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The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
SMALLPOX AND DESPERATE.
A Milwaukee Man Who liz Sick
RIOma nnsl RnSu.a. <x> Aa-.

Milwaukee Man Who Is Sick at
Home and Refuses to Move.
Milwaukee, Aug 7.-Pctcr Barth, a
rich Wholesale wine and liquor mer-
chant, Is confined to his home on the
South side with smallpox. Two weeks
ago his young and beautiful daughter
died of the disease Mt the pest house.
Barth believes her death was due to
poor nursing and rough treatment.
When officers went to his house to re-
move him to the pest house they found
the doors Of the mansion barred, and
the officers were informed that Mr..
Barth had a shotgun, Winchester and
revolver all loaded at his bedside, and
would kill any one who attempted to
enter. The officers returned.
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A CRANBERRY CASE.
An Important Suit on Before Judge
Eliix nj Irnr l.laleo

An Important Suit on Before Judge
Haiiy Of EMu Claire.
Eau Claire, Wis, Aug. z. - Before
Judge Eaily to-day an important law
suit, involving about $500 acres Of
valuable improved cranberry lands in
Jackson county. was begun. The plain
tiff Is Russell Case of Norway Ridge,
and the defendants ar. Frederick HOff-
man and others. For the plaintiff La
Toilette, Harper Roe and Zimmerman
of Madison appear, with L. Il. Frawlcy,
counsel. and for the defendants, Bush
nall. Hall " Rogers of Madison. This
case has already gone to the supreme
court and back. 1t has arisen over q
diversion Of the water from this tract
OF land ly large canal, and will also
include Il damage suit of some $GO,O0
Among the witnesses are the best
known engineers and surveyors of the
state.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
An 1s-Inci, ycin Of Coal.

Morton, Minn., Aug. IAN eighteen.
Inch vein Of coal has been reached in
the coal hole which is being dug here
by an old miner named Waldorf. He
is working under an appropriation
made by the town for the prospecting
which has been done. Waldorf has
been guarding the prospecting hole
night and day to prevent any news of
the find creeping into the papers until
the larger vein shall have been liscov-
cred, which it Is confidently expec, ID
will be found.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Green Eyed Jealou.v

Minneapolis, Aug. 7.-Charlcs Steph.
enson was assaulted by Charles Lar
son with knife yesterday afternoon
on the east side of Franklin avenue
bridge. Stephenson was sitting on the
river bank with u young lady, and
Larson slipped up behind him and
slashed him in the forehead, leaving
O deep and serious wound. jealousy
was the moving cause. Mr.. Stephenson
sWOre out warrant for him this morn.
ing.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Like DIR, Cronin,u Case,

Hammond, Ind, Aug. G.-Crowp
FOiut has a sensation somewhat similar
to the celebrated Cronin mystery. Dr.
George ID. Brannon, secretary of the
Lake county hoard Of health, YVES
summoned to attend man purport.ng
to have BEEN shot shortly before mid
night. Since then he has been missing,
although his friends and family have
made every effort to tind him.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Mysteriou. Dro1vninu.

Sioux City, Iowa, Aug 7.-Pius Neff
was drowned somewhat mysteriously
at Crystal lake Saturday. The coroner
was unable to determine whether it
was accidental or otherwise. Charles
Eberhard and SOB Of Dakota City,
Neb., have been arrested to answer the
charge OF robbing the body Of the
drowned man.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
An Inn portant Dcnl.

Ishpeming, Mich, Aug. 7.-Cleveland
Clcffs Of Iron county has closed q
deal for 1000 acres Of hardwood lum-
Der lands in Algcr and Delta counties.
Much Of 1t is near the lake shore. This
is part Of the deal by which extensive
furnaces are to be built ut Gladstone,
and IN attempt will be made to render
that point an extensive manufacturing
center
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
For the Rogues' Gallery.

Minneapolis, Aug. 6.-Detectivrs Law
renee and Hoy Yesterday afternoon ar
son, whom they believe to be pair
Of experienced pickpockets. When ar
car 'jostling" other passengers and
otherwise acting in suspicious man.
ner, and the officers saw enough to con-
vince them that they were trlls to
pick the pockets Of one of the ladies
on the car. They were sent to the
workhouse for ten days each, but be-
fore they went their photographs were
taken for the rogues' gallery.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Arrest for Assault,

Sioux City, Aug. FLAMES Nelson
was arrested at Lcmars yesterday
charged with an assault upon Mrs.
Antoine Bataglia. 1t is alleged that
Nelson, who worked on farm near
this city, forcibly entered the Bataslia
residence while the husband was alb
sent and successfully clloked Mrs.
Bataglia into submission to his brutal
desires.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
In Favor Of settlcr..

Washington, Aug. 7.-Thc secretary
of the interior to-day decided about a
hundred land eases in which the North
ern Pacific Railway company was ap-
pellant. All the cases involve the right
OF the railway to indemnity selections.
The decision is against the road on the
grounds covered by the Jennie L.
Davis decision. The victorious settlers
In the Fargo land district, North Da-
kota, are: Wilhelm Koch, Leonard
Fergur, Orvis $. Reed, Joseph Rens,
Nils Racklund, Rasmus Riverland and
BVld Reeve
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
SHOT HIS BROTHER.
Mark Richardson Avengcs the Burn.
ing Of His Property.

Mark Richardson Avengcs the Burn.
ing Of His Property.
Milwaukee, Aug. 7.-Mark Richard
SINS barn and nine stacks Of grain
We're burned. He suspected his broth
er George Of firing the property. Marx
took Lis gun, his Ioung son going with
lin, and went about half Il ul!le from
his house and waited for the return Of
his brother George from Galrlla, who
was expected home about that time.
When George appeared on horseback,
Mt'k ordered him to halt. "l'id YOU
burn my grain stacksy Mark de-
manded. ":rO - with you and yolr
stacks" replied George whereupon
Mark drew his gun aml shot his br"!!,
er dead. Mark at once surrendered
himself.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Loss Was $4,000.

Minneapolis, Aug. THE big ware
house, formerly a cooper shop, on the
corner OF Taylor and Winter streets
northeast. burned to the ground to.
day. The building contained some ma.
chinery and cooper supplies belonging
to James Kennedy, and the total loss
is about $4,000. The building was
owned by the Farmers and Mechanics
bank, and the loss is supposed to be
fully covered by insurance. The fire
Is supposed to have caught from loco
motive sparks.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Poles Use Their knixe..

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. IA murder.
GUS ARRAY occurred last night among
a gang Of Poles gathered at the house
of Valentine Novatlsy, at No 144 Third
avenue. All hands got drunk and a
general fight was started in which
knives were used NOvatky was
slashcd in terrible manner and will
die. -Four Of his assailants are under
arrest.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Ruilrond shop. Open Again.

Ashland, Wis. Aug. G-The North
western railroad shops, which were
closed by the strike, have now resumed
operations and the ore traffic is now
heavier over the Northwestern than ut
any time last ycal. -Four hundred cars
Of orc were brought In over the Central
yesterday. and the officials claim this
high record will be maintained during
the remainder Of the season.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
FIVE ARE CREMATED
FATAL FIRE ON A FARM NEAR
WILLMAR, MINI.
A Father and Four Children Are
Burned to Death-The Mother Es-
capes With Her Life but 10 Crased
With Grief.

Willmar, Minn., Aug 1.-THE farm
house of s. o. Ostens0n of the town Of
Dover, about eight miles north Of here,
was burned to the ground ut 2 o'clock
this morning. Mr.. Ostenson and four
children lost their lives in the flames.
Mrs. OstensOn narrowly escaped ere
nation, but Is crazed over the awful
event. No one knows how the fire
originated, but it is believed lightning
was the cause. A fierce wind sped the
flames In the work Of destruction.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
WOLF IN SLEEPS CLOTHES.
The "Gns Man" Makes Touch in
Minneapolis.

The "(sAN Man" Makes q Touch In
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Aug. 6.-T1e same game
that was played en- the hospitals yester-
day was repeated to-day upon Mrs.
George W. Hale, Of 1924 Chestnut
avenue. The supposed workman came
to Mrs. Hale's residence this morning
and claimed to have orders from the
gas company to fix the gas jets in the
house. Mrs. tIale wls not suspicious
and allowed him to start in ut the
cellar and 60 through the house. He
was some time In visiting the rooms,
and when he finally made his appear.
ance he said that he would have to
return again in the afternoon to stop
leak. Mrs. Hale allowed him to de-
part, believing that his story was true.
A short time afterward she had oc-
casion to visit her jewel case and found
to her surprise that a very valuable
diamond ring had disappeared. The
rest Of her jewelry was locked up.
The description Gf the man answers
that which was given Of the one who
visited the Homeopathic and Matern-
ftv hnSDita1S Yesterday
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Mexican Merchnnt Marine.

Washington, Aug. 7.-United States
Minister Gray reports that Mexico is
starting to establish merchant marine
by Offering ship builders bounties and
other privileges, and creation of a de-
partment marine. An official decree,
published June IL, permits foreigners
to acquire Mexican vessels without re-
strictiOns upon them and the COMPOST.
tion OF crews, and prescribes the re-
latton OF the various bounties to be
paid.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Disobcyed Lincoln,. or,ler.

Omaha, Aug 7.--Nfaj. Worth of Fort
Omaha is to be brought to trial Aug.
IL on the charge Of disobeying the
Lincoln order IN ordering Private Cc-
darQuist to shoot ut II target on Sun
day. The court martial order has been
issued and the major is lin arrest"
In military parlance. All the court has
been made up and the case will be
taken uD soon.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Died in Poverty,

New York, Aug. 7.-Mme. Osborne,
the opera singer, wife of Gsyrge Poole,
Ia dead. She and her husband sepa-
rated long ago, just when is not known.
Recently the once famous singer had
to beg for food
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
War ON Vice,

Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 7.-There is
every Indication Of Il general crusade
against vice being successfully in
augurated by the church people and
temperance workers Of this city. As
the result of agitation and the assist
ance OF police the leading houses Of
prostitution have all been r:litlcd and
one of them forced to close.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Davis Anti-Option nill.

Washington, Aug. mo reference
to committee was made, prior to the
adjf ,M'nt of the senate, of Davis
ant:oN.on bill. 1t will probably be
sent to the finance committee as 1t
differs but slightly from the Hatch bill.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Prominent Hendersonian Dead.

Henderson, Mimi, Aug. Ga. q.
Heinrich, one of the most prominent
citizens of Henderson and formally q
large stakeholder Of the Minneapolis
Brewing company, died at his home
early this morning Of heart failure,
aged thirty-six years. He leaves q
wife and two children. The funeral
will be held Tuesday from 2l1S Fourth
street south Minneapolis.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Otherwise.

James Fay, a bookmaker, was found
dead at Rome. N. Y.
Two thousand persons attended the
Rock River assembly Mt Dixon, Ill.
A grand jury in Chicago found that
gambling places are run under police
protection.
Col.> advanced 3 cents in Chicago,
where. TIE live stock receipts arc the
heaviest ever known.
Charles H. Warren succeeds c. w.
Case as general manager Of the treat
Northern road.
Mayor Hopkins of Chicago forbade
an A. II. U. parade In honJr Of Dcbs
on the latter's rctutrn to that city.
Bloomington, ILL.,, has ordered Il wa
terworks pump with $4,000 gallons
daily capacity.
A portion of the right Of way Of the
Kansas City, st. Joseph 4 Council
Bluffs road at Winthrop, Mo-, was swal-
lowed up by the Mississippi river.
The people of Laveta, Col, are cxcit-
ed over a rich strike that has been
made on Silver mountain. The ore
assays over 500 in gold to the ton.
Coxey expects to enlist the services
Of John Mcbride, president of the
Mine Workers union, to secure for
him the miners vote in his race for
congress.
Jesse Harper, the famous Illinois
Populist in an address ut Indianapo-
lis, said, 'the march of the last thirty
years has caused mourning In heaven
and q Jubilee in HE'LL
Mrs. William Hough and her five
children, ranging In age from months
to II years, were taken from a Rock
Island train at Kansas City, Mo-, DEATH
ly sick from the effects of poisoning.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
company has issued an order requiring
all employees to either resign from the
American Railway union or be dis
charged. Practically all the members
of the union in Chattanooga complied
] with the order.
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Pcttigrew no better.

Washington, Aug. 7-Senator Petit
grew said to-day that his physical con-
dition had not improved sufficiently
for him to remain in Washington and
nc will return to the seashore ut once.
lie does not anticipate early action
upon the tariff.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
vol.tend A.toni.he. Them.

Granite Falls. Minn., Aug. IAN.
drew j. VOlstead and Nellie Gilruth
were married here ut noon yesterday
and have gone East on their wedding
trip. Mr.. VOlstead is one Of the most
prominent attorneys in this part Of the
state, and his marriage will create sur
prise among his brother attorneys.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
DEATH OF A DOCTOR.
Expires After Undergoing q Surgl.
cal Operation.

Expires After Undergoing q Surgi-
cal Operation.
Minneapolis, Aug. CDR. Il. X. Ban
croft of this city died in pllysician's
Office In st Paul suddenly Saturday
afternoon, and the intelligence of his
death was communicated to his family
In this city in II very abrupt manner.
Or. Bancroft came to Minneapolis
about dozen years ago, and was for
q time employed in the real estate bus
iness. Lately he has been in the Min
eeaLolis and st. Louis Office He was
= cOnsumptiye, and lately had found
considerable relief in the treatment of
q st. Paul physician. 1t had been de-
termined ttat an operation to remove
lump In his throat was necessary,
and 1t had been arranged that DIR. and
Mrs. Bancroft should visit the pllysi-
clans office yesterday and have the lp-
GRAFTON performed. Instead, the doctor
went over Saturday evening and in
duced the physicians to perform it, but
before he left their &C he was dead
Of heart failurc. The physicians did
not know his address, and therefore
We're unable to communicate with his
family. In the evening, when the doc
tor did not return home, his son be-
gan inquiry by telephone, and soon
reached the st. Paul physicians, and
upon inquiring if his father was there,
he received the reply that he was, but
that he was dead. Yesterday the re-
mains were brought to this city, and
will be inferred Wednesday Mt Lake
wood. The operation is said not to
have been responsible in any way for
the DOCTORS death.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Right Of Way BiIl Paxne..

Washington, Aug. I'm the house
to-day a bill was passed granting to
the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad com.
pany a right Of way through the Chip
pewa and White Earth Indian rcserva.
tiQns.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Killed. by . Pitchfork.

Milwaukee, Aug. Z. - In n quarrel
among members Of threshing crew
at Duplainville. Joseph Secor was
killed by blow from a pitchfork.
Mike Rode, accused of the murder, has
lied.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
New l,rexbyteriau Churches,

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. Grey. Il. NJ.
Findley returned to-day from an oOO-
mile canoe trip through the northern
part Of the state. where he organized
number Of Presbyterian churches and
schools. Most Of them were located in
places where a year ago there were no
inhabitants
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Boys Hang . Playmate.

Central City. Col, Aug. B.-Three lads
named Peter Maroney. Frederick BEL
cher and Harry Hel ges have been a.-
rested for hanging Ii. \. Mills. II play-
mate who offended them, to a tree by
the neck until he became black in the
face. Mills is in q critical condition.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Foreign Gossip.


Mr.. Gladstone declines the invitation
to visit America.
The speaker Of the Newfoundland leg
islature aud another member are re-
moved for various abuses.
A $4,000 cask of gold from New
York is stolen from q Fren III railway
car.
In naval battle the Japanese sink
one Of the largest Chinese ironclads
and capture or destroy two big cruisers,
killing 1000 Cinnamon.
Japan is likely to pay dearly for the
sinking of that Chinese transport,
which, it transpires, few the British
flag.
The steamer Travc, from St. Peters
burg, reported at Lubbock that IL fire
man on board had died of Asiatic
cholera.
Japan notifies various powers that a
state of war exists between Japan and
China. This is equivalent to a declara-
ton Of war.
The Russian bank of foreign trade,
with its headquarters in Cologne, has
received q communication to the effect
that Russia does not intend to inter-
fere in the Chinese-Japanesc dispute
regarding Corea.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Rome says that the jury in the
Banca Romano case were determin-
ed to acquit Sgs. Tanlongo and the
others accused, regarding them merely
as tools Of people high in office.
The Moniteur de Rome publishes a
pontifical decree reviving the custom
of former popes allowing bishops free
dom in the purchase Of lithurgies and
abolishing the privilege of the pus-
tet firm.
President Diaz has named a commits
sion of leading Mexican scientific men
to make a complete survey of the
famous volcano Of Popocatepetl. A
company Of Philadelphia capitalists has
been given an option on the volcano
for the sum Of $5OO,OOO.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Internnl Revenue R...,,,,

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE total re-
ceipts from internal revenue since June
80, 1894. is stated at the treasury d
partment to be $50. .394, ,G61 against $l7,-
7OS.55S during the same period last
year.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Treasuey Balance.

Washington, Az: 6.-The cash bal
u ce in the treasury at the close Of
business to-day was $1l9,22O,7O4, of
which $50 .S2O,5t0 Is gold reserve.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
River ana Harbor B,Il Reodx

River ana Hnrbor Bill Ready.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE conference
report on the river and harbor bill has
been agreed to by the senate. This
completes the bill and it goes to the
president for his signature.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
A BRIDGE COLLAPSED.

A Freight Train ON the Union Pa
cihc Wrecked.
Spokane, Wash, Aug 7.-As the ex-
tra west-bound freight on the Union
Pacific was passing over bridge near
Alta yesterday the bridge collapsed.
The caboose and sixteen car loads of
ore and wheat went through. Con-
ductor Watson and Brakeman Wright
were seriously injured. The engineer
and reman escaped. The bridge was
about 1000 feet long and 100 feet
high.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
Criminal DoinRs.

Mrs. Merrick. 61, while visiting
friends at panville. ILL.,, cut her throat
Thomas Evans, aged 30, cut his
wife's throat at Louisville, KY, aud
then committed suicide.
The first hanging in fifty years at
Norfolk. Va. was that Of Madison
Brown for the mul der Of John Dollard.
Capt. w. G.. Randolph, treasurer Of
East Baton Rouge parish, La, shot in
a bar-room duel by DR.. King Holt,
died of his wounds.
Two colorcd boys, aged 9 and IL.
have been arrested at Terrell, Tex,
accused of killing 6-year-Old child
after gousing his eyes out.
Carroll Hughes, Rock Island con-
ductor was shot and killed by George
McAIlllen, q saloonkeeper. ut St.
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Unfortunate Events.

II. P. Canodeo was crushed to death
under a wagon near Rockford. Ill.
Several stores burned at Marshall,
III. The total loss is $4,000.
Tho Kennedy chair factory at Min
neapolis was damaged $1,000 by fire.
Thosam Downs, Of Girard, Ohio, was
battered to death under the wheels of
runaway horse.
William ID. Speier, timer, aged 81,
fell from q roof at Tiffin, Ohio, and
was instantly killed.
Lester Woodruff, aged Z, son of Rev.
James Woodruff, Of Ohio, was drown
ed at Battle Greek, Mich.
Several business houses burned at
Eagle Grove, Iowa, with q total loss
Of $4,000.
Bert Manning, 13, accidently shot
and killed himself at Eldora, Iowa,
while handling pistol.
Miss Sadie Woodcock, a school teach
er, was fatally injured ut Savannah,
Mo-, by fall from horse.
A double building at Dallas, Tex,
collapsed. No one was injured. The
loss is $4,000.
George Ellis of Elwood, Ind, picked
wart on his hand with q brass pin
Gangrene resulted, and he Is dying.
He is from Montreal, Canada, and was
visiting In Elwood.
By the running away of his team
Walter Bailey and wife were thrown
out of buggy on Prices creek bridge
at Keokuk, Iowa, and perhaps fatally
injured. Their baby was thrown on
the rocks below and killed.
Twenty-Five people lost their lives by
drowning and burning at Phillips, Wis,
during the destruction of that town.
The financial loss is about a million
dollars at Phillips and an equal amount
at Mason.
The explosion of thirty-flvc pounds
Of giant powder in the Golden Gate
mine at Sonora, Cal, caused the
death of Lafayette Carr and John
Ma1gram. two experienced mfncrs
who had been sent to the 4O0-foot level
to do some blasting.
Mai. f. W. Halford. paymaster in
the army and former secretary to
President Harrison. was badly hurt In
runaway Mt Omaha, Neb. He was
driving down the street in a phaeton,
when the harness gave away, and the
vehicle upset in turning corner.
Maj. Half0rd was thrown out aud in.
jured, but not seriously.
The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11

They Say CutcheOn and Smalley Re-
signed Because the Committee Re-
1used to Adopt Their ReOrKn isa-
tiOn Plan-Mr. CutcheOn Replies.
The morning call., 1894-12-09

Mrs. Wilmer hoped to prove by this wit
ness that she had been badly beaten and
yanked about by her husband, the Jewish
ex-cantOr of choir, and her stepson,
Samuel Wilmer.
But Mrs. Willner's hopes to give her
husband and sterson each n few months
In jail did not materiaiZe Kirby, the eye
witness who was expected to swear away
the cantor's liberty. made a compete fail
ure in that direction. He testified that
his team stood in front of the house and
ne was very close to the belligerent family,
He had seen Mr.. aud Mrs. Wilmer in con-
tact with each other, and Wilmer Jr. was
also In the conjunction to some extent, but
whether it was all in love and kindness
or in anger witness could not say. He had
heard some loud conversation, most of
which had come from the vociferous throat
OF Mrs. Wilmer. The latter was accred-
tied with having temper decidedly erratic.
Judge Low dismissed the case for want
of sufficient proof to convict