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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-19

THIS is the finish of sermon
by Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of
Chicago and printed in full in
Unity. liberal religious magazine,
published in Chicago.
The slave of the sweatshop will
yet be emancipated. If he is I'M
able to break his own chains. then
from above, by the 'noblesse
oblige'' of the favored will come
his freedom. Some divine con-
sumers' league will arise that will
spurn to wear clothes stitched
with human nerves and pressed
with human blood. Its members
will be ashamed to boast of the
cheapness of the garments they
wear and refuse to buy goods dis
honorably made and inadequately
paid for. Great things are yet to
happen.
Surely the inventive power that
can dissect the ray Of light. catch
its tints and compel the sun to
photograph his own rays will be
equal to this higher though APP
parently more simple task of
establishing common justice in
the world, securing fair play be-
tween man and man, giving every
honest soul chance, every willing
hand task, every mouth a meal
and every back garment such as
becomes them when the owners
thereof are not only able but will
ing to earn them.
This is the big task which
Eighteen Hundred and Ninety
eight bequeathes to Eighteen Hun
dred and Ninety-nine. The richest
gift of all is the gift of noble work.
The high problem yet unsolved is
the problem of giving the willing
a chance to work and the worker
fair return for his work.
It is we'll spoken. But the
''noblesse oblige" of the favored
is, it seems, merely a fad which
soon becomes questionable. It
is well that prophets should arise
in the pulpits and prognosticate
about the good times when the
results of the genius of man will
be used for the benefit of all.
But there are other prophets:
Let the Favored beware, for they
are building "sky-scraper" on
a foundation which is merely in
tended for a one-story building
1t was we'll laid, by honest and
conscientious workmen, but it is
showing signs of having settled
badly and few more additions to
the superstructure will send the
whole thing crashing about the
ears of these latter-day architects.
There lisa prophesy from way
down we'll -"de profundis''- as
Mr.. Stephen McKenna puts it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-19
But, of course, man down we'll
can't see very far.

| ue WIS IOdSCIIS SOlHo Oh CLo culCOIS
of the state because the said
editors do not always refer in
complimentary terms to the in
mates of this place. Now, l want
to state that in this matter [ most
emphatically withhold my en-
dorsement Of Hans. =
In the first place there is no
particular reason that either Hans
Or onyone else knows why their
opinions should be complimentary,
and there are some reasons why
they should not be so.
| used to feel the way Hans does
about the matter somewhat sore
when | first became editor of
The MIRROR, because in the heat
of a political campaign some Of
the newspaper boys would roast
the contemporary that quoted The
MIRROR, and say: Nov the Pop
ulist editors have fallen so low
that they would rather quote the
convict editor of The Prison MIR
RoR than a staunch old goldbrick
like Jadam,'' for instance. That
would make me hostile, and [
would take my pen in hand and
give them some Jesse. And then
the Warden would take his little
axe in hand just naturally chop
out my wrath.
But now it is altogether differ
ent. The press of the state takes
a kindly interest in the paper.
The editors read it and the very
best Of them quote it. Now, [
realize what that means. It means
that if the prisoners here have
anything to say which is worth
listening to they can get a hearing
from the men who make public
opinion.
Hans realizes it. and uses it to
call attention to the fact that it
would be very bad for the inmates
of this prison to have all the eX
ecutiOns in the state take place
here, as it could not fail to have a
bad influence upon many men
who are on the ragged edge of
insanity as it is.
If the editors of the state read
what Hans had to say on the sub
ject - and conceded with the
views expressed, they would prob
ably SO express themselves, and
the measure would fail to pass.
In regard to the remarks about
the convicts at Saltwater which
are sometimes found in the press.
they are not the expressions of
malice. as Hans would make them
out, but merely the involuntary
opinion which most people have
of convicts. This opinion has
been formed by reading accounts
Of particularly atrocious or dis
gushing crimes, which leave deep
impression on peoples memory,
while on the other hand the vast
majority of prisoners here are
merely criminals by accident or
dire necessity or perhaps by
reason Of the damnable system of
official jobbery and perjury which
is too apparent in some counties
in this state.
There are prisoners here who
are objects of contempt and dis
gust even to their fellow-convicts,
and it is that class which colors
the public opinion of us all.
There is an inscription over the
old prison in Edinburgh which
reads
A prison is house of care.
A place where none can thrive
A tOuchstone true to try friend.
grave for men alive.
Sometime place of right,
Sometime a place of wrong,
Sometime place of rogues and thieves
And honest men among.
That is a true story, too. If we
come back to Hans Miller, it may
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-19

mere.
**m
Editors in the West have a fancy fOs
pyrotechnical names for their papers.
Everybody remembers the Laramie
Boomerang" l have a pleasant re-
membrance of the "Solid MuldOon" OF
Ouray, Col, also of Ration IN. NJ
Comet. Then there is the Creole Can
die and Lamar Sparks. But the latest
addition is the "Bull Hill Single Jack
What kind of a name is that to open a.
jack pot with?
Xxx
When the lights burn low at night,
hear the patter of little feet.
Their forms are hidden to sight;
No voices do my tympans greet.
Yet know they are there.
They're attacking my rear
And my rest is a trifle precarious
For turn as will
They put in their bill,
And their name is CimeX Lectularius.
~
The Pine County Record complains
that there have been two clOud-bursts
up in that neighborhood in the last two
years. knew, of course that j. Adam
Bede located there some time since
but who is the other fellow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-19

This paper will be forwarded to
subscribers until ordered discontinued
and all arrears are paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-19

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this office.
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
Onion sprecs In Bern.

An annual "zwiebel market" or
onion market is held in Bern, and once
a year the peasants come from far and
near to purchase stock Of onions for
the twelvemonth, and, in fact, it has
grown to be a custom on zwiebel mar
ket day for everybody, rich and poor, to
buy onions; If not for use. then for the
custom Of the thing.
On Saturday night the onions ar
rive. Great boxes, baskets and barrels
Of onions line one side Of the longest
main street of the city, from the station
directly through the long arcaded ave-
nue. as far as the arcades extend-about
a mile. All day Sunday the onions re-
main in the street, covered with cloths
Of every description, ana early Monday
morning the sale begins. For two days
every one you meet has at least string
Of onions, and one walks the entire
length Of the market and weeps.
A few days later come the dances
Every saloon and hall is decorated, and
the young peasants, girls and lads, come
to town and make merry. Every "wirt-
schaft" is crowded with a pushing,
jostling throng Of plump and ruddy
faced peasants, drinking, dancing and
''hiring out" There are no brawls,
only perhaps parties Of merry pumpkins
walking through the streets at 1 and
o'clock in the morning and yodeling.
without melody, at tho top Of their
strong voices. Chicago Record.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
THE SAME OLD STORY.
Witnesses Continue to Criticize the
Canned Ronst lSeef.

Witnesses Continue to Criticixe the
Canned Roast Iseef.
CHICAGO. March 23.-The members Of
the government court of inquiry have
finished their labors in Chicago and left
for New York. The testimony of Gov.
ernor Theodore Roosevelt will there he
received after which the court will pro-
coed TO Governors island.
The evidence brought forth during
the day was largely cumulative in
character. consisting mainly of criri-
cisms of the canned beef and refriger-
ated beef from soldiers who ate it and
watched its effects in Cuba and Porto
Rico. David Fleischmann, bell boy
in the Hotel Morrison, told of visit to
the stockyards in the company of an un-
known man whose purpose he supposed
to be an experiment in the matter of
preserving beef by chemical treatment.
w. Clark Marshall, the provis.on spe-
cialist whose testimony was expected to
be sensational, threw no additional
light on the question. his evidence Le-
ing principally the expression of the
opinion that canned beef, as now put on
the market, is totally unfit for human
food
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
DIR. sENN CONDEMNS IT.

Considers Canned Roast Beef Unfit for
an Army Ration.
CHICAGO, March 22.-The government
court of inquiry examined two wit
nesses with reference to the beef ques-
tion-Dr. Nicholas Sem and Lieuten-
ant Colonel A. w. Corliss. DR.. Sem,
who served in Cuba and Porto Rico,
testified that the troops III Cuba lived
largely on canned roast beef and bacon.
He had every reason to believe that the
canned beef was not roasted but boiled.
1t was tasteless and certainly appeared
to lack nutritious qualities, as was ap-
parent from the condition of the men
who returned from Cuba to Montauk-
men who had never been i'll but were
greatly emaciated. He thought one Of
the meat supplies of the future for the
army should be dried beef. Men could
be fed once or twice week on canned
roast beef without i'll effect on their
health. but as daily ration for any
length of time he would not consider it
safe or advisable ration. Lieutenant
Colonel Corliss, the other witness ex-
amined. told of the soldiers dislike of
the canned beef while in Cuba.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
JOSEPH MEDILL DEAD.

Noted Chicago Newspaper Man Passes
Away at San Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 1s.-Jo-
seph Medill, editor of the Chicago
Tribune, died here at 1890 a. m. of
heart failure. He was conscious up to
the moment of death, which he met
with calm placidity. Mr.. Medill came
here three months ago for his health
and had been confined to his bed only
three days.
Mr.. Medill was born in New Bruins
wick in 1928, but his early years were
spent in Ohio. He removed to Chicago,
and in 1866 became one of the owners of
The Tribune. He was elected mayor of
Chicago in 1876 and later spent some
time in Europe. On his return he pur-
chased controlling interest in The
Tribune and has since been its editor
iu-chief.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.

Two or three new towns will be es-
tablished along the line of the Coopers-
town extension.
General Manager Pennington Of the
500 line states that no extension to Bis
marck will be built this year.
J. r. Hatfield, pioneer of Dickey
county, fell UNCONSCIOUS while working
in his barn and died several hours later.
Adam Grovrath has been arrested at
Harvey, being caught in an attempt to
blow open the safe of the German state
bank.
The Northwestern Fire and Marine
Insurance company has been organized
at Grand Forks. The capital stock is
100000 and prominent men from all
parts of the state are stockholders.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
AMERICANS NOT IDLE.

Reorganization of the Foroas Around
Manila Under Way.
MANILA, March 28.-5 p. m.-While
apparently inactive since Sunday, really
the opposite has been the case with the
American forces. A reorganization en-
failing many changes, has been in
progress since the abandonment of tho
flying column. General Wheaton's and
General Halls brigades have not been
assigned, but the Oregon regiment, the
Minnesota regiment and the Twenty
second regiment have been concen-
trated at the camp on the Luneta, at
the water front, in readiness for imme-
diate transportation when the plans of
the military leaders have been formu-
lated.
All our troops are entrenched and the
situation is practically unchanged. The
enemy has refrained from making any
attacks recently, and it would appear
that the rebels are saving their ammu-
nition for decisive moment.
According to prisoner captured by
our troops, Aguinaldo has announced
that he will personally conduct the re-
serves at Malolos and march into Ma
nila within 20 days unless the Ameri.
cans withdrew in the meantime.
The concentration Of rebel forces in
the vicinity Malabon gives color to
the statement of the prisoner.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
CANNOT SPARE THEM NOW,
Otis Says. However, He Hopes to Sol
Volunteers Homo Soon,

Otis Says. However, He Hopes to Send
Volunteers Homo Soen.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-The war de-
partment has received the following
from General OTIS:
Transports Ohio and Senator left goth.
Grant delayed for necessary repairs;
starts 25th. Carries all sick and
wounded necessary to ship. Sherman
expected tonight. Cannot commence
shipment of volunteers at present.
Hope to do so soon. Ship additional
battalion California to Negros this after
noon."
This dispatch of General Otis is very
gratifying to the war department off,
cials, as it means that all the sick and
wounded soldiers in the Philippines will
be sent home at once. The transport
Grant, which will leave last, is admir-
ably equipped for the service. It has
been decided by the department to have
the transports met at San Francisco by
officers who will pay off the soldiers,
give them their discharges and send
them to their homes with Transports
ton paid.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
SHERMAN is ALIVE.

Reported Death Of tho Ex-Secrotary Alb
solutely Without Foundation.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, March 22.-There
is no truth in the statements published
in the United States and cabled back
here representing that John Sherman is
dead. 1t is incomprehensible how these
reports originated. The American line
steamer Paris arrived just before dark
and it was Immediately reported that
Mr.. Sherman was not only alive but
better, resting easily and expected to
recover. He will be transferred, if all
goes favorably, to the United States
cruiser Chicago in day or two.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
For Over Fifty Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY,
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by millions
of mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens ihe gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to
the taste. Sold by druggists in every
part Of tho world. Twenty-Five cents
bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup, and take no other kind.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
GRAIN GROWERS MEET.
First Interstate Convention Now in ses
sion at Fargo.

First Interstate Convention Now in ses-
sion at Fargo.
FARGO, N. D., March c2.-The first
interstate grain growers convention
held in the Northwest is in session here,
continuing three days, under the au-
spices OF the Minnesota and North Da-
kota agricultural colleges. Representa-
tives from South Dakota and Manitoba
experiment stations are also present.
About 4OU farmers are in the city from
all parts of state. Mayor johnson of
Fargo was elected president Of the con-
vention, Superintendent Griggs of Min
nesota vice president, President ]. A.
Worst of the North Dakota college Sec
retary. Budd Reeve was introduced as
the originator, promoter and father of
the convention and on invitation of
Professor Hays outlined the work for
tho convention to do, indicating the
benefits to result to the agricultural
and business interests of the North
western states. By a vote of the con-
vention an invitation was extended to
President Hill of the Great Nor thern t.
attend the convention and to give an
address,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
NEARING THE END.

Opinion Of Delegate Martinelli on tho
Pope's Condition.
New YORK, March pa dispatch to
The World from Washington says:
Apostolic Delegate Martinelli, who is
in constant receipt of news from pri-
vate sources in Rome concerning the
pope's condition. believes that the pom
tiff's extreme age renders it extremely
probable that his end cannot be far off.
A recent letter from a Vatican otficia
quotes the pope as saying:
when die, l shall not give mucl
trouble to the doctors, nurses or serv-
ants. l am only skin and bone and IN
life will 60 out like u lamp which ha.
no oil to feed it,
Church officials here think that is just
the way the pontiff will go to his re.
and that already he is nearer the en-,
than is believed in this country.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
WAS A HOLOCAUST
FIRE IN THE WINDSOR HOTEL At
NEW YORK

Caused the Deatl, of at Least Fifteen Per-
sons-Half Hundred Injured and
Nearly as Many Moro Are MissinR Lite
tic Progress Made in the Work Of
Searching the Ruins Fire o>sibly tlio
Work of Robbers.
NEW YORK, March 20.-The most
complete list of casualties at the Wind
sor hotel fire shows that fifteen persons
were killed, without attempting to spec
ulate on the bodies in the ruins. Forty
persons are missing. Fifty-two names
are in the list of injured, whose where
abouts are known. The dead are:
MRS. ELIZABETH LELAND, wife Of
Warren Leland, proprietor of the hotel;
burns on body; died at Flowor hospital.
HELEN LELAND, daughter of War.
rem Leland; jumped from window: body
identified at East Fifty-tlrst street sta.
tion.
MRS. AMELIA PADDOCK, 1rvington,
NY; jumped from window body at East
Fifty first street station.
NANCY ANN KIRK (A1rs. James S.
Kirk), Chicago; died in Bellevue.
MISS LACELLES GRANDY, Eliza.
beth, N. c.; body at East Fifty, first street
station.
MRS. ADD1E GIBSON N ged IS; shock;
died at Murray Hill hotel.
ELENOR LOUISE GOODMAN, aged
II; fractured skull; died at Bellevue
JOHN CONNOLLY, hctcl employe:
burns and internal injuries; died ut Flow
or hospital.
MRS MAURICE, of this city y,who died
ut Roosevelt hospital at Sam. from burns
and injuries.
MARY SULLIVAN, died at Bellevue
hospital.
| window died Mt 10 East Forty xth street,
UNKNOWN WOMAN, middle-aged;
jumped from Window died nt Miss Helen
| Gould's residence.
| Fifty-flrst street station.
from roof at rear of hotel; body not re.
covered.
UNKNOWN CHILD, thrown from
window by mother; body not recovered.
| UNKNOWN WOMAN, mother of the
child; jumped from window; body not
| recovered.
Possible Origin of tho Fire:
Regarding the origin of the fire the
Herald publishes the following:
"John Foy, waiter in the hotel, was
passing through the hall on the parlor
floor, the first above the street. He was
making his way to place where he
could catch a moments sight of the
parade. In front of him walked
man, patron of the hotel. The waiter
did not know him. Passing thus one
behind the other, they had nearly
gained the angle of the passage
of Fifth avenue and Forty
sixth street, when the patron drew
match and lighted cigar or cigarette.
He tossed the match aside. 1t was still
blazing and fell into the folds Of lace
curtain. In an instant the flilnsy fabric
was ablaze and the flames shot to sur
rounding draperies. This, from all ac-
counts, was the origin of the holocaust
in which many human beings perished
and others were severely mangled, while
helpless thousands looked on in wild
| horror
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
Inaists It Ii YillarAil.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. March 2O.-After
careful investigation Major General
Wood, military governor. was convinced
that the skeleton found q few days ago
tied in an arm chair amid the rocks on
the shore about four miles west Of Ell
Moro ia the remains Of the Spanish
admiral, Villamil.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
Hurst Guilty.
Joe Hurst has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree at Glendive.
NOTICE.
State Of North Dakota,

County OF stark.
In the matter Of the estate of William A. Nc
Cloy, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Alphonso Hilliard
the administrator Of tho estate Of William A.
McCloy deceased, has rendered and presented
for final settlement, and filed in this Court his
final account Of his administration Of said es.
and that the 10th day Of April. A. D. 1899, at
the 'd
town Of Dicki1son, in said County oi Stark hs.
tho final settlement Of said final account and
distribution and settlement Of said estate; st
said Estate may appear and file his exceptions.
in writing. or otherwise, to the said final &C.
count, aud contest the same.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal
of tho County Court Of said County of Stark
and State Of North Dakota to be hereunto
affixed.
Witness Hon. James G. Campbell, Judge of
tho County Court in and for said County of
Stark at his office in the town Of Dickinson in
said County, this 4th day Of March, a. D. 1889.
[Seal.] JAMES G. CAMPBELL,
3.25-st Judge of the County Court.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
DEFEATED By MILLER.
Banditti of Panay Island Mako an Attack
on Americans.

Banditti of Panay Island Mako an Attack
on Americans.
MANILA, March 2l.-4:4O p. m.-The
mountain banditti of Panay island re-
Gently threatened serious attack upon
Iloilo, but they were repulsed by Gen.
eral Miller with loss of 200 men.
McNeill's battalion OF the California
regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel
Duboce, has been ordered to embark on
tho Indiana, in order to reinforce the
garrisons of the towns of Bais and Bag
uyan, on the east coast of the island of
Negros, where Colonel Smith is in COM
mand. This is only measure of pre-
caution. as Major General Otis says he
does not anticipate trouble there.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
Northern Pacific Extension.

The Northern Pacific will begin the
extension of the Cooperstown branch,
25 miles further north, as soon as the
ground thaws sufficiently. One of the
new towns will be Melby, in Eddy
county. The road will pass through a
good wheat country.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
shotwell Shortage Settled.

The old Shotwell shortage has been
finally settled by the city taking a deed
for shotwell's real estate, bill of sale
for his personal effects and an assign
ment of his paid life insurance policies
The city will probably realize about
half of the $4,000 shortage and there
will be no prosecution. Shotwell was
city treasurer.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-03-25
FORTY-NlNE MISSING.
Many Windsor Hotel Occupants still Uns
occouufa6 For

Many Windsor Hotel Occupants stiil On.
accounted For.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Beside the 18
dead whose bodies have been recovered
40 persons, who are supposed to have
been in the Windsor hotel when it was
destroyed OIL Friday. are yet unac-
counted for. The rain has interfered
with the work of searching for bodies
and it was not till afternoon that the
workers succeeded in getting steadily
down to the removal of the debris.
What are supposed to be the remains
of three bo'7ies were taken out of the
Windsor hotel ruins at late hour.
These three bring the list Of dead to 1S.