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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-18
SPECIAL
h|D.WENTER
SALE ON
Shoes.

styles. This seas on 8
shapes and regular sizes.
Winter Russets at $500,
$3.50 and IS. 40. Enam-
els at $3.50 and $40.
Heavy Calf at $500 and
81 so. Sealskin at $3.50.
We also have in Boys
SIZES Heavy Tan Calf Lin.
ed Double Soled Shoes
made just like the mems
and with 10 per cent off
of the price. Our Patent
Leather Dress Shoes, at
SIS, SG and 81 are the best
in this market, they tell us.
Come in end see them aud
see see if we are right.
Closed evenings except Sat-
urday at 6 O'Clock,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-18

YINlSlAI opportunity 10 n2aome Iowru!
- physician. Dean lvJl W. Congress st.
thlthGu. III, stamps W
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
HIGH VRal6 .
AND FLAME
Place the City of MOorhead
in Peril For a
Time.
SEVERAL BUILDINGS GO.
Loss of Over $4,000
Caused by Fire in Bus
mess Part.
FARGO CALLED ON FOR AID
Fire Department of the Two
Cities Barely Avert a
Conflagration.
FARGO CALLED ON FOR AID

Special to the Globe.
MOORHEAD, Mimi, Sept. 15-Fire
tonight destroyed the Hector corner
and several adjacent buildings. caus-
ing loss Of $4,000. The insurance is
about 20 per cent of the loss. The fire
Was discovered about o'clock in a
barn in the rear Of the old Erickson
hotel, and the flames spread rapidly,
being famed by thirty-mile an hour
gale. 1t required the combined efforts
of the Moorhead and Fargo ire de-
partments to keep the fire within the
block, and about 10 o'clock it was un-
der control. The Peterson Mercantile
company are the heaviest losers. Their
stock was valued at 100000 and was
damaged about so per cent The build
ing, which was owned by Hansen
Bros, was damaged $4,000; insurance
$4,000. Simon Frasers loss was 1000,
insurance $4,000; Lamb estate $4,000, in
surance $500. The other losses, in
many instances without insurance,
bring the total loss to $4,000 For two
hours the residence portion of the city
was in great danger and numerous
small fires started from cinders car
ried by the high wind. Had it not been
for the remarkably effective work of
the f1remen the loss would have been
more than double
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
JOBtLOT LYNCHING.
Vengeance Taken for a Series
of Exasperating Robberies.

their lines and latterly they have prey
ed upon the citizens. The citizens
have taken the law into their own
hands in this locality before, but not
before to such an extent as today. The
Reno brothers were lynched together
at Seymour, Ind, twenty years ago,
and the Archer gang, three in num-
Der, were strung up together at Shoals,
Ind, twelve years ago. There have
been numerous lynchings of one at a
time, but the Job lot" Of five today
breaks the record.
JOB LOT LYNCHING.
About 1 o'clock this morning horse
men seemed to come from all quar-
ters. They dismounted on a hill side
near Versailles. Little time was lost
for the details had been prearranged.
Quietly about 400 men marched into
town The Jail was in charge Of Will
lam keenan,, Sheriff BuShing's
brother in-law, the former being at
home on account of an injury. In
front of the Jail proper is the resi-
dence, and in that were Acting Jaf1or
Keenan, and Robert Barrett, William
Block. and Wensett, deputies. Shortly
before O'clock there was a knock at
the door, and when Keenan, and the
others opened the door they were con-
fronted with pistols by three masked
men, and asked to turn over the keys.
This they did, and then the mob filed
into the Jail. Three of the prisoners,
Levi Jenkins and Shuller, were on
the lower floor, while Gordon and An
drews were in the upper tier. Levi
and Jenkins and Shuller showed fight,
and the former. was shot through the
breast, while the skulls of the two
latter were crushed with a stool
Ropes We're in readiness, and adjust
ing a Moose around the neck of each,
their feet and hands were pinioned,
and then the march began They
were not carried, but with several
men at the end of each rope, the fivt.
prisoners were dragged a distance of
bodies were suspended. 1t is said
before they reached the place. Death
resulted from hanging in the case of
Gordon and Andrews.
Andrews and Gordon had already
been wounded, having been shot sew
eral times while attempting to rob 3.
store at Correct last Saturday night
Shuller was in Jail for attempting
burglary, and Levi and Jenkins had
just been indicted by the grand jury
for robbery. They had failed to give
bond and were put in Jail last even
ing. The bandages that were on the
wounded men were found later this
morning along the street, where they
had been torn off as the men were
dragged along. Lyle Levi was an old
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

soldier, and bore on his face wounds
received during the Civil war while
fighting for the Union
None of the lynchers are known.
They all came from a distance, pre-
sumably from the neighborhood of
Correct, where the two men were ar
rested Saturday night.
REIGN OF TERROR.
For four or five years, and even
longer, the farmers of this county
have been the victims of a lawless
gang, who, apparently lacking in fear,
have piled their vocation to the terror
of the people, for they seemingly have
had no visible means of earning a
living. Farmers would come to town
with a bunch of cattle or load of
farm products, and the next morn
ing they would be found along the
roadside suffering from wounds and
minus the proceeds of their sale. Old
German farmers have been visited,
and both men and women have been
subjected to all the tortures that
hardened mind could stand. Aged
German women have been forced to
stand upon red-hot stove in an ef
fort to compel them to disclose the
hiding place of some treasure in the
house. These depredationS have con-
tinued INCREASINGLY. Arrests have
been made, but the guilty parties
have covered up their lawless-
tions followed.
During the past week these robberies
increased alarmingly. On last Satur-
day word was received by the sheriff
that the store of Wooley Bros, at Cor
rect, Ind, ten miles from here, was to
be entered. The information was given
by one OF the gangs confederates,
who had been under suspicion. Sheriff
Henry Gushing arranged that this in
formant should accompany them, and
with five deputies they went to the
place. Sheriff Bushing concealed him.
self in the cellar, while his deputies
were stationed at a convenient dis
tance outside. Shortly after midnight
the gang reached Wooley Bros store.
Gordon affected an entrance, and just
as he stepped inside the sheriff
grabbed him. Both pulled pistols at
the same time and began firing. Bert
too, joined in the fusilade, while the
deputies came to the assistance of the
sheriff. Some thirty shots were fired.
The sheriff was shot through the hand
and Gordon was shot several times.
Three pistol balls entered his body, and
he was also shot in the leg. Gordon
and Andrews succeeded in escaping,
and went to Osgood, where they were
arrested. The robbers had driven out
to the place in a buggy belonging to
Lyle Levi, and, from information SUBJ
seouently gathered, it was learned that
the robbery had been planned at the
home of William jenkins. The two
latter were arrested as accessories. All
were taken to the Jail at Versailles.
While the citizens have not been able
to fix the various robberies upon these
fA hn ri Of
a gang that has committed a host of
them When it became known that
they were in Jail, it was quietly sug-
gested by the victims and sympathiz-
ers that Justice be summarily dealt
the prisoners.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
SAYS HE KILLED THE BOY.
MaxweIFs Accomplice Tells Her
Story on the Stand.

-
story on the Stand.
Special to the Globe.
BRAINERD, Mimi, Sept. 15.-David
Maxwell is on trial under an indict-
ment which charges him with murder
in the first degree, the victim being his
seven-year- son Willie. For the
crime Mrs Nellie Prayer is now serv-
ing life sentence at Saltwater, she
having made confession at the March
term, later on duplicating Maxwell,
with whom she had been living for
over a year previous to the crime.
On the witness stand today she tes-
titled that Maxwell, on the evening OF
Feb 10, told her he intended getting
rid of the boy, and that he would
secret the body in the hay loft of the
barn and she must fire the building
and burn the body in order to conceal
the crime She stated that she refused
to mix up with it, but the next day
near noon Maxwell came in the house
and told her he had killed the boy and
that she must do her part in firing the
building and she did so. Mrs. Prayer
is very bitter towards Maxwell, and
sentiment is divided as to his guilt or
innocence. The case will occupy the
balance of the week.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
FATALITY IN THE BLAZE.
Business Block at RedfieId, $. d., i'm
Ashes-LOss. S25.OOO

REDFIELD, S. D., Sept. 15.-Prob-
ably the worst fire that has visited
Redfield during its existence. started
from a gasoline stove at o'clock this
morning in a lodger's rooms in the
Anderson brick block. So quickly did
the flames spread that in two hours
the entire block was consumed. Lodg-
ers upstairs escaped from the building
with portions of the goods.
The fire started in room occupied
by Howard. Williams and wife, and
both were burned very badly. Mr..
Williams died later in the day as the
result of his injuries.
The loss of the block and contents is
estimated at $4,000. Anderson's fur
nfture house saved a portion of it's
stock. The opera house and contents
are a complete loss. DR.. Boardman,
dentist, lost all his Office effects. A.
w. Greenman, dry goods and groceries,
lost almost his entire stock.
Insurance is as follows: Anderson's,
$500 on block and $500 on stock; Green
man, $1,000 on stock; little or no other
insurance. Altogether it was the
worst fire the city has ever sustained.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

JACKSON, Mimi, Sept. Is. = The
state capitol depopulated, it's business
houses closed, it's newspapers suspend
ed, seven cases Of yellow fever official
ly announced at it's very doors, with
many suspected cases at various
points, an embargo on the railroads
Of the state and grave apprehensions
that the dread disease has obtained d
foothold in numerous parts of the
state; wild alarm everywhere-such is
the conditions existing in the middle,
western and northern portions of Mis-
sissippi today.
All the fears Of the citizens of jack
son in regard to the sickness prevalent
at Edwards have been realized. Dr.
Guiteras, the government expert, has
confirmed seven cases of yellow fever
and says there are many suspects
First, the cases were reported as
malarial fever, then after time they
became dengue fever. Another wait
and they were pronounced suspicious,
and finally declared to be the genuine
yellow fever. During all this time the
disease has been spreading rapidly at
the rate of five or six new cases daily
until there are now forty cases In
existence at Edwards. The evolution
Of the disease from malarial to yellow
fever was such that the people now
regard dengue as simply more con-
venient term than yellow fever.
DR.. Guiteras arrived at Edwards on
a special train at o'clock this morn
ing and proceeded at once to work. A
telegram addressed to DR.. Guiteras
asking for information on the situation
at Edwards elected the reply that he
had no statement for the public Shortly
afterwards DR.. Purnell, who has been
at Edwards for several days, wired the
state board of health as follows:
DR.. Guiteras arrived this morning. We
have visited number of cases and the fol-
lowing are pronounced yellow fever: W. A.
Montgomery, Pat Montgomery, Mrs Anna
Henry, T. H. w. Barrett, E. E. Suttle, Miss
Mamie Austin, three miles out in the coun-
try; Mrs. Champion, at Champion Hill.
At 10 a. M, the following report was
made by DR.. Guiteras:
SIX NEW CASES.
Edwards, Miss, Sept. 15.-Wyman, Wash
ington: The diagnosis of yellow fever made
in six cases by DR.. Parnell is confirmed.
seen. There many children sick with
what is believed to be a mild type of the
disease. The cases are not confined to one
locality but are all traceable to the Anderson
case which came from Ocean Springs. The
medium of distribution appears to have been
the Champions. Mr.. Champion, who died,
was prominent man and many people con-
gregated in the house during his illness. DR..
Purnell is immune and I recommend him as
competent to take charge of the situation if
necessary. 1 shall leave this afternoon for
Mobile unless otherwise directed.
The state board has instructed Dr.
Purnen to place a Gordon of guards
around Edwards Reports say that
the disease has also appeared at Clin-
ton and Smiths, towns near Edwards.
The state board has ordered the dis
continuance of trains on the Wood
ville Miss, branch of the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley road.
The following order was promulgat-
ed today by the state board of health,
Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 15-All citizens Of
the state of Mississippi, railroad officials and
other transportation lines and all newspapers
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept 15-The coal
miners strike, as far as the Pittsburg
district is concerned, is off, and the
q, 900 diggers will resume work tomor-
row at the 65-cent rate. The decision
to ignore the ten-day clause, which
was a condition of the Columbus set
tlement, was arrived at late this after
noon by delegate convention of min
ers representing the entire district.
There were only four dissenting votes
when the resolution to go to work at
once was voted upon.
The resolutions adopted create a
scale committee for the year; require
mines to close down on Oct. 1, where
the company refuses to weigh coal be-
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
Goal Strike 5 Twenty-Five thousand Men
~ Will Return to Work
Is Off...... To-day.

fore screening; determine to continue
camps at mines of New York & Cleve-
land Gas Coal company; assess work.
men per cent of wages for the ex-
pense, and heartily indorses the uni
formity agreement. The principal
resolution, allowing the miners to re-
sumo at once was debated until late
in the afternoon, when President Do
Ian took the floor He said the ten
day clause was an outrage and an ef-
fort to please a few dissatisfied men.
His plea for immediate resumption
was so eloquent that the resolution
went through with a rush, only four
voting against it. A wage scale was
agreed to-, and the convention adj
journed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
TWO SIDES TO BRIBERY TALK.
RockefeIIer's Lawyer Tells of That
Telegram.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 15.-Yester-
day in the Merritt VS.. Harris case.
Henry E. Harris testified that j. p.
Cotton, the Rockefeller attorney, Of
fered him $25,0OO for certain telc-
gram, sent by Lon Merritt to M. M.
Clark He did not say what the tele-
gram contained. This morning J. j.
Cotton went on the stand, and said
that the proposition was made 10 him
by Harris, who came into his Office,
and told him that he had o. telegram
from Lon Merritt to Clark. which was
very important to him. ThiA occurred
after the decision of the court Of ap-
peals, ordering a new trial TIE telA-
gram would have sustained tie theory
of the defense in the big Merritt VS..
Rockefeller case as to the signing Of
the contract forming the consolidated
mines, and would, If it could fave
been produced. probably resulted iii .
verdict for Rockefeller. Cotton seys-
Harris made proposition to leave tie
telegram lying around whern he could
find II, and when asked what lie ex-
pected in return, named So5.o09 a. the
figure Mr.. Cotton said rs spu,ned TIE
Offer
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YoRK-sailed: st. Paul, southamp-
ton; Teutonic, Liverpool; Kensington, Ant
werp. Arrived: Persia, Hamburg; Servia
Naples; Lain, Bremen
LIVERPOOL-Sailed: Majestic, New York;
Rhynland Philadelphia. Arrived: Aurania
New York.
SOUTHAMPTON-Arrive Paris, New
York.
PLYMOUTH-Arrived Saale. New York
LONDON-Arrived: Massachusetts, New
York.
QUEENsTOWN-Arriv Germanic, New
York.
ANTWERP-Arrived: Pennsylvania, Phila-
delphia
ROTTERDAM-Sailed Spaarndam, New
York.
C0PENHAGEN-Arrived Island, New
York.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
Beekeepers Met.

Special to the Globe.
WINoNA, Mimi, Sept 15-The Southern
Minnesota Beekeepers' association held their
annual convention in this city today in the
rooms of the county commissioners at the
court house. Members Of the organization
were present from all over Southern Mime
the industry under consideration were read.
The following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, E. B. Huffman; vice
prsidens, John Turnbull, w. X. Bates. w.
H. Stohman Fred Oech and J. w. Gates,
secretary, C. A. Gils; treasurer, Mrs. Will
lam Berthe.
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considerable force. The losses they
have sustained will probably deter
them from any bold offensive move
ment against Samana. Gen. Yeatman-
Biggs will content himself with hold
ing them in check, pending the start
of Sir William Lockhart, commander
of the Punjab frontier force, a fort
night hence with the punitive eXpedl-
ton to Tirah.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
ST. PauI Boy Sentenced.

TURTLE LAKE, Sept 15.-Thomas Clark
Is years DID, formerly of st. Paul, has just
been sentenced to states prison for three
years. for burglary. The crime was committed
in the village of Amery, Polk county, on
the hight of Aug II, by breaking open and
robbing the store of Christ Peterson & Co.
The trial was before Judge Vinje. OF this cir
cult
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
FRONTIER FIGHTING.
1t Continues, But Is Probably Not
...5.- Very Important.

LONDON, Sept. ia ditpatch from
Bombay received tonight reports that
the fighting continues around Fort
I,ockhardt and Fort Guiistan, but as
no official news on the subject has been
received it is believed that the fighting
cannot be very important, the enemy
having displayed the customary tactics
of retiring whenever confronted by
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
BULLETIN 6s 20
THE ST. PFUL Gil IOB,
THURSDAY, SEPT. 1e, 1897.
Weather for Today
Fair, Decidedly Cooler.

Weather for Today
Fair, Decidedly Cooler.
PAGE 4.
Fire Loss of $4,000 at MOOrhead.
Southern Cities Panic-Stricken.
Big Strike is Ended.
Five Lynched in Indiana.
PAGE 2.
Days Social Events.
Robertson Golden wedding.
Capitol Contract Signed.
Oil and Drug Men Banquet.
Railway Wreck-Near Seventh Street.
PAGES.
Minneapolis Matters.
st. Paul Woman Sees Hayward.
Steamer Excelsior in From Alaska.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Manchester College ReOpens.
Maj. Mclaughlin ON Indian Service
Gossip in Hotel Corridors.
N. Y. Democrats Repudiate Silver.
d.
Buckeyes and HOOsiers Break Even.
National League Results.
Results in the Golf Tourney.
Days Sporting Gossip.
Quiet Reigns at HazletOn.
PAGE
Stocks Make High Record Prices.
Bar Silver, 55 3-4c.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, "a 7-Sc.
Worlds Markets Reviewed.
PAGE z.
Heavy Shipments of Flour.
Railway Gossip.
Evidence Damaging to Luetgert.
August Exports Break the Record.
Omceseekers at White House.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
How AIIemannia Can Reopen.
Judge Green Disbarred.
ShufeIdt on the Stand.
MOrfOrd's Defense Begun.
News of the Courts.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

ln East st. Louis fisher.nan was
ar, ,Aated for winkirs a pretty girl.
Han ne wlnbed at girl who wasn't
pretty Es no doubt would have been
aent 10 She probate court to have his
haad examined.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
EVENTS TODAY.

Met-Trip to Chinatown, S.15.
Grand-HOOsier Doctor, S.15.
Lexington Park, Base Ball, 2.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The common law defines a highway as
s>eglnring at the mountain. and ending
at the sea, In Pennsylvania this def
n:t,on mist be changed to a way that
begins at the mines and ends in mur-
der.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The King of Siam has concluded not
10 arrive in this country at all. He
thinks he is referred to too f1ippantly
in America. By, by, Chulalongkorn.
We will try to get along without you.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
GRAIN FIRM FAILS.
It's Liabilities May Reach a Million
Dollars.

NEW YORK, Sept. Is. = Seymour
Bros, grain brokers, this city, assign
ed today. The firm had offices in
various parts of the country. The
firms standing was good and it is said
to have done a large business. The
assignees said it would be impossible
to give an estimate of the assets and
liabilities until an inventory had been
taken. 1t is reported. however, that
the liabilities may reach nearly 81, 1,0O0,-
600. 1t is said that the firms failure
was caused by heavy dealings in
wheat
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
Mnlerx Grnye I'm a Cistern.

'gst gRocnEsTER. 5cI MINI. Sept. E-s ntus
three-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Cove, fell into cistarn this morning about
o'clock and was drowned. Mr. Cove q 0
Norscman and was away t.cra anp.c III at
tendance at The Nasscn fair. s.r szd y.
Goye axe formerly from IilnMTs
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The police of Stockholm occupy quar-
:ers furnished with hot and cold baths
and a piano, with free singing lessons.
2'he police of Stockholm ought to be
good for almost anything except police
duty,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

A fellow up at Dyea, Alaska, threat
ems to discover a lake. Of bicycle oil.
On with the dance. And let some
body unearth a rubber mine while
you are about it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

One of the graduates of the Kelley
institutes has hypnotized jags. He
just gets drunk in his mind without
bathing his internal economy with
Bourbon.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

Put another page in the dictionary.
Klondicitis is now defined as a disease
produced by famine and scurvy.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

Indiana is no better than Texas.
Five men were lynched in bunch in
the Hoosier state yesterday morning.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

Possibly Mr.. Doran would make a
capital mayor for Mendoza. That
town isn't large.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The South hasn't the yellow fever
any more than some Of the New York
papers.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The Thanksgiving turkey is strut
ting around as though he did not know
we had bone to pick with him.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The president was back at his desk
In Washington yesterday making ap-
pointments. He wasn't able to see any
Ohio men, however.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

Hows this? The biggest strike in
the Deadwood district this year is
known as Lucky 49,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

1t is paradoxical, but true, that the
silver forces of Nebraska are nearly
silverless
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

The 'possum and the sweet potato
are coming up the pike hand in hand
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

DR.. Andrews is a pretty fair slayer
himself
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

} ST ,>lu! IS q good strong name,
u.1...,1 not only the rillions OF good
rsonle ha!i4ve IN. ont which the mil
..enairea a!eo show s. dseire to tie to.
Chicago Inte: Ocean. This, Of course.
r,sers 70 the railway, but Minneapolis
woa't lias il .ics., tx same.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16

xations to the right Of US, nations
IL ts,o lefs Of us, nations all around us
MpsSr 5 b building torpedo boat De:
sir,ycr@ and sch, but only Turkey and
lie l5ridis sSehh1 to have courage
EH;.!,s::, L, Ga.ca caiuron and canister.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-20

cheap coolies for the various posi-
tions in which trained skill lis re.
quired either in field or mill"
What a mockery OF principle If
example is to be quoted as precept
to bo followed, for that very same
paper is now employing Japanese
carpenters to fit up its business
offices.
Remember that the Bulletin has
always posed as the Grm friend OF
"white mechanics"
Now boys, whoop her up. Now's
the time to subscribe for the work.
ingman's strong anti-Asiatic ally,
only seventy five cents a month.
WHITE MECHANIC.
p. S.-The editorial was printed
on All Fools Day, and is, perhaps,
only wee bit of Dams humor and
drollery.