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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
Georgians for National Prohibition.

The State Temperance Convention
tendance, declared that the recent de-
cision of the Supreme Court makes Pro-
hibition a national question, and calls
upon the Georgia Senators and Repre-
sentatives to aid the speedy repeal of all
laws comforting any right to nonresident
citizens, companies, or corporations not
common to our own citizens" Another
resolution calls for the election to Con-
gross of such Representatives as will favor
q national prohibition law. The Farm
ers' Alliance is congratulated on its ex-
clusion from membership of all liquor
dealers. Letter from Atlanta, Ga.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
ENGLAND'S TAX REVENUE.
shows "A Nation of Drunkards.

VI
u Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex-
ller, has presented the budget in the
lse OF Commons. 1t shows that the
Flpts exceeded the estimate by over
Vo', oOo. The duty on alcoholic bever-
5 realized over $4,000, 900. The beer
exceeded the estimates by $780,
The duty on foreign spirits ex-
aed the estimates by 81, los. 900; on
ae spirits bv $1,000, 900; and on wine
900. The total receipts from alco-
Se beverages, both foreign and domes-
exceeded the estimates By 50, 900, 900.
! uatles on coffee. cocoa, and chicory
{sed a decrease of SS7, 900, while the
yes on teas showed an increase of
800.
ommenting on the gross revenue from
oaollc beverages, STAG, 1926, 900, Mr..
Schen said that the figures showed a
NrtSal rush to the beer barrel, the
f. ooltie and the wine cask." Every
y seems bent on toasting the national
"peFlty and increasing the revenue.
n q circumstance that must be de-
,su' a closer examination would not
a aa'Sn the surprise, for the largest in
s a'e had-of all the spirits in the
rum. The increase from
h'a been II per cent; from British
,S' : per cent; from wine, 10 per
NJ, from beer, 4 per cent; from
las,o per cent. In 1883 the number
rams taken reached 245, 900, 900: in
E. ~, ooo,OoO. 1t was an extraordi-
u s'orlcal fact that in the years
anu lS16-the greatest drinking
. leeorded-there was precisely the
y la'h and precisely the same proper
= VI revenue from different spirits.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
CRUSHED BY ICE.
The Steamer Thingvalla ColIides with a
Monster Iceberg-The Passengers Panic
Stricken

The Steamer Thingvalla ColIides with a
Monster Iceberg-The Passengers Panic
Stricken
By taking an extremely northerly course
the Danish steamship 11hingvalla, with
$50 souls aboard, came very near to de-
struction on May 10, by collision with an
iceberg. She came into New York with
eighteen feet Of her iron stem crushed in.
That the damage was all above the water
line was due to the peculiar formation of
the berg, the submerged part of which had
been melted away by the warm current of
the gulf stream, leaving the upper part
projecting. At 8 o'clock on the morning
of May 10 the lookout observed what they
supposed was a gigantic fog cloud
floating down on the ship. It was a
fog cloud, but it surmounted a mass of ice
= thousand feet square and from twenty
Eve to forty feet in height. The lookout
had hardly discovered the fog when the
Thingvalla crashed into the tremendous
dow head on. Officer Jergensen had sig
nailed the engineer to stop and reverse at
full speed, and the helm had been put tt
starDoard instantly, but the ice was too
close to be avoided. The vessel had
hardly begun to answer her helm and wa
under fearful Roadway when the crash
came. Thirty tons Of Ice tumbled IN the
fore castle and slid aft, along the deck.
One piece struck the retreating lookout on
the back of the head, knocking him down.
The jolt of the impact threw Capt.
Laub from his lounge and he ran out
On the bridge. The passengers were
awakened and scrambled on deck in
ghostly attire and the Rrimy stokers
rushed up terror stricken from the depths
Of the furnace room. The panic. was only
momentary. Capt. Laub had the stokers
driven back, and assured the passengers
that the ship was all right, even before he
was sure OF it. He went forward to see
how badly the ship had been hurt. She
bad two feet of water in the forecastle and
the crests of the heavy swells were rushing
in through a wide gap over the water line.
The ship was stopped after backing a quar-
ter of q mile from the berg, and all hands
we're called forward to repair the damage.
A bulkhcad of boards was built across the
bow and the space between the break and
the boards was filed with fifty barrels of
cement, the steamer being by this means
enabled to reach port in safety.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
Good Prospects in California.

We are to have another State election
this fall, and have already had our Pro-
hlbltlon convention and put a full
ticket in the field. The candidates are
we'll chosen, and 1 believe that the vote
viii be much larger in the State. 1 do not
think there has ever been 8 time when
the growth of prohibition has been SO
rapid, we'll grounded and substantial
and promising as at the present time.
High license is to be the question in the
coming campaign, by the far-seeing
liquor men, their sympathizers, and
those who do not see the trap.
l believe the hand is nearing the hour
when it will strike the death knell of the
liquor traffic, with all its disastrous eff
fects upon a people, and that it will be
the wonderment of the future that it was
possible for such o thing to exist in a
Christian country.-CalStornia letter to
the Voice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
SPARKS r O III WIRES.

ALL the criminals confined in the Bel
mont county (Ohio) Jail made their escape:
Among them were William Robinson, con-
victed of manslaughter; Mike McDonough
and Eddie Combs, highway robbery, Abe
Boston, Louis Nolte, William Manly, bur-
glars. Robinson and one other have been
captured.
THE automatic fire e%xtinguisher ON the
third floor of one of the Globe wooden
mills in Utica, N. Y, burst and flooded
the floors below, causing nearly 500, 900
damage to the machinery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
Err POLICE POWER.

m;i,ttionists strong Re sOlu-
la' ',,, nv Their Gums Adopted at
,n,csa Convention.
..os State Temperance Union
'annual meeting at Topeka re-
ITS m,]aIeuates were present from
J. an of the State, including many
sec hla.t temperance workers and
be npl1h;bjtjonists Of Kansas. The
Fer was entirely non-partisan, all
las al narties being represented. The
l' aIacisioa Of tho Supreme Court has
'eJ the Prohibitionists and was to
eil 1arable extent responsible for the
n s,i1y large attendance. The reso-
uaNa saopted call upon the Kansas
.;nn IN Congress to take action
quo an amendment of the inter
p lSommerce law regulating the i'm
..;on OF liquors into States that have
;n,tory liquor laws and to prevent the
s.ov.nue stamps to those who have
nformed to the State laws. The
Eo,ions commend the Senate for the
Wv of the act abolishing liquor in
az commend the teachers of the
t,r their stand on prohibition. and
En- other organized callings to take a
lar stand of opposition. One reso-
tn adopted opposed the calling
/, oytra session Of the Legislature for
%unrnose of resubmitting the prohib-
nnendment and branded as false
MISLEADING the statements circulated
,lnbmjss.onists that the business in
T. Of the State have been injured by
!; ;,ion. Another resolution called
| the county and municipal officers to
pore Jealous than ever in the present
|rnsacv: also upon the people to elect
Il men to the Legislature. The fol-
no resolution was also adopted: The
Esnticn congratulates the people OF
l..s on the successful enforcement of
|nrohibitory law, and send greeting
assurance of sympathy to other
rs engaged in the agitation of prohi-
In, The convention stands irrevoca-
by the prohibitory Law and pledges
II 10 resist all violations of the same"
following officers we're elected: Pres
u James A. Troutman, of Topeka:
President, the Rev. D. G. Miner, of
Secretary. I. II. Balm, of
|eka; Treasurer, H. w. Lewis, of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
LATEST COURT INSPIRATIONS,

|,rcaking Down State Governments.
be supreme Court of the United States
u,ting UP rough. Former decisions
lh have been unquestioned almost
: the foundation of the Government
brushed away like cobwebs by the
(ent emperors in black silk gowns. A
/ more of this work and the people
ind their liberties gone and their
Eslatures a dead letter, stripped of all
|er.
be cornerstone of this republic is
self-government. Its foundation
laid in the old Connecticut town
|tmgs: but now local government is
l. TO the winds and under the latest
ed Scott decision thu people of a
k.oisn state like Iowa are shorn of
l. police power to protect their sons
ialshters from the demoralizing
lie sale of intoxicants.
be negroes of Mississippi and South
lima are to have just as much to say
k@after about prohibition or license in
h and Kansas and other States as the
fated people of these States them
les, A State constitutional prohibit
would be useless, all State laws are
ess even to protect minors under the
nous decision of six mon who sit in
Iaprtol at Washington.
bose who oppose prohibition, who
by the traffic in poison, now chuckle
the overthrow Of local government.
had better not be too much elated.
BE- principle involved is one of SUI
be Importance. The old grange de-
bns are reversed, the old theory that
fes have supreme control Of their own
f. affairs has been upset. the end of
thing may be as full of woe as the
laning is outrageous. Will a free
pie allow six men in Washington to
out their laws, overthrow their gov
Faent and destroy their liberties? The
Alliance Of Minnesota raised its
hing voice after the reversal of the
fser decisions. 1t is now time for
p man who values liberty to speak
10 uncertain sound.-IOWu Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
Detro,t,s Ex-Mayor Embarrassed.

Ex-Mayor George G. Langdon, a lead
ing malster of Detroit, is financially en-
barrassed. He has given a bill of sale of
$40, 900 to the Peoples Savings bank to
secure S25, 900 worth OF paper coming due,
and Gillette T. Hall. the board of trade
men, have begun suit in attachment
against Lan2don for $4,000. Langdon
saws his Indebtedness will not exceed
Sc, 900, and that he can pay dollar for dol
lar, but at the same time he has been try
ing to settle for so cents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
Boom for the Third Party.

u0se ardent political organs which
~, zen citing the recent Supreme
~, qeGiSlon of the Iowa liquor case as
Mn-'lcw to prohibition are begin
~ revise their opinions.
k,,Is realize that they have spoken
, any ana are now taking q much more
'I w View of the matter.
tIi, TACT IS that this decision instead
I 1nls the third party menaces the
ici.lcal organizations. By showing
S.afs prohibition is impracticable,
(d s1"t even high license may be cas- ly
ers s. y mas placed the question just
N TT, John and his adherents have
bn. ,.tl'lag to place it-before the whole
"y. Hitherto the prohibitionists
'een divided into two classes
kn, dose Ie who believed the liquor traffic
vas DC regulated by the States the NJ
bi.ct md those who believed it a proper
/ sn1 LOT national legislation. The
Bin. most numerous class voted the
urm, o ticket in State elections, but
ppa,,an 70 the old parties in national
blriIIisns; the second class voted for
Ter ,han at every opportunity. Here
mere will be but n class, and it
'Aefise all who believe in prohibi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

THIS is a tickle world. When Victor
Hugo died thousands upon thousands
of crowns were thrown upon his burial
place. A subscription for q monuments
was started, which reached S22'ooo'
and there it stopped. Victor Husos
works are no longer in demand, ana
the monument, which it is supposed
will cost $40, 900, waits the turn OF
popular alteration for the great poet TO
reach completion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
A GREAT HOTEL.
The Astors to Erect a Magnificent Edifcs
Costing So 900 900 to o.. Il OO 600.

The AStOrS I'd Erect q NIaSnIncont EO1nCe
Costing 8 1000 900 to $4,000, 900.
Papers Lave been signed in Philadelphia
whereby the Astors of New York City have
agreed to build in that city for George c..
Boldt, proprietor of the Bellevue and
Stratford hotels, the finest hotel this side
of the Atlantic. 1t will probably take two
years to build the new house, but work
Will begin in a few weeks. The site will
be at the corner Of Thirty third street and
Fifth avenue, and the cost will DO bs-
tween $4,000, 900 and 49, 00, 900. The
hotel will be erected on the Partisan plan
AID will have but ono entrance, with a
splendid court in the center. 1t is to be
conducted on the European plan. This
site is that of the old John Jacob Astor
residence. The plans are being rapidly
consummated and it is said they will re-
veal o revolution in architecture. Mr..
Boldt said that all papers had been signed,
but would give no further details.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
Texas Prohibitionists Nominate.

The Texas Prohibition convention met
recently at Fort Worth md nomina ted
the following State ticket.
GOVERNOR. G. Heath, of Rockwell
County.
Lieutenant Governor-J. NJ. Thomp-
son, of Carson County.
Treasurer-W. D. Jackson, of Waco.
Attorney General-James Croft. of
Travis County.
Comptroller-S. G.. Tomlinson, of
Hopkins County.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Professor A. Clark, of Hood.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

The National Government cannot af-
ford to become a party to violations of
wholesome State laws. Therefore the
interstate regulations should
be SO amended by Congress at its present
session as to prevent the carrying of liq-
uor into prohibition States. Failure to
do this would be q very disgraceful omis-
sion of duty and also would add greatly
to the strength of the National Prohibi-
ion partY.=ChicnqO NeMs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

t lion. Hereafter IN every dis.
t hs which contains a handful Of prn-
h h'l,onis,s a candidate for Congress will
os nominated and supported unless one
SOLE oe ehe regular candidates pledges him
1 se.s 20 vote for a national prohibition
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

THE dazzling scintilihtiou
OF the stellar aggregation.
And the 1ame that lights the olals evil eye'
Pale beside the coruscatlon
OF that grand illumination.
The hotel clerk with o u!ainoli IL ni' Wv"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
JUDGES PARDEE AND NEWMAN have
granted a perpetual injunction restraining
the controller general of Georgia from COL
lecting a tax under the Georgia tax act OF
1886 assessing tax on sleeping or palace car
| companies doing business in Georgia, the
act being declared unconstitutional.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

The New York Legislature voted, tho
day before adjournment, to submit a pro-
hibitory amendment to the voters of that
State at a special election to be held on
the second Tuesday of April, 1891. This
measure has already passed the preceding
Legislature. and will therefore be sub
mitted to the people on the date named.
In the rough-and-tumble of many
OF this worlds activities, the indi-
vidual who gets large quantities of
corned-beef into cans is far more likely
than the philosopher is to have his
peculisr chirography scanned by bank
t~ellers. He may lack every element
of genuine culture, yet if he a &C.
complish the great intellectual feat OF
drawing q check for a sun that it re-
1uires six places of figures to repre-
sent he is admired by the local rabble
much IS a new ~toDacco-sign would
be in front of a country cigar store:
Truly, wealth is q certain KIND OF
W in this material age, but 1t IS
only one of a hundred evidences OF
strength in men.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

The HaIIoIujoh Chorus,
by Handel, was next sung, after which
President Harrison, Vice. President Nor.
ton, the members and e1.members of the
cabinet, generals Of the army and the gov
ernor of Ohio, were presented. President
Harrison then addressed the assemblage.
20, Weep for the Brave" was sung by
the chorus. This was followed by brief
ceremonies by the Knight Templars, after
which the doxolo9y was sung and the ben
ediction pronounced. This closed the ex-
e~rcises and the crowd returned to the city.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

to the collection of revenues was presented
and agreed to. After executive session
the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 9th Mr.. Mckinley
submitted the conference report on the
customs administrative bill. Mr.. McMillin,
one of the conferees, said he had declined
to agree to the report for the reason that
be believed the bill would increase taxation.
The conference report was adopted-yeas,
ing a quorum. The democrats, as a rule,
refrained from voting. The house then
went into committee of the Whole on the
river and harbor appropriation bill.
Mr.. McCreary raised a point of order
against those portions OF the bill which
prescribed q penalty for the maintenance
Of obstructive bridges across navigable
waters. Pending a decision the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
In the senate on the 2Sth Senator Sher-
man, from the committee on foreign af-
fairs, reported an amendment to be offered
to the consular and diplomatic appropria-
ton bill authorizing the president to carry
into effect the recommendations of the in
ternational conference by the appointment
(by and with the advice and consent of
the %senate) of three commissioners to
represent the United States in an inter
COLONIAL railway comAuissAoA, "noso couu-
pensation is to b. paid from the committee
on funds, to be distributed by the several
nations interested; also to detail from the
army and navy such officers as may be
spared without detriment to the
service to serve as engineers under such
commission in making a survey (their ex-
penses to be paid by the commission) and
appropriating $65, 900 as the share of the
United States of the expenses of such
commission and survey. Senator
Stewart offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the secretary Of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

Rejected. The title was then amended on.
motion of Senator Wilson. of Iowa, to
read: "a bill to limit the effect of regula-
lions of commerce between the several
states and with foreign countries in certain
cases." The river and a bor bill was re-
ceived from the house and referred to the
committee on commerce, and the senate
adjourned until June 2.
In the house on the 29ta the committee
on public lands reported back the senate
bill, with amendments, for a general for
feiture of land grants. Ordered printed
and r,cpmmitted. The senate bill was
passed for the relief of the widow of Rear
Admiral McDougal. Mr.. Rowell, Of
Illinois, gave notice that he would
on Tuesday next ask the house to
consider the McDufie- Turpie contested
election case. The house then went into
committee of the whole on public building
bills. The following bills were laid aside
favorably: Mankato, Mimi, 100000; Mil
waukee. increase to ST. 400 900; Sioux
Falls, $50, 900; Beatrice, Neb., $65, 900;
Davenport. 800, 900; Rock Island, ILL.,,
S75, 900; Sioux City. To-, 100000; Bloom
ington, ILL.,, 500, 900; Kansas City,
$1,000, 900; Racine, Wis. 100000;
Rockford, ILL.,, $lOC, 900: Fort Dodge, Ia,
SIS, 900; Sheboygan, Wis, $751; 900. There
was a lively tilt on the qaestion of public
building bills brought out by the bill for a
public building at Bar Harbor. Me-, for
S75,OOO. The committee finally rose as
the agricultural bill was reported, and the
house adjourned until June 2.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04
CONE TO INVEST

NHE man or woman who does not wish to increase MS o n
wealth is not to be foundnot in the state OF Washington any
wav The opportunity do so is presented by the 6ay Cy
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known as South FARHAvEN "A good needs no bush IS
an old time saying and the splendid advantages which TINS prop
ery need pointing out Lots are selling at reason
able prices and investment are unsurpassed ooes m
take bio money buy lot here and the increase IN Vu
which sure to come makes South Farhaven by all odds the best
place on Belngham bay reap big return for small invest
ment few hundred dollars invested now means thousands III
the very near future. Fullest information furnished
prr1IRnNE Ri MING g. IN. FRED c. PETTlB0NE & CO.
SOLE AGENTS.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Mr.. Alfred Riedel has moved Into his
new residence ON the hill.
The Office in the warehouse ON the Land
Company wharf Is being enlarged which
will greatly facilitate the clerical work of
that Office.
II Is learned that work will begin on
Iarrabee street this week or next. by
putting on a large force Of men ON the
grading and stump raising.
4 cheap tent show has located on the
corner Of Harris and Eleventh streets,
showing the miraculous wonders ui the
world al "two-bits' a show.
! The work of grading and planking
Twelfth street Is progressing last aud
when completed will he vast improve
mcnt on the former condition Of that very
necessary thoroughfare.
/ Frank Ault. laborer. in the en-
pl0y of u. Plummer. while steamng tin
hers for small boat. was badly scalded
| by the blowing out Of plug at the end O
a steam pipe, on Friday last.
The infant sou Of Joseph Joscphson ano
wife. died on Friday morning last in thi'
city. The funeral services will be held
this morning at the residence Of the fam
ily on Marion Avenue between Knox ant
Douglass street.
4 certain young man boarding at thI
FairhaNrn hotel has recently been Invest
ing IN some expensive ladies jewelrl
which suggests To his friends matrimonial
intentions. They will not disclose hi
name however until they receive their ia
yitationS.