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The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
MATER THAT BuRNs.

Pierre, $. d., May 3O.-Work has been
completed on the government artrsian
well at the Indinn school at depth of
1.1M feet. The flow is 600 gallons per
minute and the pressure 100 pounds.
The flow is not as large as in other wells
in the state, but the pressure is heavier
than any of the others. The water has a
temperature of W degrees, and u torch
applied to the stream as it flows from the
well makes it Il cataract of flame from
the burning of tile gas which accompanies
the flow
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
A PECULIAR CASE.

Fairmont, Mimi. May :m.-A case of
almost inlumnn brutality has just come
to the light of the public. The fourteen
year-"ld daughter of William Rrhrcns, IL
farmer living eight miles north of Fair
mont, gave birth last week to a child.
The girl swcars that she does not know
who is the father of her child or that lib
critics were ever taken with her by any
man. The supposition is that she was
chloroformed and that while in an nsel-
sible condition. her ruin WAS accom-
plished
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MURDER AND sUICIDE

Huntington, Ind, May 29-At Roa,
noke, village in this county, Christopher
Haberkus murdered his wife, set fire to
his house and killed himself. Haberkus
was seventy-tive years old and his wife
was seventy. She was Catholic and he
was not, and lie objected to Catholic
women calling upon her. Yesterday two
of the church women did call He abused
them. and after they had left he and his
wife hud trouble over it. AT midnight,
while his wife was asleep. he entered her
room and nearly severed her head from
her body. Then he set fire to the bed, to
the furniture up stairs. and then killed
himself by cutting his throat.
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DECORATION DAY

Chicago. May :D.-Thc graves of fallen
heroes were decorated to-day. in every
part of the country. The feature of the
day in New York. was the visit of
Princess Eulalir to the tomb of Gen.
Grant. She carried IL handsome bol-
uuet which she left at the tomb As IL
result of the efforts of the g. A. H. the
graves of Union soldiers throughout the
South were decorated. Telcgrams from
New York. Philadelphia. st. Louis, ST
Paul. Minneapolis and other cities show
that the day was generally observed.
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RUNNING THE TRADE.

Glasgow. May 30-Thc Glasgow i'm
portcrs Of Canadian cattle have sent word
by cable to the exporters to stop ship
ping. as the delays. owing to the require
ment by the board of agriculture that the
cattle shall be slaughtered upon arrival
are ruinoliS to the trade. Three vessels
loaded with cattle are waiting for the dis
pos;ll of il.riI car.ocs and are coming,
and prices have fallen 3 cents per pound
on each animal
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The Sherman house at Fargo. y. d..
was completely burned ont by fire. ri ::
o'clock on the morning of the 2G.h nt.
but the tirelnen prevented the spread o
the flames to the surrounding buildings.
1t was occupied by Ike Blair, who had
$1,000 insurance on the contents. o;
which very little was saved, as he ,evot-
ed his time to awakening the guests. o.
whom there We're over hundred in the
building at the time. All were saved
though there was some narrow escapes
The building was owned by James Ken
nedy, was valued at $4,000, and insured
for $4,000.
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Burgin. Ky. May 30. John Light shot
and Instantly killed Ephraim Dean. They
had been engaged In the grocery business
and had srtllemrn, Il few weeks ago.
when il was found they had lost money
amounting to several hundred dollars.
Light accused Dean OF swindling him.
This led To the killing. which occurred
near Deans home The murderer es-
n,,,1
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DOCTORS MEET.

Chicago, May 29.--Doctors from the
-four corners of the earth began to arrive
at the hotls to-day in anticipation of the
congress of homeopathic physicians and
surgeons which begins tomorrow. Among
the prominent physicians who arrived to-
day we're DIR. Majundar, Calcutta India:
DR.. Bojanus, Moscow. Russia; DIR.
Hawkes.. Liverpool, Eng. DIR. Fisher,
Sidney, n. S. w,
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Judge Aikens oi Sioux Falls. S. D., has
directed a verdict ior the defendant in the
case OF Noyes Bros. & Cutler, oi st. Paul,
against c. c. Crandall. i. l.. McAlIister,
who recently fled from Hartford. S. d.,
was business partner OF Crandall. Me
Allister persuaded the plaintiffs to cash u
draft ior $500 on Crandall's Drank, Feb.
25, the day the partnership was dissolv-
ed. McAllister pocketed the money and
the draft was protested. Mc.illister
raised $500 in this way, working
various people in st. Paul and Mime
apolis. The case will be appealed.
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CONSERNA ATlNES ACrIA.E

London. May 0.-'rhr central excru,
tive committee of the Conservative party
are sending circulars To Conservative
election agents throughout the country
stating that the IL gi>tration hill intro
dnced by MIR. Gladstone'> government
VIII not he allowed to pass. and that the
next general election will I've held upon
the existing system of registration. The
circular implies that the leaders of the
conservative purity are confident that the
general election will he held in the ;u
tunn or eAslN in 1904
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RAD RnYS

Eau Claire. Wis, May 3O.-Several
farmers boys, all under twenty. were
throwing stones ut each other Saturday
night at Big Falls. One of them finally
fired a target rifle. The ball went into
the hip of August Bieglcr of Seymour
He may die. Emil Kroegcr. Louis Vol
hrudt, Charles Harke and Henry John
son were arrested, all on the charge of
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm. They We're bailed out in 5000
each. The result of Bieglcrs injuries will
be awaited by them very anxiously.
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BREAKIN rEE LEyEE.

Arkansas City, Ark, May 30.-A crew.
asse occurred Gu the lcvee in the Mis-
sssippi river four niles above this city.
The gap is nov 300 feet wide and four
teen feet deep. and is rapidly cnlarging.
Tie water is pouring through in Il large
volume, and. although IL large force of
mcr are hard ut work in an attempt to
fill it with sacks of dirt, it is feared
their efforts will prove unavailing, and
great destruction will follow.
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ECONOMY

Chicago. May 3O.-A meeting of the
Minnesota STATE board of worlds fair
managers will occur next Thursday morn
ing. June l. at the state building. A
decided f.rIin.; Of economy has taken pos
session of soa:c of the members, and it is
probable that there will be some differ
encr of opinion at that meeting. Some
employees at the stat" building are on the
anxious seat. fearing that their heads
mlr ,nIu. off
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DESIRE PEACE.

Valparaiso, May 3O.-All the followers
of Dictator Balmaccda now in Chile
have made peace with the Chilean gov
ernment. a letter indicating desire for
peace was to-day handed to President
Montt. The letter was signed by all the
leaders of the Balmaceda faction now in
Chile In this document the Ballna-
cedists declare that in consideration Of
the clemency shown Senor Briceno they
desire now to discontinue all party feuds
and obliterate all past differences
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Suicide OF A SOLDIER.

Vienna, May 3O--NNhile inspecting to-
day the German hussars, Il crack Aus
trian regiment, on the parade ground of
the main barracks, Lieut.. Smzcsanyi was
angered by the clumsinrss of Il non-com-
missioned officer. lie called the officer
to him and with an oath, gave him n
box on the ear. Upon retiring. flushed
and weeping, to his men. the officer took
a carbinc and shot himself in the head.
He died OH the parade ground.
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MILLS BURNED.

Scranton, Pa, May 3O.-The blooming
mill engine room and boiler house of the
Lackawanna Steel company, north mill,
were destroyed by fire The entire north
works. which were running double time
on big orders. will be idle for some
months, throwing out of employment
100 hands. The loss is $125,O0
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Till. MATCH OEIS

Chicago. May :m.-rhe proposed match
between Martin Denny of Australia and
Austin Gibbons before the Crescent City
Athletic club is off. Dcnny's hackers re-
fused to accept the articles of agreement
from Griffin calling for an additional con-
ccssion of two pounds, and To weigh III
on the night of the contest. Denny goes
to England to get IL match with Overton.
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LOWERS SUICIDE.

Vienna. May 3O-Louis Russ, Il man
ufacturer living in Pola, and his tinncee,
Irene Klopfer of Vienna, committed sui
eide Russ had written to Irene saying
that liz. intended to kill himself at &
o'clock, and begging her to poison herself,
for which purpose he enclosed some
cyanide of patnssium. AT the appointed
time the girl swallowed the poison and
Russ shot himself with revolver
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A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
AN ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Father Supposed to Have KILLED
His Wife and Two Children and
Ended His Bloody Work by Com-
mittinH Suicide.

Connellsville. Pa. May 3O.-The entire
family of William Hoy. consisting of
father. mother and two children living in
thickly settled portion of New Haven,
this city. We're found dead in their home.
The childrcn's heads had been cut off
and all the bodies but that of Hoy were
mutilated. The first theory of the police
was that all had been murdered. but later
they concluded that the father had killed
his wife and children and then himself.
No cause for this, however, is known,
and thorough Investigation will be made
by the coroner.
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BALLOON ACCIDENT.

Tarborough. y. c.. May 30. - Mrs.
Steele an aeronaut. had a thrilling e1-
pcrienc. here. She had made an as
c"nsion and was l.onD feet i'll the air
when the balloon caught fire. She tried
to cut loose the parachute. but was un-
able to dc 50. and the flames spread
the balloon began 10 descend swiftly
Mrs Stccl,. struck the ground so violently
that she WAS rendered unconscious, but
later on recovered.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
SEXT 10 pR1SON-

La I.ibcrtad, San Salvador, May 30
Advices ;lavc reached here from Managua
which Indicate that President SacaZa of
Nicaragua is treating foreign residents of
that country with as much har> css as
he visits upon the citizens who oppose
him. Many Italians and Americans who
reside in Managua are said to have been
sent TO prison because they spoke in op-
position to Sacaza's government.
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A BIsHOP IN TROrRLE

Omaha, May 29.-Matters have come
to focus in the affairs of the Catholic
diocese of Lincoln. and evidence in sup
port of formal charges against Bishop
Bonacum has been forwarded to Mgr.
Satolli for his information before passing
final judgment. The offending bishop is
charged with tyranny. incompetence, dis
obedience and violation of the Baltimore
decreee
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uNpER WATER.

Vicksburg, Miss, May 30.-There are
at least 10000 homeless and hungry peo-
pie in East Carroll, Moorchouse, West
Carroll and Madison parishes, Louisiana,
and the suffering and privations they
are undergoing is appalling. With the
exception of few small elevations the
whole of the northeastern portion of the
state is under water.
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Made EAsr rlA1I,

New York. May 30.-The worlds fair
excursion flyer. the new fast train which
left here over the Lake Shore ut 2:1O
Sunday, arrived ut the Grand Central
depot, Chicago. at 11:14 yesterday morn
ing, making the run in three minutes less
than the scheduled time and heating the
previous best record by nearly five hours.
The east-houl.i flyer arrived exactly on
=
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CALL RARA +"

Chicago, May 29.-David Henderson
American Extravaganza company re-
turned to Chicago tonight and began
their seventh extravaganza season at
the Chicago opera house with magnifi-
cent revival of the popular spectacle
'tAli Baba' Enthusiastic receptions
were given by the immense audience to
all the favorite members of the COM
pany.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
BRIGGS TRIAL BEGUN

Washington, May 3O.-The trial of DR..
Briggs began yesterday. -Four and a
half hours were allowed the appellants to
open and close the case. DR. Briggs was
allowed seven hours to reply, and the
New York presbytcry, from whose judg-
ment the appeal was taken, was assigned
two hours to be used in ten minute
speeches.
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FOR GRANTS PLACE

Washington, May 29-The man that
Don Dickinson is pressing for Gen.
Grants place as assistant secretary of
war is either Edward f. Connolly of De
troit an old soldier, lawyer and ex-super-
intend,nt of police, or George H. Durand
of Flint. ex-suprcme court judge. Dick
inson insists that one of these must sue
coed Gen. Grant Very soon.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
FIRE JlI'f,S

Cleveland. May 30 The city is at the
mercy of IL band of determined and rerk-
less iirebugS. Near Dom street two un-
occupied buildings were fired and several
lives imperiled. An attempt WAS made
to draw the fire apparatus away from
the central portion of the city. and in
order to cripple its work many hydrants
In the east were opened and left pouring
water into the streets.
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GRAVES DECORATED

New Orleans, May %. = The Union
Veterans association, which is composed
of eX-soldiers and sailors of the Union
army who We're formerly members of the
G. A. II. and withdrew from that OF
ganization at the time that colored men
were admitted to full membership, yester-
day decorated the graves of federal SOL
diers at Chalmette cemetery.
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MONEY FOR IRELAND.

New York, May 30. Eugene Kelly.
treasurer of the Irish Federation of
America. cabled to-day to the trustees
of the Irish National party $1,000. This
makes total of $4,000 sent from this
country in aid of the Irish cause during
the present session of the British parlia-
mont
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
EAmAI. Arl,lnnN,r

indianapolis. May 30. Thain No. rs OH
the Louisville. New Albany Il Chicago
struck horse in II cattle guard west of
Broad Ripple. The engine al.d baggage
car We're turned over aud three other
coaches left the track. Engineer George
L. llant was fatally il. jur,d and dies an
hour after I'll" wreck occurred. Fireman
Williams was badly Injured
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
A NEW PORT.

Tunis, May 3O.-M. Gucrin, French
minister resident, to-day opened the new
port with great ceremony. He said that
Frances aim in the work whose compile
pletion was being celebrated was to bring
peace and civilization to the country and
to afford security of person and property
to French and foreign capitalists and
honrseS
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CHILDREN RIIRNED,

Canonsburg. Pa. May :'O.-Thc dwell
ing of Samuel Skilcs, WHO resides in
CHARTERS township, was discovered to be
on fire by two oil well drillers who were
passing along. The men rushed to the
house and broke down the door just in
time to rescue Mr.. and Mrs. Skiles and
three of their six children. Three of
the smaller ones could not be rescued
and they pcrishcd in the fiames Mr.. and
Mrs. Skiles We're badly burned about the
fuce and hands. The fire originated
from an overheated gas stove.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
ADlpTED A plan

Philadelphia, May 30-rhe board of
managers of the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad has adopted Il plan to rrhabli-
tate the company by issuing $30,000,000
of collateral trust 6 per cent bonds.
Pledges for S22,0000M of the bonds
have been secured and the remainder of
the issue will remain in the treasury to
be used for improvements.
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MINERS BuRNED

fremont, Pa, May 3O-Through the
carelessness of one of their number six
miners employed at Middle Greek colliery
were most seriously burned by an ex-
plosion of gas. The names of the un-
fortunate men are Charles Maurer, John
Eager, Frank Kuth. William Boltz, Will
inm Bretzius and William Erdman. The
injuries of the first three are fatal. The
explosion was caused by one of the men
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STRUCK RY A TRAIN

Buffalo. n. u, May 30.-Am east-bound
Seneca street trolley ear WAS struck by
the l.ackawanna train for New York.
Motorman Henry MartoS was fatally in
jured and will die. Mabel Waldam was
seriously injured and may not recover
Frank Cook. another passenger, was bad
ly hurt hut will survive
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INnI,n a TRAIN

Chicago, May 3O.-Wbile a man, sup
posed to be A. l.. Wheeler of Park Sta
ton, Kan, was scrffling with an unknown
man at the Ninety-third street crossing
he was thrown in front of u Wabash
construction train and badly injured, and
he will probably die. His opponent made
good his cScapc.
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PLENTY OE ASSETS

Chicago. May 29.-Weaver. Getz & Co,
one of the largest coal firms i'll Chicago.
have been forced to the wall. The liza
bilities. consisting principally of indebted
ness for coal throughout Ohio. Indiana
and Illinois. will reach $3OO,OOO, it Is
said, but members of the firm stated this
morning that the assets will greatly ex-
.ceed this amount.
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ZIMMERMAN ROBBED.

st. Paul, May 29.-Two men, one of
whom is known to the police as Ironfoot,
were corraled yesterday morning in this
city by couple of clever policemen, and
are now lodged in the central police sta
ton on a charge of felony. on which ac-
count the case will probably be handed
over to the grand jury. They are charged
with having feeced a lumberman out of
q sum of money.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
HYDROPHORIA.

Mason City. Iowa. May "a num-
Der of cases of lydrophobia have devel-
oped at Cedar Lake. \ dog belonging To
B. II. Hines three weeks ago went mad
and bit several other dogs and calf be-
longing to D. Tuttle. All have gone
mad, and unmuzzled dogsa re being rapid
ly dispatched.
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A CONFLICT SETTLED

Rome, May 3n-The conflict between
the Vatican and quirinal as to the ap-
pointlLent of the patriarch of Venice has
been settled by the joint nomination of
Santo, bishop of Traviz. Originally King
Humbert claimed the exclusive right oil
Homination ;S did also the pope.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
SENEN INDICTMENTS.

Guthrie. Okla. May 10 President
Desteiguer. of the dcfunct National Bank
ot Gutherie, was arraisned on seven in-
dictments and given until June l to enter
a plea. The indictments charge cmhcz-
element. making and giving false entries
and reports. aiding and ahrtting and put
ting notes in circulation without au-
thOrity.
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PIN ON A RANK

Rutland, VT, May 3O.-The run on the
Rutland Savings bank has been resumed
and is assuming n more serious turn.
When the door, We're opened ut 9 o'clock
a number of persons We're waiting, and
the number has been considerably in
creased since. The bank is prepared for
anY emergency.
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Benjamin F. Carver, seventy years of
age, guest at the Hotel Bristol. New
York city, plunged from fourth-story
window of-the house and was almost in
stantly killed He had been connected
with the Marine Bank of Chicago and
with IL number of commission houses in
that CITY.
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LIVELY MEETING

st. Paul. May 3O.-At the regular meet
ing of the board of school inspectors last
night charges of lack of discipline We're
made against Prof. Carman, of the high
school, An acrimonious debate followed
and resulted in the livclicst meeting ever
held by the board.
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WILL RESJ'AIE WORK

West Superior May 3O.-Word has
been received from New York that nil
the details for the reorganization of the
West Superior iron and steel plant have
been completed and that the plant will
resume in n few days under the name of
the Lake Superior Iron and Steel COM
paIy.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
NORRED RY STUDENTs

Vienna, May 30. A dispatch from
Prague says that mob of students at
tackled the house of the rector Prof.
Prazak. smashed the windows and tried
to break the doors. The students fought
the police who We're summoned to drive
them off. Twenty arrests have been
mnde.
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KILLED BY \ TRAIN

Pittsburs. May so.-MrS. Nancy Me-
CarriEher and her thirteen -yrar-old taugh-
ter We're struck by a fast train ut Shu,lSe-
town. on the PittSburg 4 Lake Erie road
The mother was instantly killed and the
daughter died this morning. The ladies
were walking on the track and in avoid
ing one train stepped in front of another
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POSSIBLE MURDER.

ST Paul. May Sunday night at the
corner of Seventh and Franklin streets
three coored men and three white men
engaged in an alteration, as a result of
which Henry Lauer. Il son of the caterer
on Wabasha street. wis struck on the
head with Il brick. He may die from the
injuries.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03

Fargo. n. D.. May 3O.-The bank of
II. Ashley Mcars here was closed by
the national bank examiner. under or
dcrs from the controller of the currency.
The First National Bank of I.akota was
also closed. The examiner will give out
no statement of assets or liabilities. Cash
icr Mears announces the total indebted
ness does not exceed S6O.0nU, with as
sets of five times that amount The
statement in May showed less than 500
cash OH hand
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
DOWN THE POTOMAC,

Washington. May %. = Upon invita-
ton of Ambassador Bayard, President
Cleveland and Secretaries Gresham and
Carlisle yesterday took trip down the
Potomac in Mr. Hearst's yacht. the
Vamoose, the craft that holds the fastest
record in the world. The trip, which
covered eighty-fve miles, was unevent-
full
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
Willard RESIGNS

New York, May 3o.--At a meeting of
the directors of the North American
company the resignation of Henry Willard
as president was presented and accepted.
G. w. Wetmorc the chairman OF the
executive committee, was elected to sue
ceed Mr.. Willard.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
HE SpI,cIrLATED

Montreal, May 30. - Louis G. Be-
lieveau, IL real estate agent, has been ar
rested, charged with the cmbcZzlcment Of
S., 900 from two estates. His total short
age is alleged to be $4,000, and to have
been cnuscd by speculating in wheat at
Chicago.
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BAD HALE BREEDS.
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH MAX.
ING FALSE ENTRIES.
Uncle Sam Working Up an interest-
ing Case Ia North Dnkotn-Ashley
Mears Connected With the Case
Tw" of His Banks Closed.

Washington. May 3O-An interesting
case is now being worked up by the de-
rartmcnt of justice and the general land
office for trial ut G,and Forks, y. d., in
the United States court. The govern
ment is trying to establish case against
the half-brced lndinns about Rollettc
county on grounds of fraudulent entries.
The claim is that the half-brcels were in-
duoed by Ashley Mcars To 80 upon the
lands. make proof. mortgage them to
MearS and then he disposing of the
mortgage in the East, and the half-brrc,ls
IN order to do this We're guilty of forgery.
The district attorney of North Dakota, as
sisted by special agents of the general
land office, is now working at the ease.
and an early trial is expected at Grand
Forks. This McarS who is mentioned in
connection with the case has been run
ming banks in North Dakota. The pur-
chasers of these mortgages will he pro-
tectrd by law passed two wears ago
which protects innocent parties
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
l.Nnl,n His CAREER

Detroit Mich. May :'o.-'rhe varied ca
rrrr of William Boyd, of Boyd's Private
Detective agency, who was arrested some
time ago on the charge of being II big
amist. was brought to IL close yesterday
when Boyd ended his life by taking
poison ut the home of his second wife's
u1rputS
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
STEAMER STOLEN

Duluth, May 29-The steamer May
Carter, small vessel of only four tons,
owned by Joseph Burns of this city, was
stolen from the harbor, but who went
away with her is not known. She is val
ued at about $1,000.
The Dickinson press., 1893-06-03
ENDED HIS OWN LIFE.

New York, May 30.-An inquest over
the body of City Editor Gueterbock, of
the Staats Ieitung, who died from a
bullet wound on Saturday night was held
before Coroner Schultz and a jury to-
day The latter came to the conclusion
that he committed suicide by shooting.