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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

sired when the test began to intensity
the heat, and not prolong the burning to
the usual time, as some of the guests
we're rather hurried for time.
The crematory as tested yesterday is
a perfect success, and the state is to be
congratulated that one of it's institutions
is so we'll provided for in a sanitary way.
All who we're present yesterday express
themselves as highly pleased, and deeply
indebted to the penitentlary manage.
ment for q novel sight and a right pleas
ant experience in every particular.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

By the way, what's become of the
North Dakota building? Nothing has
been heard Of it lately, and il it has been
sold, the public would like to know for
how much. The proceeds IT the sale
might gotoward fighting Russian cactus.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The program for the dedicatcry exer.
cises of the new Minot high school
building on the 18th inst, includes an
address from Col. w. G. Plummer, also
addresses from Hon. G. E. Gregory and
Mrs. Laura j. Eisenhuth.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The Grand Forks Herald has a loop
editorial HAS Gold Approximately" Did
the Herald but change the first word to
"Is," there would follow a roaring US of
a thousand eruptive volcanoes, in the
wild babel of answers in the affirmative.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

JERRY RusK is dead. As secretary Of
agriculture under Harrison, Mr.. Rusk
made a careful and painstaking official.
He was interested in his work, and u
number Of improvements in that depart.
ment are due to his energy and activity.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The Fargo Argus of Monday has three
distinct date llnes-Monday, November
Goth, Saturday, November 18th, and
Tuesday, November 21st. The TRIBUNE
sometimes slips a cog with one, but. the
Argus-whew!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

IT appears that even Tammany has
.lisowned Boss McKane, the Gravesend
ballot box suffer and boodler. Tam.
many doesn't usually 60 back on it's
friends like that. McKane must have
played the limit too high.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

THERE appears to he only one reason
why any North Dakota papers could
consistently support Queen Lil's side in
the Hawaiian difficulty. She favored
the establishing of the Louisiana lottery
at Honolulu.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

IT has just been discovered that Claus
Spreckele, the Hawaiian sugar king, is
President Cleveland's "guardian angel"
80 to speak-the power behind the throne
of Queen Lil-as we'll.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

If it is not twitting too much upon
facts, it might not be out of place to ask
whether Mr.. Neal has far enough extri-
Gated himself from the something which
struck him the other day, to be visible
70 the naked eye?
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The st. Paul Globe has recovered suf-
iciently from the shock caused by the
recent elections, to declare that the dom
ocratic party is 'grand in defeat" The
mere shadow of a feather would tickle the
Globe.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

pretty little suburb Of Chicago, been
attached to Chicago proper by vote of
her people ut the recent election than
she developed Il real, live candidate for
mayor in the person of ex-Judge Collins.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

EDITOR STEAD has criticised about
everything and everybody in America,
even the ministers, but somehow John
Boyd Thacher has escaped his notice.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The TR1BUNE's Fargo Forum to-day is
all right, externally, but the inside pages
are blank-nothing at all on 'em-and it
looks as though the Forum had been
overcome by that decision.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The Dead Sea is 1900 feet below the
level of the ocean,. Secretary Gresham
is just about that distance below public
opinion in the Hawaiian question.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

The seventh chapter OF "Fortress to
Farm" in to.day's issue will be read with
interest by all old-timers aud others in
terested in the early history Of the state.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24

PRENDERGAsr, the assassin, denies he
is insane. Mr.. Prendergast will be
hanged with less conjunction, now that
he has declared himself mentally
balanced.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
ON THE ROCKS.
Loss of Pacific Mail Steamer at San
Francisco Passengers safely Landed,
HINT the Car0n Come.

Loss of Pacific Mail Steamer at San
Francisco Passengers safely Landed,
but the Cargo Gone.
SAN Francisco, Oct 27.-The Pacific
Mail Co. s steamer City of New York
went ashore last evening in fog and
will probably be a total loss. She
sailed for China and Japan at $3.50 p.
m. and went down the bay under full
head of steam The fog was very dense
and from the lower wharves the heads
could not be seen. About $3.50 p. IN
the big ocean steamer was lost sight OF
and half hour later the booming of
cannon could be heard and signal rock
cts could be seen as they burst above
the fog. The signal station at Point
Lobos at once sent a message into
town, and soon every tug in the bay
was racing for Point Bonita. Arriving
there it was found that the steamer
was hard and fast on the rocks, having
gone on them under a full head of
steam She was in charge of Pilot
Stevenson at the time
As soon as the ship struck there was
scene of wild confusion. couple of
hundred Chinese in the steerage set up
howl that could be heard across the
Golden Gate. Capt. johnson was won
derfully cool, however, and he and his
officers soon restored order When the
signal lights began to flash the OBJ
server at Point Lobos came to the con-
clusion that it was the steamer Mono.
wal that had gone on the rocks and
that news was circulated all over the
- L
tives on that steamer from Sydney.
Auckland, Samoa and Hawaii at once
flocked to the officers of the Oriental Il
Occidental line. All they could be told
was that steamer had been on Point
Bonita. but whether it was the Mono
wal or some other craft no one could
tell. Half an hour later the wrecked
vessel was made ont to be the City of
New York.
The City of New York was built in
Chester. Pa. in 1873, but was practical
lv rebuilt a few years ago She was >
Ol9 tons gross, $50 feet long. 20 feet
inches beam and 30 feet inches depth.
She took away an unusually large car
go of flour and general merchandise,
all of which will probably be
total loss Point Bonita is rocky
promontory, which forms one of the
heads at the entrance of Golden
Gate. 1t has long been regarded as
most dangerous, especially in thick
weather Half a dozen vessels have
come to grief on it during the past
twelve months The bark Turbine
went ashore there and the bark John
ID. Sprecllles was only saved by fish
ing steamer, the L. s Grant 1t was
there that the ship SpiDney broke
from her tugs AID started up the coast
to her doom.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
THE INDIANA DEMON.

Stone Confesses That He Alone Murdered
the wratten Family A veritable Fiend.
WASHINGTON, Ind, Oct. 26.-,Iames
Stone, commonly called Budd, has
made a second confession. This time
he completely exonerates the parties
whom he implicated in the first confess
sion in the Wratten murder on Sunday
morning. Just after Stone had made
his first confession he was taken to
Jacksonville for safe keeping. lie
stated to Deputy Prosecutor Hastings
that his first confession was in the
main untrue; that he alone was guilty
of the atrociOus crime and that he had
no accomplish. He says that he and
Martin Yarber last summer spoke of
robbing the house. but that Yarber
backed down. The following is the
astounding story OF how he committed
the deed:
Aiming himself with a small AK and
a corn-knife he proceeded to the house
at 10 o'clock. He looked in at the win
dow and there he saw Mrs. Wratten
moving about in her nightgown, min
istering to the wants of her sick hus-
band who was down with typhoid fever.
lie then knocked at the door and Mrs
Wratten coming to open it. he informed
her that he had a case of violent tooth
ache and asked her if she could not
furnish him with some panacea. Mrs
Wratten informed him that she had
some wizard oil. and as she brought it
to him, he struck her to the floor with
the corn-knife.
He then rushed into the room where
Mr.. Wratten and the children were.
Ethel Wratten, the eleven-year-old girl
who survived the terrible blows she re-
ceivcd that night for several days, first
awoke and recognizing the midnight
assassin, exclaimed: "Budd Stone,
what are you doing here?" Scar .ely
had she uttered these when he struck
her down with the AK. lie then turned
to the poor, helpless father and struck
him fatal blow on the forehead; next
he turned his attention to the small
children, both of which he killed out
right. He then attacked the old lady
who fought him viciously but he final
ly killed her. Stone was the first to
give the alarm next day and made him
self generally useful about the
premises and was one of the pail
bearers ut the funeral. He got no
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
THE MICHIGAN MOLOCH.
Three More Persons Incinerated in a Rail
way Wreck.

HAMBURG, Mich, Oct. 2T.-About
o'clock last night the Toledo. Ann
Arbor q North Michigan north bound
freight train with extra engine ran
into sink hole about three miles north
of here. The engine left the track and
is on her side in the ditch. total
wreck. Behind the engine were two
tank ears of oil and three cars of coal,
which were wrecked and piled on the
engine. The oil and coal caught fire
from the engine. making n fire which
can he seen for miles around.
On the engine were Engineer Beau
lieu. Fireman Albers and Head Brake
man Mulligan, who were buried in the
debris and burned to crisp. Train.
master VI, Ii. Fahey, Conductor Fluid
der and the rear brakeman were on the
train, but were in the caboose and es-
capped uninjured. The wreck was prob
ably caused by the track going down,
as the track is several feet below the
level at the point where the engine left
the track
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
PROMPTLY REMOVED,
Strange Action of Adm. stanton at Rio
Janeiro Which Causes Him to Lose His
Command.

Strange Action of Adm. stanton at Rio
Janeiro which Causes Him to Lose His
Command.
WASHINGTON, Oct. GA cablegram
from Berlin stated that "a dispatch to
the Nord Deutsche Zeitung from Rio
Janeiro SAYS the American naval COM
mander has exchanged visits and sa-
lutes with Adm. Mello, of the insurgent
feet"
Secretary Herbert early saw the dis
patch. He was 10th to believe the
statements were correct and expressed
his doubts to a reporter who called upon
him. If Adm. Stanton had merely ex-
changed an ordinary unofficial visit on
business matters with Adm. Mello the
secretary would have not been sur
prised, nor probably would he have
taken any further notice of it, as it is
said at the navy department this would
not be improper.
But the secretary saw at once the
serious and unfortunate nature of the
action said to have been taken by the
admiral, and how it might be construed
by the lawful government of Brazil.
He therefore lost no time in promptly
cabling to Rio for all the facts in the
case. to which he received prompt re-
ply by telegram from Rear Adm. Stan
ton, in command of the United States
naval forces at Rio de Janeiro. that
this officer had saluted the flag of Adm.
Mello. commanding the insurgent fleet.
This salute was unauthorized by any
instructions the admiral had received.
1t was an unfriendly act toward 4
friendly power. and the secretary of
the navy. after consulting with the
president and secretary OF state, issued
an order detaching Adm. Stanton from
command of his squadron and turning
it over to Capt. Kicking, the next Off
Ger in rank
Naval officers talked with on the suo-
ject are at loss to account for so serl-
Gus a detection from duty on the part
of Adm. Stanton. 1t is said that Capt.
Picking will remain in charge of the
fleet of American ships in the harbor
possibly permanently, or at any rate
until successor to Rear Adm. Stanton
is appointed. Commodore Ramsey. chief
of the bureau of navigation, said it had
not yet been determined who would
succeed Stanton.
Secretary Herbert expressed his sur
prise that an officer of Adm. Stanton's
experience and standing should com
nit such blunder, and his prompt ac-
ton is taken with the purpose of an
nOuncing to 1.-The world that the United
States government has taken no steps
to refuse recognition to the legally
constructed Brazilian government.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

including the conversational part of
the piece with great gusto, and 'Old
Dan Tucker" which he also rendered,
it IS said, in true backwoods fashion.
The mule was for several years DUR
ing his later career the old hunters sole
companion. sharing with him his quar-
tiers in rude little cabin in the Sierra
Madre mountains; and whenever Seth
felt blue or respondent he would get
his violin and saw away at it to raise
his spirits On such occasions the mule
would draw near and stand in an atti-
.tude of deep interest, with his long
ears turned appreciatively toward the
instrument and at intervals, when the
piece was executed in a manner espe
cially prAiseworthy, the queer little
quadruped would raise his anything
but melodious voice in a vigorous and
jerl,v bray of approval. According to
his master the little animal would leave
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

coming under this head is collection
of curious articles displayed i'll the
Humboldt section of the California
building, one OF the most extensive and
imposing state structures at the fair,
around which cluster memories of some
of the grand men who have been at the
head of this glorious nation.
This collection is composed of the
belongings of Seth Kinman, the great
California hunter and trapper, who was
known during the later years of his life
as the presenter of elll-horn chairs to
the presidents of the United States, and
who was widely known as being one of
the most unique characters this coun-
try has ever produced. Among the
articles in the collection are some of
the beautiful and ingeniously-con-
structed chairs which were made for
several of the presidents by the old
hunter from the horns of animals he
had slain in the wilds of the western
mountains.
There is the Garfield chair, fashioned
in a very skillful manner from the ant
lers of ar enormous elk, which. owing
to the sudden and deplOrable death of
the president at the hands of a de-
mented assassin, was never presented.
And there is also the Johnson chair, or
Bear chair, constructed of tine hide,
head and paws of monster grizzly.
The paws, with their enormous claws,
form the feet of the chair, and the
hide, with the hairy side out, covers it
throughout. The head is arranged in
a very life-like manner beneath the
seat in such way that when the seat
is pressed it springs forward in a very
startling fashion. There is besides n
queer looking chair made from the
larger bones of whale, obtained by
old Seth, as he was wont to be called.
from the Indians of Alaska. among
whom he spent some years of his early
western career. This chair is a plain
and unattractive affair. but bears evil
deuce of the marvellous mechanical
skill of it's eccentric maker. In addi-
ton to these historic chairs and
large variety of Indian implements
there is one of the queerest violins that
ever was made. 1t was fashioned from
VIC ohuii VI ihui w do
the close companion of the old hunter
for many years 1t is indeed n rare in
strument, and it has been coveted by
parties in England who have offered
large sums for it, but without effect.
The bow of this remarkable instrument
was made from rib of the mule and is
strung with hairs from the animals
tail.
There is quite pathetic story CON
nected with this curious violin, in
which old Seths peculiar notion of
turning his mules head into a musical
instrument is accounted for. Accord
ing to relatives of the old hunter who
still live in Tazewell county, Ill, and
from whom many incidents of his re-
markable career are learned, he was
considerable of 4 violinist and per-
formed many strange and difficult feats
with the instrument, playing with the
violin held behind his back or across
his shoulders fully as well as in the
natural position. During his spare mo-
ments he was very fond of playing the
old tunes of his boyhood and such
pieces as The Arkansaw Traveller" at
which he was especially expert. always
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
A HISTORY EXHIBIT.
Interesting Relics Of a Departed
Genius at the Worlds Fair.
Chairs Made for the Presidents from the
Horns of Elk by Seth Kinman. the
Great California Hunter-A
Unique Character.
Especial Chicago Correspondence

In the state buildings of the wonder
full White City there are great many
objects of rare and historic interest
which have been gathered up from out
of-the-way corners of the country and
brought to the great Columbian expo
sition for exhibition. Many of these
are articles whose histories are closely
interviewer with the lives of some of
our great men, Americans who have
come up from obscurity and poverty
and richly blessed our great nation
with their useful lives and are now with
us only in the grateful and affectionate
remembrance of their noble deeds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
HIS SPINES UP.

Gov. Fishback Writes Like an Angry Por.
cupine About an Approaching Event
HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct 27.-Statei
Attorney c. V. league has received a
communication from Gov. Fishbaek
relative to the proposition to have the
fight between Corbett and Mitchell
fought here. 1t instructs Mr. league
to take all necessary steps to prevent
the fight Arkansas, adds the gov
ernor, must not be the only state and
Hot Springs the only place in our en-
lightened country where two brutes
can exhibit their brutal instincts and
animal attributes for pay with i'm.
punity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03

and forty elk in one month, and he
claimed to have shot in his time over
eight hundred grizzly bears.
In November, 1874, Mr. Kinman ar
rived in Washington with an elk-horn
chair for President Lincoln. Chief
Clerk Clinton Lloyd, of the house of
representatives, made the presentation
speech in very happy form, and Presi-
dent Lincoln was much impressed and
pleased with the gift, and marveled
greatly at the devotion which prompted
the donor To make so long and difficult
a journey for the sole purpose of pre-
senting him with the chair
Next in turn Presidents johnson and
Hayes received chairs from the hands
of the great hunter, Mr.. Hayes receiving
his while yet governor of Ohio. though
nominated for the presidency. The
very fine chair intended for President
Garfield was never presented for the
reason stated. At the time of his death,
at the age of seventy-twO, old Seth was
still intent upon presidential chairs
and was preparing one for President
Cleveland, which he declared was going
to surpass any of his previous produc-
tions. But his life work had to remain
unfinished, and the old hunter closed
his eyes forever upon the strange fruits
of bis genius, the trail of the elk, and
his well loved mountain home and
went away to the great hunting
grouI Is beyond the border of life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
Reception Tn Cardinal ;ibbons.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga reception
was rendered by the people of Wash
ington last night regardless of creed to
Cardinal Gibbons on the occasion Of
the twenty-ffth anniversary of his ele-
walton to the episcopate- President
Harmon, of the Carroll institute, wei.
coined Cardinal Gibbons and intro
duced Commissioner Ross, of the dis
trict, who welcomed the cardinal on
behalf of the residents of the district
The next speaker was Senator White,
of louisiana Cardinal Gibbons in re-
ply displayed deep feeling of appre-
citation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
Southern Ner-o Orator Dead.

CHARLOTTE. n. C.. Oct. ga special
from Salisbury tells OF the death of
Rev. j. 5. Price, ID. d., the eminent
southern negro orator and president of
Livingston college at Salisbury. DIR.
Price was not quite 40 years old. He
was appointed by President Cleveland,
during his first term, as minister to Lii
IBERIA, but declined, preferring to de-
vote his energies to the advancement
of the youth of his race. He had
preached, By invitation, in both
Henry Ward Beecher's and Surgeons
churches
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
GOLD RESERVE CLIMBING.
The Treasury Gets IA Lift since Foa- Gays
Ago.

The Treasury Gets "a ltft since FOa- Gays
Ago.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2G.-The gold re-
serve of the treasury is nearly 81, 900, 900
higher than four days ago. To-day it
is So, 629, 9S5. The currency balance
is s21, 041. S07, something over 500, 900
less than four days ago. The redemp-
ton division of the treasury depart
ment is handling the large amount of
money sent here for redemption as eX-
peditiously as possible, and returning,
as promptly as it can, new money for
the old that is received. The. redemp-
tions are still heavy, indicating a more
hopeful condition of affairs and will
ingness on the part of the owners to
part with their cash for the time re-
quired for redemption.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
ANOTHER BATTLESHIP.
Successful Launching of the Oregon at Sau
ErnnciscO.

Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27.-Shortly be-
fore noon the battleship Oregon, the
first vessel of her class constructed on
the Pacific coast, was launched at
the Union Iron works in the presence
of a great crowd of people. The
representatives of the army and navy.
city officials, general government and
of the states of California and Oregon
and large number of invited
guests were in the ship yard. At the
moment the last shores were knocked
away. hundred salutes were fired,
bands of music played national airs,
the spectators gave cheer after cheer,
and every steam whistle within a ra-
dius of miles joined in the chorus. The
launch was entirely successful.
The Oregon is what is technically
known as a sea going coast line battle
ship and is the most powerful ship in
the United States navy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-03
Ferris Wheel 10. london.

One Of the sights of the Chicago ex-
hibition is monster iron wheel two
hundred and forty-eight feet in diam
eter, or little higher than the inner
dome of st. Paul's. Balanced on the
wheel are a number OF cars, in which
passengers are safely conveyed to the
top'of the wheel as it revolves and
down again. The magnificent view of
the surrounding country is said to re-
pay any trouble or expense to which
visitors are put In fact, so successful
is the speculation that as much as ten
thousand dollars has been taken in in
one day. This has excited the cupidity
OF spectators on the oti, r side of the
water, and the London correspondent
of the Sheffield Telegraph is informed
that a syndicate has been formed for
the purpose of erecting similar struc-
ture just outside London. AS nov
city the venture is sure TO be success
full