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The Forrest City times., 1892-01-08
CHAPTER xl.

Nothing but the rain and the fate of Sir Philip Darrell was talked about st the
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Two New saw Nrills.

RED LAKE FALLS. Mimi. Dec. s.--
NJ. LalE has arrived from Minneapolis
and Isl now on his way to Crow Wins
lake, where he is in charge of the con.
structin of the mills being erected BY
T. B. Walker. Mr.. Lally states that
the frame of one of the mills Is already
erected|and the other is under way. This
location is all that could be desired by
those swning pine in that section, es
Crow Wing lake, near Leech lake, is in
the verr midst Of the pine region. The
point " location is at the proposed
junction Of the Great Northern from
Winnipeg to Duluth, and the Park
Rapids branch with that line. The mills
win cost in the neig OF $lOo, ,OOO
and their joint capacity will be about
equal with that Of the mill at this place.
1t Il expected they will be ready for
operation early in the spring.
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the roadS arrived during the day. The
snow IL not 30 deep. but 1t is drifted and
many Of the tracks are covered with it,
especially in the northern part of the
state. Near Phillipsburg it is very deep
and covers wagon roads, and, in some
localities it is over the house tops. The
real storm did not begin until D. m.
and 1t has lasted furiously ever since.
Out near Dodge City the snow is deep
and
Many Cattle Are Dead.
kilograms from the Chicago, Kansas
and Nebraska divisions of the Rock
Island indicate the most furious blizzard
in several years all over the northern
part of Kansas. The people were not
prepared for it, owing to the splendid
weather recently. No dead are reported,
but there is much suffering.
At Emporia six inches of snow has
fallen, and it still falls lightly, with
heavy wind accompaniment, making q
genuine Kansas blizzard.
Reports at Missouri Pacific headquar-
ters in Atchison are that the snow storm
is heaped throughout Northern Kansas
and Nebraska. The snow in the cuts
between Nebraska and Union is four
feet deep and still drifting.
Trains Have Been Abandoned.
The wires are down on the central
branch Of the road and no reports have
been received from the West. Snow
plows and linemen have been sent out
and every effort is being made to keep
the track open.
At Salina, heavy storm, accom-
panied by a blizzard, began Tuesday
evening and continued for twenty four
hours. There are fully fourteen inches
Of snow on the level and the traffic has
been suspended. The storm is general
throughout the northwest part of the
state. Because of the suddeness OF it's
arrival much stock will suffer for want
of shelter.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.
TornadOes and Thunderstorms Reported
Throughout the Southwest.

Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Reported
Throughout the Southwest.
ST.. LOUIS. Dec. 9.--During the even-
ing there was drop OF 25 deg. in the
temperature in this section, accompanied
by wind which reached a velocity Of
thirty-dve miles per hour toward mid
night. with furries of snow. In the
morning the gale abated somewhat, but
it is growing colder and splitting snow,
with indications of a heavy fall before
night.
Advices from all over Arkansas, the
Indian Territory and Texas report big
drop in the mercury, with severe wind
and electric storms, and several funnel
shaped cyclones. One at Brenham, Tex, !,
demolished a dozen houses and injured
several persons, though none fatally.
Dennison, Tex, reports several houses
blown down and bunch of cattle killed
by lightning. In the Indian Territory
many head of cattle and stockman
named John Wismore were killed by
lightning at Big Prairie. A tornado
three hundred yards wide struck Para,
gould, Ark, about II a. m, and did
$20,0O0 damage to buildings, fences and
sidewalks in q twinkling, but fortu-
nately no one was seriously injured.
Other points report general damage to
timber and fences, but few buildings Of
Importance injured.
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OPERATORS OUT.
Nearly SIX Hundsed Men ON the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific
Quit Work,
I'm Pursuance OF an Order Issued by
Grand Chief Telegrapher
Ramsay.
General Manager st. John Says He
Can See No Difference In the
Service.

CHICAGO, Dec. Give hundred and
seventy-ive telegraph opera tors, out OF
6S5 employed by the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway stopped
work promptly at 10 O'Clock a. m. ip
obedience TO the order of Grand Chief
Ramsay, OF the Order of Railway Teleg,
Iaphers, so say the representatives OF
the telegraphers at their headquarters
In the Palmer house. General Manager
st. John, of the Rock Island road, how
ever, ridecules this statement and says
he has no advices of any of the men
having gone ont. He saws he notices no
difference in the operation of the Rock
Island system, and belittles the value of
the operators services by claiming that
the road could easily get along with one
third OF the force that has been on duty.
A Self Appointed Committee.
General Manager st. John claims that
the committee of the telegraph operators
Ia self constituted one and does not
represent majority of the telgraphers
employed by the Rock Island road.
"We certainly will refuse to treat
with self-appointed committee that
does not represent majority" he said.
"If they, at any time, show that they
represent majority, we will treat with
them until doomsday. il necessary, as
we have ALWAYS done. That we do not
miss the men who have left their keys
will prove to you if yon choose to send q
messageIto any Western Union station
on our line with orders to have it re-
peated via Rock Island wire to this
Office, the answer will await you here. I"
Mr.. Ht. John believes that many of
the operators will fulfil their obligation
to the Order Of Railway Tslsgraphers
by goiIg out, then resign from the order
and return to work.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 8.--The educational
forces of the United States are now sure
OF enough room to make creditable ex-
hibit at the worlds fair. The executive
committee and the board of directors,
which for months has held back for an
other building at jackson park, have
voted $40. 900 for that purpose. The
plans for the new building were ap-
proved week ago, and Chief Burnham
has advertised for bids. This new
building will not be used for the educa-
tional exhibit, however. The main
building, Manufactures hall, will shell
ter the educational display. Professor
Putnam's chronological exhibit viii be
removed from Manufactures hall to the
new building. and the educational ex-
hibit will take the space in Manufac-
lures hall reserved for Professor Put
nam. This change is advantageous for
both exhibits.
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DlatJ. he says that he Is far from de-
spairing of the international monetary
conference, and looks at any rate for
some result of the deliberations. He
believes the conference will continue in
session until about Saturday, Dec. II,
and then adjourn until May for real and
decisive business. Many of the delegates,
he adds, and especially the Germans,
will anxiously await President Cleve-
lands message before coming to final
decision. It is considered unlikely, that,
at the meeting OF the conference this
afternoon, there will be an immediate
discussion of the proposals of Sir VIM.
Houldsworth. bi-metallist of the British
delegation, to the effect that bi-metal-
Lie union should be formed by the ma
tions willing to enter into such an ar
rangement, and that the ma
tions preferring to retain a
single gold standard should
undertake to establish the following or
q similar arrangement, viz:
That their mints should receive silver
bullion in not less quantity than fixed
minimum against receipts, noting the
quantity and value at specified rate
per ounce, to be determined by inter-
national agreement, the quantity 30
specified to be delivered by weight to
bearer whenever demanded, and in no
other manner or no other account what
soever, the receipts to circulate as
money.
The prevalent opinion OF the confer
ence Is opposed to Sir Williams plan,
and it Is expected that it would be sub
mitted to special committee for pre-
liminary consideration.
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A Genuine Blizzard Has Ragged In Most
Portions Of the West for Twenty.
four Hours.
The Worst OF the STERN Appears 20
to Have Been in Kansas and Ne
braska-R0ads Blocked.
I'm the Southwest Tornadoes and Thun.
der Storms Prevailed-Twisters
In Texas.

CHICAGO, Dec. GA blizzard has
been prevailing throughout the West
for twenty-four hours or more. In this
city drizzling rain, which fell nearly
all day, turned into a furious snow
storm with gale from the West. The
temperature was not up to the freezing
point and the snow melted as 1t fell.
The snow has now almost ceases to fall,
but the skies still threaten. Along the
lakes the storm seems to be general. At
Detroit the wind Ia high and the weather
il becoming colder. At Toledo heavy
storm Of main and snow prevails. Cleve-
land reports cloudy and threatening
weather, and at Erie heavy rain is
falling.
In the far west the storm has been
general and still continues. In western
Nebraska intense cold, accompanied by
wind, but In South Dakota 'and Eastern
Nebraska the weather Is not severe.
Through the day the wind from the
north blew q hurricane. Though the
fall OF snow has been extremely heavy,
probably ten inches througout Nebraska,
the high wind has kept the ground clear
In many places and in others piled up
drifts in which a man can easily be
lost.
Fears for Stock.
The greatest fears are entertained
both In Nebraska and South Dakota for
the safety of range stock. 1t is yet
scarcely cold enough to cause much loss
In this respect, but If the mercury falls
10 deg. more the loss will be enormous.
In Omaha the Inconvenience occasioncd
Is great. Enormous drifts of snow COW
cred the streets and rendered street car
traffic impossible. Snow plows could
make no headway with the snow drift
ing ON the track as rapidly as displaced.
Cars could scarcely be moved. All
trains were delayed, and when the wide
spread storm was reported from the
interior many trains were abandoned.
City schools Closed.
All the city schools were closed. A
large barn collapsed during the day
from the weight of the snow. Several
small buildings were wrecked.
At Beatrice, Neb., two feet OF snow
fell, which has drifted badly.
Snow fell throughout the entire State
Of Iowa. The snow was accompanied
by high wind. At Fort Dodge howl
ing blizzard ragged all day. The snow
driftsd into great heaps, causing sus-
pension Of all business. At Keokuk, a
storm OF rain and snow prevailed and
indications are that it will continue. It
has been gradually growing colder.
Telegraph service ID impeded.
Kansas, too, was storm swept. None
of the trains from the west on any of
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Insuflacient EYidenca.

OMAHA. Dec. y.--Dick Beslin and
George Hayes, the gamblers arrested
for the murder OF Mayor Miller, have
been released, the county attorney stat
ing that the evidence was insufficient.
Clara Allen, the woman who swore she
saw Miller murdered, was arrested on
the charge of perjury.
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A Defective Track.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 6.-While Belt
Line engine was setting car at the
abattoir, this city, the car left the track
and tipped over, pulling under it Con-
ductor Tom Fish, killing him instantly,
and breaking the arm and hip of Brake
man Woodland. It is supposed that q
defective track caused the accident.
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work Of an Incendiarv.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8. There Is q
growing belief that the destruction of
the Ledger building was the work OF an
incedndiary. A thorough investigation
OF the matter will be made.
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PROBABLY ADJOURN.

Indications That the Monetary Confer
enc~ Will Not Take Action TIL May.
BRUSSELS. Dec. g.-M. Beernaert, the
Belgian minister of finance. denies in an
interview the statement of The Taae-
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only fair nat when quality prices should go up with
This happens be the of the when the
expected liable Perhaps that explain just why
quality and prices falling but just the
and the fact all about We giving clothing
it hasn't that but the drop prices stop very
buyers will scarcely have to take along pocket
they go purchasing expeditions.
invite all need of mems and boys suits and
call at early date while stock unbroken
when will you that have line wonderfully fine
goods at wonderfully low prices Yours for bargains
JOHN DRISC0LL.
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LEHMAN SWUNG OFF.
Constable Burns Murderer Pays
the Death Penalty.

Special to the Globe.
DEADwooD, S. d., Feb. 19.-John B.
Lehman, the condemned murderer, was
hung in the jail yard at Custer. today at
1855. Lehman assumed an air of bragg
gadocio when ascending the scaffold,
but when he was placed on the trap and
the leg straps adjusted, and the black
cap placed over his head and the fatal
moose placed around his neck, he col
lapsed totally, making it necessary for
two deputies to support him until the
lever was pulled. His last words were:
81 wish to say that the sheriff and his
brother are very cruel men, who are
numbering men for pay" At 1855 the
lever was pulled, and he shot through
the trap. 1t was evident that his
neck was broken by the fall,
as hardly a struggle followed. HIS
physician, Edwards, pronounced him
dead at sos, and the body was cut
down. The crime for which Lehman
paid the forfeit 10y his life was the de-
liberate murder of Constable Burns,
who was endeavoring to make his arrest
for cattle stealing. The crime was COM
mitted in 1888, since which time Leh-
man has been sentenced to death no
less than three times.
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MRS. MINTON'S FATE.
1t Is Now in the Hands Of a
Jury Of South Da-
kotans.
No Probability That 1t Will
Report Until Some Time
Today.
Strange Story Of the Disap-
pearance Of Col. O. M.
TOWner.
It Is Believed in Some Quar-
tePS That He Has Been
Murdered.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
PARKER, s. D., Feb. 19.-The cele-
brated divorce case of Mrs. Charlotte
Nicoll Minton against j. McKim Min
ton, editor of the New York illustrated
American, went TO the jury at 8 O'Clock
this evening and the impression is they
will be out all night. Editor Minton
was on the stand in his own behalf
most of the day. He made good i'm
preston on the audience. He explained
that he was not drunk when taken to
the police station in New York, but
was suffering from dizziness caused by
heart and kidney troubles. He
had had other such attacks in
Chicago and in the West Indies.
He did not recall that his wife had ever
paid his club dues. In regard to his
wife's charge that he BACKED her ego
while intoxicated, he said with en-
phasis: That occurred while 1 was
giving boating party at Bayside. L. L.
Mrs. Minton rode home with Andrew P.
Smith. [ am sorry to say she was in
toXicated. She got small discoloration
under her left eye in falling out of the
carriage" At this point Mrs. Minton
was recalled, and produced pieces of
a letter found on the floor of her library
Christmas, 1890. Sue testified that
thewriting was that of her hus-
band. 1t read: New York,
Dec. %, 1S90.-Mr. Delaney Nicoll,
Esq.-Dear Dell: L am going to procure
a separation from Charlotte | cannot
live like this any longer. l am willing
to take all the blame from Ter on that
point, but | wish to inform you, who
have been the head OF the family and
my friend. in regard She found no
more of the letter. Asked if she had
not said since coming to South Dakota
that she intended to secure divorce
and then marry Gen. Willoughby Yves
ton. she replied with flashing eyes: II
have said no such thing. AT the boating
party he was drunk, but l was not"
After arguments by counsel court adj
journed until after supper, when Judge
Smith charged the jury, occupying
about three-QuarterS of an hour,
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TARIFF REDUCTION.
Democratic Bills to Receive an
Early Call.

democratic Bills to Receive an
Early Call.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-It was an
nounced today to be the intention of the
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee to call up the tariff
question in the house early in the week
after next. This programme would to
some extent defer consideration of the
silver question, for the silver bill cannot
be taken uD and got out of the way in
advance of that time. The announce
ment of the purpose to call up the tariff
question about the first of March was
made in the ways and means committee
today at a brief session of the full COM
mitree.
An agreement was reached among the
members of the committee that the
minority should have until week from
tomorrow to prepare their reports
against the three billS-the wool, bind
ing Irvine and bagging measures here
tofore ordered favOrably reported to the
house by party vote. Chairman
Springer then announced that it was in
tended to call up one of the three bills
on the Monday or Tuesday following
the submission of the reports to the
house.
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WHERE Is COL. TOWNER?
Mysterious Disappearance of
Prominent North Dakotan,


GRAND FORKS, n. D., Feb. 19.-Col.
O. M. TOwner. vice president and gen
eral manager of the Northwestern Farm
Land company, a syndicate of Chicago
capitalists heavily interested in North
Dakota farming lands and engaged in
the German colonization scheme for
growing barley, mysterlouSly diSap-
peared three weeks ago. His friends
here and business associates are totally
at loss what to think or how to account
for his absence. He has either met with
foul play or is fndulging in highly &C.
centric conduct which no sane man
would be guilty of. The general belief
here inclines to the former supposition,
although Developments afford Slight
basis fer the hope that he is still among
the living. Towner was last seen Sun
day. Jan. %, in Minneapolis, where he
paid his bill at the Windsor hotel, where
he was not in the habit of stopping when
in Minneapolis. On that day he told
Arthur NOyeS, Minneapolis attorney
i'll the employ of the syndicate, that GER
tain private business would engage him
until the Monday following, when they
would meet and 90 to Chicago, as pre-
VlouSly arranged, to confer with the
syndicate at an important meeting.
Nothing wrong was suspected for sew
eral days, until it was discovered by tel
egramS that he was neither in Chicago,
Minneapolis nor Dakota.
Search was then Immediately insti-
tuted. but without success. Detectives
were put on the case last SATURDAY. and
every nook and corner of the Twin
Cities which would afford retreat was
searched, but absolutely no trace has
been found. He had only between two
and three hundred dollars in his posses
sion, but from his associations and ex-
tenSive advertising as manager of the
Land and Colonization syndicate he
may have been thought to have had
large sums on his person or at his COM
mand which coul1 be secured by
putting him out of the way.
His financial relations with the com
pany are straight and his business
prospects were exceedingly bright.
his friends advanced two theories
either he has been involved in some
former transaction which threatens to
cause him trouble and exposure and
prefers to flee rather than face it, or he
has been murdered in cold blood. Mai.
Hamilton, of this city, the syndicate's
attorney engaged in examining the
titles of land purchased by the syndi-
cate, who went from here last Friday to
assist Mr.. Briggs, Chicago member of
the company, in prosecuting the search,
writes to friend here from Chicago
that all efforts have been fruitless and
they have practically given up hopes
for the present of unraveling the mys-
FERROUS and deplOrable affair,
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HOPELESSLY BAD.
Balfour. Local Government Bill
Without Merit.

DUBLIN, Feb. 19,-The National Press
government bill said: 1.-The bill is a
beggarly account of meaningless pro-
visions. II is like a Japanese toy-a
succession of empty boxes, one within
another
The Irish Daily Independent (Parnell-
ite) says that the Irish party was pre-
pared to give the bill hearty support
had it proved satisfactory, but the meas
ure is sham, a fraud and an insult.
LONDON, Feb. 19.-The News says
Nothing more extraordinary than the
Irish bill was ever submitted to parlia-
ment MIR. Balfour's stron gest oppo-
nents never imagined that he could have
devised so thoroughly bad and hope
less measure"
The Times says: "Mr. Balfour dis
played complete mastery of the de-
tails of very complicated and technical
subject. The safeguards proposed
would probably never interfere with
the free action of the councils. The
trial clause is really nothing particular
ly new. A similar check is already in
existence in the Irish poor law. The
factious rage into which the Gladston-
ians and the Irish members worked
themselves is really amusing"
The Telegraph says it confesses with
regret that "those who would fain have
supported the bill found nothing to say
in its defense"
The Standard stoutly declares that
the government will proceed with the
bill, and it will have the support of the
Liberal Unionists. There may be some
differences as to details, but the main
features of the bill are approved by all
UnioniSts.
The Post.in an article expressing mild
approval, says: 1.-The reception ac-
corded the bill in the house of commons
makes it highly probable that the gov
ernment will modify the safeguarding
clauses before it is offered for second
reading. The strongest objections are
offered to the trial councils, cumulative
vote, the Acknowledgement of illiterates
and the control of capital expenditures
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OATMEAL TRUST.
A Member Remarks That All Is
Serene.

CEDAR RAPIDS, To-, Feb. 19.-E. r.
Crowell. manager of the big oatmeal
mill at this place, in an interview yes
terday said there was no truth in the
story that the oatmeal trust was COM
PEELED 10 sell its products for less than
cost and that it was in danger of going
to pieces. lie said that while competi-
ton was very strong and prices very
low their products had not been sold at
a loss, and even though the trust should
raise the price it would not come out of
the consumer, but out of the retailer,
who is making big profits just now. Mr..
Crowell said the company held its meet
ing in Akron, o., a few days ago, and
the reports submitted at that time indi-
Gated that it was in prosperous condi-
ton, financially and otherwise, and that
everybody seems pleased with the re-
cnltc of tho uoor