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The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
LINCOLN WAS GRACIOUS.
Invited the Theater Usher to q Seat
In His Box.

In His Box.
II never was much of Republican,"
said gentleman who was born and
reared in Washington, "but loved
Abraham Lincoln. He was one Of the
most lovable men ever met. I was
an usher at the National theater, and
about two weeks before the assassina-
tion John Wilkes Booth and Susan
Denim were playing there. Mrs. Lin
coin having expressed desire to see
them in Romeo and Juliet was sent
to the presidents house to say that
box had been reserved. In the even
ing, Mrs. Lincoln being indisposed, the
president and little Tad Lincoln came,
and showed them to the box.
"As Tad entered he turned and said,
Come in, Lew 'oh, no. 1 replied;
that would not be right Tad then
turned to his father and said, Pap, you
have no objection to Lew coming in?'
Mr.. Lincoln, with smile and notion
ing me to a seat, replied: No, Tad;
certainly not for any of your friends.
We will be glad to have your compa-
n.y.
Il told Tad that my business would
not allow me the privilege, and, thank
ing both father and son, returned to
my duties with light heart and with
an admiration for the president have
felt for but few men, and since that in
cident have often recalled it and ex-
pressed my sorrow that he met with
death so timely."-Washingto Star.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
Cope Colony Wants Roinforoements Sent
TvDv,n ruD1~nA

Cape Colony Wants Roinforoements Sent
From England.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE news from
Cape Town is again unsatisfactory.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Malmesbury and would have been
proclaimed in other districts but that
the cabinet meeting was unable to
agree as to its advisability. The vague
ness of the situation concerning the
movements and position of the In.
vaders has sent fresh cold 6t over the
colonists and Cape Town calls loudly
for strong reinforcements from Eng
land on the ground that the greater
part Of Lord Kitcbener's available
force is employed in protecting the
lines of communication and the Rand
mines, the latter extending for a dis
tance Of 80 miles.
It is asserted by one Cape Town cor.
respondent that unless the forces in
Cape Colony are increased. q most un.
desirable state of affairs may exist, os
the success in arms Of invaders, how.
ever slight, might be the signal for q
Dutch rising. As it is many British
have had to
Leave tho Dutch Villages
near Cape Town their lives being un'
bearable. According to q native re.
port, white men, whether Beers or To-
oal farmers, hsye igst pssasd through
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
DANGER FROM ovEREATING.
Insanity Often Caused by Too Liber-
nj Indulgence In Food.

Insanity Often Caused by Too Liber-
nj Indulgence In Food.
1t Is we'll known to the few medical
men that many cases Of insanity are
directly due to overeating and the con-
sequcnt absorption into the circulation
of toxic matters from the intestinal
tract and melancholia, whether in mild
or severe form, is generally due to this
cause. Violent paroXysms of temper,
whether in children or adults, are often
properly referable to bad state Of the
blood from this auto toxemia, as are in
deed the exceedingly exuberant spirits
Of old or young at times. Just as we
observe in alcoholic poisoning, some
individuals are made temporarily jolly
and good natured; others are made
ugly and unreasonable.
In view of this condition of affairs
isn't it rather wise plan for us all to
consider rather the needs of the Or
ganism for food than the mere ques.
tion of palate tickling, to aim to eat
good instead of bad food and enough
Of lt-that Is, not too much-to have
the conditions about right when we
take our meals; in brief to try and
treat our bodies decently even though
we act from purely sensual point of
view? In no other way can we secure
the highest possible degree of pleasure
on the average, while by acting thus
sensibly we may enjoy practical i'm
munity from disease.
The more exercise we take under
proper conditions, the more we are ex-
posed to cold, and the clearer we keep
from excess in clothing the more we
may eat; hence, in order to enjoy the
fullest measure Of table pleasures, we
must live actively, wear as little cloth
ing as is consistent with comfort and
do considerable "roughing'-
called hardening. With all this we
should take our meals at times when
the body or brain Is not overtired, and
when we 'have leisure to digest" and,
Of all things, we should never eat un-
less we are hungry. 10 eat without an
appetite is self abuse of the most
stupid sort, since it affords no pleasure
and is productive Of disease.-Physical
Culture.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
The RIGHT THING TO PUT ON.
(Benson's Plaster Is Pains Master.)

From the natural impulse to ''put some
thing ON a painful spot all applications
for the relief of pain have arisen.
The most successful have ever been poul-
tices or plasters, and the best of these is
Benson's Porous Plaster.
No other has anything like the same
power as q curative agent; it is highly and
scientifically medicated, and its standard
is advanced year by year.
Use Benson's Plaster for coughs, colds,
chest diseases, rheumatism, grip, neuralgia,
kidney trouble, lame back, and other all
ments that make Winter season of suffer-
ing and danger. It relieves and cures
quicker than any other remedy.
Do not accept Capsicum, Strengthening
or Belladonna plasters in place of Benson's,
as they possess none of its curative power.
Insist on having the genuine.
The people of every civilized land have
testified for years to the superlative merit
of Benson's Plasters; and 5000 physicians
and druggists of this country have declared
them worthy of public confidence.
In official comparisons with others, Ben.
sons Plasters have been honored with
tJty:fve highest awards.
For sale by all druggists, or We will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States on the receipt Of 25c. each.
Accept no imitation or substitute.
seabury Il johnson, Mig. Chemists, NJ.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.

Williston has 262 school children.
The two banks of Glendale have con.
solidated.
The Belgian hare fad has struck
Glendale.
The Methodist church at st. Thomas
is to be remodeled.
North Dakota has nine pupils in the
South Dakota blind asylum.
A volunteer fire department. has been
organized at New Rockford.
Work will be begun this month on
the excavation for Milton's new -four.
ing mill.
The Casselton opera house is nearly
finished, and will probably be opened
about Feb. l.
Wimbledon g artesian we'll is flooding
adjoining property and the result may
be some damage suits.
The Great Northern is closing sta.
tious on its line where the seasons
business has been less than $40, 1000.
An attempt is being made to organ
ize q base ball circuit to include
Dickey, Sargent, Ransom and Mar
shall.
The careless handling Of gun by q
boy at Linton resulted in q young man
being shot in the eye. His eyesight
may be saved.
A LaMoure county farmer thinks
stock raising pays. Last week two of
his COWS presented him with pair of
fine twin calves.
Many Russians are arriving in La
Moure county. Nearly every 500 train
bound for Napoleon is loaded with
Russians "einwanderer.
The changes in the postal service re.
sulting in the withdrawal Of Northern
Pacific clerks to other lines causes
Jamestown to lose five families.
Ray O. Hitchcock, brakeman on the
500 branch, was killed in the Lidger.
wood yards while switching. He has
wife and child at Oakes
A valuable horse and buggy were
stolen from Frank Pietz at Hankinson
while the family was attending
dance. Mr.. Kinney also had a set of
harness stolen, probably by the same
man. . ..-.
The black leg has made its appear.
ance among cattle in the northern
part of Stutsman county. One farmer
lost three head and has several more
sick. The remainder of his herd has
been vaccinated.
Nels Olson, 500 freight brakeman,
lost his right arm at Enderlin while
making a coupling and it was neces-
sary to amputate the arm between the
shoulder and elbow. He carried 81, 700
accident insurance.
81 49, s.s.ss1 : t-': -. = -..
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
NORTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS
oo,Ncs OF a WEEK IN ALL SECTIONS
OF THs STATE.
lusursnce ccmpan!es May Withdraw
Hrsm Tcwns Without Fire Proteo.
Eon-B!S Attendance at the
ARrIcultura! College.

Some OF the fire insurance companies
are beginning to get Oh the anxious
eeRt ana may withdraw their business
from the towns in this state which have
no system Of FIRE protection. In large
mum Der of the smaller towns all the
buildings are frame and some of them
are of rather ancient origin. making
them infammable. As result, if one
catches on fire it burns SO rapidly that
the structure is destroyed before the
flames can be extinguished, and if there
is any wind the entire block, and fre.
quently the whole town, will be de.
stroyed. A majority of the towns have
no system of waterworks, and many
have not oven purchased chemical en-.
gines.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
DEATH LIST LARGE
.TwsNTY-EleHT, PERISH IN ARocH-
ESTER, N. ", FIRE.

Dozen Others More or LrsS Injured ut
the Different Hospitals RInse was
Caused by q Gas Explosion and >pread
With Grcne Rsp..iity - Minneapolis
Dod:ing House Catastrophe.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Jan. 0.-Twen.
%ty-eight deal bodies lie at the morgue
and IL others more or less seriously in.
jured lie at tho different hospitals as a
result of the terrible holocaust which
occurred at the Rochester orphan asy.
lum. Of the dead ~ are children of
both sexes, ranging i'll aSe from 2 to IA
years, while the remaining . were
adults. The fire, which was doubtless
caused by an explosion Of gas III the
boiler room adjoining the west wing
Of tire asylum, spread SO rapidly chat
many of the 100 inmates of. the insti-
tuition were overcome by the flames
nnd smoke almost without warning.
In all the long and dismal recosd of
fatal fires in Rochester. none can be
found which can equal this one in it's
great horror in the pathetic scenes in
which so many lives were blotted out,
in the gallant sacrifice Of lives of the
atten dants in whose care the children
were and in the sad scenes at the hos.
pital and the morgue. That 80 many
children were saved from the burned
wing of the building seems
and one marvels that the death roll
was not even larger.
The scene Immediately after the
alarm and the accompanying explosion
was one that turned the stoutest
hearts. Firemen, attendants and po-
licemen sought to release the children
from their perilous position. The dor
the fire and the little ones were being
slowly suffocated. Most Of those saved
were lowered to the ground by means
OF ladders from the second and third
floors. The ambulance of every hos
pital in the city reached the scene al.
most as soon us the fire department.,
but they proved totally inadequate in
providing for those rescued. Many
sufferers and the dead were removed to
houses in the immediate Deighborhood.
There were awful scenes around the
asylum at this time. Most of those
rescued from the burned building were
unconscious from the effects Of the
smoke. 1t soon became apparent that
the building was doomed. A general
alarm was sent in and the entire fire
department was soon on the scene.
The fire was stubbornly fought from
every available point, but it was over
an hour after its discovery before it
was under control.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
SAMUEL. EiLpEN CLUB.


Cleveland, Hill, Lamont and Others to
Become Member.
New YORK, Jan. THE journal
and Advertiser says:
Grover Cleveland, David B. Hill.
Daniel S. Lamont, William F. Shee.
han. William @. Whitney, Jacob A.
Canter and other Democrats, are, it is
announced, to become members of the
Samuel ]. Tilden club, with headquar.
ters at Broadway aud Seventy.second
street, articles of incorporation for
which have just been signed by Justice
Leventritt in the supreme court.
The club, as declared by those who
are promoting its interests. is to be the
pioneer in tho movement suggested by
Grover Cleveland for the '.reorganiza-
tion Of the Democracy and to promul-
gate true Democratic principles
throughout the United States." 1t is
to be national as we'll as state and
local institution and will seek to have
nominated for Office only ''simon pure"
Democrats, running on "old.fashioned"
Democratic platforms.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
SAYS AGUINALDo is DEAD.

Secret but Trustworthy Information In
Letters From the Philippines.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Benj jamin Ide
Wheeler, president of the University
Of California, who is now staying at
the Waldorf. Astoria hotel, has re-
ceived information from secret sources
in the Philippines to the effect that
Aguinaldo is dead and that his death
occurred no less than six weeks ago.
The news has been kept secret by Ag-
uinaldo's followers. it is said, for the
purpose Of prolonging the rebellion,
since it was believed that the news Of
the chiefs death would cause such dis.
couragement and alarm that an utter
capitulation would result.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
THE CANTEEN QUESTION.
That Part of tho Army Reorganization
Bill Discussed In the tennte.

That Part of tho Army Reorganization
sill Discussed In the sennte.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-During the
legislative session the senate had un.
der consideration the much mooted
canteen question in connection with
the army reorganization bill The sem
ate committee in effect restored the
provision for post exchange or can.
teen which had been stricken out of
the bill by the house. For nearly five
hours the senate discussed the commit
tee amendment, but a vote upon the
proposition is not yet in sight. Sena-
tors Gallinger IN. H.) and Hans
brough IN. d. vigorously opposed the
amendment, and in turn it was quite
as strenuously supported by Senators
Sewall (Del.) Hawley Comm, Money
Miss. and Carter (Mon.).
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
A RAW YOUNG LAWYER.

His First Case introduced Him to
Contempt of Court.
Some Of the members Of the bar were
discussing contempt cases because of
a recent notable event in the state, and
one Of the little coterie related per-
sonal experience.
II read law at home and had my ex-
aminations through a little country
lawyer who knew great deal, but
never had big case and was notorious
for his ability in abusing justices Of:
the peace. 1t may seem a preposter-
GUS statement, but had never heard
or thought of such aching as contempt
of court when l had my first profess
sional experience in common pleas
court. No sooner had the opposition
attorney made an objection than the
judge ruled against me.
"I proceeded to inform him that he
was wrong, that he knew he was
wrong and that wished he would quit
his pettifogging. The lawyers in at
tendance were temporarily petrifed;
the venerable Judge glared at me over
his glasses, finally smiled in forgiv-
ing sort of way and told me to pro-
ceed. Very soon there was another
well taken objection, and again he
ruled against me. This practically took
the props from under my case, and |
went at the Judge us my instructor had
been accustomed to go at Justice of
the peace in back township.
"'Your honor detained, Is po-
litical accident. In the eternal fitness
of things you should be digging coal
or cleaning out underbrush. You have
no more sense of justice than Zulu
chief of mercy. Thank heaven there is
a higher judicial tribunal in this state
that But there was halted by a
fine Of 5000 or 80 days In Jail. The
Judge took me to his private room.
where he learned my story and remit
ted the fine. To pay 5000 at that time
would have pauperized me. ! now
have quite reputation for never rub
bing the court the wrong way."-De-
troit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
TO REGULATE MARRIAGES.

Radical Measure Proposed by q Wisoon-
sin Legislator.
LA CROSSE, Wis, Jan. 8.-W. l.
Woodward of this city, author Of the
now famous marriage law bill to regu.
late marriages. has secured Senator
James 'Stont, the public benefactor and
widely known philanthropist Of Me.
nomonie, to present and father this
bill in the legislature. It will be intro
duoed by him shortly after the opening
of the session this week. The law pro.
vides against the marriage of degener-
ates, physical and moral, and all mar
riages will be in control Of an examin.
ing board of physicians
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
For over Fifty years

AN OLD AND WELL-TR1ED 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 the 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 the
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its
value is incalculable. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
the Clan William district in the direo-
ton of Malmesburv.

the Clan William district in the direc.
ton Of Malmesbury.
The Cape Town correspondent Of
The Daily News who calls for 10000
fresa troops. says: ''Prominent AT.
rikander loyalists declared that the re.
bellious colonists will construe the
colonial call to arms as challenge aud
that the ominous silence of the pro-
rebels combined with the fact mat
members of the pro- Boer junta in Cape
Town have been touring in the disaf.
fectcd districts emphasizes the necessity
for martial law. The necessity was
never more acute for dlsplac rein.
forcements. Already th,re is proif that
colonials are leading one commani.
DR.. Leyds. according to The Hagne
correspondent of Tho Daily Mail. is
recruiting i'll Holland, Belgium, France
aud Germany and his recruits will be
sent out to Namaqualand, ostensibly as
emigrants, each man receiving $50
down on starting.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
se,.tor Nelson Renominated.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 8.-Senator Knute
Nelson is the unanimous choice of tho
Republicans OF Minnesota for United
States senate. At caucuses of the Re-
publican members of either house of
the state legislature he was endorsed
without a dissenting vote. The re-
suit was telegraphed to Mr.. Nelson at
Washington.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
TO PROTECT INTEREST.

Stato Department TO Take Vigorous Ac.
~ tioIl at Panama.
WAsH1EaToH, Jan. 9.-Consul Gem
eral Gudger at Panama cables the
state department from Colombia that
the Colombian, government announces
that the revolutionists are approaching
Panama and aud making preparations
for fight which is likely to occur;
soon. The state department. intends
taking vigorous actionif the city is
threatened with bombardmentt to pro-
tect American interests and to carry
ont the duties we have assumed by
treaty for the protection Of the Isthmus
Of Panama
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
NAMED IN CAUCUS.

Gamble for Senator From South Dakots
and Nelson From Minnesota.
PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 8.-The Repub.
ican senatorial caucus has nominated
Robert J. Gamble by acclamation, all
other names having been withdrawn.
In his speech Of acceptance. Gamble
referred to Pettigrew in saying that
at the close of his term he hoped that
he could turn the Office back to the
party unsullied and with honor.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
NORTHERN PACIFIC GRANT.

Supreme Court Decision Regarding In
demnity Lands.
WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the United
States supreme court an opinion was
handed down involving the right of
the secretary of the interior to with
draw indemnity lands along the line of
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany. The opinion was handed down
by Justice Harlan and sustained the
practice of the interior department
since 1858 of not making withdrawal
of lands liable to become parts Of the
grant
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. It is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. Druggists
sell the SOC. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you arc sure to continue
the treatment.
Announcement.
To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trol-
5les, The proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will DO known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is Is cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form cmbodies the med
ieinal properties Of the solid preparation. );
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
LODGING HOUSE BLAZE.
Eight Mon Lose Their Lives In Fire at
Minneapolis.

Eight Mon Lose TheJr Lives In q Fire at
Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. Eight men
lost their lives in the fire at 115 Wash.
ington avenue south Sunday morning.
The men were overcome by smoke in
the Harvard hotel, which occupies the
second, third and fourth floors of the
building, and death in every instance
was due to suffocation.
The dead are Nathaniel Perley, O. J.
skidmore, ]. s. Bentley, B. Scofeld,
George Rudey, Michael Monahan and
jacobson all of Minneapolis. and ].
N. Erickson of Alexandria, MINI.
When the men were found in va
rious parts Of the house Erickson was
dead, the others unconscious, and all
in such condition that there was no
hope of resuscitating any except pos.
sibly jacobson. He died at noon at the
city hospital.
That there was fire in the building
was first discovered by Charles Han
son, as he was about to go to his room
OA4 GAAo 6SCVA0 AOOls 4Ao1O Whb g&4oA
smoke in the hallway and he imme.
diately alarmed George O'Connor, the
night clerk and the two men set about
to awaken the lodgera
Hanson devoted his attention to the
second floor, and O'Connor rushed up
stairs. 1t was then about 1:45 o'clock
and the dodgers were all asleep, and it
was with the greatest difficulty they
were aroused. In several instances it
was necessary for O'Connor to break
in doors. In the meantime he kept
crying "fire," aud the alarm soon
readi O'Connor was finally forced to
beat retreat because of the smoke.
1t was case of every man fighting
for his own life. Nineteen of the ~
dodgers were successful, but the others
were unable to break their way
through the thick smoke and sue.
cumbed
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
COMPROMISE MEASURE.
New Indian Timber Bill With . National
Park PrOvl8iOn.

New Indian Timber Bill With National
Park Provision.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0.-The senti.
ment in Minnesota in favor of the
creation of a national park on the
Chippewa reservation is recognized in
a bill just prepared here, amendatory
of the Nelson law. 1t provides that
when the Indian timber has been re.
moved from the reservation and allot-
ments made, that the surplus lands re.
naming shall be reserved in whole or
in part for forestry on park purposes.
This provision is not mandatory,
however, as it contains an alternative
proposition directing the secretary of
the interior to dispose Of the surplus
lands under the homestead laws. The
course to be pursued by the secretary
is discretionary; he may reserve the
land for park purposes or dispose of
them as directed. The provisions OF
the measure relating to the disposal of
the Indian pine follow the lines Of the
Curtis bill and the one more recently
drafted by Representative Eddy.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
BATCHELDER DEAD.

Was Formerly Quartermaster General Of
the Army.
WASHINGTON, Jan. General R. N.
Batchelder, former quartermaster gen.
eral Of the army, died here at 2:25 p. m.
General Batchelder had been in deli
cate health for several years past, but
his illness did not assume critical
phase until just bsfore the holidays,
when he suffered from an attack of
angina pectoris. Interment will be
made at Arlington cemetery Monday
after services in All Souls Unitarian
church at 1890 in the morning.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12
FILIPINos ExILED.

Twenty-six Leaders Will lie Deported to
Guam.
MANILA, Jan. 8.-General Macarthur
will deport to the island of Guam at
the earliest opportunity 26 Of the Fill
pino leaders, including Generals Ri.
carte and Pho del Pillar and the agita.
tors Mabini, Ocampo and Trias. Others
will follow them in exile. They will
be detained until peace is established.
The Dickinson press., 1901-01-12

"There is one thing like about you,"
said the intimate friend, land that is
your lack of vanity. You don't pretend
to be the greatest actor the world has
ever SEEN"
"No," answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes thoughtfully, "but would be
II the world would only come to see
me."-Washington Star.