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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
Rum.CraZed Demon.

Edward Tracy, OF Mount Washing
ton, Pa, tried to kill his wife, apolice
officer, a butcher, two girls and him.
sell a few days ago. He is a mill work.
er and came home from work filled
with liquor. He smashed his wife and
the servant girl and all the furniture
in the house. After this he seemed to
become completely crazy. He walked
down the street, and meeting another
girl struck her and knocked her down.
A man named Clay interfered, and
Tracy knocked HIM down and con-
tinued on his rampage. Down the
street he found Weyman's butcher
wagon. He Jumped in the wagon,
pitched the butcher off aud started
down the street at d mad pace.
Officer Outstadt tried to stop him,
but received q blow on the side of the
head with the butt end of the whip
which placed him hors bu combat.
Tracy was finally landed in a cell, and
while there he tried to kill himself bv
gathering out his brains against the
wall. - -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
Honored Ancestors.

The stranger in Antwerp, wander
ing through the narrow, crooked lane,
of the old quarter, will suddenly find
himself in little open equare-tht
Place du Vendredi. 1t is paved with
roughicobblestones and heaped with ole
furniture, beside which white capped
Jewish women sit crying their wares
One side OF the square is shutin b5
massive building sotstons, whosegrave
and stately presence contrasts oddly
with the squalor and noise below.
This is the Haus Plantin- Moretus,
which is preserved as a specimen OF
the dwelling and workshops of great
Flemish craftsman nearly four cent
urles ago.
Christopher PIantin and afterward
| his sonin.law Johann Moretus acquir.
ed great wealth and fame as printers.
| and held q foremost place among the
proud burghers of Antwerp.
Their descendants have kept the
house just as they left it. 1t is built
like French palace, around the fou,
sides OF an old garden in which even
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vine planted by Moretus covers the
walls and quaint stone stairways.
Here, too, are ancient carved settees
OF oak in which the old burghers sat
when the days work was done.
Inside are great shops, with the
presses and type in the cases as the
lourneymen laid them down three cen.
turtles ago. Here are specimens OF the
famous books printed by Moretus;
piles OF books upon the shelves ready
Tor sale, while those who bought and
| those who sold them have been dust
for centuries.
The apartments OF the family are
unchanged. Portraits hang upon the
walls. One grows familiar with the
stout, stern old Water Plantin and
his prim wife, and his daughter, Frau
Martina Moretus, with her shy,
coquettish face. Here is the very
table at which they ate in the stately
banquetlng hall, hung with priceless
Spanish feather.
The old workman surrounded him.
self with q grave, solid splendor. Even
his narrow bed IS draped with tapes.
try fit for a king; but his apron
hangs beside the diplomas given by
!! sovereigns.
Here is 8 lesson which the Ameri.
can who runs may read. He may be
as rich as this great family, but what
has he done with his carpenter O,
blacksmith ancestors?
Does he keep their leather aprons
or any record of the honest labor
which earned his wealth. Or does he
parade some mythical count or baron
in place OF the Woodworking grand,
father whom he has hidden out Of
sight? l..-5s.q
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
Ask For Troops to Capture Him.

Bill Murphy, the haltbreed despera.
do living near Murphy, N. c., who has
murdered his brother and three other
persons, and who capped the climax
by killing the, deputy sheriff, is now
hiding in the Nantahala mountains,
where, amid the marble powders, he
defies arrest. After killing his broth.
er, Medlin and Martin he sent thesher-
i'll Of Monroe county word that he did
not want to hurt him, but he must not
come and try to arrest him. The sheriff
summoned q posse of fifteen men, and, ,
with Coarley Ray, his deputy, they
went to lobe Miller's house, where
Murphy and his brothers were. Sheriff
Mexican ordered them to surrender,
and they opened fire. on the posse
with Winchesters. Ahot fight from
both sides was kept up for q few
minutes, and Charley Ray, thedeputy,
fell with bullet in his brain. The
sheriff was shot IN the shoulder. Muir.
hys made dash for the house and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21

trile you viii find one within mile"
The two men, followed by the hnut.
pushed on, and less than a mile of
came upon a. rudely constructed
bridge. The dogs crossed it, again
took up the scent and killed the fox
A nobleman, who had overheard
the talk about a bridge, asked ths
duke how, if he was not familiar WITH
that part OF the country, he came te
guess that there was a bridge in tn,
neighborhood.
"Why" he answered, II saw thre
or four cottages clustered together OF
each bank OF the river, and thought
that the people living in them would
be tempted by their social teellnp
to contlive some means OF visiting
each other. That came inference o
mine won me one OF my Indian bat
Ties" s5
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
South Dakota's Aid to Russia.

South Dakota's contribution to the
Russian relief fund are continually
growing. L..Q. Jeffries, secretary OF
the state relief commission, while in
Huron q few days ago said the canvas
was being pushed in all parts OF the
state, and in addition to what has al
ready been shipped two or three car.
loads more will be ready within the
next 10 days. Contributions OF wheat,
-four, corn. money, etc, are very lib.
eral. Sunday schools, churches, pub.
lie schools, benevolent and charitable
organizations all over the state are
responding to the calls for aid, and
South Dakota's contribution to the
Russian relief fund will compare few.
orably with those OF other states.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
BEFORE the Trlhmal.

Probably few ardent royalists were
sogently treated by the commune at
the time OF the French Revolution as
was little Mademoiselle de Bonchamps.
The Marquise de Bonchamps and her
young daughter were confined in pris.
on, and the marquise supposed that,
like her fellow prisoners, she might be
sent to the guillotine any day.
Numbers of her companions met that
terrible fate daily, and still no order
came tor her. Finally she was inform
ed that her friends had secured her
pardon from the judges. The neces-
cary documents or lettres de grace,
which would set her free, did not come,
but she waited for them without anx-
iety. Sass
She was startled one day to receive
an emphatic warning from p friend
that she must make every effort to
get her letters de grace at once and es-
cape Immediately, or she would never
leave the prison except for the guillo.
tine.
She had no servant, no one to eend
to the tribunal except her little daugh.
ter. She consulted the jailer, kind
hearted man and their warm friend.
he offered to send his servant with
the child, and AS the tribunal would
be in session two or three hours long
sr that day, the child was hurried off,
after being told what she was to say.
Sh did not know just what the
tribunal was, and was rather tfcaid
Of it, but she understood that ii she
wanted TO please her mamma she
must deliver her message correctly
and distinctly. The child had q
beautiful voice and sweet little man.
Ger OF her own. and her mother hoped,
not without reason, that they would
plead in her favor. }745
The little maiden approached the
Judges with much gravity and said,
Citizens, l have come to ask you for
mammals letters de grace"
The servant gave, the .Marquise de
Bonchamps' name. The judges chat.
led with the child little, and said
that they would give her the lettres de
grace itshe would sing them her pref
tiest song. 81
She wanted to please thejudges, and
she thought her prettiest song was q
very animated one which she had al
ways heard greatly applauded. So
she sang it with all the grace and en-
thusiam Of her fresh little voice. The
burden OF it was
Long live, long live the king.
Destruction to the republic.
The judges listened in dismay. Ii
this was heroism, they should have to
send her to the euillotine. But the
child was too young tor that. AS che
sang on with the greatest cheeriulness,
they saw that there were no ideas OF
politics in her little head. So when
she had finished they smiled. One OF
them said something that she did not
understand about the "unpatr 10 tho
education of the children OF fanatical
royalists." They gave her the lettres
de grace. wished her good.by, and sent
her back happy and triumphant to
her mother. '''-'.- ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
The Fire Of q New Purpose.
The great steamer Indiana sailed

The great steamer Indiana sailed on
February the 22d from the port of
Philadelphia for Russia, loaded with
food for the starving peasantry. All
classes, from the millionaire who gave
his check for thousands to the poor
newsboy with his dimes, contributed
in this gift. '''t.s
A teacher IN a large Quaker school
said, as the steamer left the dock:
"My boys were drearily reciting q
lesson in algebra one day last week.
They were tired and inattentive, they
silly whispered, and played tricks up.
on each other when they thought 1
was not looking. When the lesson
was over / brought out and read to
them the account of the horrors OF
starvation sent homeby the American
minister. f,g
"They listened breathlessly. No
more whispering, no more horse play!
When 1 had finished they at once
made themselves into committee to
canvass the school. They were eager,
on fire with zeal to do something. 1t
was q curious transformation. A
SIcdI pAtpOs0 udu maze men OUT, or
the silly boys 514i'''' s6& ne Z iai8
Many Of our readers may have
been present in a concert or assembly
room before the lights are turned on,
and have seen the sudden leap OF the
dingy, dull building and lite gshadowy.
audience into brilliancy and warmth
and q happy, smiling company, when
by the pressure of q knob the cleo
trio current entered the room. H.
just such a change takes place in
every human life when some great
purpose comes into it. i@
=, When the civil war broke out young
lade, North and South, forgot their
plays IN their interest in national at.
fairs. The theatres were almost de.
serted in our great cities. Girls ceased
to. trife over, the fashions The cleo.
trio current Of a great thought had
flashed into their lives, and made
them men and women.
You can, each OF you. apply this
fact to yourselves. II Your, days are
filled up now; with petty pursuits, and
your mind turns. TO mean, OF Y;cious
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
Who Did What,

Innocent gossip with no malice in it
has often charm for the best OF peo.
pie, as indeed why should it not? The
person who takes little interest in the
loves and hates, fortunes and mis!or.
tunes OF his neiphbors is far more like
ly to be the possessor of q cold heart
than OF superior mind; but there is
such q thing as being too inouisitive.
In the days when our grandmothers
were girls there came OCCASIONALLY to
the family OF a good deacon with uine
children Village dressmaker OF the
kind lmmortallzed by Mrs. Stowe in
"The Minister'S Wooing." ~
She was neither as delightful nor as
daring as Miss Prissy, but she had all
of that good woman's interest in 9th.
er peoples affairs, and always looked
forward with particular pleasure to
the week during which she cut and fit.
ted for the deacon'sgirls, knowing that
his house was in some sort q social
centre, where she was likely to hear
plenty OF fresh news and entertaining
anecdotes. 5't' i,iii2Aaa8 :
One day she arrived latef for her work.
and as she entered the house caught q
glimpse of the six daughters already
assembled in the family sittingroom
with their gowns and patterns, their
work boxes and their new roll OF "Iniy
muslin" a41al laat'5,. ~ - ,
r But none of them were at work, for
one was telling the others a story of
such absorbing interest that they sat
breathless and spellbound, with hands
fallen in their laps or needles suspend
ed in the air. nm -
The sight was too much for the new.
conner. With one mitt on and one of.
her unfastened peliese dragging from
her shoulders, her bonnet askew and
its loosened strings streaming, abe
appeared suddenly among the aston.
ished girls, crying as she came:
WHAT WHAT What isit?l Who
did what?" 7oi f!t,a itlpf.. Nffalfs
She was answered, although giving
q tull answer involved the rel telling Of
the whole story, but her comprehensive
inquiry became thereafter q family by
word. ;Jtgs s4aei., ~ MI.
Among the, deacon'e descendants
to this day il one shows signs of too
great irquisitiveness, it is sufficient
for any other member of the family
to ask, with q lift OF the eye brow;
Who did Nhat7'' 70 Youths Compan.
iny1, iii5siJ 81 Gl9ft bi,ff.3Fli IL n n g.
III n n hi, ~ ~ III ~ sk itT
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
''- '''' 83]aAH 5 llSSSS58T7J7
Pastry Without Butter.

Light Aaky and digestibe pie crust and al kinds
6ne pastry be made with Dr. Prices Cream Baking Pow
der without butter with half the usual portion if
ferred with small quantity Of shortening
as desired Pie crust made in this wholesome
and digestible besides being pre-
pared in addition saving all butter if desired One
third the -four with rolled
that much thinner raising qualities Powder
swelling it the requisite thickness Those who enjoy
appetizing qualities the delicious home pie viii
rejoice to know this secret ~ - l 4 lzli
oDr Prices Cream Baking Powder is the only powdas
/ that that :, contains the white Of eggs. oh E35312
80 S8p Pr. Prices Cream Baking Powder is re-
sa ported BY all authorities free from
1eSS Alum, dulterant94F In fact, the
purity Of this this dea1owderphas never been ques-
IIsssst1 ,o traa6 syooao !,
SE
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21

began firing through the cracks.
The whole crowd then precipitately
Walter to telegraph the governor of
Tennessee for troops. Fearing that
the authorities would provetoo much
tor him he crossed North Carolina
into Nantahala, where it will be almost
impossible to follow him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21

thoughts, don't stop to fight these
temptations one by one. Turn into
your life and thoughts the fire of no.
bic work, a high purpose. I
The paltry vices which have possess.
ed you will vanish before 1t like Mil.
tons goddess crew at the coming of
Ithuriel.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21

wire network he should have had his
eyes scratched out by the savagelit
spithre.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23
ON THE VERGE,
Ex-Secretary Blaine's Condition
Extremely Critical.
The Patient ea Sunday Was Seized
With Sinking Spell,
And for Half Hour the Physicians
Battied with Death-He Rallies Prom
tho Attack Mt Nichtfali. aad May
Linger ;or Few bays Longer.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-Never since
the stormy days of the war has the
peace and quietude of the Sabbath day
in this beautiful capital been so broken
and the people so severely shocked as
Sunday evening at late hour. when
the report OF the death of Mr.. Blaine
was circulated with almost lightning
rapidity about the city. The report was
false, but founded upon circumstances
that appeared to warrant it. and al
though it was not unexpected. it came
like a thunderbolt upon the citizens,
among whom the ex-premier has long
lived and mingled
Mr.. Blaine had a sinking spell Sum
day morning, and came out of 1t mar
rowlv. During the day he has been
but little better, and it would hardly
be possible for him to survive another
sinking spell James G. Blaine, ir.,
said his father had rallied little in the
afternoon, and that it was the opinion
of the physicians that he would live
through the night STILL" he added,
at must be said that he Is very dam
gerously ILL"
All day representatives of the press
patrolled Madison place and carefully
| watched the old red mansion which
has become celebrated for its historical
associations and the fatality with
which misfortune has followed it's occu-
Epants From the Sickles-key tragedy,
which occurred more than third of a
century ago, followed by the attempted
assassination OF Secretary Seward dur
| ing the last year of the civil war, down
to the present time the pail of ill-fate
has hung over the mansion. During
the less than four years occupancy
of this house by the Blaine family, his
daughter, the wife of Col. Coppinger,
Walker Blaine and Emmons Blaine, the
secretary's promising sons have died.
A little after 6 o'clock both doctors
left DIR. Hyatt said that Mr.. Blaine's
condition showed slight improvement
over the morning. They did not con-
slider it necessary to issue another bulle-
tin similar to the one of Saturday night.
Dr. Hyatt said that he thought there
was no doubt that Mr.. Blaine would
live through the night At the same
time he is undoubtedly critically i'll,
and airy complications that may arise
would doubtless cause fatal termina-
ton to his illness. A little after $3.50
O'Clock Mr.. James g. Blaine, Jr., came
out and said to the reporter:
"We think that father is considerably
better than he was this morning.
He was dangerously i'll during the fore
noon. During the afternoon, however,
he seems to have rallied somewhat.
The physicians have been here this
evening. and we now think that he will
live through the night and we hope for
the hest"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23
HER FOOLlSHN ESS
Cost a Fourtee --Year-Old Columbus Girl
Her Life.


COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 20.-Daisy Scott,
the beautiful little fourteen-year-old
daughter of G. NJ. Scott, a grocer doing
business and living at the northwest
corner of Long and Seventeenth streets.
was preparing herself for church Sun
day evening, and with Zoe Myers, her
seven-year-old niece, stepped into the
room of Charles Brown, her fathers
employee, to change her dress, the room
being warm and Brown absent.
Two revolvers were lying on dress
ing case in the room, one an old-fash-
Toned, single action affair and the
other modern double-acting Smith &
Wesson. The former Daisy knew, it
being her fathers, and she amused her.
self and Zoe by brandishing it as if she
were about to shoot The newer and
brighter revolver she then picked up,
put the muzzle to her temple, ind, not
knowing the principle of the double
action, pulled the trigger. A No. SO
cartridge crashed through her temple
and she fell dead.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23
DOESN'T DETER MURDERS.
An Effort to lie Made To Have tapitn
Punishment Abolished in New York.

An Effort to lie aiade to Have capital
Punishment Abolished in New York.
ALBANY. y. y, Dec. 20.A deter
mined effort will be made this winter
to have the legislature abolish capital
punishment and substitute life impris-
onment. Some of the strongest ndvo-
Gates of this action are returned to the
legislature this year, and it is inti-
mated that Gov. Flower is not adverse
to it and, in fact, favors it, Assembly
man Stein and Senator Smith favored
bills of this character proposed last
year.
The bill to be proposed this year will
also take from the chief executive the
power of pardon and in its place allow
pardons to be granted by the court
alone upon the presentation of new evil
dence of an eXtenuating nature. There
are at present eleven murderers in the
various prisons of the state awaiting
death
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23

NEW YORK, Dec coin an address
delivered by Rev. Dr. Edward Nc
Glynn, on archbishop Satolli and the
School Quetion." DR.. McGlvnn said he
was glad to repeat words of praise and
congratulation for Archbishop Satolli's
address. His visit marks the beginning
of new and important epoch in the
Catholic church in the United States
All the discords and discussions in the
church have been sweep. away. and 1T IS
shown that the Catholic religion does
not require American citizens to antag-
onize and denounce, but rather permits
and encourages cooperation with
American institutions
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts OF the Country
Hy Tciexrnphs

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
By Telegraph.
The war department has decided
again TO garrison Key Vest Fla
Robert Beatty. charged with compile
ity in the Homestead poison plot was
held to court in the sum of 5000.
U. s minister TO Chill. Patrick Egan,
arrived at Panama Saturday morning.
and sailed in the afternoon for Valpa-
raiso
Principal vorhise. OF the Williams
burg school, Col. was run ont of town
for furnishing pupils by pulling their
teeth.
AT New York, the jury In the Jecobs-
Sire breach of promise case found .
verdict Monday morning for the plain
tiff for sa5, 900 damages.
Al a recent meeting of the Harvard
Foot Ball association, H. q. Waters, %,
Boston boy. was elected captain OF
the eleven for next year
The Berlin Rcichsanzcigcr announces
that five cases of cholera and two
deaths have been reported in Hamburg
in the last three weeks
A freight train ran into work train
as Nelson Station, MINI, on the Great
Northern railroad, Sunday morning.
killing eight men and wounding tive
others.
Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the English
premier, owns property ON the Cana
dian side of Niagara falls, but has
never exerci.ed the right TO vote for
mayor and school trustees
Representative Owen Scott will do
mand hearing after the holidays on
his whisky tax increase. The bill, tho
author says, will increase the revenue
from 900, 600. 900 To si25, o00000 on dis
titled spirits alone.
Bert 1ole and James Short disputed
at Evansville, Sunday. over trivial
matter Angered To madness, Tole drew
revolver and shot Short through the
head, killing him Instantly. Tole Ii an
ex-convict and Short reputable cit.
izen.
A soap box containing the chopped
up remains OF white person was dis
| covered in the railroad baggage room
at Quincy, H.. by the odor emitted. II
had been shipped at the Union depot,
~ LOUIS, py u supposed Heuioai stuu-
ent.
Two more women were arrested near
Larnbery, Eng, for baby farming. In
! fants' bodies were found in the gardens
and court-yards behind the houses OF
the midwives. Many OF the children
were killed by starvation, others by ex-
| posture TO wet and cold.
The Echo of Paris Monday published
an interview with NJ. Cornelius Herr,
who, it is charged, is deeply implicated
in the Panama canal scandal In tho
interview Nj. Herr declares that he had
nothing to do with the affairs of tho
Panama Co. Al the time IL Is charged
that the wholesale bribery was going
on-in isss-he was living in Frakfort,
! Germany.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23
PROTECTING THE MINORITY.
a Measure Making Changes In the Nation
al Banking Laws.

n Measure making Changes In the Nations
al Banking Laws.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-A bill for the
protection of minority stockholders in
certain national banks has been intro
duced in the house by Representative
Bacon by request The bill makes it
unlawful for any national bank with a
capital OF 500, 1000 or less, after the
bank has Accumulated surplus fund
and undivided profit equal TO its
capital, accumulate (aftei deducting
losses) more than twenty-five per
cent of the net earnings OF the bank In
each year, as either surplus fund or
otherwise. except with the consent of
shareholders owning rs per cent. OF the
banks stock. The salaries paid Ia the
officers of such banks are not to aggre-
gate more than 10 per cent of the capi-
tai, except with the consent of sio III
holders owning IS per cent. of capital
stock: nor shall salary be paid to
nonresident officer except with the
sent of shareholders as above provided.