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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

The strike on ali the roads ccntcrine in
declared off, All lines will be absulved
from the requirements of neutrality, and
20" ears will be handled the same as those
of other lines. The efforts against the Bur-
lington will be rcdoubled. however. and
every embarrassment offered. Every man
possible will be called out and il is thought
that by overwhelming the road with bust
ness the fact vii! soon be demonstrated
that i, is not in the shape to handle it and
wilt submit to arbitration.
1t is said that Master Workman Pow
derly's influence aided largely in raising
the boycott against Burlington freight. but
this is denied by the brotherhood officials.
The advance sheets of tho report of the
grand secretary of the Order of Railway
Conductors has been made public. 1t is
made up, almost entirely of a bitter denun-
citation of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. and says that the engineers re-
ceive pay for the intelligence, knowledge
skill. experience and responsibility of the
conductors, nine-tcnths Of whom are to-
day capable and trustworthy engineers.
by the conditions of the agreement be-
tween the dominion government and the
Canadian Pacific railroad to enable the con-
struction Of roads in the northwest terri
tory the Canadian Pacific is to receive S15,-
100000 for lO0OO.OO0 acres of land. The
money is to be expended in improving the
road and its branches and the land is TO be
thrown omen to settlement
All the -swtchmen. switch engineers
and lremen in the Chicago. Milwaukee ;nd
st. Paul yards at Chicago went out and nc
trains We're moving on the Chicago division
of that line March 30th. The men struck
| because one of their number was arrested
| for interfering with 90 cars. but conclud-
ed to go to work again after the Milwaukee
| officials furnished bail for him. They were
| ordered to replace on the track some cars
| that they had dera:led, but refused TO do SC
| because the cars had been pulled by a 60
engine. The officials told them to either
put the ears on or quit, and they quit 1t is
| claimed that the strike will be confined tc
| the Chicago yards.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
importation int Mat untry of pork or {
other products of the hog. IL
PERSONAL.

| Capt Warren and j. Boscowitz, OF
| Victoria. 3. c.. will endeavor to bond their
sealing schooners. at present in possession
of the American authorities at Sitka
| Samuel ]. bunker. postmaster at Frank
ford. No. fell down stairs the other day
ana was killed.
Maryland Brant. a~well-known farmer
| of Shelbyville, III. has been adjudged in
sane. Religious excitement was the cause.
-Zacharia Short aged "a OF Mendoza.
ILL.,. was struck by q train at that place
lately and instantly killed.
John T. Stone. the trusted manager of
the branch of the Pennsylvania School COM
.puny. at Philadelphia has been arrested
for embezzement. During the past twelve
years he has been carrying on a systematic
robbery of the concern. The amount is es-
timated at from $50, 900 to $4,000.
When the case of Jacob Sharp came up
in the New York supreme court the other
day. the judge handed the district attorney
the reports OF the physicians on Sharp's
condition. They certified that Sharp was
confined TO his bed with acute capillary
bronchitis. complicated with a chronic dis
ease of his heart and Kidneys. 1t would be
at leas, four weeks before he could come to
court with safety.
-Alphcus H. Adams, Robert Z. Nc
| Culoch, and H. l. Purcell. Judges of the
Harper county Nansas) contest case. were
arrested on a riminHl warrant charging
| them with conspiracy in attempting to
count out the present county officers
through unjust decisions of their court.
The present county officers are residents
OF Harper while those contesting the ease
live in Anthony, as do the judges. 1t is
claimed that the evidence Of the alleged
fraudulent decisions is conclusive.
David n. White. executor of the Pitts
burg (Pa.) Gazette. and the founder of the
republican party, died at his home in Sc
wickley. near Pittsburg. the other morning.
-AXel Soderburg, a farmer Of McCook
county, Neb.. became insane from Bible
reading. He disappeared from home. and
is supposed to have persisted from the cold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13

FRANCES f. WILLARD imperil the happiness
OF the home circle. since woman carried with
ditions OF life, the essence Of home, which was
to her God-given dover which nothing ever
could or would eradicate or eliminate.
one OF the most taking addresses SO far made
before the council was that of Prof. REM A.
Michaels. OF Evanston. Ill. Her subject was
"Co-edneation, and in the limited time at her
disposal she only sought to discuss the social
phase of it: The underlying thought, drawn
from experience of college life was that the
girl made her home wherever she was even
amid books. and that no amount of educational
training or culture would uproot these home
instincts. The women of the West were eulo-
gized even beyond their sisters of the East and
aneighborly tribute by Prof. Michaels to the
with u hearty response.
Leona M Barry read paper upon What the
Knights OF Labor Are Doing for Women She
said We are building around our working
girls wall to defend and protect them from the
hnlniliatons which heretofore they have been
subjected to. There are no better law support
ers, no more loyal citizens true to the law of
their country and their country's flag, than the
organized working men and women OF to-day
They DO not demand revolution: but they do
demand reform. They do not ask it by the
power of physical or brute force or strength,
they do not ask It by the destruction of life or
property, they simply ask it at the hands of
the law making bodies of their nation"
Huldn Is, Loud also delivered an address
she said that she was beginning to question
why il it was light for her to vote, to speak,
and to hold office in the knights of LABOR it
was wrong for her to do SO in the state
woman s ignition was slow on account of
mans selfishness and female timidity: and
then, besides, Office has not and never will
Tor Il man. The knights of Labor is the grand
educational force among the masses which
protects capital and monopoly from the re suits
OF their folly and crime.
An address which met with q warm response
was that OF Miss Clara Barton, fresh from the
relief work at Mount Vernon, Ill. Miss Barton
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13

lence on the part of the audience, instead Of
being greeted with applause, as were most OF
her climaxes. But to the outside public it
would appear that the bomb has not been SO
quietly received. j. D. Cannon of Iowa, Il
prominent member Of the Grange, has prepai ed
such principles among the woman-s utiragists.
At the conclusion of Mre. Stanton's nd Dress
which was often interrupted by applause, Miss
anthony Introduced to the sudience in the
France India, Ireland, England and Canada
Each was greeted with hearty applause to
which brief responses were made
The first paper OF the congress was read by
Mary Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, on the
subject of The Higher Education for Women
in the United States"
Mrs Louisa Reed Stowell read a paper upon
the subject of 1.-The Typical Woman of This
Century"
She said that the typical woman of this cent
ury was, in the earlier portion Of it, seated on
the schoolhouse steps listening to the recita-
tons of the boys She had left the steps had
doors, and had not only entered the colleges
and universities but had in many instances
taken the instructors chair.
Temperance was one of the topics dis
cussed by the council OF course Miss Frances
+. Willard was the len ding speaker on this
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

Luther Shaffer was hangcd,at Lockha-
ven. Pa. recently, for double murder COM
mitted in last August.
A slick party representing himself as
the owner Of an extensive cattlc ranch near
North Loup. Neb.. hired A. Gray. of Lin
coin, for a, year at n good salary, then Dor
rowed $50 from him to pay a small bill at
the law Office of HARDWOOD. Ames L. Kelley.
Mr.. Gray was to wait at the foot of the
stairs until the cattle man returned. He is
waiting,yet and the police are after the'eX-
tensivc cattle man.
by the burning Of an amphitheater az
Celaya. Mexico. the other evening, twenty
persons were burned to death. A bull fight
was in progress at the time.
Adam Volkoritch was hanged at Wilkes
barre. Pa. recently for the murder Of
Stainisaus Bisski. in August last. Thou
sands of persons witnessed the execution.
The supreme court Of the United States
has dismissed the motion for Il rehearing
on the writ of error in the Maxwell-Prcller
murder case OF ST. Louis. This eXhausts
all legal procedure for the condemned man.
The trial ofM. L. Billings. for the muir
der of County Attorney Kingsley. at Waver-
ly, Ia. last December. began the 4h.
Two tramps entered school-house in
Clearfied county. N. Y. after tho pupil S
had been dismissed. overrowered and as
saulted the teacher, Miss Lizzie Eastman.
afterward severed her tongue with a knife
and fed leaving her for dead. She recov-
cred sufficiently to write on the school
house floor. and had succeeded in giving
the above particulars. with description of
her assuilants, when she evidently grew
too weak to write any moro and died be-
fore she was found.
The public lands committee Of the
house has agreed to report bills FORGETTING
about 10000, OOO acres OF the Northern and
southern Pacific land grants.
The Virginia republican state conven-
ton will be held at st. Petersburg, May II.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
THE FAR EAST.

w. Reed Lewis. the American consul.
mas received reply from the Moorish gov
eminent declining to accede to the de-
mands Of the United States with reference
10 the persons under consular protection
imprisoned at Rabat. Fears are enter
tanned that the American government
will adopt rigorous measures AGAINST Mo-
rocco.
The United States steamer Enterprise
has sailed from Tan.ier to Nice to receive
orders from the admiral of the American
squadron with reference to the Rabat
affair.
a London telegram says: Massowah
advices say that the Abyssinian troops have
disbanded with the exception of 10000 men
who are watching the frontier. The Abys-
slnians do not intend to attack unless the
Italians advance. The heat in Massowah
Is intense and the sanitary condition of the
place is deplorable. 1t will be necessary
'or the greater part of the Italian expedi-
ton to re embark for Europe
In letter addressed to Gen. Van Schel-
1endorf1 minister Of war, Emperor Fred
trick says that like his father he shall de-
vote his immediate and unremitting atten-
lion to the army.
The new French cabinet is officially
announced as follows: Floquet, president
of the council and minister of the interior:
Goblet. minister OF foreign affairs; De
Freycinet minister OF War; Admiral Krantz,
minister OF marine; Ricard. minister OF
justice. Petyral. minister of finance, Lock-
ray, minister OF education; Laubet, minis
ter OF public works; Wet e, minister Of
agriculture; LeGrand. minister of com
merce. Ricard. Laubet and LeGrand have
retired from the new cabinet. being unable
10 agree with the government programme.
The German progressst hopes for tiae
speedy introduction ofliberal reforms under
Emperor Frederick, though chilled by the
Blsmarckian tone of his proclamations,
have been revived by the prospects Of the
proloIgat of his ife
The Danish government has issued IN
order forbjdding. until further notice. tho
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13

Around her neck were ropes of crystal beads
while q giddy little yellow bow confined the
lace lac OF her corsase within its prescribed limits
n! Her head was innocent OF ornament and with
It's short. bristling, black hnir looked like the
br SHT sides Is, OF a globnlar doormat:
Wna1 snail Be Done with the Neglected
Rlch! was the subject of an address by
Frances E. w. Harper, who was proud to mn.
n noun herself OF African parentage In
below or Communication of any kind, the m ulatto
woman stood up before the crowded house and
aelivered her discourse with such telling effect
rnau aiter the opening lines perfect silence
reaeneo. clever view of her subject was
stated when she said that the class of persona
to whom her disc urse had reference were
.r an ioI Interesting discourse was that on
Police Matrons," delivered by Mrs. Susan H
barney, National Super ntendent prison, jail.
police, and almshouse work OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. The rist was o
an urgent plea for the appointment OF a woman
~ every statlon-house in order to inspect and
as;should be from time to time brought in. QUA
Esther Esther L: Warner made an address on
Women WON as Farmers Prot. Rena A. Michuels
Holloway dealt with Women in Journalism uis y ;,
and Sarah Hackett Stevenson road a paner a.,
Nv min in Medicine" Women in Law was
IN law. The Rev. Ad aS0f Bowles partner snass
Chat Women Women sb in the Ministry and said
pulpit equally with men. Other addresses w sre
made by Mrs Martha S. Fields (Catharine Cole,
OF o., tne New orleans Picayu,H. representing the
Moman's International Press Associato c,e ,
Mrs Amelia Hadley Mohl of Washington. Il
u. representing the National Press Association
women have accomplished in the financ cIM
tnn H. Rena a; Michaels, Ph. D., dean Of
the woman College Of the Northwestern
Cora A. Benson, A NJ, Ill. B.. Michigan I'M.
,yersity and fellow in history Bryn Mnwr Coz l-
Iese woG o. c9Gse tor her subject College Fell
w Nice President Wesleyan College. Cincinnati J..
nnHoe Couzins, of Missouri. the first woms,
Wat;1Ia e1as , Marshal ever appoint ID and bv
Mary A. Liye1more, and many others. AA'@
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
GENERAL PARAGRAPHS.

Authentic reports have been received
AT Duluth. Mimi. OF a rich gold discovery
near the international boundary. nearly di-
rectly north of Duluth. The find is said to
be very conveniently located, and tests al
ready made show that the ore is unusually
fine. Much eX ,jtement exists, and parties
are being fitted out to prospect and locate
claims.
Brighton Beach hotel. Coney Island.
New York, AGO feet long and 200 feet wide.
estimated weight 5000 tons, has been safely
moved back from its exposed position on
the beach 10 Il point 800 feet inland. Trucks
resting on the rails supported the building.
and six locomotives attached by ropes TO
the underpinning furnished the motive
power
Word comes from Philadelphia that
Claus Speckles is to build n sugar refinery
in that city, to cost 10000 600. and to have
an output worth S75. OOOOoO.
| The house committee on Indian affairs
has authorized favorable report on the
bill for the sale of a portion of the Winnie
lbago reservation i'll Nebraska.
The flesh of the Angora goat is coming
into use in the Chicago market and is pro-
nounced sweeter and better than mutton,
| and it can be sold at about one half the
price.
| Tho post Offices at Spirit Lake and
Abel. Ia: Dell Rapids, Scotland and Web
stcr. ID. IT,. have been raised to the third or
presidential class, the salaries amounting
| to 81 .0O0 or over.
| Since the decision of the United States
supreme court that liquors may he freely
shipped into Iowa. there is said to be I. de-
cided change of feeling in regard to allow
! ing the big distilery at Des Moincs to re-
sumo operations. Six or eight republican
senators are said to be in favor OF it, and
further action is expected before adjourn
| ment,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
FROM WASHINGTON.

The house committee on aGric uturc
has adopted a resolution requiring all per-
sons who desire to submit printed briefs on
the bill TO tax compounded lard shall do so
on or befor. the 18th of April. 1t also de-
eided to take up the bill for consideration
ON the 25th inst.
The supreme court Of the United States
has denied the application for a rehearing
of the driven we'll" cases. This is Il second
application made for a rebearing of the
case.
The National Womans Suffrage asso-
citation has adopted resolutions looking to-
ward union with the American Woman
Suffrage association. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton was reelected president and Susan
Is. Anthony vice president.
The debt staten ent for March is as
follows:
Interest bearing debt: Princi-
pal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s1,O41 7G4 052
interest ...............-.......-... 1119S.625
Total. ;....;....:... ....... sl,o52,o62,e7
ed since maturity. ...;...;;.:.. 2,sco,351
Debt bearing no interest: Prin-
cipul NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. G46074, All
Total debt-principal.- 81, $40 527, 25e
Interest ....................... 11,3TO,1s2
Total. ................. 81, 701 ,s97, 44O
Less reserve and cash items
available for reduction of debt S 400 455, 1855
Total debt, less available cash
items OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1895. 442, Os5
Net cash III treasury. ............. 1U4 573, $50
Debt. less cash in treasury, April
i, 1855. ........................ 1000 s6s, 1856
Debt, less cash in treasury, March
/. 1855. observation-disclosures. 1902 454 ia
decrease OF DEBT during month. 1855 $50
Decrease of debt since June 80
1881 ,.:......................... ss,5G0,5s1
Totul cash in treasury. as shown
by rreasurer's general account. $685. 454, 9D2
DIR. Charles c. Safer. of Hudson. ILL.,.
has been appointed !; member o the board
OF examining surgeons at Bloomington Ill.
Secretary Fairchild has sent IL commu-
nieaton % thG speaker of the house calling
particular stlGntion to the condition of the
appropriation! :or the collection Of revenue
troM customs abr Hscal year which will
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13

end June 80 next. 1t appears that at the
close of the,year there will be necessary Il
further appropriation of SA50O0O for tho
conduct of the service. The secreturs says
it will be necessary to cut down the pay of
the employees retaincd40 per cent unless
the additional appropriation is made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13

81 bv the Red Cross Society, and at its close
Miss Barton was loudly applauded .r,,.pover
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.s paper on Ine ~! Io"n %,
Zone to and rensrkasie in the co ming q the word
"demotic" In speaking of the Suffrage Ass $50
citation Of Massachusetts,, between wnich anu
rumored there was lack of sympathy. Mrs.
Howe said that she hoped to see the Two orsan i,
izations unite in their efforts ana tnae much
hnrpY phraae applauded by the audience was
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13

o1ASA VIA oA4lb
subject. She had among
her audience Senator
and Mrs. Palmer, SEN
ator and Mrs. Sabin,
and q goodly number of
other Congressionalpeo-
pie, and her talk was
warmly received. Miss
Wizards happiest sem
tence was thatin which
she declared that the
granting OF wo1nan's
rights would in no wise
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13


is called the American Florence nightingale
Her name is beloved by many a veteran Of the
war, to whom she brought comfort when wound
Cd on the field of battle, or when languishine
in prison, and is honored in Europe, where she
served during 4he Franco Prussan war az an
active member OF the Society of the Red Cross
OF Geneva. The paper was interesting as !
comprehensive outline Of the work accomplish.
The evening world., 1888-08-02
Answers to Correspondents.

Shorthdnd. Amply TO the stenographers' Associ-
alton, So East N nsteenth street.
A. An u @. Thurman was born in Lynon-
burg, Va, and has lived In Ohio since Els sixth
year.
S Nelson. Apply for q license as second-class
engineer 10 SerVt. Washington Mullen ut Pol CO
Heauqusrters, 800 Mul cry street.
B. j. S-The recipe for mint sauce Is q wine
glass'ul Of vinegar, n spoonful OF sugar. o pinch OF
salt and q tablespoonful Of chopped mint
r. NJ GA wins. II b nets that the saloon Is
not omen sundays while admitting that 1t 10 open
until z O'Clock sunday morning he IL wrong.
". j. R-Bsy rum 10 not injurious to the hair.
A solution Of gin and quin ne rubbed well into the
scalp IL used TO prevent the hair from falling out.
G. E-lt yolr birthday occurs on Nov. 9 you
NAV vote, for You are twenty-one years old on
Nov. 5. Were your birthday on Nov. Z you could
also vote.
county have different laws governing commercial
travellers licenses; consequently your question
cannot he answered.
out by Samuel II. McElroy, Surveyor for Kings
County. Tie landscape gardening was done BY
Olms cad, OF this city.
bethport 10 Long Branch, by boat. alonG the New
Jersey -hore o Staten Island Sound and round
Sandy hook n forty miles.
children from two to ave years old WHO Tell from a
or at height and were unhurt. Hannah and
Minnie Kobursr, aged three and o half and two
years res ectively. fell from the Top moor OF 49,
Monroe street last Tuesday and were not seriously
injured.
The evening world., 1888-08-02

in his clair with an expression of positive
awe and admiration on his face.
What q woman you are, Cornelia! / de-
clare it beats all the stories ! ever read in my
life"
After dusk of q glorious winter day, with
heie and there a star twinklins in the pale
gray sky, and the lights and the tres in the
Hillcrest sitting-room making an eloquent
welcome to Walter Austin, as he stood in the
midst of the lovely home circle, tall, gentle
manly, handsome and SO f-possesSed.
Old Mr., Cressington was in the richest
"Come. don't be shy, now! Walter, this
is yonr cousin, Mabel C~ressington; and this
is her good friend and inseparable, Irene
Vance, como to help entertain you. My
nephew, Mr.. Walter Austin. gifls."
inc 30 the presentAt on was merrily gotten
over, and Walter found himself ut home in
the most pleasant family he ever had known.
They were remarkably pretty girls. with
blue eyes-although Miss Vance's were de-
cidedly the deeper blue and more bewitching
and lovely, yelloT,gold hair, a though
Miss Vanoe's couture before no had known
The evening world., 1888-08-02

why not? ! certainly did. told him,
in my letter, that it was a chance for him
he'd never get again. and that he needn't feel
under such terrible obligations to take a
fancy to Phil's little Mabel, but to come down
and be cousinly, aud, Il anything should hap
pen, it'd be all right all around"
An have TO say is you're a fool. Abiah i!
Walter is right. A young mnn doesn't like
to have his fancies and partialities under rein
and whip, and the very fact that We want
him TO marry Mabel will make him indis-
posed TO do it.
~ am sure meant it right enough, Cor
nelia. / certainly wanted Walter to know
what a little darling our Mabel is"
VERY comnepdable, indeed only. If
sent ! should have advised you to say moth
ing about Mabel or her charms or her ex-
peotatious.
II think I see. And my hopes in that
direction are all ruinedn
Mot at all. Leave it TO me and see what
can be done. Trust a woman's wit to get
even q laundering old fellow like yourself
out Of q ~scrape.n
do explain, Corneliai"
And when she " explained y no leaned back