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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
SEEKING FOR SETTLERS
Representative Foreigners Asked {, y.
Manitoba During The Harvest sa.

Representative Foreigners Asked +, -
Manitoba During the Harvest s.a'sit
The Northwest delegates who bav.
at Ottawa two weeks, separated aftsr WV
ing transacted all their business. NV,
proposed that the government Should w.
farmer representatives of the diff
nationalities settled in the Nortbws..,
their native countries to post Their Il, :,
and countrymen upon the resources ,, NV
a%daptability of Canada, and their own g..
cess i'll their new homes. They asked IT,.
the cooperation Of the imperial c,va,,
ment be asked, for the purpose Of ssc,.
ing representative persons residen,
England, Scotland and Ireland to yjsi, -. "a
Northwest and Manitoba duringthe harva-s
season. in order that they may see psrson'
ally the fertility of the lard. w..
asked that the government grant a bos.s
to any company or corporation who sbs,
secure the location in the countrv If os.
bona fde settler; that the goye-pmsn,
send through Great Britain an exbibitjas
car containing samples of Cansljaa
cereals, fruits, minerals. ETC., and have in
migration officers in the old county srn.
Piled with similar supplies; that the por
eminent cause to be published two innlo,s.
ton pamphlets, one for Manitoba and n.
other for the territories, giving a complets
description of the country, with views
illustrative of its farming, ranchiup md
mining capabilities; that a special INN.
grafton map OF Canada be prepared, and
that An edition Of 100000 be stricken on
and distributed among all the schou
boards in Great Britain. The mipis,s,
promised that these suggestions would h.
carafnl1v considered.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
BROTHER AND SISTER INSANE
In His Lucid Moments the Brother Saws
They Were Drupged,

In His Lucid Moments the Brother Says
They We're Drugged.
An inexplicable case of insanity is that
of Simeon and Rose Bollen, son and
daughter of q wealthy farmer near Derby,
Kan, who arrived at Wichita from Dodge
City in charge of the sheriff. A week ago
Rose left home for California. Three
days later word reached the parents that
she was i'll at Ell Paso, Tex, and her
brother Simeon was sent after her. Moth
ing more was heard of them for several
days, when the sheriff received a message
from Dodge City, saying the pair
were violently insane. Simeon ar
rived in shackles, and his sisters face
and eyes were black and swollen and
her neck horribly gashed where her
brother had struck her and cut her. The
two were put off a train at Dodge City and
handed over to the marshal. Not realizing
how violent they were, the officer failed to
handcutf his prisoners. In u few minutes
bedlam was turned loose in the neiphbor-
hood and it took alarge posse to %recapture
the Boilens. They were placed in the
same room and left but only for a moment
when the shreiks Of the girl brought a
rescuing party. On the floor lay the sister,
her brother beating and choking her and
gouging Ter neck with q sharp iron. The
whole affair is mysterious. In his more
lucid intervals Simeon claims that thew
we've drugged.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
Got Drunk ana Drowned.

a sad accident befell three men and a
boy VINO were boating on Willow river.
near Covington, Ky. William Kinney.
Peter Mccarthy, Peter McGinuess aud
Johnny Burke, a 6-year old boy, weut out
IN a skif. The men, with the exception Of
MCCARTHY, were intoxicated and their inc
briated condition was made worse by fle-
quent drinks during the ride. After row.
n 6 about awhile the boat was rowed into
willow run, q stream which is now ten
times its u'ual size and depth on account
OF back water from the Ohio river. Be-
coming reckless, Kinney and McGiuness
rocked the skift violently, causing it to
capslze, and the three were thrown into
the water. All but MCCARTHY were
drowned. He reached the shore in an ex-
hausted condition. Kinney and McGin-
ness were too drunk to swim and we're as
helpless as the little boy. All of the bodies
were recovered. Neither of the men were
married.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
-'R. INGALLS, ANSWERS.
A Letter in Reply to Kansas Farmers, A

A Letter in Reply to Kansas Farmers, Ali
ancc Resolutions.
q. w. Stevens, OF the Farmers alliance
at Reading, Kan, is in receipt of tue fol-.
lowing letter from Senator Ingalls,:
WAsu1NoTos, j. c., April Q. 1870 w
Stevens-My Dear Sir: nm in re ,eipt of IVA
resolution Of Reading alliance at the + rscon.
meeting, and i'll repls wou d say !! am cor5inllv
III sympathy Nth the 'c1nnnds for such ler ala.
tion US vii relieve the agricultural and l1lor.
ing classes from their burdens. The national
banking system is in process of abolition Inv
the rnynent OF the national debt, government
bonds b lug used as the basis o: circrl ~ 49,
When these are paid the system will ex,,;~o
The sen'tt1 has actively engaged in the consiI.
Grafton Ct measures Tor the suppression =,
trusts monopolies and co1nbinat;o,a or1
offered M amendment to prey 1T ramb,in, =
asrlc lturnl products, which will undc ubts,lu
become Il low during he session. I nm in fnnn,
o tth'jree coinage OF silver, chearer + onunor
thtion and the revision OF tho tart + Va,
truly yours, ,JoHv ISI.eAy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
Progress of the Mississippi Floods.

The crevasse in the levee which broke at
Catfish point is O from LOO to 1890
feet wide and increasing. The water
reached Greenville Saturday morning and
at night rose one foot in the streets and is
still rising rapidly. Washington avenue.
the main business street, is now one sheet
of water from the corner of Poplar street
to the rnce track and the water is making
its way over the sidewalks into the stores.
A. great many people had to yacate their
residences to seek higher quarters on &C.
count of the sudden rise.
Parties who arrived from Greenwood, the
greater parter part of the journey being
made il u skif, described the situation in
the Sunaower lowlands as terrible. 1t is
astonishing how the water is spreading
over that vast tract of improved and cult.
waited lands and forests. In the neighbor-
hood Of Skipwith tents are badly needed
by the co!ored people. At every step the
colored laborer. his family and his all are
found destitute, arrayed in garments that
have seen their best days and afford them
but little comfort and protection. If no
assistance comes to these people many will
Ole IRON exposure. fOOu VIII sOOn De
needed and if not provided great suffering
will ensue. Government officers have done
a great deal of good in that section, but
other localities are now showing signs of
approaching distress.
In the vicinity of Winterville a great
many cattle are dying from a disease called
hollow horn.
At Mound Landing, seven miles below
Catfish point, the river fell two feet Satur-
day, no doubt owing to the large break.
The outlook is not hopeful for the plant
ing of the overlooked region before May.
just as soon as the water subsidies sufi-
GENTLY it is supposed the break will be
temporarily closed, SO that the crop may
be protected against any further rises this
season.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
Big Theater Trust

For some tina past efforts have p'
made New York and the west to form
gigantic theater trust, which viii take ~ y
list of the principal ,heaters in all the \
cities throughout thu country. The WI
went on quietly, and the tru t soon 'v]
into its maws two theaters III San E''|
cisco, aud one each i'll Chicago, oAs,]
Kansas City, Los Angeles, se.sl
and Tacoma. The trust WAS foEy n
strengthened upon the arrival OF Il
McCourt in the city. Mr.. McConrt is ~.
aser OF the Tabor opera-honse II ps,la
the opera-houses in Leadville, SAT- Iyl
aud Pueblo, and these houses alF'
Court placed, after q conference ~
Charles Frohman, in the chain n
formed by the trust. A.. L. Haynan,
California manager, who ,s o IN q
don, where he is to open a booking,
SO that English managers can 1eaun'
cure time for their attractions IL
country, Is at the bead of the trust v,J
trust is said to be at work in New y
Boston and Philadelphia, and hopes
represented in these places before -
weeks.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
THE CUT.
A Favorable Spring Follows a Good
Winter.

A Favorable Spring Follows a Good
Winter.
The weather has been very favorable
during the opening weeks of spring, for
plenty Of water in the streams for driving,
says the Minneapolis Lumberman, the
thaw being gradual enough to prevent
floods, and the supply of snow in the up
river country having been retained by the
cool temperature prevailing in sufficient
quantities to provide an abundance Of
water at the proper time. The surveyor
generals Office reports that about half of
the scalers are down from the woods, and
the figures submitted for record by those
already here indicate that the winters cut
will quite materially exceed the amount of
the general estimate. In fact it is be-
lieved that the log supply will be larger
than the most sanguine have anticipated,
and some of these have generally been
considered extravagant. All the loggers
have returned now, and the logging season
may be said to have terminated with this
week.
Driving is expected to commence in
about ten days on the streams. The ice is
all out of the river at Minneapolis, but
still remains firm in the tributaries. The
lakes will probably not break up before
May 10. The boom company is preparing
for business and will at once have a crew
of men at work driving piles and hanging
booms. They will have everything In
readiness to take care of the drives as soon
as the ice goes out and expect to start the
rear boom at Brainerd in about two weeks.
1t will probably be May l before the
mills start up. The greater part of the
week will be consumed in strlnging booms
and getting things in readiness for turning
logs, and very few of the mills will be in
shape to fire up before that time. But
crews are being hired, contracts made and
everything got in readiness. There are
enough logs in the boom limits to keep the
mills busy for a month or more. and the
old logs out of the Rum river are within
easy distance and will come on the first
rise. The work of repairing and charging
the capacity of the mills is being rapidly
pushed. Some Of the changes are quite
extensive.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
BEREFT OF REASON.
Richard Proctor Insane.

There is much excitement in st. JOSEPH
over the strange actions Of Richard Proc
ror, the only son of the late famous as
tronomer. Proctor, who is q young MAD
of 81, about two months ago began to acl
strangely and took delight in wandering
abroad at night and hurting stones through
the windows of private residences. At BIZ
own home he would frequently chop th1
furniture to pieces and toss the debris intd
the street. He believes that ho is very
wealthy and owns all the real estate in 81
Joseph. He contracts large debts, whie1
are with difficulty paid by his mother and
sisters, who are poor. It has been decided
to have him committed to an insane ssy{
lum. He has been prominent in society.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
FOREIGN statecraft Schemes,

The scheme to convert Finland from q
free state, with the czar as constitutional
sovereign, into a Russian province, with
the czar as autocrat, excites considerable
attention in Europe. People generally
have had their eyes fixed upon Russian
operations in the Danubian provinces and
on the D~ardennelles to the neglect of the
Entertainments Of that vast and restless
power in other directions. Russia is
feared by Sweden not less than by Turkey,
and Sweden looks to England, just as the
sultan does, for protection from the grasp
of the Muscovite despot. The Scandina-
vians are not united in feeling for reasons
apparent to the student of their history.
Between Russia and Denmark there has for
ages existed a strong sympathy, while Rus
STA and Denmark regard Sweden both with
unfriendly and the former with covetous
eyes.
The classification Of the Firms, there
fore, means one more step in Russia's adj
vance toward an attack upon Sweden and
Norway. Finland was a part of Sweden
for centuries. Russia first annexed one
half and in 1908 seized the. other half, but
not until after a heroic struggle, which
is commemorated in the grandest Scandi-
navian epic of this age. The eyes Of
Europe were bent at the time upon Ma
poleon, otherwise the Russian conquest of
Finland would have held a place in history
with the throttling of freedom in Poland.
Some of the incidents, as when
one Finnish soldier held a narrow bridge
for many minutes against q large force of
Russians, falling Just as the Swedish army
came up TO the post which his valor had
saved for them, compare with the noblest
achievements on record. Apeople of this
kind will not yield their liberties without a
struggle. The western shore of Finland
is chiefly settled by the Swedish race, and
most of these would either fight or emil
CRATE, and as stated in q previous dispatch,
many thousands have already emigrated.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
TIE MARKETS.,
Sioux City live Stock.

Hogs-Estimated receipts, 1900; official
Yesterday, ~, Market st. ong t. &c higher.
et.i5: heavy, si.0j ATT.
Cattle Estimated receipts. aGO; official yes-
1oYds y, 6,o shipments. sIl. MARKET rather SLOW
aud Weak. Quotations Butchers steers. prime,
choice 500 TO l ,luO pounds. S2.35 . 1926: med ,um
to good, s2.7, 2.9U; sUociers, choice, s2.75 =
3 81 go; medium, to good, - 5o"2.7o: inferior.
medium to good. -. SO 10; common to irfer,
icr @l.91 2.35; Gamers. 75c sl.r5: yenrlings
choice. S!.G542.so; common s2.406, 60; bulls
choice, S'.;'eSs.5e; common, $l.6512.25 calves,
S:.5U 3.5h.
South omaha Live Stock.
Hogs Estimated receipts. o.5aO 0fio;o,
YESTERDAY, 3,G7o. hip nts, s cars. Market
opened active uni 5@l c higher, selling nom
Cattle Estimated receipts, 1880. o,cia1
vest r,ny. gao; shipments, 10 ours. Market
opsned atea!y.
Chicago Live Stock.
Hoss-ReceipJ". 7.On. Market nctive Arm
ant higher. Light. si.l5@l.35; Il avy packing
Cattle - Receipts, 800. Market slow
beeves. Sl:GU 5. .; steers, s. .30ns.l5 stock
ers and feeders, s.. 5teaa.9o corn-ied Texans,
sheep-Receipts, 1000. Market steady. Nh.
tives. Si.uU 6.25; western cora-ted. Al H0m
So; Texans, ss5.75 a4.GG. ~
Chicago Produce.
M~heat.Cnsett cd, cash, $50: May, IS ssskc.
Corl-steudy; cash, 3l1ac; May, 3sAc.
0ats,hifm cash. sa1sc Nav, 25sSg33Ac.
B~arley-nir,m.
Prime Ti~mothy-$l.o2
Flax seed :.l.43,
Whisky S1.O2
provisions-Pori,,. unsettle': cash, 81. os +.
SG.42la. ~''' "ay'
New York Produce.
Wheat irrs & slar. unsettled and lower: nv
:. Corn-stronser and qui t; ste mer miye,
Uats-ilarket qui t and frmer; western. %
provlsions-Pork q Jet; now. 1a.nOc,125 s,
- aato quiet; S6G Butter ri eady: western, T.
Eggs. fairly active; western, i @i2ac.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
TALEs ABOUT scnwE1SruRrH.
A Minneapolis Backslider Makes scnsa-
tionaI Revelations.

A Minneapolis I}ackslidcr Makes Scnsa-
tionaI Revelations.
j. T. Morgan. who lives at 1871 East
Franklin avenue, Minneapolis, is q back
slider from the faith OF George JACOB
Schweinfurth, the LATTER Day Christ.
Morgan became q follower Of the al
legged Christ" three years ago. Then he
had a happy family, consisting of himself,
wife, son and an unmarried daughter.
Now be is alone. His wife is living at the
house of G. q. Whitney, Minneapolis.
Whitney is S~chweinfurth's chief apostle
and conductor of his church at Mipneap-
oils. Morgan's daughter ran away and
married q worthless individual, and the
son is a sort of a body servant.
All his troubles, he says, were caused by
Schweinfurth and Whitney. He was at
The Heaven" in Rockford, ILL.,, for over
two years, and began to doubt this new
Christ" when lie heard him declare in his
pulpit: II am God and beside me there IS
no other" His doubt turned to absolute
disbelief when he saw how this God
grasped at all the money in sight md how
he behaved toward the women in his
heaven"
One Of these is q Mrs. futile, who left a
husband aud four children in st. Charles,
MIMI, and went to live at Schwelnfurth's.
Mrs. futile has borne children since she
went thereby order of the new ''Christ,"
she says.
Mrs. futile is Schweinfurth's right
hand woman. He is king, she is queen
His confession Of faith is, first, TO ac-
knowledge him as the only Saviour; sec.
ond, to promise absolute obedience; third.
to deny yourself, which means to give up
money, lands and family to him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
n1en LIFE SCANDAL.
Manitoba's Premier Under q Big BlaclS
Social Cloud,

Social Cloud.
The factional fight among the members
of the provincial government, combined
with a lawsuit instituted by q barkeeper
ramed Abe johnson, to recover damages
from Landlord O'Connor, of the Nicollet
hotel. has resulted in the exposure of a
scandal involving Premier Greenway, and
which will probably end his political life.
The premier's fondness for the fair sex has
long been a subject of comment through
out the province.
This latest story is to the effect that
Johnson's wife discovered Greenway in a
room at the Nicollet with q woman. Her
husband made some fuss over the matter
and was discharged by Landlord O'Con-
nor. Johnson, in order to clear the name
Of his wife, made an affidavit, setting forth
the facts of the occurrence. This affidavit
was placed in the hands of the legislators
opposed to the Greenway government. 1t
was intended to bring it before the legisla-
ture, but the friends of G%reenway persuaded
the member who was to present the
affidavit and a resolution consuming the
premier to postpone his action pend
ing efforts to heal the breach in the cabi-
net.
After this johnson made more afidavits,
giving the dates of Greenway's previous
visits to the Nicollet, and which were in
dorsed by witnesses. These last affdavits
connected the names of two girls, daugh-
ters of a we'll known lawyer and a military
officer, with Greenway's e%scapades. The
scandal is injuring Greenway greatly, and
it will certainly be the cause of his politi-
cal downfall.
johnson is suing his late employer fol-
wrongful dismissal, and Greenway and the
woman will be called to give evidence, and
thus the whole story will come out in the
courts. G%reenway has not been down town
since the scandal became public. He sleeps
and takes his meals at the parliament build
ings. One of his colleagues has stated that
the premier is taking the trouble SO Sc
riously to heart that his hair is turning
gray. He has a large family, who live at
Crystal CITY. in southern Manitoba.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
Death of a st. Louis Lcpcr

James Brennan, a leper, who has peen
confined at quarantine for two years, is
dead. The case has been diagnosed by the
leading physicians of the west and pro-
nounced genuine leprosy. Brennan Gre
ated a panic about two months ago by
escaping from quarantine to St. Louis.
For two days he was at large, but was
finally run down by the police. How
Brennan became afflicted with the dreadful
malady has never been explained.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

A Southern Editor sends q Challeus. ia
Another One of tho Profession.
Col. Jno. M. Fleming, editor ofthe Kpo,.
vile Daily Sentinel, has received a chal.
lenge from James Phelan, owner Of tn.
Memphis Daily Avalanche and Representa-.
tive in congress from the Tenth district Q,
Tennessee. Editor Fleming has refused
to accept the challenge, and exactly wna,
further steps, if any, Congress,nsp
Phelan may take are not known. Editor
Fleming, instead of sending his &C.
acknowledgement of the receipt Of The
communication by wire, by which agency|
it was transmitted to him, published il tin
the Sentinel and it is the principal theme
of conversation. Mr.. Phelan's. chailenps
came by telegraph from Washington lat|
Sunday. Editor Fleming in his reply
says that in times past the men who have
specially commanded his admiration wers|
those who had the courage to treat With
contempt the demand of the duelist, while
recognizing and insisting on The manly
right of self-defense. The trouble bel
tween the two men was o%ccasioned BY d
book Mr.. Phelan wrote, a school history
of Tennessee, which wat commented upou|
in strong language by Editor Fleming ID
the Sentinel.
Left with Large Debts Behind Him.
Isaie Unable Quintal, Of Montreal, Csl
ada, has gone to New York, accompanied
it is asserted, by the pretty young wife q
a commercial traveller named BeallisaI
He leaves debts behind him to the amoul
of nearly $250,0O0. The heaviest creditor
in Montreal are the jacques Carter bank
$4,000; La Banque du Peuple, $780, N|
La Banque Vile Marie, 50, 900; La Banqu@
national, $780, 600, and Henri Dalbe, a pdI
vate banker, $l2, 600. To what extent tb(
French rural people on the south side u
the river are defrauded, is not yet knovn|
Quintal enjoyed their entire confdence|
once they invested their money through
him. Mrs. Quintal is nearly heart broked
over her husbands actions.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
A Pretty Woman Murdered.

Lottie Morgan, who has been living with
johnny Sullivan, a Hurley, Wis, politi-
clan, for the past three years, was muir
dered the other night. Her body was
found in Sullivan's saloon, her head hav-
ing been split with an axe. The diamonds
in her ears and on one of her fingers were
undisturbed. Lottie was one of the pref.
test women on the range.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
AN EASTER BREAKFAST.
Secretary Noble Severely Criticised I
GsiYinn Ona

secretary Noble Severely CrillciSeu ~
Giving n
Secretary Noble is being severely crit
cised for giving an elaborate Easter break
fast Sunday. The feast vas the mos
gorgeous of any that has been spread tli
winter and was attended by senators on
justices Of the supreme court and ts]
ladies. The secretary is accused Of ~
only rrofaning the Sabbath, but a hoy
church day, and many church people u
clare it vas sacrsligious. The Washing
ton papers have devoted a great dea! |
space to a decription of the entertainment
which is deserted as a sort Of progssssNI
eucbre feast in which the secretary and y
family changed seats during the lpccaf1
dinner. being seated at each of the sever
tables during the breakfast. Even \
high social standing of the people VINO y
tended does not save them from aa'e1
criticism.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18

coAcHMAN named Gotleib Benson
blew nu his brains IN the porlor 80 Ar,
''ona're >. n. II. Patrock, at Omaha, in
t"e presence OF the servant girl, who had
refused his offer Of marriage.