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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
A Revolt in San Salvador.

During a ball given at the presidents
residence at the capital on the 23d inst,
Gen. Melesio Marcial suddenly entered the
ball room and announced on behalf of his
chief, Gen. Ezetta, who had arrived with
500 men from Santa Ana, q revolt against
the existing government, demanding at the
same time the deposition of President
Menendez.
AT this juncture Gen. Marines, COM
mander of the government forces in the
capitol, appeared on the scene and an
nounced that President Menendcz, who
was sick in the upper story of the house,
requested an audience with Gen. Marcial.
An alteration ensued between Marines
and Marcial, resulting in the latter being
shot and instantly killed. Ezetas sold
iers thereupon took Marines prisoner and
captured the barracks. Twenty-three per-
sons were killed.
1t is asserted that the president died on
the following day from heart disease which
had been aggravated by the excitement.
Gen. Ezeta was proclaimed provisional
president and q new cabinet was formed,
but it has since been dissolved, and Gen.
Guirola is for present directing the differ
ent branches of the governmental admins
tration. General order prevails.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
ORIGINAL
An Illinois Congressman Has a Re,ned,
Let Them Be Defined,

An Illinois Congressman Has a Remedy
Let Them BE Defined.
Representative Adams, of Illinois, has
submitted a minority report dissenting
from the views of the majority of the COM
mittee on judiciary upon the bill intended
as a SUI .stitute for the senate Original
package BILL" Mr.. Adams believes the
substitute would, if enforced, reverse the
wise national policy of uniform regulation,
of foreign and inter- commerce.. To
surrender the power of congress to regulate
commerce to the leg;slatures,of the several
states, the report argues, is to defeat the
main purpose of its creation. This is the
vice of the senate bill. 1t is the ten-foldi
vice of the substitute. 1t tends to undo
the most important work that was done
when the union was formed. Congress,
ought not to delegate the discharge of this
duty to any state legislature whatever.
Mr.. Adams says a few outside the prohi-
bition party deny that the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors at retail ought to be regu-
lated by state laws or municipal ordin-
ances. If this evil has arisen the remedy
is simple and easy of application. Con-
gress can contine the original package in
which intoxicating liquors can be imported
into a state. Such legislative definition
would at once render impossible the estab-
lishment of the socalled original package
saloon, the only serious evil which can
possibly arise out of the recent decision of
the supreme court.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Fire at Elinira,

An employee of Barker, Rose & Gray, the
heaviest jobbers and retailers of hardware
in Elmira, spilled some Japan dye near a
lighted lantern IN the basement of that
firms store, and in a moment the light in
the lantern had communicated with the
dye, and a iriehtful explosion ensued.
Lewis J~eilson, the clerk, who was drawing
the dye, was badly burned, and Fletcher
Griswold, who was with him, was quite
seriously injured. Both escaped, and so
did the fifty other employees who were
working On the floor above. The tremen
we're unable to check the flames and the
entire plant, extending from 33S to 344
East Water street, was burned, only the
outside walls being left standing. The
stock of Barker, Rose e. Gray was insured
for $1,000 0O, and the block, which is owned
by the Arnot estate, for $35, QUO. No lives
we're lost,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
DANGERS OF THE DEEP
A NORWEGIAN GREW HAVE
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

After Disastrous Storms. Fire breaks OUT
and Il Bark Burns, hut Two OF Nineteen
Men Escaping From the Wrcck-News
From All Points.
The bark Athens, which arrived in New
York Sunday night from Windsor. n. s.,
had among its crew two senmen, part OF
the crew of the Norwegian bark Nordcap,
which was burned at sea on the morning OF
June 9. The Nordcap left Lagunda, West
Indian, May 6, with a cargo of cotton
and cedar wood and had on
board q crew Of nineteen men. On June
Z, when off the Grand Banks, she en-
countered a fierce gale, during which a
high sea boarded the vessel, smashed the
wheelhouse and swept one of the
crew overheard. On the morning
of the 9th fire was discovered
in the hold. The crew fought heroically
against the spread Of the flames, which
soon enveloped the rigging and masts. y
yardarm fell and killed WI of the crew.
The flames spread rapidly. but bafore tine
crew could get away a mast fell and
knocked three of them overheard. The
others finally got away in boats and were
rescued after being adrift foul days.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City 1.-Two Stock.

Hogs-Rsceipts, 1900; Official SATURDAY. 1911
Market steady with Saturdays closing nrieas'
selling at s. Aogs. As tho bulk ut 81. 40 '
shjaT 1s It. 25o; official Saturday. 2s2;
heeyss l5g25c lower than two a,'' w Ss.d s'es sg9.
s 500; sbo fair ad to good, $50 90 SO; feed.
ST. s.s5; t snoi to so sp A. to l;9Go pounds, s.: 100
Is .oeg s. 10; lair to good, sl.75a3.Ov; infsriop'
easog2.Go cows, extra choice. corn.fsd
1zt.ogo.s .; gr.sse's, fair to good, s1.75a2.
81 lni 81. v. 10 common: 81; rs y IS Gamers. 75c .
. mon. y. 1898; %; bulls. choice, ss.25gs.s so
c oSn;na T. oG S5:7592.25 veal calves. poor to,
South Omaha Live Stock.
Hoas-Receipts, $500; official Saturday. 3 57o
s Sgjpm1 .t a. AKA ~ ears: Market opened SC lower
s,7s91; Shipments. 81 cars. MARKET o. ons ulasy :
snaae lower and very slow. Quality fair, .
Chicar" Live Stock.
Hogs.Receipts. 5000. Market SLOW. veal
s ana s loMed; Ag sa aoa sss4n1@s,65; heavy packing
rs cattle a. Receipts. 1900. Market weak.
81 sGe ee1ds saSsssr' s s.; 70 40
shadelower. Muttons, S., O. a on. ~ = una q
feeders, S3.00a3.9O. eAes una
Chicago Produce.
Wheat-l2asy; cash, s5cs5hc. 1,,r
August. e63sc. oo'y' eoAsi
Cora-steady cash July, $40; August asc
Ha.s-eateaay cash, 275sc; August, $50.
Berley"-Quiet.
Primo Timothy-sl.3o.
Fiay-$l.3G
Whtsky-Sl.Na.
ProvisionB-porI; d.r.
august, ,l2.a9. LARD o. az: az. css 'oay, si25o;
eo'o2!=; September, 81 o. I"'' An' july.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
BANK FAILURE.
A Chicago Institution Closes Its Doors
Tho Rank Nnt I'm J,oportant One.

-
The Bank Not an Important One.
The Park National bank, of Chicago,
closed its doors Friday and a crowd
of depositors surrounded its place of
business. The causes of the failure are not
yet known. A notice posted on the door
says it is in charge of j. D. Stursls, ma
tional bank examiner. Charles P. Pack
ard is its president. 1t has been organ
lied only a few years. Its stock sold at
par yesterday. No statement of assets or
liabilities is obtainable at this writing.
The bank was not an important one, its
capital stock being only $4,000 The
report of the condition of the bank May II
last, showed loans and discounts amount
ing to $3.50. 900; notes and bills redis-
counted, 1929, coo; surplus fund, $751;
600, and undivided profits $4,000.
The failure was not expected in banking
circles. Its president made considerable
money in the hat business and took charge
of the bank. it. is said, without sufficient
knowledge OF banking. The result was
that its loan department was understood to
be conducted less strictly than conserva-
! tive bankers consider necessary, with the
result of getting rather q poor line of
paper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
100000 MORE PENSIONERS.
The Pension Bureau Preparing to Meet
the Extra Demand.

Tho Pension Bureau Preparing to Meet
the Extra Demand.
The old soldiers, who are entitled to
pensions under the dependent bill just APP
proved by the president, are likely to have
their claims adjudicated promptly. 1t is
estimated that under this law fully q
quarter of a million persons will be added
to the pension roll. Gen. Raum. COM
missioner OF pensions, who is making
every possible effort to meet this emer-
gency. says: IAN additional allowance of
some a. clerks have been asked for, be-
cause the present force has oil it can do
now. The new law, according to ahe
senate estimate, put 100000 more cases on
the rolls. OF course this calculation is
more or less liable to be inaccurate. 1t
would be impossible for the present force
to handle this extra work in addition to
what they are doing now, and SO
I have asked for more clerks. There are
to be ten more principal examiners, 1 be-
lieve, and the others to be divided through
the various grades Of clerks. No new di-
vision is to be created, but the work will
be SO divided that cases under the new law
will move right along abreast Of the old
cases. 1t would be unjust to make claim
ants under this latest act wait and take
their turn. So, instead of putting new
cases behind the rest, we will begin work
on them at once and carry them right
through as fast as possible. Cases that
are we'll presented, in which there are no
unfavorable conditions, may be got
through and adjudicated in a month, l
should think. We issued, just as soon as
the president signed the bill, thousands of
pamphlets containing the text of the act,
the rules governing cases under it and
blank forms for claimants to fill out.
These are now being distributed to claim
ants, and many are being sent to Grand
Army posts for the information of mem.
hers.n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
A 8 CRIME.
He is Charged With Putting His Wife Out
IF tho MAY.

OF the way.
John Kampfer. an employe of the Har-
risburg & Potomac railroad, who resided
at Huntsdale, in Pennsylvania township,
up to Thursday last with his wife and two
children, has been arrested charged with
the murder of his wife. On Tuesday
morning Mrs. Kampfer complained OF feel
ing unwell and her husband gave her a
dose of what he said was laudanum and a
pain e~xte1minator, remarking that "she
would be better soon.' In Il short time
the woman was seized with violent convul-
sions, and two hours aftsr ticking the med
icine she was dead. The funeral took place
Saturday and after the service her brother,
w. A. Meyer, of Carlisle, made informa-
iion against the husband for murder.
District Attorney Maust and the coroner
vent to the scene of the alleged murder
and gathered the testimony Of several
~neighbors to the effect that kampfer
treated his wife brutalIy and that he had
made threats that he would put her out OF
the way. They will have the body disin-
tered and hold an inquest and pest mortem
examination.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
93o,67OlLos Angeles,
Archer Will BE Arrairn,d.

Judge Stewards decision that the de.
faulting ex-treasurer, Archer, was not
amenable to the laws of the state on the
charge Of embezzlement has been reversed
by the state cour of appeals. According
to the statute as construed by Judge
Stewart, the penalty for embezzlement OF
state funds did not apply to the state
treasurer. The court of appeals holds,
however, that "he is indicted as Stevenson
Archer, and as such is answerable for a
crime committed by.him while holding the
office of treasurer" The state will now
proceed against the defaulter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
TOUGH TEXANS.
Internal Discussions In Hidaiso
Which Eode Dire Disasteh'

Internal Discussions In Hidaiso
Which Eode Dire Disaster
The turbulent county of Hldals0'
lower Rio Grande, just above 0aus
again excited. For three years Pr
suffered from internal d%issensloa'
up to date, have resulted IN pus'p!
ground some OF the best men aDu /.
the worst men that ever saw Tue :,
The present trouble arises from "
election. McCabe was the coan;
and his seat was contested. h'''"
the sheriff, and his seat was also W. "
The last official act of Judge ku'', :,
sitting as district judge in Hidalse e !
was to depose McCabe as county ~,
billiard as sheriff and appoint INV
their places. al
The man appointed to succeeu i
Hilliard is named D%ougherty, anu ;
reputation of fighting at the drop ii
and dropping it himself. H.ll'@sD 4
that sort of man. The two l''s str
their forces, numbering abou' =, /
and well. armed men On a sM .h,.l
securing the country for each Os .+.,|
remaining officers are utterly p M
preserve peace, and the aid o. q;
government has been called ]u'. J
been upon numerous oecas' rti,i
past. 1t is the opinion OF p.osil
that section now in San ,t
bloodshed must inevitably ,t,s
the arrival of the soldier pEe'"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES,

A.. d. T. LEE, owners of the Belmont
mills. West Manayunk, Pa. manufactur-
ers OF woods and shoddies, have assigned.
Liabilities, 500, 900; assets not known.
H queen regent of Spain has accepted
tue resignation of the cabinet and the Sit
1lnss OF the cortes have been suspended
pendlng the formation of a new ministry.
AT Grafton, w. Va, in an interview
Stephen Is. Elkins declared that he does
not intend to be a candidate for congress
IN that district. This announcement is a
political sensation.
ARTICLES of incorporation for the Ma
some Temple Building company have been
NED IN the recorders office at Kansas City.
me temple is expected to cost nearly q
halt~mli!ion when completed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Serious Wreck in Montana.

A serious wreck occurred on the North
ern Pacific road, when two sleepers of the
fast train were derailed and thrown down
an embankment near Drummond. The
passengers were thrown violently from
their seats and hurled in q mass. Miss
May Q. Carson, Of Fort Sherman, Idaho,
was injured SO badly she died within IN
hour. A dozen others were severely
shaken up and several Of them danger
ously injured. The physicians say NC
more deaths will result.
The wounded were taken to the North.
ern Pacific hospital at Missoula, where
everything is being done for them. The
sleepers were badly smashed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Tilted on His WeddinIDay.

Nelson j. Dempsey. of Hannibal, Mo-,
was to have been married Tueiday, but on
going for the young lady he Vas to we'd
found she had changed her mind and had
married another man. This Vas the Sec
ond case Of the kind experienced by Demp-
sey this year, and he has disappeared, leay-
ing a note sayingthat he was gbins to COM
NIT suicide. The people y the town
turned out and dragged the liver for his
body, but unsuccessfully. letter has
been received from him, posted in Louisl
ana. In it he reiterates his Intention to
commit suicide, and says he Will be dead
by the time the letter is receivsd.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Discovery of Copper and silver.

There is great excitement over a big dis
covery of copper and silver at Kettle river
rapids, in Wisconsin. For years search
has been made for the main lead, as mug
gets of pure copper and silver had been
washed from a larger vein. This vein has
Just been located for q long distance. 1t
is extremely rich, the copper being den
drltlc and easily mined, while the silver is
IN detached particles and found with the
copper. The land in that section has been
occupied and located many years as pine
lands, and patents were received from the
government by Cornell university and q
gentleman of Saltwater, Mimi, who re-
Gently purchased the uniyersity's share of
the tact.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Discoveries in Alaska.

Some important discoveries in Alaska
have been made by Lieut.. Seton Karr, an
Englishman, who two years ago crossed
Alaska ffom Manitoba and claimed Mt. st.
Elias as British territory on the strength
of ancient maps which he carried. Tn
lieutenant reached Vancouver on the
steamer Alton after a two months trim.
during which he discovered an easy nass
from the Chilcat to AItsenp river over
mountains regarded as inaccessible. Fro.,
klok Wan, the last Indian N th;rtr
miles up tie ChiIcat river, karr asce4deGl
as far as the elles,ey -iyer and by cauoa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Told in Few Lines

A coRNET band has been organized at
Bowdle.
The increase in the population of Sioux
Falls for the past ten years was 40 per
cent.
SAMUEL SMITH, a youth who recently
escaped from the reform school at Eldora,
Ia, was the other day brought before the
commissioner of insanity at Alexandria
and declared to be OF unsound mind. He
will be sent to his home near Osage,> ia.
A SECTION Of cedar log, eight
inches in diameter, taken from the upper
Cheyenne valley, is on exhibition at Pierre.
The Indians and settlers build their houses
of these logs along the Cheyenne, and at
Noble they are building q two-story hotel
of this timber. The deep canons in many
places along this valley contain thousands
Of cords of this splendid timber that en-
dures almost as long as granite. The
heaviest timbered region lies in Sterling
and Scobey county.
A HUGE water snake, fully twelve feet
long, was seen in the Missouri river ct
Pierre the other day.
JEAN MA1T1S, q Swede living two miles
southwest of Bowdle, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed.
AN effort is being made to secure the
pardon of Henry Frawley, sent to the
Sioux Falls peniten.iary from Deadwood
in 1883 for manslaughter in the first de-
gree.
A VERY excellent quality Of lead ore has
been discovered in Lyman county. The
ocality IS being carefully p~rospected to
determine the extent and bearings of the
vein.
Perrin P. Palmer has been confirmed as
agent at the Cheyenne River agency.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Cementat

1t can now be stated on good authority
that contracts have been closed for the
purchase of the 5000 acres of chalk land
west of Yankton, the entire tract to cost
$50, 900. English parties are the purchas-
ers, SO it is said, and their first investment
will be but a drop compared with the hum
dreds of thousands they design putting
into the business. Englishmen are toler-
ably we'll posted upon the value of Port
land cement material. and finding it here
in large quantities do not hesitate about
securing OIL interest therein. SO far as the
purchase of the land is concerned, the pre-
liminaries are all arranged, and it is now
the expectation of the company to be fully
organized for active operations by the LIST
of September. City Engineer Bruce has
been engaged to make a typographical sur
vey, and Prof. Free to make a geographic
cal survey of the tract included within the
contracts. These surveys will be for
warded to the English purchasers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
ESTELLA'S FALL
Miss LeRoy's First Balloon Ascensi
suits Disastrousiy-There Was a

"Estella Leroy" a Cleveland girl,
real name is Hull, attempted to ma
first balloon ascension and parachute
at Beyerle's park, Cleveland. She
however, and narrowly escaped
injury aud perhaps death. The |
was inflated with hot air, and al en-
named Ed French, was sent iusidet \
it from igniting from sparks from y
He was forgotten, and when tie /
was sufficiently inflated it was cut
and shot up into the air. French VI
prepared for ascension and he LED
scramble out. One of his feet can|
the ropes, and he hung head dow
After q vigorous struggle he %succsdtd
Treating himself when the bal!oo)
about thirty feet from the earth sa1
turning two sommersaults in the
alighted on the ground on his face !
severely injured. The struggle Of
loosened the parachute from the y
and when at the height of LOO feet
denly broke loose. The parach0'1
not open until it has trayersed q coy
able distance and the woman ds:|
with a rush. There was a loud cry /
ror and q general stampede. fof1
the aeronaut fell into the branches
large tree and was rescued withonts]
ing any serious injury. She vas o1
ably frightened but declared her ny
OF trying the feat again.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
DoINGs IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Development of the Tin Mines.

The outlook for a more rapid develop
ment of the tin properties of the Harvey
Peak company in the immediate vicinity of
Custer City is most encouraging. During
the past few days the force at the Tender
foot camp has been nearly doubled, a num-
Der of men have been added to the force at
Tin Reef, where the company's boarding
house is being enlarged for the accommo-
dation of the miners, and at the Flora, the
noted Willow creek bonanza, one and a
half miles north of this city, the num-
Der Of men employed is be-
ing steadily increased. We are in
formed that extensive machinery will
soon be employed in the development of
the Tin Reef and Willow creek properties,
which are classed among the most prom
Using mines on the belt. 1t is also believed
to be the intention of the company to
commence work upon a number of the
claims in this vicinity, showing pro-
nounced indications of merit upon which
little or nothing in the way of develop
ment has yet been done, thereby increas-
ing the aggregate of men employed in this
locality from about so to 200 or 800, which
will materially enhance the measure of
Clusters future prosperity, and mark an
other advance step in the path of progress
toward the attainment of the deserved dis
tinction of being the leading tin city Of
Amarica.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-11
Irrigation in the West.

The report based on the investigation
made for irrigation in the Dakotas will
soon be made. 1t will recommend an an
preparation of $3.50, 600 for the a~rtesian in
%vestigatlon and experimental work, and the
allotment for the Dakotas of $4,000. The
report will further show that in the Da-
kotas the commission examined a number
of wells, the pressure per square inch, the
use of the wells, and, if for irrigation, the
number of acres served. The urea in the
Dakotas examined by the agents embraces
about 147, 700 square miles.