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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-14

Representative Gen. Wakefield, of Min
nesota, has been notified by the pension
office that the claim OF Betsey johnson. OF
t%saribault county, for n pension has been
allowed. This case has been dragging along
Tor years, but Mrs. j ohnson will henceforth
draw $12 a month with back pay AMOUNT
ing to u snug little fortune. Mr.. Wakefield
mas also secured favorable action on the
claim OF 3. j. Randall, of Vernon Center
Blue Earth county. Randall has been al.
lowed a pension ut the rate ofS14a month
since 1864. His hack pay will amount to
about 81 ,050.
The following postmasters were appoint.
ed in Minnesota: Bird Island, f. Hodpson.
vice Lorraine, removed; Odessa, r. j. Hill,
vice Fraser, resigned.
Owing to the cut railroad rates the cost
OF the funeral OF the late Senator Miller OF
California does not exceed $4,000.
The senate committee on privileges and
elections held q meeting to consider the
case OF Senator Payne. The committee adj.
lourned to give opportunity for a more
thorough examination OF the papers, and
Will hold Il meeting to decide upon a line OF
action.
Bishop Robertson OF the Episcopal do.
cese OF Missouri, dies.
A public dinner is given ut Albany, N. Y.
to United states l4Tdge L. X. Church OF
The Central Labor unions mass meeting
in New York is largely attended, but the
crowd is orderly.
j. A.Lyons, an Indianapolis merchant,
isshot dead by S. Marley, an employee, in a
quarrel.
At Cincinnati Wolf &Lowman, shoe man.
uiacturers, assigned. Assets, $50, 900; la
hilities, $40, 600.
at Beloi I Wis, a large frame dwelling
house owned by William Fitzgerald and
occupied by Harry Ames was burned. Loss,
nearly $4,000.
On the night Of Tuesday, April 6, S. B.
Moore, prominent citizen OF Des Moines,
Iowa, aged sixty-eight. was assailsd by two
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-14

The cholera has broken out in sew
raj Italian cities and great fears ore
entertained that it may spread
throughout the country.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-14
An Iowa Town Wiped Out,

keyston, u station on the Chicago, Mil.
waukee d st. Paul railway twenty miles
from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was destroyed
by fire recently. The fire was discovered
IN Porter q Rhodes drug store, and spread
with great rapidity. The losses are as fol.
lows:
Al: Iangiman, general store, loss, S13.-
300; {. L. Best, restaurant and dwelling,
$1,000; G. Hansen, drug store, $40, OOo;
X. 5. Rahle, druggist, Sl,40O; A. Thenson,
meat market, $500; NJ. Fitzgerald, harness
shop. 81, 900; p. Deihlcfson, hotel, $1,000:
n. Fischer, boots INC shoes, IS, 900; Lewis
Hyers, hotel, $4,000: lillian & Patterson,
hardware, $4,000; Waldrich & Co., general
store and %rsstotfice, $4,000. There is
not Il business house left in the town.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
Alessonto American Statesmen ,,b

Alessonto American Statesmen who
would rely on harbor defences alone
to protect our seaboard cities from a
hostile feet, is found in the result 8,
the English naval maneuyres at Mil
ford Haven. The evolutions were in.
tended to settle the question whether,
permanent forts, protecting an enor.
: nous boom and mine fields with
electric lights on shore, to discover
the whereabouts Of the enemy, wolld
snflice to keep him out Of q harbor,
and they have proved pretty conclu.
siyely that these measures are wholly
inadequate. Admiral Sir William Hew.
itt, whois an extremely ablestrategist
and q dashing commander, by the aid
pf smok ke RATS rendered the SEARCHING
electric light on shore Of little use
rhe torpedo boats blew up the boom
destroy the mines BY means ofcoun
tel1nines, and then one of the iron
clads went through the Doom with
ont the slightest hind trance. II hehat
been . real enemy he could have fore
"a his way up to Milford Haven ant
- stheg A ockyat din spite Of every ythini
,thnt had been devised 10 keep hin
olfts u =. y.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

Paternalism in France brought re.
suits in which Americans may read a
profitable lesson. Responding to the
demand for the extension of State
control to the utmost limit OF practi.
cability and in order to provide for a
swarm Of officials, the Government
bought up railways, telegraphs, lac.
tories and mines, and proceeded to
operate them. The people fancied
this system would be a vast improve
ment on individual ownership. Grievl
onsly have they been Disappointed
all except the innumerable function.
aries, who draw salaries and are quite
content. Industrial statistics demon.
strate that the cost of reduction un,
der State supervision is sixty per cent.
greater than where factories, mines,
etc, are under individual manage
nlent. Russia is suffering greatly from
the same evils that aflict France.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

= 4 = . + l. :. .
Mr.. Lowelrs advice to Americans
while he was Minister to England has
been repeated by the United States
Minister at theH ague, concerning Amer
lean fortunes in Holland. There are no
remaining Dutch estates that now can
possibly be claimed by descendants Of
Dutch ancestry in this country, as
recent legislation makes all claims
untenable that we're not presented
and proved beforethe Commission Of
liquidation in 1857. Mr.. Lowell sent
the information officially that there
were no sums Of money lying unclaim-
ed in, the Bank Of England. and no old
estates in England subject to claims
sin this country at present.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
scientific z.rthqua.. sp.ou,at.on..

London Gable: A special cause for In
forests on this sids OF the water in the
earthquake disturbances on the North
American continent has been given
by the lecture Of Prot. Dawson,
and it's speedy illustration by events
which were virtually coincident. The scien-
fists address before the British associa.
tion has occasioned a great deal OF COM
ment In connection with the Charles
ton earthquake. It was delivered be-
fore any news arrived in England
OF the shocks experienced along
the Atlantic coast OF tho United States,
and his remarks were considered to have
been almost prophetic when he said that
1t was possible there would soon be,
or might even now be in progress, a new
settlement Of the bed Of the Atlantic
ocean, especially on its western side,
and that there would possibly be
at the same time renewed volcanic ac-
tion on the eastern margin OF the ocean.
Both these things have apparently taken
place, and this fact is much talked OF aa q
verification OF the computations Of scien.
tific investigation.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
injured BY : Railroad col,,,.on,

ri {. . ..- 2 o.. s- s. q . ! d
At Norwood, MINI, a Minneapolis & st.
Louis freight train ran into a Milwaukee
q st. Paul sleeper. The following are
among the injured: B !
3. s. Dodge and +. p. Scott, Redfield Dn.
badly cutabout the head and body bruised;
Louis Krimmer and e. Clark, Redficld, Geo
R. Jones, Madison, badly bruised: +. p.
Granagee, Howard, Oak; s. T.. johnson.
Minneapolis, cut in head; j. T. McChesney
and Phil Skillman, mayor Of Aberdeen.
badly bruised; Y. A. Brandt and wife oii
Roscoe, Oak, 9. F. Prior, nephew OF G. H.
Prior, hurt in head; Rev. r. +. Parshall Of
Tomah. Wis, fractured ribs and other
bruises; Col. Charles Richardson, OF Gov.
Pierce's staff, en- route to the Aberdeen
encampment, was in the sleeper and suffer-
ed slight injuries.
The wounded were cared for by physi.
clans OF Norwood, Granite Falls and Bird
Island, who were passengers.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
Royal Wishes

Apropos of the dinner at Hurlinp.
ham an amusing incident took place in +,
the afternoon. which proves that. onr
transatlantic cousins. have muck still
to learn with regard to court etiquette
The princess of Wales, having previous. m
y met and admired the recitation I,
the latest pretty American / expart
graciously requested her presence al a
dinner that evening; upon which the
Iair reciter expressed her regret at not
nelng able to accept the honor offered
her. urging as an excuse that she had
promised to chaperon some vonno
ladies to Mrs. Mackintosh's debut Her3
royal highness replied, with a Quiet
smile OF amusement, "Then I am
afraid you must get your friends to
kindly excuse you, for I shall ex,cnt
you. and left the freeborn Anne, \
70 discover that royal wishes in tn
country are commands.-Londoa
World. $500 ~
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
Dakota School STATISTICS,

The sixteenth annual report the terri.
torial superintendent Of instruction, Hon.
A. s. Jones; shows:
Total expenditures, $l,814,212.4O. OF
houses and sites; $500, OS1.56 for teach
ers' wages; total conmon school expenses,
$1,594, ,695.32. Expended for Univers.
ity at Vermillion, $40, 400; university,
Grand Forks, $4S, 700; agricultural
college, Brookings, $33, 700; normal
school, Madison, $23. 900; normal school,
Sioux Falls, $4,000; school OF mines
Rapid City, $12,75O. The population OF
school age Jan. 1, 1885, was S7,563; en-.
rolled in public schools, G9,Os5; value Of
permanent school property, So, ,lS7, $50.
Twenty-Five states are led by Dakota in
expenditures for the public schools. Thir-
teen have o less number OF public schools
than Dakota. The population to each
school house is 151.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

Ocean travel was never before SO.
cheap as it is now. Many Of the
steamship Offices in New York display
the sign, Twelve Dollars to London"
which is the price for steerage passage
Under the cut rates. Some Of the
lines are giving q cabin rate OF $50,
which will probably be made still
lower by the competition for this class
f6f passengers, as they yield heilargest
profits. AS q result of the reduced
rates, ocean travel is increasing in
volume every year.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

The agriculture, manufactures and
trade, as well as the finances of Rus
sia, are in a critical condition. The
leading newspaper of st. Petersburg
says: The economic struggles arefar
more dangerous than the military
ones, the former carrying off millions
Of victims where the latter take only
thousands; and as to cost, the former
surpass the latter tenfold, and even an
hundredfold. An economic crisis may
throw a whole country into poverty
for a long period Of time"
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
Eight Months Track Laying.

The Railway Age issue contains. o state.
mant showing the amount OF track laid
In the several states and territories during
the first eight months Of the current year.
There was laid by 1853 roads in thirty-six
states and territories, BATS miles OF track.
This Is greatly in excess OF the track laid
during the corresponding time OF last year.
During the twelve months OF 1885 the to-
tai new mileage OF mainline track only
footed up 8, 131 miles. The greatest mum.
Der OF miles OF track laid SO far this year Is
chusetts. In Wisconsin there was laid
826 miles OF track, in Texas 800, in Neb-
raska 272, in Dakota 24O, and in Florida
22o. Minnesota's new mileage is III
miles. Washington Territory, Iowa, I'LL.
ncis and California are the other states
and territories reporting above 100 miles
of new track.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

composed Of mon. women and cbtl6rsn. arose IL.
cesssnt calls and criea and lamentations, while
over the motley half-dressed thrcne Was
which had broken ont just beyond the
;square Immediately after the 6rnt shook. and
asd ass new wholly enyeloped several buildings in
Tho same time large fires were observed under
fuH headway. and tho awfulness sot the earth-
Quake a may be more fully apprecisted when II Z
AL at once around them and threatening the city
with total destruction. the people whom you
met met on the Z, streets 20. 9E saw c@S9sregated @ IN
them thought Vehicles were ranged
In lines ON the strects surrounding the
square. while the horses stood - though sniff.
Ing the ground in anxious inquiry. The c0lorod
people were loud in their declamations Of asarm.
They were singing hymns ond offering appeals
tor Gods mercy In which appeals
cereIy Joined. Danger brings All Of q to the
level Of the lowest. There we're no distinctions
Ct place or power. pride or caste in the assem-.
ton on Tuesday night It was . curious spoota.
ole to look back upon. It IL : good ono to re-
member for white and black alike There vert
Ing regard between master and servant, mistre 81
and maid In tho presence Of
COMMON MI.
and Of threatened ruin that showed a. nothina
else could show how strong Is tho tie that bindi
together, and this lesson, We may hope, viii
never be forgotten. Arrived at his home the
writer fonnd the same scenes Of distraction and
wreck which marked nearly every homo in thu
city. All the houses in the neighborhood had
suffered seriously and streets, yards and gar.
dens were filled with the fallen chimneys and
fragments OF walls, while the walls that vert
lett standing were rent asunder in many
cases from top to bottom. and were badly shat.
tered In every instance Women and chiloren
reused from sleep or Interrupted in their even
Ing pursuits by the sound Of the ruin being
eRected above and around them, rushed out
into the streets and huddled together awaitina
the end, whatever 1t might be. Invalids were
brought on mAtteesses and deposited ON tht
roadway; No thought was given to treasures
left behind. Until long after midnight the
streets were flied with fugitives In
sight Of their homes Through the Iona
hours that followed few were the eyea
even Of childhood that wore closed in
sleep. Charleston was full Of those whl
watched for the morning. and never in any city
IN any land did the first gray shades that mark
the approach Of dawn appear SO beautiful and 20
welcome to eyes rs they appeared to the thou
sanks Of people who hailed them this morning
from the mids of the countless wrecked homei
In our thrice scourged but still patient. still
sea ID ?. - \
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
summerv,lle worse on Than oharlo.ton.

Summ0kv1ue worse ON Vhan Ch0rl0stOns
Columbia. s. G.. Special Nearly six hun
dred refugees have arrived here from Sum
merville. near Charleston. As soon as the
train reached Columbia, committee Of
citizens, headed by ex.Gov. Thompson,
who is on visit here, went down
and rendered them the hospitalities OF
the city. They are intensely affrighted-
looking people: They express the utmost
OF their town. 1t seems, from the state
ments OF Coils. Gray, Irwin, Walker, and
others, that Summerville was really the
center OF the disturbance. The town suf-
Tered even more severely than Charleston.
The town is depopulated, because there are
not halt 9 dozen dwelling ghouses habitable.
Col. Walker describes most graphically the
ravages OF the subterranean cyclone. The
phenomena associated with it allow no
room for doubt thatitis Of volcanic origin.
Near the village and right in tho streets
immense fissures are to be seen. One OF
them, Col. Walker avows, is sixty yards
long. From the cracks are minated a
hot fluid OF sulyhurous smell. These
singular phenomena have filled with
the greatest terrors the citizens, who
are focking to the up-country for safety.
Many OF them have lost their possessions
by the earthquake, and can never again be
induced to return to Summerville. The
shock is said to have been much more vio-
lent than in Charlest6n, but the general
characteristics were OF course the same. In
Summerville, however, the people rushed
affrighted into an inky blackness and in
the general gloom and despair, the wailing OF
women, the shrieks OF tho childron and
frightened voices OF the men made up q
scene and sounds that were equally dis
tressing and appalling. As in Char lesion,
all through the night there was nothing but
sickness, sorrow and suffering. and the con-
stant dread OF utter annihilation. When
morning dawned, the ruin and devasta-
tion were found to be complete. There
was not home that had not been made
desolate in greater or less degree.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

As an illustration OF the increasing
thrift OF the colored people in the
south, it may be noted that in Charles
ton, s. O., there are i, ,057 negroeswho
have accounts in savings banks, the
@total amount on deposit being $125,-
900. One pure blooded African has
nearly 81, !, ,O0Oin q bank besides owning
r. $1O, 900 plantation mortgaged for
only $4,000.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
Farnsrs' Allisncs and Knishts of labor.
s a noliticaloatherinpo occurred Ia ST. Paul

a politicalgathsring occurred 10 81. Paul.
Wednesday, the lat inst. II wes compos-'
ed Of leadina representative Of the Farm
ers' alliance; OF the State grange, d the.
knights OF Labor and the trades and labor
assemblies OF St. Paul and Minneapolis:
No third party WAS organized, though
there was strong feeling toward such
action, but it was deferred until the later
meeting to be held on the 28d Sept.
There was a great deal OF discussion, otter
which an address to the people was pre-
sented and signed by Ignatius Donnelly
and dozen other gentlemen, representing
the Farmers Alliance, Knights OF Labor,
etc. 1t contained two long series oi resolu-
lions. emil dying the demands 81 the farmers
and the knights OF Labor, and making pro-
vision FOR presenting those resolutions to
the conventions of both thegreat political
parties, and ask the adoption OF the
same as part OF the platform OF each OF the
said parties, and that furthermore, az
platforms amount to little il the officers
nominated are secretly or openly hostile
to the same, that it shall be the duty ol
the said COMMITTEES, in presenting said res.
olutions, to earnestly request both o.
who are clearly and unequivocally in 10.
vor Of maintaining popular rights against
the encroachments ofcapitalists, etc. !"
The committee appointed to pre-
sent these resolutions to the
other conventions will report to
u convention OF the farmers and labor
ing men Of the state, to be held in st.
Paul on the 23d day OF September,
1886. to convene at 10 o'clock a.
m. In the said convention the pri
mary representation shall be OF the mem
bership OF the organizations Of the Farm.
ers' alliance, the knights OF Labor and
kindred associations Of laboring men, and
the oranges OF the Patrons OF Husbandry
Of this state. Each OF said bodies shall be
represented by one delegate for the organi.
zation ITSELF and one additional delegate
for each hundred members or major irac.
tions thereof embraced in the associa ton.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
Important Railroad Decision in p.kot..

Judge Mcconnell at Fargo. Oak, ruled
on q very important question. In 1883
the legislature passed law imposing a
tax upon tho gross earnings OF the rail
roads and the real estate. This is in lieu
OF all taxes on other property. The recent
case was that Of Ramsey County vs. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba Rail.
road, and it came up on demurrer, and
Judge Mcconnell holds that the law sim
ply exempts all land and property used for
railroad purposes, and thnt town sites
and other speculative property are taxable
in addition to the gross earning tax. This
decisi on does not affect the Northern Pacif.
ic. as it's land was secured through an act
OF congress and not by purchase.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

we are beginning to doubt that ueconom,s
= Meailn. At Least we have good deafsnl
econony piied away which we would like Il
Gsa Gaaange Tor little wealth. e Phisadslplsa
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10

In Bell county, KY, 400 iidictments
have been returned by the grand Jury
against She outlaw class for aiying and rs.
csiving bribcs IN tho last eisctioI.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-01
Col. Kelly,s Pension Agency Accounts.

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 30.-A sensation was
created here last night by a rumor that Col B.
NJ. Kelly, until recently United States pension
agent at this point, was short in his accounts ia
the government The rumor has been current
several days, but last night the Courier-Journal
received dispatch from Washington saying, on
authority of third Auditor Williams that when
Colonel Kelley was succeeded by General Buell. as
pension agent here, Feb. 81 settlement of his
accounts showed a credit to government of SOL,
900 in the New York subtreasury. Inquiry at
the sub.treasurv, however, revealed the fact
that only about SO was there due the govern
ment from the pension Office here. Colonel
Kelly was notified. and General Williams says
he Immediately paid over the So. 900, thus
squaring his accounts General Williams with
out explaining, said he thought Kelly had been
deceived and duped by those he trusted. Col.
Kelly states simply that his accounts have been
examined and found 90 be correct and that he
owes the government nothing. Colonel Kelly is
prominent and popular, socially and politically,
and is the editor of the Republican paper here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-01

GEORGE ]. SENEY is disappointing the pub
lie in very gratifying way by voluntarily
paying his debts from which he had been re-
lieved by the operation Of the law in such
cases made and provided. Jay Cooke, whose
failure precipitated the panic of 1873, did the
same, and left a record of honesty that any
man need not be ashamed Of. There is such
thing as unfaltering honesty in this world
of ours, and man should not be trampled
into the mire simply because he may have
been unfortunate enough to fail in business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-01

Mr.. BYNUM may easily overdo the bull
DOING business. He is little better than a
fool if he really thinks but one in a thousand
Democrats is opposed to him. He appeared
to think differently when he suddenly left
Washington to come out here and help him
SELF with the result that in his own county
he did not secure one-half of the delegates,
conceding him all that he and his friends
claim. The president of the Meridian Club,
whose secreta ~ he now addresses, was By
NUN delegate to the convention, we are in
formed, and appointed the committee to con-
slider his case, which resulted in the passage
of the resolution requesting his withdrawal. If
there are but twenty-eight out Of the two
hundred members opposed to him, why do not
some of the other one hundred and seventy
two hold meeting and indorse his candidacy2
Mr.. Bynum is strong willed man; but, as we
said, he may make too much Of virtue out Of his
obstinacy. There are men opposed to him
who are veterans in politics, and who were
Democrats before ne was born or had passed
the pulling period Of life. The dictatorship
he assumes over such men seems to an impair
tial looker-on to be tribe more arrogant and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-01

WHAT is the matter with the women up in
Washington Territory? One of the standing
arguments in favor Of equal suffrage, is that
with the ballot in the hands Of women the
temperance question is solved, so far as MAX
ing laws is concerned. In the absence of any
proof to the contrary it has been a strong ar
cause of equal political rights than all other
lines of reasoning combined. Many men and
women, who would have taken no personal in
terest in the matter on other grounds, have
become advocates of female suffrage, on the
theory that the women, once given the
chance, would vote down the whisky traffic.
The first opportunity for testing this
theory has just occurred in Washington Ter
ritory, where women have enjoyed the same
political privileges as men for two years. The
GU stion of local option was voted on, on
Monday, by the citizens of the Territory, and,
according to the dispatches, the result is in
some doubt, owing to the division of opinion
among women in regard to prohibition, and
their failure to take the. interest expected of
them. 1t will probably be claimed that, as
one swallow does not make summer, so one
trial does not prove the theory that women
are unit on the temperance question to be
incorrect There are, perhaps, local reasons
for their indifference and lack of agreement in
this instance, which will explain their action
in way satisfactory to the friends of prohibi-
ton and Of suffrage; but until light is thrown
upon the matter the favorite argument may
as we'll be laid aside.