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' riffin m ______... 'rT" .' • isr. VOLUME 1 ‘J mm Its lotttU£ .FragrantI | Lasting! pleading Price an Cta. ruMi' TJold at Druggist*. UXADOBis^ D!’BULL’S GOUGH SYRUP F0R25C L- ; c S COUGHS &COI-05 ftttVATioN Oil y frfes only 26 Cts. Sold by all druggists. fallings,Bruises,Lumbago,Sprain^ fill relieve Rheumatism, Reara/gkfy fhedache, Toothache 9 Soros f Burns? Cuts, Scalds Backache, %ounds L &c 1 , iHem tiRIFFIN, GEORGIA, U S. A. Griffln >« 1be hest !U1<1 most f |romisin K Iittle ty in the th. Its record for the past i enterprises in kail decade, its many new oper- jtion, building and contemplated, prove this obe a business statement and not a hyper- oiical description. During that time it has built and put into 8 ort successful operation a $100,000 cotton urtory and with this year started the wheels of a second of more than twice that capital. It has put up a large iron and brass foundry. • fertilizer factory, an immense ice and bot¬ tling works, a sash and blind factory a broom factory, opened up the finest granite marry in the United States, and now has our large oil mills in more or less advanced stages of construction, with an aggregate au thorited capital of over half a million dollars, [t is putting up the finest system of electric ghting that can be procured, and has ap¬ plied for two arters lor street railways. It bas secured another railroad ninety miles long, and while located on the greatest system in the South, the Central, hae seenred connec¬ tion with its important n X, the East Ten¬ nessee, Virginia and (leor -i i It i ,UH obtain- d direct independent, Jsoum ( lion with Chat tanooga and the West, d r. illbreak gronn n a lew days fora fourth, oad, connecting with a fourth independentsyetem. With its five white and-foureolored church it hn« recently completed n $10,000 new Pmbyterian church. It has increased Itspop- olatios by nearly one fifth. It has attracted around its borders fruit growere from nearly stwj State in the Union, until it is now sur¬ rounded on nearly every side by orchards and vineyards. It has put up the largest ruit evaporators in the State. It is the home id the grape andits wine making capacity has doubled every year. It has successfully in augurated a system of public schools, with a •even years curriculum, second J;o none. This is part of the record oi a half decade and simply shows the progress of an already admirable city with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. Griffin is the county Beat of Spalding coun- y, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a valthy,fertile and rolling country, of 1150 1890, feet it above sea level. alow By the census between G and •ill have at estimate 000 7,000 people, and they are all of the right •ort- wide-awake, np to the times, ready to wttcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ niable settlers, who will not be any less wel iobk if they Ihne bring is money to help build thing up the nr. abent only one we need badly just now, and that iH a big hotel #e have several small ones, but their accom modations are entirely too limited for our Mine s, pleasure and health seekig nguests f you sec anybody that wants a good loca ion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Griffin is the place where the Griffin News • published—daily and weekly—the best news- uclose aperintheEmpireStateof Georgia. Please and descriptive stamps in sending for sample copies This brief pamphlet of Griffin. sketch is written April 12th, 1889, and will have t.« be changed in a few mouth • embrace new enterprises commenced and ompieted, burns insure your property hetore it SOTTTHEILVMUTUAL iu still taking risks ns well as Georgia Home, Imperial -—and.- CENTRAL CITY. 0an at ODce. Don’t delay. c. H. JOHNSON. Agent. SOUTHERN MUTUAL BIDING - AND • LOAN ASSOCIATION. jWffl, GEORGIA, BRANCH. •ernLr ^Hl° # B in *. 18 Stockin the timc the to 8th take- - or Feb- Re- Hdn”” th 8 3*? « S®™* issued to Griffin Stock¬ ist share 8rne< * two dollars and twenty cent* naes <8eni - ____jB racswsreH ffjf GlUFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDN SDAY MORNING, MARCH 12 1890. WORK FORCONCRESS Many Important, MV.^nres Press¬ ing for Con* deration. LOOKING FOE LEAK- Hi IMF, SENATE All Ati, lap: Will He v »,l» to IM*p»o* of tlie Ilia r LIU—Then Comes tile Contest for lit„ 1 ,, of U ay — , lie M,1,1(1- f'om,,toii (erne*t i , : )*o llo.i.e* Washington, March 11.—The interest of the past week in congressional circles has centered in the investigation of secret session leakages in which Mr. Dot pit's committee h.m been engaged. That committee is now engaged in call¬ ing senators as witnesses and their ex¬ amination may keep the committee busy during a greater part of the week. The general impression is that with this examination the investigation will cease and that the proposed imprisonment will of recah ltr.iut newspaper witnesses never take place. ,.ir. J Heir’s educa¬ tional bill will occupy the senate’s after¬ noons during the week and an effort will day afternoon. be made to bring it to a vote Fri¬ If it appears that this cannot be done the applications committee will bring in the tiie debate urgent deficiency the Blair bill bill and long interrupt on The enough to pass it. committee on privileges and elections will submit its report on tho Montana contest some time during the week and Mr. Goar will ask that it be given consideration at an early day. To 1 »> <>w Uifi limit* Hill. Mush interest is felt hi the establish¬ ment of a permanent order of business when the Glair oill shall be out of the way. Mr. Frye will endeavor to have tne Pacific railroad funding bill taken up, Mr. Platt will put forward the bill for the admission of Wyoming, Mr. Sherman will press his anti-trust bill (which has had Hale already will a partial his con¬ sideration). Mr. urge bill for the increase of the naval establish¬ ment. Mr. Dolph will ask consideration lor liis Mexican award bill and finally the undervaluations bill, which will have been reported from tiie committee on hnauce by that time, will make a strong fight for immediate considera¬ tion. During the morning hour through the week the calendar will be considered and the Oklahoma town site bill may be further debated. Oklahoma iu the Home. The comini.tee on territories will push to a conclusion this week in the house, the bill providing for the organi¬ zation of the territory of Oklahoma. To¬ day will be consumed in disposing of matters connected with the District of Columbia. Messrs. Baker, of New York, and Dorsey, of Nebraska, have given notice that they will call up for consideration the bills for the admission ot v.ypjning and Idaho to statehood, but ou account of the Oklahoma bill this part of the programme may not be carried out. The committee on elections has the contested case of Mudd vs. Compton, from the i if th Maryland district, ready to bring before the house, but Mr. Cooper, witling to who let has the charge committee of the case, terri¬ is on tories dispose of its , usiness before do¬ ing that so. There will is a probability, however, the case be brought up before the end of the week and in this event it will be pushed to a conclusion—the seating of Air. Mudd. Friday, as usual, will be private bill day. Salt Lake's Totlujj Strength. ^ Salt Lake City, March 1!.—The de- bate in the senate at Washington indi-i cates an erroneous idea of the popula¬ tion and voting strength of this city. Tne secretary of the chamber of com¬ merce makes of the the following the statement: Instead vote at recent city election being only 2,800. t tlie registra¬ tion was 7,tKio and the vote 8,300. This did not include tiie disfranchised Mor¬ mons, unnaturalized comt-lA loreign citizens, nor about 750 new entitled to register. Tho city will have a voting tion. population of U), 0 o 0 at the August elec¬ DUguifitni as a Woman. Bordentown, N. J., March 11.—A tall young representing man, disgui-ed as a woman and liiinseif to be an agent lor corsets and. la-lieunderwear, has been taking orders in this vicinity for a few days. His sex was not discovered until iriday, when he was found out at a private bouse When at Newtown, a few miles away. threatened with arrest he admitted that lie had been making time. a livelihood Ladies in this manner for some thereabout from whom he received orders and whom he fitted are indignant over the matter. 'i lie \\ ilk* HbiiiTu Durtiug Mine. Wilkesbakue, ----------------» Pa., * I March «--- 1L— For the the first first time time since since the the fire fire began l>ega smoke began issuing irom tim. .South Wilkes- barre shaft yesterday -afternoon ,oou. Over been 1,00s gallons of water the a minute have poured into mine for several days and it has now reached the fire. By will to-morrow be extinguished it is thought, further the search Games and will Be made for the eight men who were in the mine when the fire broke out. ____ I ive Days in an Open Boat. Gloucester, Mass., March 11.—The schooner Blanche, just arrived from Grand Banks, had ou Ixiard Edward Fogarty and William Wilson, of the crew of the fishing schooner Nellie G. Thurston, who were picked up at sea in an open dory. They had gone adrift while attending trawls and had been without food or water for five days when rescued. The men suffered ter- bly, their feet and hands being nearly frozen. __________ S-nee*e«l Out a Bullet. CENTREViLLE.Ia., March Bamhouse, 11.—Twenty- four years ago George while the army, was shot in the head. He the wound and the other day began to sneeze violently and out of nose dropped the ripenoer rifle ball, that struck him while in battle, Urt se2.es in a Trance. Columbia, a C., March 11.—“Major” the illiterate and ignorant Edge- county negro, who while in what to oe a tranc”, preaches learned elo ,uent sermon «. is still attracting great deal of attention. i l.rkisi AcstB-f llijycotb Charleston, 8. C., declared March 11.—Asa against ale of brewing tiie boycott firm of Tracy A: Russell Knights of Labor were indicted for and placed under bond for • THE ONTARIO MYSTERY. Reginald , lUrelmll anil Ills Wire Held /*•$• ?,5tir<l*r. Niagara Falls, N. Y., March 11.— Reginald Birchall is held for murder and so is liis wife. The inquest concluded at 0:30 o’clock Saturday night at Princeton. The jury found him guilty of the murder of Frederick C. Benweil, of Cheltenham, England, on Feb. if, 1890, unJ Florence Birchall, his wife, guilty as an acces¬ sory after the fact. Ontario is in the greatest state of ex¬ citement. No one has the slightest doubt of Bircnall’s guilt, but the com- muuity has arisen in ;iu indignant the pro¬ test against the second clause iu ver¬ dict. airs. Birchall defenseless and her condition is p.tiub.e. Nobody about here thinks the evidence thus far ad¬ duced in the case incriminates her in the least degree. Whatever wrong she did after the arrest ot Birchall, she did, so the community argues, for the love of him and to shield him from his doom, bhe is a heart broken woman. Ben well’s mur iered body was found in a swamp near ; rincetoa, Ont., Feb. 21. The crime was traced by a strong chain of circumstantial evidence to Burchall, who by false representations is said to have lured D. R. Pelly and Benweli to Canada, where he killed the latter for his mouey-of which the vic¬ tim had only a small sum. Afraid of the Anbury Hank. f Asbury Park, N. J., March 11.— Considefable excitement was caused by the statements puolished about the As¬ bury loans Park alleged National bonk and made the heavy to have been by the institution to George Byram, its presi¬ dent. A few depositors were so fright¬ ened that they drew out their money, but the aggregate amount drawn out was exceeded by the deposits that were made during the day. The bank is per¬ fectly closed solid Robert or its doors would have national been bank examiner. by E. James, the Mrs. Chonio Com in its Suicide. Norristown, Pa., March 11.—Annie Chomo, who was indicted with John Kenderosoh for the murder of her hus¬ band, John Chomo, at Pottstown last November, committed suicide in her cell silk yesterday handkerchief, by hanging winch herself tied with a she to the cell door. After ivenderosch’s ac¬ quittal Mrs. Chomo grew very melan¬ choly. Shot Hla Coukpauio > fur Fun. Zanesville, O., March 11.—Frank Gray head last shot Robert Thompson in the this city, killing evening him three instantly. miles east Gray of says he did not know it was loaded and pointed the gun at his companion for tun. Both are about 25 years of age. No ar resist —--------- Accidentally shot His Playmate. Allentown, 15-year-old p a ., March white 11.—George playing Amay. with revolver, a accidentally boy, discharged a it. The builet grazed the head of John Shafer, Shafer’s a »-year-old boy standing by. by Y ourig face was cut open the builet ana badly burned Dy powder. Tb» Jlcxly Plundered* Peoria, Ills., Match It.—The body of Bernhard Junghaus, a wealthy horse importer, the river here was with discovered the head floating split in open, it is known that J unghau, always car¬ ried considerable casfl, but ail the money and valuables were missihg. A Vacation for 3,0J0 Men. Malden, Mass., March 11.—The fac¬ tories of the Boston Ruober Shoe com¬ pany at Edgeworth and the Falls will be shut down April 10, for three weens Three for repairs thousand and taxing employes account will be of idie. stock. Fire at Mir min pliant. Birmingham, Ala., March 11.—Os- well’s block, containing Jswell’s under¬ taking establishment, the Misfit cloth¬ ing store, McGuire & Ward's saloon and the Odd F’ellows’ hall, was burned yes¬ terday. Loss $59,000. Henry Warn Beecher Eulogized, Baltimore, March 11.— Rev. Tobias Schonforber eulogized Henry Ward Beecher at the regular service at the Har Sinai temple yesterday, that being the third anniversary of the great preacher’s death. lUf Fire in Detroit. Detroit, March 11.— Fire last even- ing destroyed Gray & Batfy's six story brick furniture factory and Carroll <J£ Hunt's Chair company establishment Total loss estimated at $250,000; partly insured. Tho Trial Postponed. Newport, R. L, March 11.—The trial trip of the torpedo boat Cushing, fixed for today, has been indefiitely post¬ poned, the board appointed to superin¬ tend the trial not having met. : _ .... . . •*. Taulbec’. Case Hopetcu. Washington, March 11 . — Ex-Con¬ gressman Taulbee has failed consider¬ ably. His physicians say his case is likely utterly hopeless immediately. and that bis death is to occur To Take Strikers’ plwn. Philadelphia, March 11.—Fifty iron molders leave here to-morrow for San Francisco to take the places of strikers in the Union iron works. * The Levees All Right. Greenville, Miss., March 11.—Re¬ ports received from all parts of the levee district by telephone are that the levees are still right. > The, Weather. Warmer; fair; southerly winds. NUGGETS OF NEWS. It i. officially denied in Rio Janeiro that th. Brazilian government has resolved to promul¬ gate a constitution prior to the meeting of the constituent assembly. ,, „ ' Minister Several Tisza demonstrations have te»n maAZfo , amiinsC Street* Pr|nte of Pesth. i* j /> A. H- Moore, of Philadelphia, has pur- chased , of R, a u, Ky., the hrevn. maw, pri- veto, but known,to be America act* arc mid-TtU Montctvtrrt, am* laid in Capt. Mr Abie, found the with no life on doc. As the ha pediment to navigation. teiS'S-Ekac? JUBILANT LIBERALS. They Eipeot to Smite the Govern¬ ment Hip and Thigh. CONFIDENT OF COMING 8U00E88. An Party Dissolution of Parliament and a Rousing Liberal Majority at tho Ensuing Flections Prodl«t«l—The Duke of ComiHiiffUt KimiUtM George Fnui- oli Train niiii Nollle ***** London. March 11.—The Liberals were never so jubilant as now, and never was the work of organization carried on so enthusiastically in tbeir ranks. The results of the recent bye elections have mode it certain that the Conservatives have lost their majority in the country and that as soon as an appeal to tho people can be had the Gladstonians will win. Rumors are again current that parl i a m e n t will be dissolved immediately after the passage of the budget. The Tories seem to have anchored their hopes on the budget, hoping by some financiering skill to re¬ gain the confidence which their policy in other directions has lost them. It is, however, a forlorn hope. < The Government Made 4 Hw of It. Club gossip has it tliait Mr. Akins- Douglas, ofBaturday the Tory whip, resigned be¬ of cause the house, which night s counting out in¬ the government eral tends plot. to explain The as the result of a Lib¬ of such important unprecedented debate occur¬ end- rence an in such a manner is, however, too sig- ni„cant to be explained on this hypoth¬ esis and the public will not be deceived. The fact is that the government has made such a mess of the Parnell com¬ mission matter that even its own sup¬ porters, for the ministry, though loyal enough to them vote will not talk for nor countenance the further discussion of the question at issue. John Burn* on Siberian Outrage*. London, Hyde March 11.—The mass meet¬ ing in park yesterday under the auspices of the various labor organiza¬ tions to protest against the treatment by the Russian government of political prisoners, had was not so largely attended as about 2,000 been people expected. There mostly were Rad¬ icals and hocialists. present, John Burns was the principal speaker. He delivered an eloquent nouncing and the impassioned address, de¬ outrages upon Siberian exiles, and calling upon the British government to use its in fluence to in¬ duce Russia to adopt a more humane policy. labor Several other Radicals and leaders spoke, but Mr. Bavitt, Mrs. Besant and other prominent per¬ sons who were announced to speak did not appear. _ mausoleum at Charlottenburg was dedi¬ cated in the presence of the emperor and empress and othe'r mem,airs of the royal Court Chaplain family and high personages. Marshal Von Moitke Hoegel headed oificiated. Knights Field the of the Black Eagle, who were present in a body. The Prince Bismarck was not pres¬ ent. emperor and others of the family Wiiiiam, placed wreaths upon the coffins of Augusta and Frederick. Panlililot the King of Dahomey. Paris, March 11. —Advices received from M. Bayol, French agent on the west African coast, state that the sit¬ uation in regard to the trouble witn the Daliomaiw was unchanged. The re¬ publican press approve the statement of M. Etienne iu the chamber of deputies that the government intended to con¬ fine its operations to punishing the king of Dahomey, and did not contemplate carrying the war into the interior. A Royal Globe Girdler. London, March II.—The duke of Con¬ naught, British forces commander-in-chief in India, starts from of Bom¬ bay He on Thursday visit for a tour of the world. will China and Japan and thence proceed to Vancouver and Que¬ bec and to England. In a speech at a banquet in honor of the event the duke deplored the utter inadequacy of the delenses of Bombay and intimated that he would urge this question upon the attention of the borne authorities. buffalo Bin Hlued In Rome. Rome, March II. — “Buffalo Bill,” during his exhioition on the campagna, offered a sum of money to any outsider who shoula succeed iq rrding a certain horse. Some peasants succeeded in riding the animal, but payment was re¬ fused on the ground that they had not mounted in the required time. The audience were indignant and roundly hissed the managers. The show opens at Florence today. Mil»crJptio:i for the TelW.inU' Defense. London, March li.—The bishop of RaphoeKas- that forwarded painful to the evictions parishes of diocese, where have been in progress, $5,000, subscribed for the Tenents' Defense League by the people of Donegal. A Bible Brins* HS10. London, March 11.—A Bible printed in an Indian language at Cambridge, Mass., in 1681 was among the rare books in a collection just sold at auction here, and fetched $510. A Faroe!I Will ane The Gazette. London, March 11.—Mr. Parnell will prosecute The Gazette for copying the alleged forgeries printed in The l’unes and continuing the publication thereof. Not Opposed to Jew*. London, March 11. — John Burns again labor denies the organized allegation that aided the by movements or him, have an unti-Jewidi tendency. A Liberal Will Keelgn. London; March 11. —John Sinclair, member of ‘parliament for Ayr, Scot¬ ian Jj a Liberal, will resign hb seat r f r-s.2. -.!■_i_------*« Protection for Orange* ytUhfVd. » Washington,M arch 11.—A delegation of prominent men from Florida, ail of whom are interested in the orange in¬ night dustry of that state, arrive<1 here last And WIU have a lieariag beforethe house ways and means committee ia a or two to urge protection on oranges. h ■ ' ‘L Ingalls. ZANEsvjLLjvt)., March U.^fobn union hank J. p.~<< Orient of tiie of thie-w*****jwAl known flirqughout ¥ h-ng SPOILING FOR A FIGHT. Joe MeAotin* A, sloe* to ,’ntamel Home¬ body, Jim (orbet* t'rcfcried. San Francisco, March 11.— The latest sensation in sporting circles is Joe Mc- Auliffe’s challenge, accompanied by $500, in which he agrees to meet any man in the wd id under Queensherry rules to a finish Sir any sum from $1,000 to $10,005 Jim Corbett pre erred. To¬ wards tiie latter McAuliffe’s animosity knows no limit and he triak ea an excep¬ tion in Corbett’s case when he says that he will meet Jim in private or public, with hard or soft gloves, for anything \ from a pint of peanuts to $10,000. Corbett the other day stated in a card that he would pay no attention to chal¬ lenges left for at least six Saturday moutlis. Corbett o'clock," for the He east night Fri¬ at 8 day night by was given friends a reception his many who pre¬ sented him with h magnificent diamond pin, gold a diamond locket and a beautiful watch jtnd chain. Narrow Majorities. charter Kingston, N. Y., March 11.—At the election last Tuesday the board of inspectors for the Fifth word dec lared Patrick J. Brennan, Democratic candi¬ date for aldermau, elected by 1 dent majority candidate over Henry indorsed Beck, an the indepen¬ Repub¬ licans. In Fourth by ward the in¬ the spectors declared Daniel J. Halloran, Democrat, elected by 2 majority over Enoch Carter, Republican. Returns to that effect have been filed with the city clerk. AU the candidates have retained counsel and contests over both seats wiU begin when the common oonncil meet as a canvassing board. s*v«l from Tiro aad Water. fishing Gloucester, Mass., Grace March ChoateJ lli— from The schooner Portsmouth, ing arrived last evening, H. hav¬ on board Capt, Horatio Lawson and six men of the schooner Lizzie D. Small, of New York, who were rescued from a boat yesterday fifteen miles southeast of Thatcher's Island. The cabin stove yesterday morning set fire to the Small while all her crew were on deck and the flames were soon beyond control. The stem of the Small burned off and she filled and rolled over. The captain lost a considerable piling sum of money. The cargo of is sup¬ posed to be insured. Clczrmakere’ Convention. New York, March 11.—An important convention here yesterday. of cigarmnkers Sixty-three was shops held each. were represented Chairman Harris by three delegates said the cigar- makers were worse off than ever before. The committee on the scale tariff re¬ ported price in favor making of $3, as being the low¬ est for a 1,000 cigars. A motion to inforce the scale as soon as possible and was adopted. The committee on ways means recommended tho general inforoement of the eight hour rule in the trade. M'- ____ _ . _ Detroit Bound to Have Baseball, Detroit, March 11 .—The directors of the Detroit Baseball olub are working on a scheme to have the Brotherhood put ten clubs in the field, one here and one in 8t. Louis. Anything reasonable will be offered. Failing m this they will try to build up the International League, the holding the franchise to pre¬ vent League getting the players. If all other schemes fail they will turn the team over to the Brotherhood and offer them free grounds, Detroit has $25,000 on hand end a good team. Suit for a Largo Sum. San Francisco, March 11.—The suit of Charles Hansen against H. B. Slavin, the Panama canal dredging contractor, to reoover $1,210,000 began here. Han¬ sen Slavin alleges take that in 1882 he agreed with the latter’s to 2,000 shares of stock m received dredging it. The company, but never shares and ac¬ crued profits would amount to the sum sued for. Slavin denies that Hansen ever stock. paid for or asked for delivery of any Eagerly Harvesting fee. long Williamsport, Pa., March 11.—The blast delayed here and ice hundreds harvest is now in full of men and teams ice is are about engaged inches night and thick day. and of The four a afraid very poor quality, but the dealers are to take any more risks. So anx¬ ious are some of those engaged that there Owing was to the no interruption days on Sunday. of the work is warm being done a greater night. part at Duryaa sign* with Cincinnati. St. pitcher, Louis, March 11.—James Durvea, the has deserted the Brother¬ hood and signed with President Stern, of the Cincinnati club. Duryea left Cincinnati on Friday, presumably to join the but Brotherhood team at Savannah, Ga., came instead to St. Louis. He met President Stem here and Saturday night signed a three years iron ciaa (flub contract at salary to play of $4,000. with the Cincinnati a L*sch Still Mlwlng. Chicago, Much 11.—The police have not Leach, as yet the the found New New any York York W trace traveling o: f R Rowland man who disappeared so mysteriously last Sunday evening. The search for him has been conducted in every direction, but without results and nis friends seem to be more than ever satisfied that he is a victim of foul play. A Raving Maniac. Nashville, Term., March 11.—Mrs. Charles Bailey, an actress who recently arrived in tiiis city from St. Louis was arrested on the streets a raving maniac. It required the take combined strength jail. Her of three men to her to father, whe is said to be a wealthy citi¬ zen of Greeisburg, Pa., has been noti¬ fied. __ Una Into by m Steamer. Boston, March 11.—The bark Shet¬ land which arrived here yesterday from Cienfuegos, reports that during a tog on the morning of March 1 she was run into by a Johnston line steamer .ap¬ posed to be the Landsburg. The steamer struck and seriousdimage the bark a glancing blow 0 only so a one, E Couldn’t Dweott A ka* , , ColumbuS; O., March ,11—Miss V, Marlowe and Mias L. Goode, of Miss Matters’ company; Mias left Matters’ thatroapeksra alleged on account of abase and insolent treat m ent. ‘ , f* * ■' ■» 4 {/ JI Angustluc. fiti/a util 4 . Chicago* In St- St. Augustine, Fla., March 11.—Ar- DISTRESS IN DAKOTA Great Destitution in the New North State. THE BED CROSS APPEAL8 FOB AID. rtv* Thousand Par more Destitute—Vic¬ tims of Sncrosolvo • l-op Failure—Tho Impoverished Commonwealth Cannot. Support Them—Clara Barton Mood. Forth on Appeal tor Caolt. Washington, March 11. —The follow¬ ing statement to the American people has been received by the United Press from Clara Barton, president of the National Association of the Red Cross: For many warts part the Hod Cross has been in receipt of letters of appeal sad state¬ ments In regard to .nfferlng and destitution existing among the pioneer settlers at North and South Dakota. These appeals hare come those to ue through trusted co-worker* bn ench and who speak by rule as authority matters. At last they became ao argent ss to he no longer Ignored. Living here at the na¬ tional capital it wae decided to call upon the senators and repreaentatlves in congress from these new born states of our*. As one remit of the interview! then had Senator L. R. Casey, of North Dakota, wrote to Governor John Miller, Informing him of the Inquiries of tho Bed Cross. Under date of Bismarck, Feb. 18, Governor Miller wrote thanking the Bed Cross for the kindly Interest evinced and stating that he had referred the matter to Hon. H. T. Helgesen, state commissioner of agriculture and labor, with instructions to give all particulars as to tho wants of their people. A Statement of Their Wants. Under date of Grand Forks, Feb. tt, Com¬ missioner H. T. Helgesen wrote in part as fol¬ lows: “The are probably 5,000 to 8,000 people dependent, and a good many more who have provisions for themselves, but need feed for stock. Considerable help has been received from St. Paul and Minneapolis, also from Chicago and from several etatm cart and south, but thus far only enough to temporar¬ ily relieve the needs of the destitute, and mnch more will have to be solicited from time to time." Commissioner Helgesen aooompanlee Ms letter with a paper which contains an appeal to tho public, signed by the commlmloners, provis¬ as follows: “Tho suffering for want of ions, clothing, fuel and feed for stock in sev¬ eral counties of North Dakota Is unprece¬ dented In the stele and needs some explana¬ tion. The destitution is almost exclusively confined to the newer portions of the state, where the settlements date hart only two, three and four years, except Nelson and Ram¬ sey counties, which hare been settled about six years. These new settlements were, like older settlements of most new countries, com¬ posed largely of peopie whose resources would have been heavily taxed to succeed and keep themselves above want with favorable Ma¬ sons. “ The Elements Conspired Against Them The story as told by tiie commissioner it ttat of all oar new states. Good season* at first rewarded thorn; every acre was tamed over for harvest In 1888. All appeared well until August of that year, whan a severe truer, a thing before unknown, killed the ripening grain., It portion* did much the damage In hut older and better of state, tt entirely destroyed the newer sections. The hardy men did not lose their courage, but hired out to neighbors, thereby earning the money necessary for the seed and living of 1880. The unprecedented drouth of last rear was doubtless felt most severely of anywhere in, the west, in the fields and families of the newly settled portions of both North and South Dakota. Aa Commissioner Helgesen says, a second entire failure in some sections left many peo¬ ple completely destitute. He adds: While nearly the entire state suffered from drouth, only seven or eight counties need much as¬ sistance. In this are. tho counties where the greatest amount of assistance la needed, via: Nelson, Ramsay, Benson, Pierce, Bottineau. Rolette and Towner. Cavalier county will also need some help, aa will Eddy and Mclu- tosb, the latter In the southern portion of the state. Five Thousand, Dependant People. “In the counties named there are not loss than AGIO people dependant, wholly or In part, on outside people and until they can raise another crop a still larger number will need some assistance for stock. Most of them have hay, but horses and oxen will not be able to work sufficiently to get in the spring crops, unless they have grain. The supplies heretofore received are far from meeting the demand and provisions are urgently needed. The counties are well organized and supplies are distributed through the county commis¬ sioner. The greatest care is taken to prevent the improper use of these donations. AU contributions, whether money or provisions, or clothing, should bi forwarded to the com¬ missioner at Grand Forks, whore the proper division will be made." Commissioner Helgesen explains ths con¬ dition of the state by showing that undsr Its constitution is taking over property and debts from the former territory It has nearly reached the legal maximum of debt that may be Incurred. It is, therefore, unable aa a state to raise all the money and means neces¬ sary to supply tbs destitute. There ia no doubt from aU tho evidence that the people of North Dakota are doing their very best for tbeir suffering feUow citizens. There is no doubt that the appeals already made and pnhTIcl j sponses from the northwest. But there Is no room to doubt that very much more is needed. The Red Cruee association has satisfied it¬ self a. to that. Inquiries by it. general field agent confirm this appeal Mid Information a. well eo other statements received. There Is no need wtitfroa excellent methods adopted by the state authorities for the pres¬ ence of the Red Cross on this field; but there is a duty before it and be¬ fore the people of the sister states ss well. The Red Cross believes that its duty will be done If by this authoritative statement it shall be the means of inducing subscriptions for the suffering people of Dakota large enough in amonnt to meet all the urgencies that will arise. There are six months of short rations, of unclothed human beings, of seedless fields, with all their attendant pri¬ vations yet before these people. Cash Contribution* Prefer red. Judging from poet experiences and observa¬ tions, it would appear to ns wiser to Mod money that can be used on the ground under the direction of the state official assigned to that duty, than to spend It In railroad freight In purchasing goods or other articles of (ap¬ plies that may be bettor and more properly obtained with cash in the hands those who kpow where it Is most wanted. In that way there will W a doable help secured, as the people will be thereby aided to help them¬ selves. The lied Cross therefore sdvlsse that sub¬ scription* be sent direct to H. T. Helgesen, state commissioner of agricultare and labor, Grand Forks, N. D. It urges, this because of the necessity and from a sense of the obliga¬ tion which all America owes te these pioneer brethren who built new commonwealths Id the west, By order of the executive co mmit tee. 4 Cuu Bastqh, President of the American National Associa¬ tion of the Rad Cram. Cameron’s Stock Hot Sold. Lancaster, P»., March :i.— The re¬ ported sale of live stock at the Donegal oftke farms, belonging to the e late Gen. Simon Cameron, was upon mfrinforination. The only liva stock sold at the sale ia question was the property of Philip Felker, a tenant on one of Senator Don Cameron’s farms. The stock sold and the price* realized were ordinary, fviS - PUGILI STIC •he Cheer* Her Me te Victory Fries Fight. Whjmbbarre, Pa., March 11. —Jack Heffernan is tho winner of a desperate prize fight. He owe* the victory to hia mother, who established a wonderful precedent m ringside history, tered the ring; as second to her boy, and, urged by her words, he a success from almost sure defeat. Jack Heffernttn and John Garter an local pugilists reriding at Mill Greek. They for have been In training Carter for event many month*. \ in at IflO pounds and Heffei pounds, Pete Henly looked fernan mid John Richards m same the beat capacity of trie fight tot C&vtft?. from the ~ i wae aggressive. Hie present Mm. Among spectators of was of Bridget Heffernan, mother objected om the principals. Carter to the old woman's presence, but she big, re¬ fused to go to her noroe. She is a burly body of M yean. She said aba wanted to see the battle and would not budge crowd. an inch for any man (n the In the twenty-fifth round Carter failed to come to time. Mr*. Heffer¬ nan embraced her boy, who wae cov¬ ered with blood, and, taking her hand¬ kerchief off her head, gave throe cheer* for the Heffernan family. The puree was for $100. Caught on the Trestle. Huntingdon, Pa., March 11.- Reddinger, residing Tatesville, a prominent Bedford coal operator met with at terrible death. Mr. county, Red- a dinger was walking across the roil and trestle, when which half ia seventy-five feet. train thundering way across toward him. _ It came was impossible for him to roach the end of the trestle before the train entered it and realizing hia awful position he turned and frantically ran hack ahead of the engine. Whan about twenty feet from the end toward which he was run¬ ning the train came upon him, when he jumped from the trestle to the ground, seventy-five feet below. He struck on his head and was killed instantly. Burned by Flying Cinders. Baylor Bethlehem. fatally Pa., injured March and 11.—Henry Charles waa Green and Cornell Colo severely _ hurt and by several metal other explosion workmen the b 1__ Beth¬ a . a at lehem Iron company’s works. Tho ac¬ cident was caused by the tipping over of a ladle which was being filled from the converter. The metal ran down the side of the ladle into a bed of cinders, cau sin g an ex. scattered the burning iron over the Saylor terribl; mf * ‘ an was _________. m coming off when his Clothing waa ro- moved, and all_______ the hair was _ burned from Green hw and head. Coyle He ia burned fatally about Injured. the were back, hand* and feet: -........... - - 1lt Williamsport, Pa., March Muldoon, the gambler, who than a local reputation, was and by Judge Metzger imprisonment to p«y a fin months. undergo lie an convicted was counts of an indictment with various violations of the law. This is the first ______ of Mayor Foreman's crusade gamblers, Gambling, inaugurated which held full several months ago, has about lies red. Large Plate Glow Pittsburg, March 11.- The contract for macb to will Wheeling coet $800,000. and Pittebuig The works will be expected placed in that operation everything by Oct. will I and then it ia along all right go Tit* Torpedo Exploded. Mitchell, Franklin, Pa., March 11. — J. P. handler, aged blown 85, a pieoee nitroglycerine at oil wae to an well one mile from Franklin, on the Louis Grimm lease. He had hauled glycerine paring out to in the torpedo well and when was pre¬ to put a in some unknown boiler house manner it wrecked. exploded* A The few waa found pieces of bones of Mitchell’s lege were more than 100 yards away. ..sloop Afro** tbs Bans. Wilkesbakke, Pa., March 11.— A man about 40 years of age was run over Aura— and instantly thi rtfr. killed 1 fi i____________________.________________ lying the-driver drunk or did asleep across him the until he and not see wae under the horse’* feet It wae then too late to stop the car. The wheels passed over his neck and he was dead when picked up. He is brifcrved to be a resident of Plymouth, Throe Hungarians Hille d. Carbondale, Pa., March II.— 1 The Erie express, running between Carbon- dale and Susquehanna, struck and killed three Hungarian laborers who were walking on the railroad track, The about two miles from this city. men were returning borne from their work at Forest City with about forty of their companion* l SV r> Q i I- . be sold i low test, i