Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-31

bne luOFdiitJ anu Oi
and statehood plans. One Thousand dele
gates are expected to be present. The diff
ferent calls are signed by leading men in
North and South Dakota.
The United States treasurer has paid out
81 2, 500, 0oo during the present month on
account of pensions alone, notwithstAnd-
ing which fact the excess OF receipts over
expenditures during the month is nearly
1000 600. The treasury surplus. which
fell to sos, 600, 600 at one time during the
month, has again risen TO $101. 900, 600.
The president has approved the act au-
thorizing him to arrange conference be-
tween the United States and Mexico, Gen.
trail America, Hayti. San Domingo and
Brazil; the act to limit the hours that let
ter carriers in cities shall be employed per
day, and the act for the relief OF the first
National Bank OF Marion, Iowa.
Sir Charles Upper has resigned as min
lister OF finance in the Canadian govern
ment, and has been reappointed high com.
missioner for Canada in London. Hon.
G. f. Foster, minister OF marine, has been
appointed minister OF finance.
Acyclone swept over Browntowh, twenty.
five miles EAST OF Browntown, Texas, de-
stroying the Methodist, Baptist and Con-
gregational churches and eight dwelling
houses. One building was carried across
the railroad track and crushed, and
Amanda Willis. coIored, who had taken
refuge inside, was instantly killed. Eight
persons, including the sheriff and county
recorder, were fatally injured.
Mrs. George Reed, of Napannee. Elkhart
county, Indiana, took her three. onths.
old child in her arms and jumped into
well-both were drowned. She left a note
l,..A ..E
would take her child with her to rest. Her
age was %.
The body OF Adelbert Kreiger, OF Day.
ton o., who died suddenly at Chicago, was
cremated at Cincinnati in the unfinished
crematory on Clifton Heights. There was
no ceremony.
The Wisconsin prohibitionists have put
up the following State ticket: Lieut.. Gov,
I. III. DAZZLE OF Dane; Secretary of State,
Nelson Ladue of La Fayette; Treasurer,
ID. &. Prescott OF Marinette; Attorney
General c. Z. Pike OF Winnebago; State
Superintendent, j. H. Gould OF Wads
worth; Railway Commissioner, +. w.
Drake, OF Milwaukee, Insurance Commits
sIoner. S. NJ. Bixby OF st. Croix.
The Cincinnati Price Current offers to
substantiate its charge that information
has leaked out from the department OF
agriculture at Washington to q. Western
grain SPECTATOR, whereby the latter was
enabled to profit by his knowledge OF the
Forthcoming crop report. The paper as
serts that the leak was not IRON StatistI
clan Dodge, but IRON higher official.
The corner stone OF the great Roman
Catholic University at Washington was
laid with great pomp and ceremony. The
grand stand was well filled with promi.
nent people, and among them The following
To- ha avflfp nj oh hi hnYN NJ pal
timore, James GibboD; Archbishops Will
Jams, Corrigan, Salpointe, Elder and Ire
land; Bishops Northrup, Moore. Curtis,
0'Reiiley. Spalding, Macs, Radamacher,
Fitzgerald. Jannssens, Wigeer Phelan,
Keane, Kahn, Mcmahon, Hardins, Gil
mour, Richter, 0'Sullivan, Ryan, McNisr-
ney, McGovern, Haid. President Cleve-
land occupied a seat ON the platform DO
tween Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop
Ireland.
The big log jam at Little Falls, Wiscon-
sin. now extends for distance OF fourteen
miles. The logs are piled in some places
irsm seventy five to one hun.lfed feet high.
The scene is one OF the greatest imagin-
able, and is attracting great crowds OF
sjght-seers despite the weather. A large
crew of men is constantly at work at
tempting to break it.
The Bank of France announces that 45
counterfeit $500 notes are in circulation.
The forgers are Americans.
Advices from the Indian Territory says:
Serious trouble is existing at Pickons
county, Chickasaw Nation, between non
residents aud Chickasaw officials, on ac-
count OF collecting of 81 per head tax on
all stock.
The Car, in the course OF the summer,
win attend the maneuvers of the troops in
the Odessa district and from there will
proceed to the Caucasus, extending his
tour probably to Turkestan.
Delegate Toole says this evening that he
intends to lose no opportunity to de
nounce the Inefficient star route postal
service of Montana. He viii continue de-
manding justice at the hands OF the Sec
ond assistant postmaster general and
seeking legislation in congress Tor the bene-
6t OF his pioneer constituency.
Cardinal Gibbons and all the other Ro-
man church digEitaries who took part in
the laying OF the corner stone of the Cath
Ollie university at Washington, called at
the White house by special appointment
and paid their respects to the president
They we're received in the blue parlor and
the presentations were made by the car
dinal, assisted by Marshal Wilson.
Frank Mills OF California, a subfresh.
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old, died from the excessive opium smok-
ing. Mi lis with two companions obtained
some pipes and INDUCED in the vice. IL is
said that Mills smoked several pipes full
in rapid succession. His two companions
are reported dangerously sick. Their
names are not made public.
Three prisoners in the Jail, at Montiselle
Ind, Ed Chamberlain Albert Benson and
Robert Catterson, assaulted Sheriff Joseph
Henderson and escaped. The sheriff's in
iuries are fatal. Chamberlain is under IN.
dictment for numbering Eta WIttenberg.
his sweetheart at Reynolds, six weeks ago.
Benson and Catterson were tramps await
ing trial for highway robbery.
IL is reported on good authority that
the Northern Pacific has already commenc-
ed active steps toward entering Manitoba
in the western part with a branch line
railway. Surveyors have been at work
for some time running survey line from
st. Johns Oak. Three levels have been
taken. all heading toward Boissevaine
At present gang OF men are at work put
ting in grade stakes and are within sixteen
miles OF the boundary.
William Miller, a respectable citizen, saw
his vile and John Morgan sitting together
in the depot at Brunswick, Maine. Miller
had reason to suspect his wife OF intimacy
with Morgan, and drawing his revolver he
began firing. The first shot struck his wife
in the arm and the second pierced her
breast. She fell to the floor MORALLY
wounded. Miller next turned the weapon
on Morgan, and with one shot brought
him TO the floor dead, with bullet
through his head. Miller surrendered.
The Car replying TO an invitation to at
tend the ninth centenary OF the con aversion
OF Russia to Christianity, which is to be
held at Kieff in July says that he hopes
that the Jubilee viii not be disturbed by
any war like events. His efforts, he says
are peace.
More than 6, 900 persons witnessed the
ceremonies connected with The laying OF
the corner stone of the confederate monu.
ment at jackson. Miss, Jefferson Davis
did not attend owing to bad health. Eight
military companies, a number OF benevo-
lent associations, about hundred war
veterans and large Masonic representa-.
tion were in line. Upon arriving at the
state capitol building, Miss Winnie Davis
was conducted to the library chamber and
formerly introduced to the large crowd by
Gov. Lowry. The ceremonies at the mon.
ument followed, and were opened by the
reading OF letter from Mr.. Davis explain,
ing his absence. Col. Charles +. Hooker
delivered the Grafton and at the close pre-.
scented Miss Davis with a silyerc-owr to be
given to her father.
The decision OF the attorney general o.
the United States in the case of the North,
ern Pacific indemnity lands is not likely
to be made public now for some time
From what can be gathered it seems as il
the decision were quite likely to be in favor
of the existence OF the second indemnity
belt. The decision was finished sometime
ago, but the attorney general has gone
over it very carefully with the secretary OF
the interior, and the latter has suggested
that he would like to submit, before the
decision is promulgated, plan OF action
under which the decision can be put in