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The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09

FARMERS ALLIANCE,
First Day of the Annual Meeting Of
the N1nneSOt@ Convention

FiFst Day of the Annual Meeting Of
the A1nnesOta Convention.
st. Paul. Jan. 1.-THE Farmers Al
lance Of Minnesota began it's conven-
tion to-day, with President ]. I. Yer
milyea In the chair. Speeches were
made by Ignatius Donnelly and others.
The convention adjourned until to-
morrow, when officers will be elected.
after the adoption of resolutions. These
resolutions 'reiterate attachment to
the grand fundamental principles in
Industrial and political life that gave
birth to the organizations" recognize
that the prosperity of nations has its
basis in the well-being of agriculture:
assert that. as the result of the adop-
ton of certain governmental policies,
the values of agricultural products
have steadily lessened. until. in literal
truth, 1t has become more profitable for
the farmer to leave his acres untitled
beyond that point absolutely necessary
for the maintenance of his family and
the payment. at vast sacrifices. of his
pecuniary obligations" insist that
these conditions ARE steadily growing
worse, owing to the increased facility
with which carrying corporations con-
troll all public agencies; ''demand.
lAlClcAOIc, tIltI tue common carriers
of the state shall he compelled, in their
charges for carrying the products of
the farm. to recognize the changed con-
dttions that attend the fortunes of the
husbandman; demand that the cost of
administering governments he reduced
to the minimum: that the government,
state and federal, assume such SUBJ
stantial control of all transportation
agencies; denounce the administration
OF the interstate commerce commission
as a fraud upon the country. and the
state railroad commission being little
better than the national commissions:
demand the abolition of national banks
as banks of issue; demand the est:lb-
lishment of postal savings banks; de-
nounce the policy Of President Cleye-
land and his treasury departments; as
scrt that the time has come when the
residents of American cities ''should
seriously contemplate assuming con-
troll Of all forms of public monopoly rc-
lating to the facilities for mutual light
ing. water supply and transportation;'
recommends that all state and munich
pal improvements should be undertake
en directly by the state and the m,l.
nicipality, and paid for. not through
the hands of contractors. but by daily
wages to actual labOrers.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
MURDER WAS DONE.

Hut Nobody Seems TO Care Particu-
larly About 1t, Anyway.
Grantsburg, Wis, Jan. There are
strong suspicious that murder has been
committed in Il lumber camp north Of
here. Conflicting stories place the To-
cation in doubt. so that neither Wis.
consin nor Minnesota officials are in.
vcstigating. Lumbermen coming down
from the camps are very reticent and
say Billy Taylor is dead and that's
all they KNOW" 1t is known positively
that there was a quarrel. Taylor, Nho
is breed. when found had his head
smashed as though with heavy club,
and that his Indian relatives took his
body to near the center of Burnett
county and buried it without an in
quest. The report was circulated that
lie died after being sick several days,
but this ts known to be false, as he
was seen Mt work q short time before
the burial. The probability is that
some one furnished a mixed crowd OF
Indians and whites with liquor and a
general fight followed Naturally
there is an effort to hush the matter up
as too many are involved. Most of the
camps are OH the Minnesota side of
the st. Croix and the murder no doubt
was committed in that state.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
UNCLE SAM "wORkED.,

He IL Charged Entirely Too Much
for Armor Plate.
Washington, Jan. 7.-Secretary Her.
bert to-day transmitted to congress his
reply to provision in the last naval
appropriation bill directing him to ex-
anime into the actual cost Of ar1mor
plate and report to congress before
Jan. l, 1897. and to make no contract
for armor plate for the vessels author
lied by that act until after tne report
was made to congress. This provision
of the bill grew out Of a heated de-
bate in the house and senate in which
the main contention was that the g0y-
ernment was paying too much for
armor plates. The report is q very I'M
portant and, In many respects, a SEN
sational document. The present cost
of arlnor is 1858 per ton. Mr., Her.
bert's conclusion is that the cost Of
material and labor is $19S.7O, and, al
lowing for the cost Of maintaining tho
plant and the nickel now furnished by
the gbvelnn cnt and % per cent profit
to the companies, the net cost to the
government would be in round mum.
bers $4tM per tUl. Secretary Herbert
declares that the armor plate manu-.
facturers have evidently combined to
fix prices and divide the contracts.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
MARKET REPORTS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
LtYG Stock Centern.


Live Stock Centers.
Chicago, Jan. 7.-Wheat - January,
Soc; May, S3 lac; July, IS 1-2c; Sep
tember, TIC. Corn-,January. 2:,c:
May, % 5-8c; July, 26 1-2c. Oats-Jan-
uary, 1G 1-Sc; May, 10 3-Sc. Pork-Jan-
uary, $500; May. 1885,. Lard-Janu.
ary, $3.50; May. Ss97 1-2. Ribs-,Janu-
ary, S3.S7 1-2; May, 81. Flax-Cash.
74c; N. W.. Is 1-2c; January. 74c: Nav,
II 1-2c. Timothy-Cash, S2.75: Febru.
ary. S2.75; March. $3.50.
Chicago, Jan. 7.-lIogs-Nfarket ac-
tive and steady: light, $3.35a3.57 1-2;
mixed, S3.3Oa3.Il; heavy, $aO5n3. IS;
$3.O5a315. Cattle-Market steady to
stronger; beevcs. $:.65a5.25; cows and
heifers. $1.75a4.25; Texas steers, $3a
4.2o; stockcrs and feeders, 81, ,1Oa4. 10,
Sheep strong and generally Zoe higher,
Minneapolis, Jan. Z. = Cables lower
this morning in SYN patliy with our de-
cline of yesterday; our market opened
steady mt yesterdays closing prices,
and during the greater part of the
morning session was dull hut steady,
but near noon 1t began to sag ana
soon turned weak, selling Off nearly !
cent.
Milwaukee. Jan. Flour Is steady.
Wheat weak and irregular; No. =
spring, 20 1-4c; No. 1 Northern, 80 1-2c;
May, S23-4c. Corn dull; No. 5, 10 La
2f. Oats quiet and steady; No. 2
white, IL S12a19 1-2c. Barley firm and
wanted; 40. 2, ~ 1-2c: sample, "a LA
::3 lie. Rye firm and active; No. /,
:D lie. Provisions weak; pork, $50;
lard. S:..7:5.
South st. Paul, Jan. 7.-Hogs-Mar-
ket firm and active; sales at $3a3.25.
Cattle-Alarket strong and active: not
enough cattle here to supply the de-
mand: sales at $2a3.3O.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
TARIFF HEARING.

Wide Range of 1ndustriea Repre-
sented Mt To-Dny's Hearing.
Washington, Jan. Z. - The agricul-
tural schedule of the tariff law, which
was considered today by the ways
and means committee, inspired state
ments from the representatives of a
wide range of industries. There was Il
conflict between Mexican cattle men
and Congressman Curtis U<an.) over
the effect on cattle and beef production
IN this country of the Wilson rates.
Representatives Of the Pennsylvania
and Virginia oranges asked for boun-
ties on agricultural products. The
Massachusetts fishermen and fish deal
ers and the salt importers and New
York producers had interesting tilts.
The Southern rice growers argued the
necessity of higher protection, and
similar arguments We're presented by
California fruit growers, Philadelphia
seed men and macaronimakers, while
importers Of Bermuda potatoes and
onions wanted concessions. To-mor-
row will be devoted to wool.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
Grimes ana Criminals.

Train wreckcrs operate in North Car
0lina and blood hounds are after them.
Letters containing large sums Of
money were rifled Of their contents in
New York and thrown into the bay.
Isaac Sucker, convicted in New York
of arson in the first degree, was SEN
fenced to thirty-six years in prison.
The maximum penalty is forty years.
William NJ. Whiteley and wife, poor
but respected citizens of Sewer cOun.
ty, Tenn, were shot down in cold
blood by two men who broke into their
home.
Christof Schona Of Kewanee, ILL.,.
was murdered by unknown persons
who laid his body on the railroad
track, where a freight train passed
over it.
a passenger train on an Alabama
railroad falls a hundred feet from q
trestlc and is burned. About twenty
work of train Wreckers.
Newton Widner shot and instantly
killed his brother-in-law at NcwtOwn,
Mo-. thus ending an old family feud.
Widncr is in Jail at Princeton. Excite
ment is high and lynching is feared.
A warrant has been issued at
Osceola, Iowa, for the arrest of Joseph
WilyertOn, son of local physician.
He is charged with having been con-
nected with the death of Mrs. Mary
Gillfillan.
Tile San Francisco police are salts
fed that they have succeeded in trac-
ing Robert J. Mueller, a young medical
student into suicides grave. The
parents CT the young man reside in
Philadelphia.
The case of Frank X. Atkins Of the
defunct Colorado Savings bank, has
begun In the district court in Denver.
There are ten indictments against him
and an equal number against his
brother, C. o. Atkins.
George w. Gilmore, a wealthy ranch
man In Rawley county. Kan, was as
sassinated, being shot as he sat at his
supper table by some one unknown
who fred a load of buckshot through
the window.
Isaac Fucker, wealthy real estate
owner and manufacturer at New YorK,
was convicted of arson In the first de-
gree in causing his Division street
store to be set afire and himself aiding
in the arrangements for igniting it.
Edward Rosa, who made his home
with his brother, Gale Rosa, n well
known ranchman near Forest City, s.
D.. shot and killed his sweetheart,
Miss Mary Brehl. at the home Of her
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
SAVE THE BANK.

Stockholders of Chicago Concern
Go Doyvn Into Their Pockets.
Chicago, Jan. 3.-The Dime Savings
bank has been saved, it is announced,
by the sacrifice Of the stockholders,
who have gone down in their pockets
and paid an assessment Of some 80
per cent. The examination of Auditor
Gere is understood to have found a
large deficiency in the banks assets,
and rather than have the bank close
its doors, leaving it's 1000 depositors
to suffer, the directors put the bank ON
its feet. So successful were they that
the state auditor gave his full endorse
ment to the new condition of the insti-
tuition. The cash reserve was increased
to over 25 per cent of the deposits as
compared with the legal reserve of Is
per cent for savings banks. Just how
soon the ninety-day notice for depos-
itors will be withdrawn was not de-
termined at meeting of directors
held to-day. 1t is said the Dime Saw
ings will soon be sold to some one of
the stronger banks of it's class.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
POINTERS ON CUBA,

President t.elect Mckinley Confers
With a Member of the Juntn.
Cleveland. Jan. 1T developed to-
day that Senor +. G. Pierra, of the
Cuban junta. had a conference with
President-elect Mckinley at the home
of NJ. A. Hanna. Sunday, at which the
entire Cuban situation was thoroughly
tanvassed. Maj. Mckinley did not in
dicatc what use he would make of his
information, nor what stard he pro-
posed to take when his time shall
come. 1t is understood, however, that
he will treat the Cuban difficulties at
some length in his message to the ex-
ira session of congress. Maj. McKin-
ley. when seen to-dcy concerning the
matter, said: "Yes, Sepor Pierra
called upon me here and we had a
very pleasant chat. He explained at
some length the claims Of the friends
of the insurgents with regard to the
war there. There is nothing further |
can say regarding the call.'
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
People Talked About.

John Bigclow, cx-minister to France,
was slightly injured in a railway acci-
dent ut Highland Falls, N. Y.
Jesse Scott, one of Iowa's pioneers,
died at his home in Competine, Wa
pellO county. He went to- Wapello
county in 1912 with party which set
tied before daylight on the land which
the Indians left ut midnight.
Edward Avery, widely known as n
jurist and lawyer, died at his home
in Boston. He had been sick about
n year. He leaves Il wife, n son and
two daughters. He was born in Marble
head, Mass, March II, 1928, Of stock
that was prominent in the wars Of
the revolution and 1872
Col. Mapleson. late impressario Of
the Imperial Opera company, and all
who took part in the Mapleson benefit
ut the thcater Sunday night, have been
summoned into the municipal count
ut Boston to answer charge of vio-
lating the Sunday concert law. A num-
yer of tho audience have also been ill.,
cludcd in the charge.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
ICE BOATS COLLIDE.
Two Men Are Badly Hurt and Both
Yachts Wrecked.

Two Men Are Badly Hurt and Both
Yachts Wrecked.
Pepin, Wis, Jan. 3.-Capt. I. A. Full
er's ice yacht Tempest and Commo-
dore r. NJ. Anderson's Lorna collided
on Lake Pepin just in front Of this
place today. Each boat carried three
men. The former was in charge Claude
Fuller and the latter in charge of o.
l.. Murray. The Tempest was coming
in from run at a mile minute and
the Lorna was maneuvering for a
landing. The boats came together at
right angles and the crash was heard
all over town. The men were thrown
in all directions. some going many
rods. Glen Murray was knocked sense
less and Law in that condition for some
time. He had bad cut on the head:
George Murray was cut on the head
and face and 4 knee and may be Grip
pled for life. Both boats were badly
wrecked. It was the worst ice boat
accident ever had here. Neither saw
the other boat until the chash came.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09

Victoria, b. c., Jan. THE steam.
ship Miowera, just arrived from Hon
olulu, brought advices to the effect
that at the time of the vessels de-
parture from Honolulu, United States
Aipister Willis, whose condition for
some time had been very serious, was
given up by his physicians, and his de-
mise was momentar!ly expected. Mucl.
sympathy was expressed by the resi-
dents. as the minister was very popu.
lar, both in his private life and In his
official capacity.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
SAY He COT s2,OoO,NoO.
Hcnry Oliver Reported to Have Ma,
Il GreQt COmmfaaian

Henry Oliver Reported to Have Made
Great COmmiasiOn.
Duluth, Minn., Jan. Z. - Henry w.
Oliver. head of the Oliver Mining com:
pany OF this city, has. it is asserted,
received $2,OW.OOO as II commission for
having effected the Rockefcller-Car.
neglc ore deal. by the terms of which
the Carnegie Steel company and tho
Oliver Iron and Steel company secured
a lease for fifty years OF the Mountain
Iron mine. by which the carnegies will
he able to command the markets of
tho world. Supt. Il. Florada and Capt.
J. A. Carlin, representing the Carnegie
Oliver interests at the Mcsaba mines
and the Rockefeller interests, are in
Pittsblrg comforting with the officials
of these companies. Mr.. Olivers
friends here doubt the figure of $2,-
OOO,M as his commission, but be-
licvcd lie received IL large sum.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
MISSING.
4: X. Duclos, Government Tenchcr
Mt an Indinn Agency.

4: X. Duclos, Government Tenchcr
at an Indian Agency.
Chamberlain. 5. D, Jan. 7.-August
i. Duclos, government teacher at the
Lower Brnle Indian agency. has mys-
teriously disappeared. He left here a
week ago this morning for Mitchell,
nut has disappeared completely and
no trace of him can be found. His
wife is almost distracted over the un.
certainty. Foul play is suspected in
some quarters, as the missing man
took several hundred dollars with him
to pay off mortgage. Parties with
whom he intended having settle
ment did not reach Mitchell until last
Saturday. Some believe lie may have
gone to Sioux City. Chicago, Omaha or
the Twin Cities. He is about five feet
eight inches tall, square built, with
black mustache.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
EARL RUSSELL CASE.
Harvard Professor Agno.tic
AhOut IT,

About 1T,
london, Jan. AT the central Grim
inal court this morning the trial of
Lady Selma Scott, mother-in-law of
Earl Russell. who il charged by the
latter with libel in connection with
John CockertOn and William Aylott.
waH continued. George Saptayana,
professor of moral philosophy at Har-
ward university, testified that he met
Earl Russell Mt Harvard university in
1856, and that in June, 1887, the time
Of the alleged impropriety, he visited
winchester at his lordship's Invitation.
The professor described his own and
Earl Russell's movements, and said
that they then Joined Earl Russelrs
yacht on the Rhine, in 1883, and went
to Paris together. During the whole
voyage he occupied the same cabin as
Earl Russell. and never heard or saw
any impropriety or familiarity between
his lordsllip and the crew. On cross
examination Prof. Santayana said he
was never requested to testify in the
case, but, he added, last September.
when the case was mentioned, he told
Earl Russell that he would testify.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
;, NUBB1Ns OF NEWS. !
Itenao Of General Interest Placed In
q Few LlAe1.

AVE. Va WCASE0A 1hVCEG03 k-13CC0 IN
q Few Lines.
Senator Allison has 40 far recovered
from his recent illness that he left Du.
buque for the East this morning.
The convention Of the Order of Rail-
way Telegraphers has been called to
bc held in Peoria on May IL.
The Van Wagner-Heinri Shoe COM
pany. the oldest and largest house In
Sedalia, Mo-. has closed its doors.
There is no truth in the report that
Senator Sherman, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, intends to
visit Cuba.
Prof. William HI. Pancoast, the dis
tinguisled physician and surgeon. died
in Philadelphia last night, aged sixty
four years.
To-day's statement Of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balances. $230, So, 1874; gold reserve,
$13S, 1851.
RedrOs Eflini, the Armenian who
was recently appointed subkaimikan
OF Tscharsandjak, was asSassinated
two days after his arrival there.
The secretary of the treasury to-day
awarded Il contract for the building of
vessel for the light house service to
Wolf & Zweicker of Portland, Or, mt
$4,000.
The late rains near Poplar Bluff,
Mo-, have caused the Black river to
overflow its banks and the eastern
part of the county Is broad sheet of
water.
\ special to the Chicago Times-IIer-
aid from Washington says President
elect Mckinley will select Col. John
Hay of Washington as ambassador to
Great Britain.
MaXimO Gomez, the insurgent lead
or. has crossed the military line of
Puerto Principe, which extends from
Jucalo, on the south coast of Moron, in
the northern part Of that province.
The pope is pronounced to be we'll
again after the slight indisposition re.
sulting from the eXertiOns attendant
upon his Christmas and New Year re-
ceptions, and will resume his duties to-
morrow.
1t is announced that ex-G0v. l.. Il.
l'flncc of New Mexico, fresh from Il
visit to Canton. where he met both
Mckinley and Hanna, is an applicant
for a position OIL the proposed interna-
tiOnal monetary conference.
Gov. Altgcld of Illinois to-day par
doned twenty cOnvicts. twelve of them
charged with murder. Tie sentences
of tho latter ranged from short terms
for manslauglter to imprisonment for
life for murder in the first degree.
1t was scmi-ofticially announced in
Paris that there was no foundation for
the report made public by the Tage-
blatt of Berlin yesterday saying that
France and Russia would intervene at
Washington in order to prevent Il
breach between the United States and
Spain.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
Accidental Happenings.


The Wilson line steamship Volo is a
total loss ut Wingu, off the coast Of
Sweden. The crew and passengers
were saved.
There was n landslid at Ratsmore,
Eng. A laborer's house was over.
whelmed, and the man, his wife and
seven children were buried.
The double-decked ferry boat New
Brunswick, owned by the Pennsylvania
Railway company, was burned to the
waters edge ut New York. Loss about
S12O,OOO.
i. NJ. Johnson, a merchant. was killed
and Alonzo johnson, colored, seriously
injured by the explosion of a soda
fountain in burning building ut Mia
mi, Fla.
Gregor Kerchbaum and his wife We're
burned to death in their home Mt Johns
ton, Il. I. The building was practical
ly consumed by the fire, which resulted
from the explosion of lamp.
Charles Pfeffer, wealthy laundry
man with interests in Allegheny City
and Chicago shot himself while hunting
near Ligonier, Pa, and died before
his companions could reach him.
A land slip has entirely destroyed
the village Of Santa Ana de Ptlas0,
Italy, demolishing 11S houses and rem
derins $50 families homeless. There
was no loss of life.
Forty-four families were driven out
of their homes when the temperature
was II to IA degrees above zero by a
fire, which started on the third floor
Of nn apartment house in West Fif-
teenth street, New York.
The large furniture house Of Julius
Lansburg OH New York avenue ut
Washington was burned. Loss on
building, stock and adjacent structures
damaged will amount to about $500, 900.
The Burr mansion, where tradition
says that Edgar Allen Poe wrote ''The
Rovcn." is separated from the furniture
establishment only by an alley, but
was saved.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
LANDE DIN CUBA,
The Dauntless Is Doing Whal
TT, ,.nn ETeaAr.Us aIn.p ~ An..,,..

The Dauntless Is Doing What the
Three Friends Had To Abandon.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. IA dispatch
received here from Key West states
that the Dauntless has successfully
landed it's expedition in Cuba. The
expedition, it is said. is the one that
the Three Friends attempted to land
when pursued by Spanish gunboat
and left at No Name Key. from which
place it was taken last Friday by the
Dauntlcss. The cargo. 1t is said, con-
sisted of 100000 cartridges and 1,O4O
rifles, some dynamite, one 12-pound
rapid-liring Hotchkiss gun and mcdi-
cine.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
Treaxurer,. suicid.

Pittsburg. Jan. Z. - Christ Schauer,
Jr., the treasurer OF the Nations Bank
for Savings. committed suicide some
time last night. His body was dis
covered this morning hanging from the
rafters in the closet of the Allegheny
gymnasium. The president of the
bank says his accounts are straight,
the auditing committee having lust
completed the audit for the past year.
Scllaucr has not been in good health
for. year and was very morose. II
is thought this was the cause Of the
suicide &c
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
Pearl Bryan. Confession.

Fe2ft DRY OO"1eso1UHs
indianapolis, Jan. 3. =. Mrs. James
Hackney Of this city does not believe
that Jackson and Walling are primari-
" responsible for the murder of Pearl
Bryan. She said to-day that Pearl
Bryan came to her last September and
engaged a room for which she paid one
weeks rcrt. While there Pearl Bryan,
Mrs. Hackney says, told her who was
responsible for her unfortunate con-
dition, and that it was neither Jackson
nor Walling. Mrs. Hackney says that
II she thought it would do any good
she would write letter to the gov
ernor of Kentucky, asking that the
sentences of Walling and Jackson be
COMMITTED.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
Innocent Men Lynched.

Kansas City, Jan. 3. - Prosecuting
Attorney Aul Of Lafayette county, Mo-,
while in Kansas City to-day, expressed
the opinion that Jesse Winner and
James Nelson, who were lynclled at
Lexington nearly a month ago by a
mob of farmers from Clay county,
were innocent Of the murder of Win
ner's wife and two children. He stated
that he had secured evidence sufficient
to cause the Indictment Of fifty of the
lynchers, and he also stated that, in his
opinion, the actual murderers Of Mrs.
Winner and the children were mem
berp of the mob Of lynchers.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09
Two Murderer. k,,,..

Norfolk, Va. Jan. 7.-William Down
ipg and Charles Williams expiatcd
their crimes OIL the same scaffold this
morning in the yard Of the county Jail.
Ihe drop was pulled by an unknown
hand through a panel. Williams, last
April, IN drunken quarrel aboard q
schooner in the harbor split open tho
head of his friend Charles Bess, Down
Ing fired at mali, but missed his
mark aud fatally shot Emma Lane,
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-09

Doniphan, No., Jan. 3-Report has
reached here of a murder and suicide
at Barfleld. fifteen miles east Of here,
to-day. Adolph Mavis Of New Salem,
ILL.,, walked into the village from
Neeleyville. He went to the house Of
J. A. Payne and asked to see Payne's
wife. On being shown into her pres
ence he drew pistol and shot her
dead. Then as he left the house he
shot himself in the head and shoulder,
dying instantly. Mavis and Mrs. Payne
had been sweethearts before her mar
riage to Payne about six weeks ago.