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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
DAKOTA's FINANCl
AT PRESENT IN A coNp,r,
NOT VERY FLArrER,Mc.

But Serious Enough To He Alarm,,..
Ono hat Will Require Wise Conn.
The Revenues Will Fall Short
@1OO,OOO-Some Facts and Flo n...
Tho proposed amendment incrcasin,
limit OF state debt from S100. 900 to c,Oo
has been defeated by largo maio,
whether wisely or otherwise would In
Improbable subject of discussion nj
date On tho legislature just elected
burden will fall. This body will be ~
frontcd by condition in state finan,(
serious enough to be almost alarming. n
one that will require tho wisest council|
our bcst and most astute men. Tho fact
be considered will be about as follows. NJ
total equalized valuation of all real, nd
sonal and railroad property in the state
$l3s.315,O76. On this amount 2-mill I,
may be levied for state purposes. This u
produce s276,630.15 revenue. Last wint
our legislature, said to have been deem
imbued with the spirit of economy. ANN
priated for the running expenses Of n
state, exclusive of bond interest, which
otherwise provided for, $500, 7l4.2o.
Surprising that the same amount will
required next year, our revenue falls sho
of our needs STA, os4,05. This amount ,
cannot go in debt for, because the constit,
tion prohibits the mourning of any furth
state debt and debt SO created will ha
legal and void.
The principal question for the wavs n,
means committee to consider then vii, h
First, what items will have to ho nat
second. what can be left out without ,le,,
ment to the etate; and finally when the
propositions have been considered, VIII
further sums that ought to be appropriat.
must be necessarily left out to make n
accounts balance.
So that each one may figure for himse
what may be done in cutting down expens,
We give list of tho various items NJ I,
winters appropriation bill, with 4
amounts opposite.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12
Dakota Newa.

O6AOtR N0Wos
WORK on the artesian we'll at Chamber
lain will begin next week.
The county commissioners OF Brule
county have purchased three artesian we'll
outfits, placing the contract with the South
Dakota Artesian Well company Of Algona.
la. The price was $1,000 for each outfit.
including full set Of tools, but exclusive of
engine.
THE corner stone Of the Baptist church
was laid Saturday forenoon.
WEDNESDAY night the midnight train was
wrecked at the switch west of Canton. The
engine and four cars left the track and the
engine was considerably damaged. The
manner in which the wreckers worked shows
that the work was done by some one thor
oughly familiar with railroads. The staples
to which the switch lock is attached was
broken off and the key taken from the
small pinion SO that the switch could be
opened without turning the arrow. The
engineer seeing arrow in its correct posi-
ton suspected nothing until the engine
struck the ties
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

Interest on bonded debt, s.7,1s7, is pro-
vlded for by separate levy of 4-1O of n
mill.
About the only items in tho above list for
which the constitution provides the specific
amount to be paid are the salaries OF, the
executive and judicial officers, amourlfin
to sss ooo and the as each
Der, and mileage, 10 cents per mile. This.
tor two sessions, according to last winters
appropriation, amounted to SS4,2OT.20, in
Guiding mileage twice.
The per diem for three days session in
October, 1889, was s2,535 and mileage Sc, 67l.
or total of S12,206, which may be deducted
from the above Ss5, 207, leaving the probable
expenses of this winters session ut S72, 600
in round numbers. Add this to SAG, 900 and
we have sos, 900 as the total cost Of paying
the salaries OF the legislative, executive
and judicial officers of the state for the
year.
We will then have left s16s, G30.15 avail
able for maintenance of state institutions.
expenses of all executive and judicial Of
fces-other than the salaries Of the officers
printing, militia, commissioner OF immi-
CITATION, etc.
Some OF these things we will probably be
obliged to do without and on others the
amount may DO reduced below last years
expenditures. :
On state institutions it is difficult to see
where VIC can effect much in the way of
economy and still keep everything going
We have not single institution too many,
and yet the three largest and indispensable,
viz: penitentiary, hospital for insane and
university, will use up $4,000 Of the $685.
$50, leaving but s4s,630 for everything
else.
1t would be manifestly useless to have
state officers unless we maintain Offices in
which they may transact their business;
this cost this year s17.5l3. The public
buildings must be insured at cost of $3.50
and the Acknowledgements must have
5000 for presiding over the senate.
A little computation shows that we have
left but s25,967 and no normal schools, no
reform school, no school Of Mines no SOL
diers' home, no agricultural college, no
school for deaf mutes, besides which we are
without militia, veterinary: railroad OF i'm
migration commissioners. public examiner.
Institutes, commission of labor and COM
mission of irrigation, and nothing is allowed
for printing.
What sorry spectacle this great state
will present to the world, her public insti-
buttons either closed for want of funds or
struggling for existence on half enough;
her treasury empty, and everything in. u
state of ruin and collapse. This winters
legislature has indeed q serious problem t.
solve.-Pte,re Daily Capital.
Dakota News.
Work on the artesian we'll at Chamber
lain will begin next week.
The county commissioners of Brule
county have purchased three artesian we'll
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-12

Veterinary surgeon. ..:.............S Loo
insurance vi puollc pulldlngs.. 1850
stare militia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
Iunllc examiner. :.................. $3.50
hallroao commissioners. 5000
commissioner OF lmnlsratlon....... 200
solulers nome ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
REFORM school. ..................... 1860
Agrlculturai collcge ................ $4,000
schooi OF mines. ................... 5000
schcol OF dear mutes.. .............. 1880
Spearfsh normal school. ......, 1890
Madison normal school,. .. 11.700
county institute. .................. 1000 /
state printing: .................... 1000
Vermillion university .............. 24,T0O
Pen1tentiary..... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3l,311
Insane hospital. Observation-Disclosures. "a, 600
Salary and mileage of members Of
the legislature and salary of clerks
and employees. Observation-Disclosures. e4,207
Pay and mileage of executive off,
GERS acting ON commission, etc.. 1880
Supreme court offices, maintenance,
etc..................... 1,7oo
Expenses of executive Offices, for
maintenance, clerk hire, station
cry. Office supplies and incidentals -.7,5l3
Salaries of executive and judicial
officers Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Total co0n srE
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

I saw issuing from the Fifth Avenue
hotel man Of medium size. with . sandy
beard. keen blue eyes. fair complexion and
active manner, another ex-president Of the
United States. Rutherford b. Hayes. He
had q hroad-brimmed soft hat of the
Western style on his head. bat it could not
conceal entirely the high fcrehesd over q
pleasant and mobile face. Mr.. HAYES Was
accompanied b. young lady. presumably
his daughter. Miss Fanny. with whom he
hss recently been visiting q relative as Mas
saa. Bahama Islands. Es.rrcsidsnt Hayes
gives his time. outside of the management
OF his private Affairs. entirely 10 the con-
siaeration Of Erea; sen-voent. educational
or social reform movements. He Is a
trustee OF the Slater and the Peabody funds
for the education Of the celored race. is
prominent in the Prison Reform assoria-
ton and takes an active interest in soldier
associations. He was not . poor man
when be became president and the pro-
p<rsy he then owned ia Toledo and other
Ohio cities has since increased 50 enor.
moasiy in value that he Is now rich man.
a. mems wealth ia counted In Northern
Ohio He is SAID 10 be worth from $50 go
q, 81 90 60
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

OF Ill symbols. none is SO ancient as the
BARRIERS pole: few have caused so much
antiquarian research. According TO the
Athenian Oracle. the ancient Romans
were so benefited by the first barber who
came to their city that they erected statue
to his memory. Anciently BARRIERS acted
In dual capacity as hairdressers and sur
geons. In Rome they were wont to hang
out. at the end OF their poles. basins, that
weary and wounded travellers might OBJ
serve them ct distance. The parti-colored
staff is said to indicate that surgery was
carried on within, the color stripe repre-
senting the fiIlet elegantly entwined round
the patients arm while he WAS phlebotom-
lied. An illuminated missai, of the time OF
Edward l.. has . plate representing a pa
tent, staff in hand and arm in fiiIet, under
going phiebotomy.
Barriers proper. that Is hsirdressers and
barber surgeons were distinguished by the
color Of the bands on the poles: the former
having blue and the latter red. As far
back as 1877, BARRIERS ard surgeons were
compelled by statute to display their poles.
the latter likewise att king gailipot ard
red rag at the end. The fabulist Gay. in
his fable Of the Goat Without Beard .''
abiding TO = BARRIERS shop. speaks OF the
red rag pendent from the pole.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

CHICAGO. June 4--Ex-Judge Henry 8.
Austin. an old and respected member O.
the cAicago bar. ard whc vas prominently
connected with the founding OF the city o!
Keoknk. Iowa has been imprisoned by
Judge Kohlssaf for the endorsement oil
s. scs from the funds OF an estate OF which
he was administrator. Judge Austin today
said bis imprisonment was unjust. that he
borrowed the money from the heirs 10 use
In q financial venture Meeting with
disaster. be Was compelled 70 make Al a..
siSnment. but he could have msde up she
deficiency had the heirs given him time.
They became dsssrrssfui. however. and
tcok ssers which resulted in his arrest
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05
UNITED STATES OF ANRRfcA. -
nISrnIrr ~ WaSu1xcr.,r I y

DISTINCT or WASHINGTON -
BY virtue of a writ Of vel toni exponas TO
ne directed. lssusd from the eisrrict court OF
- me- a.s. 1870. 10 'ns nusnsxa aisi.on
Iron WORKS Company. lihellant VS.. steamer
81 ksand, her tackle. apparel and furniture,
defeEdantx
am commanded 10 sci the above s,esmer
Kirkland. her tackle. apparel ana furni' ufe in
accordance With fecree dated seattle
Washington. Nay =, lsao. pronounced in said
rita dsy of IN e. A. n 1seo. at o'clock n m,
~ her landing on The west side of Lace WASH
ington. In The city Of Seattle. will sci the sd
ct Gamer Kirkland. her tackle apparel and fur
nlsufe, 10 tne hfztess bs.sd~r for cash payac.e
~ the time Of sale- THOMAS B BROWN.
Z. s Marshal,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A Petersburg liquor dealer estimates that
six barrels of whisky and twelve barrels OF
beer are drunk 10 that city daily.
Joe Btcwn, negro man from New Kent
county, was run over In Richmond on Sat
urday by al electric car and killed. The
motor man was arrested charged With muir.
der. but was afterwards released.
Mrs. Vaughan, wife of Robert Vaughan,
of Richmond, attempted to commit suicide
Saturday by shooting herself. The wound
will probably prove fatal. She is 81 years OF
age. She was Miss Wyatt and she has q
brother in one OF the government depart
ments 10 Washington.
In the case of j. J Verser, treasurer OF the
Old Dominion Republican League OF the
District OF Columbia, who was recently
charged with collecting campaign funds In
violation of the civil service law, counsel in
Washington on Saturday withdrew the mo,
tion to set aside the waiver, and the case
will now be investigated by ths grand Jury.
The parties. four men aud woman, ar
rested Thursday on suspicion OF being the
murderers of Treasurer Caddail, of Pulaski
county, have proved an alibi and been dis
charged. Ephraim Vaughan, who Is
charged with the murder of MIR. Caddall,
has been lodged in Jail at Christianburg,
and the general sentiment s that he 10 the
guilty man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14
Q House then adjourned.
Excitement in the Market.

CHICAGO. April 14-Wheat opened with
May S94. The market was excited, aud ia
few minutes the May option had ADVANCED
to 81. Corn opened May 50 Wheat Col
tinued to advance rapidly amid great e.
element and within very brief time May
touched 3d. which proved the top figure,
July at the same time going to 81. Then
reaction get in and at 1915 o'clocl; the price
was May sol. July S5l. There were rapid,
though less wild fluctuations in the corn pit.
May went to SO and July to 81, as the high
eat and now stand: May 80, July 80.
The fluctuations In mess pork have batn
much less violent than they were on Satus-
day, May opening at about y so, touching
1875 and now stands at 1880, June at Is 10,
July Is so.
New YORK, Apl. 1.-THE operators in
wheat started In with rush this morning,
making the opening price of May, 81 as
against 81 at the official close of Saturday
There was much fsvershness, and from "a
for May the prices dropped to 90! Up
again to 935 "a; down to go; up to 9Si
back to 80 4 standing at 1915, 80! All other
options sympsthizad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14
The Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE United
States Supreme Court. in An opinion By
Justice Miller, to lay affirmed the judgment
of the California Circuit Court in the case Of
Cunningham, sheriff, plaintiff in error, Va,
David Maggie. This case grows out of the
shooting of Judge Terry in a railway station
at Lathrop. Gal last August by Maggie in
order to protect Justice Field, whom Terry
had assaulted The decision is 10 Nagles
favor. This finally disposes OF all proceed
ings against Nag'e for the shooting Of Judge
Terry
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14
Telegraphic BreVities.

Judge Andrews, of the Supreme Court,
New York. has denied Evangeline N Hamil-
toms application for alimony :aG c0Insei lee
pending the suit which Robert Ray Hamil.
ton has brought to ennul their marriage.
What threatened to be long and bitter
contest between capital and labor in New
York In the way of strike of the trades
generally has been averted, and to-day
men of all trades went to work at the usual
hour.
Futher trials of the new electric submarine tor
pedo boat Goubet, have been held at Cherbourg,
France. The boat was submerged for three quar-
tiers of an hour and during that time performed a
number OF manuvres which satisfactorily proved
that she can be handled with perfect case and
safety under water.
Tho Michigan Central has decided to put on a
train between New York and Chicago, which will
DO the fastest train in the world. 1t will reduce
the running time between the two cities to
twenty hours
While Daniel Reardon and James Cronin were
returning from funeral in Melrose, Mass, yes
terday they engaged in fight in which Reardon
fatally stabbed Cronn.
Mrs. Peter Monaghan and Herman Heinrichs
were horribly gored by COW last night at New
ark N. j. Though seriously injured, it is thought
they may recover.
Mr.. Albert Fl. Candy, manager of the Francis
Wilson Opera Company, aud Miss Bessie Qnigley,
of Chicago were married in Baltimore to- day.
Tho town Of Sims Port, La, is said to be about
two feet under water by the breaking OF levee
near that place. Other breaks are reported.
1t is said that the proposed sale of the cotton
duck mills of New England and Maryland to an
English syndicate has fallen through.
Every trade organization in Massachusetts
promises to financially support the carpenters in
their eight and nine hour demands.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14

death, as it has seldom been called to oriavo
over the death OF a pubic mar; and tbo
whole State of Pennsylvania mourns his
decsase-s great man, Statesman, pu,a
man in life. with strong personal attach.
msnts. I noticed yesterday 10 this city tina.
every flag on every public bulldog va; at
half mas; and 1 see from the papers that
the same was true of Philadephia. Every
kind of sadness was expressed there at b's
own home. cannot say more tc -lay; bu,
q few weeks from this we will have an ~.
portunity to pass eulogies upon his life.
Mr.. O'Neill then offered the following r..
solutions:
Resolved, That the House has heard with
deep regret and profound sorrow OF the
death OF the Hon. Samuel ]. Randall, late a
representative from the State of PENNEY.
vanis.
RESOLVED, That committee of nine men.
bers of the House, with such members Of
the Senate as may be joined, be appointed
to attend the funeral of the deceased.
Resolved, That the House do now adjourn.
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed, and the Speaker appointed the following
committee: Messrs. O'Neill, Carlisle, Hal
mer, Holman, Cannon. Ferney. Springer,
aud Reilly.
The House then adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14
Heavy Rain and Hail Storm.

BLOOMINGTON, Apl. ia most unusual
fall Of rain and hail yesterday raised the
streams out Of their bsnks, carrying away
many bridges. Four inches of rain fell in
less than an hour The hail stones were rs
large as walnuts. Pekiu, Ill and Covine
ton, Iod., report similar experience. The
storm was general throughout eastern III
nois and was accompanied by hail and a
brilliant display of electricity, and consider
able damage was done to growing crops. At
Miner piles Of ties were f1ated away, and
the young wheat and garden vegetables
were crushed flat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14

South and West combined to give him the
chair. Mr.. Randall made good tight but
losing, acqniesced cbeerfuly. Speaker Kerr
died 10 the summer of 1876. end when Con
erees assembled in the iolowing December,
it was ne G, ssary to elect bis successor for the
unexpired congressional term. Mr. Randall
was selected by the democratic caucus over
S. S. Cox, of New York.
Mr.. Randall was succeeded 10 the speak
ership by Mr.. Carlisle. He had always
been high-tarif democrat. Ia the last two
or three Presidential democratic conventions
he received complimentary votes, but never
the nomination,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Aloxs. GAzErr.]
WASHINGTON, D. c., April Il, 1850.

WASHINGTON, II. VI, Aplll IL, 1ooo.
Mr.. E. NJ. Lowe, real estate agent in this
city, has sold for John c. Scott, the well
known hotel property in Alexandria known
as the Tontine, to John G. Slater OF this city
for Sc 500 1t is understood that the pull
chaser will repair and refurui5h the house
and put 1t in first class condition for hotel
purposes. MIR. Lowe has also just sod to
Robert Strange of this city $4,000 acres of
land 10 Webster county, West Virginia, for
81 an acre.
People from Fauquer county, Va, here
to-day say the land boom in Virginia has
spread to that county, and that land CON
pany was organized at Marshall last Satur-
day with Col. Ross as president, Lewis Craig
as Secretary, and Thomas Thompson ss
treasurer. IL is called the East Marshall
Land Improvement Company.
Ia the House Today General Lee pre- :
sented the papers in the case OF the claim OF
Nathaniel Greaves OF Stafford county, Va.
The caucus OF the republican mem beers OF
the House that was to have been held tc-
night has been indefinitely postponed.
The following changes in the 4Lh class
nostofices of Virginia were made tc-isy:
Ea5ou, Lunenburg county, Bette G. Ed
bank appointed postmaster, vice h. J. Eu-
hank, resigned; Somerset, Orange county,
N. w. Newman vice o p. Embrey, removed.
Two of the subscribers to the GAZETTE
among the Virginia members OF Congress
told the GAZETTE's correspondent this
morning that they receive their copies OF
the paper with great irregularlty, some
times not at all, and often not until late IN
the day after 1t is printed.
An impromtu meeting was held ct the al
liueton Hotel this morning, which was pre-
sided over by Ex-Governor Curtin. OF Penn
sylvana. Appropriate resolutions In re
spect OF the death of ex-Speaker Randall
were adopted and feeling tribntes paid to
the memory of the deceased by Congress
men Blunt. McCreary and Mcpherson,
ex Congressman Bliss and Judge Bragg, OF
the interstate commerce commission. Mr..
RaudalPs desk in the House was draped in
mourning to-1ay and on it lag bunch OF
lilies. The House as soon as the announce
ment OF the death of Mr.. Randall had been
made, adopted resolutions and appointed
! the committee usual in such cases and ad-
iourned, and as coon as copy OF those reso-
buttons reached the Senate that Dodg also
appointed committee of its members to a.
terd the funeral and then also adjourned in
respect Of the memory Of the deceased.
In the Senate 10 day Mr. Daniel presented a
petition of J. B. Wheeler, Alexander Campbell
and others, late members of the Melbourne expo
sition commission, for compensation f,r services.