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The true northerner., 1897-10-12

The melon crop was short this year,
and southwest Georgia farmer who
bad practically "cornered" it in his
neighborbood had suffered seriously
from the deprecationFs of some of the
hungry colored brethren So he gave
out that he had poisoned his melons,
and after the news went forth he
ceased to miss them.
Night after night an old negro who
lived near the finest melon patch had
gazed at their green sides with hungry
eyes, but the thought Of the poison
kept him hungry still.
One moonlight night, however, his
appetite got the best of him. He
looked in the direction of the melons
long and earnestly; then shouldering
a sack. he started off.
'In de name Of goodness, Rufus,
whar you gwine?" asked his wife.
The old man turned, pointed to the
melon patch and said, slowly and sol
emnly:
"I'm a-gwine whar dem melons isl"
"But-dey's p'isoned!"
81 know dey is! But I'm gwine ter
talce my death. Pray fer me!"-Atlan-
Ia Constitution.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
State Notes.

Frank Phiscater, of Benona. Mich,
who returned from Alaska with $780, 900
In gold and left behind claims which he
estimates TO be worth millions, has dis
posed of a one-third interest in the lat
ter to an English syndicate for $780,
coo.
William Shain shot and killed Mrs.
Freeman Lee at Boyne Falls, Mich, and
when cornered by officers of the law
he ended matters By shooting himself
dead.
An ex-sheriff of Michigan is at pres
ent using as an ordinary carriage a
famous chaise owned by Governor Cass
in territorial days. The chaise Is said
to be as strong as ii was seventy five
years ago, and able to stand fifty years
more Of use.
The postoffice safe at Hadley, Mich,
was blown open and $500 worth of sup
plies taken.
John Ellison was convicted Of murder
In the first degree at Grand Rapids,
Mich, for killing his father, Leroy
Ellison, last spring. Ellison Is 20 years
ola
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
SWAMPS ON FIRE.
Drouth In Michigan without Precedent in
Duration.


Niles Depot, Mich, Oct. 9.-With the
exception of light shower which pre-
vailed here Thursday evening for a few
minutes, there has been no rainfall in
this section since early in September
The drouth is without precedent, and
not in twenty-five years has it been 81
extended and damaging. Early in Sep
tember corn was dried UP and the pros
Iects Of an excellent crop were de-
stroyed. In the country districts ev-
erything is dry and dusty and wheat
that was sowed has been plowed up
again.
To add to the discomforts large
swamps, which abound in Berrien coun-
ty, caught fire about ten days ago anc
have since been blazing fiercely. Farm
ers whose homes have been in danger
from these fires have fought the flames
night and day. BY plowing trenches
they checked the flames until they could
remove their household goods. Hun
dreds of tons of valuable hay have
been destroyed, and the fire is still rag
ing and will not be extinguished until
a heavy fall Of rain comes All the
small streams are dried up and the
water in the st. Joseph river is now
so low that the large paper mills which
depend on IL for power are only iun-
ming half time, throwing hundreds Of
employees out Of work.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12

Arthur company. $4,000; the Michel
building. $50. 900: Michel stock. $4,000;
Leonard building. 100000.
Other losses. most of which are fully
insured. are as follows: Central Saw
ings bank. $4,000; Hugh Connolly. jew
eler. $40 900: Vaughan e. Tanner. $50. coo;
c. III. Werner. $4,000; Traugott Schmidt
estate. owner OF Werner building, $685.
900: Grand Union Tea company. SIS. 900:
Partisan laundry. $4,000; Central Stor-
age company. $4,000; Grand Trunk re-
pair shops. $4,000: Brossy's dye shop.
81, 500; Opera House musicians. $1,000;
p. j. Kinnucan, tailor. $4,000; DIR. w. H.
Kessler. $1,000; Boston Shoe store. build
ing and stock. $500; j. & T. Hurley.
coal dealers. $4,000; Chope & Sons.
wagon works. $500. and other minor
losses by smoke, water. ETC.. $4,000.
Careful estimates OF the losses caused
by the fire place the total figures at
$64O. 900. with $535.O00 insurance. Added
to the main losses are those OF people
who had household goods, ETC.. stored in
the Central Storage building. and the
contents Of the Offices of professional
people and others in the various build
ings which were ruined.
Detroit. Oct. 9.-Late last night the
dead body of Robert A. Pennington. Is
years old. was found uEder the ruins back
OF the Detroit opera house, making the
first fatality in connection with Wedne5-
day nights confiagration.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
BIG BUILDING GOES TO SMASH.
Catches Forty Men i'm the Collapse, Kills
Two and Badly Hurts Nine Others.

Catches Forty Men in the Collapse, Kills
Two and Badly Hurts Nine Others.
Charlevoix, Mich, Oct. 6.-The big ho-
tel at Lindsay park, which was to have
been the largest summer hotel at the
northern Michigan resorts, fell with a
crash yesterday afternoon and is total
wreck. 1t was ali enclosed and roofed
but the lower stories. it is asserted, were
not properly braced. and the fierce gale
striking on the 440 feet of side wall
caused the most exposed end to waver,
and gathering momentum as it fell the
huge mass rose like a wave and sank
with a crash which was heard for a mile.
burying forty workmen in q
mass OF broken timber and
splintered boards. In few
moments hundreds Of willing hands were
chopping and cutting away the wreck
age, and in a short time the injured were
being taken out and the wounded cared
for 1t was a terrible spectacle, and the
cries Of the imprisoned men caused the
rescuers to work like demons
In an hour all were out. Pierce Ken
dali, Of Charlevoix, and Guy Hamilton
Of Grand Rapids. are dead. The badly
injured are: Charles Heintzleman, James
Gillett, Sy Cain, G. w. Mcneil and Will
lis Silsby, from Grand Rapids and Trav-
erse City, and William Phelps and Will
lam Wood, of Charlevoix. f. A. Smith
and A. NJ Hall, spectators were quite
badly injured, as was Charles Gabriel,
the electric lighting contractor. The
money loss will be we'll up in the thou
sands, but the building will undoubtedly
be rebuilt. The accident is said to have
been due to rushing heavy work in the
upper stories before the lower partition
walls were properly braced
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
MICHIGAN MELANGE.


Important Happenings In the State During
the Past Few Dsvs Reported by Tels-
graph Matter selected for the Benefit Of
Our Own People.
Crystal Falls, Mich, Oct. 6.-Peter
Bons. the murderer OF Pearl Morrison.
was Monday sentenced by Judge Stone
of the circuit court to Imprisonment for
life in the branch state prison at Mar
quette. The prisoner was brought into
court heavily handcuffed. this being the
first time the sheriff had found Ii neces-
sary to take that precaution. Bons
has been very unruly. One day last
week he broke up the porcelain bowl In
his cell. He had the same grin Monday
that he had through the inquest last
August and never fiinched during the
proceedings. Prosecuting Attorney
Handy read the charge to him and he
listened intently, pleading guilty when
asked by the court what he had to say
Talked Privately with Bons.
The judge then ordered the prisoner
removed to his private room, where he
had a short talk with him, but IL must
have been unsatisfactory, for upon re-
turning to the bench the judge asked
that the witnesses that were secreted
in the Jail to overhear the story be put
upon the stand. M. b. MCGEE was the
first to be sworn. This was the first in
timation that the prisoner had of the
real character of the detective who
worked him last summer. He lis
tened intently as Mr.. McGee related
what he had heard :he prisoner say
b. III. Parks who had also been a wit
ness to the story, corroborated McGee's
testimony The prisoner was then asked
IL he had anything further to say and
he replied that he had not The judge
then prefaced the sentence with the re-
mark that he doubted If the prisoner re-
allied the enormity Of the crime, and
that therefore nothing that the court
might say would bring to the prisoner
any idea of the gravity Of the situation.
Not Affected by the Sentence.
Bons was then sentenced to confine-
ment at hard labor for life in the
branch prison at Marquette. The SEN
tence made no visible affect upon the
prisoner and the judge ordered him
taken from the room. The mother OF
the prisoner came up from Norway and
was at the Jail door at noon, be-
seeching admission. Bons had heard OF
her being in town and told Sheriff Waite
not to allow her to enter the Jail. The
sight of the woman as she wept at the
door and begged admission was too
much for the sheriff and he let her in.
She upbraided her son for the disgrace
he had brought upon the family and
the terrible crime he had committed.
Bons finally broke down and wept for
the first time since he has been in GUS
tody. He was taken to Marquette Tues
daV
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
THE KINoFIsHER.

A Hash OF blue and q gutteral cry.
And see kinghsher dashing by:
A sudden splash and a surge OF foam,
And he bears fish TO his sand-bank home.
Listen again for that loud. harsh noise.
And watch him over a calm pool poise;
Then with a weird. enticing scream.
Beckoning on for a race up stream
Through the mists where the cascades fall
The halcyon lures with his fearless call.
And then he laughs from a willow bough.
AS much as TO say: Where are you now?"
With his breast OF white and his belt OF
blue.
He awaits an admiring glance from you;
Then on and away with a mocking cry
A fash OF blue on an April sky.
Henry Kalloch Rowe. In Demorest's Mag
azine.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
DETROIT Has A eReAT FIRE.
Total Loss Is Put at More Than 5000, 900
Seven Buildings Burned

Detroit, Oct. s.-The total loss of the
fire that ragged here early yesterday
morning is estimated at over $500,
Seven buildings with their contents
were destroyed by the blaze that started
on the stage of the Detroit Opera House
about 1 a. m. The principal losses are
as follows: Detroit Opera House, $780,
600; c. ]. whitney, $4,000; the Julia
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Steamer Founders on Lake Huron.

Port Huron. Mich, Oct. 1.-THE
steamer E. B. Hale foundered in Lake
Huron Friday afternoon. Her crew were
all picked up by the steamer Nebraska
and landed here Saturday morning. The
Hale was bound from Lorain. o., to
Milwaukee. with steel billets. Half way
across Saginaw bay she encountered a
southwest gale. The breaking of a
steam pipe left the vessel helpless in
the trough Of the sea. Finally she filled
and sank
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
work for Hi. stomach Teeth.

Mamma-Tommy, you must not
swallow your food whole that way. 1t
viii not digest unless it is chewed up.
Tommy-Huhl What's them stom-
nch teeth of mine-that you're talking
about--for then ?-Cincinnati CONNER
cial-Tribune.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Long walk for an Octogenarian.

Niles, Mich, Oct. 9.-AloLzo Huntley.
a hoary-headed, decrepit old man, has
just completed remarkable tramp. in
spite of being so years of age. Huntley
lives In Council Bluffs, Ia, and has a
sister, Mrs. A. Il. Badger, living in the
northern part of this (Berrien) county.
The old man was anxious to visit his sis
ter, and six weeks ago left his home. to
walk the entire trip. On the tramp he
carried a bucksaw with which TO earn
his living saving wood on the way.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
The American Hotel sx.,em

Proprietor average hoteD-very sor-
ry, sir, but you will have to leave this
house at once.
Guest-Goodness mel What have I
done?
Proprietor (solemnly)-You said
something TO a waiter which has dis
pleased the cook.-Yellow Book.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Forest Fires I'm Michigan.

Caro-. Mich, Oct. Forest fires are
raging south and east of Kingston. Sew
eral farm houses and barns have been
burned and great excitement prevails,
as change of wind wiuld place Kings
ton in imminent danger. The village Of
Wilmot is also surrounded by fire and
will surely burn unless help is given the
exhausted residents, who have been des-
perately fighting fire day and night.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Killed by a Premature Blast.

Wakefield, Mich, Oct. 11.-By the pre-
mature explosion of a powder blast on
the tenth level of the Brotherton mine
Saturday two men were killed and an
other probably fatally Injured. The
killed are: Leander Peterson and Joseph
Johnson. A man named Harris was prob
ably fatally injured.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Michigan Drourht Broken.

Crystal Falls. Mich, Oct. 1.-THE sixty
days drought has at last been dispelled
and frequent showers have occurred
since Monday night. Owing to the care
lessness of hunters valuable tracts of
standing pine in this county were threat
ened with destruction until the rain put
a check to the progress of the flames.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Died of Heart Disease.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Oct. 7.-Profes-
sor Conrad J. Swensburg. president Of
The Herald company, and largely inter-
ested in banking and manufacturing,
died of heart disease, aged 62 years.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Schooner Founders in the Lake.

Holland, Mich, Oct. Z. THE little
schooner Ellen Stevenson foundered in
Lake Michigan yesterday. Captain
Schippers and his crew Of three men
escaped in their yawl boat and reached
this port.
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
DESERVING ST. MlCHAELS.
All Those Who Have the Necessary None
Are Leaving That Place.


Are Leaving That Place.
Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. H.
Among the passengers who arrived here
on the schooner Sailor Boy from st.
Miobaels was John Quincy Barnum Of
Murray. Ida. Barnum was one Of the
eighty-six passengers on the steamer
Eliza Anderson. which was forced to
put into Dutch Harbor in a disabled
condition. Barnum said there had been
no news direct from Dawson City re-
ceived at st. Michaels for four weeks
previous to his leaving, and no news
can possibly be brought by river be-
fore next summer.
'In a month from now," he said, II
do not believe there will be 100 persons
left in st. Michaels as nearly every
body is preparing to come back. The
captain Of the Novelty will bring down
with him all those having sufficient
money TO pay for their board on the
trip, no fare being charged. This Is
done simply as an act of charity"
The true northerner., 1897-10-12
Fire I'm New York.

New York. Oct. 11.-Fire in First ave-
nue. early Saturday morning caused de-
struction of and damaged the property
to the aggregate sum of 100000. The
heaviest loss. $4,000, was sustained by
John Lense. manufacturer OF iceboxes
and bar fixtures and owner Of one Of the
buildings burned. The fire threatened
the occupants OF a group Of tenement
houses. who were obliged to leave their
beds for the streets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

JUDGE WILLIAM r. DAY, of Canton
o., has been selected by the president
as special commissioner to Cuba to
participate as the representative of the
president in the investigation to be
made by the Spanish authorities into
the alleged murder of DIR. Ruiz.
FIRE destroyed frame house in Car
roll street, Brooklyn, early on the
morning of the 30th and Peter keenan,,
aged 40, and Marie Stewart, aged 5,
were burned to death. The mother of
the girl was also seriously burned.
A DISPATCH from Rome says that the
pope is writing an important encyclical
letter which will be published in the
United States in May, when the con-
gress of American bishops meets.
FOUR incendiary fires We're started
late the night of the Goth at AL
toona, Pa. The most serious was the
one at Stokes planning mill, which was
completely destroyed, entailing a loss
of $50, 900. No clew to the firebugs has
been obtained.
A DISPATCH from Cincinnati stated
that whisky distillers' finished goods
had been advanced to 81. Is a gallon, an
advance of one cent
THE president has nominated Frank
w. Palmer, of Illinois, for public
printer. He was public printer under
the Harrison administration.
A TORNADO struck Chandler, Ok, on
the evening of the 3Oth and nearly
wiped out the little city, fire complet-
ing the work of ruin began by the
wind. Nineteen dead bodies were
taken out of the wrecked buildings
and score more were thought to be
still under the debris. At least $50
persons were injured severely and a
dozen of those were said to be dying.
Only two buildings were left standing
in the place.
In the senate ON the 30th Mr.. Allen
made speech on the unconstitution-
atty of tariff taxes beyond. those
requisite for revenue. A new pooling
bill was introduced by Mr.. Foraker
and Mr.. Morgan presented a resolution
requesting the president to inform the
senate whether any communication
had been received By him or his prede-
cessor from Gen. Gomez, the Cuban in
surgent- The house debated the
tariff bill.
| Two women and a baby were smooth
cred to death by smoke on the 30th in
a house at New York which was par
! tally consumed by fire.
CoNsUL-GENERALL LEE. at Havana, has
been notified by the Washington au-
tho-ities that his services will not be
needed after April 15.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPE

Queen Victoria purchases almost
every new book of note published, and
her expenditure ON literature of all sorts
is over $1,000 per annuIn.
Gar Nicholas has presented to the
Magyar national museum at Budapest
the sword of George Rakoczy l., prince
of Pennsylvania, whom they have made
one of their national heroes.
The king of Greece delights in taking
recreation i'm the fields. He can pillow,
cut and bind corn, milk cows, and, in
short, could at a pinch keep farm
going single handed.
Emperor Williams latest fad is tel
egraph, and he is spending several hours
week learning to send messages by
dots and dashes. He has already made
considerable progress as an operator
OF the key.
Queen Wnhel1nina of Holland has a
miniature farm, the produce of which
she gives to the poor and to the hos
pitfalls. Her Swiss chalet is stocked with
the accumulated toys of IL years or
more, and here she learned to keep
house" in the most approved Dutch
style.
For the first time since 1867 the queen
of the Belgians has gone On a long visit
10 France. She is at Chantilly, the
guest of the Due d'Aumale. CEanti1ly
is a place where training of horses for
race courses is the staple business, and
the queen has passion for horses. The
queen of Naples has a racing stud at
this place.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

said that general reduction of operat-
ing expenses has been inaugurated by
the Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. and
an order issued dispensing with the
services of many train dispatchers and
clerks and reducing the salaries of
operators SIS per month.
THE Spanish general, Hernandez
velasco, while operating in the hills of
Pinar del Rio, recently defeated a party
of Cuban insurgents under Gen Ruiz
Rivera, who was wounded and taken
prisoner. The crew of the Spanish
gunboat Dependence deserted to the
insurgents, after having burned the
gunboat and secured the arms and am
munition on board
Two tobacco merchants, named Will
liam Fades and John Hatfield, were
killed by passenger train while cross
ing the tracks at Paducah, KY, in
their buggy.
THE United Press, having its princi-
pal office in New York, on the 29th
filed in the county clerks Office an as
signment for the benefit of its creditors
to Frederick G.. Mason, the auditor of
the corporation. The assignment pa
pers were filed by Charles A. Dana,
president of the corporation.
THE boiler of a sawmin exploded at
Augusta, Ky, on the 29th. killing two
Hlen ana 1dUSi1Iy 1nJurlHS tHfee OIueTS-
A BAND of vigilantes who call
themselves ''black caps" because they
wear DISCUSSES of that color, has been
organized in Carlisle county, Ky. Re-
Gently they went to the cabin of col
ored family and drove them away The
worst class of negroes are badly fright
ened and are leaving the vicinity in
numbers to avoid a visit from the regu-
1ators.
c. E. CROSBY, the correspondent of
the Chicago Record in Cuba, was re-
ported killed while watching a fight
between Spanish and insurgent troops.
A MOVEMENT has been started by
some influential men of New York by
which it is hoped to get Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage to return to that city. A
plan is on foot to erect one of the
greatest edificeS for worship on this
continent.
AUSTIN, Tex, and the surrounding
country was visited by terrific cyclone
the 2sth that did great amount of
damage to property, many buildings
being unroofed and twisted from their
foundations. Several persons at differ
ent places were reported killed or IA
tally injured. Railroads in the state
were also badly damaged by the heavy
rains which followed.
WILLIAM L. ADA MS, the Well-knOWn
writer OF boys books under the name
of "Oliver Optic" died at his home at
Boston on the 27th from fatty degen-
GRAFTON of the heart, aged rs years.
A COMBINATION was said to be nearly
completed between dealers in the pro-
ducts of the fresh water fisheries of
the United States and Canada which
will practically control the supply.
The trust is backed by English capital.
ROBBERS tried to derail a train on the
Texas, Saline Valley Sc Northwestern
road on the 25th by piling iron on thu
| track, but the pilot of the locomotive
pushed the obstruction and the plan
miscarried.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
STRANGE THINGS ABROAD.

The Giants club in Berlin admits
10 membership no one who is less than
six feet in height
Red socks have just killed hostler
at Stamford. England The dye entered
a cut in his foot. causing blood poison
ing.
In Hamburg dog is taxed accord
ing to his size; little tax for little
dog. and a big tax for a big dog.
In the city of Brussels there is q
clock which is wound up by the wind,
and never by human hands,
G1obular lightning set fire to a wom-
ans dress near Anglers, in France, DUR
ing a recent storm, the burns causing
her death soon after.
Some of the towns of Germany have
their water pipes made of glass, pro-
tected with an asphalt covering, to pre-
vent fracture.
A fire at a farmhouse near Administer,
England, was put out recently by pump
ing on it cider from hogsheads, as there
was no water to be had.
Blondin's, the tight-rope walkers,
stock in trade is offered for sale in
Paris. Besides the tri-colored wheel
barrow, the harmonium, cornet and
costumes, it includes the cable on which
he crossed the river above the falls OF
Niagara.
Tiny, the smallest toy terrier in the
world, died recently in London. He was
less than four inches long. His late
owner, Lieut.. Gen. Sir Archibald Mac
laine, has had the body stuffed and
has presented it to the London Zoolog-
ical garden.
At Persian funerals the z-1ourners
are supplied with wads of cotton, which
they use to wipe away their tears. The
cotton is afterward collected and
squeezed, and the tears are bottled and
preserved. They are supposed to pos
sess restorative qualities in faintine
fits.
Bicycle readings are the latest Eng
lish novelty. They are a sort of Chau
tauqua on wheels. Clubs of literary
young ladies are formed to read up OF
various subjects, and the memt ers
wheel away to the woods with theiI
lunches and notebooks at stated times
to hold their meetings under the trees
There is no international copyright OF
the idea, and it will bear importation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.

ONE man was fatally gored, another
one had q gaping wound in his hip and
limb and a whole train crew was ex-
hausted in an attempt to transfer a
bull from one car to another at Web
ster City, Ia.
THE coal fields of jackson county,
O., have been bought by an English
syndicate. Twenty companies We're il
the transfer and 81, 900, 600 was the con-
sideration-
THE boiler in the power house of tho
electric street railroad at Elmira, N.
Y, exploded on the goth. The fireman
was instantly killed and the engineer
was seriously injured This damage
done was estimated at S25. coo.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Many are willing to wound with word
who dare not strike blown. Y. Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

A crutch is used for sprains. Use st.
Jacobs Oil instead; it cures.