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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
THE HOLCOMB CASE
Humanity Did Not Suffer When He
Was PardOned Out.

Humanity Did Not Suffer When He
Was PardOned Out.
The charge is made In the Globe article
that the governor is In league with the al
legged combination of elevator men and mill
ers, the basis for the charge being the fact
that a man named Holcomb, convicted Of
stealing wheat from Minneapolis elevator
companies, was pardoned by the governor
before his sentence had expired. The alb
surdity of this charge will be readily per-
ceived when the fact is stated that Hol-
comb was pardoned by Gov. Merriam only
one day before his sentence expired, and
that this pardon was granted on the peti-
ton of friends of Holcomb. who desired that
he should save his citizenship.
This course is frequently pursued by the
governor in cases where the prisoners have
been well conducted, and in SO doing the
chief executive simply carries out the senti-
ment predominant in this state that the dis
charged prisoner be given a chance and
every opportunity 10 1egair. the place In so
ciety which he has lost. 1t would De es-
teemed churlish act for the governor to
refuse the request and 1t was for the pur-
pose of giving practical effect to well timed
and judicious leniency that Col. Clark Cham
beers was appointed state prison agent with
power to carry out this humane and So
cially economical policy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27

Investigation shall be made, and the tes
tlmony taken before some person, in whom
every one VIII have confidence, to be agreed
upon between us; or If we cannot agree
upon person we will mutually agree upon
parties who shall select the person. After
such person Is selected and the arrange
ments for investigation are made hereby
agree to deposit two certified checks
FOR FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH,
with instructions to turn them over to the
Democratic state committee, on conditions
as. follows:
.First-To turn over to said committee one
check for $1,000 If 1 fail to prove, on such
investigation, that the statements under
OATH and above referred to. are substantial
~ true as to the amount Of the profits or the
elevators and mills under my management
during the time named.
SecOnd-TO turn over to said committee al
additional check for 5000 If fail to prove.
on such investigation, that the statements In
the letter to Arnold, which you claim are
contradictory to those contained I'm other
letters of mine, were substantially true and
correct, as to the profits of our elevator
company on the crop of that season re-
ferred to. 80
/ mean business, Mr.. Editor. Now, if you
mean business also, and are not engag ed in
q political game of humbugging the people,
please name a time for an interview and I
will arrange details with you and have the
true facts ascertained in this matter and
laid before the voters long before election.
Very respectfully yours, - ~
CHARLES 4. PIELSBURY.
Minneapolis, Sept. 90 1892.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27

the eie, ator conspiracy. Then he would
send out his Farmer Alliance friends to
circulate the report that ''the old combine
had raised the price of wheat to crush him
out" and appeal to the farmers not to al
low the combination to crush him, but to
him at reduced price. thousands Of un n
suspecting victims were thus imposed upon,
and he succeeded in making considerable
nrS iG out OF the ignorance of the produc-
HIS trip to Europe was taken partly to
get away from the men he had victimiZed,
and partly to swindle monied foreigners by
representing his corporation as a bonanza,
anu anu selling It out to them through fraud
Before leaving for Europe he was driven
utmost to desperation by the men he had
swindled, and it was at this time that he
h haa sent one OF his agents to reputable
' business man in Minneapolis with the fol-
loving proposition: To furnish a few thou
sand to the Scandinavian Elevator COM
Pany, which was to be invested in ware
nous houses s IN VILLAGES where the methods Of
to secure as much wheat as could be con-
vemently done after the harvest, ship it
out out and sell it by stealth, and decamp with
made by one Of WSIeot4's agents.
THE SCENE TO SELL
the stock of the Scandinavian Elevator com.
p Pfany 70 the suckers Of Europe fell fiat and,
ollu uraIt Tor his salary, money became
scarce In the Wolcott treasury.
II was lHen tnat q brilliant Matchmaking
Idea presented itself to his fertile mind. II.
". Z. stewart was an employee of the Credit
Lyonna1se bank in Paris. Wolcott tempered
Win stewart and got him to write the cell
eDfated letters to various grain men in the
Northwest. Among these were letters to G.
a. P1llsbury, Horace Pratt and others. In
almost every Instance these letters were an
sWered by the parties TO whom they had
Deen addressed, and then Mr.. Wolcott was
ABOUT ready to return to America SO that
he might put into operation another of his
brilliant financial schemes
GEORGE PORTER'S STATEMENT.
Here Is the way Mr.. George Porter a
member of the firm of Pratt and Porter,
tells the story of Horace Pratt's expert
ence:
One day a big, villainOus looking individ-
ual came to the office and inquired for Mr.
Pratt. He was shown into Mr.. Pratt's
room and at once opened up his business
by asking: Mr.. Pratt, did you some time
ago receive letter from Paris asking about
the profits of the elevator businessH'
II did, and answered it, said Mr.. Pratt.
The big villain put his hand into his pock-
ct and drew therefrOm a letter, replying:
, Il knew you did, and here is your reply
tnought you might desire to purchase it
and thus prevent its publication. You can
nave that letter by buying it,
manded Mr.. Pratt.
About $500, and If it is not sold 1t will
be published in the Great West newspa-
MY friend" replied Mr.. Pratt "you are
hYe stories from the ground and might get
hurt II L pitched you out of the window.
Please do not tempt me any further
MIR: WolcOtts matchmaking agent retired.
rms was the letter written at Wolcott's
instance to Mr.. Pratt by Fl. e. c. Stewart
OF the Credit Lyonnaise bank in Paris.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
THE REASON WHY.
Senator Washburn Plainly Shows
the Animus Of the Attack Upon

the Animus Of the Attack Upon
Him.
Senator Washburn first heard Of the at
tack made upon him and the anti-option
bill In the Wolcott pamphlet, the Chicago
Herald and the st. Paul Globe. friend
came to him and said that n most atrocious
article was to appear in one OF the Chicago
papers that morning, In which he was most
viciOusly attacked, the party saying to him
that the substance of the article had been
taken from q pamphlet recently published.
Also that an attempt had been made to Sc
cure the publication of the article in ques-
ton In the New York papers, and that all
papers had declined to do so, but that the
interested parties had finally succeeded in
getting 1T published in one of the Chicago
dailies, which one he did not know. Sun
day evening the reporter Of the Chicago
Herald came to him exhibiting q telegram
which he had received from his paper in
Chicago, calling attention to the article in
question, and more especially as to what
was said with reference to himself, stating,
among other things, that he was interested
largely In the different elevator companies
In Minnesota and Dakota; that he was, and
psd been connected with the great wheat
>>mbine for the purpose of depreciating
prices; that the Introduction Of the anti
option bill was only a blind to cover his
rascalities In the line of depreciating the
price of wheat. ETC., etc.
neapolis he was interviewed by a reporter
that he had only been able to glance hasti-
" through the publication in question, but
he had examined 1t sufficiently to state
so many Misrepresentation, deliberate
faIsehoods and vicious scandals brought to-
gether In any one publication, and so far as
statement that was not only false, but alb
solutely malicious.
Senator Washburn," asked the reporter,
shave you any idea who is the author of
the pamphlet In question:
DIRECTED AGAINST ANTI.oPTI0N.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
Inviting PestiIence.

New York Sun: Just about 100, 900 Rus
sian and Polish Immigrants have landed in
this country within the last fiscal year.
They have left Russia and Poland under
distressing circumstances. At least three
infectious or contagious diseases are prev
alent in the regions from which they have
come, and are yet coming. We have
learned by the experiences Of the past
year, during which they have brought
typhus fever and smallpox to our city, that
self-protection requires US to be on our
guard against sr the e, ships ,d that carry here
pecially from those regions in which the
Asiatic cholera is now prevalent. 1t may
be necessary to raise the bars against dam
gerous immigrants from Europe. 1t is
criminal to open our doors to pestilence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
A Great Merchants Opinion.

NJ. X. Thurber in New York Commercial:
am a protectionist because thrift follows
the enactment of wise laws.
Because love my own country better than
do foreign countries.
Because protection builds up our towns
into cities ard enhances the value Of our
house s and lands.
Because every dollar sent abroad to pur-
chase goods that we can produce at home
makes us q dollar poorer.
Because protection in this country gives
labor better wages than free trade.
Because it is better for this country to
feed, clothe and house our own labor I'm this
country than to support foreign labor In
other countries with our money.
Because 1t is true, as Peter Cooper well
said: mo goods purchased abroad are cheap
that takes the place of our own labor and
our own raw material"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
A Great Country Is Doing Well.

New York Herald: When a great
trunk line like the Pennsylvania rail.
road is obliged to stop selling tickets
because it has not cars enough to move
the crowds who wish to go picnicking
halfway across the continent, il indi
Gates that, cholera or no cholera thi,
country is doing prettJ WELL thank yor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
THE USEFUL AND THE ORNAMENT.

A white rose in a garden grew,
As delicate and rare
As ever nature gave the world
To make its beauty fair.
And near the rose In humble way
A 'tater vine began
The white rose faded, died and fell,
The later fed man.
detroit Free Press.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
The Weekly Crop Report

Barnes-About one. quarter of the
seeding done. Work, except blowing,
suspended by rain Monday and Tuesday.
Land now drying and work will be re.
sumed Monday.
demonstrating suspended by rain
for q few days. Considerable seeding
will bedOne on unplowed land. Ground
froze two inches On Friday morning at
Leeds.
Foster-Fine weather first part of
week and much seeding done; heavy
rains latter part. with cold, freezing
about one.fourth less than last year.
Grand Forks - Some seeding done
Monday in western part OF county. but
meme possible since; ground very wet
and frozen; seeding delayed . week:
acreage will be smaller than last year.
Griggs-Seeding in this county we'll
under way; rain Monday and Tuesday
delayed work q little; the acreage viii
be about the same as last year.
Kidder-Vsry wet and cold the pas,
week, preventing seeding; not over SC
per cent of crop in yet.
La oure-All spring grain injured
by excessive rains and seeding retarded
Q little blowing done; ground frozen
one inch deep Friday morning.
Sargent Rainfall considerably above
the average, stopping work, but OF much
benefit to wheat soWn; about one hall
the work of seeding done.
Meroer-Very little seeding done
last week on account # cold, rainy
weather and high winds. Last week
was very hurtful to the standing grain
stacke. and it is feared that most oil
them are spoiled.
Stark-Past week very wet and cold,
making it impossible to continue work
until next week; seeding half done;
taken AZ q whole. the rainfall was bene-
acial to crops. though 10 retarded work.
Steele-SeediDg we'll advanced; exc; pl
in low places. heavy rain and snow dur.
ing the week and frost Wednesday
night.
6tutsman-Weasher past week very
bad; rain started Monday and haa
rained, showed or froze ever since; seed.
ing hardly commenced. .
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07

tLis event his election by the American
section of the Theosophical society will
be ratified by the European and Indian
sections, and he will then become presi-
dent of the entire society.
Mr.. Judge and Colonel Olcott are the
only living founders Of the Theosophical
society. Judge nj born in Dublin in
1851. In 1864 he made his residence in
NeS York, where he wal admitted TO the
bar and to citizenship In 1872. Since
1885 he has devoted all his time TO lest.
uring, writing and travelling in the
Path. an organ q the e. society y sas s and ne e
author Of pamphlet entitled, Echoes
from the Orient Mi. Judge spent s
year studying the transmigration theory
among the Brahmits, Bnddhists, Mo-
hsmmedans and fire worshippers Of
India.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07

THE Australian ballot system seems
to have worked to the satisfaction OF
every one in the recent Chicago cleo
tions. The only criticism passed was
that the ballots were not printed on
heavy enough paper, and the result
was that the marks showed through.
and spectators could tell whether the
votes thrown were for Democrats or
Republicans. This, however, is q mat
ter that in no way pertains to the
Australian system, and ono that can
De,easiiy remedied.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
Cakes Without Eggs.

Observing housekeepers quickly learnthat Dr.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is far superior to other brands il
the fact that they never fail to make the finest pastry, and
if they wish to be economical they can dispense entirely with
eggs and can use a less quantity of butter for shortening
purposes. The advantage is not alone in the saving effected
but in avoiding the trouble and frequently the great difficulty
of securing eggs that are fresh. This is often 4 serious
trouble.
Cakes Of various kinds from the informal Griddle
Cakes to the stately Bride Cake can be made with Prices
Cream Baking Powder, which insures light, sweet and hand.
some cakes; or when used for Griddle Cakes to be eaten hot
enables their production in the shortest space Of time, always
tender and delicious.
Dr: Prices is the only Baking Powder that contains ths
white Of eggs. None 50 puret None so wholesome -,
p. Prices Cream Baking Powder IS re- YKt
ported by al authorities as free from Ammonia,
Alum, Or any other adulterant. Iii fact tie
purity ct this ideal powder has never been cues
toned
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
CONDENSED NEWS.
Interesting Happenings Of the Past
Week Culled from the As
sociated Press.

At Rocky Comfort, Ark. q boiler In the mill
OF 3. w. Pullen exploded. killing Pullen, MS
ana : woman man n All q whom San i IS thought WIN dc.
The ferryboat. Cincinnati, crashed into . pier
at New York. caushing 9 panic on board 10
which four persons were Injured. It was AFTER
wsri found that the engineer had died &c his
post.
George willard and Charles wisdom, negroes,
suspected OF the murder OF Edward Duxler, for
the nurpOse OF robbery. have made confessions.
Each charges the other with committing the
crime
Five hundred employees OF the Patterson
(Penn.3 Coal company are on strike. the result
Of the refusal OF the company TO pay 10000 due
the miners for work done during the last "
months.
At Dahlonega, Ga, Hamilton Abee,. aged 81
has petitioned for 9 divorce from his wife. Sarah.
whose age is &C.. He alleges as q reason for his
application that Sarah does not love MIN as sne3
TX President Cadwalader Of the Superior Ma
tional bank. and formerly of Bryn Mawr. Pa.
was arrested at st. Paul on charges OF emDez-s
clement and misappropriation. Bail was nxed'
The Colorado Bar association has resolved to
take steps toward the disbarment OF the many
lawyers In Denver who make q speciality OF
o sSsst ! nlssr divorces without publicity and U
a big fox hunt tool place at Camp Point. Ill.
Friday. A large number OF sp0rtsmen and saw
eral packs OF hounds took part and seven foxes
were killed. a number OF wolves Wereseen
none were slaughtered.
The report OF the consolidation Of the three
great safe manufacturing houses OF the country
Herring, Hall n Marv1n-have been con-
firmed. The ne Y firm win begin business June
/, and will have q capitalization OF s., 100000.
Iowa railways have been beaten In q suit
brought BY q grain firm for oyercnarses u
made by the beard of railway commissioners
which for some time were refused by thd fail-
roads. ~
Since seeding began in North Dakota the de-
mand for farm laboIers has suddenly bee mo
greater than the supply, calls for help having
come In from all parts OF the state In the last
four days to the amt OF OF Grand
Forks.
It is reported in London that the German bark
Thalia, CAPITA n Meyer, which sailed from Ham
burg Feb. rs for AIDE aide. south Australia has
foundered at sea. and every one OF che Officers
and crew. with q single exception went, to the
bottom.
The visiting committee Of the Insurance
union decide d to increase the rates at Nashville
20 cents per 500. and to impose extra rates on
all ali and extensive buildings, The committee
goes TO Chattanooga to put In force the new
rats there.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
A TheesopAise Loader.

The theosophists. in convention Of
Chicago. have adopted . resolution ask
ing Colonel Olcott, who is suffering
from i'll health and overwork, TO revoke
his resignation and remain their presi-
dent II he persists in his determine
ton the resolution provides that Colonel
Olcott shall be given q life residence Of
Adyar, India. ard that Mr.. Judge shall
assume the presidency. The probability
is that Mr.. Judge OF New York will take
the place Of Colonel Olcott as president
of the society. all of the sixty American
branches having declared for him. In
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
Ere IN wfnntpcr.

M1NNEAPoL1s. May Ia special to
The Tribune from Winnipeg, Man ,
' The most extensive fire in the
history Of Winnipeg occurred about 2
o'ch Ok this morning, and before it Was
gotten under control sixteen or eighteen
buildings were totally destroyed. a
space covering nearly three acres is now
q mass Of s~moulderiDg ruins. The IRE
started under the stage Of the Princess
opera house, and was burning, it is sup.
posed, about an hour before being dis
covered. The members Of the theatrical
company playing there had left their
dressing rooms and the house was looked
up about 1 O'Clock. At . the people in
the Grand Union hotel opposite heard
a. loud explosion in the theatre,
and almost instantly the place was
filed with flames. When the fire brigade
arrived there, it was found the water
works company had closed down tor re-
pairs, and as the hydrants 9 useless
q hose had to be laid to the tanks before
water was turned on the fire. By that
time the operahouse and five or Six
stores in the Operahouee block we're
completely wrapped in flames, and so
quickly did the block burn that not .
dollar worth of stuff was rescued. The
flames spread with terrible rapidity. and
fifteen minutes after the alarm had been
sounded they had crossed the alleyway
and caught McGregor's large livery
stable, in which were thousands OF dol
lars worth of carriages, etc including
all the wagons of the Dominion
Express. company. So hot was the
fire none Of these we're saved.
Then in spite Of all efforts OF the fire.
men the flames seized upon the build
ings on the opposite side OF the street.
Frost & Woods large agricultural imple.
ment house. Green's extensive feed
store, Bawlif's grain warehouse, carriage
repairing shop, Salvation Army barracks
and three private residences across the
street we're all on fire at the same time,
ard all were burned to the ground with
their contents except Bawlif's grain
warehouse, which was partially saved.
Three residences and two large stables
on the streets running. back from the
operahouse were also destroyed and
little or nothing saved. The Grand
Union Hotel was in imminent danger,
all the window frames being cracked by
the fearful heat, but the fremen greatly
aided by a favorable wind saved the big
hotel. Rueco and Swift's Uncle Tom g
Cabin" company lost everything. in
Guiding the special scenery, ward
rotes. etc. The proprietors Of the
operahouse are heavy losers.
They carried only $4,000 insurance.
which would barely cover the scenery
and properties. The total losses are
very heavy, but cannot now be esli.
mated, while the insurance appears to
be exceedingly light. Trsgedian Fred
erick Warde was to have opened at the
Princess this week, but, fortunately for
him. none of his baggage had been taken
into the theater.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
THURSDAY, APRIL, g..
SENATE.

SENATE
The old story of government injustice to
the Indians was discussed all day in the
senate by Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, in con-
of nearly So, coo, 900 for an area of land
variously estimated at from g. 600, 600 to
1000, 900 acres, taken from the Choctaw
and SChickesaw nations. Mr.. Jones con-
tended that great injustice had been done
by the president in holding up the appro-
priation, and the contrary view was taken by
Messrs. Allison and Plat. Mr.. Teller, of
Colorado, and Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas,
criticised the action of the president in set
ting aside an appropriation passed by con-
gress and approved by himself. Mr..
Jones's resolution, which declared that
there was not sufficient ground for with
holding the appropriation, was still Enacted
on when the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Otis. of Kansas, introduced in the
house = bill to repeal an act to set apart
certain tracts of land in California as forest
reservations, approved Oct. l, 1890.
The house today wasted four hours in an
attempt to proceed with the diplomatic
and consular bill. The reductions made
by the COMMITTEES in the salary OF several
important missions, notably that of the en-
voy to Venezuela was not acceptable to the
Republicans nor to many Democrats, and
the house found itself without a voting
quorum. although three calls of the COM
mittee disclosed a quorum each time. Ait
er repeated votes by tellers with no qourum
voting . call ofthe house was ordered and
after two hours wasted in IN attempt to Sc
cure Q voting quorum, the house adjourn
. a-g -~~~-u 49,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07

The discussion of the miners eight
hours bill by the House of Commons
has developed the surprising fact that
the miners are not a short.lived class,
as is commonly supposed. The star
tistics show that they enjoy as good
health and live as long as other class
es of workingmen, and, indeed, are re-
markably tenacious Of lie, if mot re-
quired to remain under ground be-
yond the average work. ng hours.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07
MONDAY, APRIL 20,
SENATE.

The Chinese exclusion bill was again
considered in the senate. Senators His
cock, Senator Teller and others addressed
the senate on.the bill.
Senator Sanders to-day introduced a bill
Montana.
MI. Call offered a resolution in the senate
today for the appointment Of committee
of nine senators to inquire into the present
value per mile of the railways of the United
States. their present capitalization, and 9TH
er matters regarding the running oftheir
business.
~~fr HOUSE.
Another Yellowstone Park bill was in
troduced in the house by Abner Taylor of
Il]ino6A
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-07

In California it is found that peach
stones. burn as we'll as the best coal,
and give out more heat in proportion
to weight. The stones taken out of
the fruit that is timed or dried or
collected, and sold at the rate of SIS
a ton. Apricot stones also burn, but
not 80 we'll as peach, and donot COM
mand so good price.