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Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
.FIE7CE,S FINE WORK.
Total Steals of the Xaukton Banker NJ
lie Over Million.

Total Steals of the Yaukton Banker May
lie Over Million.
YANKToN, S. D., Nov. 24.-The
fraudulent practices of John T. NJ.
Pierce of the mythical financial firm of
Pierce, Wright & Co. assume a grayer
aspect as they are unearthed. 1t is now
the opinion that Pieree has hoated, not
$500, 0Go of manufactured bonds and
other paper, as thought, but double
or even three times that amount, as the
returns come in 1t is the worst case
of wholesale sw ndling ever coming to
light in the Dakotas, and is equalled
by but few in the history of the West.
- The firm of Pierce, Wright & Co., is
Composed wholly Of Pierce, 81. G.
Wright having withdrawn several
years ago, and the "Co." being an un-
known quantity. The firm has existed
at London, at Yanhton, at Spokane and
at Holyoke, Colo, and has done bust
ness i'll all those places.
. Principal Office at Yankton.
The principal cfioe Of Issue has
been at Yankton, which has also been
Mr. Pierce's place. of residence. The
London Office was the place where his
various issues of fraudulent and ficti-
tious school bonds and certificates
paper were negotiated and turned into
cash. He seems to have found a ready
market for his bogus paper, probably
through the good standing of his Lon
don house. -. -<
Who is responsible. for the various
acts Of fcrgcry is only matter of con-
lecture. In his school bond issues he
has cove.el the South Dakota counties
of Yankton, Bon Homme, Hutchinson,
Turner, Clay and Union, and some
others in all probability. The business
has been going on many years.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
:. INSURANCE LAW UPHELD,
Minnesota Supreme Court Declares The
Standard Policy Good.

Minnesota Supreme Court Declares the
Standard Policy Good.
ST. PAUL. Nov. 22-Chief Justice
Gitfllan OF the supreme court has
handed down, FIVE decisions. In the
most important one, involving the val
idity of the Minnesota Standard ipsur-
ance policy, Justice Ganty dissents and
Justice Collins suggests the advisability
of reargument of the case on the
grounds set forth in the dissent, though
he assents to the opinion of the major
ity of the court on the case as pre-
sented.
The case involved the interpretation
of the terms of the Minnesota standard
policy, provided for by the laws of 1889,
chapter 2l7. The decision upholds the
policy.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
st. Paul Union Stock Yard..

Sou ST. PAUL, Nov. "a, 1894.
HOGS-Rest heavy hogs steady; Ii hit 90
lower quality fair for the bulk, but several
ioads'mixed with light pigs, which are thrown
out by packers and sell fsr s3.s5@a7; heavy
bring 42 Qf;4l, light $4a4. Is.
: CATTLE-Good demand for butcher cattle;
but not much offered, yard being v ell cleared
for the week.
Prime steers, S3.2s@350: good steers, $3.50
@325; prime cows, S2.2j525s good cows, $500
42.2'; common to fair COW, $LU00l.75; light
stockers, $l.53024) feeders, Sa9S75 bulls.
$I.50t 2.0
SHEEP-Fat muttons and lambs steady;
common very hard to sell
Muttons, sl.s55a5o lambs, Sl.500s COM
mon, s1.35 ~ s1
Receipts; Hogs, !. 'oo; cattl,, 90. calves, &
sheep, 10.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
They I.i,.a t,,a Na.u c..

LONDON, Nov. "a "A st. Petersburg
dispatch to The Standard says that at q
meeting Of the state, council Wednes.
day the czar created a highly favorable
impression by display of unexpected
oratorical fuency and his mastery
CLASP of the political subjects sub.
mitted for his Judgment. His majesty
is winning golden opinions on all sides
by showing himself equal to his oner.
0x1s ,,<acifia,,=e
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
League Schedule.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-The Western
League baseball managers at the meet
ing formally admitted st. Paul to the
organization, Sioux City's franchise ex.
piring at noon. Work on the schedule
for next year was begun the schedule
as proposed providing for two trips East
for the Western clubs and two trips
West for the Eastern clubs, instead Of
three as last year.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TuestIov. Nov. eo.

Mrs. Catherine Burns Lawler, mother
Lot Frank Lawler, tho ex-congressman,
Els dead.
a blaze In the courthouse at Shelby.
vile, Ills, destroyed the assessors and
cpllector's books.
IN his annual report Governor Sheak.
ley, Of Alaska, says seal poaching has
not yet been stopped.
The annual meeting Of the National
Eox Hunters association is being held
y Qlympian Springs, KY.
The promoters of tho new American
Baseball Association adjourned without
Completing On organization.
Italian laborers on West Virginia
RAILROAD have received no pay for three
months, and are creating a reign Of
terror.
William T. Thelin, auditor of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. died Sun.
day at his residence, a few miles from
Baltimore.
THO visible supply: Wheat, Ss,.
262, 900 bushels, increase, 1,062, 900 BUSH
els;L corn, 2,765, 600 bushels, decrease,
III 900 bushels; oats, 9,lI0, 600 bushels,
increase, $4,000 bushels; rye, sos 900
bushek, increase. Sc, 900; barley, 3,5I5,-
b0a bushels, decrease, Ats, 900.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
MINNESOTA PEDAGoGUEs.
Annual Meeting of the State Teachers,
- = Associ tioD.

Annual Meeting of the State Teachers
: Associ tiop.
-ST. PAUL, Nov. 2G.-The Minnesota
Educational association has fixed upon
Dec. 26-S as the dates for its 2Sth am
nual session, which will be held at the
state capitol in st. Paul. There will be
separate meetings Of. the general associ-
alton, the high school section, the
county superintendents' association, the
music section and the elementary sec.
ton. Matters of reports and admins
tration wia be discussed, while the
subjects of university extension and
the proposed change to the township
system will be given particularly care:
full attention.
One of the interesting features will
be the annual declamatory contest.
which will be participated in by one
boy and one girl from each of the seven
representative districts, these to have
been Chosen by local school, county and
district contests. +9.' "a = y, . St
RAILROADS win sell tickets at one and
one-third fares for the round trip,
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
SOVEREIGN RE-ElEsIEn,

Srahd Master of the knights of Labor
Will Serve Another Term.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 2I.-Grand
Master Sovereign was reelected with.
out any opposition by the Knights of
Labor general assembly, Messrs. Bishop.
of Massachusetts, and Merritt of Col.
orado We're nominated for foreman, the
place now held by Bishop, and the lat
ter was elected. Secretary. Treasurer
Hayes was reelected, though there was
some opposition. !,
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Tried to Steal French Ot6n patterns.

PARIS, Nov. 24-THe Figaro says;
An attempt has been hade to steal the
patterns of the new peport gun, which
We're shipped in padlocked cases to
Calais and Bourges by the minister of
war. The attempt to obtain POSSESSION
OF these patterns is said to have been
male on Nov. 10, and it is added that
no one except the presidents of the an.
tillery testing committees knew of the
shipment.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Located the strapgler.

DENVER, Nov. 2o.-It is reported in
detective circles that the stranger
who murdered three women on Market
Street has been located and will be- az.
sested very soon. BE is said to be
man in business in Denver. No further
particulars are obtainable as vet.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
MADE A BIG HAUL.
pefaIcation af Over 100000 From tn.
Shoe and Leather Bank, New York.

pefalcation af Over &3OO,o00 From the
Shoe and Leather Bank, New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26-A bookkeeper
in the National Shoe and Leether bank
disappeared a few days ago. A Ma
tional bank examiner has just finished
an investigation, which discloses a de-
falcation Of $354,o0O The bank has a
capital of s., 900, 0OO and surplus of
about 5000, 600, leaving an impairment
of capital Of about $3.50, 900, which will
at once be made good by the stock
holders. -. .. =
The name of the defaulting clerk is
Samuel c. Seeley. His residence is on
Halsey street, Brooklyn.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Found Dynamite.

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 22. AT the Colt
national guard court of inquiry into the
military shooting at Washington Court
House, to which place the court had
gone to view the premises, box of 40
sticks of dynamite were produced
which were found in the woods three
days after the riot, half square north.
pa It of the courthouse.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
NON-PkRTIsAN COMMISSION.
Mayor Hopkins Will Create One to LoSl
Aftar Tho pal:oa

Mayor Hopkins VIII Create One to Look
After the Police.
CHICAGO, Nov 20.-As result of the
agitation of the question Of police re-
form, Mayor Hopkins has announced
his discrimination to create non -parti:
san commission to control the depart
ment, Heretofore the department. has
been under the absolute control of the
mayor, and the method adopted is,
Mayor Hopkins says, the only one
which could eYectuallF divorce tie DO.
lice force from politics. He viii appeal
to the Legislature for the enactment Of
laws that will make the change perma.
nent ...-
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
London school election.

LoNpoN, Nov z6.-The Duke Of
Newcastle, although beaten by Miss
Hill, gets in the school board, as he
takes the. second seat. The poll was
the heaviest on record. T >Inerly the
moderates Had the largest aggregate
vote, bnt now the position is reversed,
tha progressists POLLING ST, e3s and ftr,ss
moderates 67l, ,734. The latter, how.
ever, still retain majority of the seats,
holding 20 against the. progressists 26.
The progressists gained six seats.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Capture of Port Arthur conarmad

LoNDo4, Nov. 24-A dispatch to The
Pail Mall Gazette from Chez Foo says
that the British warship Porpoise has
arrived there and brings confirmation
ofthe announcement made by the As
ISOLATED Press that Port Arthur has
beeh captured by the japanese.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28

WASHINGTON, Noy. a4--.The' New
Hampshire senators will ask the senate
t9 set apart the goth Of December for
speeches on the reception Of the statues
Of Daniel Webster and General Stark.
.-'h,sf. .ars to be placed in Statuary hall
by the state. The statues have not yet
reached the city, but are expected to be
in place BY that date.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
|, Wednesday Nov. 81

4 j.
Reports of army officers in charge Of
Montana indian agencies report favor.
able results.
The Syracuse IN. Y. common coun-
Gil will prohibit all forms of pugilistic
encounters
There are at present 40 cases of ty.
phoid fever under treatment in New
Haven, Conn.
Policeman Thomas Murphy of st.
Louis was fatally wounded by negro
whom he had arrested.
Farmers around Joliet are sufer;na
great losses from hog cholera. Thous.
ands have died the past week.
ElderEH. P. Holser formerly of Min.
neapolis was recently sentenced to
three weeks imprisonment in Switzer.
land for working on Sunday.
Mary Sherman Tabor, aged Go. wife
OF the late Judge s. j. Tabor, for MANY
terms fourth auditor of the treasury.
died at Independence, Ia, Tuesday.
Owen j. Sumner, United States dis.
trict attorney for the Southern district
Of Floriaa, was found dead in bed at
Jacksonville. Death resulted from
heart failure.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Colima Is Active.

Cry OF MEXICO, Nov. 20.-A sheet
of flame from the volca- % Colima,
reaching to a height Of several hun,
ared feet, is lighting tho country round
tor many miles. The inhabitants are
terribly frightened.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
BARRED BY DENMARK.

That Country Follows Germany.s Example
Regarding Our Cattle and Beef.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 21.-The minister
of the interior, M. Hoerring, has issued
decree, to take effect Immediately,
forbidding the import of live cattle and
fresh meat from the United States.
Texas Fever the Excuse.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 22.-The official
prohibition against the landing of cat
tie and fresh meat from the United
States has been published here. It
gives as the reason for this prohibition
the discovery of. Texas fever among
cattle recently brought here from the
United States.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Catholic Summer school-

CHICAGO, Noy. 24-The committee Of
e,ergymen and laymen appointed to
perfect arrangements for q Catholic
summer schcei In the West, have met
here to arrange the details Of the work
for the school, which will be held at
Madison. Wis. in June or July. 1896
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Iowa Returns.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Nov. &C Complete
semi official returns received by the
secretary of state give McF Farland, for
secretary of state, 229, 147; Dale, Dem,
150,s52; Crane, Pop, 34,S7s; Mitchell,
Pro-, !, ,44S This is a net Republicans
gain Of 8, ,6S3 over 1894,
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Pranee Honors, Kate Field,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2o.--Kate Field
has been made an officer of public in
struction by the French government,
the highest distinction in the depart
ment of public iastauetion, for services
reniered IN literature and art. .s''s-,
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Murderer Kent Granted a Stay.

MANDAS, n. D, Nov. 26-In the dis
trict court. Attorney Hillreth moved
for a stay of 30 days in the Kent mur-
der case. The dase Of sentencing the
defendant was pat off till Dec. Is.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
LATEST MARKET REPORT,
Milwaukee Grain.
Sf~ ~

Milwaukee Grain.
MfLwAuKEE, Nov. "A. 1874
FLoUR-Quiet.
WHEAT-steady. Ne. spring, 5zy6c; No. l
t.orthern, &3a4c: May. SOC.
CORN Steady. No. 8, 49,.
OATS-Nc lower. NJ. 2white. 3ll5c; No. 8
white, 31lac.
Il BARLEY Quiet. No. 2 ss1sc; sample sse
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Rucer Goes to Cbicaeo.

SAN Francisco, Nov. 22.-General
Thomas a. 41uger has left for Chicago,
where he goes to take command OF the
denayt1nent of the Missouri.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
W. c. Il U. OFFICERS.
Miss Frances E. willard Again Chosen

NIss frances E. Willard Again Chosen
President,
g CLEVELAND. Nov. 21.-At the w. G.
Z. U. convention Miss Frances E. vii.
lard was reelected president, with
Mrs. Stevens vice president at large.
Mrs. Katherine Lente Stevenson was
elected corresponding secretary and
Mrs. Clara G. Hoffman recording
secretary. Mrs. Helen NJ. Barker
of South Dakota was unanimously re-
elected treasurer.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Friday. Nov. zs.

:
Thursday was celebrated as Thanks
giving day in Canada.
Henry Irving was the guest Of honor
at the Dublin College Historical soci.
ety's annual dinner.
The executive committee Of the W. g.
7. ., has decided to hold the next an
nual onyention in Baltimore.
A telegram received at Cowes says
that Lord Dunraven has definitely de,
cided to issue challenge for tho Amer
ica's cup.
At the Old Bailey, London, Il. I.
Winter of Denver, Colo, an organist.
was sentenced to six years penal servi.
tude for perjury.
William T. Walters. one of the
Wealthiest and best known citizens of
Baltimore, and owner of the finest pri-
yate art collection in the world, is dead.
Franz Kossuth, son Of the late Hun.
gariah patriot, Louis Kossuth, has
abandoned his tour Of Hungary on ac-
count Of the excitement it has created.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Hopcful.

4 am not suah whethah she loves me
or not, said Willie Wibbles.
Have you had any encouragementi''
Yes, indeed, I am infohmed that
she wefers to me as Sit, just as she does
to her pet dog. Washington Star.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Thursday. NOV. 22.

{ L
James L. Dick, the retiring treasurer
OF Ellsworth county, Kan, is short
81 ,S20.
Tuesday was the coldest November
day that New York has experienced
since 1871,
The grand duke of Sake Weimar-
Eissenach died at Cape MARITIME. He
was born at Weimar on June 20, 1912.
Mr.. Fndicott, commissioner of corpo-
ration, has fixed the price Of the 5000
new shares Of American Bell Telephone
to be issued, at $3.50 per share.
In q collision between an electric and
q cable car at Pittsburg, one woman
was probably. fatally injured and the
gripman and three others hurt.
American steamships with IA, 600
bales of cotton have entered the Man
chester ship canal. These are the first
arrivals Of cotton cargoes this season.
Morris tribune., 1894-11-28
Saturday, Nov. "a.

The Pope has provided a fund for
che assistance Of the Italian earthquake
sufferers.
President Moreas of Brazil has issued
q decree granting amnesty to all polit-
ical offenders.
DR.. Claudio Jannet, political econo-
mist and author of works on America
and other countries, is dead at Paris.
Thomas Ferrick, on trial at ST. Paul
for the murder of Samuel w. St,
Amoore, was acquitted on the grounds
of self defense.
The Swiss hundesrath has appointed
Or. Eiofla ven Ilocarns to be Swiss min
ister to Washington. He is now coun.
sellor Of the Swiss legation at Rome.
Westminster Kennel clubs 18th an
nual dog show will be held the week
beginning Feb. 10 at Madison Square
Garden, New York. James Mortimer
is superintendent.
Commodore Sicard, who has been de-
tached from the Portsmouth navy yard,
has taken command of the New York
navy yard and station, vice Admiral
Gherardi, retired.
Monday, Nov. ea,
Joseph A. Beck, q leading architect
Of Toledo. O., committed suicide by
hanging.
Marion, s. c., the county seat Of Nc
Dowell county, was reduced to ashes
Sunday.
One man lost his life and scores Of
horses were burned in an incendiary
fire at Springfield. Ills,
At Louisville Wheelman John S.
johnson cut the two mile bicycle record
from 4.0l 10 to 3:54 "a.
{ James g. Flanders has been ap-
pointed assistant attorney for the West
tern district of Wisconsin for the prose-
cution Of the cases pending against
Warren E. McCord and others for con.
spiracy, perjury, etc.
For the first time IN the history Of
North Carolina Roman Catholic has
been elected judge of the state supe,
tfor court. in the person Of w. s. OBJ.
| Robinson, the Republican Populist
nominee fer tbs Raleigh district.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-07-05
An Absent Minded Man.
From Harper's Young People.

The following anecdote of an absent
minded man has lately come to hand,
and while some of you may have heard
it before, it seems to be too good to be
passed over entirely.
Among the personal anecdotes told of
Peter Burrowes, the celebrated barris-
ter, and one of Ireland's "worthies,u is
the following remarkable instance OF
absence of mind: A friend called upon
him one morning in his dressing-room
and found him shaving with his face to
the wall. He asked him why he chose
so strange an attitude. The answer
was, ''To look in the glass;
"Why,O said his friend, "there is no
glass therev'
'Bless me!' Burrowes observed, 81
did not notice that BEFORE
6 Ringing the bell, he called his ser.
yant and questioned him respecting his
looking-glass.
ooh, sir" said the servant, ''the mis-.
tress had it removed six weeks ago.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-07-05
The Largest Rosebush.
From the st. Louise Globe-Democra

From the st. Louise Globe -Democrat,l
''The largest rosebush in the United
States is in Mobile, Ala.," said HI. l..
Thornton of New Orleans, as he strolled
around the corridor of the Lindell last
evening. ut belongs to the species
which, in common parlance, is known
as the cluster-musk rose and blossoms
SO luxuriantly that during the season
from three to four bushels of roses have
been gathered in one week and when
shedding its petals the ground beneath
is completely covered with it's fragrant
blossoms. Its trunk, for five feet from
the ground, is nearly a foot in circum-
ference, and it has been estimated that
if it's branches grew in one continuous
vine it would exceed mile in length:
These branches have entirely covered
the side of a house near which the bush
grows, and have extended to the neigh
boring trees surrounding it, so that
when it is in bloom it forms perfect
bower of roses"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-07-05
Grant Held up for Toll.
From Pittsburg Dispatch. /

"I'll never forget how old Bile Oliver,
who kept the tollgate at Washington
on the Wheeling pike, held up General
Grant for toll" said Washington
County man yesterday. "Bije was an
noyed a great deal by the college boys
who drove over the pike They worked
upon his credulity, promising to pay
toll on Their way back. Many a nickel
has been lost to the old toll-keeper, for
he was kind-hearted fellow, and often
in the face of better Judgment RENTED
the toll until they returned. But the
boys, like that letter, never came; they
took another route home, thus eluding
old Bile. Upon one of Grants visits to
Washington, during his administration
a young Mr.. Smith, who was then in
college, took him out one day for drive.
As they came near the tolIgate ON the
Wheeling pike, old Bile caught sight of
them. He went out of his house, took
hold of the rope and pulled the pole
down, obstructing the road. Smith
greeted Bile in a familiar way and said:
Look here, Bile, we want to go on.
You see I've General Grant with me,
here Bile looked up with sardonic
smile. He had just begun to see
through the tricks of the college boys
anu was uol going 10 allow nllnSelI TO
be gulled any longer. So he replied: Il
don't give darn if you have General
Grant with you; you'll have to pay toll
or you can't get along here. Then he
added in a most sarcastic way with a
leer: General Grant! You must take
me for fool Really, persisted young
Smith, this is General Grant, But
Bile got angry at his apparent impu-
dence and said, angrily: Grant or no
Grant, you pay toll Seeing that he
was adamant, General Grant put his
hand down into his pocket and, after
tossing him coin, drove on laughing
at the incident. He often related the in
cident afterward, and it seemed to
amuse him greatly"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-07-05
THE MAN OR THE HORSE.
Synopsis of a Little Comedy from
Real Life.

A story is told about one of the boys
about town that, while little old, will
be new to most people. There was an
entertainment of some kind at the
Opera House. Perhaps it was the COM
mencement exercises, and perhaps it
was something else; that is small
matter and easily passed over. How
ever, the young man had, by dint of
persuasive language and summer-resort
talk, induced a young lady to attend
the entertainment with him. He was
particularly anxious to appear favora-
bly, in the young lady's opinion, as
there was rival in the business whom
the first young man feared. That's the
prelude.
Act one opens at Brattleboro on the
night of the entertainments; scene, the
depot; time, 5:25 p. m. The hero APP
pears making double-quick time over
the pavement toward the depot, from
which the train is just pulling out.
Hero reaches, depot in time to miss the
last car. Red curtain, slow fire, etc.,
with passages from "Inferno" by hero.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-07-05

The next act shows the hero negotia
ting with livery man for team ant
driver to carry him to Bellows Falls, il
payment for which he tenders five sill
yer cart wheels of the coin ofthe realm
A lapse of four hours is supposed t.
take place between acts two and three
Wagon containing limp young man
and red faced driver draws up before
the Opera House. Limp young man is
recognized as our hero, though covered
with dust and slightly the worse for
wear. Hurried entrance and whispered
conversation with head usher follows,
and hero puts ON winning smile and
with confident step marches proudly
down the aisle. Young lady has got
tired of waiting and has gone to enter
tainment with friends. Hero sees her
and smile is expanded by CLEAN of sat
isfaction. Reaches seat and-horrors!
There beside the young lady is the
hated rival.
Tableau during which hero with
draws and puts check-reins on hislegs to
keep his knees from giving vent to his
feelings. Earth has no pleasures for
him till the rival, in spirit of generos-
ity, hunts him up and explains that he
merely sat down there a minute during
an entire act, and the little comedy ends
with brilliant and happy denouement.
Epilogue-Scene, Brattleboro stable.
"A hours later. Stable keeper looking
at dead horse with one eye and five dol
lars with the other and wondering if it
pays to kill 500 horse for the sake of
capricious Cupid. Question placed in
the category with 'The Lady or the
Tiger" and left for the multitude to
decide.