Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

arsenalS are to be run continuously day
and night on the work Of converting the
Mauser rifles, the weapon at present in nse
by the army, into repeaters- holding ten
cartridges each. s
Charles &. Webster Of the publishing
firm OF Webster & Co., has just returned
from Rome, where he made arrangements
with the. pope Tor the publication OF his
memoirs, which have been prepared by DR..
0'Reilley. Mr.. Webster says the conysrsa-
ton was carried on entirely in French,
The pope was dressed in long white cas-
sock and wore q white skull cap. His hair
WAS silver white, cut short and combed up
behind his ears. His figure is tall and thin.
and his complexion very pure and white.
There was not the slightest sign oil failing
intellect abont him, aged as he island phys
ieally weak The pope spokeof America
and called it the promised land. aud a
| wonderful country. E
At Monticello, Ill.,, 600 disguised men
ovefpowered the sheriff. broke iuto the
iait, took stherefroin Henry Wildman, the
vile murderer. and hanged him to u small
shade tree near the iail
At North Adams, Mass, the body OF Bay.
ard Putnam, chief OF the government top
ographical survey, was found hanging TO
a tree short distance from the biologists
camp where he had been working.
The New York Sun prints more CORE
spondence relative to the Grant embalming
bill. Col. Fred Grant sent letter and
check for $500 to Mr.. Dana to cover the
SUMS payment Of the bill OF Holmes 4 Co.,
but Damn refused to accept the check and
returned it.
Abram s. Hewitt has agreed to accept
the Tammany hail nomination for mayor
OF New York. and has written a letter an
nounsins this fact. Mr.. Hewitt stipulates
thst the rest OF this ticket shall be satisiac-
tory to him.
At Esstport, Me-, four sardine faetoiiss.
Smiths saloon, Paine's large store, War
rem Browns house. r. u. Clarke's hous.
and other dwellings have been destroyed,
also the Passamaquody hotel and tele-
graph Office. Some thirty buildings in all
were burned. Loss $1S5, 900.
President Elijah Smith, OF the Oregon
Transcontinental,h has retired from the pres,
ideney Of the Central Iowa, and President
Stickney, of the MINES ota & Northwestern,
was elected to fill the vacancy.
Commissioner Sparks has replied to
Cows. Warren and Hauserof Wyoming and
Montana, denying that the growth of their
territories had been retarded by the com
missioner's land policy. He shows " Zig.
ures that the contrary istrue. The entries
were as follows: Bozeman, 1913; Helena,
3,00l; Miles City, 1879 total, 5,07S. In
1856, the number of entries was as follows:
Bozeman, 1, 95ss Helena, 3,o56; Miles City,
2,127; total, z, i4l. The increase has been
over 2, 900 entries in Montana.
Canon Bianehini, while leaving st. Marks
cathedral at Venice, was stabbed TO the
heart by man who cried, Behold Thy
Victim!o The assassin was arrested, and
proved to be Sig. Yeanelle, formerly a dea-
con, whose conversion to Professionalism
caused q flutter among Catholics a few
years ago. On examination Veanelle de-
posed that he came to Venice with the in.
tention OF avenging himself on Canon Bian-
ehini, who had driven. him TO apostacy
and ruin.
The following are additional names OF
French delegates who attend the Bar
tholdi statue dedication ceremonies in
New York harbor: NJ. Robert, chief of tho
department OF public instruction; Baron
and Baroness Salvador; Commandment
Pussy OF the Ecole Polyteehniqne; Col.
Laursedat, director Of the Ecole des Art ct
Meters; Lillegente, aIle.de-camp to NJ.
Aube, minister OF marine and colonies,
and NJ. Hieland, the delegate OF the Paris
chamber OF commerce.
At Richmond, Mr. Powderly addressed
assembly the Importance OF temperance,
and asked them to endeavor to impress
the Importance of this subject on the
various local emblies. He called at
tention to the fact that not one of the
general officers elected at this general as.
sembly used intoxicating liquors. Each of
the general officers then formally pledged
himself to total abstinence from intoxicat.
ing liquors during his term OF office.
First Comptroller Dunhpm has submit
ted his annual report TO the secretary OF
the treasury, The number of accounts
settled by the first comptroller during the
past fiscal year was 9499. The number
OF vouchers examined. 3,779, sol. The
amount involved was So, $50. 735. Comp
troLer Durham recommends the enact.
ment OF a general statute OF limitations
fixing a time when claims against the gov.
ernmeut become void. He asks legislation
respecting the delivery of drafts to attor-
neys Tor claifnents, the assignment OF
cinirns against the United States. and the
accountability of disbtmsirg officers for
public property. He also recommends q
limit to the amount OF fees which United
States commission can collect from the
government.
The wind storm which visited Buffalo re-
Gently did a vast amount Of damage. For
q time the wind reached q velocity ofseyen.
ty miles an hour. On the lake front fort
small houses were totally destroyed by
wind and water. and their occupants had
to fly for their lives. Several persons are
known to have persisted. Anon, them are
Charles Mitchell and an old man named
John Edmunds. The bodies of two chill.
dren have been recovered, and also two
bodies which are unknosn at present.
Special telegrams to Bradstreets note
moderate cheek in the movement of gener-
al merchandise throughout the country.
This appears to he due IN part to ma
terial reaction following D ceason OF active
trading and IN part to the effect OF the late
period OF nnseasonably warm weather.
The situation, however, still continues very
favorable, with quite fullyolume oitrans-
actions and widespread feeling OF con-
fidenee In Tie future.
Refugees from the flooded district abont
Sabine Pa s, Tex, continue to arrive on
every small raft that comes up the river.
1t is estimated by persons who have been
over the scene that the death list will ex.
coed ESQ. Eigaty-tive corpses have been
recovered and buried around Johnson's
bayou. and fifty-four bodies at Sabine
Sixty-six persons are still missing at Sabine,
and these are OF course dead as 1t would
be impossible for any human being to SUR
yiye this long in the swamps and lagoons
without food or shelter.
Col. Richard /. Dodge, long in command
at Fort Suily and the author OF two inter.
esting books on the Indian question, is
about to go on the retired list.
The trial OF Janitor Titus. of the insti.
tute at Harkettstown, n. j., for the muir.
der OF Title Smith, a servant in the same
Institution, was concluded by the Jury
bringing in verdict OF guilty OF murder in
the first degree. The murder was very
sensational one, and at first students were
suspected of being implicated, but it was
finally traced to the ianitor and he was
ed while defending her virtue.
The great strike at theChicago slaughter
houses remains unchanged.
Frank H. Goodyear OF Buffalo, n. Y, Is
appointed a commissioner to examine and
report upon a section OF railroad con-
structed by the Northern Pacific in Wash
ington.
Iinsy Mckinley, a drummer OF Anderson,
and Instantly killed John Martin, an Jtal.
ian, another guest OF the hotel.
Blaine had an immense ovation in Penn.
sylyania.
Messrs. Hewitt and Roosevelt have writ.
ten formal letters accepting respectively
the Democratic and Republican nomina-
tions for mayor OF New York.
Lieut.. Col E. F. Townsend, Eleventh in,
faatry who viii become colonel of the
Twelfth infantry, consequent upon the APP
pointment of Col. Wilcox to be brigadier
general. is at present post commandant at
Fort Abraham Lincoln, Oak, and it is
well known in st. Paul social circles. He
has a fine record as o soldier
The Protestant Episcopal convention
at Chicago, after protraeted debate, by