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CROSSES THE TROCHA.
MaceO Clevcrly Ontwits the Span
1Ari1k and BOmbar(ln n Town

MnceO Cleverly OntSvits the Span-
iardx nnd BOmbnrds n Town.
New York, Oct. oS.-.A dispatch to
the Herald from Key West, Fla, says:
Well Informed passengers. who ar
rived from Havana last night, con-
firm advices that Maceo has crossed
the tr0clla Mt Artcmisa and Joined 9TH
er insurgent forces in Havana prov
incc. They declare that the report cir
culated by Nlaceo of his arrival Mt
Cacara jacara and an attempted at
tack OH the town was merely a feint
on the part of the rebel commander.
Upon their arrival at Cacarajacaln the
Spaniards found nothing but the de-
serted camp. Maceo's followers, under
forced marches, made Il detour to the
southwark and suddenly appeared Mt
Artemisa, the central pOst on the line
Of the trocha.
The insurgent chief sent word to the
commandant that he intended to bom-
bard the town, giving the inhabitants
five hours in which to leave the city.
Not needing Maceo's threats, the Span
iards would permit no one to leave.
Thirty rebel shots from their dynamite
guns were thrown into the city. Every
building is said to have been leveled,
while the slaughter of the non-com-
batants was appalling. During the
carnage Maceo and his followers
crossed the line Of the trocha into
Havana province, where they Joined
the forces of Gen. Aguirrc.
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LYNCHERs on TRIAL.
Several Men Charged With Whip.
ming Neuraca tn llcntli

ping Negroes to DEATH
Aitkin, $. c., Oct. 29-On Dec. 2,
1895, a party of six white men, Mcssrs
Ackerman, Kearse, Jcnney. Dant,
Stanley and Herr, took Isom Kearsc.
his wife, Rosa Kearsc, and his mother,
Hannah Walker, three negroes. from
their homes in COlletOn county, ut
night and dragged them several miles
behind Il buggy to RroXton bridge. in
a lonely swamp. 1t was bitter cold
night, but the negroes were made to
strip and were then severely beaten
with buggy traces for the alleged
crime of stealing n Bible from a
church. Kearse and his mother were
killed by the fogging and the cx-
drag herself home more dead than
alive. The lynchers were tried in
Wa. .:erboro, the county seat, last Feb
ruary for the murder of Hannah Walk
er and to the surprise of the entire
state were acquitted. Solicitor Bel
linger had done his best to secure a
conviction and mortally offended the
numerous and influential friends Of
the defendants, who tried hard but
unsuccessfully to prevent his rp-clec-
ton this summer The solicitor was
shrewd enough to try the defendants
on only one indictment at WaltcrbOrO
After the miscarriage of justice there
lie secured a change of venue to
Aiken for the trial on the charge Of
numbering Isom Kearse and the trial
began today SenatOr-elect Judge
Earl presided. Solicitor Bellinger con-
ducts the states case alone while
seven of the leading lawyers of the
circuit represent the defendants. There
are over eighty witnesses summoned
The testimony to-day showed that the
victims came to their deaths from
loggings inflicted by the defendants.
The medical testimony showed the
flogging to have been simply unmerci-
full, so severe as to pulpify the arms
and backs of the victims.
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NuBB1Ns OF NEWS.
Items Of General Interest Placed In
n Few Linen

ItenD OF General Interest Placed In
Few Ltnes.
The president has appointed Julius
G. Lay, Of the District of Columbia,
consul at Windsor. Ont.
Chairman Butler, of the Populist
committee, has gone to Indiana on
matters connected with the campaign.
The steamship Alameda, Capt. Van
Ottendorf, from Sydney, N. s. W., for
San Francisco, will take 81, 2,125,OOO in
gold.
Maj. Henry Ward, a we'll known
Colorado newspaper man employed of
late as editorial writer on the Lead
Vile Herald, died last night of pneu-
monia.
The twenty-fourth annual convention
Of the American Gaslight association
met in st. Louis this morning for a
three days session with about 200 del
egates present.
Hon. Thomas +. Watson spoke yes
terday at Lincolnton, Ca, to 5000 Pop
ulists. He declared he would be in the
race for vice president until the last
vote was counted.
The hearing before the interior de-
partment in the Chicago lake front
case, involving lands of immense value
in Chicago, has been postponed until
Monday, Nov. %.
The officials on duty at the admiralty
to-day in London denied the reports
cabled from Halifax of the increase in
the strength of the British fleet in
American waters.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York to-day by the American
line steamer Berlin from Southampton,
was Lars Anderson, secretary United
States embassy at Rome.
The Ohio supreme court to-day sus-
tained the secretary of state who re-
fused to allow William F. Barr, the
only Populist presidential elector on
the state ticket, to withdraw, his ap-
plication having been made too late.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster of Washington,
d. c., was met by committee of wo-
men from the Women's Republican
League at Sheldah, Wyo., last evening
and a grand parade was formed and
marched through the principal streets.
Lawyer Charles f. Mussey of Kan
sas City has sworn out q warrant for
the arrest Of Miss Alice Platt, tile
Musseys' former servant, formally
charging her with the murder of his
wife's mother. Mrs. E. T. Terrence,
and his two children.
DIR. w. f. Palmer and Miss Fannie
Palmer, his granddaughter, fifteen
years of age, of Keansburg, N. j., were
killed to-day and William Hauran Of
Atlantic City was probably fatally in
jured by train on the Central Rail-
road Of New Jersey Mt Keansburg.
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A Girl f:aannipna.

Minneapolis,sCct. %. - Miss Hattie
Rose Laube, who enjoys the unique
distinction of being the only girl cam
paigner in the Northwest, was in this
city today with her father, G. Laube,
en- route home to Huron, s. d. I'M
mense audiences have greeted her in
Wisconsin the past week. At Eau
Claire hundreds of people were unable
to gain admittance Mt the Young Mems
Republican headquarters, where she
spoke. The press everywhere compli.
ments her very highly.
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HIS FORTUNE GONE
ONE OF THE MANY VICTIMS OF
BANKER RAMBUSCH.
George Hawkins of Wntcrtovn,
WIS.,, Loses All OF His Propcrty.
Valued Mt About SsO, 900, nnd 1.
Now Working for III Per bay
Many Other People Have Lost
Large Amounts.

Juneau, Wis, Oct. 29.-Since the I'M
preSsive and sad scenes attendant on
the friendless burial of the late bank
er, w. L. Ranbusc.l, some Interesting
facts have come out us to his creditors
and others. Out of the chaos in whicl,
Rambusch left his affairs Il scmblance
of order is beginning to issue though
probably there will never be an ac-
curate estimate made as to the ex-
tent of his defalcations. New crimes
have come to light, and transactions
that have been thought criminal have
proved to be legitimate, and people on
the ground adhere to their statement
that Rambusch stole ut least $780,
600.
George Hawkins of Watcrtown is
still listed as the heaviest loser and a
a friend yesterday was authority for
the statement that he would suffer to
the extent of $4,000. 1t is said that
Mr.. Hawkins property has all been
wiped out by Rambusch's thefts. He
trusted Rambusch to Il limit which
few business men would extend to
any one, and at every request from his
loan agent would send on money even
If he had to raise it on his property.
MIR. Hawkins has always been able to
borrow money at less interest than
Rambusch offered him. which made
the transactions apparently profitable.
Left without resource, Mr. Hawkins
has accepted position as clerk in the
office Of corporation at Watcrtown
at a compensation of 81 a day.
What Mrs. l.. w. Spence of Fond lu
10 IL
known. An estimate of her losses,
however, is placed at S:sO.OOO and her
attachments, covering all Rambllsch's
effects, will cut this a third. Among
tambusch's large victims are know.
to be some Milwaukee people The
Frederick Peters estate has suffered
about 81, 100. Mrs. Jeanette Howell of
Milwaukee. formerly of Watcrtown.
had loaned Rambusch about $12.OOO,
and will lose $4,000. The trustees of
the Nelson estate lose $2O,OOO. There
are many securities under suspicion,
such as large mortgage owned by
Mrs. Tuttle of Watertown, but these
are not included in the estimated
amounts Of the defalcations.
The life insurance policies which
have been turned over to Mrs. Ram
busch will he worth only $1,000 i'll
stead of $S,O0O. One Of $4,000 is pure
ly an accident risk, and will not cover
q suicide
The county will not have to go to the
expense of supplying new vet of
tract indexes to take the place of those
tampered with by Rambusch. 1t has
been found that during the last seven
or eight years Ramblsch HIS not al
tered the indexes, and 1t is thought
those he did falsify can be corrected.
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Issue a Circular

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. ~. = p. NJ. Arthur,
grand chief Of the Brotherhood of To-
comotive Engineers; II. p. Sargent,
grand master of the Brotherhood. of
Locomotive Firemen, and F. w. Ar
mold, grand secretary and treasurer of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, have issued a circular in which
they declare against free coinage ar,
announce their support of the Repub-
lican ticket.
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To Settle a CeuI.

Chicago, Oct 29.-Yen Men. the I'M
perial commissioner of China, and his
suite are in this city en- route to San
Francisco. With them is Kwang Wing.
secretary Of the Chinese legation at
Washington, who have been specially
detailed by the Chinese minister to
adjust serious difference between
the rival factions in San Francisco in
the Chinese colony. The feud between
the factions is of long standing and
has caused many murders in China-
town. The present interest in the
case, however, is the the Chinese con-
sui has involved himself with one Of
the parties and the case is in danger
of reaching the United States courts.
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An Actress Weds.

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 29.-Mrs. Cora
Gabrielle Smith and Fred NJ. Ranken
Of New York were quietly married
here today. Mrs. Ranken was form
erly the wife of Beaumont Smith, the
actor, from whom she was divorced n
year ago. She at one time played as
Modjeska's leading lady, and was also
a member of the Booth Barrett COM
pany. Mr.. Ranken is n prominent
woolen merchant and leading society
man of New York.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
Ionr-Lochreu Case,

Washington, Oct. %. - The Long
Locllren pension case was dismissed
by the United States supreme court
to day on the ground Of abatement by
reason Of the retirement Of Judge
Lochren from the office of commission
er Of pensions. The case was brought
by Judge Long, Of the Michigan Sill
preme court to test veterans rights.
Judge Long drew pension of So per
month, and the reduction of the rat
ing to $50 per month was stubbornly
contested In the courts Of the District
of Columbia, and finally carried to the
supreme court.
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Granted a Divorce.

San Francisco, Oct. 29-The superior
court to-day granted Mrs. Lille Hast.
.lgs jerome a divorce from her hus-
band, Harry Jerome, formerly of New
York, Notwithstanding the fact that he
had made general denial Of the
charges brought against him. Mrs.
Jerome brought charge Of failure
to provide"
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Hohnrt Sneaka

Camden, N. j., Oct %. - Garret A.
Hobart, the Republican candidate for
vice president, made what was practi-
cally his first political speech Of the
campaign to-day at the Temple theater
In this city before an audience that
filled the place to overfowing. The
meeting marked the commencement
of a campaign throughout the state In
which Mr.. Hobart will sneak.
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New York, Oct. 28-William ]. Koern-
er, the newspaper artist who was in
dicted for shooting to death his sweet
heart, Rosie G. Redgate, was to-day
arraigned in the court of general ses-
sions, but at the request of his coun-
sci pleading to the indictment was
postponed.
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six seamen Droyvned.

st. Thomas, Ont. Oct. 29.-Thc gov
ernment cruiser Petrol has arrived Mt
Port Stanley with the news that the
schooner Sandill, loaded with lumber
for Tonawanda, from Wharton. went
down in Lake Erie Friday and all
hands were lost. The Sandill carried
crew consisting of captain, mate
three seamcn and cook.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
BLOCKADE AT BUFFALO.
Fleets of ycxsels, Loaded With
Grain, Are Arriving.

Fleets of ycxsels, Loaded With
Grain, Are Arriving.
Buffalo. n. :, Oct. 2S.-Buffalo is
threatened with the biggest blockade
of vessels in the history of the people.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth and the
ports of Lake Erie are pouring in vast
floods of grain every day, much great-.f1
er than the elevators can handle, anqls
1t now looks as though the elevators
would be hopelessly swamped in a few
days unless there is let-up in the ar
rival of the fleets. For the past week
the fleet has been accommodating. The
immense grain crops of the West are
now ready for shipment, and under
the influence of the demand grain
rates at Chicago and Duluth have ad-
vanccd to such Il figure as to attract
the fleets usually busy in the iron and
ore trade. There was grain enough
to go around for nearly all the boats
i'll service, and vessels that had been
laid up were fitted out again and sent
after grain cargoes. Nearly all of this
grain has come to this port and the
elevators have been unable to unload
the boats on their arrival. There We're
nearly IL score Of boats waiting at one
time for one elevator last week.
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With Poison.

Kansas City, Oct. 27. - Miss Alice
Plat, aged twenty-eight years, SER
want girl in the household Of Charles
Mussey, prominent attorney, is under
arrest on suspicion of having poisoned
Mrs. Terrence, Mussey's mother-in-
law, aged sixty years, and three chill
dren. She is believed to he insane.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31

New York. Oct. 29.-James A. Smith
had leg broken and George H. Phil
lips was severely injured by the col
lapse of platform at Democratic
mass meeting to-day.
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Mailed the Stilla

st. Paul, Oct. 20. - Revenue Agent
NJ. v. Burris returned this morning
from an extended trip in the noun
talns Of Utah in the course of which
he arrested half n dozen moonshiners
and destroyed their stills with unit
ed capacity of 105 gallons.
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Tho Forr,.r.. t.o,rv....

Chicago. Oct. 2s.--The call for the
next annual meeting Of the Farmers
National congress was issued today
by President B. +. Clayton OF Indian.
ola, Iowa, and Secretary John NJ.
Stahl of Chicago. The meeting will
be held at indianapolis Nov. 1O-13.
The regular delegates from each state
are one from each congressional dis.
trict and two at large, appointed by
the governor of the state. The heads
of all agricultural colleges and state
agricultural boards are members BY
virtue Of their Office.
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Mr. Rumu De.d

Fox Lake, Wis. Oct. %. &C. W.
Bump, a prominent citizen of this
place, committed. suicide today by
shooting himself with a revolver while
temporarily out of his mind. He has
been in poor health for a month. He
was a prominent Odd Fellow and
Grand Army man.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
Rran for Eue1

Appleton, Mimi, Oct. 2s.-The -four
ing mill here, grinding about 800
bushels of wheat o. day, is burning
bran to make steam. The price Of
bran is only s. a ton, and at that
price it is cheaper fuel than wood or
coal. There is but little home demand
for bran, even at this low price, there
being q scarcity of cows.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
smothered i'm the Bed.

Fargo, N. D., Oct. %. =. Miss May
Flett, niece of a well known travelling
man, was found dead in bed this
morning. She was nineteen years old.
1t is supposed she was smothered
while in an epileptic fit, and she had
been dead several hours before the
body was discovered.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
Welcome to Armeniaus.

New York, Oct. %. Commander
Booth-Tucker, of the Salvation Army,
presided at a mass meeting in Carne-
gle hall to-day at which a welcome
was given to the Armenian refugees.
The big auditorium was crowded. On
the stage were fifty persons who were
~ l1o6 rofuuooo
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
Ru..ian.American school.

Minneapolis, Oct. GA modest two
story brick building, standing ut the
corner Of Seventeenth avenue nortll-
east and Fifth street marks the be-
ginning of Russian-American eddca-
tion in the Northwest. This morning
the dedication services were celebra ted
in the church and later on the grounds.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
BIockade at Wa.hburn

Washburn, Wis, Oct. 20.-Over GOO
cars of grain and -four are standing on
the sidetracks awaiting shipment and
for boats. The elevator is filled and
unless the boats arrive next week
there promises to be q serious grain
blockade.
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Native. Punished.

London, Oct. 20. = A telegram re-
ceived here from st. Paul de Londa,
Portuguese West Africa, says that the
Portuguese expedition has just pun.
ished the rebellious Bendo natives,
burning twenty-four of their villages
and killing 100 of the rebels.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31

Denomination Against Prisoners.
Cadiz, Oct. 29-A number of Cuban
prisoners who were landed here yes
terday evening were followed from
the harbor to the Jail by q mob.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
Duke Decorated.

vieEna, Oct. 20. - Emperor Francis
Joseph has decorated the duke of Or
leans, who is to be married to the
Archduchess Maria DorOthea, with
the Order of the Golden Fleece,
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Shot by q Companion.

Albert Lea, Minn., Oct. 28.-William
Fink OF Pickerel rat Lake M township, wal, was
while out hunting yesterday. The shot
side. He died to-day. He was seven
teen wears old.
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Dead From, a Fall

Elk Point, S. d., Oct. 29.-Walter c.
Fawcett, a prominent and we'll known
attorney, was found dead in his bed
from apoplexy Of the brain caused by
a hard fall. His body will be sent to
New York city, where his relatives
live.
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Failure mt Appleton.

Appleton, Wis, Oct. 2S.-Spaulding
& Co., prominent dry goods dealers,
closed this morning on attachments by
the Commercial bank for $1,000 and
Mrs. Harrington for $1,000. Total liza
bilities, $4,000; assets same.
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An Endemic Over

Albert Lea, Minn., Oct. 28. - The
diphtheria epidemic here has abated
and the schools were opened this morn
ing. There were not a dozen cases and
but one death. -
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A Mystery Cleared up.


The finding of the body Of NJ. J.
Menes, the merchant of Milton and
Edinburg, in an old we'll a half mile
south of Milton clears up what has
been a deep mystery. Six weeks ago
Menes called his housekeeper to his
room one evening and told her that he
was afraid that lie was to be arrested
ON the criminal charge Of rape. He
also told her that he intended to do
away with himself and to prove that
he WAS in earnest showed her re-
volver. That night lie disappeared and
all efforts to locate him have proved
futile. The clerks in his two stores
were not aware of his departure or of
his threat to commit suicide. Business
ran along in its usual way for two
weeks and no word had been received
from the proprietor. by that time
some Of his creditors became worried
over his prolonged absence, and an in-
vestigation was made, which esulted
in the appointment of B. Prom of Mil
ton us receiver. Search was still made
for the missing man and it was finally
given up and the dates were set for
selling the property at the order Of the
court. Late Sunday evening a thresller
named Charles Halberg found the re-
mains of Menes in an old we'll. He at
once reported the find and the body
was taken from its fatal hiding place.
A bullet hole i'll the head told the story
of death. 1t now appears that a cousin
of Halbcrg found the body two weeks
ago, and instead Of reporting his find
to the authorities kept quiet in hopes,
he says, that a reward might be Of
fered for the return of the missing
mans body. Mcnes probably stood on
the brink of the old and disused well
and sent a bullet crashing through his
brain. Financially lie was well fixed
and his liabilities will not amount to
more than $500. His property is
valued at $25.OOO 1t was claimed that
he was unduly intimate with a young
girl of that town, who is about to be-
come mother. Threats Of arrest had
been made, and it Is supposed that he
brOOded over that until he became u1l-
balanced. He had been divorced from
his wife, who now lives in Southern
Minnesota.
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Indor.ed Too L,bernIlv

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 29.-Rev. E.
H. D. Capon, D. D., president Of
Tufts college, has fled voluntary
petition for insolvency. The college is
in no way affected. Too liberal in
dorsement of paper of friends was the
cause.
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Ex-C0n8Fessman Eldredge Dead.
Fond du Lac, Wis, Oct. %. - EX-
Congressman Charles A. Eldredge died
this morning after prolonged illness.
He was elected to the Thirty-eighth
congress and served six terms.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
Called ON Cleveland.

Washington, Oct. %. = Archbishop
Ireland called at the White House to-
day and had an interview with Presi.
dent Cleveland.
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Gaming Homo to Yatc

Washington, Oct. 80. - Capt. A. II.
Reed leaves tonight for Minnesota to
remain until after election.
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Highest Of all in Leavening PoweE-Latest u Govt Report
R3%:a!!l! g! fSkasgl fBskiRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The percentage Of illiteracy in North
Dakota is smaller than in any state in
v,o

The percentage Of illiteracy in North
Dakota is smaller than in any state in
the Union.
At Larimore threshlng engine,
owned by Ryan Bros, exploded, seri-
ously| 1njurink John Ryall, n farmer.
"A piece of iron struck him in the back
or the head, driving piece Of bone an
inch and half long into his brain.
Ihe engine and separator were badly
wrecked.
The freight and passenger steamer
John A. Bloodgood was launched at
Bismarck, in the presence of a large
crowd. Miss Edythe Wakeman, daugh-
ter of Manager Wakeman, of the Bis
marck opera house, broke bottle Of
champagne on the bow and christened
the boat as it slid into the waters of
the Missouri.
George ID. Fairies, the juryman un-
der arrest ut Bottineau, OH q bench
warrant issued by Judge Morgan,
charged with perjury in the trial of
the Scott murder case, and who had
failed to give bonds, skipped from the
deputy sheriff. A horse was awaiting
his break for liberty. Officers are now
in pursuit.
Adam Doolis. a German workingman,
has been added to the list of deaths In
Grand Forks from asphyxiation from
gas. He was found dead in his room
at the Park hotel with the gas jet
turned full on. The fatal event was
clearly accidental. He came from Ger
many last fall, where he has Wife
and six children.
Griggs county is stirred up over the
mysterious disappearance Of August
Mcmillan, who was last s. cn in Coop
elstown Oct. II. He is supposed to
have been last seen walking east from
CooperstOwn with q man about five
feet in height and weighing about 40
pounds. n reward of 500 is offered
for the discovery of his body, and $500
for information leading to the convic-
tion Of any person who murdered him.
Mcmillan was IL siX-fOot farmer and
but twenty-eight years Of age.