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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
HE WAS TRICKY.

A West Virginia Lunlbcrinan Covers an
Oak Log With Walnut Bark and Sells
1t for &1O6.
A Gilmer county lulnberm.n is $40
ahead, but has gotten himself in s'1'o"s
trouble through the trick which adsaassa
his bank account but depleted his co.,
science. Walnut lumber is Very scarce
and very valuable, and the Gilman county
man. having a fine walnut tree on his land
cut it down and sold it for a handsome
sum to an eastern man, who bought 1t on
the ground. Before shipping the log the
Giimsrite peeled off the bark carefully ana
laid it aside. After the walnu log was
taken away he cut down a big black oak Oh
tue same dimensions with that of the wa
nut, which he had carefully measured anu
taking the bark from its place Of conceal
ment carefully and deftly tackled 1t on Inc
black oak log. The job was SO well ena
artistically done that no one but an e2pef'
could havs told the difference. He then
shipped it with other logs to Clnclnpaa'
where he sold the oak log for walnut !"
S10G. The Gilmerite man then LETT '0l
home, but he hadn't been gone long bs1o's
the Cincinnati firm discovered the Ifau'
and started after him. They left for III.
mer county, where they expect to oVef''''
the sleek lumberman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
IN A E ROLE.

Louisiana Lottery Sharks Attempting: to
Prevent the Seating of a United states
Senator.
Louisiana's lottery curse has changed
its tactics. 1t now is attempting to create
the belief that United States Senator-elect
3. D. White, a leader of the ants, whose
term begins next March, was elected by
means of bribery by money furnished by
the lottery. The lotteryites know that the
instant Judge White takes his eeat in the
senate he will open upon them a fire from
the national capital that will sweep them
from the face of the earth, and they feel
that his seating must be prevented at any
cost. Tuesday morning the Wmes-Demo-
crat editorially made the charge that Judge
White, as treasurer of the Nichols cam.
paign committee two years ago, received
$4,000 from the lottery company for the
Nichols campaign fund, and that in May,
1888, he received O like amount for use,
and used it to secure his election as United
States senator. The whole story is a
malicious f%alsehood, without any founda-
ton in fact. Judge White denies the
charge SO fur rs it effects him personally,
and as to the Nichols campaign fund says
he received the fund through the commit
tee and disbursed it on the committees
order. He and other gentlemen are pre-
pairing a statement accompanied by letters,
etc., which will leave the SANDER not leg
to stand on. The charge is not particular.
lied, but the editorial only generally says
he received the money. Public sentiment
here takes no stock in the charge, and
many autics are urging Judge White to sue
the paper for libel as q means of bringing
into court tho lottery company's book.
The character and reputation of Judge
White are too we'll known here to be eff
fected by the charge.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
AN ENGLISH T
A Political Twist That Involves the Gov.
ernment i'll Confusion.

HI LII OOnIuSIOus
The turn taken by the debate on the
Heligoland- Zanzibar agreement in the
house OF commons has produced a genuine
sensation in political circles. Mr.. Glad
stone and Sir William Harcourt made it
plain In a recent debate hat the action of
the government in seeking to ratify a
cession of territory by act of parliament
was a pure innovation. There is abso-
lutely no precedent for it. In America,
where legislation and governmental poll
tics are SO largely experimental, and where
presidents are created every day and
disregarded every day. the sig
niticance of the facts pointed out
by Mr.. Gladstone and Sir William
Harcourt can hardly be appreciated. The
Englishman has a high respect for prece-
dent, and it must be on very weighty
grounds, indeed, hat he will assent to any
overturning of established principles Of
government. Hence Lord Salisbury's con-
SENTATIVE friends have a somewhat disagree
able role to perform in supporting his
method of procedure in this case. ".he efs
feet of the introduction of the practice of
submitting such matters to parliament
would be to rob the crown of one of its
most ancient and important privileges and
would practically give the house of lords
control of the foreign Office. 1t is the gen.
eral feeling that the present system,
whereby the approval or disapproval Of
the governments foreign policy can be
made effective through a vote of want of
confidence at any time, is q much safer
system for the country t an the one in
volved in the pending bill
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
GRAVES.
vandaly Despoil New York City Ccmc-
tcries and Sell the Ornaments for Junk. ]

yandaly DeSpoil New York City Ccmc-
tcries and Sell the Ornaments for Junk.
Thieves in East New York have resorted
to unprecedented means to fill their pockets
by despoiling the monuments in the Holy
Trinity Cemetery of their metal onaments.
A. modern wooden or galvanized iron monu-
ment, topped with crosses, crucitxes, or
giided cherubs or lambs, marks Thousands
of graves. Nearly 500 of these monuments
lave been subjectedto the mutilating chisels
and hammers of thieves, and most of the
ornaments upon them have either been de-
stroyed or carried away. The lonely sur
roundings gave the thieves ample oppor-
tunity for the work, and it was not untlls
recently that the outrage was discovered.
Superintendent Philip Haslich said: More
than 500 monuments have been d%espo;led
or mutilated. 1t must have been don
within two or three days and there must
have been several men engaged in the rob-
berry, as the grent weight of the metal
stolen could not have been carried off by
one man. The value of the articles stolen
is over $500. The object of the thieves is
possibly to break up the images and sell
them for junk" The cemetery was founded
in 1850, when Father RatfeSaier was priest
of the German Holy Trinity church on
Montrose avenue, and was intended
as q burial place especially for
the poor of his parish. Most of
the monuments are of galvanized iron,
dressed in imitation of gray granite.
Nearly all of them have crosses rising
above them, but the peculiar feature of
nearly every one of them is that it is dec
Grated with highly g,lded figures Of the
crucifx of the winged head of a cherub
and a lamb. Some stones contain all of
these three figures, some only one. The
gilded figures were riveted to the slabs at
the head Of the graves by strong screws.
The tool used was i'll this part of the
cemetery a sharp-pointed iron that the
thief drove in behind the leaden figure and
then pried the ornament off. In many
cases the cross to which the figure was at
tachcd was decayed, and was broken to
pieces by this rough handling.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
LOUISIANA NOT LOFT
MORRIS TACITLY ACKMOWL,
EDGES HIS DEFEAT.

The Chief of the Lottery Swb,dlers Makes
IA Statement Regarding HIS Promise to
Advance Money for Building Levces-An
Admission That His Biz Has Failed.
John A.. Morris promised IN a letter to
the lottery Legislative caucus that If the
legislature would pass the bill submitting
the lottay amendment to the people he
would advance ST. 00, 900 for levee build
ing this veal and the same amount in 1881.
Last week a city paper referred to this as
a trap to catch legislators. and charged that
Morris never intended to keep the promise.
referring, by way of proof, to the fact that
while Morris and his supporters were
claiming that the bill had passed, notwith.
standing the governors veto, be was maxi
ing no attempt to carry out his promise.
The trap worked, and recently Morris
said the following in an interview in one
of the New Orleans lottery organs:
When l made the offer to advance 81, 0oo,0 900
in 1890 and a second million in 1891 for the build
ing and repairing Of the levees of the state |
did SO in good faith, fully intending to fulfill
my part of the contract, provided that my
proposition be submitted by legislature and by
the governor to the people for their approval or
rejection. That has not been done; the breach
of contract was not on my side. What said l
would do l was ready and am now willing to
perform, The people of the state have been
deprived of the use for ten years of $4,000, Opu by
one of the governors mistakes. OF course l
could not be expected to hand over S2.o00.0OJ
out of the Golfers of the lottery company with
out receiving some equivalent or promise of
such for the stockholders of the Lottery COM
pany.
This is IN admission in SO many words
by the lottery boss that his bill failed.
The latter part is also an admission that it
is the same old gang, and not a new COM
pany with the Objectionable carpet bag
and negro element eliminated. lhe par
ishes are holding lettings and electing
delegates to the anti-lottery convention
called to meet III Baton Rouge on Aug. Z.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
THE MARKETS,
Sioux City l.tv, Stock.

SAouA Stty Live StOCks -
Hogs.Receipts. / 500; official yesterday. 1,54s.
ing and 90 higher than the closing last night,
selling freely at S3.67}eW3.75; bulk, S3.7o. e'
- GatteEkeceipt 100; official Yesterday, 9s;
Quotations: Fat steers. prime, sss7sai
sr :: choice 500 70 i.ooS pounds, $500 s1eee
COWS. extra choice, corn-fed'
s21593.s Is: grasseIs, fair to good. q. 75a2 *
sn' 81 to common: sl;25 q Les; Gamers. $50 q
mon. $2.75@s.OO; bulls, choice. 92.2ss1Sy kn !.
choice. S2.O0gs.75. S"'e' poos TO
South omaha Live Stock.
. hoogs Receipts. $780,: official yesterday.
800 etead,, sn,Rnaents 10 cars Market opened
Cattle-Receipts. 1900: official yesterday.
1910; shipments. none. Market steady.
Chicago Live Stock.
Light, ss.75gsS5: mixed, 81. 7oas.so: S MssE;
packing aRd shipping. 8. 5o@ t.95. ~
sl:5oa3.4 40; stockers and feeders, 81 IL. : 40 H1ans'
sheep Receipts, 1000. Market SHADY
Na.ls se 49, 5g5.3o; western, s4.cO@4.sO; Tex:
Chicago Produce.
@94}sc. emoet' "
Corn-Firm; cash. 42Ac; September. 4sc
Oats-tirm; each, 32Ac; September. sis<m
Rye-Tirm; sc.
Barley-NOminally.
Prime Timothy-Firm, S1,4O.
E1ax-steady at 81. ~.
Whisky-$l. 10.
Provisions-Pork strong: cash s,o so. g.
TENDER, Sll:05. Lard. frn cash sSM: S Sep
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Plat Objects to Paying Taxes.

The tax commissioners of New York
have assessed the stock Of the United
States Express company at $500, 00n, but
Thomas C. Plat contends that this is a
joint stock association and not q corpora
ton, and that therefore it is exempt from
taxation. Its stock is nominally S10,-
0OO, OO but it is simply an organization
under articles of agreement. Messrs.
Tracy, Mcfarland, WINS, Boardman and
Platt secured from Judge Andrews a writ
of certiorari to review the action of the
commissioners. The order is returnable
in October. The associations officers
MAINTAIN that the proposed tax is prac-
tically a tax upon and a regulation of COM
merce between states.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
A Free Lover Imprisoned.

Ezra Fl. Haywood, editor of the World
and Apostle Of Free Lore, has been SEN
teuced to two years of hard labor in state
prison for sending obscene literature
through the mails. This case has been re-
markable on account of the moral depravity
of some of the witnesses who testified in
MIR. heywood's behalf. The prisoner tool
the sentence very coolly, although his wife
and sister-in-law seemed much excited.
Haywood was sentenced for a term Of
years on Jan. %, 1878, for q slmila. Of
fense, and Served until Dee. 10, 1878, when
ne was Internationally released by Mr..
Hayes, who was petitioned by Hevwood's
friends.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Leprosy spreadsn. in Canada.

There is considerable excitement over
the discovery that leprosy has made its ap-
pearanee IN several remote parts of the
Dominion of Canada hitherto unaffected.
Heretofore this dreaded disease was be-
llevtd to have been confined within the
limits of the Lazaretto at Tracadie. Dr..
Smith. a medical officer at l.azaretto is
now investigating cases reported in the
island OF Akicosti. The spread of the dis.
cas-" Is believed to have been the result Of
lntermtlriage. and has secured % strong.
hold, spreading out to the main land.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Dynamite Ruined the Business.

In a number of towns and counties In
Alabama local option prohibition has been
in force for years. Recently original
package" houses have been opened in
nearly all these places. Last week James
Ward opened an original package shop in
Collinsville, Dekalb county. He was
warned to leave, but paid no heed to the
warning, and Saturday night his place was
blown up with dynamite. The force OF
the explosion was terrible, and no original
packages were left in the ~neighborhood
Ward says he will open again, but he has
received a letter warning him that he will
be blown up with his packages next time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Rise of Silver in England.

The sudden rise in the price of silver has
caused all the financial writer's on the Lon
don press to sharpen their pens and put
their deepest thinking caps on in the hope
of enlightening the world as to the cause
and effect of this alteration in the ratio
between the two precious metals. The
expert Of the Morning Post, who enjoys
the distinction of being perhaps the heavi-
est writer on the subject, says that the
fuctuatlon in price is but a passing cloud;
that the effect OF the American silver bill
will be wholly transitory, md that there
will be very little of the effect even while it
last.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
An Ola soldier Murdered.

Great excitement was created at Grand
Beach. Mich, when the murdered body Of
Martin Switzer. an old soldier, was found
rotting in one of the ravines near the lin.
its of the city. 1t is believed that the dc.
CEASED Was murdered for his pension
money, a large sum Of which he had re.
Gently drawn as back pension money. The
country is being secured by q %citizens
committee, and if the miscreants are
caught there wi | be a lynching bee.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
A Reign of Terror.

The people of Melrose, H., a suburb ID
the neighborhood of Jefferson, ILL.,, are
lust now in q state of terror from q strange
and unusual visitation. Every dog in tie
village and neighborhood has, it seems
been struck with rabies, and the street,
are filed with mad dogs. A dozen anil
mails affected with the rabies We're in the
district, and several people have recently
been bitten.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
AWFUL
An Inhuman Milwaukee Couple Burns In.
fants Alive.

An lnhVman Couple Burns In
fants Alive.
DR.. Thomas Hatchard was found guilty
OF murder in Milwaukee and after q several
hours session, the jury has
found q similar verdict against
his wife, for criminal practice
upon young girls in a delicate condition.
This is the result of the startling exposure
made several weeks ago by the News, which
secured evidence that the Hatchards had
not only been carrying on illegal practices,
uut that they were accustomed to burning
alive newborn babies. coming into their
hands through this nefarious work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
The Inflated Sea Wing.

The government inspectors have secured
the names Of 214 persons who were on
board of the Inflated steamer, Sea Wing,
which Was wreckedin a storm on lake Pep
pin. The steamer and barge were Above d
by law to carry only IT'S persons. The
penalty for the violation is seyere
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Horrible Crime in Texas.

News has reached Austin, Tex, OF a
horrible triple murder near Hatto, q small
village twenty-eight miles north of there.
Armed men invaded the home of q Next
can, Vltala Melena, and shot him, his
wife and their 5-year-old daughter. John
and Andrew Sutton have been arrested for
the crime
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Sad Fate of a New York Cir,

A sad story of mental arrangement
comes from gouverneur. Alice Devoe be-
came insane a year ago on account of the
desertion of her lover, and was sent to the
Utica asylum. Three months ago she was
released as cured. July 4 she met her
recreant lover, and the shock again de-
stroyed her reason. The unfortunate girl
has just been sent back to the asylum, it
is believed hopelessly insane.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
No Formal War.

The Guatemolan minister in Paris, rel
ferring to reports from Mexico that war
had broken out between Guatemala and
San Salvador, says war has not been del
clared and no Guat -malan troops have
crossed the frontier of San Salvador. It
is the minister's opinion that the fighting
referred to in the dispatches must have oo-
cured in the interior of San Salvador be.
tween factions of that country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
will 1nspect America, c.,,

DIR. Salon, United States veterinary in.
spector and Inspectors Wray, Melorn and
RYDER have sailed for Liverpool. On the
other side they will make arrangements for
the examination of cattle as thew are
handled from American ports.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Offered $1,000. 900 by an English syndi
cate.

A British syndicate, with a real live lord
at the head of it, has made an offer Of
S7,ooo,ooo for the Knapp, Stout a. Co.
properties in Dubuque, To-, and Wjscon-
Sin. The property consists of several
large mills and valuable tracts of pine
land. The offer is likely to be accepted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Western Pork Packing

The Cincinnati Price Current saws:
Dry weather conditions have had an inn
portant influence III fastening the market
ing of hogs. The wesk's packing returns
indicate a total of 315, 600 against 1G5, 900
last year, making a total of $3.50, 600 since
March l against 100000 a year q
Leading places compare as follows:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Settlement of African Affairs.

In the settlement of African affairs made
between England and France, the right Il
the latter to grant excquaturs to foreign
consuls in Madagascar is recognized, and 4
rectiticatlon of the frontiers of the upper
Niger is in principle assented, which will
permit the extension of the French sphere
of influence to lake Tschad. The question
of E%ngland's treaty rights in Tunis is re!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
An Australian Railway scheme.

TIE premier bas introduced in parlia-
!re''t " railway bill providing for the con.
SuN"Iion OF LII miles of country lines
'ao 'ai'tv.niae ni cs Of suburban lines.
'ie hue TO cost El2.5GG,O00, besides a
"'ant lr'm he treasury Of co. 900, 900. He
s"ll Tie ,.l@Ate vas Gecsssary in order TO
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
A Woman Caused 1t.

A shooting ARRAY occurred at Ashevills,
N. c., in q bar room, in which John
Mister. the barkeeper, was instantly killed
and Phillip McIntire, a butcher, received
a shot from which he died. Milster's body
was riddled with bullets. A woman j.
supposed to have been the cause of tie
difficnltv
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Ate Poisonous Meat.

Twentv-one persons at Rich Lake. Wis,
are in danger of dying from eating meat
supposed to lave been poisoned. Thomb.
the state dairy and food commissioned,
was summoned to investigate. He found
that the meat which caused the trouble, to
this amount of seventy-fve pounds, had
been plac. d on sale at a local market. The
victims were taken with violent vomiting
aud cramps. Several are in a very critical
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Arabs and Spanish cavalry F,cbt.

A number of Arabs fred upon a detachr
ment of Spanish cavalry near the town Of
Metllla, a Spanish convict settlement on
the north coast OF Morocco, and several Of
the cayalrymen were wounded. The at.
lacking party was shelled from the fortress
and a number of Arabs killed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Five Thousand for Saving a life.

A wealthy Montreal man attempted to
board Q train at Old Orchard after it had
started. He ran to the end of o baggage
car and caught the railing, but lost his
footing. He swung between the cars and
was losing his grip, when Frank E. Kelley,
a boy peddler, saw him and managed to
pull him on board. The man promised to
send the boy a check for $1,000 when lie
reached Montreal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
Ravages of the Siberian Plague.

A terrible outbreak of the Siberian
plague is reported ravaging the govern
naent or klazan, Russia. Cattle thus far
have been the most violently attacked, the
mortality among them being very large.
hundreds of peasants are Frustrated with
the malady. Three deaths are renortad.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
SOUTH DAKoTA'S INTERESTS.
South k Tin.

One Of the hottest fights that will arise
tariff will be led by Senators Pettigrew and
Moody, of South Dakota, in favor of pro.
lection for the development of the tin in
terests of that state. There has never
been any serious effort made until now to
develop the tin mines of this country. In
the Black Hills of South Dakota are IN
doubtedly some of the richest tin mines in
the world, and they have only been looked
into sufficiently to ascertain the quality of
the ore and something Of its extent.
While lead, silver, especially copper, and
United States have been given specific at
tention in the tariff laws, our tin has been
permitted to receive only general attention,
aud very little of that. Tin is one of the
most popular articles of consumption in
the country, for it goes into tho use of
every family to q greater or less extent.
The South Dakota senators say that they
have enough tin within an area of sixty
miles square to more than supply the
United States, and that it can be fully de-
veloped within two years if there is proper
encouragement given w SolS1ees' lucy
say that they will not ask as much encour-
agement as is given either copper or lead,
and they declare that tin is a much more
essential product than either Of the others
named.
Mr.. David Day, chief of mines and min
ing in the geological survey, has been out
to the mines in South Dakota, and intends
to prepare a statement of the promises of
the South Dakota tin mines. He says
that undoubtedly these mines are as rich
as any that can be found in the world, if
not richer, and that they are much easier
to get at than any that can be found else
where, but the difference in the prices paid
for labor in this country and Wales and
other tin-producing countries make it es-
%sential, he says, to have protection at the
hands Of congress for two or three years
until the mines may be developed.