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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

The Chicago Tribune has performed
II very valuable public service in can
yassing the Western and Southern
stsates for expressions of opinion on
the silver question. Its correspond
entss send about I2o reports, cover
ing nearly two pages of the paper,
frsiaa 40 many diffenentt points IN nine
teen states. The Tribune, in It's sum-
mary ofthese opinions, says: Every
shade of.ophiion is represented, but it
would he difficult to prove from this
showing that silver has lost ats popu-
larityy with the people Many who
were earnest advocates OF theremone-
tization OF silver now think it would
be prudent to suspend the COINAGE;
but it is clear that anything like the
decentralization of silver or its peryna-
sent withdrawal from circulation
3Monh excite widespread opposition.
lAtheS outila md est:,atleas the peo-
PIE &re well satisfied 18th the sill dob
lars az and while there Is a growing dis
position among prudent men ofavor
q Asspasision oftfie coinage for q time,
II il plain that no gach resuilt can be
lbropgtbtSabout BY arbltrary measures
enforced without regard to public
ppipion
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

Thespeople Of Illinois complain that
the tax system sOf that State is UNI
equal andsunjust, and are organizing
leagues TO more,etiectively work for a
change in the laws governing the sub
ject. The chief complaint seems to be
that real estate is called upon to bear
too great q share of the burden OF
taxation, and this appears ito be
borne out by The fact that ont of a
total State revenue of 100000 900,
realty pays $25, OoO, 600. In Chicago
alone over A oOo, 900 was taken last
yearsfor generaltaaes, and So, 100000
more on special assessments, while
personal property paid less than
100000 and the large number of
railroads centering there only a little
over 100000.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

London is agog with a sensation, in which
the elements Of romance and scandal are
painfully mixed. A handsomeyoung assist
ant in I. Dublindry goods shop eloped with
a Miss Wilson, whose Acquaintance he had
made during her shopping visits, Miss Viii
son was also young and handsome and she
was moreover an heiress and a ward in chan
cery- Her father is still living, and he be-
came terribly enraged when he heard of the
elopenent. He chased the fugitives over
hall OF England, and finally overlook
them and caused their arrest, while they
were ontheir way to Scotland to be married.
They were brought separately tt London
and the young man n a%rraigned Mt the
Bow street police court on IA charge of con-
tempt OF court in having sought to marry
n wnrd in chancery without the sanction
OF the lord high chancellor. kavanaugh
said that his arrest alone had prevented
his marrying Miss Wilson, and that what
he most deplorcd was the fact that
while they were on their way
to Scotland they had assumed the rel q
OF husband and wife without waiting Tor
the ceremony. The lord high chancellor
will probably iniprison k~avanagh for a
couple OF months inc then allow hirl to
marry Miss Wilson, but taking care t. tie
up her money SO that she alone can control
~
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
DEVILS LAKE TRAGEDY,
Important Decision on the Claim of Fred
Ward, Who Was Killed at Devils Lake
The Claim Given to Wards Dauphter

Assistant Secretary jerks, OF the interior
department, has decided that Edna Rose
Ward, the little daughter OF Fred Ward.
VINO was killed by a mob at DEVILS Lake
April %, 1883, is entitled to the quarter
section OF land Tor which her father lost his
lie. The decision vindicates the Ward
brothers in their right to this claim, and is
important as a precedent in similar
land cases. By the decision it is estab.
lished that an alien who has not declared
his intention OF becoming u citizen ac-
auires no right by settling on pub
lie lands. The wrongful removal OF a set
tiers house by an adverse claimant does
not affect his rights, and the guardian OF Il
MINOR heir OF IL deceased pre-emptor can
file a declaratory statement and complete
the claim. 1t will be remembered that j ohn
Bel, who was not a citizen OF the United
States, settled on the claim in question.
Township plat was filed Sept. 20, 1882.
Bell filed on the claim the day of the
alleged settlement, July l, 1882. e. p.
Ward, the guardian OF Fred Wards child,
filed a presumption declaratory statement
Dec. q, alleging the settlement Feb.
a, 1888, nearly eight months later than
Bells. The testimony showed that Bell
was on the land in June, 1882, and built Il
frame house. He had broken five acres OF
land at this time. Fred Ward put a shan
ty on the claim Feb. 81, and in two hours
q mob OF twenty men removed it. On
April Z Bell filed a declaration OF his in
tention to become a citizen. On April %
Ward put another house in place. That
night he and his brother were shot and
killed. The decision OF the department is:
While Bell was still AN alien, Ward
placed his house on the land. His action
was not n orcibleinstrusion upontheland.
Bell at that time was disqualified from &c
curing land. Ward initiated a valid set
Element. The removal OF the house could
not destroy his claim. The land was I'M
surveyed and unencloscd. The law was
ample to protect Bells rights. and there
seems to be no excuse for the violence which
caused the death OF the Ward brothers.
A careful examination OF the testimony
fails to show that Ward did not
make his settlement in good faith,
and the peculiar circumstances attend.
ing the removal OF his first ~slianty,
taken in connection with tho facts sur
rounding his death, would seem to furnish
sufficient excuse for his absence from the
land III the interim.
The land is now of considerable vaIuc.
and will prove a fortune for the little child
whose rights have now been established be.
yond appeal. 1t was understood at the
time that Bell was acting for a syndicate
oil spectators.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
snAil Pox Horror. IN Montre.,.

aG4H- ~
The small pox visitation as yet shows
little signs Of decrease. Horrible stories
are told OF suffering and fanaticism. AtSt.
Adams, Vt. Bruneau. who ran into the
central station a few days ago, and said
some one was trying to kill him, and who
was afterward taken to the hospital.
jumped through a window OF the hospital
and ran through the streets with only his
night clothes on. He ran into O passage
and commenced to pound on the door Oh
q residence. The inmates 9 out and
gave him a heating. A constable soon ar.
rived and produced q light, when; the man
was found suffering from smallpox, and
Che hands:of those who had beaten him
were covered with blood from the pits on
his face. The medical health officer was
telcphoned for, aud Bruneau was taken
back to the hospital.
General Manager Hobart, OF the Central
Vermont railroad, say that nothing was
being neglected on the part OF the railroad
that would render travel to and from Mon
treal as safe as possible. No cars Of any
kind coming in from Boston, New York, or
intermediate points are allowed to 70 fur
ther than st. Adams, passengers md bag
gage being transferred to special trains,
which run only between st. Adams and
Montreal, and which are thoroughly disin-
gfected and cleansed every day. Medical in-
spectors are aboard every train coming
rom Montreal, and no passengers IRE al
lowed to go south from ibis place unless
they have been y~accinated.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

The Massachusetts, Republican Conveu-
ton at Springfield nominated thefollowing
State ticket: Governor, George ID. Robin
son; lieutenant governor. Oliver Ames; Sec
rotary OF state, 1lenryB i. Pierce; State treas
urer and receiver general, A. w. Beard; Audi
tor, Charles r. Ladd; Attorney general,
Edgar l.. Sherrnans Hon. G.F. Hoar was
elected permanent president, and made a
lengthy address, in which hewelcomcd back
those who had wandered from the party
IN the past; ridiculcd those who charged
the Republican party with waving
the bloody shirt and especially
defended John Sherman from such
a charge. lie reviewed the policies OF
the two parties during the past twenty-five
years, and stated the only piece OF lcgisla-
tion which the Democratic party had
originated and carried through was the
Bland silver bill. He commended some Of
the acts OF President Cleveland and many
OF his words in regard to civil service re.
lorm, but said an administration must be
Judged by its acts and not by its words.
The platform is OF the same tenor.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

The population of Massachusetts,
according to the late census lacks
only about 10000 Of being 2.ooo,-
900, the increase in the last five years
being almost wholly m tine cities and
towns. 1t is worth noticing that the
population OF Massachusetts has gust
about doubled in 35 years-the mum
lber in 1850 having been 994,514-
and that shenow has a density of
population on her 8, o4osqnare miles
sof land surface of 242 persons to the
square mile. Thsds more than any
European country had in 1920, when
the overpopulation doctrines Of NAL
thus were s omuch5ii in vogue; for Hol-
land and Belgium Mt that time count
edtonly ESQ to the square mile, and
England I'm 1929 only 212.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

w. II. Hubbell, a homesteader living q
mile and a hall east Of Sterling station on
the \. P. road was killed by a runaway
team.
The village OF Westwood, N. j., was
struck by a cyclyne on the 4th inst, which
caused u great deal OF damage, but fortu-
nately no loss OF life.
The oil and storage house ofthe st. Louis,
keokuk Northwestern railway Mt Keokuk,
Iowa, was destroyed by fire, supposed to
have been caused from q detective tlue.
Loss on building about $1,000; on stock,
$4,000.
In the vicinity of Grafton, Oak, Mrs.
Manson was SO badly burned by prairie
fire that she died soon after, Mrs. Smart,
Mr.. Sherman's sister, lost everything on
her farm, the damage being about 800.
Henry Sherman lost his house, stable and
twenty-five acres OF valuable timber. Gil
bert Swanslie lost his house, stable, four
stacks Of oats and all his hay. George
Swanslie lost his stable, hay and two hogs.
Another party, name unknown, lost his
house, stable, grain and hay. James Will
liams lost all his grain. Simon Binsta lost
his house and grain. David Benas lost his
house granary and five acres OF wheat.
Others in that immediate vicinity have
lost almost everything.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
Miscellancous News Items.

The Colorado Democratic state judicia!
convention nominated Hon. Wilbur +.
Stone Tor supreme judge.
New York and Chicago played their last
cha mpionshipsa met together on the Sd inst,
and the visitors finally won. The game
was the b st in three and the Chicagos won
two aud the game.
Work uponthe Dnbnque& Northwestern.
to extend from Dubuque to n connection
with the Minnesota & Northwestern ut
Lyle. il progressing satisfactorily. So far
about eight miles northwest fromDubuque
have been graded.
The creditors Of s. b. French met ri
Menomonie, Wis.,. in the bank building, re-
Gently. The schedule of assets and linbiii.
ties was submitted, showing the assets to
he from S45, 900 to $50, GOO. The liabili-
ties are SIS, 725, which may be slightly IN.
creased by small claims.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
Criminal Calender.

A postal route agent named German is in
jail in De 6 ,doines for beating an old maj
SO that he may die.
The trial OF Mrs. Druse, for the murder o
her husband, closed at Herkimer, N. Y,
with n verdict OF guilty OF murder in the
first degree.
At Wapheton, Oak, Jacob Eckes was
shot by Oscar ~choenaman. An alteration
occurred about III old debt which Eckes
laimed S~choenaman owned him.
Augustus Hoose, a mathematical instru.
ment maker from New York, made n des-
perate attempt to commit suicide recently
by cutting his throat with a razor.
The name of the Boston physician who
was thought to have committed suicide in
Cincinnati was Charles Edwin Warrc,.. He
was Tor many years. a surgeon in the army.
al Wicks OF Creston, formerly a conduc-
tor on the Burlington road. has been con-
victed OF robbine Dennis Murphy ofseveral
hundred dollars, and sent to the peniten-
tinry.
AT Salt Lake, John Nicholson, editor OF
the Deseret News, was tried for unlawful
cohabitation and pleaded not guilty. After
this jury had been obtained he went TO the
married to two ONE with whom he lives.
The jury returned u verdict Of guilty.
Recently a stalwart Engl'snman, a sailor,
engaged in a personal encounter with the
clerk at the Economy hotel, Minneapolis.
The men fought ~furiously for nearly hall an
hour, and came out OF the battle with bad
ly disfigured faces. They vent at it in II
systematic way and fought regular rounds.
Esthetic Boston burglars entered the
residence OF Fred J.. Ames of North Euston,
Mass, and stole from his art gallery four
OF his most valuable paintings. One was
the work OF Meyer Won Bremen, another by
j. I. Millett, n third by Theo Rousseau,
and the fourth by Zeybek. They were all
removed from their frames.
One Gould, alias T. II. Bett, is wanted
by the italian miners at Vulcan, Mich.
He was the mine timekeepcr and a private
banker, and sold exchange md passage
tickets. He lett for Chicago a few weeks
ago, ostensibiy for medical treatment. The
.depositors now learn that he has skipped.
The bank is burst. The liabilities are
$1,000.
Thursday morning the LIST inst, before
daybreak a cattle buyer was going from
Allerton, Iowa, to his home Just over the
line between Wayne county and Missouri,
and discovered the smouldering remains OF
emigrant wagon, And in them the bodies
OF two children, u boy and a girl, who had
apparently died and been burned with the
wagon. They were supposed to be two
children who had passed through Centre
vile the Tuesday before and who were then
dying OF the measles, and the s%upposition
IL that their parents took this means OF
getting rid OF them.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
The Railway Age NOTES an unexpect-

Tho Railway Age NOTES an unexpect-
I'd activity in railway building. The
1nlileageo new roads and
those already in progress Of construc-
ttion, 81 44,,303 The gerater part Of
aUhe proposed roads are to be short
local lines, intended for legitimate
needs sef communities, and generally
wantedto give connection with exist
ingrcads tosopen up regions destitute
'of railway facilities. Inthe Carolinas,
'Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Ten
gnessee, this activity is especially no.
ticeableaan cheering.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
Sold Her Daughters Honor.

London cable: A great scandal is lust
now a~gitating Berlin society. An aged
artist, who is a professor in the academy
OF arts and II senator, has been ar.
rested on the csargc of c%orrupting
n young girl who is the sister OF
his model. The mother Of the girlis charged
with receiving $4,000 marks ms the price
OF the betrayal OF her daughter. She
surrendered this aged scoundrel to the
law only when she found that il WIS
impossible to bleed him any more.
At n previous trial the professor
swore that the charge made by the mother
was false, and the mother was punished for
the alleged crime. The true facts have
been coming out during n fresh trial of the
charges on an appeal by the woman's
A person OF high rank, who was
wanted to give important testimony, has
leranted and refused to return.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
Poor Nellie Grant.

The papers have been dumb about the
Sartoris matter. The truth is that the only
reason why the separation has nos
been complete between Nellie Grant and
her husband has been because oil herinabili.
ty to obtain possession OF her, three chill
dren. Sarteris has been brutal in his
treatment Of lier and she does
not want to live with him. If the
children ever get to this side OF the water.
they will never be allowed to go back again.
III Mrs. Sartoris gets possession OF them she
will probably, after the mourning in the
Grant family ends, bring suit Tor a divorce
from the brutal, unappreciative c~reatnre
she married. This marriage was the regret
OF Grants life. This is not gossip, but II
plain statement OF fact.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
Foreign News.

Sir John Macdonald says if Riel is on
delf,ned to hang, he must, whether it causes
Il French Canadian rebellion or not.
Queen Victoria has conferred a civil list
pension OF 1916 a year on Rev. j. Inches
Hillocks. author OF Hard Battles for Lille
and Usefulness"
New developments continue to manifest
themselves in the case ofEmpressC arlotta.
She recently celebrated the forthwith an
niversary OF her birth, but her mental con.
dition remains the same.
The duke OF Newcastle, it is reported.
has Joined the Roman Catholic church,
This has caused much annoyance in es-
tablished church circles in England. The
duke has great influence and an income OF
$20O q year.
Attorney General Garland appears to be
very indifferent as to the recent charges
concerning his connection with the Pan
Electric Telephone company, and disposes
OF the subject by saying that the difference
between the W companies must be set
tied, not by him, but by the courts.
Sir Charles Dixie, Bart, president OF the
local government board under Mr.. Glad
stones administration, was married
to Mrs. Mark Putteson at Chelsea.
Thu ceremony was conducted quietly
and without the display usually attended
IN fashionable circles on such occasions.
Baronet Ward, cousin to the earl OF
Rosebery, has raised in the court OF chan
Gerry a claim to the estates OF the earl OF
Norfolk, worth $500, DOC, 900, and to tho
title of earl. He bases his claim partly on
y missing document supposed to have been
placed in the coffin OF 1.-THE last earl and been
buried with him in the family vaultat Rex-
ley hall.
A dispatch to the Russian papers says.
The English have taken entire possession
Of Herat, and have ordered the inllabi-
tants to quit the town Immediately. The
inhabitants, angered by the action Of the
English, have thrown up earthworks op-
posite the citadel. The Englisi, are being
strongly reinforced" This dispatch is
considered to be exaggerated.
Ex-Minister Francis, on being interviewed
regarding the repulse received by the state
department in the matter of Mr.. Kelley .ap-
pointed successfully to the embassies in
Italy and Austria, Mr.. Francis replied that
Prince knlnoky's main objection To Mr..
keilcy as the representative of the United
States at Vienna was his abuee Of the Kin,
OF Italy and the coarseness OF Expression Of
which he had been guilty in assailing that
monarch. The Austrian court was aVersr
toaGeeptirg n minister @ho was ofiensivcto
Humbert.
NJ. De Giers demands FIAT the powers as
sent to armed Intervention by Russia il 1.-THE
Servittns enter Macedonia. The porte is
hnrrying troops from the maritime prov
incrs OF Asia to Salonica. Two thousand
men left Smyrna. The porte has obtained
an advance OF f1,00o, 900 from Gatate,
bankers. Gabriel Pasha has been liberated.
and has left Sofia Tor Constantinople. Part
of the Widdin garrison has been seut to
Sofia. This is resai4lcd as proof OF improv-
ed relations between Bulgaria and Servia.
a number OF German officers on the retired
iist are offering their services to Prime
Alexander.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

Brazil is taking stepsto hasten the
extinction Of slavery, that institution
having long ago begun to die out in
the Empire. The greatesto Of allsouth
American countries is keeping quiet
nndsmindingits own Business, but it's
progress toward high civilization and
great power and wealth is rivaled by
q sSouth American State save, per-
haps, Chill and the Argentine Confed-
GRAFTON, and neither Of these cows
tries canfever equal Brazil in size and
possibilities ~ greatness.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

In 1874, Clarence A. Portley, who
had lately graduatedfrom West Point,
married Miss Maggie Alexander, daugh-
ter OF DIR. Alexander, Il New York mill
ionalre. When the Wedding ceremony
was over, DR.. Alexander handed his
son-ln-law an envelope containing
100000 in government bonds.
"Thank YOU" replied. the gratified
s~on-ln-law; and then heasked, tBut as
we are going away would it not be bet
ter that you should keep the money
till we return2'' "Illdoso," answered
the delighted father-in-law, and his
~half-choked words, God bless Won. my
children, were lost among The eiatter
OF the departing carriage and the val
edictory shouts. Not long ago Mr..
Alexander died without 70 viii, and no
mention was made OF the 100000.
though his property was Left 10 his
daughter. Atriendly suithasnow been
instituted to determine the ownership
OF the 100000, the wife wanting her
husband to have the money.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
writing III. story Of His ov. Death.

st. Louis Special: N. N. Wood, city editor
Of the Quincy GILL Sunday Optic, commit
ted suicide on the 9th inst. He went to his
room and wrote IL two-column article de-
scribing his feelings rs he approached his end.
he also wrote an account OF his suicide for
morning paper, giving oil the CHASTITY details,
probable cause, etc. He introduced his
sketch with II note TO his brother reporters
whichsays: When you come to sift this
matter and summit up your article will read
like this He shot himself twice in the
head and died instantly. In his article he
said that the real cause OF his suicide was
q trouble OF which he had spoken to no
one. He was twenty-one years OF age.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
The late ichiganL Legislature pass

The late Michigan legislature passed
~ its late session a law making ten
hours alegal days work. It did not,
however, have any provision forbid
ding men to give more than ten hours
forsaday's work if they wished to do
30, and alreadya large number ofmen
employed il sawmills and numbering
have signed agreements with their en-
plgyers TO work eleven hours per day.
Az the law was specially aimed at the
lumberinterest, itseems tohave fallen
considerably short of its purpose
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Politics in Dakota.

A call for a Republican state conven-
ton has been issued, to be held at
Huron Oct. 81, at 2 p. ~, to nominate can
didates for state officers. congress. and three
candidates for supreme court judges, to be
voted for Nov. 9. The committee recon-
,nends that county conventions nominate
candidates for the legislature the same time
as they elect delegates to the state conven
ton, and also authorize said delegates to
represent them in the circuit and senatorial
conventions. The a%pportionment of dclc-
rates Ia ns follows.