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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
vANcE's WAREHOUSE SCHEME.
The National Farmers Alliance Claims II
as It's Own.

The National Farmers Alliance Claims II
as It's Own.
The senate committee on agriculture and
forestry has just had under consideration
Senator Vance's bill to provide for a sys.
TEN of warehouses for farm produce
throughout the country to be operated by
the government, which is to issue its notes
upon the deposits of grain therein.
Col. Polk, president of the National
Farmers alliance, read a long argument in
support of the measure, which he said was
formulated by a committee for that pur-
pose by a convention of the National
Farmers alliance and Industrial alliance,
held in st. Louis December 8, 1889.
He sketched the decline in agricul-
tural values in the face of the
marvellous progress and development of
other industries and interests during the
past two decades, and insisted that some.
thing should be done for the farmer. He
charged the fault upon the financial system
of the government, which had resulted in
high prices for money and low prices fol-
products. He suggested that as a remedy
silver be restored to its place as o money
metal, with all rights of coinage and ali
qualities OF legal tender which gold pos.
sesses, the issue Of sufficient amounts OF
currency direct to the people at q low rate
of interest to meet the legitimate demands
OF the business of the country and which
shall he legal tender for all debts, public
and private, and to secure to such issues
equal dignity with the money metals, by
leasing it Oh real, tangible and substantial
values.
Col. Polk was followed by DR.. G. w.
McCune, chairman Of the national com.
mlttee on legislation of the alliance, who
addressed himself moe particularly to the
merits and details Of the system of ware.
houses as outlined in the hill. He as
serted that merchandise thus stored would
not deteriorate in value, and that the sys.
tenn had proved feasible. and practical in
California, where the Changers bank in
1883 loaned $4,000, 900 on certificates is.
sued to farmers on wheat deposited in
warehouses and owned by them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Bayou Sara Under water,

The levee has given way at the foot of
Fountain street, Bayou Sara. A general
alarm was sounded and all the people
turned out and after hard work closed the
break. 1t was soon found, however, that
the rising river was running over the front
of the levee and nothing could be done to
check it. Tremendous confusion ensued.
Every boat and raft was brought into
requisition. Lanterns could be seen every
where and cries aud shouts of women,
men and children working to save their
effects could be heard i n every direction.
Not a house in town has escaped the mum
dation and it has been raining hard. The
loss will be considerable, as flood and de-
structlon meet one at every point. Two
other crevasses developed during the day,
and altogether the prospects for Bayou
Sara are not encouraging for early relief
from the food.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
FREAKS OF LIGHrN1x,
A Residence Riddled from Gar,o.
lar-Much Damage no,o

NuITnf W
lar-Much Damage Done l
During a thunder storm at Far;b,,I
residence of Charles B%randeuberc ]
is situated in the northwestern psSt J
city, just north of the Cannon valL.1
road track, was struck by lishtpln]
riddled from garnet to cellar. M
denberg, who was lying On a sofa !
west window and directly under thu j
ney. was quite seriously injured, NJ
fatally. The bolt seemed to s.,i.
chimney first and demolished it. p
down into the stove, it tumblea mi
down and melted and tore
through the zinc on which
standing. Mi. Brandenberg was
with his feet toward the stove. =,
ceived the shock on his lief. foot
passed the entire length of his b
the left side. causing the flesh to
The bolt seemed to leave Mr.. Br
berg's body at the lef. elbow, .eari
sleeve of his shirt and e hole ,hyo5
sofa at the point Of his elbow
enough to receive ones hand. 7
passed into the cellar, where it
havoc with the foundation of the
making many openings in the wall.
room IN the house was damaged i
extent. The only evidence Of ID
coyerable about the wreck is wh
zinc was melted. The pine board
the zinc was not burned in the least
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Dr. o,ReiIlx Criticixea.

Rev. P. A. McKenna sends a communi-
baton to the press criticizing the letter of
DR.. O'Reilly to John Dillon and saying
that O'Reilly is a Clan-na.Gae man. Nc
Kenna asserts that O'Reilly's statement
that the delegates at St. Louis last week
represented every state in the union is I'M
true and adds: the National league has
no existence in this country at the present
time. In conclusion, I have always re-
marked that the states of the United States
which contribute least, like Missouri, ILL
nois and Michigan, always dictated the
policy of the league. For one, 1 will not
submit to the leadership of assassins, and
like Mi. McCaffrey, of Philadelphia, 1 pub
licly resign my position.
P. A. McKENNA,
Nce-President of the Irish National
League.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Rich Body of Silver Ore.

Last week o rich body of silver ore was
discovered on Jim creek, near Rapid City,
on the property of Deacon Jones. The
deacon has been away on a visit for some
time, and when he returned he found about
a dozen prospectors had jumped his ranch
and were sinking shafts in all directions.
This made the deacon angry and his wrath
was added to by the fact that he had for
years been raising potatoes and other veg
etables on a piece of groundthat contained
some of the richest silver ore in the Black
Hills. His wrath was appeased, however,
by the jumpers" offering to give him an
equal share in their locations.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
The Weather Crop Bulletin.

The weather crop bulletin issued by
the signal service says: The weather
during the past week has been espe-
clally favorable for farm work through.
out the northwest, where the sowing of
grain was substantially completed.
AS far north as southern Minnesota
and southern Dakota crops were
improved by favorable weather.
In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and
Iowa, wheat, oats and grass are reported
in good condition, but more rain is needed
from the Missouri valley northward over
Minnesota. In Michigan, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Kentucky and Tennessee the growing
crops are greatly improved.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
THE MARKETS..
Sioux City Live Stock.

HoRs-Eetimated receipts, 1900; onci.,
yesterday, 2,465. Market fairly active. Beat
heavy about steady. Light AMI mixed strono
81 ssg ts7:. ss s.s5, s's7's; mixed ss.asa4.0 90 heavy.
receipts. 400; Official yea.
terday. 1,4ii. shipms nts. 3Jl. Market active and
steady. Quotations Fat steers, prime. q. eo0
to good, s2.B $50; stockers, choina
ss:s sss s % medium cono to good g SO .7o; inferior.
Tor. sl.9o 2.85; Gamers. 75c :" 81. rs: vesri;nos
choice. S!.65g2 80; common, $2.lo@2:eO: bniis
c ca e2.ss@s.5 80 common. el.S502.25; calves.
South Omaha Liv Stoch.
Hogs-Estimated receipts, 300. ori.,., ,..-
serosy; 2s5S; Market opened SC Il higher, selling
yes serHwh1 n'4Ds: sb,n receipts, 1:4oo; eanci.l
SLOW ana weak and looks lower.
Chicago Live Stock.
10000. Market active firm and
higher. Light. s4.lo@4.s5; heavy packing md
sn1Pnins, s4.a5s4.4o:
unchanged. Beeves, $50 "a 90; stockers and
feeders. 81. 4oe3. 80; grass Texans, 81, So :, = 40
eep-kec 5000. Market firm. Nut.
e sEs, e4.oo@6.o0; corn-fed westerns, $500
Chicago Produce.
:,n M,hessssszn a. cash. ssassxc; May, sshc:
az, cGooI5aaan,steady; cash, se,so; May, s2Ae; July,
osts-stesdy; cash 247ac; May, 24xo; july.
Rye-stealy. .4o,l@5oc
Barley-bteady.
Prime Timothy-$1.3 80.
Flax seed-Firm; 81, ~.
Whisky-S 1.02.
Provisions-Pork. quiet: cash. STA r.x. Nav
$1s6s July. Sl3:7 o. Lard arm; oash "a sD,,.s..
Nay, t6.s25.@6.35; July, AS '12'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
New Orleans Flooded.

A gale has driven the gulf water into
Lake Pontchartrain to such an extent that
the tide water has covered the shell roads
leading to the Spanish Fort and West End,
and has also submerged the sparsely set
tied sections of the northeastern suburbs
of New Orleans, doing some damage to tie
gardens, etc. The levee gave away just
above the sugar house of Hon. T. S. Will.
k%lnson's Myrtle Grove plantation. In
twenty minutes the bresk was fifty feet
vide and Water pouring through in an ire
sistible torrent. The levee at that point is
some thirty miles below the city. The
right ban1 was pretty high and much dam.
age will result from the creyasse.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Indian Bureau Report.

The report of the agent Of the Indian
bureau, sent to the reservation of the
southern Utes in southwestern Colorado.
to investigate and report the sentiment of
the Indians with respect to their proposed
removal to Utah, states that they greatly
desire a change of location. They express
both surprise and discomfort at the failure
OF the government to carry out the terms
of the agreement made with the commits
sioners appointed to negotiate a transfer to
Utah.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
VERY HIGH WATER
Condition of the Overlooked Dis
Louisiana

Condition of the Overlooked Dist
Louisiana
Both ends of the Martinez creyal
been secured and determined cid
be made to close it. The water ID
filling the country to the rear.
The people of Gross Etee d
Baton Rouge are as fast as possib|
their stock and cattle over to the
safety. 1t is thought the highed
in the latter place will escape til
flow.
The steamer Wheeler, that has
ing relief work around MorganzaI
rived. Her captain says:
we went as high as the mouth
Red river in search of all tina; nd
sistance. We brought down a fs|
and some stock. The steams
Marks proceeded down the Aat
but the people there refused to ID
homes. So far there has been NJ
life reported, and the damage in
flowed sections at and in the
Morganza IRE confined almost ed
to crops in the field"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Fritz Emmet's Wife Sues for Divorce.

Fritz Emmet's wife has sued him for
divorce On the grounds of habitual in.
Temperance. During the past week En-
met has been playing Fritz in a Mad
House" at q theater in Harlem. He had
been drinking steadily and heavily for
some time, until he reached a condition
which made the title of his play a very ap-
proprlate one. Under the influenza
of his constant rotations his friend.
ship for his leading lady, Maud White.
took a more decided form, it is charged bv
his son. and he began to make her: his
confidential adviser. The gossip about
them grew too loud for the son, who has
been business manager for Fritz, and be
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Capt. Couch Dead.

Capt. Couch, an old pioneer, and widely
known as the organizer of the Oklahoma
movement, is dead. His death was the
result of a wound inflicted by J. G. Adams.
with o Winchester rifle on April 4. When
it became known that Capt. Couch could
not live "a hours, a party was organized to
lynch Adams. United States Marshal
Walker was informed of this, and boarded
q train with the prisoner for Wichita. He
was placed in jail there. Couch was widely
respected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Pounded Her Room Mate to I,e.,,

The state institution at Cranston. R. T
was tina suene of atragedy, Mary Mccarthy
losing her life at the hands of Catherine
Hanley. The assault occurred in the old
women's ward. 1t was II O'Clock and the
inmates were asleep. The night watch.
Mrs. Charles Norton, heard the sound Of
a slight scufie and fastened above
TO see the McCarty woman being assisted to
the closet adjoining, where, she vomited
blood: She was taken back to bed and
d'ed almost instantly. Before death She
said the Hanley woman had pounded ana
mufae5ed her. The women slept side
ny side IN separate cots, much to the
annoyance of the Hanley woman. whose
rest was broken by the rawlings of the Nc.
Carly woman. "c'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
CHEROKEES WILLS
II Certain Things Are Conccs.,n
DiSpOSe of :he nu AheyN

II Certain Things Are Comedian
Dispose of the ou.,o, 'heyN
1t is no longer a question VIZ,
Cherokees favor a sale or not If IT.
known as the Cherokee ortls. VI VIZ
Chief Mayes' arrival home from v y
ton city there has been almost "asSl
demand made upon him bv . eo's
breeds and full-blood Chercless a
vene the national council in ext,, 70 |
and declare at once that they fayos sssl
SO per acre and certain modi6catio,ss 1
treaty of 1866. They do not do 10 4
fear that the government will tala 10Y
lands, right or wrong, but it is
they have come to the conclusion ,h vssl
to their interest to make the s,,s
say if the government will asreeto -.
all intruders in their country eat ~ !
degrees and keep them out, abros,
fifteenth article of the treaty Of ivy
tborizing the settlement Of civ,,;sS
dams east of the So degrees, repe,l ss
grants to railrods running throna.
country, recognize the jurisdiction
Cherokee courts over all tbe;, ~.
both civil and criminal, and give ~.
per acre. they would prefer to s.n
than hold the strip and lease it at n.
that it is now leased for.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
No Convention This Year,

The executive committee of the Irish
acknowledgement journed sine die Saturday
evening without fixing a date for the next
convention or hearing from Parnell.
1t was decided that a convention
be held in Baltimore, but no date was fixed.
A cablegram was sent to Parnell Tuesday.
asking him it he favored a convention this
year. The leader remained silent. Many of
the delegates are disappointed aud believe q
convention should be held at once, and the
charges growing out of the Cronin case re-
pudiaten. There is also a strong demand
the country over for an accounting of
funds. and they believe this should be
made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Big Crops

Early in the season. everything was favor
able to a good crop year in the Dakotas,
but within a few weeks some sections have
reported unusually dry weather, and fears
we're expressed for the Ioutcome. This
week the sky has let down a blessing of
rain on those parts of the Dakotas where
moisture was most needed and the farmers
and business men generally are jubilant.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Donations from Washington.

Walla Walla, Wash, sent a car contain
ing 16O sacks of wheat, of a variety pop
ular in Washington; l60 sacks of -four and
a large quantity of dry goods to Gov. Mel
lette this week. The -four and dry goods
were sent to the Dorcas society at Huron
and the wheat will be apportioned out to
prominent farmers of the state and will be
experimental on this season to learn if 1t
a good thing to raise in South Dakota.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02

WILLIAM LORD, who for seven wears
naa oeen confidential bookkeeper for Flesh
Moos, painters, st. Louis, has stolen
SINCE 1868, IN the most mysterious man
racing wa the CAUSE. 0
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
The Climax of a Notorious Elope,nent.


The climax of the Green-Bark elope-
ment, which created some excitement in
Bloomington, Ill.,, several months ago, has
been reached at Chicago. Lester Green
was at one time acting mayor of Bloom
ington. He had a family. Mrs. Barker
was the wife of q w%ell.to-do engineer who
gave her a liberal allowance of money, out
of which she managed to save in the course
of several years about 81, 100. She and
Green became mutually infatuated, and
taking the money fled together. They
went to Whatcom, Wash, where they in
vested in real estate and made some more
money. Two weeks ago they returned to
Chicago with about 81, 200, and according
to Mrs. Barker's story Green took all the
money Saturday and left the woman alone.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
In the sunfower Delta.

A correspondent who has just returned
to Vicksburg from a trip up the sunAower
river delta by boat describes the scenes in
the Overlooked region as pitiful. He
thinks the loss of life has been greater
than heretofore reported. He saw I've
bodies floating about in one p%lace-those
OF a white woman and four negroes. The
bodies had been left where they were, as
there was no way to bury them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Working for His Constituents.

Representative Picker objects to some
paragraphs that have recently appeared II
the press regarding his course On prohibit
ton, which has lost him manv friends and
much influence in the house, where he has
compelled members to go on record. Pick
Ter says that he was sent to Washington
by prohibitionists, and is representing his
constituents. The men who do not like to
go on record are those opposed to his
principles, he asserts, which is their fault.
Picker says that if they did not bring
liquor legislation he would not be obliged
to fight it. He asserts chat his intentions
have been misrepresented, and he has been
needlesslY criticised in his state.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Reckless students at Rutgers

Reckless students at Rutgers
The members of the Theta Mul
fraternity of Rutgers college
Brunswick, N. j., had what thd
high old time Tuesday evening.
however, may cost the lives Of
those whom they initiated into
teries of their circle. Eleven
been chosen as members With
knowledge or consent and Tuesd
ing was selected for the Initial
monies. At IL O'Clock a colea
was made on the sleeping places
victims and the candidates cap:aEi
were blindfolded and their bandst1
their backs. Then each man wal
entirely naked and marched into
At a certain point the eleven wei
together and tied in line like a CO
They were then solemnly walked
the streets, receiving chastlse1
switches which their drivers bel
are several small streams IN tue
hood of the college and one or
bad boys. Through these the
were urged and then they were
the bank Of the river and wa!E1
sharp stones till their feet
through briars and unherbrusD
bodies we're lacerated. Even
not satisfy the thirst
ment and deviltry, ard
victims were united when IN
OF the Albany street bridge
one, by means of a long rope, W
down into the river and held VIZ
minutes with the water just I"
their mouths. The shlyerlps
taken to the place Of rendeHw
and forced to drink large quanu
whisky on the p~retense that ~
teract the bad effect OF the alp
men were then taken to 'ne
they were again stripped suo
of each was tattooed,iD India ~
mark of the Theta Mu Eps''gD
tiatiou closed with a genein
hair from the face, head ana "
and hilarious debauch ca''s'
ended the nights orgies.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Prohibition in Dakota.

Under o decision of the South Dakota
encouragement, druggists cannot sell
liquor for any purpose whatever before
June l. The prohibitory law goes into
effect May l, but the law requires thirty
days notice to be given by the druggist
of his intention to make application for q
permit to sell liquor. AS this. law is not
yet in effect, notices cannot be filed before
May /. The statute is very severe on vio-
lations Of this law, and it is in nearly all
instances made a penitentiary ofense for
peace officers who fail or refuse to prose-
cute. Enforcement leagues have been Or
gained in every county In the state and it
will be very difficult aud hazardous bust
ness to engage in illicit liquor traffic in
South Dakota.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Wipine Out Michigan's bo'

Wiping Out Michigan
Or Thursday, May ]: tue .'
gan's bonded debt, amounts
will mature and the bonds W"
and paid from the slnA'D VI,
bonds issued for war puIpcs 81
$685. 400. About one'n''' II
at the pleasure of the state iii If
since retired. The Tem-
payable May /, 1890. LrO. al
made to retire all these ahe
est, but they commande' a.sy
ium that all could not be Ss''
turity. -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Caused Them All to Res,p,.

Owing to troubles arising from the EN-.
bezzlement of 1000, 900 francs by the treas
urer of the canton of Ticino, al members
OF the Csntonile government have re-.
signed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
WROTE HIS NAME TO IT
PRESIDENT HARRISON HAS APPROVED
THE WORLDS FAIR BILL.

Geo. Remnants Proposed Pla for Better
ing the Condition of Russian Exilcs-He
Will Beard the Lion in His st. Petersburg
Den-Other News of Various Sorts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02

utSCQarpel Nl'SS Wull7 ohVu1Stiby, Dul li'c
in turn promptly discharged him. Never
had a man a more faithful wife than Fritz"
Emmet. He has made more money than
any other actor on the American stage and
has squandered much, yet in sickness and
in health, through good and evil reports,
his wife has stood by him until now.
Protection for the Government's Colo.
Treasurer Huston has won the fight he
has been making before the house commit
tee on appropriations for better protection
against burglary in the treasury depart
ment. The committee has concluded to
appropriate $3.50, 500 for the purpose of
putting steel Innings in the gold
and silver vaults and giving them new
doors with time locks and other safety
improvements. The disclosures by Treas
urer Huston as to the unsafe condition OF
the vaults where several millions of dollars
of gold and silver are stored creates con-
siderable agitation, not only in congress.
but in all parts of the country, and the
committee on appropriations concluded
that the publication of this dangerous
condition of the vaults made it more neces-
stlS luhA cScI " pAONAOO pleCiueAoho
against burelaries, as the cracksmen of the
country would put their heads together
aud make a raid IN the treasury if there
was not something done. It would be
next to an impossibility for any number of
thieves to successfully raid the treasury
vaults, because there is not only a we'll
organized night force of watchmen dis
tributed all over the building with %instruc-
tions to make constant rounds and they
are provided with firearms and electric
calls-but there are in the vicinity of the
treasury department q number
of policemen who make regu-
lar tours of the building with instructions
to keep their eyes in the direc-
ton of the treasury department. However,
it would not be q very difficult thing to
perpetrate o burglary on one of the vaults
if there could be employees of the DEPART
ment taken into the conspiracy. 1t has
been demonstrated that within a few min
utes drills can open apertures in any of the
gold or silver vaults large enough for a
man to crawl in and out at will, and the
precious metal would be carried away as
mice steal meal. -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02

GREECE is negotiating -
loan of 80, OO0, 600 francs y
Larissa railway.