Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-03
aa,soel,aneous News Noee..

The final arrangements for the purchase
OF the Steward mansion in New York by
the Manhattan club have been made. The
price agreed upon is 100000.
The board of aldermen OF New York
passed over Mayor Hewitt's veto the reso.
luton eurtailing his power in the matter
OF displaying flags on the city hall. This
is the outcome of st. Patrick's day row.
The Woman's Presbyterian Board of
Missions for the Northwest held it's seven.
teenth annual session in Freeport. Ill.,.
with over 200 delegates present, coming
from eight neighboring states and Dakota.
The Democrats OF Garfield, N. j.. are
excited and angry at the TACT that a Re.
to succeed G. ID. Bogert, q Democrat. The
new man is Joel Horton. school teacher,
also noted as prohibitionist.
The Jersey City Branch of the Irish Ma
tional League adopted resolutions thsak-
ing Congressman MeAdoo, 2. a. Collins and
Others for requesting the President not to
nominate Minister Phelps, author OF the
new extradition treaty. for chief justice OF
the supreme court
The Catholic News at New York received
the following cable dispatch: The Vati.
can has issued decree condsmning boy
cotting and the plan OF campaign. The
decree distinguishes the national move
ment from these revolutionary means. IL
condemns only the latter"
One hundred and fifty men were put to
work at Superior, Wis, breaking ground
Tor the immense eteel and iron works OF
the Land and River improvement com.
pany at West Superior. Some gao men
win be employed to construct these works,
and when completed 300 men or more will
have steady employment.
The family OF j. c. Waltmeyer residing
in West Hempfield township. Lancaster
county, Pa, has within the last ten days
lost four children from malignant type
OF diphtheria. Now the four remaining
children. three well grown sons and a
daughter, are dying, and the father and
mother are down with the disease. The
neighbors are panic stricken.
The capital of the Standard Oil trust
now is 500. 0o0 600 and the market value
OF each S100 OF the stock is S160, making
the total market value OF the trust Sl44.-
600. 900. The dividends for 1887 were 10
per cent. On the capital stock. The aver.
age dividends had been per cent. and the
average earnings 13 per cent. 0lt OF the
surplus stock dividends had been in part
declared.
spike nosed sturgeon was taken out of
Lake Elysian at Elysian. Mimi, that
weighed 1872 pounds, Its length was six
feet and two inches from tip to tip. 1t
measured eight inches thick and sixteen
and half inches wide. The spike on tho
nose was eighteen inches long and two
inches wide. 1t was dead when found.
| There is no doubt that it is salt water
fish. The question is how it got into the
| lake.
Register OF Deeds Barney Doyle has sued
the Milwaukee Sentinel to recover dam.
| ages to the amount OF $4,000 for de-
| famation of character. The Sentinel. a
| few weeks ago, published an item stating
| that Mr.. Doyle's name had been stricken
| from the roll OF members oil the Ninth
ward club. The Sentinel company's an
| swer states that the report was common
| talk among politicians and others before
they published it.
The Democratic congressional commit
| tee of the filth district OF Minnesota have
called a district convention to nominate a
| congressman. After Ii ballots it was de.
cided to hold it early in July at Fergus
| Falls, the exact date to be fixed by the
| executive committee. which consists OF j
! p. Schmitz, Fergus Falls; j. w. Lilly,
| Crookston; Henry Keller, Sank Center;
Theo. T. Hudson. Duluth. The basis will be
a delegate for every ESQ votes for Ames,
making 120 delegates in convention. The
second congressional convention will meet
| at Mankato on the day before the demo
| cratic State convention.
The supreme court at Washington ai
firmed the decision OF the supreme court o
Minnesota in the case OF the Minneapolis
| q st. Louis railroad against Fred G. Her
rick. Herrick vas an employee, injured
| through the negligence OF an engineer. He
/ received damages under q statute in Min
/ nesota, also in force in Iowa, making rail
| road companies liable for injury to EN-
| ployes, through the acts OF an agent OF the
/ company. Senator Davis. Tor the com
pany. contended that these statutes VIC.
lated the fourteenth amendment to thu
| constitution, In that it showed discrimina
ton in not applying TO all persons and
| corporations alike.
4 Sullivan, the slusger, has returned tc
| Boston, where he was received with an
i ovation and procession. Mrs. John l.
| Sullivan, the champanion's legal vile, in
i tends to set herself right before the world
| She is endeavoring to secure warrant foi
the big fellows arrest Immediately on his
/ arrival. on the charge of improper rela
| tons with Annie Livingstone. She takes
| this step, she says, because John L., while
| travelling on two continents during tn,
| past two years. has acknowledged Annie
| Livingstone as his vile. She tried to hav,
| the slugger arrested while he was surround
| ed by his enthusiastic friends and admir-
ers, but her evidence was not stroni
enough.
The World Boston special says that Sui
| Ivan went on aspree aboard theC'atalonia,
| insulted ladies' had fights with the steam.
er's employees, beat Anna Livingston, and
| was SO violent that the captain threat.
/ ened to put him in irons. Rev. w. r.
Mantley, one oil the passengers, is given as
/ authority for the statements. He say'
| that Sullivan cursed Mrs. Mantley, and
threatened to 'swipe her did brats out
| OF existence" il she did not keep them out
| OF his way. The steward. in defendin,
himself from an attack. broke aoda sy
| phon over Johns head, which pleased th'
big fellow so much that he said the stew
ard was the only man aboard. The en-
| gineer threatened to turn the hot water
| hose on Sullivan, who thereafter let him
\ alone.