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The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
SIXTEEN DEAD,
children In an Orphnnngc Are Crem,

Children In an OrPhanage Are Crematcd.
Dallas, Tex, Jan. 16.-Sixteen little
girls and boys are dead as Il result of
last nights fire at the Buckner Or
phan Home and nine others are seri-
Ously burned and crushed. Three of
the injured, it is thought, cannot re-
cover. The awfulness of the holocaust
was not fully realized till to-day. The
fire, which commenced about 10 o'clock
Friday night and ragged until tho boys
dormitory was destroyed, did not cool
enough for search for bodies in the
ashes until early this morning. At
that time it was thought only five
children had been burned to death.
When the ashes had cooled enough to
admit of n search, scores of sympa-
thizing friends and neighbors began
the sad task of finding the bodies of
the five, whom il was known had per-
ished. The search had hardly been in
stituted when the terrible truth that
there We're more than five bodies in
ashes appeared. The search contin-
ued until dawn, when fifteen bodies
had been found.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
FREE HOMESTEADS.
Bill Passed by the Senate that will Aid
Settlers.

Settlers.
Washington. Jan. 14.-The Senate to-
day passed the measure known as the
"free homestead BILL" which has been
under discussion since the holiday re-
cess. 1t is measure of far-reaching
Importance. particularly to the west,
and the interest in 1t was shown by
the fact that n plank concerning 1t
was n feature of the several national
platforms. The effect of the bill is ID
open to settlement all the public lands
acquired from Indians, free of any
payment beyond the minor office fees
and to release from payment those
who have heretofore settled on these
according to the estimate made by
the commissioner of the general land
office, Is 81, ,257 ,541, which would have
yielded the government. at the prices
heretofore established, $35, ,343 0O6. To
offset this statement it was brought out
during the debate that the lands We're
mainly arid and that those who set
tied upon them were unable to make
payment by reason of the scanty pro
ducts of the soil. The western senators
in the main favored the bill as an ex-
tension of the general homestead policy
of the government. The opposition
was directed mainly by Mr.. Platt of
Connecticut and Mr.. Villas of Wiscon-
sin. AS the bill passed in the house 1t
covered only the land acquired from
Indians in Oklahoma, but as passed in
the Senate today it includes all In
dian lands. The final vote was taken
by agreement at p. M. and showed a
decided majority in favor of the meas
ure
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
CHEAP MONEY IN NEW YORK.
Banks Pllng up Deposits and Not Increas-
Ing Loans.

New York. JAN 1.-THE Financier
Of yesterday says:
New York is now the cheapest mon
ey center in the world, and the state
ment made by the clearing house
banks for the week ending January
16, showing Il further increase in sur
plus reserves of SS,1S1 ,0T5. is an indi
cation that it will remain so for an in
definite period.
Up to the first of the present year
the New York banks reported Il steady.
expansion in loans, the increase from
November Z to January . having been
less than Sl9,OOO.OO0. Since January
.. however. the loans of the banks
have increased only $4,000, or practi-
cally nothing, while deposits in the
two weeks have expanded to the enor-
nous sum of S26,600.00O This accu-
mutation has been of no use to the
banks and shows why the loan mar
ket has fallen off so rapidly. Since
January > the cash holdings of the
banks have risen $23,536,OOO. In 9TH
er words, the deposits remain mae
tive in the bank.
In view of these facts the efforts be-
ing made by number of New York
banks to maintain minimum interest
rate of per cent. appears to be use
less, although the slight change in the
loan item is evidence that they have
not abandoned the agreement which.
1t is asserted. some of them have
made. The statement is interesting
especially us relating to purchases of
sterling bills. The advance in sterling
is narrowing the profit to n small fig
ure, and while the low money rates of
themselves favor an advance. the
heavy foreign trade balances reported
for the month and the year do not en-
courage the belief that exchange will
rise to "A gold exporting point The in
vestments made in foreign bills, the
carrying of which is really lending
money to Europe, stand to lose there
fore quite as much rs to gain.
In the meantime what to do with
the heavy surplus carried by the New
York banks is Il serious problem. Sur
face indications now favor an advance
in stock prices. as low money will
stimulate buying and industry in gen
eral, and it is not unreasonable to say
that the heavy surplus will be alb
sorbed to a large extent in domestic
expansion. If this proves true. the
United States will enter upon an era
of prosperity during the coming
spring which has not been equaled
since the early '90s.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

China state that the Russian govern
ment has secured permission from
China to extend the Siberian railroad
through Northern Manchuria, and also
in case of war, to have possession of
warm water post on Chinese territory.
These important concessions. 1t Is set
forth in the articles of agreement, are
made in consideration of Russia's
friendship to China in the settlement
of the China-Japan war, in which set
tlement Russia prevented Japan from
taking possession of Manchuria."
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Elizabeth Wood, the S-year-
daughter of prominent merchant of
Edenton, Va, lost her life while trying
to save her playmate from the flames.
The child was playing before a fire with
another little playmate. and, stepping
out of the room for a moment, she re-
turned in time to see her playfellow en-
deavoring to extinguish her burning
skirt. The brave child rushed to the
rescue and succeeded in saving her
companion, but in the excitement she
herself caught fire and received burns
from which she died within few
hours.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
PLANNING FOR PEACE.
Governor Adams Trying to Settle the Lead
Vile Strike.


Ieadville, Colo, Jan. I'D. III. Mof-
fat, John Campion, S. w. Mudd and 9th
er Leadville mine owners are expected
in Leadville tomorrow morning. A con
ference between them and the governor
has been arranged for 10 o'clock
If any encouragement is afforded by
this meeting another meeting will be
held in the afternoon at which the GOV
ernor and the mine owners will confer
with committee from the Miners I'm
ion.
Governor Adams is hopeful of success.
but thus far does not give out details
regarding his progress. He has gone so
far as to offer to contribute toward a fund
for the support Of unemployed miners
should the strike be declared off, until
they can secure work here or elsewhere
He has been very firm thus far. statinu
that any proposition which embraced the
removal of imported miners could not be
considered.
Debs is still at work and his plnns
contemplate provision by the Western
Federation of funds for the support If
idle miners for two months after tho
strike is declared off. If that be decided
upon.
Governor Adams will remain here bo
says, until settlement is effected or mn
I'll he is convinced that there is no hone
for a settlement
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Daniel Mayer, the English musical
agent, says America is the only coun-
try besides England where great
money" is made by musicians. On the
continent charges for admission are
small, and there are not so many big
halls, consequently artists have to be
content with lesser receipts. fee of
ESQ is considered as something very
high indeed for single performance
across the water" The musical life
is very uncertain one, it seems. Only
those who have made really big names
make big incomes. A great many
big" vocalists and instrumentalists
receive pupils, even while at the height
of their popularity. Musical suns are
apt to set very suddenly. Singers go
out of fashion quickly and do not get
into fashion again.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
For Galveston, Protection

Galveston, Tex. Jan. l5.-To-day the
United States government purchased
from the Denver Resuvey company
sixteen blocks fronting on the gulf
and lying south of Avenue U between
Forty-lifth and Forty-nlnth streets for
$4,000. Upon the site n fertilization
or barracks for troops and officers
quarters will be erected at an approx
mate cost of $4,000.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

In the heart of San Francisco is the
city's principal cemetery, where are
buried the bodies of her famous dead,
and where loom up in the sky the
grand mausoleums of her millionaire
mining and railroad kings. A move
ment to bisect this cemetery with
new street has aroused much opposi-
ton, yet it is by no means certain
that sooner or later the whole ceme-
terry will not be moved to a quarter
where the dead would cost less in real
estate and taxes.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
WAS CAUGHT IN A sN owsLlDE
Mrs. Franz, Hahn of Custom Was pulled
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Ouray, Colo, Jan. 14.-Mrs. FRANK
Hahn, wife of the postmaster of Gus
ton, and Mrs. Andrew started this
forenoon about 10 O'Clock from Gus
ton to visit lady at the Congress
mine, about mile distant. When
they were between the Congress and
the Hudson mines they We're over
taken by snowslide. Mrs. Andrew
escaped injury and hastened to the
Congress for assistance and number
of men FASTENED to her relief. Mrs.
Hahn was found unconscious. Only
n portion of her body was not covered
with snow from the slide. She re
mained unconscious. but it was hoped
that her life might he preserved, and
DIR. Stadler was telephoned for and
Immediately left for the scene of the
disaster. He arrived too late to be of
any assistance. as she died short
time after being rescued.
Mrs. Hahn has mother living in
Montrose named Edwards. and the fu-
neral will be held in that place Sun
day. Mr.. Hahn, the husband, is an
old settler and highly esteemed in this
vicinity as well as in the Red Mountain
district. She leaves no children to
mourn her loss.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
ShsrInan's Aonissjon,

Canton, Ohio, Jan. 15.-"I have ac-
cepted the state PORTFOLIO" said Sena-
tor John Sherman to the Associa ted
Press at the Fort Wayne depot few
minutes before the senator left for
washington this afternoon. The SEMI
tor had but few moments before left
the presence of the president-elect, Nc
kinley. Concerning other matters con
nected with the incoming administra-
ton the senator was very reticent.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
EInriln ISRnk EaiIs.

Washington, Jan. 14.-The comptroll-
er of the currency was advised this
morning by the directors of the Mer-
chants National bank of Ocala, Flor
ida, that the bank had closed its doors.
The bank had n capital of 100000; Ii
abilities, S154,O0O, as follows: Due de-
positors, $1OS000; borrowed money,
$4,000; due to banks, $4,000. Bank
Examiner Shubrick was placed in
charge of the bank.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money il IL fails TO cure 2oc
.SkiD Tide

What is the "skip tlde?" Owing to the
moons influence on the great bodies oil
water on the earth's surface, we have high
water at opposite sides of the globe. Owing
to the revolution of the earth on her axis
and the movement of the moon In Its orbit
the tidal wave naturplly flows from east 10
plete circle in some twenty-four hours and
forty minutes (nightly) the retardntlon. !. p,
the forty minutes, being accounted for BY
the movement OF the moon.
Thus we have two tides each twenty -four
hours, viz. that under the moon, and ths
corresponding elevation on the opposite me
rdian, excepting those days when high
water falls n few minutes before noon OF
midnight: in either case the following twelve
hours, whether p. III. or n. M, Will be with
out n tide, as 1t will next occur after twelve
o'clock midnight or noon Thus. when ons
n. nj. or p. IN. tide is skipped d--Marine Jour
nal.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

A novel lawsuit has just terminated
in the court of common pleas, in Cleve-
land. On November 5, 1894, Humph-
rey johnson shot and killed his wife
Nellie, at their home in Collinwood.
Then he committed suicide. Both had
children by former marriages. The ad-
ministrator for the wife's children
sued the administrator for the hus-
bands children for 10000 damages for
the killing of Mrs. Johnson. The jury
brought in verdict for $4,000.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
SNUBS SGEN.ALoER
Boldly Shows His Hatred for the Man Who
Wants Cabinet Job.

Wants Cabinet Job.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 16.-Governor
Pingree read in morning paper that
Senator Burrows had called on Nc
Kinley in the interest of Alger's can
didacy for secretary of war, and re
marked that 1t simply meant that AL
ger would not get in the way of Bur
rows reelection two years hence.
Continuing, he accused Alger of be-
ing n high protectionist so far as ev
erything except lumber Is concerned,
but, having lot of timber In Canada,
he did not want any tariff on lumber
This afternoon the governor sent to
the Senate the names OF Sybrant Wes-
sellus of Grand Rapids for railroad
commissioner, Edwin NJ. Irish of Kal-
amazoo for adjutant-genernl and VIII
liam l.. White of Grand Rapids for
quartermaster general. All the nomi-
nations We're unanimously confirmed.
o. C. Tompkins of Lansing, who was
slated for deputy railroad commissions
er, has been turned down." the COVER
nor frankly telling him that 1t was be
cause he was too good n friend of
General Alger.
Much of the time of the last legisa-
ture was devoted to the consideration
of the general Incorporation bill of cit
les of the fourth class, under which
about fifty cities are now incorporat-
ed. To-day bill repeating this impor-
tant law was introduced.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
Minister willis Is Dead.

San Francisco, Jan. 14.-Advices
from Honolulu by the steamer Mono
wal, just received, are to the effect
that United States Minister Willis
died at s o'clock on the morning of
January g as the result of severe
cold contracted iii San Francisco while
returning to the islauds.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Asked as to whether Mr.. Hanna would
be appointed senator, the senator re-
piled that he did not know; that that
was the affair entirely of Mr.. Hanna
and Mr.. Mckinley, and that he had no
desire to interfere with anybody's pri-
vate matters. Mr.. Sherman was asked
If any other Cabinet officials had been
settled upon by Major Mckinley and
replied that he did not know of any
others.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
Plntt Nominated for Senator.

Albany, n. Y, Jan. 14.-Without the
usual formula of a nominating speech
tonight, with no word of eulogy, but
with a strength of votes that was
overwhelming, Thomas c.. Plat was
named as the Republican candidate
for United States Senator by a vote
of 14T to Z for Joseph I'll. Choate. The
two We're absent.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

The women do not possess full suf-
frage in Kansas, but they secured more
public offices in the last election than
did the women of Utah or Colorado
twenty county superintendencies OF
public instruction, and all the offices,
from mayor to chief of police, in two
cities
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Marguerite Evelyn Yost is IA
months-old miss of Reading, Pa, who
reioices in the rather unique distinc-
tion of having four great-grandmoth-
ers living But one of these great
grandmothers wears spectacles, and all
live within short distance of the home
of this presumably well-coddled miss.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

1t is difficult to understand why rela-
tives should have special claims on
each other, beyond the right which all
human beings have to fair treatment.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

People who isolate themselves soon
form wrong opinions of the present
and the future and are also apt to un-
duly magnify the past.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

After long and luxurious yawn
one morning a Westwood (Mich) man
couldn't close his mouth His jaw had
been dislocated. He was so frightened
that since it was set he doesn't dare
even to smile broadly.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

After woman is thirty-hve she
ceases to prevaricate about her age,
and begins to tell how young her chill
'dren are.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

If man is so proud that he will
not see his faults, he will only quar-
rel with you for pointing them out to
him.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Public men learn in time that 1t is
better not to talk when they have moth
ing to say.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

After all is said and done, a profess
sional is Otter nothing more than an
amateur run to seed.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

The epochs of our life are not in the
visible facts, but in the silent thoughts
of the wayside as we walk.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

.The woozletons seem to he stepping high
lately" "Yes, they've bought sideboard
that isn't folding bed"
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Just try 10c box of Cascarets, candy ca,
thartic the finest liver and bowel regulator
made.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

The more you talk about business
being poor the worse you make it.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Few men really know when they
are well treated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12

\ "fow the amazing fact is that ply
.sicians, who from their knowledge of
the danger ought to be most Of all be-
should actually be. at: the head of the
list Of morphine iends. To may the
reason will seem obvious. Their ex-
plantation is that physicians become ad-
.dicted to the drug through WEAKNESS
and through their disgust with the
most u%ngrateful of all professions. In
sothar4 words, being often disappointed
and obliged to struggle unsuccessfully
for their daily bread, they have sought
in the discreet and comparatively 81
lent intoxication of morphine that OBJ
livion which the workingman finds in
raw brandy.
II tell you the physicians who act
thus are mourning a terrible RESPONSE
bility and perhaps the time is not far
distant when there will be applied to
such practices that article of the civil
code which says that every one shall
be held responsible for whatever harm
he may do not only by his own act but
also by his own negligence or impru-
dence.
druggists are quite as often to
blame as physicians. If they were to
strictly obey that law which prohibits
them from selling drugs except on a
regular prescription, which must be re-
newed at the time of each purchase, the
facilities for obtaining morphine would
be much diminished. Certainly those
persons who could not get physicians
to help them out of their difficulty
would find it very hard to get the drug.
A druggist was recently punished for
having sold in one month 1900 grams
of morphine without any formality to
one of his lady customers"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12
RUBBER TEETH NOW.
A New York Dentist Has Invented a
New Process.

"A New York Dentist Has Invented a
New Process.
An entirely new thing in teeth las
been invented which places artificial
masticators within the reach of the
masses, says the New York World.
The inventor and manufacturer is a
Well-knoWn New York dentist, who
says that his new process will enable
him to make complete sets of excel
lent teeth for $3.50 or So and still reap
a satisfactory profit. The invention is
a departure from anything heretofore
introduced in modern dentistry. 1t
consists of a complete artificial set of
teeth made entirely of rubber, the base
or plate and the teeth being formed
l~ntegrally. In their manufacture an
ingenious method is employed which
not only insures a correct formation
OF the artificial masticators, whereby
they are made to closely resemble ma
lures product, but also simplifies the
process of what is called "setting the
teeth up" A hollow, flexible metallic
matrlx, which both internally and ex-
~ u LIZ LII l1oIlOl VI
the natural teeth, is made, which when
hlled with rubber and ~vulcanized pro-
duces a perfectly formed set of teeth.
one OF the greatest obstacles to be over
come was the shading of the rubber
teeth, but this the inventor has accom-
pllshed by means of a chemical-bleach-
ing process. Another but less salts
factory process of shading is by the ad-
mixture of different colored rubbers.
From a sanitary standpoint the rubber
teeth are perfect, there being no joints,
as in all other forms of artificial dem
lures in which the secretions of the
mouth may find Judgment. A more ex-
pensive form Of the new teeth is that
in which the masticating surfaces are
capped with a continuous metallic fac
ing, which renders the denture practi-
cally indestructible and unbreakable.
Gold, silver, platinum and aluminium
have been used for making crowns.
One of the greatest advantages of the
rubber teeth, aside from their cheap
ness, is their extreme lightness. They
weigh less than half as much as any
other form Of denture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12
ahe .Absuraities Of Enrli.h.

An intelligent foreigner is said to.
have expressed himself after the fol-
lowing fashion on the absurdities Of,
the English language: !.
..When / discovered that T.. was
quick was fast, if / stood firm ]. was
fast, if / spent too freely | was fast,
and that not to eat was to fast, / was
discouraged; but when l came across,
the sentence, The first one won one
guinea prize l was tempted to give
up English and learn some other lam
guage. Texas Siftings.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12
The Livery of Biliousness

Is a pronounced yellow. It is visible in the
countenance and eyeballs. It is accompanied
with uneasiness beneath the right ribs and
shoulder blade, sick headache, nausea and
irregularity of the bowels. 10 the removal
Of each and all of these discomforts, as well
as their cause. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is admirably adapted. This pre-eminentfam-
lily medicine also remedies malarial, rheu-
matte and kidney complaints, nervousness
and debility. Itpromotes appetite and sleep.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12
In the Cyclone Belt.

The Visitor, in the weather Office
Kin you tell me, please, which way
the prevailin' winds in Kansas are
runnin' this season?
The Weather Man-They're easter
ly. But why do you ask?
The Visitor-I'm going back there
next week, an I'd kind Of like to get
pointers as to where I'd be likely to
find the ole farmhouse.-Chicago
Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12

In Ireland a belt of woman's hair is
placed about a child to keep harm
away, and garlic, salt, bread and steak
are put into the cradle of a newborn
baby in Holla~'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12
Cheap Lands and Homes.

Are to. be had on the Frisco Line in
Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The
best route from st. Louis to Texas and
all points west, and southwest. For
maps, time tables, pamphlets. etc, call
upon or address any. agent of the com
pany, or, d. Wishaft,, Gen'1 Passenger
Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12

Everyone who doesn't have to light the
fires in the morning, breaches against using
coal oil for that purpose.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12

I never used SO quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-J. B. Palmer,
Box I'LL, Seattle, Wash, Nov. IS, 1895.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12
No-TO.BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS.

Over4O0, 900 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and 81 90, alldruggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-12

The flesh of the %alligatori is eaten by the in.
habltants of India. Boiled, it tastes like veal