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The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11
MARRIAGES..

In Bangor. April 49, Ambrose L. Smith and
Miss Elizabeth O'Leary. both OF Brewer.
In Norway. April 20, Jesse X. Brown and
Abbe Washburn.
In Bowdoinham, George F. Jordan and Mrs.
Nancy Allen.
In Midtown, April 30, George s. Topping and
Alice Todd Ray.
Miss La Waugh E. Loyeland.
In Camden, April 20. Joseph s. Mullin and
Miss Annie B. Lamb both of Lincolnville.
In Pittsfeid, April 81, Melvin B. White and
Miss Jennie Z. feathers.
In Hartland, April %, Charlie Withee of Mad
ison and Miss Flora Hatch.
On Wednesday evening. May 9Th. at the home
OF the BRIDES parents, 2O2 West 74th street,
New York. by Rev.iDr. Eaton, Fanny Warren
Cram to Alden Palmer Webster. of Orono, Me-.
The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11

I'D LACK SILKS HEAD THE
80 COLUMN. The remarkable
and deserved popularity of
"Our own Cashmere Peerless"
Silks is a hint to US that we must
make a decided price-cut on all
other makes, to make them keep
pace with the cashmere Peerless. :"
Each mention below is an actual
drop in price from Regular to
Special.
The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11
From tho various reports We gather tho

1895 1896
Mem bership, 5V3 go oS,
Average attendance for year, 254 DIV
Average attendance for three 90,
summer months, ga soz
Average attendance for nine %,
other months, 32l o do
Largest attendance, Any
Smallest attendance, AZ
Deaths, Z
United with church, II
Total receipts for year including
gift of 500 from a friend of the
school, Soi4
Expended as follows:
Missionary and benevolent work, s29S
School expenses, 24e
LII brary books, l3U
Books in Library, 10
UneXpended fEnd for books, loo
The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11
]. n. Libby.

MoFe-tfan- double -tE1e- biggests
AKE-THE-BiGGEST-si -Seock-n-tEae city, aside
from ours)s add-to-tEaat- next-biggest-
he-two-con1bined-a -as-arge- this
-Silk-Stock.
fmIetng dealers
''NNN-0'S
Ngonday has come!
The Monday toward which many bargain seekers
have been looking
WE begin reducing sales in our Silk and
Dress Goods departments preparatory moving
the Baxter Block
MAkE SILKS FIRST, Here is stock of new, critically
Silks "farandaway beyond any other Silk Stock
All carefully selected piece by largely of
importer thus saving the middle man. and wholesalers profits
ing them you.
FRESH AND DAINTY AS IT Is; piece prices can
sell must go to tbs will,
And today begins their exodus. There Blacks
hgfed Fanes exquisite design and tasteful exquisite
prices have been right before sae however, they double
right
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
DEFENDS HIS son
A FLORIDA NEGRO Uses HIS GUN
WITH FATAL EFFECT.
He Fires Into a Crowd OF whites
Who We're Intent Upon whip
ping the Negroes son--Two OF the
whites Are Killed, Another Nor
tally wounded and u Fourth se-
riously Injured.

Braidentown, Fla, May Is. Jack
Trice, negro, fought fifteen white
men at o'clock yesterday morning,
killing James Hughes and Edward
Sanchez fatally wounding Henry
Daniel and dangerously wounding
Albert Buffum. The battle occurred
at the negro's home near Palmetto, a
town six miles south of here, and he
fought to prevent his fourteen-year-
old son being regulated by the whites.
Monday afternoon Trice's son and
Town Marshal Hughes son fought,
the white boy being badly beaten.
Marshal Hughes was greatly enraged,
and at 3 o'clock yesterday morning he
and fourteen other men went to Trice's
house to regulate the negro's little boy.
The whites demanded that the boy be
sent out. Trice refused and the whites
began firing. Trice returned the fire,
his first ball killing Marshal Hughes.
Edward Sanchez tried to burn the
house but was shot through the brain
by Trice. Then the whites tried to
batter in the door with log, which
resulted in Henry Daniels getting a
bullet in the stomach that will kill
him. The regulators then ran, final
bullet from Trice's rifle striking Al
bert Buffum in the back. The whites
secured achievements and returned
to Trice's home at sunrise, yowing to
burn father and son at the stake, but
their Infatuated victims had fed; only
Trice's old mother was in the house.
The old woman was driven out and
the house burned Posses with blood
hounds are chasing Trice and the boy,
and they will be lynched if caught.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
TOO MUCH WATER.
Serious Floods In Different Port:
II ions of wisconsin.

4 F.t.tti tonN Gt aNaScOnSfh.sSSff i
Chippewa Fails, Wis, May I'D. The
most severe rain storm that has yis-
| tied this city for years ragged here to-
! day. From two and half To hrea
| inches of wafer fell. The streets were
| turned into creeks and the sewers
were unable to carry away the water.
Many cellars were filed. Very heavy
winds accompanied the storm. The
residence of John Smith was struck
| by lightning, tearing the plaster and
partitions down. The Wisconsin Cen
trail road suffers the most by wash
outs between here and st. Paul. be
tween Chippewa and Albertville 400
| feet OF track and four bridges We're
carried away. Train No. 2 is held UP
at d siding and will not get through
for several hours.
Messages from Rlo0mer, fourteen
miles north of here, say that n cloud
burst flooded the city and did much
damage. The same adyices say Dun
can creek has risen far above the
height it reached during the food of
1894, when so much damage was done
between Bloomer and this city. The
water has already taken the founda-
ton of several buildings away, allow
ing them to settle In five or six feet of
water. The dam belonging to the Con-
solidated Milling and Power company,
which was replaced about six months
ago, is still intact, but there is an
enormous pressure of water against 1t,
and it is not known whether it will
be able to withstand the current or
not The creek is constantly rising,
and a volume Of water is flowing over
the crest of the dam, with the roar OF
Ia Niagara. 1t is expected that the
water will reach Chippewa Falls at
midnight, but whether it will be
repetition Of the feod Of two years
ago depends solely upon the staying
qualities Of the Bloomer dam. From
advices received at Bloolner it is safe
to say that the rainfall was much
heavier there than in this portion Of
the country. Duncan creek has risen
three feet in this city in a few hours,
and families living along it's banks are
preparing to move out
Destruction at Menominee
Menominee, Wis, May Is. IRE
mendous rain storms last night Gre
ated a flood in Wilson creek, which
flows into the Red Cedar at this point,
and this morning the Omaha and Mil
waukee railway bridges, two wagon
bridges and the dam at the mouth OF
the creek went out with roar. The
accumulated debris struck Knapp,
Stout & Co.'s electric light house,
brick structure, and washed away
about half of it, and then, masking
against the bridge across the Red Ce- /
dar smashed it like cookie shell.
The city water main across Wilson
creek also went out, leaving North 4
Menominee without water supply.
Electric light, telegraph and telephone
wires are down and all is confusion
The loss will amount to 100000, Pas
sengers for the Omaha are being taken
by team to Rusk, a station on the
main line five miles east of here. The
Milwaukee will be unable to get
train through for at least week.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
PENALTY Is DEATH
SCOTT JACKSON FOUND GUILTY OF
PEARL BRA AN'S MURDER.
The Crowd shake Hands with the
Jnrymen and ThcmseIyes--Jack
son Still Claims That WaIling
Committed the Murder and WALL
ing Says That Jackson Was the
Murderer.
Murderer

Newport, Ky, May 1G.-The Scott
jackson case went to the jury at 10
O'Clock this morning Before retiring
the judges typewriter instructions.
the bloody clothes, letters, ana other
articles that were shown in evidence,
were placed in their hands. At 1906
p. nj. the jury returned with verdict.
Amid a deathlike stiffness the foreman
aanded the verdict to the clerk, who
read as follows:
I'VE, the jury, nd the defendant,
Scott Jackson, guilty Of murder in the
first degree, and fix his penalty at
DEATH
The judge had previously announced
that no demonstration of approval or
disapproyal by the spectators would
be permitted. Deputies were placed
throughout the room, with instructions
to bring before the court any person
disobeying these instructions, to be
punished for contempt. Consequently
the verdict was heard in silence, but
Immediately upon the adjournment of
court the spectators rushed to the
jurors and shook their hands heartily
They also shook each other by the
hands, showing a hearty approval of
the verdict of the jury.
Jackson himself received his doom
with no manifestation of emotion ex-
cept IN aslen paleness Of the face.
None Of his relatives We're present.
The aged father of Pearl Bryan and
her brother. Fred Bryan were present
when the verdict was rendered.
The usual motion for Il new trial was
made, and then Jackson was taken
away to jail. He had been surrounded
by "a half-dozen or more officers when
the jury came in, and went out under
their protection, although there was
no demonstration to indicate neces-
sity for so much care. The general inn
preston Is that the verdict is right.
In long interview Jackson admits
his surprise over the verdict, and he
claims that he had proved an alibi. He
still maintains his innocence, and says
that Walling killed Pearl Bryan. The
prisoner is greatly depressed over the
verdict, and in his Interview could not
suppress his Respondent feelings.
Mailing has also been interviewed
since the verdict, and expresses his
satisfaction. He still maintains that
Scott Jackson killed the girl, and de-
serves hanging.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
! wiz Instruct for mckinley.

Clarksburg, W. Va, May is. The
Republican state convention, which
will meet here tomorrow to elect del
egates at large to the St. Louis con-
vention, will be one of the largest Re
publican gatherings that ever as
semhled in West Virginia. The First
district convention having set the pace
there is little doubt that the state con-
vention will instruct for Mckinley.
There are Mckinley leaders who have
advised against this, as ii will violate
the policy Of the Republicans Of West
Virginia heretofore pursued. and be-
cause they deem it unnecessary to in
struct. But Mckinley enthusiasm is
SO strong that it will sweep the con-
vention.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
The Methodists.

Cleveland. May 10. - The delay in
the proceedings Of the Methodist con-
ference. owing to the failure of the
committees to report their reports, is
at about an end. With the election of
the bishops and conference officers,
which beginSrt morrow morning, tile
conference will get down to real solid
work. and transactions from now on
are likely to be full Of interest. FOX
lowing the election will come the set
tlemeIst Of the time limit question, and
there will probably be spirited CON
test over that. The most important
business at the days session was the
adoption of a resolution changing the
time Of the meeting of the general
conference from the first of May to the
first Wednesday in May.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
MARKET REPORTS.
Latest Quotations Egom Grain and
live Stock feniers

Latest Quotations tEOh AhN
Live stock Ceniers.
Chicago, ILL.,. May TO- Wheat May,
GO J Sc: June, g 7-sc; July, SO 3.sc bid;
September, 64aG4 1-Sc. Corn-May,
2S -7Sc; ,Jure. 20 T-Sc; July, ~ Use;
September. 31a31 1-Sc Oats-M May,
10 3-ec: July, 10 Use; September. 19a
10 Use. Pork-May. S7.72 IL; July,
$50; September, $7.97 IL. Lard
May, $4.6O; July. S4.67 1-2a4.T0: Sep
TENDER. $4.s2 1-2a4.S5 asked. Ribs
May. "a .05; July. S4.12 1-2a4. Is asked;
September. SAT- - asked. FLAX
Cash. So lie: May, Sac; July, S5c;
September. SIC. Timothy Cash, $3.50;
May, $3.50; September. S3.05. Rye
Cash. 3G 1-4c; May, 36 1-4c; July, Bic;
August. ;sc: September, Soc. Barley
Cash. No. 5. 29a36c.
Chicago, H., May 16 Hogs Light
grades slow and barely steady: others
steady to SC higher; light, S3.30a3. so;
mixed, S325a345; heavy, S3.05a3. 40;
rough. S3.o5a3.15. Cattle Strong to
Ice higher; beeyes. $3,45a4.45; cows
and heifers, S1.60a3.S5: Texas steers,
S2.T5a4, 10; stockers and feeders, $2.90a
$50.
Minneapolis, May 16.-May closed at
60 LIE: July opened at 60 3-4c; highest
Gl Lie; lowest. 60 3-Sa60 1-2c asked;
closed at so 3-4a60 7-Sc; September
opened at GO 3-4c; highest, 81 3-sc; low
est. 60 5-Sc: closed at GO 7-Sa61c. On
track No. / hard Gil 5-Sc; No. North
ern. 60 J-Sc; No. 2 Northern. 80 use.
Milwaukee. May 16.-Flout is steady
Wheat steady; No. spring. 6Ia63c;
No, 1 Northern. d5 1-2c; July. 63a
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
Jnckson,s Trial Nearly Ended.

Newport, Ky, May 15.-After twen-
ty-three days since the trial of Scott
Jackson began the arguments, which
consumed the last three days, ended
to-day. Tomorrow morning the case
will be given to the jury. The pris-
oner, though apparently weary, and,
during the past three days tritie
crestfallen. has maintained his self
possession to the last. The weather
nearly all the time has been in the
nineties. Some of the jury are becom-
ing exhausted, and for that reason it
was decided not to give the case to
them till tomorrow morning.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

The New York papers are rather rub
bling it into Booth-Tucker since his re-
cent unsavory Summing experiences.
The Observation-Disclosures says: at
Is to be regretted that, among his large
and varied assortment of sons and
sons-in- law, the elder Booth, rummag z
ing in his marsupial pouch, could find
no family representative better adapt
I'd to the American field than the mild
eye. creature who figured a few days
ego In a local police court" The Com
mercial Advertiser then goes on to in
sinuate that the jumping-jack evange-
list has fallen victim to the dime
museum instincts of Steve Brodie.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
MANY Volunteers.

Minneapolis. May 15.-Supt Jordan,
OF the public schools. states that 3.16a
girls and 3.91T boys have volunteered
to help move the old Stevens hopse TO
its new location in Minnehaha Park.
The distance between the present site
and the future location of the house
will be divided into seven relays, one
seventh of the total number of chill
dren assisting Oh each relay. The chii-
dren will gather 1T their respective
schools ON the morning of May %. and
will be taken TO the starting points of
their relays.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
STRUCK by a RAILWAY TRAIN.
One Woman Killed Another Has
Her Back Broken.

One Woman Killed, Another Has
Her Back Broken.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, May 15.-Mrs. Mary
M. Snyder, aged seventy-fve, was in
stantly killed and Miss Myrta Silver
thorne fatally hurt near here, being
ruD down by Chicago & Northwest
ern train while blinded BY a terrific
storm. The women drove on cross
ing near Footeyille just as the Da-
kota express came rushing along at a
speed OF forty miles an hour. The air
was SO full OF hailstones and rain that
neither the women nor the engineer
could see fifty feet ahead The engine
struck the buggy squarely in the
center and tossed the women high in
the air. Mrs. Snyder was dead when
picked up and Miss Silverthorne can
not live. One horse was killed out
right and the other impaled on the
pole of the buggy.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
Experiments Al Te1egonY.

Prof. J. G. Ewart, Of Edinburgh Uni
lersity, has undertaken an extended
leries of experiments on telegony.
Breeders thoroughly believe In tele-
iony, or the transmission Of the in
lnenee OF previous sire, and the rec
nd of Prof Ewart's results will be
ltandard of al classes Of horses. The
many apparently authentic cases Of
exceptional hereditary influence are
ncking to a great extent in confirma-
ion, and It has long been felt that
ess empirical data ought to be made
VALUABLE on such an important sub
ect. Prof. Ewart has mare In foal
~ a zebra, and a zebra mare In foal
w zebra stallion, and has arranged
l number OF other crosses in which
he paternal and maternal character
sites are strong but less easily recog-
liable than in the above cases.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
TERRELL's "TRIP



in Turkey
Washington, May Is. = The coming
of United States Minister Terrell to
Washington from his Texas home is
not because any emergency exists nGr
any threat OF trouble in Turkey. He
has been summoned here by the presi-
dent for consultation In view Of the
fact that not much Of his leave of alb
sence remains unexpired, it may be
that Mr.. Terrell will not return inn
mediately to Texas from Washington,
but will rather choose to 20 directly
to his post. 1t was the understanding
when the Rev. DR.. Knapp. the Ameri-
can missionary who was expelled from
Bitlis. was brought to ConstantinopIe
under charges preferred by the Turk
ish officials. that his trial would take
place before Minister Terrell, and
this fact may operate to hasten Mr..
Terrelrs return to Constantinople
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

Mr.. Andrew D. White, lately our
minister to Russia, has shown that
there are more murders in the United
States in proportion to it's population,
than in any other country on the globe.
This probably does not take into &C.
count such ebullitions Of enthusiasm
as the Armenian massacres, but even
withou these, it is humiliating and
depressing statement.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
r.. oeM PAUL IS KIND.
Sentences of Trnnsvaal Reformers
Are II q need

Berlin, May ia private telegram
has been received here which asserts
that tile sentences of Cal. Francis
Rhodes, Lionel Phillips, J. H. Ham
mond and George Farrar, tue four
members Of the Johannesburg reform
committee condemned to death and
whose sentences were afterward Conn
innted, have been fixed at imprison-
ment for five years. The sentences OF
the tifty-nine other members Of the re-
form committee which were fixed by
the court at two years Imprisonment
and fine of $4,000. followed by three
years Punishment. have been COM
muted to one years Imprisonment.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

1t is computed that from $4,000 to
10000 persons are actively engaged in
the iewelry trade Of Birmingham, and
the amount of capital embarked in
1t is larger than that Of any other Bir-
mingham industry. The annual con-
sumption Of gold is in value 100000
pounds and of silver 100000 pounds
sterling. Sovereigns are still extens-
lively used for melting up" instead Of
grain gold.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
want a General strike

Milwaukee. May 15-President Ma
hon, of the Federated Street Railway
employees, has sent a telegram to Pres
ident Gompers, of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, who is at Indianapo-
lis. summoning him to this city at
once. 1t is understood that it is pro-
posed to order a general strike of
all labor organizations in the city in
support of the street railway strike.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
Rnnker Winne Dead.

Humboldt, Iowa, May IL. - S. NJ.
Whine. ii leading banker and the
wealthiest citizen of Humboldt,
hanged himself this morning. LII
health and the sudden death of his
wife caused great ,despondency. He
was sixty years of age
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
STRIKE OVER.
All the Cars Running - Men Come
From Buffalo.

Milwaukee. May 1.-THE street rail-
way strike is practically over. The
company is to-day operating 155 cars.
two more than the usual number, and
traffic is maintained without interrupt
ton on all the lines. Thirty expert
cnced men came from Cleveland to-
day. and the same number from Buff
falo. The latter were in uniform. The
company now states that it now has
nearly enough men to operate its lines
regularly. OBJECTIONS have to be fig
ured on. however. The strikers cut the
trolley wires on North avenue this
morning, and the police made eight
arrests for the act, including member
of the grievance committee OF the
strikers.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

As the estimates of the cost Of the
Nicaragua canal submitted by engin.
GERS Of high reputation vary from $780,.
100000 to $3.50 000, 600, the whole sub.
jeet at present amounts to nothing
more than an engineering problem
with no solution in sight.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
international .stuG j,

Washington, May 1G-The house COM
mittce on coinage, weights and meas
ures to-day decided, by a unanimous
vote, to authorize favorable report
on ii resolution introduced by G. W..
Stann Of Pennsylvania authorizing pre-
liminary proceedings looking to the
adoption Of international coins.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

A remarkable quartette Of persons
were the only guests at the Stewart
House, Long Island, vt, on a recent
Sunday. One Of the guests was doc.
tor, one q clergyman, enc a dealer in
undertakers' supplies and the fourth o
dealer in gravestDnes.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
CurfeYS Endorsed

ST. Joseph. Mo-. May TO-. The council
last night by an unanimous vote in
dorsed the curfew ordinance as asked
for by Col. Hogeland president OF the
National Boys and Girls Home Chief
of Police Broder urged the passage OF
the measure before the council.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

There appears to be a lull in the
Cuban matter, SO far as diplomacy is
concerned, but the insurgents are go
ing right ahead with the work of
showing that they deserve independ-
ence, and that they do not propose to
accept any other basis of settlement.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
Either Murder or Suicide

Oshkosh. Wis. May 16-The body of
an unknown man was found beside the
road about two miles west Of this city
this morning. The throat had been cut
and n large pocket knife was found
near the body, but the heavy rain had
washed all other traces away. Opinion
is divided between theories Of murder
and suicide.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
Exnloston Of Ere Damn.

Monongahela City, Pa. May f6.--By
an explosion of fire damp in the Monon-
gaheia mines this morning Wash
CIoughton. colored. was killed and +.
Wiles fatally burned.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
III. 'Excn,.,,e

Magistrate-Yo You are charged with
.tealing some diamond studs. Have
rou anything to say?
Prisoner-Well, your worship, the
ard on which was the studs was
marked collar studs" so / took it as
IN invitation, an did collar 'em.-Lon-
lon Fun.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
Morrison Their Choice.

Tuscola, Ill. May Is. The Demo
Gratis of Douglas county after electing
delegates to the state convention
passed a resolution favoring William
X. Morrison for president, and the
restoration of silver to where it was
before its decentralization in 1873
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

Senator Reagan Of Texas, who was
present at the battle Of Cold Harbor,
says that If Grant had succeeded in
breaking Lees lines the Confederate
commander had not a regiment of res
serves to put into the fight. Grant in
Cured heavy losses at Cold Harbor,
but it seems that he tried to end the
war on that field.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

Gen. Weyler contends that the time
has not come Cor reforms in Cuba.
With insurgent armies closing In on
both sides Of the trocha and mysteri-
Gus explosions in his palace, the gen
eral may have occasion to change his
mind in the course Of a month or two.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21
The season.. Depression.

This weather is very trying for
Everybody said the physician.
YES" replied Mr.. Meekton, II don't
lee how my wife is going to bear up
inder it. When the sun doesn't shine
t gives her the blues, and when it
loes she says it's fading the carpet"
Washington Star.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

The fact is now recalled that years
ago Bismarck said that President Kru-
ger, Of the Boer republic, was the
greatest statesman he ever met. Ihe
British statesmen were not SO wise
as Bismarck. They underestimated
the man they were dealing with, and
consequently find themselves lin a
hole.o
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

@ Again Brooklyn burglar has been
utterly routed and put to shame by a
woman. Ii the new woman has made
herself unpleasant in some directions,
the world is at least indebted to her
for exploding the old superstition that
the average burglar is a desperate
nan.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-05-21

Servant (from next door)-Herr May
a sends his compliments, and would
lou please shoot your dog, as it won't
ct him go to sleep?
Neighbor-Give my respects to Herr
Mayer and tell him / shall be much
obliged IL he will poison his daughter
md burn her piano. Undertakings
llatt.