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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17

90 TO Schaffer's farm on some errand.
Being unable to attract attention at
the house, he went to the barn, and
there founu about twenty head OF
cattle In n iamisbing condition. Re.
turning to the house, he forced ali en-
trance and was horrified to find the
bodies OF Schaffer, his wife and child
lying in heap on the floor and GOV.
cred with blood. Mrs. Schaffer and
her child were both undressed and bad
been dragged from the bed. Schaffer
had all his clothes on excepting his
boots and stockings. 1t was a horri-
bic spectacle. The wife had evideb tly
been killed by q blow On the head
from n hammer. There were abun-
dant signs that che had struggled hard
for life. Her throat was also cut, but
not enough to cause death. The ba-
by had received n severe but not a ia
tai slash on the face and was lying
face downwards across it's mothers
body. 1t had apparently died OF suf.
his own throat, had Eallen across both
his prostrate victims. The tragedy
must have been enacted on the night
OF the Sd. Mrs. Schaffer was hand.
some woman and well liked. Her
maiden name was Anna O'Leary, and
her home was at Zumbrota prior to
her marriage, in 1880 Schaffer was
not on the best OF terms with the VII.
or OF the farm, and dissatisfaction
arising from this source is thought to
have led to dependency and melted
the tragedy.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
,lIsoEI .LANEoUs NEWS ITEMS.

H. 10 awe out that n grave irregularity y
bai been a 'coverei In the accounts oi the
NJ rristo~i (Pa) Water company. The
directors init that there 10 a large short /.
as1.
lwo com 1aniss, whose capita! stock sg.
! ~ sgates So D0O, 900, have Incorporated at
Lansing. NJ n. one is the Limited Fuel
Gis oomp1 y and the other the Independ-
! srr Fusl Ca company. Their purpose II
t. make Pc Its Tor the manufacture OF fuel
gi,s ~ ne' process.
Aspscisl rom Oklshoms City, Indian
I,rritcSy ssys A report had reached
tlsrs % n q attls between two opposing
tprces ri Gov ,oys In the Little River coun.
ttr, twenty- Z Ve miles south. The difficulty
iI reported o. have arisen over different
constructions OF the Herd" law. Five
teen are repi rted killed, three fatally in
red and IL Ir slightly wounded. Three
'nittd Statss deputy marshals went to the
irene. The ~ sne oi the fight IL Tar distant
irom any tsle raph station.
The strikes tuation at Detroit was m ore
,arious on the 18th inst. 7. w. Walliek,
government CO ntrsctor, who IL building an
addition To tie postoffice, 10 employing
non union ear penters. II he persists the
strike commits 20 declare they will call out
over 900 brh klayers. The URited States
| district attorf ~ assures Waliick that he
Hill protect = men with United States
marshais. FoI tteen hundred strikers
,,araded the reefs on the 18th inst
They we're orde rly.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17

Lisris Cooke, ths woman arrested In
Chiesgo Tor abductins vours o'-'S '"- '~-
sasss. sssp...s, anu who skipped her bail.
going to Windsor, Ont, has waived extra.
dition proceedings aud returned 20 Chicago.
John O'Nsill, the New York doodle
alderman, who is now In Sing Sing prison,
will bs discharged June Is. He was SEQ.
tsnesd to serve four years and six m onths
sut has usde q gear and six months good
time.
Edmund Sturgis Crawford, charged with
having, on May 4, 1858, while a messenger
American T. ,changs National Bank OF New
York, stolen sal 900, has been arrested
at Philadelphia on the arrival Of tho
steamship Sigue from Ruitsn, Honduras.
A dsialcstion Of the Albany, n. Y, City
National Bank, am COUNTING 70 nearly $50
600 bas been traced To George b. Whit.
Dsy, the individual bookkeeper, who man
aged u through an oyer-drait system, in
eOllusion With n prominent Albany drm.
An EFFORT will bs made among whitney y
trisnos Co settle the affair. he had been
In ths bank Tor years and occupied n high
social position. Stock speculation was
the cause.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17

The Very Rev. Father William Kes.
gan, the vicar general OF the Roman
Catholic church in the Brooklyn. N.
Y, diocese. died recently oil pneumoria
at his home in that city. He had
been Ill several days when he was at
tackled with chills and fever, with re-
sultaut pneumonia Vicar Gsnei al
Keegan located at Brooklyn in 1853
as the assistant OF the Rev. David w.
Bacon. Father Bacon was subse.
quently made the bishop OF Portland,
Me-, and Father Kecgan succeeded
him as the rector OF the Assumption
church. lie has been pastor OF that
church ever since. Some fifteen years
ago he was appointed vicar general
and had also been ordained in New
York by an ambassadors oil the pope.
Father Keegsn was widely known as
one of the most vigorous church work
ers, and was q forciabie preacher. No
churchman of any denomination was
more favorably known than he was,
nor had any more friends, the late
Rev. Henry Ward Beecber being one
Of his warmest admirers. Father
Keegan Was about 40 years old.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.
One kemnier Habeos Corpus Case
Decided Against HIM.


The habeas corpus writ in the case
OF Murderer William Kemmle-, SEN
fenced to death by electricity. Issued
by Judge Corbett OF Buffalo, on appli.
cation OF Charles s. Hatch, came up
before Judge Underwood at Albany,
N. Y, on the 10th inst. By stipula'
ton of counsel, kemmler was not
present. w. Bourke Cochrane OF New
York and Charles S. Hatch OF Buffalo
appeared for Kemmler, and Attorney
General Tabor represented Warden
Durston, to whom the writ is issued
The writ and answer OF the attorney
general were fled, and Mr.. Cochrane
stated that the point raised was wheth
er the court OF oyer and terminer oi
Erie had jurisdiction to pronounce
the sentence imposed. Theparticulai
point made Is that the legislature had
not the constitutional power to take
from the sheriff, who is constitution
al officer, his power to infict
capital punishment, that having
been one OF his powers from time
immemorial, and to confer those po ",
ers upon another not a constitutional
officer. He said the contention was
that such a course was unconstitu,
tional. The object OF the proceedings
was not to delay the execution, but
to submit IN good faith the question
to the courts. By stipulation no ar
gument was to be maue on either side
and it was agreed that Judge Under
wood should enter judgment denying
the writ and remanding the prisoner
10 the custody OF the warden, which
was done. Mr.. Cochrane also entered
a demurrer to the answer OF Warden
Durston and the demurrer was over
ruled. Mr.. Cochr ane stated that the
same course would be taken before
the general term, and it was expected
that the case could be brought before
the court OF appeals for argument in
June.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17

The a.. Paul & Mil~sukos road has an.
BDnussd lover rates between 81. Paul and
kansas Cts. Heretofore there has been
mgns rate oi $I42O for the Grst class and
there waa no second class rate. The new
rates are VI and 81 tirst and second class
from Ksbsas City so So, Paul or MinBsap
oils aud $40 and 81 from sc. Paul or Min.
neHpolia 20 kansas CITY.
Pierre business men Ia tw,nty minutes
on tho 18th inst. are saii TO have sub
ssribed 81 8, 900 towards purchasing The
Ylght.otw way and constructing the Duiath.
Pierre and BLACK HilIs railroad between
Aberdeen sad Pierre. Eastern capitalists
prouias 20 complete the roaG " tho right
oirsy 10 secured Tor them and this is a
bonus for that puI poss.
General Passenger Agent kenyon has an.
Bonnc,d that on May IL the Burlington
will reduce the present north. bound rates
hetwssn Chicago and ~. Paui from 50 and
tf 70 ~ first class and IS sfeund class
assigning aa a rsasou therefor the fact that
sslmilar rates have been quoted bet yeen
vCbieago and the Missouri river and that
St. PRul is entitled 20 the same reduction.
This reopens the ball and gives tree impet
Gus Co tho most I,sSt==-.~si .'"Aaanser rate
strnssls the northwest has ever knowE.
katss 90 the river ~ill again bs cut and the
Burlipston will promptly give the Twin
cities the bsnSht Of like reduction.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
Deserves Consideration.

A special from Washington dated
the 10th INST, says that Represent.
ative Wilson OF Washington appeared
before the subcommittee on appropri.
ations and was heard in reference to
needed increase OF appropriations for
surveys in this state. The commits
sioner of the general land Office was
present, and substaLtiated the state
ments made by Mr.. Wilson. Chair.
man Cannon, when Washington was
reached, stated that the State OF
Washington was deserving the fullest
consider ration. Mr.. Wilson stated
that money should be appropriated
for the survey OF the 100000 acres
set aside in the enabling act for state
institutions, SO that the state might
make its selections. During the years
1885, 1887 and 1888 only 400, 900
acres were surveyed. The rapid set.
tlement of the country has left only
100000 acres OF surveyed lands,
and this is the refuse OF the $4,000,
600 acres survey ed. The guam
tity now surveyed is not largs
enough to allow the surveyor gem
eral to select lands for the state. He
referred to the town site OF Port An
gelus which had been set aside by the
government twenty-one years ago,
and all lots surveyed and plated had
been sold, and recommended that the
additional 1000 acres be at once
plated. As it was more likely that
the government would get more than
the cost Of survey the committee de-
cided to recommend 5000 for the sur
vey OF Port Angelus. The committee
instructed the commissioner to give a
pro rata statement OF the amount he
would allow each state. Mr.. Cannon
said there was no doubt but Wash
ington had been neglected, and Its
rapid development necessItated a large
appropriation. Mr.. Wilson prefers to
have the amount fixed in the sundry
civil bill now under preparation, as it
is then sure OF passage. The with
drawal OF arid lands will no doubt
leave many states with small appro-
priarions, and the deserving states
will this yeer get increased amounts.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
SUMMARY or NEWS


senator Plumb has introduced bill
progidipa tbst the Unit ~ value In ths
t'nItsd tstaiss shall bs one dollar and n
msy tN coined ~ 4ls12 Z arsins ~ stand
atd silver ur 81 s.iO Hrains oi standard
sJld, each to bs equally legal tender for all
purposes,
Representative Mason has introduced In
the booss . resolution ealiinI on che ssrrs
tary ~ war for Information respecting the
sharss that contractors updsr the tialted
Hiatsa. nov engaged In ths erection 81
bgiidihgs ~ FORT shsridsn tlI are doins
40 IN violation ~ the eight hvlr ias Oi the
United siAtss.
CcnsfsssmaD Ccmstock's bill. providing
ior relief 81 settlers "a land kBovn ma the
Sseeud tnSsmrlty bolt ~ the northern Pa
sihc railr sd IA Minnesota, has struck n
ensg ln the aenf ~. The tit passed the
houss several dsys nEo. In substance 10
provides rsrtain relief Tor bona tids sattlers
Who were dspos-d from tbis tract Ia 1887.
CoWstook appeared before the COMMITTEES
on public iInjs to Try 20 gst the hill re-
ported, Hs found the otnmittce had pick
al out whst they claimsd to bs certain
Have. Members at the committee held
THAI the first section will permit the issu.
Ance ~ scrip, hut Constock denied this.
No action vas taken and Comstoek will
eavs further hearing In the near future.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
sOUTnEK N METHOOISTS.
Various Ma7ters Considered-An
Order OF De acones ses Created.

st. Louis, sp scial.-The fourth day g
session OF the Z, Eeral conference OF the
Methodist chu 'ch (South) convened
at st. Louis on : the 10th inst.
Bishop Harer I'VE presided. Bishop
Galloway. who has been fraternal del
egate to the conference OF the M. Z.
church in Canada, made a report OF
.... ..s.. ~ .le conference. The Bis.
hop was cordially received and reso-
lutiops expire 'sing good feeling for the
Southern Methodists were adopted.
The standing committee on missions
reported adv ersely on memorial
from Virginia to so amend the consti.
tuition OF tho board of missions to
provide for a sustentation found.
The ground O the adverse report was
that the Object OF the memorial had
been accomplished. The committee
on itinerancv 'eported adversely on a
memorial OF +. Mann and w. K.
Osxdel, to chr nge the discipline that
travelling prea here might be ordained
after two year probation instead OF
three years IS at present. The re-
port was adoI ted.
A delegate from Mississippi intro.
duced q memo 'ial tor the appoint ment
OF deaconesses in connection with the
work oil the onard OF missions. Re-
ierred. Thougl there has been, and is,
wrong sent iGent in the church
against the so mission OF women 70
TO preach, woi len have for lone
time been enga ed in missionary work.
A woman is at he head Of an impor.
tAnt branch Of he work, and il ia be
lieved that the amn!hnrization OF an
ufuur oi dsacoL uesses Hill be agreed
20. The home missionary work ol
the church hes been tHmpered very
seriously by LEX OF residences for
pastors sent to new stations in the
West. The woi vans auxiliary oil the
board OF missio >, OF VI ich Miss Lu.
cinda B. Helm - the secretary, has
the work of prov iding 81, III parsonages
in it's charge. This morning Miss
Helm issued n Al .one sr't urgent ap
peal to the won IN OF u . church 70
take hold OF 81 lis matter and pro-
vide means for TIE building, or other
wise furnishing n sidenceH for preach
ers and their isn lilies.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
Quite an Eldorado.

Senator GILBERT A. Pierce. OF North
Dakota. in an interview at Chicago q
few days ago, said:
We are developing at least two new
industries in North DAKOTA that the
world knows little about. Some OF
our German farmers have been exper-
imentin2 with the sugar beet, and they
have been SO successful that hundreds
and even thousands will make like ex-
periments this year. Tho tempera-
ture and the prevailing degree otmois-
ture seem to be admirably adapted to
the maturing OF this vegetable to the
point where it contains the greatest
possible Amount Ofsaccharine matter.
All over North Dakota we have veins
OF soft coal, from three to ten feet in
thickness in many places, cropping
out at the surface. Ii the beet crop ID
what it promises to be. ARRANGEMENTS
to transfer it into sugar will DO made
en- large scale. the coal supply be-
ing an important factor. We have
also recently discovered that We can
raise the best barley in the world, and
indications are that We shall soon
raise vast quantities OF it, make 1t In
to malt and ship it in that form to
the great markets.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
Reservation Surveys.

The commissioners OF the general
land office has approved the contracts
submitted by Surveyor General sulli-
van for surveying the Sioux reservs
tion. The following men have keen
awarded contracts at the amounts
estimated:
DWIGHT G. Rice and Edwin III. Van
Antwerp, $9.650; Cyrus Waltz and
Monroe Warren. $4,000; Richard G..
Anderson and Potter Warner. $5, 600;
Frank 8. Peck. 5000; Thomas +.
Marshal, $4,000; Miles r. Wooiey
and Barney G. Wooley, %. .OOe; Fred.
erick w. Psttigrew ard Frederick c.
Flickinger. $4,000; Car. Gunderson,
q, 900; Charles III. Bates, $1,000;
George w. Carpenter, So, 100; Horace
j. AUSTIN, $4, 900.
These with three contracts previous.
ly submitted and approved, amount
to $65, $50, and further contracts
were made with r. q. Anderson for
$500 and Frank 8. Peck for $500.
The total amount appropriated for
surveying the Sioux reservation WAS
100000. Work on all these large
contra0wwill be directed to begin
once.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
HENRY n. STANLEY.


He 10 presented with Il Cold Cup
and Raps Ena iIst Jos'na,iats.
The reception { Henry NJ. Stanley
In Guild hall, Ii ndon, Cp the 18th
inst, was an eh husisstL: affair. A
dense crowd thro! rgsd approaches to
the building aid the ap.t earance oi
Mr.. Stanley was signal for n tre.
mendous outbun OF cheering. The
guests numbered yo thoul and. The
lord mayor pressn led to tits explorer
a gold casket con aiming I'm address
from the corporal ou OF Lnlldon. Mr..
Stanley in returnii g thankl tor him
sell and Tor MS companions, said Con.
60 might have be onged t,i England
had Englishmen stened ~ his Ice
lures between l6T and asa. Bel.
gium Was reapinE one huldred per
cent. England mis lt have al East
Africa. But her journalists zee every
thing through an O ,aque gliss. Ger
many To day has ii lions share and
cant fail to win in he long nIn. Ger.
mans have a wide awake rionarch.
Wissman never hes d of such Things
as Quakerism, pc, CO societies, anti.
enterprise compan ca and Mandy.
pamby journalism, ali OF which are
clogs TO every hear = endeav,lr made
by England.
He hoped the gov rnment would re-
member the servio OF his ~ mpan-
ions and not chill heir youils souls
with neglect which rst warp,,d poor
Gordon after bis ne, DC achie'ts r,ents 8
In China.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17

A terrific hurricane accompanied by
an extraordinary fall OF rain swept
over Jefferson City, Mo-, on the 18th
inst, at 4 o'clock. The wind blew ct
the rate of sixty-five miles an hour
and rain fell in torrents. A largo sec.
ton OF the roof of the state house was
blown of, and the Office below deluged
with water. The roof OF the peniyen-
tiary hospital was blown away and
much Inconvenience to patients was
occasioned. A heavy area OF stone
on the top OF the rear wall OF St. rat
rick's cathedral Was blown down. II
crashed through the roof to the base
ment below and wrecked the altar and
ruined the sacristy. Small houses all
over town were demolished and much
damage was done to trees and shrub
berry. sSs..
In the country northeast Of the city
many barns were demolished and miles
OF fences ieveled to the ground. No
lives were lost in the city, and so lar
as reported no loss OF life occurred In
the track Of the storm.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17
GEN. FREMONT'S DEBT.
4 Tardy Investigation Shows the
Government to Be the Debtor.

A most curious incident, illustrative
OF delay in correcting official mistakes
in the departments at Washington, has
just come to light as a sequence of
the passage OF the bill placing John G.
Fremont upon the retired list OF TIE
army, with the rank OF major general.
The first republican candidate for the
presidency is a most picturesque pa.
triarch, II years old, ard has been
for years IN circumstances, il not Of
actual poverty, at least straitened.
In 1S4S, when lieutenant in the ar
nay, he seized and held with an iron
grip the region which 10 now the state
OF California, and no one denies that
the nation is indebted to him for that
eilded member of the sisterhood.
While engaged in this service Lieut..
Fremont's accounts with the eovern-
ment were left in such a state that he
has always been regarded as an Off
cial debtor to the government to the
amount OF $40, ZOO, and It has been
one OF the chief SORROWS OF Lieut.. Ere.
mont's later years that he was una
bic to square this balance against him,
the record OF which was in the
Office OF the third auditor
Of the treasury. The other
day Gen. Fremont called at the Office
of Second Comptroller Gilkerson, OF
the treasury, whose business it would
be to pass upon the balance against
him. The old man in trembling tones
stated to Col. Gilkerson that his
financial circumstances are such that
II his salary as retired major general
were retained to meet this alleged
shortage, he would be tor some time
in actual want. At his request the
second comptroller investigated the
accounts, and, greatly to his surprise,
discovered that instead OF Gen. Ere
mont being debtor to the United
States, the government had actually
owed him for over forty years SO / 900.
The records were perfectly clsar, and
it was proven beyond a dispute that
through a mistake in bookkeeping,
Lieut.. Fremont had been charged
with S19, 900 for which voucher W as
| on file, and that by another clerical
error he had not been credited with a
voucher tor So 900 which he expend.
ed under the direction of the war de.
partment. When Gen. Fremont call
ed again to ask Col. Gilkerson whether
some arrangement might be made to
pay his supposed Indebtedness by in.
stallments he was so unprepared for
the glad news awaiting him that he
tainted. subsequently warrant for
the amount due him was made out,
duly approved and signed.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-17

who answered.: "Bout four dozen.
amt thar, Sal?" Iaint counted EN-"
and from her evident embarrassment
While the storekeeper counted the
eggs the man on the barrel drew e.
small lump of clay from his coat pock-
ct. 1t was wrapped in q flannel rag
and was still damp. He unrolled it
slowly and carefully. broke of small
piece and put it in his mouth. With
a jerk OF his hand he passed it to his
wife, who also broke of piece and,
laying down her snuff stick, placed the
clay in her mouth.
-Four and hall Dozen" sand the
storekeeper when he had finished
counting the eggs.
Another grunt from ne man on the
barrel and nod from the woman was
the only reply. Then the clay-eater
slowly rose, and, laying down his ri.
fle selected the powder and shot he
wanted. When these had been wrap
ped up there was still enough due on
the eggs to pay for a half pound OF
coffee.
Otner customers came in then.
produced plug OF tobacco and invit,
ed the man on the barrel to take q
chew, which he did and then passed it
to "Sal.n - .........
"We'uns don't git much fat ter
backer up our way" said my new &C
quaintance, as he bit Off another piece
before handing it back. cut q large
piece of the plug and handed it to him,
and then gave the other piece to his
wife. Such liberality was new to him
and they soon began to talk freely.
"Can you do without this clay?"
asked.
Dunno, haint never tried. Thar's
plenty ov 1t up our way, and their
haint no need to do without hit 'cept.
in er fellers too lazy to 60 an git it,"
"Do you like the taste OF this clay?
"Wouldn't be eatin' it IL didn't"
Next day the merchant was going
up into their nsighborhood and ! &C.
companied him. From him and the
clay-eaters themselves learned much
of THAR habits and peculiar customs
and superstitions. They have signs
for everything and almost worship
the moon. The average clay.eater
udb q AhoEdi uTcdu W oil OWL 40 booH
as the boot OF an owl is heard q chair
is overturned. II the hooting ceases
it is a sign that the threatened danger
has been warded of, but ifit continues
there Is weeping and wailing. In ev-
cry fireplace will be found piece OF
flint rock. This is supposed TO keep
foxes and owls from catching the
chickens. II they start on q journey,
no matter where, and a rabbit Is seen
to cross their path, the journey is at
once abandoned, because q rabbit
never runs directly across q mans
path except to warn him OF death.
Like the negroes OF the South, they
are all firm believers in the magic
power o. the left hind loot OF the
graveyard rabbit. To sweep trash
outdoors would sweep some one out
OF the family.