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The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
THE PIRATES OF FRANCE.
The Republic Is Having Hard Work C
 Stamp Out Outlawry in Tonkin.


 The Republic Is Having Hard Work to
 Stamp Out Outlawry in TOnkin.
 The French for year past have been having very lively time with the pi- rates in Tonkin. Some months ago the newspapers described these rowing bands of outlaws, most of them com posed of criminals from China, who flock over the border to prey upon the natives of the adjoining country. France decided year ago to wipe them out, for they were keeping the country in constant alarm, and were embodied to invade not only the settle ments of the interior highlands, but al- so to push down to the very coast and to attack small bodies of the French soldiery. Most of the pirate bands are we'll armed, and although they have met with very serious reverses they are still unsubdued.
 The French have met them repeated ly in parties of twenty to hundred men, and fierce fights have generally occurred. In the campaign against the pirates, which began in April last, two thousand French soldiers took the field. Within three months eleven hundred pirates were killed, of whom about seven hundred and fifty met their fate in battle, while the others were cap tured and executed. According to the latest reports hardly day has passed since June without some encounter. The pirates have been almost invaria- bly, worstcd until recently. Recent re- ports say, however, that the pirates appear to have received large re-en- fOrcementS.
 A detachment of soldiers who were protecting party of workingmen en- gagged in building French fortifca- tion were attacked, and thirteen of the French, including Lieut.. Levecq, were killed or wounded. The pirates after ward beheaded Lieut.. Levecq and seven of his men. When the pirates are led to execution they meet their death with the most absolute indiffer- ence. The present war is certain to end in faver of the French, though the pirates have the great advantage that they can retreat to their noun tain fastnesses, where it is difficult to pursue them, and wait there quite free from molestation until they have re- crnited their strength and are ready ior fresh forays.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
JACK IN q FIX,
Sorrows of 8 Dog That Climbed . Ire
 After Q Squirrel

Sorrows of Dog That Climbed c Tree
 After Squirrel
 At dusk one day lately Jack, fox tar' l@longing to Jason Fellows, of 'irce2 township, got after gray squir- Il ill pasture on MT. Fellows farm, s,.ys a Scranton correspondent of the New York Sun. The squirrel skipped
 - the trunk of a mammoth maple tree
 as Jack was about to seize it. and
 piuoky dog shinned up the tree
 70. SIr. Fellows tried to call him !o,rn. cut Jack stuck his nails into the tsoEh bark and tugged and clung until .a aud climbed to the crotch, fifty-two ;a>t from the ground. By that time the ;;uirrel was chattering on one of the
 most limbs, and Jack couldn't get ,,cy further. He couldn't get down, either, and he began to howl and whine for his master to help him. It was soon dark, and Mir. Fellows hustled around to find some way of reaching Jack and lowering him to the ground. He and his sons tried in vain to climb the tree, and then they went among their neighbors and got several volun- JCcTS. NO OuC W dS dOlC IO CI1LAO lI1 duNl Jack continued to whine up there in the dark. By nine o'clock all the near by farmers had heard of Jacks pre- 1icament and were under tine tree with lanterns. There wasn't ladder in the neigh borhood long enough to reach half way to Jack, and along toward midnight three ladders were taken to the spot, lashed together and hoisted against the tree. Then Albert Fellows started to climb up with a surcingle and long rope. The bottom ladder broke and gave him pretty hard fall, and the attempt to rescue Jack was postponal till daylight. MT. Fellows and his scus worked until two o'clock to make new ladder and then they went to bed. Jack howled mournfully all night up in the big maple, and the members of MT. Fellows household got very little sleep. When daylight came Jack was still begging to be saved, and the men fastened the new ladder to the other ones. Then Ansil Fellows climbed up, buckled the surcingle around Jack and lowered him at the end of rope. When he reached the ground he began to bark for joy and the saucy squirrel chsttered at him from the treetop.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
IRELAND AT Thr FAIR.
The Emerald Isle VIII Take Her Plac
 Among Nations.


 The countess of Aberdeen, who T. gently visited the leaOll;s hr,,. cities in the interest of
 at the Columbian exp~s 2: ts ten Gen. F. A. Collin, ,,, ing that she was dcazt --e -e heartineSs with whi>h ia, vo~ .. been taken up. After thas, .HS =. -,- can friends for their Peratiun t..o countess of Aberdeen s-;s:
 "We are determined that you shall not be ashamed of the pra tical aEirpcrt you are giving us, but that t,o ;st and their friends in Ameri,a e;',,,' r.. a glow of pride when they see .:., i,,'.- auctions of peasant hanlS ia ,ac d country in their great met: 7.>-ls 'li i-le west. The intimate relatS,.l.-.. , 1z,.', Il has existed between Amer . ;sa , ire land makes it essential that Ircia.,,, and her work as it really is s'Should be prop erly and efficiently represented in this unique exposition, and we shall keep this object mainly in view rather than any object of intro ducing Irish manufactures to any large extent into the. United States. We are fully aware that there are difficulties in the way of this latter object, but we believe that not only the Irish in America but the people of the United States generally will glad ly welcome the opportunity of giving Ireland chance of showing what she can do and how proud place she can claim among the nations of the earth by reason of the cleverness and deftness of her peoples fingers"
 A special committee, she adds, will submit its fuller plans, when the for Iner and @ member of the commit tee will probably visit this country shortly to consult with the American commit
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
BRUlN IN A SCRAPE.
He Shoves His Head Into Il Cask and Can't
 Get It Out.

He ShOves Ills Head Into q Cask and Can't
 Get It Out.
 A party of hunters on the Florida coast came suddenly upon bear prowl- ing about beach and gravely inspect ing such articles as were brought up by the waves, which were richer than usual in plunder from the fact that there had recently been severe storm. The author of ''Wild Sports in the South" thus describes bruins treatment of such wreckage: "He would first look at an article, then smell it, touch it with his paw, and finally, after deliberately seating himself, with his hind legs pro- jecting in front, turn his head on one side, and try to crack his new acquisi- tion with his teeth. The burlesque gravity of his manner was indescriba- ble. He threw away cocoanut as be- ing too hard to chew, ate an orange with great satisfaction, and presently discovered small cask, which he en- deavored to open. By dint of much biting he enlarged the bunghole so that he could insert a paw; then held the cask on one arm and kept the other pow Ouos III AdPAd CO his mouth. But this method of getting at the contents did not satisfy him, and presently, standing erect on his hind feet, he inserted his nose in the barrel and then his head. Now, bears nose is so sharp that it goes through small place very easily, but, owing to the heavy folds of skin about the neck and the fact that the hair and ears are set backward, it does not possess the same facility for coming out. Bruin was fast. He began to pull back, but as he pulled the barrel came with him, and as he rolled on his back, paving Intellectually at its convex sides, it merely revolved around his head as if it were on pivot Then, alarmed at the sound of laugh ter, he took fright and ran, wearing the cask on his head like helmet. Up the hill he rushed, lost all sense of direc- tion, and rolled head over heels square ly among us, Picking himself up he reared and began growing and waving his paws, but was speedily released by one of the negroes, who broke the bar rel with a blow from his club and scat tered the mackerel with which it had been filled. The bear rewarded him for this service with blow of the paw which laid him on the sand, and in an- other second was himself stretched there by the discharge of two rifles"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
Chinese Patients.

European doctors in China find the Ce estials somewhat trying patients. John Chinaman rarely obeys the in- structions how to take his medicine, but consults with his friends on the subject, and follows the advice of the majority. As the native practitioners furnish very large doses, John is apt to think that the foreigner has been mean in giving him a small quantity, and so takes two or three doses at once,
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
Immense Sharks.

Basking sharks, which at maturity measure from thirty to forty feet in length, are easily approached and har- pooned, and on the west coast of Ireland as many as five hundred have been taken in a single season. The liver of ten weighs as much as two tons, yielding six to eight barrels of oil. A few years ago, when sharks oil was of greater value than it is at present. the oil from a single full-sized specimen would often realize from two hundred to two hun. dred and fifty dollars.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06
NOT VERY FIRM.
Hawaii's Provisional Government In a Bad
Way.

Hawaii's Provisional Government In a Bad
Way.
HONOLULU. April 26 (via San Francis
CO, May 4C-The situation here has not
frightened since last report. The pro-
visional party is very groggy, to use a
prize ring expression. 1t is paying out
$4,000 monthly to preserve law and
order. and it is finding great difficulty
in raising money. The latest device of
the royalists to discredit the govern
ment is to refuse to pay taxes. This
they swear they will carry out on July
/. When they become due it will be in
teresting to see how the professional
leaders will force them to pay. A re-
port is that the royalists will seize the
government the moment that Commits
sioner Blount leaves. For this reason
many here believe Blount will restore
the American flag before he quits the
islands.
From inside sources it is learned that
the program of Paul Neumann, who
re'"esents the queen, is for the queen
tt b restored, and then for her to alb
die tie on assurance of getting a pension
and permit the country to be governed
by the princess under protectorate, or
converted into republic, also under
the protection of Uncle Sam. The queen
would agree to this, as she has become
convinced of the folly of attempting to
rule again.
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Telegraph Notes.

TIE tug Record opened a channel ir
the bay between Duluth and Superior
the Sd. It will be several days before
the harbor is open.
The official trial trip of the cruiser
New York will occur between May Il
and 20 off the Cape Cod coast, Massa'
chusetts.
The gold reserve the Sd was 7,ooo,'
600.
THE first of the Thomas concerts was
given at the worlds fair the Sd.
STANLEY STOUT, the we'll known pat
ent attorney of Milwaukee, attempted
suicide in his office the Sd by cutting his
throat.
The Erie canal opened the Sd.
The stone crushing plant at Baraboo,
Wis, was destroyed by fire the Sd.
Loss, 5000
The African explorer, Oswell, is dead.
He was the companion of Livingston
during the latter's explorations.
THE roof of the large coal she'd of the
Northwestern Coal company, Milwau'
kec, Wis, fell in, the morning Of the
Sd, severely injuring seven men. Three
were working on the roof and four
were loading steamer below.
A DYNAMITE explosion occurred near
Eel River station, Ind, the Sd. Three
men, Mace, johnson and the other I'M
known, were sinking a coal shaft.
While hammering some iron a piece
flew into box containing SO sticks OF
dynamite. The shop and shaft house
were wrecked, while in the ruins lay
the mangled and torn remains of three
unfortunate men. Two of them were
fairly blown to pieces and were gath
cred up in a basket. Mace lived about
an hour, when he, too, died.
The Loyal Legion of the United
States has elected ex-President Harri-
son commander for the ensuing year.
A BRUTE named Theopolis Hendleton,
of Wolf Lake, Ind, came home the Sd
in an intoxicated state and in quarrel
with his wife he struck her on the head,
killing her instantly. He then seized
his infant child OF six months and beat
out it's brains against the stove, and at
last committed suicide by cutting his
throat.
THE famous Lewiston reservoir in
Logan county, O., burst the Sd, flooding
thousands of acres. The farmers in
Logan county '"ill lose $4,000.
AN attempt was made to wreck the
Chesapeake & Ohio train near Frank
fort, KY, by placing timber on the track.
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THE MARKETS.

MINNEAPOLIS, May MAY wheat opened
yesterday at 631sc, advanced to 64hc, and de.
clined to 6416c by noon, but with little trading
done in that option.
July wheat opened at 677sc, advanced NC, lost
&c, tirmed up to 67A@67Hc, declined to 675s@
67Ac by 1880 and remained steady at that figure
up to noon.
The cash wheat market was little more
animated, there being good demand from
both local and country millers. No. l hard
sold at 6Slac +. o. b.; No. northern, 65@66c No,
northern 63M631ac, and No. wheat at 58@e1c.
Receipts here were 249 cars; shipments, 13f
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06
Eight Hundred KILLED.

LONDON, May News was received
here saying that in : battle between
the government forces and the revolu-s
tionists near San Luis, Brazil, 500 men
were killed, the losses being divided
nearly equally between the two armies.
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The Grain Supply.

WASHINGTON, May 2. The visible
supply of grain in the United States
yesterday was: Wheat, 1902, 900 bush
els; corn, IL $50, 900 bushels; oats, 4, 061 :
600 bushels; rye, 749, 900. bushels; barley,
67S. 600 hnshelS aa..sz.3..55 S n.
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OUR CASH BOX.
Statement of the Condition Of
Uncle Sans Finances.
The Public Debt Increased 03,727,869
During Aprf-Receipts and Expen-
ditures During the Past
Ten Months.
THE DEBT GROWS LARGER.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-The monthly
public debt statement issued from the
treasury department Monday shows a
net increase in the debt during last
month of 50, ri, 1863 and the smallest
cash balance and gold in the treasury
for many years. The reduction in cash
and consequent increase in the debt
during April are mainly due to
heavy interest payments, which during
the month were more than 100000.
There was decrease of non-interest
bearing debt during the month amount
ing to $421,0O5; trif1ihg increase in the
bond Indebtedness, and decrease OF 49,
1854 in the net cash balance.
THE CASH BALANCE.
The net cash balance stands at S24,
471,573 and the gold reserve at S97,-
o11,3so The gold reserve increased
about $5,0O0,000 during the last few
days, and if what has been offered and
accepted by the department within a
day or two had been covered in the
treasurer's statement it would have
swelled the gold reserve fully up to
s100,O00,000, or about 100000 less
than it was a month ago.
The national debt, less the net cash
balance IN the treasury, is $780,,
924, 861, of which amount $685., 033, $50 is
Understanding debt, mainly per
cent bonds.
Silver assets now aggregate $491, 1885,
691, against which there are silver GER
tifcates and silver treasury note liabili-
ties amounting to $3.50, 4S6, 829; leaving
q silver balance of s31,291, 1862, an in
crease of $6,O00,0OO during the last
month. Up to date there has been is
sued $139, o69,778 in silver treasury
notes, and of these $12S, 779, 1O3 are in
circulation.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Government receipts last month in
round numbers amounted to SOS, SOC, 900,
or three-quarters of a million more than
in April, 1892. Customs receipts were
S15, 41s,637 and internal revenue re-
oeipts $11, 799, 1867. Expenditures during
the month aggregated $33, I'll 1896, or
two and half millions more than in
April, 1892.
For the ten months of the current
fiscal year, or up to May 1, receipts
from all sources aggregated 1924, $780,
1913, or $40, 600, 900 more than during the
corresponding months of the preceding
fiscal year. On the other hand, ex-
penditures during the last ten months
were 1892, 81 ,552, or s32.5o0,0o0 more
than during the corresponding months
of the preceding fiscal year. Twenty
four million dollars of this increase
alone is due to larger pension payments
this fiscal year, and which for the last
ten months aggregate $133,67s,345.
TOTAL CIRCULATION.
The treasury departments monthly
statement shows that the total circula-
ton of the country May l was 1885,
o2s, 1856. or per capita circulation of
$23.97, against 81, 613,572,2 on May 1,
1892, decrease of s14, 543, 900 during the
last twelve months.
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First Steam Railway Train.

NEW YORK, May 3.The old De Witt
Clinton locomotive and two carriages,
the first steam railroad train in New
York state, which made it's initial trip
from Albany to Schenectady on August
9. 1881, left yesterday for the worlds
fair
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06
An Indian Cannibal.

SIRE. MARqUERITE, Quebec, May A.
An Indian OF the Montagais tribe
named Jacks, residing here, killed his is
VITA and dang hter and ate q good por 4
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Charitable Institution Burned.

BURLINGTON, Vt, May S.-The Home
for Destitute Children, 2 miles south of
this city. was burned Monday night.
The inmates, seventy-one children, were
all rescued The building was four
story brick with additions supposed to
be fireproof. Eye loss is estimated at
go 900 %ss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06
She Nav Be Queen.

LONDON, May 4.--The announcement
is officially made this morning that the
Duke of York has been betrothed to the
Princess May of Teck, and that the
queen has consented to the match.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06
A 100000 Fire at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May s.-The power
house of the Louisville Power company
was totally destroyed by fire, the
flames breaking out at midnight. Fall
ing walls crushed and completely
wrecked two adjacent buildings. As
far as known no one was hurt. The
loss is roughly estimated at 100000
and is supposed to, be fully insured.
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7 NORTHERN r
! PACIFIC r
Offers the tourist a wide va iety of
scenic and historic attractions.

Fifty years ago tho
pesuits established
many missions among
the Indians of the
Northwest. Promd7
nent among these
were the Sacred Heart
in the C9ur d'Alene
|coun try and St. Igna-
titus among the Flat
heads. The latter has
grown and prospersd
and is to-day an in
|teresting example OF
the efforts to civi!ize
and educate the In
dian. 1T is located in
the midst Of fine seen
(ery and is easily ae.
Ecessible, being only s
miles north Of RI
lVALLI station, Non
|tana.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN IDLE.
Ohio Miners Out on Strike for an In
crease of Wages.

Ohio Miners Out on Strike for an In
crease of Wages.
COLUMBUS, o., May 5.-Twenty thou
sand miners in Ohio are idle, the men
having struck for an advance of five
cents per ton in price of mining. No
trouble is reported and none is
anticipated at this time A friend
ly feeling exists. President John
Nugent, of the Ohio miners, says two
operators in the Hooking valley employ
ing $50 men will sign the new scale
The operators reaffirm their position
and say they will not consent to arbi-
tration as there is nothing to arbitrate.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.-News from
China by the steamer Peru says the
river Hoangho has overlooked its banks
with disastrous results Some 400 viii
lagos were flooded late in March with
great loss of life. On March % the
river again broke its banks in two
places at Son-Katoo, doing still greater
damage. Refugees from the flooded
districts are pouring into Tientsin.
r
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NATIONAL OFFICERS.

MF W1LHERE, D, Philadelphia, Pa.
M SLATTERY, N s, Albany. Y.
TH0s DuKDoN. N T. Columbus, Ohio.
National Direotors-P j O'Connor, chairman,
Savannah. Ga; J M Clark. Wisconsin; John p
Murphy, Connecticut: TIP O'Brisn. Ontario Can;
Edward Sweeney, Ohio.
STATE OFFICERS-MINNESOTA
STATE nELDaATE-John MCCARTHY. of Still
water.
STATE SEoRrrARY-Rev Kervick, Pipe
stone.
STATE TRzAsuRER-John Mahoney, sos 4th
st N e, Minneapolis.
STATE BOARD OF DIRECT0Rs-P n O'Hara,
Graceville; Kinnane. Minneapolis; William
Delaney. st Paul; f E Newell, Morris; Hes
sian, Duluth.
President OF Insurance Fund. J Kennedy st
Paul.
Vice President. D McDermott. Clontarf.
State Secretary of Insurance, John A
O'Shaughnessy. saltwater.
State Treasurer of Insurance. John sheehy,
Montgomery.
Directors Of Insurance Fund, F II Grant, st
Paul; J Kinnucan, st Paul; Terrence Con-
Geo W Murphy, Far1bault.
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THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE WEST

THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE WEST
OF ST. PAUL.
THE SHORT LINE Minneapolis and st. Panl
to Sioux City and Omaha, with fast day
train. making through connections to
FAST NIGHT EXPRESS, with Pullman Buffet
Sleepers to Sioux City, Omaha, and KAN
sas City, connecting at Sioux City for
Northern Nebraska, Black Hills and all
points West.
THE SHORT LINE between Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Sioux Falls day train service,
with connections at Lake Crystal to and
from Elmore. at Heron Lake to and from
Pipestone, at Sioux Falls to and from
Mitchell.
Between Minneapolis, St. Paul and Central Da-
kota via Kasota, night trains in with Pull
For futher information as to connecttons
with other lines, through car service, lowest
rates for tickets and map folder showing the
ern Line" and representing 1881 miles of Rail-.
ay,call on the agent at your station, or address
T. w. TEAsDALE,
Gen1 Passenger Agt, st. Paul.
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TA1 Northwestern. Zine.
Take This Line When You Travel.
THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE EAST
OF ST. PAUL.

THE SHORT LINE from Minneapolis and st.
Paul to Chicago with three passenger
trains daily.
BADGER STATE EXPREss'' for Milwaukee
and Chicago, the fastest day train running
between the Twin Cities and Chicago,
tsATLANTIC EXPRESS connects with moEn~
ing trains leaving Chicago East and
South. -
NORTHWESTERN LIMITED for Milwaukee
and Chicago, equipped with Pullman ana
Wagner Private Compartment Cars and
Buffet Smoking Library Coaches; realty
the Gully train. first class in every respect.
between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
THE SHORT LINE from Duluth to Chicago.
Solid through train known as Chicago
Special" and making the ruiz in less thin
sixteen hours. Pullman and Wagner
Buffet Sleepers on this train.
Between Minneapolis, st. Paul. Superior and
Duluth fast day trains with Parior Cars,
night trains with Pullman Palace Hleep-
erg.
Between Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Ashland,
day trains with Reclining Chair Cars
night trails with Pullman Sleeping Cars.
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0RAOEVILLE BIG STONE COUNTY.
County Delegate, Patrick Healy.
President, d p O'Neill; vice president, Thos
Dolan; REQ sec, ] K Grove; I'm SEQ, B N Moo
noon; treasurer. Alex Mogran; meet LIST Sunday
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The Cascade Noun
tains will arouse the
enthusiasm of the
traveller to the high
est pitch. The range
which claims Mt.
TACOMA as its lOftiest
peak is worthy all adj
mfratiOn.
The scenery on both
sides of the great
Stampede tunnel is
exceptionally fin 9 .
The canyon Of the
Green river on the
westernslope, through
which the railroad
runs, is Q gem. 1t is
noted as q fine front
stream also. Send for