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The Mena star., 1898-04-13
SURGEONS DILEMMA.
Electric Light Went Ont During .
 Serious Operation.

A Lewiston physician tells story about surgical operation and an elec- tric light, says the Journal of that city.
 Tt was l2 o'clock at night" says he, when l heard thunderous knocking at my door, and going to it I found a man walking up and down the steps in pain. He had an abscess under his left arm and was suffering intensely. It needed lancing, and we proceeded to do It. got my instruments ready, placed the man in chair under the electric light and made an incision. The armpit IS very dangerous place, as many large and small arteries gather there. had just time to see that had lanced U, and had also severed a good-sized blood vessel, when the electric light went out. 1 had no kerosene lamp or gassght in the room. 1 could hear the oiooo falling in little pool on the floor, anu my patient was terribly excited. was scared. 1 seized towel, made a wao of it. and, chucking 1t under the mans arm, told him to hold it down at nls side. Then I ran to the telephone an' called up the power station. ItIl v sn hour before we can get the light m Cn again. A belt has broken, they said. pe' l have just cut a man and he Is .Sseeoing to death in the dark here.' oorry' but I can't help it. came the an- s"er then remembered a kerosene se, .s.',, ana, lighting this. caught up ,se s oiooo vessel with thread and dressed ths s wound by its failing light. It was M most startling and precarious op- ''asion l ever performed"
The Mena star., 1898-04-13

the s patients ba.s immersion. The action :, Irritot, oa.n on the skin is one of intensa oa dnlsatlon, dra and the result seems '.l'1use to ,n saon sewing out of the evil, and tbe con De . pains. "oe ol the rheumatic ha :. .a is advisable for anyone who rnau carstn1 selp1eo to try this remedy to hs oa. oa4elui not to remain too long ;r +pe pe n . . Da,n' as the consequences miebt he ha wb;oh reorganization of the skin
 aa4;o "a,on would peel off, due to the yiolant
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
ROOTS ENTWINED HIM
An Oak Tree suna-r.s ..
 John Randolnh

oA Tree sundered the Cos.u =.
 John Randolph.
 John Randolph, of Roanoke d,.a s Sune A. 1888. at the City hotel in pbils. aelPhia, where he had zone to ... A..s, .a,, TOT n, England. On his way there. sav. W tf.. tb. p,Iniladelphia Times, he passed througS tn % ". washington, and, dragging his emaci- aseo body with difficulty to the senate cnember. again met Henry Clay Ths former enemies had touchin.- inter- view and parted, for the last time n peace and good will. =
 Randolph was carried to Virginia and buried under the pines of Roanoke in the midst of that solitude which h. had always craved in life. Many wears later ms remains were removed to Hollvwood cemetery in Richmond, and handsome monument placed over them bv John Randolph Bryan.
 In making the removal it was found that his body was buried no less than eight feet in the ground; the triple lead coffin was with difficulty removed. as the roots of an old oak had burst it asunder and wrapped round and round his body, holding him In a long em- brace close to the state he had loved so we'll.
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
evaroRs CARRY MILLIONS.
Than 10000 Passengers Each NOT ur in Thirty Buildings.

xroxxr In IniEt$
 astfmate of the number of persons
 An .od bv elevators in New York busi- catl's1 houses is purely a matter of con- ness One of the members of large lee'1 snoaged in the manufacture of nl.n no.ors gave his estimate that half a eis,as :,':an messengers are carried daily in mn. .t a0 of the skyscraping buildings s ,ene Another person connected with alODe. same firm said that this estimate a1ould a1o be doubled to be correct.
 Sny '. ;s difficult to keep a record of the
 ns using elevators. In the case of elevated railroads, surface roads 'u otber common carriers the tickets aIs onev collected can be used as ..rs 0 of obtaining statistics, but noth- .As' of this kind is possible with the ele- .ors 'ns which are patronized daily by s.sousands of persons who pay nothing sor tie privilege.
 ao T. Id estimated that in the average .n,,dinc using several elevators trips ". made about every minute and half. n. aS. Iarce retail store in Sixth avenue ..s - so elevators. Many of the build s.~s have eight and ten, and the num- -. Tn other buildings varies from one = six. Taking 30 buildings with six slsvators, each carrying six passengers asr trip. 1t will be seen that in one hour fs ono messengers would be carried. Tn e.. busy hours 216,000 passengers .rouId represent the number of persons carried in only 30 buildings. From this ,t may be seen that with thousands of .I.vators in use in New York the figures srs enormous. In 1887 it was estimated that l6.O00 persons were carried in one dav by the two elevators in the Potter building.
 In the clearing house 250 passengers oatronize the elevator regularly be- tween twelve and one o'clock The New York Life building has eight elevators in operation, and 1t is reported that each elevator carries 2.000 passengers each day. In the Mutual Reserve build ,ue 5000 passengers are carried daily. The Postal Telegraph building has pre- pared statistics, from which the follow ing figures are compiled: The total number of hours work by the six pas senger elevators in 1895 was 31,959; in 1896. s2.506 hours. On June 25. 1895, three cars took up 122 passengers in IT trips, each trip being made in one min- ute. On August 1, 1896, six cars carried up 365i passengers from 7:i5 a. m. to s:15 p. m. This was at quiet season of the year. On October %. 1897, the total elevator service in this building was 9sh hours. Those elevators aver age 2.700 hours work per month. A low estimate of the number of passen- gers carried may be put at 300 passen- gers per hour, equal 10 s10.000 persons in one month. When ii is remembered that this represents the service in one building, it will be seen thatthe amount of work done by elevators is vast.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
NOVEL TREATMENT.
"ussians Take an Ant Bath to r Cure Attenuation.

&AO An Amt 0AtM tu n, Cure Rheumatism.
 l. ne Russian peasants, more especial <. .nose residing in the neighborhood na., .,oscow, have peculiar and original hsAod hssod Of treating themselves for that o. ne or mankind. rheumatism. Many ;.s, ;s even in very bad cases, are, 1t tias. s.almed, effected by making the pa- r' Ts take ant baths, says an exchange. Is s manner of preparing these baths ws - follows: An anthill Is sought, and an.s, a Iound, a sack is filled with ants, ssss ~ eggs, and if itbe considered neces- wh;., y, certain quantity of the earth thaN ach composes the hill. The sack is tho closed dramatically and carried to Is nome of the sufferer. A warm bath is eady n,.y prepared here. and the sack .s,.n. unged bodily Into the hot water. ,cp,,a a this latter begins to give off a pe- for., fa, pungent odor, characteristic of
 c acid. The bath is now ready for
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
u,,. Aifrcsl Anniversary.

The thousandth anniversary of the saath of King Alfred will be celebrated - England in 1901. One remark that can be made on the occasion IS 'na. s. Ai, a, fred belongs to high type of royalty o' ,.h;cb there are few existing examples
 N Y. Times.
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
DRIVEN MAD BY TORTURE.
Frfghtful Practices in saghaIien, Rus
 sia's Penal Settlement


 sis's Penal Settlement.
 The presence recently of batch of convicts in Odessa, Russia, for depor- tation to Saghalien has occasioned tho publication of various accounts Of the treatment received by the prisoners in that island, and if the numerous stories are true Saghalien must be a veritable inferno. Eye witnesses relate that common sight is that of shackled hu- man beings yoked to huge cart whose weight tries the strength of their un- derfed bodies to the uttermost.
 These men are demoralized by the brutality of their surroundings and the cruelty of the officials, who are ever ready to have recourse to the knout to enforce submission. An attempt to escape Is punished with ten years extra imprisonment, and it needs only one or two failures to break away to bring about an unfortunate prisoners resi- dence in this slough of despond." One form of treatment is the coupling of the shackles which ensheath a prion- CTS ankles 10 wheelbarrow. This the victim must drag night and day for months perhaps till the iron inflames the flesh and the legs mortify. His comrades may mercifully soak the feet and forcibly pull off the bands-a process which is attended with the most excrutiatng agony, but which is eagerly borne.
 The knouting of man is a scene of incredible barbarity. The victim is mounted on specially constructed wooden horse, and his back is barred. The scourge is applied with such vio- lence that at each stroke pieces of flesh are torn away and the blood from the wounds bespatters the face of the ex- ecutioner.
 Such is the horror of Saghalien that men and women go mad, and lunatics are to be found hiding in quiet places. All the women are more or less de- mented. Their lot is peculiarly un- happy. They are given to the bachelor convicts-men whom for the most part they have never seen before. Even those who are not convicts lose their reason, as witness the story of Mile. Naumofa. This lady had devoted her life to the rescue of children in this un- happy spot, and for years had spread d light and comfort around her, but in a paroxysm of madness induced by the soul-torturing surroundings. shot her self. Her work was taken up by three other ladies; one of these shot herself, the second went raying mad and the third married a warder.-London News.
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
|. roreirn sound.

Mrs White = Does your daugnter speak French fuently nowf
 Mrs Brown-Well. she speaks some. .h;nr fiuently, and 1t doesn't sound al au like English. so perhaps 1t may oe Er.ncb Somerville Journal.
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
Easy to Chess.

Yeast-You remember that fellow who used to sit next to the landlady at the table?
 Crimsonbeak-Oh yes.
 "Vell. some weeks ago, noticed whenever we had chicken he'd never get the neck"
 "Paid up, you think?'
 NO: I discovered he was engaged to he married to the landlady.'
 q seel"
 "But what puzzles me is that now, u.benever we have chicken, he never oets anything but the neck"
 .That's easy. They're evidently mar u uA.1.nrn e., nerran
The Mena star., 1898-04-13
IN RAN CF !!

represent only the best com panies, as follows:
 The Fire Association, of Phila- delphia. |. The Home, of New York. The American Central, St. Louis.
 The Springfield Fire and Marine, of Springfield, Mass.
 The North British Mercantile, of London and Edinburgh. The Fidelity and Casualty, of of New York.
 These companies aggregate $25, ,000,0 900 of assets. Let me write your policy.
 E. A. LILLY, Agt,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

1t is said the peace treaty will be sent
to the senate early in january.
President Mckinley has returned to
Washington from his Southern trip
Hawaii is to be made customs dis
trict, with three SUPPORTS of entry.
The bill to create an international
American bank has been killed by the
house
The pension bill, carrying $145, 233, :
$50 passed the house without debate in
90 minutes.
A bill for the admission of Confeder-
ate veterans to soldiers homes has been
introduced in congress-
The United States and Mexico will be
without an extradition treaty after Jan.
10, until new one is negotiated.
United States deputy marshals are
exonerated by officials who investigated
charges made after the Leech Lake out
break
The house has passed the bill to ex-
tend the customs and revenue laws of
the United States over the Hawaiian
islands.
Special government agents report that
the Minnesota Indians have not been I'M
fairly dealt with in dead-and down tim
Der operations.
The house refused by vote of 100 to
1913 to consider the Lodge immigration
bill. 1t is believed this virtually kills
the measure for this session.
The amount carried by the Indian APP
preparation bill as reported is 81, 342, 246.
About $273, 900 more than the original
estimate submitted by the treasury de-
partment.
The senate passed Mr.. Morrills bill
authorizing the purchase of site east
of the Capitol grounds in Washington,
for u building for the United States SUI.
preme court.
The committee which has been inves-
tigating Lower Mississippi floods says
good leyees are the only solution Of the
problem. The work would cost $lS,-
600 900 to 500, 900, 900.
The pension appropriation bill re-
ported to the house carries $145, 1888, $50,
being "a 100000 more than carried by
the current act. The total number of
pensioners on the rolls is 993, ia.
BY direction of the president, Briga-
der General NJ V. Sheridan, U. s. ",
has been assigned to temporary com
mand of the Department of the Lakes,
relieving Brigadier General Bacon
The agricultural appropriation bill
contains a retaliatory clause authoriz-
ing the secretary Of agriculture to in
spect imported articles dangerous to
health, and also authorizing the secre-
tary of the treasury to exclude such ar
tieles.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS.

Clement Scott, the noted London
dramatic critic. will lecture in the
United States
Lady Strathcona and her daughter,
Hon. Mrs. Howard, have each donated
900, 900 to McGill college, Montreal.
Lieutenant Hobson kissed 267 women
at Kansas City Monday night, breaking
all his previous records in that line.
The French Ambassador to America,
Jules NJ. Cambon, will sail from Havre
for New York on Jan. Z, to resume his
duties at Washington.
The Copenhagen correspondent Of The
London Daily Mail says that King Oscar
II of Sweden and Norway was taken
suddenly i'll and is now confined to his
bed.
Mr.. F. G.. Logan, we'll known board
of trade man, has given $35, 900 to the
Art Institute Of Chicago for the erec-
ton of a library building as an addition
to the institute.
Colonel Bryan says he is against ''im-
perialism." He would treat the Phil
ippines the same as Cuba establish
stable government and then turn the
islands over to it.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK
ON ACCOUNT OF THE LATE war

Blanco has arrived i'll Spain,
The cruiser Brooklyn has arrived at
Havana.
Senator Davis is confident that the
senate will ratify the peace treaty.
General Brooke has been appointed
military governor of Cuba.
Army officers have been appointed as
! customs collectors for Cuba.
The American peace commissioners
sailed for home from Southampton Sat-
urday.
Havana is excited over the report that
the Americans will depreciate Spanish
gold and silver.
Admiral Dewey is reported as ex-
pressing the opinion there will be no Sc
rious trouble with the Filipinos.
The steamer Scandal has arrived from
Honolulu with the remaining companies
of the New York volunteer regiment.
The steamer Werra, which sailed from
Havana on Dec. 6with about 1000 Span
ish soldiers, has arrived at Malaga,
Spain.
The Third, Fourth, Seventeenth and
Twenty regiments of regulars
have received definite orders to go to the
Philippines
President Mckinley issued an order
establishing new customs tariff sched-
ule for Cuba 1t is little less than
half the old one.
The president attended the Atlanta
peace jubilee and made two speeches.
For one he received the thanks of the
Georgia legislature.
Fifty thousand men will be needed in
Cuba and %, 900 in the Philippines, &C
cording to reports from the Cuban evac-
uation committee and General Otis.
Rear Admiral Sampson has sailed for
the United States on board the cruiser
New York, Mrs. Sampson going with
him by special permission of Secretary
Long.
General Davis has issued q reassuring
proclamation to the people of Pinar del
Rio province, Cuba. He finds that half
of the people there have been killed or
starved to death.
A mob of women at Grenada, consid-
ering that hediscovery of America was,
in their opinion, the principal cause of
SPANS misfortunes, stoned the statue
of Columbus there.
General Shafter, in a speech at SaVan-
nah, declared Cubans unfit for self gov
eminent, and expressed the opinion that
we have taken Spain's war upon our
selves.
A convention of delegates from Porto
Rican towns, held at San Juan at the
instance of General Henry, resolved in.I
favor of free trade with the United |
States, compulsory education and ter
ritorial form of government.
According to Boston paper Professor
Charles Eliot Norton has accepted the |
expansion policy as inevitable and ex
pressed confidence in our success as a
colonial power, after making some blum
ders and paying for them"
Charles J. Bonaparte at, the meeting
of the National Civil Service Reform |
League, made very bitter attack on
Secretary Alger, TO whom he referred
as man whom most soldiers regard
with suspicion and contempt
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

Washington state is excited over a
gold find on the ColVille reservation.
The Canadian commission will proba-
bly, agree upon treaty covering every
thing but reciprocity.
The socialists were badly voted down
by the American Federation of Labor
i'll convention at Kansas City.
At a meeting of the general officers of
the w G. 7. U. at Chicago the dates of
the annual meeting at Seattle was fixed
at Oct. 20 to %, 1899.
The Iowa supreme court has affirmed
the case of Betsey Smith, the notorious
Des Moines murderess, to imprisonment
for life, at Fort Madison.
Rat Portage, Ont, is wild with ex-
element over marvelously rich strike
made in the MikadO sold mine. The
ore fills slope 40 feet high and 2 1-3
feet wide and the richest ore is worth
on conservative estimate, from $25, 900
to $35, 600 in free milling gold.
Representatives Of eight states in con-
ference at Chicago agreed to try for the
total prohibition of spring shooting, for
laws against cold storage of game, and
for gun licenses. The states represented
were Minnesota, Michigan, both Da-
kotas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and
Ohio
The Wisconsin supreme court has af-
firIned the decision of the lower court
compelling insurance companies to pay
a license fee to the state on separate
branches of their business. The case
was brought by Insurance Commissioner
Fricke and the result nets the state
something over 800, 900.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
Grain Prices at Minneapolis.

WHEAT-December closed at 64c;
May 651sc. On Track-No hard, 651Zc;
No. l Northern, 6419c; No. 2 Northern,
6215c
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
LABOR NEWS.

The National Federation of Labor
convention has decided to bring the
struggle for All 8-hour day to climax
in 1900.
The Federation of Labor convention
has adopted a resolution thanking Gov.
ernor Tanner of Illinois for refusing tC
call out the state troops to protect the
mine operators when they brought sew.
eral trainloads of negroes from the
South to take the places Of the striking
miners.
All women clerks and stenographers
of the Chicago and Northwestern road
who have not been in its employ at least
two years will be discharged Jan. 1.
They are to be replaced with men in or.
der that the company's policy regarding
promotions may be carried out to better
advantage.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
Live stock Prices at St. Paul

HOGS-Market strong to sc higher.
Range of prices, ~. 55QD3. 30
CATTLE Market steady.
Sales ranged at ~. 75eg5. 40 for stockers;
81. 3O@52 20 Tor COWS; So 1904 Is for steers;
81. 4Ov03. IS for heifers.
SHEEP-Market slow
Sales ranged at $S,0o@3.5O for muttons;
81 20 for lambs.
Receipts: Cattle 100, hogs, 500 sheep,
900; calves, 70.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Street-lighting companies will com
bine
The tin plate trust has been incorpor-
ated
J. S, Pillsbury is said to have vetoed
the proposed -four trust.
Treasurer Searles of the sugar trust
will resign, owing to i'll health.
The national board of trade pro-
nounced against postal savings banks
The Dubuque Ga.) Water company
has given trust deed for $500, 900 to Sc
cure bonds issued for raising funds to
improve its plant
''Dick" Croker is authority for the
statement that within year tunnel
will be begun to run the whole length
of Manhattan island 1t will be for
rapid transit purposes and will cost
$50, 100000
Henry B. and Henry E. Mason, sur
viving members of the law firm of
Mason Bros, Chicago, have filed in the
United States district court petition in
voluntary bankruptcy in which they
schedule liabilities amounting to over
S400 900.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
RAILROAD NEWS.

The Midland Railway company Of
England has ordered 90 freight engines
in Philadelphia and New York.
The Carnegies have secured an order
for 40, 900 tons of steel rails for the Cape
at shilling per ton under the English
tender.
The Baldwin Locomotive works has
within the last few days received or.
ders for So locomotives, of which Is are
for the Imperial galway of China, max
ing the second order received from that
country within 10 months.
An order has been issued for the sale
of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad
on the claim of the Metropolitan Finan-
cial and Industrial company. The sale
will be for 81 900, 900, subject to mort
gagef of $4,000, 900, and must be made
within three months.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24
THE DEATH RECORD.

Ex-senator Calvin S. Brice is dead
He was i'll only week.
Henry A Rice, ex-governor of Massa-
chusetts, died at his home in Boston,
aged 80 years.
''Old Sleuth, " the writer of detective
romances, is dead. He had written 1876
stories in his lifetime
Edward G. Mason, one Of Chicago's
most prominent and successful lawyers,
is dead of Bright's disease.
\ Professor James Stillwel1 Schanek is
dead at Princeton, N. J. He was in his
SD year and death came from old age.
Colonel Charles w. Davis, command
er of the Loyal Legion and one of the
best known veterans in Chicago, is dead
from paralysis Of the heart.
Colonel John McKenna, prominent
citizen of Boston, who 80 years ago was
one Of the best known Irish Nationalist
in the United States, is dead, aged Sc
years.
William Burt, one of the Oldest resi-
dents Of the upper peninsula Of Michi-
gan, is dead He was distinguished as
the inventor of the solar compass and
typographer Of the first typew tier.
Henry A. Chaplin, the multi-million-
aire mine owner, and richest man in
Michigan, died during the night at his
home in Niles, Mich. He was S6 years
old, and his wealth was estimated at
from $10, 1000, 900 to $50, 100000.
Edward Beeson, the oldest editor in
the Northwest, is dead, after an illness
Of several months, aged 49, Mr..
Beeson was connected with various
newspaper enterprises in Wisconsin and
continued in active Journalism in Fond
lu Lac until 1893.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-24


HOGS-Market steady to shade higher
Sales ranged at 50. l5(93.371z for light;
3d. 25(Q3 As for mixed; S3.2O@547& for
heavy; ~. 3U(03.35 for rough; $50 for
Workers.
CATTLE-M Market steady to shade
higher.
Sales ranged at $3.9O@6.OO for beeves;
So OO@4. rs for cows and heifers; 5000
$50 for Texas steers; 50 S0C0435 for stock
ers and feeders
SHEEP Market steady to 10c lower.
ales ranged at 81. 50@4.3o for natives;
l300N43D Tor Westerns; $500. G5;5O for
amos.
Receipts: Hogs. $4,000, cattle, 1000;
'heep, 100.
Grain and Provision Prices ut Chicago.
WHEAT-Dece 6Sc; May, 67A@
575sc; July, 65ssc.
CORN December. SAGE; May, 353Sc;
July, 359sc.
OATS-D December, 26c May, 26Mc.
PORK December, $SO7; January 50. 40;
May, 1867
POULTRY-Dres turkeys, 10c;
chickens, 514G6e ducks, 601Sc.
BUTTER Creameries, l4@20c; dair
les, - N l9c
EGGS Fresh, s1@211Sc.