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The Redwood gazette., 1895-05-30
THE OpTlCIAN.

WANTED-A position as bookke ep-
or. Address this Office.
Mrs. NJ. w. Clay of Hutchinson is
visiting her mother and brothers in
this city.
F. w. Philbrick has contracted
with j. NJ. Maurier for a complete
system of sewerage and water connec-
tions for his two story double store
brick block on the corner of Third
and Washington streets.
Miss Ella N. Bowe, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Bowe, formerly
residents of Paxton, Redwood county,
and afterwards residents of Merriam
Park, St. Paul, died on May 25th, at
San Jose, California. Miss Bowe was
known here as a school girl and
winning person. She was related to
Mr.. and Mrs. III. L. Daniels, formerly
OF this place.
The reserved seat board for the
Cleary lecture, musical and dramatic
al entertainment under the auspices
of St. GATHERINGS Church, will be
thrown open to- the. purchasers of
tickets on and after June 1st. The en-
tertainment will be great success,
several local lights appearing in
comedietta and one leading local light
in musical selection that promises to
catch the audience. FIR. Cleary's lec-
ture, of course, will be the greatest
treat of the evening.
On last Friday morning an engine
and boiler for the Minnesota Gold
Mining e. Refining Co. arrived over
the Northwestern at this station. John
A. Cole of Rochester, Mimi, is under
stood to have been the consignor and
the consignee is Alfred Edlund, presi-
dent of the company. At the same
time stone masons commenced arriy-
ing in Redwood Falls, and report has
it that the foundation for the engine,
boiler and crusher is now under way.
The crusher has not yet arrived. It
is understood that it will come over
the Northwestern from Chicago. A
daily paper of last Saturday placed
the GOLD finds in Renville county. It
was merely reportorial illusion as all
the prospecting and digging done up
to the present time has been done in
Redwood county. The arrival OF the
engine and boiler has had sa'utary
effect on the people who have wonder
ed whether the machinery was ever 60
to put in an appearance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The Ornithological society Of western
Pennsylvania wants to found a museum
In Pittsburg.
Plans for a s1SO,00O department OF public
safety building for Pittsburg have been
almost completed.
Steps are being taken to secure the erec-
tion of armories for all National guard
organizations located in Pittsburg.
The state gets $1,000 from the estate of
John Becker, of Reading, who died n
year ago without heirs or known kindred
San Francisco letter carriers will be
reprimanded for issuing u New Years ad-
dress.
Failing to inflict mortal wound with
shotgun, Bernard Flood, n farmer Of
near OIL City. gashed his arm with a
butcher knife and may die from loss Of
blood.
Frank Wingerfelt, Joseph Wingerfelt
Harry Miller and Joseph Anderson, rang
ing in age from 12 to IA years, were placed
under $500 ball each In Pottsville on the
charge OF picking farmers pocket Of
SIC.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
THE DELEVAN A fire TRAP
Fourteen Persons Said to Have Per-
ished in the Flames.
VICTIMS NEARLY ALL WOMEN
Upon Being Warned of Their Danger They
Became Panic Stricken and Could Not
Be Directed to the Exits-List
Of the Missing.
By the United Press.

By the United Press
Albany, N. Y, Dec. 3l.-The Delevan
House fire was the absorbing topic of
conversation about the city today.
Interest in it was increased when it
was learned that number of the house
employees, nearly all Of them women,
had been burned to death. They had
rooms on the fifth story of the building
and their deaths could not have been
the result of anything but fright. One
of the porters who went up to warn
them said today that 1t was impossible
to lead them to a safe exit. They sim
ply went wild when they learned of the
fire. The proprietors Of the hotel esti-
mated that about fourteen people were
missing. 1t was thought that the night
clerk Charles Rosekrans, had perished
but he turned up this afternoon all
right.
Early this morning Mrs. Henry Fl.
Fooks; who jumped from the fourth
story window, died at the Albany hos
pital. The Others injured, who were
taken to the hospital, will 70, over They
are: Henry H. Fooks, Benjamin He'll
man, Mrs. Benjamin Helman. Edward
Walsh, porter; James Hennessy fire
man; d. f. Brockway, L. w. Arnold.
The list of the dead who pershed in
the flames includes: Mrs. +. II. Hill,
housekeeper: May Sullivan, chamber
maid; Mrs. Ray Young, of Jamestown,
linen woman; Agnes Wilson, of Atwood,
Canada, linen woman Bridget Fitzgib-
bons, pantry girl; Kate Crowley, cham
Der maid; Fernando Belletti, cook: Ri
cardo Telesfern. cook; Megetta Staur-
ena, chamber maid Emilgia Tomagin,
chamber maid; Simon Meyers, employe;
Thomas Cannon, employe; Annie DAILY,
chamber maid; Ellen Dillon, chamb er
maid.
Missing: Mary Carey, chambermaid
So far as could be learned from the
hotel authorities the above list includes
those who were unsuccessful in their
efforts to escape.
Search For Bodies TO BE Made.
Streams were kept playing on the
ruins all day. No attempt will be made
until tomorrow to search for the bodies
The thick fire wall which divided the
main building from the additions was
all that kept the flames from sweeping
the entire block. The guests and em-
ployes did not have time to save any
thing, not even wearing apparel.
The loss on the building is estimated
at Sl5O,OOO; insurance 100000; and on
the furniture, loss $685. insurance
s50,0OO. The rentals We're insured for
$4,000.
A commercial traveller who had a
trunk full of jewelry in his room, which
he said was valued at $4,000, offered a
reward of half the contents to any one
who would get his belongings. Three
men entered the building and succeeded
in getting the trunk out and they We're
handsomely rewarded.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
MINOOKA CITIZENS MEET.
They Obtain Data That Will Dc Presented
TO Select COuncil-It Touches on the
Matter Of Annexation.

Last night meeting of the executive
committee of the citizens of Minooka
was held at Martin McDonough's store,
and besides the committee large
number of prominent citizens attended.
The object was to hear q report from
the committee regarding the progress
made toward anneXing the district to
the city.
Civil Engineer Edward +. Blewitt
was present. 1t was he who prepared
the map that was sent to councils
showing the territory to be annexed.
He said that in the district that it is
proposed to annex there are seventy
eight blocks, and each block consists of
from twelve to otwenty-four building lots
No lot has a narrower frontage than
forty feet and many of them are seven
ty-five feet wide. There is a uniformity
of depth to almost all of the lots; they
are $50 feet deep. Altogether there are
1000 building lots in the district that
can be assessed for taxes.
These facts We're jotted down by the
committee to present to members of
select council in order to prove that
Minooka will not be a burden on the
city if admitted The committee was
continued and instructed to lay the
matter in business-like way before
the members of select council.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES

On charges of swinding st. Louis hotels,
DR.. Martin Brandt an eX-convict Of
Pennsylvania, was arrested.
Notice at Tiflin, o., that the natural gas
would be turned off sent wood UP from
Sl.25 to IS a. cord In one day.
Missing ,ex-Congressman w. II. Butler,
of Iowa, who was thought Dead was
found at work In Indianapolis.
Jumping into his ice-box which he had
connected with a gas jet, Paul Schatt.
on Omaha saloon man, ended his life.
After six months secrecy the marriage
Of Marie Burress, the actress, and Guy
w. Currier. of North Andover, Mass, Is
made public
BY mistaking the name, citizens OF Cal
lender, Ia, elected Mrs L.. Il. Castle, JUS
tice of the peace, instead of her husband,
and she took the place.
Trying to Join his wife after two years,
hiding, c. i. Rix, Chicago embezzler.
has been arrested In Hamburg, Germany.
The closing up of the lottery concern
of II. Fox a. Co.. Kansas City, No., ends
the unlawful business in that state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
DUEL WITH REVOLVERS.
Desperate Fight Between DR.. Riegel and
william Biblcr.
Il1, tho IYnifnd PreSs

Easton, Pa, Dec. 31.-Yesterday
morning the quiet little town of
Bloomsbury, N. j., nine miles from
Easton, was startled by the report that
a duel had been fought between DR.. l..
e. Riegel, of that place, and William
Bibler, of Philadelphia.
DR.. Riegel said he made a professional
call at the home of Albert Beers, who
lives near him. While there he met
Bibler, who, the doctor alleges, stole
his wife's affections and broke up his
household.
Riegel and Bibler began to quarrel
in Mr.. Beers house and We're ordered to
leave. According to the Doctors story
Bibler opened fire on him with re-
vilver. The doctor received a bullet
through his coat collar which plowed
up the back of his head. He emptied
his seven shooter at Bibler, who was
struck by one of his bullets over the
heart. The bullet did not enter his
body on account of a picture and a
pocket book which he carried in his
vest pocket.
Bibler is employed as plumber at
Philadelphia and is cousin of the wife
of DR.. Riegel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
HOMESTEAD MURDERERs.

An Effort Is Being Made to Secure Pardon
of Three COnvicts.
By the United Press.
Pittsburg, Dec. 3l.-Andrew 10th,
George Rusnak and Michael Sabai.
serving life sentences In the western
penitentiary, convicted of completely
In the murder Of Michael Quinn during
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
WITNESSES WANTED.

Authorities Looking For Evidence In the
Case Against B0udenot.
BY the United Press.
Doylestown, Pa, Dec. 31.-Sheriff
Nicholas reached here tonight from
Trenton, N. j.. having in custody John
Boudenot, the Hungarian boarding
house keeper who is charged with the
murder of Frank Condo, at Morrlsville
The authorities are looking for sew
eral Italians who are now in the an
who efsaid to have been witnesses of
the crime.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
LAUGHED AT HIS SENTENCE.
Murderer Garrett Takes the News OF His
Doom Very COolly.

Lebanon, Pa, Dec. 31.-Judge Nelly
today overruled the motions made by
murderer CARROTS counsel in arrest of
judgment and for new trial. At 1880
this morning he sentenced Garrett to be
hanged for the murder of his wife. His
voice trembled as he pronounced sent
ence.
Garrett took it coolly and laughed
with his attorney after hearing 1t. Be-
fore it was pronounced when asked If
he had anything to say the murderer
said: Il have no more to say than that
1 have not had a fair trial. There are
many more in this town worse than l."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Victims OF Diphtheria.
nv tha IIpifal DroSo

Reading, Pa, Dec. 3l.-Paul, aged g.
Charles NJ, aged u, Lat aged TO- Liz
zie, aged 2, children of Jacob X. Levan,
of Obey, this county, died within the past
twenty-four hours of diphtheria. Ada
aged 8, was buried on Saturday. Two 9TH
ers are seriously i'll and their death is
expected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Insurance Companies Insolvent.
D., thn Ivrttal DracS

Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 3l.-At the sugges-
ton of Attorney General Hensel, Judge
Livingstone today issued a decree dissolv-
ing the charters of the Lancaster County
Mutual Live Stock company and the
Pennsylvania Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany, both companies being insolvent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
TO LEAVE HOMESTEAD.
Many Dissatisfied Steel Workers VIII En-.
gage in Farming.
By the United Press


gage in Farming.
BY the United Press.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 31.-The Carnegie
mills at Braddock, Homestead. Law
renceville. Duquesne, and Beaver Falls
will resume work Wednesday morning
The new rates were generally accepted
by the employees and $4,000 men will re-
turn to work Wednesday at the differ
ent mills. The average reduction in
wages amounts to probably 15 or 20 per
cent from last years scale.
Many of the Homestead steel workers
who are dissatisfied with the cut made
by the new scale will remove to Ashta-
bula county, Ohio. They will exchange
their Homestead property for farms
there This has been done by about
twenty Homestead families in the past
two months.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
CAPTAIN HOWGATE'S PLEA.

The Ex.Govcrnmcut Official Says Not
Guilty.
By tho United Press.
Washington, Dec. 3l.-Judge Nc
Comas today over-ruled the demurrers
filed by the attorneys Of Captain How
gate to three indictments returned by
the grand jury.
Captain Howgate was then arraigned
and pleaded not guilty, but appended
a further plea that the indictment was
not found within three years after the
alleged offence therein charged was
committed.
The question as to whether the indict-
ments We're barred by the statue of linn
itations was thereupon argued.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Killed in a Runaway.

by CIIltGU TeSs'
Carlisle. Pa, Dec. 3.-While returning
from church last night the horse at
tached to a sleigh in which were seated
Thomas Anderson and wife, ran away.
Mrs. Anderson was instantly killed by be-
ing thrown from the sleigh, her neck be-
ing broken.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01

IL StTlke Tlol Ut t1e CdTHeSle Steel
works, Braddock, January ], 1884, may
be set at liberty.
Recently, it is reported, two Hungar-
ians near Scranton quarrelled. Charges
and counter charges were made, result
ing in the arrest of both. One charged
the other with the Homestead murder.
The officials, it is claimed, are satisfied
that the story is true one. Attorneys
who defended the three imprisoned men
are investigating the case, and believe
that evidence sufficient has already ac-
cumulated to set free the men now in
the penitentiary.
From the evidence it is known, how
ever, that the three convicts were in the
crowd that assaulted Engineer Quinn,
and it is believed that the new revela-
ton will hardly secure their pardon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
SENATOR FAIRS WILL.
The Document Is Unsatisfactory to His
Children.

BY the Uh1teu PTeSS,
San Francisco Dec. 31.-Much specu-
lation Is rife over the will of the late
ex-senator Fair. 1t was learned this
evening through reliable sources that
at least one of the children will contest
the will and this contest will be sane
toned by the other two.
The will Is wholly unsatisfactory to
the son and daughters and will be Wig
orously assaulted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Balance In Treasury.

BY the United Press.
Washington Dec. Sl.-The general treas
ury balance at the close of the calendar
year 1894 is stated at $685. 022 S92.1 II, of which
$S6 370 las Is in gold.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Better Fare For HObos.


Carlisle, Pa. Dec. 31.-The sheriff's al
lowance for boarding tramps at the jail
has been ordered by Judge Sadler to be
increased from four to nine cents per
day. The order covers the past three
years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Big Fire nt Lock Haven.

BY the United PresS.
Lock Haven, Pa, Dec. 3i.-The picture
frame mandatory of Brown Bros, to-
gether with 'hree dwellings, a barn and a
number of outbuildings were destroyed by
fire here early this morning. The loss Is
SIS, O00 insurance, $1,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
KILLED THE BABY.
By the United Press.

Sad IIIustrntiOn OF the Folly OF Teasing
Children.
By the United Press.
York, Pa, Dec. S1.-The 3-year-old son
of John Glatfelter, OF Snyderstown,
killed his 2-months-old brother yester-
day.
A neighbors girl was teasing the boy
about taking the baby home with her
when the boy became angered and
threw a pair of scissors at her. They
struck the baby in the head, killing 1t
instantly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
port ARTHUR MASSACRE
Stories Of the Slaughter Of Chinese
Are Confirmed.
JAPANESE WE'RE ONLY HUMAN
When They Learned That Their Country.
men Had Been Roasted Alive the Sol
dicrs Followed the Example Of
the English in India.
BY the United Press.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Little addition
al information concerning the reported
massacre at Port Arthur after the
Japanese troops entered that strong
mold, is contained in the unofficial mail
from Toxic, delivered at the Japanese
legation here today. One account of
the battle says that in an engagement
at Suchiatun, just before Port Arthur
fell: "The Chinese behaved with their
usual brutality, beheading the bodies of
the Japanese, cutting off their hands,
ripping open their stomachs and tear
ing out their livers. The mutilated
bodies presented revolving spectacle.
The fury of the japanese troops at the
sight was deep, and both officers and
men swore to take vengeance for their
unhappy comrades"
A telegram from Shanghai, published
in Japanese newspaper, says that the
Japanese Ito avenge the inhuman treat
ment extended by the Chinese to their
prisoners, gave no quarter to the troops
that marched from Flu Chow to recap
ture Chin Chow, but cut down the great
er part of them. Four hundred Chin
csc encountered and virtually annihilat-
| ed at Ma-Kwo-Ling are said to have
been fugtives from Port Arthur. The
+, fugitives encountered a battalion Of
Japanese in a narrow pass. The Chin
ese fancied that their only chance Of
escape lay in fighting, and the result
was heavy slaughter.
The Stories Credited.
The Japan Mail, an English newspa-
per published in Yokohama credits the
stories of massacre in this paragraph:
| From Shanghai telegrams are being
| the Japanese troops exhibited a merci-
| less disposition at Port Arthur, and
that the killing of Chinese took place on
an unnecessary scale. We think it very
probable. Soldiers are human beings
after all. When they learn that two of
their countrymen have had their bones
crushed and been roasted alive by the
lated remains of their comrades killed
or wounded in battle, small wonder II
| they set their teeth when next they
meet the foe and kill as long as muscle
and thew hold out. We know what our
own troops did in India.
"The Japanese, indeed, are so keenly
watched and criticised that they must
be denied. as far as possible, the luxury
of revenge, but Mulvaney's story OF the
men that had seen their dead, applies
to Japanese as well as to the British
soldiers. Which of us could hold his
hand under the circumstances"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01

sorry education field all to himself.
Representative Seyfert, Of Lancaster,
who takes great interest in school mat
ters, has prepared a bill to promote
public school attendance and to re-
strain truancy. While the bill does not
contain the words Compulsory" and
arrest" the first section of ii requires
parents and guardians Of children be-
tween the ages of and Is years to
send them to a public or private school
for at least sixteen consecutive weeks
in each year, provided they are not be-
ing instructed for like period in the
common English branches or their
mental or physical condition renders
attendance ineXpedient or impractical
BILE, or they live more than two miles
from any school by the nearest trav-
eled road. Absences not exceeding five
days during the prescribed term are
permitted, but the loss Of time is re-
quired to be made up. A violation of
this section shall be a misdemeanor,
punishable for the first offense by fine
not exceeding S. and for each subse-
quent offense by fine not exceeding
S25, or by Imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, or by both, at the discre-
ton of the court. The second section
requires school directors or controllers
to provide sufficient accommodations
in their districts for all the children of
school age and to appoint necessary
truant officers to apprehend all child
rem Of the proper age who habitually
frequent or loiter about public or other
places and have them sent to school.
These officers shall receive such COM
pensation as the directors or controllers
shall provide, the money to be paid
out of the school fund of the proper dis
trict.
Anew office Provided For. ,
Section three makes provision for
schools for the accommodation of ha-
bitual truants in separate rooms In
public school buildings. In these
schools all the common English
branches and Industrial training shall
be taught. Section four provides for
the payment of fines for violation of the
act into the proper school treasures
Section five authorizes the superintend-
ent of public instruction to appoint a
competent person, at a salary of S1,S0O
year, whose duty it shall be to as
certain to what extent the law is COM
piled with in the cities and school dis
tricts of the state. The superintendent
of public instruction is authorized to
withhold one-half of all public school
moneys from any city or district which,
in his judgment, wilfully omits and re-
fuses to enforce the provisions of the
act, to be paid over to 1t when he is
convinced that it is complying with
them. The act Is to go into effect July
l. 1895
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
BRECKINRIDGE'S CASE.

Court Decides That lie Must Pay for Dc.
positions Taken.
BY the United Press.
Cincinnati, o., Dec. 3l.-w. c. p.
Breckinridge, who sued Gustavus A.
Meyer to recover the receipts levied
upon at his lecture Thursday night,
lost his case today.
The court sustained Meyers claim for
services in taking dispositions in the
Pollard case year ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
CUT HER HEAD OFF.

McMuIlcn Kills His Wife and Then Com.
mits Suicide.
By the United Press.
Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. S1.-After quar-
relling together for hours William Nc
Mullen, a laborer, early this morning
attacked his wife with hatchet and
almost cut her head off and then cut
his throat, dying in few minutes.
Mrs. McMullen survived her husband
but a short time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania. fair; varia.
BILE winds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
Lord Churchill Gains Strength.

London, Dec. 3i.-Lord Randolph
Churchill was reported at midnight us
gaining strength
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01

NUThITIT NtIItCTs
May they live long and prosper is thp
wish of Lewis, Reilly & Davies, the honesN.
and most extensive dealers in boots, shoes
rubbers, etc, in northeastern Pennsyla'
vania No. ia Wyoming avenue, scran-
ton, Pa.