Jail he was
overpowered by mob. AS result of
the encounter three men are lying dead
in collins at Fort STEPHENS, small
town twenty-five miles north of Meri-
dan. John Talbert, the Youngest one
OF the boys, has Winchester bullet
through his heart, while his father,
Tom Talbert, ST., had his neck broken
and his body filed with buckshot.
Thomas Cole, member of the sheriff 3
posse, has a bullet in his brain, the re-
suit OF the unerring aim Of one Of the
lsTalberts. The story of the family Of
desperadoes would fill q volume.
| For the first time in the history Of
Trinity Catholic church, Milwaukee,
Wis, there was no second service the
sth. The break was caused by the dis
covery of the body of George Janke,
fthe sacristan, hanging high up in the
church spire after the congregation had
filed the church
/ The lockout in the cotton trade,
which began in London, England, the
5th, will affect over SO, 900 workmen.
The visible supply Of grain on Satur-
Iday, Nov. 5, as compiled by the New
York Produce Exchange, was as fol-
lows: Wheat, 6,717, 900 bu.; increase 81
OS2,o 900 bu,; corn, 1921, 900 bu.; de.
GREASE, 10000 bu.; oats, S,255, 600 bu.;
decrease, 100000 bu.; rye, 1907, 900 bu.; ;
increase, 222. 900 bu.; barley, 2, 1s3, 900
bu,; decrease, lis, 900 bu.
A GENU1EE blizzard visited Minneso-
lta, Wisconsin and Iowa, the 18th.
The entire family Of James Bradley,
living three miles from Bad Axe, Mich,
lare in critical condition from poison
taken into their systems through well
water. Father, mother, three sons,
daughter and two farm hands are pros
trated, and at least two Of them, the at
tending physicians say, will die. An
Examination OF the water reveals large
quantities of paris green.
The resignation Of Assistant Secreta-
Try Nettleton, who is now acting secre-
ltary Of the treasury, was rendered the
president the 7th, to take effect Dec. /.
FRANK STARM, Of Whitewater, Wis,
was fatally injured while hunting the
18th, by trying to extract cartridge
from his gun. {.
THos. SAUNDERS, serving three year
term for burglary, escaped from the
prison q Weupup. Via, the 7th.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

SOME one who processes to know says
the Oldest living American actresses
are Clara Fisher Maeder, born in 1911,
and Mrs. John Drew, who is seven
years younger. Mrs. Drew appeared
on the stage babe of months and
has acted ever since. Mrs. Maeder was
on the stage from 1917 to 1889 and then
went into retirement.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

HARTLE1GH, the sculptor, has nearly
completed his heroic statue of Erics-
son, and those who have visited his
studio in New York city declare that it
is one of the finest works of art of the
sort ever made in this country. The
statue will probably be completed in
bronze in the spring, when there will
be appropriate dedication ceremonies.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

HOUSEKEEPING schools seem to -four
ish more generally on the other side of
the sea than with us. The Swedish
schools may be called the pioneers, one
OF these supporting a restaurant fol-.
about one hundred people. In France
this branch of study is to degree con-
trolled by the state, and the aim is to
teach girls self-supporting occupa-
ton. London has ninety-four model
kitchens, attended by nearly 10000
pupils, who prepare food for sale. Ger.
many has the greatest number of these
schools. with practical courses, includ-
ing washing, ironing, cooking, the
cleaning of rooms, etc.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

THERE was flavor of humor and
gallantry combined in remark made
by Judge Wilson to middle-aged
woman in court the other day, says
the Cincinnati Times-Star. She told
Juge Wilson she never would appear
as witness for fear the attorneys
would ask her age. ''Leave that to me,
madam" said the judge, with his
most courtly air, ''if any lawyer in my
presence asks your age, I'll send him
to jail for contempt" ..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

PRESIDENT TYLER's first wife died in
the white house. Before marriage her
name was Letitia Christian, she being
the third daughter Of Virginia gen.
tleman. She was born November 10,
1890, and March 20, 1918, married John
Tyler, he being about % years old and
little more than a year her senior.
She died September 10, 1912, in the ex-
ecutive mansion, where her third
daughter was married and two grand
children were born. The cause of her
death was PARALYSIS
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THE EAST.

SADIE SCANLAN, the well-known &C
tress, with the words of "Nearer, MY
God to Thee" upon her lips, died at her
home in New York city, aged rs years.
In Pennsylvania ferce forest fires
were raging along the mountains from
Ohio Pyle to Delaney's Cave, dis.
lance of 20 miles, doing great damage.
In the vicinity of Johnstown, Pa,
one of the most destructive forest fires
ever known was raging, and farmers
and stock raisers would be heavy losers.
A CONTRACT was made by the sugar
trust with John Bailey, of Philadel-
phia, for 100000 bags, in which all
sugars will hereafter be shipped in
stead of in barrels.
SEVEN incendiary fires in thirty-six
hours were discovered In different
parts of Beaver Falls, Pa. They were
attributed to the strikers, who threat
ened to get even with the town council
and every body in general for trying to
get the Carnegie Company to start its
mill with non-union men.
REV. J. c. BRADBURY, q retired
Methodist preacher, and his wife, both
ONCI w. "CI0 oCTuCh NY bTd1u WILLS
crossing the Erie railroad tracks at
Painted Post. N. Y, and Mrs. Bradbury
was killed and her husband fatally in
jured.
THERE were s,6s5 cases Of diphtheria
in Philadelphia from January / to Oc-
tober 81, and of these /, 095 were fatal.
The ravages of the disease continue to
increase.
In New York John Murphy. arrested
for illegal registration, was sentenced
to three years imprisonment by Judge
Benedict, and Judge MARITIME sentenced
G. c. Holland and w. Green to two
years each in prison for the same of.
Tense.
The immigration into this country
during September, the great cholera
month, was 1923, against 52,7o6 in
September, 1891.
THE death of Gen. Samuel Wyllie
Crawford, who commanded the Penn.
sylvania reserves at the battle OF
Getty sburg, occurred in Philadelphia,
aged IS years. s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

THERE are now over 100, 900 Jews in
the Holy Land. The Jewish population
there at present is larger than it has
been at any other time since the end of
the first century of the Christian era.
Nearly four-ffths of them all have gone
thither from other countries within the
past few years, and they have been GO
ing thither this year more steadily than
ever before. In former times only a
small number of Jews were permitted
to live in the country; but the restric-
tons upon their settlement in it and
upon their ownership of land have been
removed, and they can now repeople it
and take possession of it.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
The State Auditor Assaulted.

Adolph Biermann, state auditor, was
severely slugged on the street in st.
Paul. He was talking to two men from
the Northern Pacific office when J. B.
Brown, hack agent, and James Camp.
bell, q teamster. came along in an ugly
mood and attacked him, as the by
ISLANDERS allege. lie was knocked down
and kicked by both men, who then ran:
but the cries of police had attracted
Officer Lawton, who caught them.
Biermann was so badly injured about
the legs that he was unable to stand.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

A ST. LOUIS parsonage named
oReilly, sick of consumption, died
not long ago in st. Mary's infrmary.
He said he had an insurance on his
life, and half of it he left by will to the
Sisters of Mercy who attended him.
He was well cared for, and was buried
In consecrated ground. 1t appears now
that he had no insurance and nothing
TO leave to anybody. This, presumably,
Is an instance of a ruling passion being
strong in death.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
WEST AND SOUTH.

The celebrated stallion Ormonde,
the peer of the English turf, has been
purchased from the Rothschilds by w.
B. Marlborough. Of San Francisco,
for $3.50, 900.
WHILE training team of colts at
Winamac, Ind, Ferdinand Wiltzer fell
between two stumps of trees, became
wedged in, and the colts started on q
run, tearing his head off.
G. w. KELLY. one of the leading
physicians Of Jefferson county, Ga, in
an insane fit threw his s-year-old child
into a well and killed his sister-in-law.
THE bank at Spearville, Kan, wa
robbed BY three men of $40, 1000 in cash.
A TELEPHONE system just completed
in La Porte, Ind. and known as the
Stronger automatic telephone system,
does away with the ''hello' girl, the
switchboard and switching being OBJ.
Grated and performed automatically by
the person who rings up and the one be
calls and who rings off.
A MOB took two brothers named Bur.
CESS, who were in Jail at Lebanon, Va,
charged with the murder Of Oak Suth.
GA AoAuS 0Au ASuVu vA0us .5E
In annual session at Denver the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
reelected Miss Frances E. Willard, Of
Chicago, Is president.
On southern railroad two men held
up train near Piedmont, Ala, and got
$3.50 and some valuable mail packages.
The w. Fl. Gilcher, steel steame,
owned BY Cleveland parties. was, with
her crew Of twenty men. given up Al
lost in the recent storm on Lake Michi.
gan.
On the lakes the recent gales were
probably the most destructive to the
lake shipping in the history Of the in
land marine. The losses in Ave days
were estimated by underwriters to be
about $45o. 900, fully dozen boats hav.
ing passed ont Of existence, and not
less than twenty-five seamen having
boon lost.
In San Francisco Mrs. j. g. Johnson
killed her 15-year-old son and then tool
her own life. She was dsserted BY hel
husband year ago.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
Couldn't stand : Divorce.

Peter Vandersluis, aged AZ, was found
dead in an clubhouse back Of his home
in st. Cloud with a bullet hole in the
sidesof his head. He, was Hollander,
member of a wealthy family, and a
man Of fine appearance and education,
but:ruined by drink. For years he has
done only odd jobs. accounting and
writing. He spent all his money for
whisky until his wife, an estilnable
woman, could bear it no longer, and
she instituted divorce proceedings,
and,it is believed that this was the
cause of his act.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
Novel Naval Combat.

A novel naval combat took place on
the river at Duluth. A Douglas county
deputy sheriff had seized the tug
Brewer on an attachment and was
towing it to Superior. He was forced
into Minnesota water, and as soon as
he was discovered this side of the Wis
consin line Capt D. L. Stevens, owner
Of the tug, made an assault upon the
sheriff's boat, cut the towline with an
AK, defed the Wisconsin officer with a
shotgun and captured the Brewer,
which was moored on the Minnesota
side.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
Suicide of Girl

Miss Elizabeth E. E. Nicholas, aged
%; committed suicide in her room at
the home Of her parents in Tower.
The pistol shot aroused her little
brother, who gave the first alarm, her
parents being away from home. She
had placed the weapon against her
right ear, the bullet passing nearly
through the head. There was much
conjecture as to the motive, nothing
wholly satisfactory having been. dis
covered.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

QUEEN VICToRIA's maids of honor,
who are paid SIS a year for their
services, earn their salaries. They are
obliged to appear before the queen in a
new gown every day, and to be in readi-
ness to attend her majesty at any and
every hour of the day,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
Not Free from sCkol.;,ra {.

HAMBURG, Nov. 5. The report that
this city had been declared free from
cholera is incorrect The hope upon
which the report was based was pre-
mature. A patient who was suffering
from Asiatic cholera and was taken to
the hospital on Monday. died on
Wednesday. AZ
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10
The News Of the Week.
By TELEGRAPH AND MA11..
FROM WASHINGTON.

SuSW vSN0S1jINS ONs
PRESIDENT HARRISON has extended
the benefits of the American copyright
act to Italy.
In his annual report to the secretary
of the treasury E. G. O'Brien, commits
sioner of navigation, notes an increase
in the tonnage of shipping on the grea,
lakes from I'll, 200 tons in 1882 to /, 1885,.
$50 tons in 1892, and says it now EN-
braces feet Of large steam vessels
models of beauty and efficiency, which
are Offering unequaled transportation
services.
The mint officials expect that by the
middle of this month they will be pre-.
pared to strike the souvenir worlds
fair silver half-dollars and that they
will be ready for distribution about
Thanksgiving day.
GOVERNMENT receipts from all
sources during the last ten months OF
the current fiscal year aggregated
1882, 291 ,7O1, against $119, 748, 995 for the
corresponding ten months of the pre-
ceding year.
The statement of the public debt
issued on the 1st showed that the inter
est and non-intetest bearing de bit de.
creased $196, $50 during the month of
October. The cash in the treasury was
$766, 2O2, 4s0.
The resignation Of George s. Batch
ellor as United States minister to Por-
tugal was rendered to Secretary Fos-
ter.
In his report to tho secretary of the
treasury E. o. Leach, director of the
mint, says that the coinage of the
minis during the last fiscal year aggre-
gated 113, $50, l24 pieces, valued as
follows: Gold, $s5, sos. 9S7; silver dol
lars, SIS, S29, 467; subsidiary silver,
So, $50, s12; minor coins, 81, 206, ITO; total
value, $51, 792, e76.
The leading clearing houses in tho
United States report exchanges of ST.
89s, 79s, 44s during the seven days
ended on the 4th, against 81. 174, 159, 1873
the previous seven days As compare ed
with the corresponding week of 1891
the increase was 20.2.
THE president has issued proclama-
ton appointing Thursday, November
"a, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
In the United States there were 23S
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 4th, against 1877 the pre-
vious seven days and ass for the cor
responding time last year. r:
In his annual report to the secretary
of the treasury United States Treasurer
Nebecker shows that the district of CO.
lumbia debt has been decreased So
45e,75O, leaving the total debt $1s,-
149, 900.
THE superintendent of the dead letter
Office shows i'll his annual report de-
crease of 4s, 4s0 pieces, or nearly per
cent. less than the mum Der received
during the fiscal year of 1891, notwith-
standing the fact that the postal bust
ness of the country has increased near
ly 8 per cent.
IN their Weekly Review of Trade R.,
G. Dun s. Co. say: Even in the last
week before presidential election
business has continued active through
out the country; indeed the volume is
far hey ond any precedent for similar
period"
The cotton crop of 1892 is estimated
at 7,10o, O0G bales, maximum, exclusive
of old cotton.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

PROF. JOHN HARVARD BnEs, de-
signer of the 1nman steamers City of
Paris and City of New York, who came
over here to consult with the Cramps
has been taking glance at our new
navy, and this has led him to observe
that with such vessels as are now in
the service of the government the
United States navy need not take a
back seat for any power on the globe. :"
The fact may be recalled that even when
1t was in the infant class the United
States navy always managed to occupy
good place in the front row.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-10

PHILADELPHIA has organized a society
for the eating of horsehesh. It does
not seem very popular, as, to secure a
mem bership of twenty-three, the pro-
jectors have had to include Pittsburgh,
Chicago and Cincinnati