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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-01-04

Eight bandits rob a Missouri Pacific
train in Indian Territory.
Miss Amy Howard, who appropriated
goods from a Rockford, ILL.,, store, has
been sent to a santtarium.
Three prominent citizens of a Penn
sylyania town are arrested, charged
with burglary.
Wildwood, Fla, has a race war.
Several negroes have been killed and
the governor has ordered out troops.
A man is arrested In Chicago on the
charge of kidnapping a wealthy iron
manufacturer of Pittsburg.
MartGl Finn, a farmer, was waylaid
and murdered while going home from
Falmouth, Ky.
George Ashley, of Springfield, Mo-,
was shot and killed at Wichita by John
Keefe, farmer, who surrendered.
Charles Collins wanted for murder
and robbery, was arrested at FreepOrt
Pa.
Farmer Pira. who killed two conf
Clence men at Sioux City, Ia, was wild
ly cheered on acquittal.
In a fight over a price of drink Of
liquor, George " dINcl NiI1Cu A|dHuOAPA
Terrell at Douglas Station, Pa.
Sam Kennedy, a restaurant-keeper a
New Cambria, Mo-, shot Dick Collins
Collins lived about an hour.
Kate Johnson, charged with counter
feiting, viciously attacked her accusel
in an Indianapolis court room.
Miss Esther NJ Thurber of Chicago
was sentenced at Boston to two years
imprisonment ON a charge of forgery.
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Friday, Dec. 20.

Ella O'ROurke commits suicide by
taking carbolic acid at st. Paul.
The saloon firm of Schwitzer & o.
son of Echo have made an assignment.
Assets, 800; liabilities, 81 400.
A head end collision occurred be-
tween two freights near Watcrville.
One engine was considerably damaged.
No, one was hurt.
Augusta Bodellan, st. Cloud,a normal
school student, who about a month ago
disappeared and whose parents and Of
ficers have been looking for her ever
since, has been found at Anola.
Neal, Johns & Co., of Lake City, who
reduced the working force in their wa
gon factory some weeks ago to few
men, are gradually increasing the num-
ber of their employees, and will soon
have as many as before. ---
The cracker factory of Charles Jor-
genson at Albert Lee had a narrow es-
cape from destruction. The fire origin
ated from a kerosene lamp and the loss
to stock and fixtures will reach con-
siderable sum but cannot be learned
now. Fully insured.
The case against Joseph Herges, at
st. Cloud for incest, in the matter for
which a decision was recently handed
down in the supreme court,was brought
to sudden close to-day by the states
witnesses going entirely back on their
former statements and their testi-
mony in the Justices court. The case
was dismissed.
Christ Anderson, who lives at Crook
ston drove from his farm, about sew
en- miles north of here, to Grand Forks
Since then he has not been seen OF
heard of. Relatives went to that place
yesterday to look into the matter
They found that the police had taken
care of his team, which was hitched on
the street, but they had not seen An
derson A thorough search viii be
made for him.
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An Innocent Victim.

THAT grave on the right hand Of the
path as you go down to the porch door,
that heap of airth with no growth, not
one blade of grass on it-that's viii
Pooley's grave, that was hung unjust
ly."
'Inded! But how came such a shock.
ing deed to be done?"
why, you see, sir, they got poor
viii down to Bodmin, all among
strangers, and there were bribery and
false swearing. and an unjust judge
came down-and the jury, all bad ras-
Gals, tin and copper men-and so they
all agreed together and they hanged
poor Will But his friends begged the
body and brought the corpse home here
to his own parish, and they turted the
grave, and they sowed the grass twen-
ty times over, but twas all no use,
nothing would ever grow-he was
hanged unjustly."
"Well, but, Tristan, you have not
told me what this man Pooley was ac-
cused Of; what had he donew
Done, sir! done! Nothing whatever
but killed the tax collector"
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Mrs. Lease VIII Eight

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 2.-Mrs. Lease has
employed Judge Doster to assist Eugene
Hagan in prose cutting her suit against the
governor. The first blow in the courts
will be struck by Messrs. Hagan and
Doster tomorrow morning when the ap-
ply to the supreme court for an injunction
preventing J. w. Freeborn from attempt
ing to take Mrs. Leases place on the
board. Mrs. Lease leaves tomorrow
morning for Olathe to attend the meet
lug of the board. This meeting was 20
have been held at Winfield. but the place
was changed by order of Mrs. Lease.
The matter was afterward brought to the
attention of Gov. Lcwellirg. The gov
ell or Immediately telegr: phed to the
members that Mrs. Lease was no longer
ctlI ected with the board and instructed
them to pay no attention t" her orders.
Mrs. Lease, last night, however, stated
there would be full meeting at Olatho
Tomorrow.
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Report Not Ready.

ST Paul, Dec. 80. The pine lAchs CON-
mittee is still in session ut rAr M"vthf Its
engaged in arranging testimony and pre-
pairing to go on with its work. It was
expected that a report would he made
to the governor to-day, but Secretary
Staples said that no report would be
made at this meeting and that there
would be nothing whatever to give out
to the public. The committee has OBJ
tanned the sanction of the governor to
use the remaining $4,000 of the $4,000
left over from the appropriation for legis-
latiVe expenses last winter, and recon-
mended the appointment of Senator De
don as a crusier to investigate fraudu-
lent pine land deals, but the appointment
has not been formally made yet, and it
is not certain that Senator Dcdon will
sccept it if it is rendered him. He was
not sure upon this point himself this
morning.
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Graves Were Robbed.


Omaha, Jan. 1.-Two corpses found in
a box last night at the Pacific Express
company's Office, have been identified as
the bodies of woman and a man who
were buried in Forest Lawn cemetery
here the past week. The graves had
been robbed by unknown parties. The
box in which the bodies were found was
addressed to John Robinson, Iowa City,
Iowa. 1t is believed they were intended
for the medical college connected with
the Iowa State university. No trace has
been discovered of the man who took the
bodies to the express Office. The names
of the dead are Mrs. C.. A. D. Brown,
wife of well known Omaha business
man, who was buried Thursday, and NJ.
w. A. McWhinnery, an old soldier who
died at the county house, and was buried
Tuesday.
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south Dakota Educators.

Parker, S. D., Dec. 20.-At the educa
tional association last evening Gov. Shrl-
don delivered an address on Public Edu-
cation; What Kind and How Much" ."
1t was a practical and mastery cffol /
and highly complimented By all, showing
South Dakota's governor to be posted in
educational as we'll as political matters
He predicted brilliant future for South
Dakota schools, etc. I'Tof, MaucII pre-
sented the report of the educational coun-
ell, and seven new members OF the same
were elected, as follows: Louis McLoutb,
G. M. Smith, J. X. Failing, J. II. Snod-
dy, II. L. Bras, NJ. D. Miller and i. L.
Hood; also, to fill vacancies. Prof. Dcmp-
Ster and Prof. Vert. After II spirited
contest Huron was selected as the next
place of meeting. Officers for the ensu-
ing year were elected as follows: presi-
dent, X. S. Gleason, Kingsbury county
corresponding secretary, l. L. Nickel,
Huron; recording secretary, Kate Land
man, Plankinton; treasurer, II. l.. Bras,
Mitchell; delegate to national association
Prof, Lovejoy of Aberdeen.
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AmarchfAf Dena Rnldad.

Paris, Jan. 2.-The police raided an
ar, hist quarters in many of the towns in
Trance yesterday and seized the forms
and copy of the anarchist journal Pefe
Peinard. In this city they also searched
the residence of Elisee ReClus, brother
of Paul Reclus, who has been missing
since the throwing of the bomb in the
chamber Of deputies. At Havre the po-
lice searched eleven houses, seized a lot
of correspondence and recovered stolen
bonds for 1,5OO francs. For the theft
Of these bonds three anarchists were int
rrisoned some months ago. Five an
archists were arrested in raids on vari-
ous towns of the department Seine-In-
ferieure, including the city of Rouen.
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From Foreign shores.

Australasian cannibals capture and
eat the crew of an American schooner.
Five whites and nineteen MeXicans
have been killed in the race war near
Cherrillos, Mexico.
Replying to an address of the Sacred
College Pope Leo pronounced for uni
versal peace His health is improved.
The Mexican revolution is suppressed
after the loss of over six hundred gov
ernment soldiers and the killing of two
hundred revolutionistS and their wives
and children.
The Perseverance,, of Milan, says that
Pope XIII. is inclined to accede to the
appeal of the Jesuits to allow the Ro-
man Catholic citizens of Italy to par
ticipate in political elections.
A Berlin dispatch to the London
Times says that rumorS are current in
regard to Prince Bismarck's health.
The VOssische Zeitung says that Prince
Bismarck is completely restored to
| health.
The preliminary examination Of Au-
guste Vaillant,t the anarchist who threw
an explosive bomb into the chamber
of deputies recently, injuring large
number of people, was concluded.
Valiant will be tried at the assiZes to
be held Jan. 5
A Belgrade advice says: The cleo
tions which have just been held have
been attended in several places with
serious rioting and blOOdshed. At
Schabalz twenty-four of the opposition
were wounded. The Liberals charge
the Radicals with terrOrizing the cleo
tiOnS
In London, in Paris and in Berlin
italian bonds have been depressed
owing to rumors that several large
Italian banks are unable to carry over
their holdings. It is reported, however,
that Italy is negotiating a loan of 600.
100000 lire in Germany. In this city
Italy's reported new loan is not be-
lieved to be in course Of negotiation in
Germany or elsewhere.
A dispatch to the London Telegraph
from Paris says it is asserted that the
Bayard, which has just been repaired
at a cost of 100000 francs for replacing
the Triomphante as a flagship in the
French squadron in the far east, has
been detained at TOulOn, the experts
declaring that she was unable to stand
the voyage. NJ. Lockrey, the cores
pOndent adds, declares that the Hoche
Marceau and Neptune are also top
heavy.
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Tuesday, Dec. &c.

w. H. Averill, city attorney Of Foss-
ton and county commissioner of Polk
county, died of typhoid fever.
A farmer near Wells named William
Burmasher committed suicide with a
shotgun, pulling the trigger with a
string. He leaves a family.
The city council of Red Wing has
ordered a special election on Feb. 8,
to vote $4,000 bonds for the wagon
bridge over the Mississippi.
A farmer named Censch, living eight
miles southeast of Anoka, went hunt
ing over the exact track of wolf hunt
ers, and shot three timber wolves. He
got the boumties.
Burglars broke into Brewer & Low
rvs machinery office at Dodge Center,
which is in care Of James Fitzgerald,
and, breaking the safe open, took about
S15
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approval of the better class of citizens

approval of the better class of citizens
The building improvements made in
Red Wing during the year 1893 amount
to $216S25. For city of less than
5000 people this is an excellent showing
for an off year, and there are perhaps
not many cities Of the size that can
show as good a record.
Window institute has closed its fall
term at Montevideo. The attendance
has constantly increased until it is
nearly as large as at any time last year.
The preceptress, Miss Fisk, will inaugu-
rate among the young ladies the COM
ing winter a Shakespeare club and Il
class Of calisthenics.
Mrs. Abby Langford Marshall, wife
Of eX-Gov. William Il. Marshall, died
at her residence, corner Mackubin street
and Marshall avenue, st. Paul. The an
nouncement of her death came as a sud
den shock to her many st. Paul friends,
who had not been aware that she was
seriously i'll.
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Fergus Fails, MINI. Dec. Ca rum.
ber of newspapers throughout the state
have been unable to collect their fees for
publishing the forfeited tax sale Over
one-half CT the counties paid for it by
the folio without objecting. but in a
number of counties the commissioners
have refused to pay more than II cents
for each description. In lie Sueur coun-
ty the Sentinel appealed to the district
court from the action of the commission,
and Judge Caldwell has rendered q de-
cision giving the Sentinel Judgment for
the amount claimed. folio rates. as certi-
fed to by the state printer, together with
statutory costs and Z per cent interest
from the time the bill was presented TO
the commissioners. Ramsey and Wash
ington counties have thus far failed to
settle, but the decision furnishes a prcce.
dent.
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OtherWiAe.

Receivers are appointed for the At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe road.
Indiana temperance workers propose
to begin crusade to force saloons out
of residence sections.
Intense dissatisfaction over worlds
fair awards is felt by the foreign COM
miSSiOnePs.
Silas Stuart. dealer in diamonds.
watches and jewelry at New York,
made an assignment.
There are 100 cases of grippe at
Weatherly, Pa, town of 1900 inha-
bitants.
Sioux City, Ia, complains that the
rains have broken up the ice, and that
the ice crop is endangered.
Leadville's big smelter is to start
and all the idle men in that section Of
Colorado will be given work.
Richard McGoyern, Tacoma, Wash.
character, had $1,000 in gold taken
from his room at a hotel.
Miss Lizzie Everett, of Lebanon,
Ala, has awakened from a sfx-day
sleep. The case puzzles doctors.
Dynamite was found under saloon
at Ossiap, Ind, where it is supposed
to have been placed by incensed vii.
layers.
Charges are made against Pastor
| Conrad, of Rockford, ILL.,, that he
breaches in a borrowed coat and from
a borrowed book.
At meeting of the railway employees
of the Lehigh Valley system, reports OF
another strike were emphatically de
MED.
Ex-Copgressman r. ii. Gillette, o1
Iowa, is plaintiff in a peculiar suit the
trial of which was commenced here to
day. He sues his wife for divorce ant
$1,000 alimOny.
A strike will be begun by 1000 min
ers in Bellaire, O., if the operators dc
not revoke their decision to cut wages
The miners affected are those employ
ed along the line of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad. The proposed cut il
from 20 cents a ton to 60 cents.
Two thousand unemployed persons
held mass meeting at San Francisco
and passed resolution appealing t.
merchants for assistance and askin,
them to assemble in the Chamber o
Commerce and provide means ant
measures enabling the unemployed t
secure work.
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To Gee tie Recefvern.

ST. Paul, Dec. 29.-"NOrtbern Pacific
employees are sensible, fair-minded men,"
remarked General Manager kendrick
recently. The policy adopted by the men
yesterday appears to justify the asser-
ton. The subcommittee Of the conference
committee appeared before Receiver
Oakes yesterday morning at LIE o'clock
to ascertain whether or not he was will
ling and had the power to adjust the diff
ferences between themselves and the
company, In case he could be persuaded
that their grievances were well founded.
Mr.. Oakes answered In the Affirmative.
He stated that he would be willing 10 re-
ceive a written statement from each or.
gauization of it's case through Mr.. Ken.
drick. The employees are pleased with the
manner in which Mr.. Oakes received
them, and are agreeable to his PROPOSE
ton. The subcommittee of seven, which
was elected at the union meeting and has
since transacted the affairs of the entire
body of employees, will prepare detailed
statements by each member On behalf Of
his organization, which will be argued
with Mr.. Kendrick. Receiver Oakes viii
assume the role of arbitrator, and to him
the general manager will submit each
case when it has been thoroughly sifted.
Mr.. Oakes will then take the matter un~
der consideration with the other receiv~
ers, Messrs. Rouse and Payne, and tba
courts.
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Sfnux EcIia Grrnr

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Dec. 29.-A test of
the new chenica! fire engine was given
yesterday afternoon. A small building in
which were stored boxes and rubbish
saturated with kerosene and covered with
tar was fred. In four minutes from the
time the alarm was turned in the FIRE
was out. The test was regarded as sat
isfactory.
Harry NJ. DUNCAN of Sioux City and
Miss Emma g. Esaba E'ere l.Aa ar:::cstl sst
the residence of the brides parents in
Humboldt township yesterday. A large
number Of people from here attended Inc
wedding.
Sturgis, S. D., has been bothered great
" Of late with tramps and vagyants. and
in order to afford protection to citizens
an ordinance has been passed indctiug u
fine of $1OO and thirty days in Jail for
cases of this kind. Work will be provii-
ed, and it will be hard enough to MAKE
1t unattractive.
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Tufcrtunnte Events,

Valuable horses are burned to death
on Il Pennsylvania stock farm.
ri,. ciy opera house at Port Huron,
Mich. burned. Loss, $4,000.
Jacob Berwick, Crown FONT, Ind,
farm hand, was killed by freight
train He was intoxicated.
At DenniSon. Ohio, Frank Maxwell
and Edward Fletcher, employees OF the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati & st. Louis rail
road. were killed by shifting train.
ToSeph Phillips, aged sixty years, a
wealthy farmer was killed at CleVe-
land & PittSburg railroad crossing near
SteuDenvillp Ohio, by an express train.
Al the Florence collierv, Smithville,
Pa, John Malls was killed and Thomas
Rowan fatally injured by premature
explosion Of blast.
The Hanging Rock Stove Foundry at
Tronton. o., was burned to the ground.
One thousand stoves and 500 patterns
and all buildings connected with the
foundry were destroyed. Loss $4,000.
While Joseph Belson and Charles
lake miners, were working in coal
mine near Galena last evening, water
from the adjoining drift broke through
Both the men were drowned before
they could be rescued.
A bad wreck occurred on the Duluth
South Shore & Atlanta near Trout
Creek. Wis A freight train was de
rallied and six cars went down an elm
bankment 80 feet Engineer MulfOrt
died a few minutes after being taken
from the wreck.
The entire upper end of Narowsburg
~ J., has been swept by fire. The fol
lowing buildings were burned: Guth
rpTs hotel, barns and outbuildings
Tch's hotel, Green's dry goods store
Heinle Bros, store, CrOcker's drua
store, Dccker's mills, Kuehne's dwell
ings. The loss is large and insurance
slight.
A terrible accident occurred at thu
American Tin Plate factory at ElWoot
Ind, caused by Il crane falling among
the workmen in the hot rob depart
ment The injured are: Lewis LOrsen
son, knee crushed, necessitating ampu
tatiOn. Jack Jones. head, arms ant
face terribly injured. Ed Harmon, in
1crnally injured and skull fractured.
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Fight With RohberS.

Sedalia, Mo-, Jan. 2.-Ward Wickline,
n young farmer, had a bloody encounter
with two desperate highwaymen, three
Ii lies west of this city last night Wick
line was walking from Sedalia home
when the two men sprang in front of
him and, covering him with revolvers,
commanded him to throw up his hands.
He did so, but one contained a gun and
he commenced shooting. The highway
men returned the fra. Wicbline received
a ball through the left arm, but kept on
shooting until q ball through his thigh
knocked him down. The robbers then
went through his pockets and secured a
considerable sum of money
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Council Bluffs, Iowa, Special-The
agitation for five-cent fare on the
Omaha-Council Bluffs motor line. which
has been kept up for the past year. re-
suited to-day in decision in the superior
court that the company has 10 rights in
this city. Judge McGee handed down
F, the decision in the case, which is entitled
''The State of Iowa ex rel ]. l.. Cross
land against the Omaha & Council Bluffs
R1ilwaY and Bridge Company Of Ne
hraska." The suit was brought Srvrra;
months ago to fWieit the ohartar oc al"
10 ~ corporation Snd to oust the M
braaEa corporation from the use nf the
streets Of Council Bluffs for its motor
liue
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Tnllr nR I.Xnnhi inn

Watertown, s. D., Jan. .2-Jerry Il.
Kelly, prominent business man and
early settler, was shot and killed instant
ly last night by James Dempsey Redding-
ton. The trouble arose over a claim on
the Sisseton reservation about which they
have been in litigation for some time.
Reddington is now in Jail awaiting trial.
Sentiment is strongly against him, and
there was strong talk of lynching last
night. Kelly leaves q family of several
children in poor circumstances.
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stoned an Escoutcheon.

Genoa, Jan. "A few men to-day ap-
narpntly excited by the Aigues- Mortes
verdict at. Angonleme. France, on. Sat
urday, where a number of French work
men were acquitted of the killing in
September last Of over Il score of Italian
orkmen during a riot, gathered in from.
of tn" French consulate and stoned the
escutcheon over the door. The police dis
rcrScd the crowd and arrested two of the
leaders. The formal regrets of thA
municipal authorities at the occurrence
were conveyed to the Frc1ch consul
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William Baldwin and John Cooney
are charged with burglarizing a saloon
at st. Paul.
Fireman Neil Rodger receives serious
injuries from a fall at ST. Paul.
Fire broke out in the bakery Of the
Minneapolis Baking company, 26O4 and
2606 Lyndale avenue south, and the
building was gutted. Loss. $11, 800.
Theodore Thompson of Houston coun-
ty was struck by a passenger train q
short distance west of Hokah and fatal
ly injured. He was supposed to be
sleeping on the track.
The jury in the case Of Policeman
Tweeten Of Crookston, who shot man
who resisted arrest, brought in YER
dict of not guilty. The verdict has the
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Valparaiso, Ind, Jan. 2.-The pumping
station of the Indiana Natural Gas COM
pany pipe line at East Chicago was blown
up, and will probably result in the death
of at least seven persons. While work
men were in the station break in the
pipe was being repaired and the escaping
gas took fire from lantern which was
knocked over. and in a moment an ex-
plosion took place which tore the iron
building to pieces and threw the work.
men in every direction