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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.

Hoss-Estimated receipts. t.5OO: omeiass
I Isst ssos d, ai54,; " aa1 15s s 0Rsn % 81. about steady
4.02la: mixed and heavy, s3.s5a4
Cattle-Estimatsd receiptA 300; Official YES
t na1S;sy SOL; SHIPMENTS. s1s Market dull;
$500 rs; medium; to good, ss.65g3.s5; faed-
sfs, CHOICE 300 to1 .o0o pounds ss;4o@s. go; ma
dunn to good, $3.l5@a.3O; atockers. ck9iee,
- 50; cows. extra %eaoioe. s2.7sa3.00:
medium 70 good, u common to infer
ior, sl.7s o e.; canneIs. 7ss g y 50; yea7lings.
ings. - 90 !. as25; bulls. chosce. $265@2. rs com
mon, SsGo02.25; veal. calves. poor to achoice,
South OmahA Live Stock.
Hoss-isstimated receipts, 1850; Official yes.
terday. 9,3l5; Market cpened So lowas. selling
at 50. a593.a7la bulk at $3.50.
Cattle-EstinAted Receipts, 5000: official
yesterday, 1925; shiEanents. 81 cssa. Market,
slow and lower quality good.
Chicago Live Stock.
$4,000. Maraet weak.
s. !O094. 20. e3'
Sattle-Rsoeipts~ 5000. Market weak.
sseyes ~ and stess* ss.5o@5s5; stockera. and,
sheep.:Receip4a. $500. Market steady.
Natives, S4.oOSSs3 80; corn fed, westerners, $500
@6.15 Texans, Sa.sO95.40. -
Chicago Preduce.
@AMc; July. 945sc.
corn-steady cash, s4sc; June. s4N@343ao;
July ayy.s a5ss: c.,h ,y... nno .s.<..
1870. 49,
R%ye-sloE; SIC. ..>..au. =
Prime Timothy-stso. 2
Flax seed-Quiea; S1.44.
Whiaky-$1.O2 t
Provisions-Rork dull; cash and yuas. sls.oo
5 5uly; ss.s7 4, ha;e 5s aY'1 se .sf:e, :s:2oa' s'A;
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Breach of Promise Case Settled.

After occupying the courts for nearly q
year the breach Of promise case of Miss
Elizabeth Carter against George Hlles had
an abrupt ending at Milwaukee. Accord
ing to a stipulation filed in the supreme
court the casa is discontinued by mutual
consent without costs to either party.
Had it ever been tried the case promised to
be one Of the most sensational in
the records of the Milwaukee
courts. George Hiles, the defendant,
is one of the best known men in
Wisconsin, a man Of family and a .reputed
millionaire. Miss Carter in her complaint
alleged that while living in New London,
Wis, she had become acquainted with
Hiles, who represented himself as a single
man. Under promise of marriage she al
legged that he had ruined her and then de-
serted her. She brought suit for $25, 900
for breach Of promise. The case was to be
called for trial Monday, but some days ago
Mr.. Hiles, through his attorneys, sought a
compromise which was accepted by Miss
Garter. It is understood that she is to r..
COVE $4,000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
BURKE AS A sCHEMER.
Placed in. Solitary Confinement for he
Violation OF Rules.

Placed in, Solitary Confinement for the
Violation of Rules.
Convict Martin Burke, one of the Cropip
prisoners, Convict SMELL, engineer, and an
ex- Chicago policeman. and Convicts Cav
anaugh and Myers, alias Muldoou, have
been placed in solitary punishment for
violation of the prison rules. 1t was
found upon searching them that all OF
them had MONEY on their person and one
of them had a letter. The possessor of
the letter was Myers. 1t was addressed
to a Chicago friend, to send him certain
articles and money addressed to his fore
man. The foreman of the department
was at nee investigated and in his
buggy, locked in his shed, were
found various articles, such as sugar, but
ter, sardines and other dainties, presum-
ably for Burke and alleged to be for him.
The foreman was at once suspended by
the prison authorities pending an investi-
cation. he has always had the reputation
of being q strict disciplinarian and las
been connected with the cooper depart.
ment many years. His friends think that
on account of his strictness the convict g
put up a job on him to get him removed.
At the same time it is said it proved too
much liberty for the convicts. The affair,
30 far as present information will warrant,
is simple, but shows that something more
serious possibly could occur. The Off
Gals are reticent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Praise for Prince Bismarck.

In the upper house of the Prussian land3
tag Chancellor Won Caprivi declared that
he was one with that body in it's traditional
love for the royal house of Prussia. Herr
Pfuehl, the reporter of the budget COM
mittee, expressed the thanks Of the house
to the chancellor for his friendly senti-
ments, and was particularly warm in voic-
ing the gratitude of the landtag to Prince
Bismarck for the consistent and constant
support which he had given to the agri-
cultural interests Of the country. In the
course of his eloquent tribute to the ex-
chancellor, Herr Pfuehl said that next to
Kaiser, Germany owed her exalted posi-
ton among the nations of the earth to the
patriotism and genius Of Prince Bismarck.
Herr Pfuehl concluded by assuring the
emperor of the devotion of himself and of
his colleagues, as we'll as of their conf
dence that the ship Of state was being
steered by hands no less secure than
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Burning Prairie Grass.

S. S. Shoun, of Grindstone Butte,
eighty miles west Of Pierre, tells a graphic
story of the recent prairie fires on the
reservation. The wind at the time was
blowing a perfect gale from the north, and
about noon he discovered clouds Of smoke
rising OF to the north, fully twenty miles
away. Knowing there was nothing to stop
the fury Of the flames he started after his
stock, intending to drive it to the house,
the grass being tramped down and eaten
off round the house for a distance of forty
or fifty rods, SO that fire could not run.
He rode swiftly to the cattle, about a
couple of miles from the house. By
this time the air was filed with smoke
and the bunch of cattle, of about 100
head, had commenced to move.
He soon had them on q run, but it was too
late. A great mass of seething fire was
leaping high in the air. Toe wind would
catch the top and apparently bend it over,
and it would seize hold of the dry grass
fifty or sixty yards in advance and fash up
like q powder pan, and the flames dart sky.
ward again. Mr.. Shoun gave the cattle up
for lost when he saw the fire coming with
in half a mile of them, and took steps for
saving himself. He raced for q short dis.
lance with the fire, but seeing it gain on him
and hedging him in on all sides he made
for q pond of water and plunged in.
The fire swept on, and he emerged a mo.
ment after to behold q black, smoking
waste where q luxurious growth of buffalo
grass had been. Fifty-four head of 2, 8
and 4 years old, the choicest of the bunch,
succumbed to the flames, many CT them
being roasted alive and the others having
the hair singed of so they will die. The
rest Of the drove stopped on a dog town
and were saved. Mr.. Shoun learned from
q half breed that four Rosebud Indians,
who have been visiting on the Cheyenne
river about the mouth of Deep
creek, started the fire maliciously
and with the intention of giving
the settlers trouble. The Indians
ore now under arrest. The fire swept a
strip of country 100 miles along the Chey-
enne river south to the old government
trail and not being entirely checked until
stopped by the Bad river. This section Of
the country has not been burned off FOX
four years, and his accounts for the fires
making such headwsy. Mr.. Shoun came
west is 1850 and since that time has been
all over the west and says he never saw but
one fire that would equal this, and that
WAS in the Napa valley ia California.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
TO SUCCEED EEK

Numerous Names Already Mo,t;ou.. o..
the f~osition-To lse Decided, Inv th.
isiat"re- tho Dead senato,
Broke Down His Health.
Within a few hours from the TINA wbor
Senator Beck, of kentucky, fell dead and
before the funeral arrangements bad boo.
made, the gossip of a successor for His seat
IN the senate began. That it will be hard
or Impossible to find in the Blue Grass
state q man who will fill in all senses Of
the woro tne place so suddenly left vacant
is conceded. Few men in the country are
so thoroughly equipped to back ehe demo-
cratic pos'tlon on the greater questions of
legislation n when Kentucky has made
q selection OF a successor the democrotio
side of the chamber will lack sometime of
the strength it had when Mr.. Beck was at
his best: The suddenness of Senator
Beck's death gave no opportunity for
careful survey of the political field
in Kentucky by those who possin
at Washington, and random euesses
are all that is heard. In the hotel
and other resorts where the topic is dis
cussed ex-Speaker Carlisle is ~oftenest
mentioned as the probable successor Of tho
dead man. Ibis is by no means the uni
versal talk, however. Representative
William T. Breckenridge is mention ed
often as q possibility. The guess work.
too, is lndulged in as to whether the Ken
lucky Legislature will elect during the few
remaining days of the session or will ad.
journ and leave the vacancy to be filed by
appointment. Should an election be de-.
cided on 1t would involve swift work, as
the day for adjournment comes next week.
The death OF Senator Beck leaves vacan-
cies on the committees Of finance
and appropriations and the se-
lect committee on woman suffrage.
Senator Beck held the senior position of
the minority on the committee on appro.
prietions and had the second place of the
minority on the finance committee, Senator
voorhees, OF Indiana holding the senior
place on the committee. Senator Cockrelj
OF Missouri, Is the second man on the first.
named committee, and on him will devolve
the honors and hard work which comes to
the head of the minority of this committee.
Senator Mcpherson of New Jersey will
succeed to the place held by Senator Beck
on the finance committee. 1t was during
the hard fight on the tariff bill in 1888,
which was before the finance committee
for weeks, that Senator Beck's health first
broke down. Senator Beck prepared the
minority report, and this was his last great
work. There is no mar left on the commit
tee who is as we'll equipped for efficient
multiplication work as was Senator Beck.
BY the Legislature.
Tho selection of Senator Beck's success
sor will be made by the legislature. The
probable candidates are Congressman Car.
Isle, ex-Gov. Proctor Knott, State Sem
ator William Lindsay and probably Con-
gresham McCreary and Lieut.. Gov. Bryan.
1t is a common belief that Carlisle will be
chosen. The election will take place Tues
day, May 20.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
THE LABoRERs' FRIEND.
His speech from the Throne the German
Emperor Urges Justice for the Working

In His Speech from the Throne the German
Emperor Urges Justice for the Working
Men.
The reichstag was opened by the
emperor in person. In his speech from
the throne his majesty SAID he hoped it
would he practicable at the present session
to solve the important and pressing ques-
lions which would come up
for consideration. He wanted
above all things to effect further
legislation for the protection of working
men. The strike movements during the
year had suggested the examination of the
questions whether the laws of the existing
state organization originally took into &C.
count these wishes of men which were
justifable and capable af realization. The
question claiming most attention were
those of Sunday rest and woman's and
childrens' labor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
A CHASTITY FIND.

Mutilated Body of Woman Found IN 4
Box at the Kansas City Union Depot.
Evidences of q CHASTITY crime were dis.
covered at the union depot in Kansas City.
In a pine box, two feet long, was found the
horribly mulitated body of a woman.
Most all of the flesh had been cut from the
bones and the head and face were multi
ated beyond recognition. From all ap-
%pearances life could not have bsen extinct
for more than twenty-four hours. The
box was checked over the Wabash from
st. Louis. ty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Worry Dry in Cuba.

The drought continues throughout
Cuba. Lately strong winds nave bee
blowing Many 6rea continue to be re-
ported, not only in cane fields, but also on
cattle breeding pastures and farms, and
even in the woods. Thu mortality among
the cattle is daily increasing. 1t may bs
said that there is not a single plantation
on the island that has not suf ,red moro o.
less from ire. In many localities ths
ponds aud brooks have com;le.e!y dried
up, and the waters in the riv.rs have fallen
considerably.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
INDIVIDUAL ~BOoK-KEEPER.

And He Managed tho Banks. Affairs on
he Individual Profit Plan.
A d~efalcation in the City National bank,
OF Albany, amounting to nearly $50, 900,
has been traced to George Whitney.
the individual bookkeeper, who
managed it through the overdraft
system in collision with a. prominent
Albany firm. An effort; will be made
among the defaulter's friends to settle
the affair. He had been in. the bank for
years and occupied q high social position.
Stock speculation is the cause.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Increased Railroad Building.

The next number of the Railray Age
will show in an article On railway con
st-uction that over l,l0O miles have al
ready been added to the track mileage OF
the United States in 1890. There have
been in all 944 new roads begun or incor-
porated since the LIST of January last.
Tue paper predicts that the construction of
1890 will exceed that of 1889, when 5000
miles were built.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
A Chinese War.

The two warning factions of Chinatown
came together at Los Angeles, CAL, and q
riot resulted during which forty shots were
fred by beth sides. One Chinaman was
killed, one seriously injured and a white
bystander shot in the leg. The police
ouelled the riot and arrested 100 China
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
A Negro Elocutionist Wins.

The annual competition forthe Boylston
prizes for Harvard students in defamation
was held in Cambridge. The first prizes
we're won by W. E. B. Dubois and NJ. =.
Burton, of the class of 80. Dubois Is a
negro.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
THE CAPITAL.
49,, OF SENATOR BECK
ien,,InED In DETAIL.

an Effort to Succeed in
M the National senate-open-
:" nctate on the Mckinley Bill
from Washington.
dripping sky the mortal remains
BuTnie Beck. late United States
LAW kentucky, were borne at 10
ls.srdav morning from the resi-
panresentative Breckenridge, of
to the capitol, where they were
The marble room. Soon after
we're thrown open to the public
and a half. Through an er-
.,atsment made on Monday that
j aamisslon would be needed the
b. At the ceremony was limited.
| the struggling crowd eager for
% there was a quiet, orderly as
vhich at 1850 did not fill even
4 galleries. A great many people
(1oTly and silently through the
ks;,s their last look at the dead
The floral tributes we're many,
l,hsu! wreath Of Easter lilies,
|rnations and white and yellow
! the card Of Mrs. Harrison. At
I casket containing the q
r, .ho SENATOR was taken
/ marble room into the senate
where it was placed in
line secretary's desk. The cere-
lin the senate chamber, which
(f.een minutes, were closed with
h the Rev. DIR. Butler, and were
(tsss;ve. The honorary all-bear-
\ mart of the senate we're Messrs.
sherman, Hale, Morrill,, McPher-
J. Pugb and Gibson. President
| and the members of his cabinet
saats at the services. Secretary
Tho is not in the city, and Attorney
miller. who is sick, we're the alb
The lower house was we'll repre-
In front Of the members sat the
tice and associate justices of the
court, and directly behind them
|iplomatic corps. 1t was 3 o'clock
\ train bearing the remains Of
|Geek left Washington for Ken
heir final resting place. About
embers of the senate and house Of
tatives accompanied the family of
TO kentucky.
senator Beck's Successor.
lis a general impression that Mr..
will succeed Mr.. Beck in the
Bates senate. There is consider
rest manifested in this successor
Ia there are plenty of good men
ia like to have the seat, among
representative Breckenridge. If
ey is settled by state pride merely
Ese will certainly be chosen, MS he
ed rs the ab!est man of the state.
lucky legislature is now In session
desirable that the election should
By this legislature. There arc five
to run before the term to which
was elected will expire, and it is
e that a man chosen now would
himself if he proved a success in
fe. Mr.. Carlisle declined the SEN
a: the time the successor to SEN
Jams was elected, and Mr.. Black
then chosen. 1t has been sug-
at he might decline it again with
Pt being the speaker of the next
There is nothing in that. The
5 have not got the next house yet,
b get it it has been pretty we'll
ID for some time that Mr.. Carlisle
h%tention Of standing again for
1t is also pretty we'll understood
democrats now that their next
will be either Mr.. Mills or MIR.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

The stable Of Geo. W. Chllds, at Woot-
ton, Pa, valued at $4,000 was destroyed
by FIRE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
n,nnpovan Rossa Fined.

Rosa F1nod.
O'Donovan Rosa, who was recently con-
victed of criminal libel, was fined $l0O. =!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

signature ere this letter is in cold trn.
nl,s VIII complete the legislation fo,
cAianoma this session. 1t now rem,in.
10! the appointment of federal ofBcars ans
II Is TO be hoped that Iowa will oat ~.
n.se VI the patronage. In this connec.
..on At mlght be we'll to say that Oklahoma
49, very near having a governor from
nol'n*esteIn Iowa. In the eyes Of tho
who were here from Oklahoma
me 1aSorite ones for the g%overnorshin wers
1onas NJ. Cleland, of Sioux City, and Col,
j. M. Emery, of LeMars. The forma.
VINO had occasion to meet many Of Tho
delegates while he was in Washington vs.
Urgently besought by them to accept tbs
pace, 1or In him they observed the rustlino
QUALITIES that go to make up a thriyinn
community, and he was just the man Okla.
mona wanted. They said if he would mo-
mise 70 lake the place they would.d ali in
1le'r power to have him appointed. But
vaa Jonas discovered the salary to be So.
aoo ne threw up both hands and said
NlSey' I'm going backto Sioux CITY: that's
%nere my heart u.s." and he went. Col.
Emery, who was regarded by the Oklahoma
people as a very efficient man,
was none the less urged bv
them to be their governor after Mr.. Gle.
lands retirement from the field. Int he
likewise refused, saying the salary was no
inaucement and he was like Mr.. Cleland-
not looking for his health. Your CORE
spondent learned this morning that an
Indiana man would likely get the place.
Inc delegates have all returned home.
Census Enumerators.
Ihe names OF the census enumerators
for the Eleventh congressional district,
numbering $50, will be announced in about
ten days. Of this number Woodbury.
county has thirty-two.
Notes.
Congressman Struble is expected in
Washington on Saturday.
Congressman Gear, of Iowa, was elected
a member of the republican congressional
campaign committee for 1890 at q Joint
caucus OF the republican members of the
senate and house on Monday night.
J. Il. LAGRANGE, Of Storm Lake, en-
tered upon his duties in the census bureau
to-day.
Hon. ]. L. Dobson, of Buena Vista
county, leaves Washington for home the
latter part of the week. He will have lots
OF news for his many friends, and m
thing to surprise them in his inside pocket.
The delegates from New Mexico had an.
other hearing before the committee on
territories to-day. They are pulling TO-
gether In great shape, and making them
selves very popular with the memb ers.
They are sure Of success.
The %fre-ruined home Of Secretary
Tracy, which stands in the same blackened
and Quilted condition as the fatal holocaust
of last winter left it, was sold to-day for
$780, $50.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Shrewd Quay.

S''As Of the republican national
committee, which was to h.vs
.o-day in this city, has been
~ Monday, May -, in order
we attendasce of MIR. Fassett, of
one OF the committee. A few
H. senator Quay, because of the
public duties, fully intended to
,'nalrmanship, but now he pro-
.,u'a'n. The committee at this
Transact some very important
. henry G. Payne, OF Wiscon-
AIDED to the executive COM
us committee will advise the
sase OF the federal election law,
F,a aas anti-gerrymandering and
VIZ WIN ollis, and other republican
ulen VIII aid in insuring repub-
~A'acy In the nntioo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
the Mckinley Bill.

u>ninS the MCKINNEY Bill.
tea; tariff debate opens to-day. At
renee of the republicans of the
esterday there was a discussion as
per the tariff bill or the river and
appropriation bill should come up
the house. 1t was finally agreed
tariff bill was the more important
1t should be called up to-day.
lively argument was indulged in
question arose about the time to
Fsd for its consideration. 1t was
however, that the general debate
70 on for four days-to-d day, to-
Friday and Saturday with night
for speeches. Eight days add.
VI then be allowed for the consld-
the bill by paragraphs under the
ute rule. May 20, or 81 at ths
e previous question on the final
Of the bill is to be considered as
Dy The terms OF the special rule to
sed. Of curse the members of
nmittee on rivers and har-
e somewhat blue over the
In which their bill has
zle-dazzled, and they say
Don as the tariff bill is out Of the
VIII antagonize all other legisla-
| 1he river and harbor bill is dis.
while there will be plenty of i'm
lsslslation accomplished, there
much Thinning" that perhaps
building bills for many cities
@[ae'tracked, but your correspond
very straight tip that bill No. 10,
,endar, for the building at Sioux
oe reached, and when it is there
,he mighty tall hustling-per the
' way. The bill has many friends,
ulooubtedly pass. However, it Is
Jln Pierce said, that if it hadn't
Ae5s' OF Iowa, Sioux City would
paced on the calendar at an
BY the way, Mr.. Kerr is
L NV Holman, of Indiana, some
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

iowa Man tor Governor.
MONA townsite bill passed the
oay and will undoubtedly
Na'e and receive the presidents
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
Census Enumerators.

Ihe names of the census enumerators
for the Eleventh congressional district,
numbering $50, will be announced in about
ten days. Of this number Woodbury.
county has thirty-two.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

James B. Beck was born in Dumfriesshire
Scotland. February Ii, 1892. He received an
academic educa ion in Scotland and graduated
as q lawyer at Iransylvania university, Lexing-
ton, KY, in March. 1916. He prscticed law in
Lexington; never holding any office until elect
ell a representative in the Fortieth, Forty-irst.
Forty-second and Forty-third congresses. He
was elected 60 tho United States senate - .
democrat to suoceeo job W.. Stevenson. He
took his seat on March 5, 1877. and was rs-
elected in 1882 and 1883. His term Of service
would have expired on March 3, 1895.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

h,i's and Resolutions Introduced and Ton.
lcs Discussed by tins National Bo,,y 81
Law Makers.