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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
Small Hat Factory Burned.

NEW MILFORD, Jan 11.-FIre this morning shortly after o'clock des- troyed the hat factory of Hill 6 Hanke in the southwestern part of the town The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have resulted from a de- fective Hue: The loss will reach S1O.- GOO; insured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
POLICE COURT.
Decision On the Demurrer in, the Kelly
 Blackmail Case.

BlackmaIl Case.
 Judge Bradstreet to-day rendered his decision in the case for blackmail of the state vs William H. Kelly of New York, which was tried before him a week ago. He sustained the demurrer of the defense, so far as the written communication was concerned. The rest of the complaint was sustained. The prosecution will therefore have to set forth in substance in the complaint the written communication. The case, which was to be tried on its merits to- morrow, is now adjourned until Friday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
ADJUSTMENTS. A
"The County Fair.u

'The County Fair" will be presented at the opera house this evening. Every where. this comedy has caught on inn mensely. Its great success everywhere IS best proof that the public is surfe1ted with the exaggeration and pruriencv of the imported drama, and crave that which Is understood and natural, and that they are tired of tights and the decollete dress of the society play. ''The County Fair" is of the same school as ''The Old Homestead" and one is at a loss to give an honest idea of it, as there IS such real and humanizing presenta. ton.
 "CleOpatrR.''
 This book of Haggard's has been dra- matlzed and the work has been done bv Miss Prescott herself. She has made of It powerful drama, and one which is destined to hold the boards long after she herself has retired from the stage, Miss Prescott has produced a really great play and no better persons than herself and Mclean could be found for Its production.-Terre Haute Gazette. At the opera house Tuesday evening.
 Faust"
 Lewis Morrison will present Faust at at the opera house Wednesday evening. The play is much the same that MT Morrison has given us in the past. The piece Is mounted with the most magnifi- cent scenic embellishments
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
l. 10 day:

NEW HAVEN Jan 11.-Sergeant Cox ot the weather bureau predicts for this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday, snow or raln' stationary temperature, brisk to high northeasterly winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
Prominent Prohibitionist Dead.

HARTFORD, Jan 11.-Rev H. G. Smith, secretary of the prohibitionist state cen tral committee, died at Bloomfield last evening, from pneumonia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11

The DEMOCRAT is for sale in the Brooklyn district at Partree's and Bos- sidy's drug stores, Winchall's news room and Mrs Caeey's fancy goods store.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
THE EVENING DEMOCRAT

Is for sale every day at the following places
 Martin Bergin, South Main street. w. F. Dillon, East Main street. E. w. Ensign, North Main street. G. N. Els, Bank street. Baumgartner Bros, Bank street Partree's Drug Store, Bank street. Winchell's News Room, Bank street Mrs. Casey, Bank street. F. T. Bossidy, Bank street. James E. Roe, Baldwin street. Peoples Drug Store, Baldwin street Thomas Costello, Bank St.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
Sentenced to be Hanged.

DENVER, Jan 1.-The death sentence has just been passed upon Dr Graves, the murderef of Mrs Barnaby.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
LOCAL LINES.

LADD, the grocer, sells more good gro. ceries for the money than his neighbors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
"CleOpatrR."
SNOW OR RAIN.

Official Weather Predictions For To-Day
 and TO-MOrrow.
 NEW YORK, Jan 11.-The following table shows the condition of the weather in the principal cities of the country at s a m tn 1nr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
CONLON BROS.

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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
JUST LOOK THIS OVER.
IT. is oFlINTEREsr TO ALL
READERS.
or Every Day Occurrence in the Great
state OF south Dak0ta for the Past
Week-A List OF All Events OF kmpor.
lance.
These School Land Deals.

The report recently circulated that a
ring" existed in several counties in
South Dakota which had for its object
the bearing of the price in the sale
Of school lands seems to have had q good
deal of foundation from recent develop.
ments. Superintendent Whippie of
Minnehaha County was one of the SUI
~perintendents who took exception to the
statement published in regard to
''rings," n in an open letter published
he attacked the Deputy Land Commits
sioner in o very savage manner for init
mating that there could be such q pos
sibility as a combination among the
prospective land buyers. But develop
ments show that in Whipple's own
county fraud has been perpetrated.
After the land sales in Minnehaha
County Gov. Mellette received an affi-
davit from four responsible farmers in
that county by which they swear that
land was Knocked down by the auction
eer to certain parties without giving
them o chance to bid, and they stood
within ten feet of the auctioneer.
In speaking of the fraud developed in
Minnehaha County. Gov. Mellettc, who
by law has to approve of the sale of all
school lands. stated that he most GER
AMY would not approve OF this par
ticular sale. lie further stated that it
was but natural that people should try
and get the lands ut as low IL price as
possible, and that they no doubt worked
all kinds of schemes to gain their end;
therefore, when it came t O his knowl-
edge that fraud had been perpetrated
in any particular sale he would disap-
prove of the sale and compel the land to
be sold owe again.
The trainers of our State constitution
did o good act when they incorporated
in the constitution that all schoollands,
before they were sold, should be first
appraised by a State board consisting of
the State Auditor. State Land Commits
sioner, and the County Superintendent
of each county in which the school
lands to be sold are situated. This
board has appraised all the lands sold,
and in this way one of the school lands
have gone for less than q fair value.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15

sentence for bigamy. Leaving Boston
ne went to Vermont, and there stole q
morse and carriage at Enosburg Falls.
He was overtaken near Pennington, N.
H., with the team, and in the attempt
TO arrest him. shot Officer Smith, who,
however, held his prisoner untilsccured
oy others. The day after he was placed
IN jail Macarthur" attempted suicide
by opening a vein. He was then placed
IN the women's department of the jail
ior medical treatment, and later sue
ceeded In making his escape.
WASHINGTON special: The various
employees of the United States express
between Washington and New Orleans
are e%ndcavoring to locate o sealed pack
age which is said to have contained
nearly $4,000, and which has gone
astray. Something over u week ago o
well-known citizen appeared at the re-
ceiving window of the company's office
III the Crescent City, and left o bag con
tanning the above mentioned amount of
cash. consigned to Washington. The
customary receipt was given him. AS
he did not hear from the consignee
acknowledging the receipt of the
money, he wired the officers Of the
company in this city, and received a re-
ply that no such package had been re-
celved: The same reply was received
from the consignee. and an investiga-
ton was begun. So the Superintendent
OF the treasury department admitted
that a sum of money had been stolen.
I'VE are keeping the whole matter as
quiet as possible,' said MIR. Plat in
conclusion, land hope to discover tho
thief and recover the missing money"
He refused absolutely to give the ann
OF either the consignor or the con-
signcc. "
DOVER, Del, special: Hon. Willard
Salisbury, State Chancellor since 1874,
and United States Senator from 1859 to
1871, died of a%popleXy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
FOREIGN JorrlNos.

PITTsBuRG special: The Times prints
the following from q correspondent in
Washington: In the course of q con-
v%ersation with the writer and one of the
leading physicians of the country, who
occasionally attended the Secretary,
the physician rcmarked: III see some
papers continue to connect your name
with the presidency, MIR. Secretary"
Mr.. Blaine responded: .The presidency
is an Office without sleep. 1 am now sc
years old, and although you have told
me and l believe that in heart, lungs,
kidneys, and otherwise / am tree from or
ganic disease, suffering only from torpid
ity OF the liver, l do not believe il
l were to be inaugurated President to-
morrow I would live out my term. II 1
were assured, therefore. of the nomi-
nation and election to the Presidency I
could not accept It. At my age and
with my temperament, and knowing
what effect q long life of exhausting
labor has been upon my vitality, it would
be constructive suicide"
The Secretary spoke with the emphc-
sis OF perfect candor and with the ap-
parent desire only to make himself def
nitely understood.
LONDON special: At q large meeting
of the Society of Arts, Mr.. Mccormick
a Chicago fair commissioner, read an
exhaustive paper on the future trade
relations between Great Britain and
the United States. He gave a forcible
array of statistics showing that the
United States was England's best Gus
toner, and said that there was every
reason why England should be we'll rep
resented at the Chicago fair. MIR.
Cation, in proposing q vote of thanks
to MIR. Mccormick, said he could defini-
tely that the British govern
ment would more than double tho pres.
ent grant for the fair and that the So
cicty would abolish all charges for
space. 1t is learned that the grant will
probably amount to $500, 900.
PARIS special: The Journal Dcs De-
bates says that q serious quarrel is
threatened between Spain and the
United States owing to the latter coun-
try refusing to withdraw the appoint
mcnt of ii. Rand as Consul at Ponati,
one of the Caroline Islands, to whom
Spain persists in refusing to grant an
eXequatur. The matter is at q dead
lock.
ST.. PETERSBURG special: 1t is ru-
morcd that q vessel trading on the Cas-
plan Sea, between the Russian mort of
Baku. and Persia, has been lost off the
Persian coast and that 200 passengers
persisted in the wreck.
PARIS special: At Anglers anarchists
exploded II bomb against the police sta
tion, seriously damaging the building
and wounding III of the officers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
. PANORAMIC VIEW
RAPIDLY SHIFTING SCENES,
IN A BUSY WORLD.
OBJECTIONS TO BLAIR.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS
POSITION is ILLOGICAL.
A Letter to Minister Denby-He Is In
structed to Inform the Chinese Govern
mont of tho Secretary's views-The Sem
ate Discussed the Matter.

The Chinese Government Objects to Blair.
WASHINGTON special: The text of the
letter of Acting Secretary of State
Wharton to DENLY, Minister to China,
concerning the refusal of China to re-
ceive ex-senator Blair Us the represent
alive of this country, has been made
public. Wharton says that the declina-
ton OF Blair leaves the question of his
withdrawal by this government out Of
the question: He admits the right of
comfy between nations requires that it
should not be done without sufficient
reason. The reason assigned by China,
h a 1t was because of the unfricndly
attitude of Blair toward China as o SEN
ator during the tendency of the Chinese
exclusion act, is not well taken, Us the
record shows that he was respectful
throughout toward China and just
toward her people. The objection
that he cast his vote in favor of the
bill is in reality an objection to any
mcmbe OF Congress who votes for any
measure Objectionable to China. This
act, now the supreme law of the land,
commands the obedience of all citizens.
Any person appointed us Minister to
China is bound to observe and assist its
execution. This objection to Blair can
not, therefore, be taken into account in
appointing another. The objection,
moreover. is illogical. as the act has
been in force three years without the
discovery that it was q bar to the recep-
tiOn OF an envoy from this government.
DENLY has been directed to communicate
these views to China.
The Senate, in executive session, dis
cussed and roundly denounced the atti-
tude of the Chinese Government, but
has taken M action. as the matter is
still in the hands of the State DEPART
mcnt.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
THE SOUTHERN

OZARK, MO-, special: If the expected
happens in fancy County, the Bald
Knobbers will reorganize and come
over the hills and adjourn the invests
CATION into the %lynchlng of Murderer
Bright and the killing of Deputy Sheriff
Williams u few weeks ago, now going
OH ut Forsythe. That q mob will ap-
pear and take the men who are under
suspicion out of the jurisdiction of the
court is almost certain if they are held
for the crime of killing Williams. The
investigation is proceeding slowly. The
evidence against Lawyer Taylor is
pretty strong. and the indication is that
he will be indicted for trial. A strange
story, which may have some connection
with the doings of the fancy County
mob, has reached here. At the Lewis
place, six miles northwest of Walnut
Shade. on the farm OF Charles Lewis, q
new grave has appeared in the orchard,
and his son, Frank Lewis, is said to tie
buried in it. The cause of the young
mans death is not known, nor was the
fact of his death known until the grave
was seen. NeighbOrS proposed to en-
hume the body and find out the cause
of death. The father, Charles Lewis,
refused to allow it to be done, and
threatened to shoot any man coming on
his premises Tor the purpose. So the
matter stands. Some have asserted
that Frank Lewis was ono of the mob
who hung Bright at Forsythe and that
he was accidentally shot and has since
died of his wounds.
MOBILE, Ala. special: The continu-
GUS heavy rains for thirty.six hours
have ceased. The washouts on the Mo-
bile & Ohio Road were very severe north
of Meridin. The iron bridge ovair>Tibee
Creek is two feet under water and the
roadbed is entirely washed out just
southwest of Point Mississippi. There
There are several minor breaks north
of Tupelo. Heavy floods in Northern
Alabama demolished the Louisville ~
Nashville schedule. Trains stopped
between Decatur and Evansville, the
track being flooded for miles in all di-
rectienS.
CAMpToN. KY, special: John Smith
and w. IL. Reynolds. residing near
Campton, met in the road near the res
idencc of Ira brakes, Reynolds father
in-law. They had q few unpleasant
words. when Smith struck REYNOLDS
twice on the head with a piece of wood,
from the effects of which he died within
six hours. Smith helped to dig a grave
and assisted the %neighbors in the inter-
ment, after which he was arrested, and
is now in the Campton Jail, bail being
refused.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, special: White
Caps who have for some time been op-
Grating in this country are now re.
ported administering their mode of JUS
tice to citizens of Houston County, just
across the Montgomery County line.
a man named Keel. residing on Wells
Creek, Was taken out and q terrible
whipping given him for his alleged
| cruOkcdneSS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
THE wHlPPLE A S
An Exchange Says .Lays-on-His-Mothcr
lied of ,Jim..Iams.

An Exchange Says OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in-Law" died of Jim-Jalns.
THE case of Jack Whipple, the squaw
man charged with the killing of tho In
ian "Lays-on-His- Mother-in- Law" is
attracting q good deal of attention.
Mhipple was arrested aud taken before
q United States Commissioner, where
he had a preliminary trial. He was ac-
cused of having murdered the Indian in
cold blood, and it has been freely as
serted that there vas plenty of evidence
to convict. Whipple was discharged ON
the ground that the crime was commit
ted ON the coded Sioux lands, and there.
fore o within the jurisdiction of the
United States. Jackson County, where
Whipplc lives, is ~unorganizcd, and it is
attached to Pennington County for jul
dicial purposes, bnt no provision has
been made to pay any part of the en-
pcnse a case from that county might
entail. Consequently, the County At
torney of Pennington County would
hesitate to go on with q case when he
felt sure the defendant would be ac-
Quilted. Steps have been taken with
some show of success to secure an ap-
preparation from the government to
pay the expenses incident to prosecut-
ing a case of this kind when an Indian
is killed or other crime committed in an
u%norganized county. This is the story
of the release of the prisoner as usually
given. and 1t has also been asserted
that the prosecuting attorney of PEN
nington County said he would not try
Whipple because q white man could not
be convicted in that county of killing
al Indian. In regard to this the Dead
wood Pioneer says:
1.-The reason that the Pennington
County officials refused to prosecute
was that there was not one scintilla of
evidence to prove that Whipple MUIR
dered the Indian. All the witnesses
testified that the Indian girded up his
loins and journeyed to a bungalow three
miles distant from Whipple's cabin,
where he procured n beer bottle full of
alcohol. This he poured into his sys-
tenn without any reduction, which so
surprised his stomach that it refused to
perform its regular functions. his heart
knocked off work, and he was picked
up dead the following morning. He had
been in the employ of Whipple for years
and was we'll thought of by him. The
disgusting %sentimalism that pirates Of
Pennington County's indifference to the
rights of the Indians should be sat down
upon. Pennington County justice is
just the same for white, black, and COL
ored, but when q useless Indian dies of
delirium tremens, eastern philanthro-
pists need not expect the county to go
to an immense expense to prove svent-
ually that he was not murdered"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
IN THE EAST.

NEW YoEK special: Senior Gorgoss
here, says tho trouble there is worse
than reported here. All the States are
in open revolt against Palacio. Finun-
cicrs are wrecked and trade is dead.
The rcvolutionist forces outnumber the
government troops and it looks as if
they would be successful.
NEW YolK special: Rumors of tho
possible organization of a big sugar
refining company to compete with the
sugar trust are so far advanced that
the projectors are negotiating for Suita-
bic property OH Staten STAND for the
plant. IL is further reported that Eras-
tus Wiman is interested in the scheme
and cad to invest ST. 900. 900. Wiman
declined to say who the projectors were.
MILI.vlII.E. n. j.. special: T.. j. Nc
CURE. General Secretary of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters for America.
says that on the I'd of May u demand
for an cight-hour day will be made by
the carpenters of Baltimore. Cincinnati,
Denver, Salt Lake City. Decatur, Ill.,.
and Toronto, Can. He considers that
the prospects of winning in these cities
is very good, and does not expect either
Il strike OF Il lockout in either. MIR.
McGufrc further states that seventy
II cities throughout the country will
make a demand for IL nine-hour day on
the same date, and thinks that the de-
mand wilp be granted in sixty-tive of
''f povum.. Au.. special: 1t has been
learned hat Julius Macarthur, who
killed Dcputy Sheriff Charles III. Smith
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
LANDS IN
Hundred. of Deputies. required to Tai.
Charge of tho Sisseton Reservation.

Hundreds of Deputies Required to Take
Charge Of tho Sisseton Reservation. ;.
Gov. MELLETTE has directed the
sheriffs of the counties neat the Sisse.
toni Reservation lands to be opened, to
summon 100 men each for . posse, and
take charge of the Sisseton Reservation
when the government opens it on the
18th. They will be backed by the n
tire State military and there are al
ready at Browns Valley, Mimi, 200 or
300 regular soldiers to keep order In that
neighborhood. The crowds continue to
gather around the boundaries of the
reservation in anticipation of the rush
for lands. :;
The reported crooked dealings Of the
land agents cause indignation. 1t is
generally understood that the govern
ment will issue a general order defeat
ing the aims Of sharpers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
DETAILED TO sIssEToN.
ten. W. d. Harlan Sent from Washington
to- Maintain Order.

Gen. w. D.. Harlan Sent from Washington
tO Maintain Order.
GEN. w. D. HARLAN Of Washington
has been detailed by Commissioner Car
ter to aid the land .offce officials at
Watertown during the opening Of the
Sisseton Reservation on and after April
is. He received important instructions
from the Commissioner II regard to
those who enter ON The reservation pre-
vious to the issuing of the proclamation
of the President. Every man must
make affidavit that he did not enter
upon or occupy the land since the ,ssu-
ance of the order by Secretary Noble,
in which oil persons except Indians
were warned to keep off the lands. If
n settler commits perjury in making
this affidavit he will lose his claim ON
conviction: AS to tho question as to
whether the squatter or the person FL
ing will possess the land the, opinion is
that the entry a will have the advan-
tage. as the sluatter must initiate the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
ucstructlye to Cuttle.

SIR. Paul. Mimi. special: The storms
which have prevailed for the past two
weeks on the Eastern Montana ranges
have been disastrous to cows and young
calves. Wool-growers were more fortu-
nate than cattlcmcn, and have been
able to keep their tlocks sheltered, but
met with some loss, Notwithstanding.
Stock in other parts of the State is j N
excellent condition. and winter losses
have been comparatively light. Tho
drive from the South will be large.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15

contest to determine their respective
rights. The man fling at the land office
here will have the advantage. There
are 40 candidates for the office of Reg
lister of the Land Office except Railroad
Commissioner Phillips, as he is the only
n who has been generally Endorsed for
the position.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
NEW POINT in DIVORCE CASES.

Baron he stuers Was an Ambassador
AMI the Court Had No Jurisdictton.
The bill Of exceptions for the new
trial in the De Stuers divorce case
makes a new point that tho court at
Sioux Falls had nc jurisdiction because
the Baron vas an ambassador to France
from the Netherlands, and the statutes
Of the United States declare that the
Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdic-
tion in suits against ambassadors. The
statute was meant, of course, to apply
to ambassadors to the United States.