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The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

In small Maine village last Sunday
the Methodist parson delivered stirring
sermon, one of practical sense, straight
from the shoulder, and wandering re-
porter was there TO hear it. In fourthly
the minister Strengthened himself and
saad:
Il exchanged horses with man the
sther day. You know, it is said that all
ministers, especially Methodist ministers
are horse jockeys. Well let that pass
The fact remains. swapped horses. |
was abominably cheated. But told
the truth about my horse in every par
ticular, and my conscience is easy. even
II my mind is troubled. Yet | would
rather have the poor. broken wretch
that stands out yonder in the stall and
INV easv conscience than the horse that
that man has and the load of guilt on his
ssul. For / can appear serenely before
God and fellow men, while he must &c
through life knowing that he lied to me
while I was dealing honestly with him.
Who can say that that little bit OF can
dor didn't have some effect upon thoss
direful opportunities of satan, the vii
lsee horse traders, during the week thai
snsuedS More than that, every one u
town knew just whom the ministe'
usant.-Lewiston Journal.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03


Curious whims are occasionally shown
bv readers at the Public library. There
was a woman who regularly every Fri
dav came for volume of sermons. She
did not mind whose sermons, LOr what
the subject, so long as they were reli-
Rious discourses of some sort. Monday
ahe would come back, return the ser
mcns and take out a novel to unbend
her mind until the next Friday, when
the sermons would again be in demand.
There was another woman who would
never read anything bu. religious
novel. as she called it, not such one
as Ben Hur' or one with particular
religious tenet to inculcate, but book
with a clergyman as its chief character.
Swinburue's Heavenly Arcana
was read daily for years by an eccen-
tric old gentleman. He would draw
the book. keep it two weeks, return II
with his place marked and call early
the next morning to take ii out again.
He never took any other book from the
library. and finally died, leaving his
place marked as usual. There Is one
old man who will never read book
written by a woman. He reads gooc
books continually, but will have moth
ing to do with volume bearing wo'
mans name as its author. --Bostor
Herald
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

Among the superstitions of southern
negroes are those which make it most
unfavorabis thing to see black ca
crossing ones path, or to turn back
without making cross" in the street.
road or path. The belief in witches
is perhaps more general than any other.
and an congressman tells of case III
this section within the past 80 years IN
which a witch was killed i'll very
strange fashion. A negro called on
witch doctor. very old woman, and
was told that the cause of the trouble
was a witch and that she must be kill
ed: that the only way possible to thur
put her out of the way was to go into
the woods and cut the figure of per.
son on the bark of a big pine tree, mark
a cross on the body and shoot this with
a silver bullet. the cross representing
the witch's heart. The shooting was
duly done in the presence of quite
number of persons. This occurred III
the northern part of this county. Ce-
dar balls are carried in the pockets az
a protection against witches. The me-
gro belief in these Is certainly fully
matched by that of white men wEo car
ry in their pockets buckeyes and IRISH
potatoes, or who wear thick iron rings
on their fingers - IA preventive of rheu
matism.-CJr. Washington Star.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

Bank notes were issued in China -
early a. the ninth century, when the an
Il printing was unknown in Europe
These notes have generally been redeem
Cd. because in China, when a bank fails
eli the clerks and managers have thei:
Asads chopped off and thrown IN hear
along with the books of the firm. And
% it hae happened in those good old bar
bsrous times that for the past 500 year,
not a single Chinese bank has suspend
sd payment.
Now that China Is coming under tie
sway OF western civilization. we have
no doubt il will have the same financial
troubles as its more civilized banking
brethren Journal
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

ALDERMEN.
First Ward-H. w. McIntire, c. s, Whitney.
second Ward-Chas. O'Neal. W. H. Billiard
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

Chumpton-I hope you don't doubt
my intelligence.
Styker-My dear fellow. that is mat
ter that is not at all subject 70 doubt
Boston Transcript.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

She'll never marry man who's.
fortune hasn't at least FIVE ciphers in it.
He ,s.ultinglv-Oh. darling. n:'ne''
on ciph.rs Truth.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03
Internal Temperature Of Treea.

The internal temperature Of treea
has been observed for some time past
by NJ. Prinz of Uccle, in Belgium.
who finds their mean annual tenn
perature at the heart of the trunk
the same as that of the air, but the
mean monthly temperature of the
trees sometimes differs from the lat
ter by 9 or 3 degrees centigrade. On
certain days the difference in ques
ton may be as much as 10 degrees
centigrade In very cold weather
the internal temperature falls TO a
few tenths of degree below the
freezing point and then remains sta
tiouary. In very hot weather the
temperature of the tree stays at Is
degrees centigrade or thereabout. A
large tree is therefore cooler IN hot
weather and warmer in cold weather
than the air. London Globe.
Obeying Order~
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-07-03

~: on file at T. {
tulS oUCi ~ Advertising Agency
~ and Is Merchant : Icnanse, san Frsrct-""
,sI.. where CONTRACT for dvertisins cot
made.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
BosToNs IMMORTALITY.
wIckodcst City In the Country, Is the Dec
laration of Rev. Lansing.

BosTOS, Sept. 12.--Rev. Isaac J. Lans-
ing, d. D., discussed the immortality of
Boston at the meeting of the Evangeli-
cal alliance and asked all Christians to
do what they could to encourage Cen
eral Martin in his reform of the Boston
police. Among other things DIR. Lans-
ing said:
1--WE need revival on lines Of con-
duct and life and law rather than of
sentiment and doctrine. There is a del
uge of immortality sweeping over this
country. 1t is largely due to foreign
immigration. Our new arrivals are
threatening all our institutions. Crime
against personal property has been
greatly increased am also inclined to
believe that there has been decay of
truthfulness. Men i'll courts will tell
what they please and no more. When
it comes to the social evil, no one dareS
to look ut the state OF affairs. l have
not asked the ministers OF Boston what
they think of its social condition, but |
have asked the travelling men, who
know all the largest cities in the land,
and from every one of them J. have re-
ceived the same answer, that i'll no city
Of this country is vice so open as in BOs-
ton. Not only are the horrible estab
lishments advertised in the press, but
they are marked by signs, and under
the names of massage operators, or
'chirOpOdists,' or 'manicures' the women
carry on their fearful work. You could
see it openly ON streets last night; you
can see it almost anywhere. l am con-
vinced that what we need is a revival
that would help General Martin in his
work to reform the police"
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12

coulu prevent them 1rom quitting or
from advising others to quit. The gov
ernment has offered certain telegrams
sent TO these defendants, they have
proved violence, but there has been
no testimony as to connection between
the facts"
Judge Woods replied that he thought
some of these discussions were gotten
up to draw the fire Of the court, but the
court 80 far endeavored TO prevent the
fire from developing. He said he had a
decision by Justice Harlan on the sub
ject of strikes, which he would soon lay
before them.
Mr.. Erwin argued that any testimony
was admissible which would show a
mitigation of the offense. The judge
replied that he was of the opinion that
evidence in mitigation would only be al
lowable i'll criminal cases.
Adjourned.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Means No More Sugar Bounty.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-oecretary
Carlisle in letter addressed to Senator
CafTery of Louisiana, officially decided
that under the new tariff law it would
be unlawful to appoint inspectors,
weighers and testers of bounty sugars
under the Mckinley act, and further
that congress having made no appro-
priation for the employment of such Off
cials, the laws of the United States pro-
hibit the employment of such persons to
serve without pay.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
SHE GAVE HERSELF UP.
a Woman COnfesses to Killing an Old
Soldier.

Soldier.
DAYTON, o., Sept 12.-Yesterday
Mrs. Julia A. Batten, a widow, about
30, gave herself up to Officers Corrigan
and Guyer, in the West End, stating
that she had killed Benjamin p. Tray
les, an old soldier, who had been living
with her for year past.
Mrs. Batten resides at Home View
place, in the rear of briggs roadhouse,
on Home avenue. Investigation revealed
the dead body of Travies lying on the
floor.
Mrs. Batten's story of the affair is as
follows: Travies came home drunk late
Monday night and abused her. They
quarreled, and she went out of the house
and picked up a small stick of wood.
Travies followed her out. and struck her
in the mouth, whereupon she struck
him on the head with the wood, knock
ing him down.
He lay where he fell, and Mrs. Batteu
then went to the house of Mrs. Webb,
colored, nearby, to rSnain for the rest
of the night. She yreturned about
o'clock, however. with Mrs. Webb, and
found Travies still lying on the ground.
They carried him into the house. He
was then still alive, but died an hour or
so later Mrs. Batten was locked up on
the charge of murder.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Ii HUNG CHANG FAILS
China's ViCeroy Losing His
Popularity.
HIS DOWNFALL PREDICTED.

The Promised Victory over the japanese
Not Yet Accomplished and His Prospects
Growing Dm-Great Confusion Rel gns
Throughout China-Trade Is at Com
plete StandstiIl.
LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch from
Shanghai states that the power Of
Viceroy Ii Hung Chang has steadily
decreased. A few influential friends
are doing their best for him at Pekin,
but it is not likely that they will be
able to avert his downfall. Every days
delay i'll providing the promised victory
over the japanese now adds to Lii Hung
Changes danger.
The dispatch adds that the block in
moving the Chinese troops into Corea
continues. Everything has been thrown
into confusion. The reinfOrcements
from the more remote provinces en-
route to Tien-Tsin are at a standstill,
and are terrorizing the cities in which
they are halted The reinforcements
are mostly disciplined hordes, who are
not under the control of their nominal
leaders. Almost a reign Of terror pre-
walls even in Tien-Tsin. The savage
soldiery are plundering and maltreat!ng
the wretched populace, and native mer-
chants are fleeing TO TienTsin in order
to save their lives. Trade is at COM
plete standstill and mysery is general.
A French minister has formally pro-
tested against the action of the Chinese
in boarding a French mail steamer on
Saturday last.
A letter from the resident minister at
Seoul states that a large military hos
pital has been erected on the heights,
and that numbers of invalid Japanese
are treated there. The building is
crowded with patients. 1t is reported
that constant conflicts are taking place
between the Outposts, but that few
badly wounded men have been taken to
Seoul. Most of the men in the hospital
there are suffering from disease.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
VICTORY FOR LABOR.
Coat and Garment Makers Strike VIII
Soon BE Settled.

Soon BE Settled.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The strike of
the coat and garment makers will prob
ably be settled before the end OF the
week. The strikers claim a complete
victory. 1t is said that about so of the
contractors have signed the bond de-
manded by their employees and that
about 5000 have returned to work.
The Contractors Mutual Protective
association held a meeting yesterday
afternoon to take action on the report
of the executive committee. 1t was de-
cided that hereafter 10 hours shall con-
stitute a days work and that no dis-
elimination shall be made between one
labor organization and another. The
question of wages was left to each in
dividual contractor. 1t was also agreed
that each contractor shall give a bond
to the organization, the purpose OF the
bond to be explained to each member
upon filing the same.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
FIgbt I'm the Penitentiary.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. l2. 49, Daniel
Hogan, a United States prisoner from
Cincinnati, stepped on the toes of Will
liam Barnet, a fellow convict serving
a 10-year sentence from Fayette county,
and instantly there was terrible fist
fight in bolt shop No. /. Samuel Nc
Knight, a United States prisoner from
Georgia, was drawn into it, and All had
black eyes and bloody noses before the
guards could seize them. They were
marched off to the cellar for further
Dunisbment
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
LIVELY TIMES LOOKED FOR.
CattIemen Swoop Down on Three sheep
Camps and One Man Is Wounded.


Camps and One Man Is Wounded.
PARACHUTE, Colo, Sept. 12.-Cattle-
men swooped down upon three sheep
camps on the Mesa, west of here, yes
terday. shot and dangerously wounded
q herder named Carl Brown, drove off
the other herders and ran the sheep
over the cliffs along Roam creek.
The cattlemen evidently knew that
they would have no great opposition as
nearly the whole population of the vi
cinity has gone to Grand Junction to
take part in Peach Day celebration.
The sheepmen have raised a posse of
men armed to the teeth and started for
the scene of the conflict, swearing that
someone will have to pay for the days
work. The present trouble is merely q
renewal of the troubles of year ago in
this vicinity and there will probably be
a lively time before it is ended.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
EXPLOSION OF GAS.
One Man Killed, Another Fatally Hurt
and Three Others Injured.

ASHLAND, Pa, Sept. IA terrible
explosion of gas occurred yesterday aft
ernoon in the Centralia colliery mines,
operated by L. A. Riley & Company,
by which George Electra was instantly
killed. james Fergarty was fatally in
iured and John Cook was seriously
burned. Two Hungarian laborers,
whose names could not be learned, were
also injured
The gas was ignited by Electra's
naked lamp. His body was frightfully
mangled and burned. Fergarty was
thrown a distance of 30 feet along the
gangway and was injured internally
The damage to the mine is slight. IL
was believed that several miners were
closed, but they had escaped through
an air course.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
SHOT BY HIS DIVORCED WIFE.
Tragedy Enacted on a Train Near Newark,
New Jersey.


PHILADELPHIA, Sept 12.-Clarence
W. Clark, one of the four worthy COM
mitteemen of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers, and next i'll rank to
Chief Arthur, is lying at the point Of
death from a pistol wound inflicted by
his divorced wife.
Clark was about to start from New
York for San Francisco to look after the
troubles on the Southern Pacific. His
wife met him at the Grand Central sta
ton and made threats. To elude her he
went to Jersey City to take train, but
the woman had followed him and got
on the same train. AS the train was
stopping at Newark the woman entered
the car, shot Clark and then jumped OF
and disappeared. Clark was carried on
to Philadelphia and the bullet extracted
from his left lung, but he is in very
precarious condition.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Stage Held Up and Robbed.

PHOENIX, n. t., Sept. 12.-Word has
reached here that stage was held up
seven miles south Of Congress late
last night by masked highwaymen. Six
passengers were in the coach. They
were relieved of all their valuables, the
bandits securing $500 in coin. Officers
are in pursuit of the robbers.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Threw a Child out the window.

BROOKLYN, Sept. 12.--Peter McArdle,
30 years of age, while intoxicated at l
o'clock yesterday afternoon, threw his
l0-year.old niece, Mamie McArdle, out
Of the second-story back window to the
ground. He then jumped after her.
She is internally injured and likely to
die. McArdle was slightly injured, his
fall being broken by clothesline. He is
under arrest.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
brakeman Ground to Pieces.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. l2.-Tim O'Con-
nor, Panhandle brakeman, while rid
ing on brake wheel ON an incoming
train, fell under the cars at the Colum-
bus, Sandus1y and Hooking crossing
yesterday and was ground to pieces by
the wheels. He was 20 years old and
unmarried. His parents live near
Barnesyille.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Revolt in Peru.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA special from
Lima, Peru, says: Cablegrams from
the south announce that the forces of
Pacheco Cespedes have revolted. Many
were killed and wounded and 40 joined
the constitutional forces. The rebel
forces of Seminario in the north are
being energetically pursued by the gov
ernmant trOODS
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Frightful Duel with Knives.

BOWLING GREEN, KY, Sept. IA
frightful duel with knives was fought
by two prominent farmers, Thomas Os-
born and Marcus Murphy, near Polk
vile last evening. Murphy's hogs broke
into Osborn's cornfeld and this caused
the trouble. The two cut and slashe6
each other in an indescribable, frighttul
manner and were both found dying in
nOOlS of blood
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Gold Reserve Increasing.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-At the close
of business yesterday the net cash in
the treasury was $l27, 776, ,593.27, of
which $56, l04, ,063 represented the gold
raSarYa.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Valuable Horse stolen.

BoUNDBRooK, N. j., Sept. 12.-Alex-
ander Shields racing stable, near this
place, was entered during tho night and
its prize stallion, valued at $4,000,
stolen. The horse, ridden by negro,
was seen passing through the town in
northerly direction.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
NOTE IN A BOTTLE.

The Steamer Sunderberry Probably Eone
TO the Bottom of the Lake.
DETROIT, Sept. IA special to The
Free Press from bennington, Ont, says:
A bottle picked up on the east side Of
Point Pelee yesterday afternoon con-
tanned the following:
Steamer Sunderberry blew out cylinder
head 50 miles west of Buffalo, now sink
sinking. No hope saving one soul Load
ed with steel, pig iron. God save us.
MANI GOLDUSLOVE.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
PHiLLIPs-MCoY FEUD.
Trouble Breaks Out Again in Logan
County, Kentucky.

County, Kentucky.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Sept. l2.-Re-
ports have just reached here OF fresh
trouble in Logan county between the
Phillips.McCoy factions. On Saturday
evening the parties met at Williamson,
and several shots were fired on both
sides. Three men were seriously in
jured.
On Sunday evening the McCoys fam
lily and the Phillips faction went TO
church at Thacker and another riot took
place. John Phillips was shot and can
not recover, and two OF the Mccoy
crowd were also injured No arrests
have yet been made. 1t now looks as
though one side or the other will be an
initiated before the trouble is at an
end
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
uorso BIind. NIan Asleep,

MOUNT VERNON, o., Sept. 12.-W.
H. Wilgus, driving a blind horse home
from Mount Vernon, went to sleep and
the entire outfit tumbled into ditch,
wreclling the buggy and seriously injur-
ing WilRus.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
An OId-Time Thief Ran In,

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. l2.-Detectives
White and Grandstaff effected the
clever capture of Daniel Robb, alias
Harry Mcdonald, alias Harry Ward, a
52.year- r-old thief who has done service
in several state penitentiaries.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Panhandle Fireman Missing.

LoaANsPoRT, Ind, Sept 12.-Bert
Fitch, a Panhandle fireman, is mys-
teriously missing. His wife and four
children are in destitute circumstances.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Fatally Ipiured by a streetcar.

WELLsvILLE, o., Sept. 12.-John Poe,
a great.grandson Of the famous slayer
of Big Foot, and an idiot who walks
the streets at all hours of the day and
night, was struck and fatally injured
by a Streetcar.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Was Not the Well Known Banker.

BERLIN, Sept. l2.-Baron Erlanger,
whose death was announced here yes
terday in a dispatch from Geneva, was
Baron Victor Erlanger, and not Baron
Emile Erlanger, the head of the well
known banking house Of London and
Paris,
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12
Attempt to Wreck a Train.

BOISE, Ida, Sept. l2.-An attempt
was made last night to wreck the west
bound train on the Oregon Short Line
at Owyo bridge, 20 miles east OF Nam
pa. A rail was loosened on the bridge,
which is 40 feet high. 1t was discov-
cred by the section foreman just before
the train arrived, and he tagged the
train. An armed man, mounted, was
observed on hill nearby making sig
nails. This man afterward appeared
again and fired twice at the foreman.
Deputy United States marshals and
posses are in pursuit.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12

Fort WAYNE, Sept. 12.-Twelfth dis
trict Democrats yesterday renominated
w. f. McNagny for congress by accla-
nation.
The evening bulletin., 1894-09-12

Republicans In the Thirteenth District.
TOLEDO, Sept. 19.-Amos H. King Of
Marion, o., was nominated for con-
gress by the Republicans of the Thir-
teenth district at Sandusky, O., yester'
day afternoon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-11
BAY STATE LEGISLATURE


BosToN, April 1.-THE bill appropriate
ing $500, 900 for the maintenance and
operation Of the metropolitan sewerage
system vas brought up in the house and
passed 10 be engrossed.
The house passed TO be engrossed Dill
10 authorize the Lowell and Suburban
Street Railway company to extend aus
tracks and TO supply electricity.
The hohse adopted an order that the
secretary of the commonwealth De IN
structed To inform the house the reasons
Of the delay in furnishing TO the general
court the printed copies of the report OF
the board OF gas and electric light COM
missioners, said report having been trans
Hitted 20 the state printers Feb. 2s IL
is understood that the delay Is charged
upon the gas commissioners.
The joint committee on judiciary re
ported against bill TO enable manufsc-
turing corporations organized under the
laws OF foreign countries 10 hold ana con-
vey real estate in this commonwealth; no
legislation necessary on the annual report
of the attorney general; against bill
making every Saturday from IL noon TO
~ midnight a legal half holiday, and
changing the law relative TO the presenta-
tion of bills and notes on holidays.
The committee on railroads reported
against two bills providing for a change
ia the grade-crossing abolition law; also
against the bill 10 regulate demurrage
charges by railroad companies.
The house amused itself for some time
over an order offered by Mr.. Roberts call
ing upon the board OF railroad commis-
sioners 10 look into the subject OF tenders
for electric cars and report To the next
general court The order was nearly
amended out of existence by members who
were disposed 10 treat the matterface-
tiously and otherwise, but was finally
adopted.
The house passed TO be engrossed the
bill authorizing gas and electric ligh'
companies TO discontinue service for non
payment of charges; the bill TO prevent
double taxation of machinery; also bill
providing that gas companies shall not be
allowed To refuse TO furnish gas TO a
building because of the fact that pre-
vious occupant of building has left un-
paid gas bill.
The house accepted the report OF the
committee on mercantile affairs, which
reported adversely on bill providing for
placing electrical conductors under.
ground in cities aud for commissioners OF
electrical subways.
The house passed to be engrossed the
bill for the examination and certiication
of schoolteachers by state authority and
providing that the stsSe board of educa-
tion shall cause to be held public exam
inations of candidates for the position of
teachers in the public schools of the com.
monwealth; candidates who pass shall be
given certificates, which may be accepted
by school committees in lieu of the per-
sonal examination now required by
statute.