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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
BLOODY WORK or \ MANIAC.
Insane MisSOUrian Butchers His
Wife and -Four Children.

RidgcWav, Mo. special: The most
horrible human butchcry ever re-
corded in this section was committed
five miles southwest Of here, David q.
Spragg numbering his wife and two
children, m|ortally wounded two step
children, and then took his own life.
The weapon of death which the ma
Mac welded was a largo butcher
knife.
In a few hours after the murder
numbers Of people arrived from town
and Il most ~sickening sight met their
ga2e. Lying in the yard near the
gate, were the remains of Mrs.
Spragg, mutilated almost beyond
recognition. In one cornc of
the sitting room, lay the life
less body Of Galley, five years Old, and
in the other, Albert, a 4-year-old boy.
Albcrt's head was resting on a slate
with which lie had been playing, a
mass of coagulatcd blood and brains.
On the kitchen floor, still clutching
the terrible instrument of death in his
bony hands and with his head almost
severed from his body, lay the author
Of the awful Gene. The two little
step children we're aiken to the home
of the %ncighbors, where they are
dying frcm dozens of cuts that cover
their bodies.
Evidence of Il terrible struggle is
plainly visible. The walls, books,
stove and furniture are spattered with
blood, chairs unset and thinps ppnpr-
ally turned upside down.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
EMEODIES HIS PLAN IN A BILL.
Carlisle Reads the Measure to II G
Banking Committee.

WASHINGTON special: The hearing
before the Banking Committee on
tho question of ~rcorganizing the eur
rcncy was resumed. Among those
present were Horace White Of New
Ork. G.. G Horner Of Baltimore, w.
l.. Hepburn, ex-comptrOller of the
currency. They werc'there to urge the
merits of the Baltimore plan. Mr..
White presented Il careful review OF
the plan and said he had drafted a bill
on those lines, which be submitted to
the committee. He:.did not think Car
isles plan would give an elastic cur
rency.
Secretary Carlisle resumed his
statement begun the day before. He
presented the bill he had prepared
embodying his plan of currency re-
vision and read it to the committee.
commenting on it as he proceeded.
Mr.. Bro,ius Of Pennsylvania asked
whether it was not desirable for the
Government to resume the risk Of re-
decmin@ the notes rather than leaving
it TO the banks.
Mr.. Carlisle said he did not believe
in the Government responsibility
further than in providing the most
ample safeguards. The Secretary
spoke of Comptroller Ecklcs' currency
plan. Without wishing to criticise it
he thought its fatal defect was in re-
CIiring National Banks to take out
two different kinds Of circulating
notes.
Shipments OF gold were discussed at
much length.
During the general discussion be-
tween Mr.. Carlisle and the members
of the committee the secretary refer
red to the issuing of bonds, He said,
as much as he regretted it. he saw no
way Of preventing further issue of
bonds $ o long as the present system
remained.
Mr.. Homer of Baltimore then ad-
dressed the committe on the l5altl.
more plan. favoring it throughout and
opposing the treasury plan.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
V A OF THE TURKS.
japanese Arc Accused of a Frightful
Massacre at Port Arthur.

Special cable adyiccs from Yokohama
say that the Japanese have outdone the
hloodthirsty Turks in the recent atroci.
tl"S pcrretrated at Port Arthur. The
Nlliado troops are reported TO have
catered Port Arthur and massacred in
cold blood almost the entire population
of the place. There was an unrestraincd
reign of murder which continued for
three days. The defensclc5s and uuarm-
ed inhabitants were butchored in their
houses, their bodies unspcakably mutilat-
ed. and the Who'll" town was pluudered
with appalling atrocities. This, the dis
patch says, was the first stqin upon Jap
anese civilization. The Japanese in this
instance rclapsed into barbarism. An
pretcnse that the circumstances justified
the atrocities is false. The foreign cor
respondents, horriticd by The spectacle.
are reported 10 have left the army in Il
body.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Tegucigalpa special: The Central
American Federation scheme which
is substituted for the Central Ameri-
can Union, allows each country its own
president, the presidents choosing a
president Of the federation, who shall
live in a neutral federal district. and
on retiring give place in rotation to
all the other presidents, aud each
country to have one vote in the coun-
Gil Of federation.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
PAY ROLLS FOR THREE YEARS
Comparison of November Earnings
in Many Manufacturers.

Now York special: Dun q Co.'S
Weekly Review will say: BY the
Kindness of several thousand manu-
tacturers, who forwarded statements
OF their pay rolls for November of this
year, in 1893 and in i -, we are en-
abled TO make a very encouraging
comparison of earnings for the month,
which shoW an increase in the total
payments Of ID per cent. over last
year, but Il decrease of lS.3 per cent.
in comparison with 1892. There we're
TO- per cen more persons employed
than Il year ago, bnt SO per cent. less
than in lNH2 Ehe average earnings
for owe 25t, 900 hands was 1 per
cent. largcr than in lsl3, but
III per cent. less than in 1892.
Wheat remains unchanged, al
though the western receipts were not
SO large as last year, and { he Atlantic
exports were S3l POS bushels, against
l.O29.230 bushels a ycarago. Corn is a
fraction weaker. Cotton is down To
So cents. Detailed reports regard
ing the chief industries are not alto
gether encouraging. The increased
production in iron is not supported b.
the demand and prices are declining
accordingly. Minor metals are strong
er, though apparently for speculative
reasons only. Textile manufactures.
on the whole, are weaker. although
sales on wool are larger
Failures during the past week were
349, against $50 last year.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Berlin special: The Government
has instructed the lIambu"e Chamber
Of commerce to inquire into the com
plaint, which have pecn made rs to
the inferior quality OF recent import
ations Of petroleum by the Standard
oil Company. 1t j, charged that the
Pennsylvania oil field, are exhausted
and that the oil recently imported
came from I~n.iunn and ONO.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Berlin special The standing order,
committee of which Herr Singer, the
Solialistic leader, is chairman, 10
which was referred the application Of
the public prosecutor 10 punish toe
Socialist members of the Reilhstag
who refused to rise ana cheer for the
Emperor Thursday, by II vote of 9 to
4. ha~ rejected the proposal TO prose
cute Herr LiebNnccht for his recent
utteLAMcns.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
Turkish Cabinet Nav Resign.

Vienna spccial: \ dispatch from
Coustautinople says the Turkish Cabi-
net held Il long meeting, at which
Armenian7 affairs were almost exclu-
siye!y discussed. II is considered
probable that the Ministry Will re-
ra>irn
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Hobarttown, Tasmania special:
Numbers of stones which have been
found AT Corrina nave proved 10 be
~uiannnn,.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Vienna special: The Anglo-.Aus-
trian copyright treaty has been ox-
tended to India. Australia and New
Foundland.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
y Horrifying Discovery.

ne SWaSs" society III Washington has
just received Il severe shock upou tho dis
covcry that Il certain wealthy wilnyv
who assumed and was supposed TO DO dc.
seconded from ancient and famous opcns-
try, is only the daughter of an honest, en-
erget.c and successful Irish contractor in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Thomas Rrockway I'ullcnc. a capital
Isl and merchant Of Kansas City, is dead.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
100000 h

100000 iirc at Evergreen, Ala.
Evergreen, Ala, special: Fifteen
buildings We're burned Loss, $780,
UJa.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

partment by Secretary Carlisle for polit-
ical reasons. the court held that thcr"
was nothing in the Civil Service rules
that required the head Of an executive
department to give reasons for diSponS-
ing with the services of q clerk, and
therefore the law will permit Il cabinet
officer to dismiss as many clerks as he
plcaSeS for any reason whatever. lis
power of removal is absolute, and the
Civil Service Commission is not advised
of his action in this respect except where
appointments are made To the vacancies
thus created. The commission has Juris-
diction over appointments only.
| have been endcavoring to ascertain
the actual number Of persons removed
from the executive departments during
the present administration but lind II al
most impossible to obtain accurate inform
alton. During the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1894. according to the records
of the Civil Service Commission. there
were 1,S1J appointments in the eNccu-
tive departments of the Government. OF
these 2.2Sl were made To fill vacancies
caused by dismissalS and 2,4tO to fill va
cancies caused 10y designations, but there
is nothing to show how many of these
designations were voluntary and how
many were compulsory. The number of
vacancies caused by death was only 23l.
These figures DO not include the changes
in the government printing office, where
it is estimated 100 persons have been
discharged by Mr.. Benedict since he sue
cecdcd Mr.. Palmer as public printer last
spring. Nor does the total include 6U9
persons who have been dismissed from
the census office since Col. Wright took
charge in October. 1893. But their re-
moval was necessary and proper because
the work IN which they We're engaged
was completed. and they have understood
from the beginning that their employ
mcnt was only temporary. The census
is taken once in ten years. and it usually
requires about four years to prepare the
returns for publication. There are now
$50 persons in the census office, and the
most of them will not be needed after
March /.
On July ! last, by act of Congress. the
offices of Commissioner of Customs and
Second Comptroller of the Treasury were
abolished. which threw out of employ
mcnt, permanently. 16l clerks. and made
an annual saving of Sl60.O0O in the pay
rolls of the Government, but only about
ninety of the clerks nave been actually
dismissed. The remainder are retained
TO close up the affairs of the bureau un-
der a special appropriation of 100000.
but their employment will continue only
a few weeks longer. There were also
400 persons discharged from the War
Department under the act Of Congress
reducing the force of the record and pen
sion division because their services were
no longer necessary. and this caused n
reduction of over $500, 600 in the annual
pay roll of this department. The total
number of changes. therefore, since the
present administration came into power
has been S.3Gl. of which $3.50 were re-
movals, and I,3JJ new appointments have
been made.
Report Is Missing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
Report Is Missing.

There is a good deal of inquiry at the
Capitol for the annual rcport of the ser
geant-at-armS of the House. which. nm
der the law, is required TO be submitted
at the beginning of every session. 1t
was laid on the Speakers desk the morn
ing Congress met. but was not presented
to the House, nor We're any ncWSpaprr
correspondents allowed to see If. Tho
Speaker returned 1t 10 the ~sergcant-at-
arms FOR revision and il has not been re-
turned. No explanation has been given.
but it is understood that the portion Of
the report which refers to the Deductions
made i'll tho salaries of members for oh-
sence Is not satisfactory. Early last Sos
sion when the Democrats had such hard
work to Keep a quorum in WASHINGTON
the House got very virtuous and PASSED
n resolution directing the sergeant-ot-
arms, who is their paymaster, to enforce
the law Il 10 require from each member
a sworn certificate saying how many DAVIS
he was present during the month and
then To deduct his pay for tho DAYS
he was absent. There was a great deal
of kicking at this, and the Judiciary
Committee made a rcport that the law
was repealed several years ago when the
section OF the statutes regulating the pay
OF members was revised. and il is undor-
stood that the order Of lie House has M,
been enforced. Those who voluntarily
Informed the pay clerk that they wnr.
absent have been locked, but those who
:ald nothing about il or drew ON tho sar-
gcan1 alarms for their salary through
some bank did not suffer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
of Philadelphia. who made =,

tl,c city Of Philadelphia. who made q
,arre fortune di.Sins sewers and cellars
grading and raviuA s,fep's, building rail
roads and canals any .n'N,ts o,heG Use
full public imp"ov2lncN" DIV a Wort
Il crest ui'on her carrHS. ""u n0 note
paper. and there has a&"''i +" III
ference of opinion as pmr She
came from the lluguenotv IS I'm" o.
France or the old mcrchanXn ""'efs,
because her name has Il FGn, "ile"'-
auce and a foreign sound, l,ain' P'o'
cccdinss in which she is i'll ro,ha."'' nave
disclosed the fact that her H. -. "NH
mother were Irish, and she omI 100
Her house is closed this wintN ~ i
understood that she intcndsS ornr
three or four years in Enrope in pcorl
secure another veneer, and to q y
forget that her money WIS acquAn.5S
honest and respectable toll and nN By
entail.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
LAW HAS WEAK SPOT.
CIVIL SERVICE ACT DOESN'T
PROTECT EMPLOYEES.
Head of an Executive Department
Need Not Give Reasons for Dispens-
ing with the Services of a Govern
mcut Clerk One Report Missing.
Capital City Chat.
WASHINGTON correspondence:

cEiploNtS II SlI'"h
le fact that the
rules do not prevent
or regulate dismiss
ais, even n~olnlnally.
except for political
or religious r%easonS.
and even then expo
ricnce has shown
that they are practi-
cally useless. In the
recent case of Eu-
gene Gaddis, who
applied for an in
junction to prohibit
his dismissal from
the Treasury De
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08

out. Paragraph 279 has been amended st
 as to read Con focks. mungo, shoddy, gar
 netted waste, carbonized noils, and on woo
 of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat. alpaci
 or other like animals in the form of rowing
 roping or tops. 15 per centum."
 In schedule K, wool and manufactures
 thereof, certain parts of the blanket sched'
 ule stricken from the house bill, were re
 stored, as were tine house rates on women'f dress goods, coat Innings, etc., wearing ap parel, cloaks and other outer garments for women and children. The rates on Brus- sells, tapestry Brussels and treble ingrain carpets have been increased to 35 per cent. on velvet and tapestry velvet to 40 per cent, and on wool, Dutch or two-ply in- grain to 30 per cent.
 Paragraph 2S1 has been amended 30 ss to read: On knit fabrics and all fab rics made on knitting machines, not iI- cluding wearing apparel and on shswls made wholly or in part of wool, worsted, hair of the camel, goat. alpaca, etc., val- ued at not exceeding 40 cents per pound, 85 per centum, valued at more than 40 cents per pound, 40 per cent um. Druggets and bookings and felt car peting are increased from 25 to 30 per cent. Carpets and csrpsting of wool, flax or cotton, composed in part of either, not specially provided for, have been increased from 25 to 80 per cent. The date at which the reduction of the rates on manufactures of wool shall take effect has been changed from December 3, 1894, to January |, 1895.
 In schedule F the rate on snuff and snuff flour Is increased to 50 cents per pound. The rate on cigars, cigarettes, cheroots of all kinds Is fixed at per pound and 20 per oav,f ogr yI ot~ fnoln1 ing wrappers. shall be subject to the same duties ss are imposed upon cigars.
 Paragraphs 1S4 and 1s5 have been stricken and the following substitu- ted: Paragraph 1S4 wrapper tobacco. imported $1 50 per pound, if $2. 25 per pound. Paragraph 1855, filler tobacco, unstemmed, imported in any bale, box. package or in bulk, 35 cents per pound; if stemmed 50 cents per pound; the term wrapper tobacco shall mean that quality known commercially as "wrapper tobacco"
 The free wool schedule has been amended to read: All wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat. alpaca and other like animals. and all wool and hair on the skin, noils, yarn, waste, card waste, bur waste, slub- ,srded waste and all waste or rags com posed wholly or in part of wool. Provided that this paragraph shall take effect on ,nd after August 9, 1894.
 In schedule G. agricultural products md provisions: The duty on unclsaned rice has been reduced from one cent to of a cent per pound; on paddy or rice having the outer hull on, reduced from three. quarters to half cert per pound.
 The house bill rates on butter, hay, honey, hops, onions, peas, have been re- .tored.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
AN ITALIANS sTILKrro.

While Drunk, Antonio Mirabells
 Stabbed Rosa De Marco Three
 Times About the Head.
 About dusk yesterday while under the iofuencs of liquor Antonio Mirsbells en- tered the house No. 34 Myrtle street, which Is occupied by family named De Marco, and abused both Mrs. De Marco and her daughter Rosa.
 When the drunken brute was remon- strated with be flew into e murderous rage, whipped out a knife, sprsng at the defenceless girl and plunged the weapon into her face, neck snd scalp, none of the wounds, however, being necessarily seri- ous. The human iend then lesped upon the girl, seized her by her hair, and wal struggling to cut her throat.
 In the meantime the shrieks of the girl had attracted the attention of several men, who rushed in and kicked the knife out of Mirsbslls's hand. The girl had, however, tainted, and this fact took the attention of the men away from Mirabells and he es capped, but was subsequently, captured by Officer John Kelly and locked up, charged with assault with intent to kill.
 Dr. Della WAS promptly summoned and dressed the injuries of the wounded girl taking a number of stitches in her several wounds.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
An Excursion up the Housatonic River.

The reception committee of '94 of the New Haven Christian Endeavor union held it's last business meeting of the season in the psrlors of the First NJ. E. church last evening with H. s. Scarboro in the chair. Frank H. Belden, ir., secretary of the committee, called the roll call of societies which showed twelve represented. Of this number the following were from out of town: West Haven Congregational, Whit ns5 vile and Highwood. The next recep
 ton. which will be the last to be given by the '94 committee, will be held on Wednes day evening, June 20, in the Whitney ville Congregational church. The following
 were appointed a committee of arrange
 ments: George Burton, chairman; Mia
 Minnie s. Dlckermap, Whitneyville; ".
 E. Pelcher. Humphrey street; A. Whit iugton, Dixwell avenue Congregational
 Miss Jennie N. Beers, Church of the As tension.
 The committee of '94, following the GUS tom of previous committees, decided tS give an excursion, which will bs known al the third annual excursion of the New Haven 0. E. union. The date was not de
 oided upon last evening, but will probably be May 30 or June 30. The steamer Mes sepger hss been chartered for a trip uI the Housstonio river as far as Derby where @ short stay will be made. Charlel D. Sherman of the Church O. the Redeem CT Y. P. S. 0. E. has charge of the sr rapgements.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
WILL REMAIN THE LEADER

Richard Croker is Emphatic in His
 Statement That He Will Not Give
 Up Being Boss Of Tammany Hall.
 NEW YoRK, May 7.-Rlchard Croker, the Tsmmany leader, made the following state ment today: "I do not intend to attend to the active work of the organization any longer. I cannot give 1t that at tention that have in the past. The details must hereafter be attended to by some one else. The executive committee must appoint one or more cub committees to do the work which have been doing. I have given this orgsnizA. tion my time and attention for the last thirty years and I need rest. will give tc the organization what can render, but cannot continue the work which can bs done as well by some one else" MT. Oroker was emphatic in his state ment that he would not resign the leader ship.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
FOR SALE.

fA To whom 1t may concern:
 I will sell at public auction, at Beecher's exchange, 769 Chapel street, New Haven Conn.,, on Thursday, May 31, 1894, at 9 o'clock p. m the property formerly owned by the Old Colony Distilleries Company, containing about four acres of land, and bounded on the south by Grand avenue, westerly by the channel of Mill river, north by Clay street, and easterly by line parallel with Haven street and about one hun dred feet distant therefrom.
 Also another piece of land bounded as follows Easterly by Haven street. seventy G0)feet; south erly by line in the same straight line with the north line of Clay street as the same Is opened and partly fenced between James street and Haven street, westerly by the eastern channel of Mill river, or that part of Mill river east of Ball Island northerly by line parallel with the south erly line and seventy C0) feet therefrom.
 Upon the premises there are buildings as fol lows: one-story warehouse 50x63, two-story warehouse covered with corrugated iron, 150xl0t feet, and several other buildings. Full descrip tion of the boundaries and other information will be given upon application to George A. Butler.
 Terms of sale-Ten per cent. to be paid at time of sale and balance to be paid upon delivery o1 deed. GEORGE A. BUTLER, Trustee.
 m30 fr-sa-tu'wedth 30t
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
4 TrIp to Europe.

MT. E. Schonbsrger and wife will about the middle of June leave for Europe. They go to Prague, Bohemia. MT. Schonberger's old home. He came from Prague to this country twenty. seven years sgo and has been @ resident of New Haven nearly all that time. MT. Schonberger has prospersd greatly and will now take season of we'll earned rest and sightseeing. Mir. Sohon- berger and wife, after visiting relatives In Prague, will go to Vienna and Berlin, and on their way home will visit the worlds expedition at Antwerp and make . short stay In Paris. They expect to be absent about three months. MT. Isaac Schonber- ger, junior member of the firm, will con. duct the business.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
A CbnIIeurat.U..u

BOSTON, May I'M. Rondell, the fencing master. has issued challenge to N. senst of New York for assault to take place ir Boston Saturday evening. May 12. in pub lic, the amateur fencers of Boston to guar sntee from net gate receipts $200 to go tc winner aside from the s150 put up by esct of the pfincipsls. N. Rondell has already deposited S100 forfeit.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
Four Men Killed.

LONDON, May 7.-An explosion occurred in the large cordite works at Wsltham Abbey, thirteen miles from this city, to. day, killing four men and injuring dozen others. The buildings were wrecked.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-08
Gored bV HulI.

LONDON, May 7.-Joseph Austin Cham
 berlaiD, M. P, eldest son of Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, N. F., was seriously injured 10 day by being gored by bull on his fathers farm near Birmingham.