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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09

Robert STREETS. The buildinei is 10 cost $500.
600, and the inspectors fee on the permit
amounted TO $32T.50. In comparison
as to size The Pioneer Press building is
TO cost more than any building ever erected
in st. Paul. Next TO the o1urt house, it is
the most costly building ever constructed in
the city.
The grasshopper question at Perham,
Mimi, is still unsolved, Millions Of small
ones have Matched out the past two weeks
on land that was plowed last fall and this
spring. The fill-hedged ones are beginning
TO lay their eggs The air il full of the hop
pers, which fly a few miles and begin to eat
IN new place. IL is now a little over four
weeks since the bounty was offered and dur-
ing that time 1874 bushels have been
caught. paid for and buried. The work OF
destroying them vii be kept up.
Two squads of Indians from the White
Earth aud Lceeh Lake reservations are pick
ing blueberries, the one at Twin lakes, the
other at the thoroughfare between the upper
and Gull lakes, two or three miles apart and
twelve or flfteep miles from Brainerd, MINI;
One day burly Indian from each squad
came to Drainerd, and, having procured
whisky, started for their camps bent ON a
fight, Near Gull lake they set upon d half.
breed teamster Of j. II. Hallatt, who is trad
ing with the Indians, and With knives and
bludgeons nearly killed him. Other Indians
ihterfered or he would have been murdered.
Growing out of this bloody fight ensued
among the Indians themselves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09

minIstered; that We also endorse the course
Of Hon. John l.. Macdonald, our representa-
tive in congress-, and particularly commend
him for his faithful and fearless discharge Of
his official duties.
Chairman Child announced as the next
business the nomination of candidate for
congress.
E. c. Stringer ofHastings secured the floor
He nominated Judge Macdonald two years
ago and he was again appointed to that, no
doubt, pleasing duty again. His speech was
a clean cut and forceful one.
Il rise to nominate the gentleman who now
represents you in congress, said Mr.. Stringer
"Yet it is hardly necessary for me
to formally nominate him, The people did
IL long ago This district was created by a
Republican legislature for Republican pur-
poses, but. in Judge Macdonald we found a
candidate TO thwart their aims. His record
you know, and his personal and public life
you know, and no man need be ashamed to
vote for Judge John L. Macdonald. He is
the only man who can lead us again to vic-
tory"
At the suggestion of Mr.. Stringer a vote
was taken on the nomination by roll call
each county casting it's solid vote for Judge
Macdonald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09

Resolved, That wefayor liberal pensions for
all hbnorably discharged Union soldiers and
their dependents under such restricting and
discriminating acts as should beenacted from
time TO time and as shall meet with the
sanction OF the soldiers themselves as organ
led and which shall not be construed so as
to reward the III worthy and unentitled as
against the true patriot and the deserving.
Resolved, That we have seen with pleasure
the recent fratcrnal reunion of the blue
and the Gray" upon the battlefield OF
tiettysburg. where a quarter OF century
ago American valor displayed a courage un-
eaualled in the history of the world; that
under the wise administration Of President
Cleveland sectional feeling has passed away,
and the whole country is united now in ties
Of fraternnI liberty and unity.
Resolved, That we invite electors who be-
lieve in honest government by the people
and for the people to unite with us in the re-
turn of our nominees to place and duty that
such places may be honorably filed and such
duties honestly discharged.
The resolutions were adopted by q rising
vote and cheers On motion the convention
proceeded to nominate candidate for con
gress, and Thomas Wilson was nominated
by rising vote amidst great enthusiasm.
THIRD DISTRICT.
The third congressional democratic con-
yention met at Red Wing on the same day,
and after the usual preliminary proceedings
the committee on resolutions sent up the
following resolutions, which were received
With considerable enthusiasm and unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the Democracy Of the
Third congressional district of the State of
Minnesota hereby fully and emphatieally en-
dorse the national platform OF the Demo
.1 NV ha
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
A Fatal Mistake.
From the New York Graphic.

From the New York Graphic.
Mrs. Jacob s., an estimable woInaa
living in a small town in the Wesa'
discovered early in her matrimonls'
career that she had not been fortu'
nate in her choice of a husband, lol
Jacob proved to be excessively iasy
and shiftless, doing almost nothis
for the support of his wife and us
round faced little children.
Several years after her marr'aes
Mrs. 5. heard of the approaching
marriage of Jennie Krale, the daus'1
ter of a neighbor, and meeting y
girl one day she said:
"Vell, Shennie, hear You vas tins;
in bout getting married. Vas a7
SOP
The girl, with becoming blusns7
admitted the truth of the runior. &.
"Vell, Shennie," said Mrs. s.,
would be veil for you to dink OWN
before you marrys anybody.
Did you think twice aboutlt WE
you married." asked Jennie, rat1
resenting the intimation that
had made a wise choice. E
well, yes, did, replied Mrs
after some little hesitation. =
dink dwice, Shennie; but made
grade meestake, Won grade meessas
Shennie. / did not dink der s'eeu'
time until after vas married.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
What's In a Name.

The people ofthis countrydon't care a red cent
what you call, or pretend to call, the revenue
policy of the democratic party You NAV
call it free trade, British free trade revenue
reform, tariff for revenue only, tariff reduc.
ton, or by any other Of the dozen forms OF
expression used to describe it. 1t is the
thing itself which concerns the American
people-not thename it,
The actual policy of the democratic party
Is policy which vastly enhances the i'm.
portation of foreign made goods into this
country IN competition with goods which are
made in this country. Isn't that so? OF
course il is; nobody denies it, Indeed. il il
the ayowed purpose of the Mills bill which is
admitted to be only partial carrying out
Of the democratic purpose.
NOW, never mind what this policy is to be
called for a moment. This is the thing which
I the democratic party wants to bring about
1t wants to bring it about, because the Oh.
posite policy is in force through the ex.
isting tariff The existing tarif
is intended to restrict the Importation
of foreign-made goods which would come in.
to competition with home made goods. The
| object of the democratic party is to get rid
OF a tariff of this kind. The democratic party
would partially accomplish this object il il
could put the Mills bill in force.
BY way of reeapitulation, then, IL sim
mers down, to- this: The amount Of revenue
to be raised being identically the same, the
two parties would put duties on entirely die
fesent articles, or in different rates on the
yaJne article-the Republican party with n
view to keep foregn-made articles ont al
competition with homem articles: the
democratic party with view solely to ret
revenue
Now you call these opposing noIicies
what you please. In brief outline. these arr
the policies. The republican policy Is cor.
rectiy called the protective policy. The dem.
ocratic policy, whatever. you call II is tbo
opposite of the republican policy. The
opposite of the protective policy is MS n mat.
ter OF fact, the free trade policy. II i
properly so denominatei in the formulas Of
the books of political economy 1t is SO un.
derstood IN England. IL is SO understood
by free traders everywhere
All this splitting OF hairs TO which the dem.
ocratic press is addicted just now about the
mere name OF the democratic policy isintend.
cd to deceive serious minded voters as to the
actual policy of the party--as to the very
thihg which the party viii do il it gets the
power to do it.-Sioux City Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
Thoroughbred Rebel.

Senator Butler OF South Carolina went
home to make a speech at the dedication ol
a monument to ex-Confcderate soldiers at
Greenyille, s. G. This is a passage from his
speech as published in one Of his own organs
Just received at Washington;
We were citizens of an independent com.
monweafth, independent in the sphere of her
constitutional action before we became Con
federete soldiers, and in becoming Con,
federlts soldiers We did not cease To be elti-
zens Of an independent commonwealth. We
became soldiersi in obedience to the commands
of our state, not Of revolutionary or ire
sponsiblef faction but ofaf fully equipped organ
lied government to which We then owed our
primary allegiance, and when we ceased TO
be her soldiers we still remained citizens oil
our state, rejoicing still as citizens OF con
stitutional government devoted to its tradi'
tions and principles. Upon the failure of the
Confederate government we renewed our
allegiance to the Federal government, always
remaining loyal citizens to our state; there
fore whoever says we are traitors simply adj
vertises his ignorance or lies. We can stand
the epithet rebel because that places us in
good company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
=. ola.r..hlonea snuthern Howl.

As in the bosom of Yesuvius fierce fires
dwell and rage and anon break forth ana IN
lurid splendor light the mountain top, so IN
the hearts OF the yet Impoverished sons OF the
South dwells the burning hope that even yet
they may redeem by strenuous deeds theiair
land Of their birth and illumine once more
with the fire of liberty the page OF history.
Or else, and God forbid, the sword has not
only wounded. but like the fangs OF the ser
pent deposited the ineradieable poison OF alb
iect submission and all its train Of crawling
virtues. II NAV be polite and profitable
but il is vet strange and CHASTITY, to see a
man smile as a poisoned dart slips IN De
tween his ribsl
The time TO put an end TO deceit has come.
The North may ms well know now as later
that all the dead in her cemeteries have dlet
for Union which is and will ever be a fraud
until the foul dishoDor of rebellion and trea'
son is no longer hurled from yenomons
tongues at the South. Our sons will not u
is hoped, shake hands in Gmity with people
who denounee their fathers as traitors and
rebels.-Riehmond Critic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09

Writing of Great Britain in 1875
John Wesley said that when he con-
sidered the astonishing luxury of the
rich and the profaneness of rich and
poor, he doubted whether the gener.
al dissoluteness of manners did not
demand a visitation from the Gov
ernor of the universe. "But," he
added, ssge Englishmen are too wise
to acknowledge that God has any
thing 10 do in the world"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09


Prof. F. w, Cragin. of Washburn
College, discovered at Downs, Osborne
county, Kan, the petrified remains
of a huge fossil. Prof. Cragin pro-
nounces it the most remarkable speci-
men found since 1877. He thinks it
belongs to either the icl6hyosaurus
or the 4nosasurus species, more prob
ably the latter. The animal com
plete was a little over 16 feet in
length. The jaws measure three feet
eight inches. the neck is between four
aud FIVE feet long, and the body
about nine feet long and three or
iow feet through. IL had immense
teeth about three inches in length,
and each pair warked independent OF
the rest like pairs of hooked shears.
The animal was ofsucl gigantic pro-
portions it would have been able to
crush a horse in its massive jaws and
must have Been king of the water.
1t had iiippers quitesimilar toa seal,
and its feet, two in number, were
short. 1t is plain that it was an
aquatic animal ofthe reptiIian age.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
The cases Of Chairman Hoge and Murphy

The cases Of Chairman Hoge and Murphy,
charged with being implicated in the Burling-
ton dynamite conspiracy, were called in court
at Chicago. They waived examination and
asked that the bail formerly given be allowed
to stand for their appearances. In the alb
senee Of any opposition from the prosecution
this was DONE The informers, Kelly and
McGilvary, Hoge's clerks followed suit, waiv-
ing examination and being held on their
former bonds.
The commissioner of the general land Office
has called upon the st. Louis & San Francis
co Railroad company to restore 90, 1927 acres
of land to the government which were erron-
eously patented 10 the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad company, to which the St Louis
K San Francisco Railroad compony succeeds
Fred $. May, commission merchant and
agent at Winnipeg for the firms of Fairbanks
Co. and Libby, Mcneil & Libby, Chicago,
has skipped the town for the states leaving
a shortage 70 81 800 due these firms, which
cannot be collected from Winnipeg merchants.
He was last heard Off Kansas City.
.Silas NJ. Stillwell, lawyer of New York. is
making an active search to discover Miss
Catharine Carney, whose brother has just
died in Chicago, leaving fortune Of $780,
600. Miss Gafney was formerly employed in
the Stillwell family as nurse and during
the life of Mr.. Stillwel's father received a
pension. Repeated efforts were afterward
made to get the brother, Patrick Henry CAT
ney TO her support, but henever responded to
the appeals. Miss Gafney was last heard OF
in charitable institution, but no trace OF
her can now be found. Mr.. StillweIls sister
Mrs. Amelia Stillwell Caddington, is also
taking an active interest in the effort 10 find
her old nurse. The nurse was highly re-
spected by the family, and until she disap-
peared a few years ago, was frequently aided
by them. She is about sixty years Of age.
DIR. Joseph Whitaker, Robert Terry, Sr.,
David Goldberg: August Keuscher and Annie
Hertz, members, and most OF them officers,
OF the George Washington lodge, United
States Benevolent Fraternity of st. Louis
were arrested on charge of conspiring to
defraud the order out OF $1,000. A man
representing Charles Zeife, on the point Of
death at the hospital, was initiated into the
lodge and upon his death few weeks later
his beard was dyed and wig put on him to
give him the ~ pearanee of the man Initiated
and deceive the members Of the order at the
funeral,
William Mussinger of st. Cloud, Mimi, at
work on the st. Wendell Catholic church
stccplc. eel from the building 100 feet to the
ground. ilc got up and walked away, but
internal injuries of fatal character arc
fearul.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
Wholesale Hors. stealing.

The police of Chicago have succeeded in
achievements in the horse stealing line are
unparalleled in this part of the country. Lis
name be gives as Edward Brown, and he claims
to have come from Texas about june O,
Brown came in with a carload of Texas
ponies, and when his friends had sold their
stock and returned home he formed the ac-
3uaintance of Charles Crane, also hailing from
Texas. Brown soon proposed that they gointo
the DEMONSTRATING business on large scale, be-
,ng convinced that it would be very profitable.
A business partnership was formed between
the two Texans, and barn rented on the
! west side of Chicago that would hold about
twenty horses. Nightly forays were begun,
and were successful. The boys hired five men
rs grooms, bought hay by the ton, oats by
the ear load. In less than twenty-four hours
after they started in business, they had stol-
liberal price. The boldness of their plans
was remarkable, They would hitch two
stolen horses to q stolen carriage and drive
along Michigan avenue until they saw q
team which suited them. To see n good
horse meant ownership for them, for they
would follow it home and in all probability
secure it that night. Every few days the
two Texans would go out into suburbs to
look for good horses, and citizens began TO
frequent the stables for the purpose Of buy
ing stock. All the time complaints were COM
ing in to the police thick and fast, but
they could not find the thieves. July / 2, how
ever, was fatal day for the ad.
yenturers. They stole horse and
buggy from North side citizen, and drove
to blacksmith shop near by to have some
slight repairs made. While waiting one of them
stole the blacksmith's watch and was soon
accused of the theft Both drew revolvers
and compelled the blacksmith to apologize
for the charge. As soon as the boys had left
the smith complained at the Lakeyiew
police station, giving good de
seription ofthe bandits. detective was de-
tailed on the case. He was about TO give vi.
the search when suddenly he saw the boys
driving west on Washington boulevard. He
secured horse, followed them to their barn
and Swallowed the place for three or four
days, as he could not believe that thy alone
could have been guilty of such n gigantic
scheme ofhorse stealing as was before ais eyes.
Crane became suspicious of the espionage
and fed, but Brown was arrested. On his
person was found $500 in cash Twenty
five horses and eighteen stolen vehicles have
already been turned up, and more are coming
in every day. The horses are uniformly
ine, and the vehicles range from dog cart
to a fourin-hand. Brown confessed every
thing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
The Irr.presslb,e ap,eh...

The war department. has received telegram
from the commanding officer at San Carlos,
Ariz, as follows:
AT the request OF the acting Indian agent
III sent Capt. Lee, Teatli cavalry.
with his troop and some scouts up San Car.
los to arrest three Indians reported intrenched
in rocks and resisting Lee, upon arrival,
found they had fed. The command followed
several trails, upon one OF which they were
found. Scouts exchanged shots with small
party said to belong to CaEsadia s hand
The scouts think they killed one Indian.
Some scouts and herders driving $50 agency
cattle TO grazing camp were attacked by q
party of Indians fifteen miles from here. The
scouts and herders fed, and what became oil
the cattle is rs yet unknown. / will do all |
can to quiet the Indians, but there may be
serious trouble. The bands are those OF Gas
sedais and Chichuana. Seieer thinks if the
Indians win leave the reservation they will
| GO North and West
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
HORRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
Another Tenement House Fire in New York in
which Thirteen persons are Roasted Alive, and
More viii Die from Injuries.


Thirteen people were burned to death in a
six-story building in the rear of No 1877 Bow
cry, New York City. Six more, burned so
badly that they will probably die. were re-
moved to various hospitals. The house was
a ramshackle affair hidden in the middle of
the block, the only entrance TO it being n
narrow alleyway from the Bowery. In this
caged.in building lived 150peUple. Each
the six floors was occupied by single
family, the head of which was a
tailor who made clothing for the cheap
wholesale clothing houses and employed
from fifteen 10 twenty meE. women and chill.
dren, in addition to his family in making
up the clothing They were all Polish Jews,
who worked ate and slept in the crowded
rooms. While all the occupants of the build
ing were busily at work, flames broke out
on the lower floor; The Ere had, when dis
covered, already gained such Roadway that
it was in full possession OF the stairway
and escape by il seemed impossible.
Many of the frightened inmates
rushed down through the flames
and escaped to the narrow court
yard, with clothes ablaze and hands, and
bodies burned. Six of them were so severely
burned that they may die. There we're fire
escapes on the front and rear OF the house,
but before any of the inmates had +ried to
escape by them the famts had assembled
through the house and were reaching from
the windows, 50 that descent by the fire.
escapes was impossible. One man, already
half burned to death, leaped from fifth
story window and fell a mangled mass
Of flesh in the little court yard. Others
jumped from the second story windows and
escaped with bruises One poor woman lay
upon her back in little store in the Bowery
with not only her clothing hut her hair burned
of. She Was unconscious. and the surgeon
said she would not live to reach the hospital.
Another young girl was deiirious with pain.
She was not so badly burned as the Others,
but In a mad jump from one of the windows
she had received internal injury, and also cut
n terrible cash in the side of her head from
which the blood glshed forth
Charles W. Norman, property man of the
Peoples theater, which adjoins tho burned
building, with several Of his comrades, ran to
the roof Of the theater. carrying n small
ladder. which they stretched over TO win
dow Of the burning building. woman with
her hair and clothes already ablaze APP
peared ut the window, and Norman called to
her - cross over on the ladder. She cried
back that she could not leave her two chill
dren. Norman tried to cross over on tho
ladder. but the flames drove him back and
he could not save her Afterwards tine
eharred bodies Of the mother and two chill
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09

The banana is mentioned by DIR. b.
W. Richardson as one of the best OF
foods. 1t may also be looked upon
as condensed milk, its composition
being seventy-four per cent. water,
twenty per cent. fuel, five per cent.
fesh-formers, and seven-tenths per
cent mineral; while milk contains
eighty-six per cent. water, nine per
cent. fuel, four per cent. fesh-formers
and seven-tenths per cent. mineral.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09
RESUME OF THE NEWS
beings at Washington.

Mr. Muidrow, assistant secretary of the in.
terror. says that the department has received
no official information as 20 the ref1ssal Of
the Indians TO sign the Sioux treaty. "Nor, y
SAID he. do we expect TO have amy state
ment from the commissioners unless they
shall be able to arrive at a result, or until
it shall become apparent that they will not
be able TO come to a conclusion. We had no
intimations that the treaty would not be
signed Senator Sabin expressed great sur.
prise that the Indians had refused TO sign
and could hardly credit the report. All Of
his Information had been that the treaty
would be signed. Congressman Lind thought
that some plan would yet he discovered by
which the Indians would be made to see that
the treaty would be of benefit to them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-09

Mr.. w. III. ii. Murray has started
on an exploring and hunting e1pedi-
ton in the most secluded and least
visited regions of the Rockies, north
of the Canadian line. Hewill be gone
about six months and intends to
cover abou. 1900 miles in thesaddle,
visiting regions as yet unexplored.
The Canadian government has
granted him the protection and as
sistance of the mounted police and
the Hudson Bay company has given
his expedition it's support. An ex-
pcrienced artist will go with him for
the purpose ofprocuring Illustrations
TO accompany his letters for the press
and his magazine articles. A great
part OF his explorations viii be in the
valley of the Peace river, of which
even the Canadian government knows
almost nothing This region lies
about degs. north of the Canadian
line and east of the Selkirks.