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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
sUPERI0Rs REPRESENTATIVE.

THn DIAMOND DRILL can state on au-
thority that the Honorable S. NJ.
Stephenson Is a candidate for reelection
from the Twelfth congressional district.
IL 10 also a matter OF current political
gossip that Nate kaufman, OF Marquette,
10 setting his pins for the job. How
strong Mr.. Kauiman's forces in Mar
quette are we arc not informed, but that
he will present solid front In the con-
grcssional convention, Notwithstanding
the fact that IL Ia the county OF his resi-
dence, Is matter open TO grave doubt.
The Republican politicians Of Marquette
county are endowed with no meagre
amount OF common sense and To think
that local pride would allure them from
the path OF political sagacity Is, we be-
iieve, 10 underestimate their sterling
worth. The campaign approaching IL
one Of paramount Importance II IL not
only necessary that the state roll up the
largest Republican majority in it's history
10 assist in restoring confidence TO the
perturbed and uncertain status Of the
industrial and business interests OF the
sountry, but IL must also be borne in
mind that the selection OF two United
States senator's will be- made by the next
Michigan legislature. Republicans are
not lying awake nights In fear Of n Dem
oeratic majority In the next legislature,
Jet nothing is so sure as n sure thingand
II Is the duty OF every Republican TO
render the next legislature as solidly Re
publican as Republican votes can make
tt. A material influence upon this point
viii be welded by the placing Of Sam
Btsphsnson's name near the head OF the
ticket. No man in the upper peninsula
II more widely popular than he, especi.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

LIKE Grover Cleveland, who made a
bright spot in a murky administration
10y promptly supprcssing the Dcbs insur.
rection, SO has John Patrick Allgcld, OF
Illinois, relieved the gloom OF his miser-
ably blotted gubernatorial record by m
honest word relative 70 the Gormnn-
Sugar Trust tariff measure. Last Sum
day night, Aligeld wired Congressman
Springer ms follows:
Secure free sugar II possible The whole Amer
lean people are interested III this Free bituml.
nous coal could only benefit New England aud
The seaport towns aud help lew men who own
foreign mines The entire western conntr, cares
nothing about IL. Tor our soft coal is now sold
at starvation prices for the miner As irec coal
viii only benefit q small section, 1t should not
stand 10 the way Ola measure for the relief OF
the whole country. and Il Is vital that some bin
br passed at once john L. ALrGELD.
The bright spot is only about the size
Of a mans hand, but it's departure in
the right direction and we hope the
recording angel OF Illinois politics will
not overlook it John Patrick will need
it ON the day Of his political judgment
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
REPUBLICAN, TOWNSHIP
PRIMARY.

10 TINE QUALIEIED ELEcToRs OF THE TOWNSHIP
az CRYSTAL FALLS, COUNTY or IHoN, MICHIGAN -
There will be n Republican primary election
held ln the town hall IN the Village of Crystal
falls. Iron County, Michigan, on Thursday,
August 20, A. d., 1894, at 7:30 o'clock, p. m,
Tor the purpose OF appointing eight ~ delegates
10 attend the county convention 20 be held IN
ths Village OF Iron River, Michigan on Saturday,
August %, A. d., 1894 At ten o'clock In the fore
noon. for the purpose OF appointing three (3) dele
yates 10 attend the Republican Congressional
Convention for the Twelfth congressional district
OF Michigan, six (0) delegates To attend the Re
publican Senatorial Convention for the thirty.
hrst senatorial district Of Michigan and six
CO., Delegates 70 attend the Republican Repre-
ssntative Convention for the Dickinson Repre-.
sentative district of Michigan and 20 transact
any and all other business that may properly
come before the said primary election. Dated
NJ Crystal Falls, August is, A. d., 1894.
NJ n. MCGEE,
Chairman Republican Township Committee
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
TIE RLGHT pL1CE

The Rangc-'l'ribune would suggest that
the Republican congressional convention
be called 10 meet in this CITY. Iron
Mountain is the most centrally located
city IN tho upper peninsula, has close
rail connections with all parts oi the dis
trict, and delegates could arrive here in
the morning, transact the business of the
convention, and return home in the even
ing -Rangc-1ribune.
A good idea, Brc'r Hanna. Iron eomn-
~ supports your motion
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

TuT Gormnn-Sugar Trust tariff bill
protects the poor IN this manner:
DIAMONDS, twenty-five per cent. nd
valowm.
SUGAR, forty per cent nd yalorcm.
The halI-starved miner can now pur-
chase his diamonds at a reasonable
figure, but II he has sugar in his tea, he
will have 90 contribute 10 that $40, 900
600 bon bon our Dcmocratci friends have
given the sugar trust.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

VIII the pompous editor OF the Esca-
naba Mirror kindly descend from his
dizzy emincnce M n seli-appointedc censor
OF the behavior Of the ladies aud gentle.
men OF Crystal Falls long enough to rest
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
REPUBLICAN, STATE
TICKET.

For Governor
JOHN It. Rich.
For acknowledgements
ALFRED MiINEs.
For Secretary OF State
WASHINGTON GARDNER.
For Treasurer
JAMES NJ. WILKINSON.
For Auditor General
STANLEY w. TURNER.
For Attorney General
FRED. A. MAYNARD.
For Land Commissioner
WILLIAM A. FRENCH.
Forsuperintendent of Public Instruction
III. X. PATTESGIIL.
For Member Board OF Education
PERRY +. Powers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

TnE Louisiana senators. Caffary and
Blanchard, In nursing their pet free trade
theories have robbed, according TO their
own statement, 200 900 Louisiana
farmers Of prosperity.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

~ for no other reason, Nate Knui.
mans congressional candidaturc should
be unsuccessful 10y reason Of is disrcp-
utable newspaper parcntagc
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY
CONVENTION.

10 THE QUALIFIED ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY or
inos You will please take notice that u Re.
publican County Convention Tor the County OF
Iron, Michigan, will be held I'm the Village oflrOn
River, Michigan. IN the Town Hall. on Saturday,
August 25th. A. d., 1894, at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon. for the purpose OF electing three dele
gates 20 the Republican Congressional Conven-
tion for the Twelfth Congressional District OF
Michigan; also for the purpose OF electinR six
delegates TO attend the Republican Senatorial
trlct OF Michigan also for the purpose OF elect
ina six delegates 10 attend the Republican
Representative Convention Tor the Dickinson
Representative District OF Michigan, and for the
transaction Of such other business M shall
properly come before the convention.
zach township IN entitled To the following
representation In said county convention re
npHctfvolV.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

MorTo Of the LII congress: an
trusts we trust"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

Dated at Crystal Falls, this 18th day OF
August, A. D., 1894. MARTIN BACH
Chairman OF Republican County Committee.
CHAs. II. WATSON,
SECRETARY OF Republican County Committee.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY.
Terms $500 per year. in advance.

All Communications should he addressed 20
TnK DIAMOND DRILL, Crystal Falls, Mich.
posr OFFIcE ADDRESS LOCK Box "B"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

s~TEr DIAMOND DRILL for slls At the Drag,
1ssfs Of G. wilfi.sss c'zrasy, where sssssf!p'
Nusls will 10 received.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19
The Scare About Germs.

A physician tells the Cincinnati
Times-Star that the widespread fear OF
disease germs is largely groundless.
Everything" he says, lis full of
germs or crusted with them, but every
germ is not harmful. Every disease
germ on the body does not produce a
disease. If it did there would not be a
person on the face of the earth to-mor-
row. People lived before disease germs
were known and were as healthy as
they are to-day. They lived as care
fully as we do-perhaps more so. We
cannot avoid contact with disease
germs, but we can do what is better,
strengthen the body SO that it resists
them as easily as lion can a flea.
Some scientists pretend to deplore a
lack of precaution people take against
germs. 1t is simply because the peo-
pie see, despite theories, that every
germ doesn't produce sickness any
more than every man is murderer.
Every man may possibly be one, but
we would not be justified in going
armed on that account"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19

this extra punishment on me? SenC
me back to my work"
"I'm Inclined" said the governor
"to put you in dark cell for week
to punish you for your Internal obsti
macy. I've treated you altogether toe
we'll, old man."
The old man gave a slight shrug OF
! his shoulders, but was silent.
| Kent began to apologize for him,
and, as coaxingly as he could, asked
| him several more questions. To one of
them he growled out sullen mo-"
and was on the point of saying some
| thing else when one of the guards
came in with message for the gov
ernor, at which he relapsed into 81
lence, and no further attempts could
induce him to say word.
When he had been taken away the
governor said: "You see I was right
when told you it was hopeless task. -
"On the contrary" said Kent, 81 feel
quite encouraged. I've only been feel
ing Of him"
81 think I'll lock him up for day or
two. It will make him civil"
Il WISH" said Kent, you'd lock me
up with him for half an hour. If I
don't make any Roadway then, I'll
give up the job and go back"
The next day the governors family
waat to church picnic and Kent &C
companied them. He proved on this
occasion to be the life of the little
party. There seemed to be nothing
that he could not do, from making an
omelette in the woods to making
speech to the children. The governor
was really quite proud of his guest.
Kent had now been three days inside
the prison jurisdiction, and how well
he had improved his time appeared
afterwards. When they were coming
home from the picnic he told Mrs.
Ixtel that he had overstayed his time
and must finish up his business on the
morrow. If the governor would lock
him up with Laport he thought he
could make the fellow confidential.
The upshot of all this was that on
the fourth day Kent was taken to La
ports cell, carrying nothing but
pencil and pad which the governor had
furnished him, and jocularly remark
ing as he was going through the cor
ridor that they ought to search him
first, for he might have some files about
him and let that rascal out to teach the
world golden silence.
The governor laughed, as he now did
at almost everything Kent said, and
only remarked: eff he gets away from
me, I'll take all the blame"
Gall right" rejoined Kent, but, as
you value a human life, don't forget to
let me out inside of the half hour.
Make it twenty minutes"
They entered the cell together. La
port was sitting on the stone floor with
his head between his knees. He
neither rose nor looked up as they came
in. The place was dimly lit by one
1t was furnished with an
iron pallet and pail.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19
CHAPTER 1.

In the carly autumn of 1S- a young
cnan who was registered at the Lexing.
ron (Ky.) military academy as Surden
Bench, aged twenty-five, got up about
three o'clock in the morning and, talk
ing eight hundred dollars belonging
to the academy and his fellow-students,
decamped.
The significance of the circumstance
at the time arose from tho discovery of
the deliberate and ingenious method
pursued by Bench to accomplish his
purpose. He had conceived some kind
of a town celebration and induced the
young men to write home for funds.
He also succeeded in getting them to
make him the depository of the money,
which according to the books amount
ed to eight hundred and fifty-four dol
lars. He disappeared from Lexington
and all the efforts Of the faculty and
the authorities to trace him failed.
1t is now known that when he left the
academy he struck across country to
the Salt river. where he had a skif in
hiding and presumably a negro con-
federate. With characteristic Ken
lucky impulse, the young men of the
school held an Indignation meeting
and offered the eight hundred dollars
to anyone who would capture him and
turn him over to the authorities. This
reward put upon his trail several
western deputy sheriffs who tracked
him to Cairo, ILL.,, where it was sus-
pected that he had changed his boat,
I'd
set off down the Mississippi, travelling
generally in the night and hiding in
the bayous during the day.
deputy Sheriff Col. Abner Petingin,
of Frankfort, published in the Louis
vile Journal year later a communi-
cation setting forth that his party had
tracked Rench to a bayou, somewhere
between Tiptonville and Fulton, on
the Tennessee shore, where the fugi-
tive had sunk his boat and struck
through the wild tract of country ex-
tending to what is known as the ''High-
land Rim, in Henderson county. This
communication is curious in one state
ment. 1t says: eve discovered, after
much tedious searching, the sunken
boat and then struck his trail in the
woods. We had not followed it far be-
fore we came to the conclusion that he
was accompanied by woman"
Col. Petingill then states that it was
his belief and the belief of his party
that Bench met with an accident some
where on the Rim, for ali traces of him
disappeared, and after camping out for
two weeks in the wilderness and dis
covering no new trail the party re-
turned.
The fact is Bench had accidentally
discovered the Laran cave.
In his endeavor to escape from his
pursuers, he had struck straight up the
rim and in jumping from one of the
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19

of an influential New York paper with
a letter to the governor-the officer
that under the old system we knew as
the warden.
And here the story of the great con-
spiracy properly begins.
| A card was brought to the official
bearing the name of "Andrew Kent"
with the title of the New York news
paper in the corner, and it was fol-
lowed by well-dressed man of about
| thirty, whose easy dignity and in
| formal heartiness impressed the warden
favorably.
"You are Gov. Ixtel, presumed"
The governor smiled and said he was
Il am from the New York newspaper
whose name you saw on the card. I
have been sent on an errand which this
letter will explain"
The governor put on his glasses and
read the letter that was handed to him.
It ran as follows:
ITO THE GOVERNOR OF THE FEDERAL PRIs-
ON. ETC, ETC: The bearer Of this, Mr.. Kent,
is connected with the staff of this paper and is
sent to you to obtain, if possible, an interview
with the prisoner Jean Laport, now under SEN
tence for manslaughter. The interests Of the
political party now in power can be materially
advanced if this man can be induced to talk,
and if possible, furnish some information con-
corning his confederates in q vast scheme ia
rob the government 1t is assumed that the priS-
oner, who is virtually under life sentence, can
have no good reason for longer keeping silent,
and it is thought by the managers Of this paper
that an adroit man, like the bearer Of this, if
furnished the facilities, may succeed in elciting
Ia inf i'm JUhi wi n of
in the coming campaign to the administration,
of which you are loyal adherent
Respectfully, etc, etc.,
Gov. Ixtel, plethoric and good-na-
tured man when not dealing with con-
victs, let his hand drop to his side with
the letter in it. With the other he took
off his glasses and looked at Mr.. Kent
with broad smile.
"Why, bless your enterprising soul, ;"
he said, "that old alligator won't talk.
You couldn't pump ten words out of
him if you worked a month"
Nevertheless" replied Mr. Kent, st
am here to make the attempt with
your kind permission"
'Take seat" said the governor. ST
never heard that Laport was mixed up
IN politics"
Mr.. Kent sat down. swell, sir, it
isn't generally known. But he is
nevertheless the depository of certain |
secrets which to hold will no longer be |
of any service to him and which if he |
will give them away, as we say, will |
secure for him the influence of num-
Der of powerful friends who can, if |
they set to work, get him a commuta-
ton of sentence"
Mr.. Kent was evidently clever
talker; he was thoroughly posted in
the political situation; he brought
with him from New York a good deal
of inside news and several rafting
stories that were new. He candidiy i
confessed that he had no stomach for
this job and wanted to DC back in the !
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19

Kent went toward the light all.
looked at a large gold watch. 1T il
ten minutes of ten" he said. 'Give
me ill quarter past"
Laport looked up and addressed him.
self to the governor:
'Are you going to put this lunatic
on me?" he said, It'll / knock my
brains out against these walls?"
1.-THE best way to get rid of him."
replied the governor, lis to treat him
civilly. He doesn't want to annoy
you, and he comes from some of your
friends"
YES" said Kent, 'you can treat me
contidentially. The governor is going
to leave us together for few moments.
If you will answer some of my ques-
tions | can be of service to you"
Laport dropped his head between his
hands. The governor gave a shrug
and turned to the door. 1--WE heard of
squeezing pig-lead out of a sponge, he
said. ''It's holiday work to squeezing
that old bundle of scrap-iron.'
For Gods sake, don't forget me
when the times up" said Kent, and
sat down on the iron bed.
The governor then went out. Kent
heard the great bolt shot with an iron
clang.
Now then" he said so that the
Governor could hear him on the other
side of the door if he listened. "This
is the last chance I've got to talk to
you, my friend. If you will tell me
what want to know it will secure
you the influence of powerful friends"
He listened. He heard the retreat
ing footsteps of the governor in the
corridor. He sprang softly but quickly
to the iron door and put his ear down.
The governor was some distance
away.
Laport looked up with something
like momentary interest in the
strange actions.
fro BE CONTINUED.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19
DON'T SAVE LETTERS.
The Uselessness of Allowing Old Missives
to Accumulate,

The Uselessness of Allowing Old Missives
to Accumulate.
Tear up all letters that it is not neces-
read them.
They accumulate in the most amaz-
ing way if you don't, and take up a
great deal of room, to no purpose.
For my part, l think the reading over
of old missives is rather sad affair,
and could well be dispensed with. 1t
is very seldom that one doesn't suggest
a melancholy train of thought.
If the writer isn't dead the chances
are that he or she has changed, and the
written lines fail to give US the pleas
ure that they once did.
am looking an old letter over at
this moment, and my eye strikes this
line:
II don't think ever loved anybody
on this earth as do Henry Lane. If
he should propose to me would be the
happiest girl in the world"
All me!
Henry Lane did propose to her and
they were married.
I saw her the other day leading two
children, and the three were SO shabby
that my heart ached for them.
Her husband drinks, CANDLES and
neglects her, SO says common rumor,
and she is doing dressmaking.
And she had a seamstress for every
stitch of work when she was girl.-N.
Y. Recorder.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19

metropolis. But duty was duty and
he'd have to make the attempt He
did not think he'd get much out of it,
but if he did it would be a feather in
the cap of the present administration
and an additional plume for himself.
Mr.. Kent talked so long that the
governor invited him to take dinner
with his family, and the guest proved
such an interesting tallxer that Mrs.
Ixtel late in the afternoon proposed to
the governor that it would be far more
hospitable to have the gentleman stay
with them than to go off to 81 hotel.
He Mayed backgammon that night
with the governor; sang the latest
songs for Miss Ixtel and accompanied
himself on the piano; and he satup till
twelve o'clock talking politics and
drinking the governors whisky.
The next day about nine o'clock in
the morning, the prisoner, round
shouldered old man with great deal
of character in his square jaw and
massive chin and deep-set scintillant
black eyes, was brought into the
Office of the prison. No one was pres
ent but the governor and the reporter.
"Laport," said the governor, there's
a gentleman wants to talk to you. I
hope you'll treat him with more con-
sideration than you do me-"
The old man looked from one of the
men to the other with a sullen de-
fiance. "You can save yourself the
trouble" he said. i've nothing to say"
He folded his arms and stood looking
at the ceiling.
"Well, sit down and be comfortable,
if you can't be human" said the gov
ernor. There's chair"
Kent then began a free and easy
explanation to which Laport paid very
little attention. He approached the
subject of his inquiry, the governor
thought, with great tact, and then
asked one or two unimportant ques-
tions.
The only answer the man made was
to turn to the governor.
SIS there anything in my conduct"
he said, ''to warrant you in inf1icting
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-12-19
COPYRIGHT, 1se4.l

the Valencia, carrying arms and sup
plies for the insurgents which had been
bought in England, encountered q
heavy storm while off the Gulf of Mar
acabo, and springing a leak ran off
past Point Gallinas, and the captain,
in order to relieve his craft, threw over
at fiood-tide two four-inch breech-
loading rifed steel guns, at point
called the Bahiata Bank. The mate of
this vessel claimed to be an American
and when the Valencia was captured
two days later he managed to escape
by connivance of the authorities and
went straight to New Orleans. 1t is
supposed that he met Bench there. At
all events, he went back to Caracas as
soon as the revolution was over and is
known to have bought up, ON some
plea or other, the shells and ammuni-
ton originally shipped with the guns
that were lost and for which the gov
eminent had no use.
The guns, however, were hot lost.
They lay in plain sight on the Bahiata
bank at low water, and, having been
carefully sealed, had suffered little
damage.