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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
OVER SIXTY LIVES LOST.


Terrible Results O: the Hurricane that
Visited Martinique :
The hurricane that swept over Mar
Unique of the West India Islands, caused
greater damage than at first supposed.
SO far as can be learned there were
over sixty deaths as the result of the
hurricane visitation, but it will be-
some time before the full extent of the
disaster is known. At Fort dc France
alone there were twelve lives lost and
at boTh Fort de France and St Iierre,t
to say nothing of the country districts
thele have been large numbers of people
in. ured.
Five persons are known to have been
killed in st. Pierre, but it is feared that
this does not represent the entire loss of
life In the capital.
Communication with the different
ports of the island was never an easy
matter, and it is excessive difficult to-
get detailed news at present
AS the reports from the various Sec
lions reach st. Pierre it becomes evident
that the extent of the devastation has
tion OF property and l. IS of life are re-
ported from a. parts Of the coast
The latest report received here from
Lamentin shows that there are ten dead
In that place alone in addition to a large
number of injui ed
At Francois there were sixteen people
killed and large numbers injured, and at
Riviere Pilote there were two or more
deaths, and so on from all parts of the
island comes the tale of woe and desola-
ton. La Irinite sends in the list of it's
dead at ten and numbers of more or less
severely injured. The damage done to-
shipping and property may safely be-
classed as stupendous. About two fifths
of the island was under cultivation and
the mountain slopes were covered with
forests. Ali the cultivation and all the
forests in the path of the hurricane ap-
pear to have been swept away. The
numerous sugar, coffee, cotton, and CO.
Gao plantations which felt the force OF
the tornado seem to have been DESTROYED.
The number of ships wrecked in the
several harbors of the island is at least
twnntv
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Establishing Indian Rights,

SPECIAL ALLoTTINe AGENT McKEAN,
of the interior department, under in
structions of the commissioner of Indian
affairs, has investigated the rights of
head chief Iron Nation and other In
dians to land settled upon Immediately
after the opening of the Sioux reserva-
tion by several whites for townsite pur-
poses and reports to the Chamberlain
United States land Office that the In
dams have no legal rights to said lands
under the allotment act and that they
do not desire the lands to be allotted
them in consequence Of the report. A
number Of filings were presented and
received by the land officials. A new
town, Oacoma, is built on these lands
and the decision of the special agent
will give it quite squirt. The lands
adjoin the $40 acres belonging to the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and are
very valuable.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
AFFAIRS In CHILE.
HAVE ASSUMED Al MOMENTOUS
ASPECT.

| Ralmaceda's Power Trembling In the
balance = Hrlglty Conflict Imminent-
Further Details or the Awful Hurrfcana
| I'm tIae West Indie S-Loss or Life and
shipping.
"A dispatch from Valparaiso, Chill,
says: The insnrgent army has effe cted d
landing at Qnintero Bay, only twenty
miles north of this city According to
the lowest estimate 1t numbers 10000
men. They were brought down from
Caldera on eight transports, three tugs
and four warships. The point Of land
ing is about fifty miles from Santiago,
where Balmaceda's forces to the number
of 10000 have been stationed. Quintero
Bay is the entr. nee to q fertile valley
and IL In direct line with Santiago and
Valparaiso The Balmacedists have for
some time anticipated movement south
On the part of their foes, but they be-
ieved that Coquimbo would be the first
place attacked
1t now appears that the lowering Of
the insurgent fleet in the neighborhood
Of Coquimbo Bay was only scheme to
deceive Balmaceda. by coming SO far
south the insurgents leave tho large
force of Balmacedists at Coquimbo many
miles to the north of them and helpless
army in this neighborhood The landing
at Quintero Bay was therefore O COM
plete surprise to the President, but as
soon as he learned the news he acted
promptly. BY his command large
force was sent north to meet the enemy.l
Admiral Brown, from his flagship. the
San Francisco, saw the landing OF the
insurgents They are all well armed
and enthusiastic. The United States
warship Baltimore is in this harbor. The
Esmeralda, commanded by Silva Palma,
is Just outside the harbor. 1t Is expe ted
that it will be joined at once by the
other insurgent war vessels from Quin-t
tero Bay.
It looks as If, in conjunction with the
advance of the land forces upon this
city, the fleet will open fire upon the
forts that defend this harbor. Valparaiso
Bay is St ongly fortified. The forts
mount thirty guns, among which are a
ten-inch muzzle loader, eleven eight
inch and nine-inch breech leaders, and
five Krupp guns of 24 centimeters cali
Der. The remainder are 3OO-pounders.
Most of these guns Gre masked, and offer
a small target for ships to fire at. The
gunners are all skilled men, who have q
great deal of practice They know the
distances across the bay, as they have q
range finder.
The insurgent feet has altogether
some nineteen guns, including 1O-fnch,
9-inch, and 6-inch breech-loaders. I'M
less some of the government gunners
turn traitors it does not seem likely that
the fleet can silence the forts. So far it
is quiet here. 1t looks as If the most
important engagement so far in the his
tory of the present war is about to be-
fought. Until the present time 1t has
been nearly altogether battle OF words
Now fierce fight is imminent.
On its result depends in all likelihood
the complete overthrow of Balmaceda OF.
of his opponents. The rout of the
Presidents forces would undoubtedly be-
quickly followed by the capture of both;
Valparaiso and Santiago by the victor7
ious army Of the insurgents
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Ohio's Third 1 srty.

The Peoples party in Ohio has adopt.
ed platform which goes to show very
plainly that no sensible and patriotic
citizen can afford to identify himse' {
with such an organization. ST. Lon, s
Globe Democrat.
The whole platform in it's essential
features is the work of tyros In finance
and commerce. --10tedo Blade.
The Peoples convention in Ohio was
rather q menagerie of cranks, each hav-
ing hobby of his own but all intent
on defeating Senator Sherman because
his great usefulness makes him con-
spicuouS. Indianapolis Journal.
1t comprises the old Greenback- Labor
contingent, together with disappointed
office-seekers, agrarian agitators, and
general political adventurers that have
grievances at one or both of the old
parties. The Republican farmers of the
Buckeye State will not play tail to the
Southern Democratic kite. Ptttsburg
Gazette.
The platform is more practical on
State affairs than on national issues.
On the latter it is simply ridiculous 1t
is in short declaration of principles in
favor of "Kansasizing Chic" and the
farmers of this State arc too smart to
bring ON themselves any such affection
as that which overwhelmed the West. -
Ohio State Journal.
Some of the delegates to the third
party convention in Ohio who sang
"Good-by, old parties, good-by," so en-
Enthusiastically yesterday will be coming
back to the fold in another year, when
they learn that their leaders are simply
taking this means to get an office that
has been given to better men by the old
Observation-Disclosures City Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
Events Great and Small OF Interest ALI
Around the State.

Events Great and Small OF Interest All
Around the State.
THE Omaha smelteYs came within an
ace of suffering from riotMonday night.
The day gang Of 200, who went to work
in the morning, was preparing to knock
off and the night gang was getting ready
to go on. Then Maurice Knetchmeyer,
a Bohemian tailor of anarchist views,
began an 'impassioned harangue. In
the midst of it two men, a Hungarian
and an Italian. started off from the
crowd to go to work. Fifty excited men
surrounded them and commenced to
beat and kick them, when big Jim
Bacon, who has hitherto been recognized
as the leader of the strikers, rushed in
to their rescue. Opportunity platoon
of police which had been called to sup
press another disturbance appeared on
the scene and what might have been a
serious riot was nipped in the bud. The
operators of the shelters think they
will have no further serious trouble,
having granted the demand for eight
hour shifts
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27

man may be thoroughly evangelical In
his faith and still be hereto accord
. ing to the Scotch definition. To prove
this in DIR. Briggs case the charges will
be based on the address delivered at his
inauguration as professor of biblical
theology, January 20, 1891. There will
be no hearsay testimony on the part of
the prosecution, for the address was is
sued i'm an authoritative manner, with
a syllabus prepared by DR.. Briggs own
hand for the use of the daily news
papers.
SECRETARY FOSTER has made the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the fund
ing preparations and the financial situa-
ton generally: "About $4,000, 900 of
~ per cent. bonds have been extended
and applications have been received
covering about So, 500, 600 more. What
the final outcome may be, of course, /
don't know. 1t is probable, however,
that considerable portion of the bal
ance, $50, 900, 900, will be extended. 1t
will be no hardship to the treasury to
be called upon to pay those not extended.
In fact, such payment will add by the
amount paid to the money in the hands
of the people. BY the extension we sue
ceeded in preventing a deficit of national
bank notes, and in fact. have so far in
creased their circulation nearly SIS, OOO.-
900. The outlook is that considerable
more of an increase will be effected. |
am not finding any fault with the action
of the banks, as might be inferred from
recent publications.
ONE of the most wonderful cases of
skin grating that has been made in the
history of medical science is in progress
at Lima, o. Up to the present time
over eight hundred pieces of flesh
have been taken from human arms and
grated to the body of William Shaw,
who was scalded at the Standard Oil
refinery on July and for long time
was on the verge of the grave. Careful
treatment and gentle nursing rescued
him, but left his lower limbs. which had
been scalded, entirely helpless. The
gratis are about three-eighths of an
inch in diameter and are taken from the
arms between the elbow and the Shout
der. The lifeless skin on the scalded
parts is torn away and the gratis ap-
piled. A thin skin is bound around the
parts, holding the gratis in their places
and serving to prevent putrefactien.
Frequently the gratis fail to attach and
have to be replaced bypfresh ones. This
explains why 500 of them have already
been used This is an extraordinary
humber and yet many more are expect
ed to be used before entire recovery Is
looked for.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Militia Money For Nebraska.

ADJUTANr GENERAL COLE, of Nebras-
ka, has returned from Washington,
whittier he went to see the secretary of
war concerning the money due the state
militia. The department at first claimed
that there was only $5,431.ss due the
militia, but General Cole claimed that
there was $13, 1913. 80 due from the gov
eminent. On going to Washington he
showed where the state had made a mis-
take of $4,652.4s, and where $3,255. 90
could not be charged to the state for
arms during the Pine Ridge outbreak
because the arms and ammunition had
BEEN returned. General Coles figures
were found to be correct and the report
of the department was accordingly re-
vised SO that the figures correspond
with those of General Cole. The money
thus secured will go to uniform the state
militia and purchase other necessaries.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
IN THE EAST.

PRESIDENT HARRISON and several
members of the cabinet took part in
Vermonts centennial anniversary of its
adm iSsion as state.
THE business failures during the last
seven days number ZIG, as compared
with total of 227 for last week. For
the corresponding week of last year the
figures were 1872.
PROF. CHARLES BELKNAP, of New
York. made his second trip, in an inter,
Tor Illinois town, to the clouds in his air
ship, "Carlotta." He had it under
perfect control and assembled to height
OF 500 feet. Near the city he held the
air ship In position with his rudder and
paddles and turned it in any direction
he desired, that the people might see
that he could control it. There were
$4,000 people who witnessed the trial
trip.
INVENTOR EDISON believes in the
startling theory that sleep is habit,
developed during the centuries in which
men had nothing to do in the hours of
darkness. He confidently believes that
1t will be possible to outgrow the habit
La the coming years under the influence
of the electric lights, high pressure in
work and amusement and the use of an
immense amount of will power. He
does not say how long time will be re-
quired to bring man back to his natural
condition, but it certainly will be sew
~ral thousand years.
FEARS are expressed that there is one
httle provision in the law passed by the
last congress creating the court of ap-
peals, which will throw more work on
the supreme court than the rest of the
law relieves it Of. The clause objected
to is the one giving right of appeal to
the supreme court to persons convicted OF
capital or otherwise Infamous crimes,
being offenses punishable by imprison-
ment In the penitentiary, such as rob-
bing the mails, counterfeiting, and GER
tain violations OF the internal revenue
laws. Under the old law there was an
appeal in capital cases only. The fear
Is that all these small offenders will avail
themselves of the right of appeal and
will clog the docket of the highest court
TO such an extent that its general bust
ness will be kept as far behind as it is
now.
THE committee OF prosecution In the
Briggs trial is working diligently. i'm
spite OF the hot weather, to have ready
plan of action for submission to the
presbytery. i'm October. The charge
against DIR. Briggs will be boldly made
rs heresy, and the three points of dis
agreement already determined will be
the basis. 1T will be heresy as defined
by Scotch standards; that is, IAN ut
terance OF an opinion at variance with
the doctrine OF the church's Standards =
and upon the basis the Judgment must
rest. For the purposes OF this trial it
will be sufficient to prove that DIR.
Briggs has given utterance TO views
that are not in accordance with the
views Of the Presbyterian church. a
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Mid Cha ss.c Scenes,

Now THAT Chauncey M. Depew is In
Greece, let us hear no more about De-
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
CHAUNcEY M. DEpEw is in Athens.
Greece. OF course he will visit the
Acropolis and seek out The tomb of
Demosthenes. While at Rome he
dropped tear at the grave of Cicero
pronounce 1t kickero, please). Dayton
Times.
Mr.. DEPEw is of the opinion that the
brigands in Southern Europe have lost
their cunning. They held up train
next to the one in which he and Mr..
Vanderbilt We're trave ing, but never so
much as looked at Mr. Depew's train.
The missed golden opportunity. Boss
ton Herald. ..
CHAUNcEY DEPEw has recently visited
the late Henry Demosthenes, of Greece,
ana Is said to have remarked that he
didn't see how Mr.. Eemosthenes could
have been much of speaker when there
was no such thing as Delmonicos in his
day.-M Minneapolis Times.
THERE are fears that the inyestiga-
lions or Mr.. Depew I'm the remote and
!lttle freqnented portions of Greece may
result In his capture by the hrigands in
Testing those localities. Well, If our
Channcey does get captured this coun-
try will cheerfully pay the ransom and
send the bill to the Government OF
Greece, perhaps, by Ben Butler, who
will see that the formula, G. O. D., Ia
observed. - Rome Sentinel.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
PrnhfhffiNn Law IInhaId.

JUDGE E. G.. SMITH, of the First Judi
cial circuit court, rendered an important
decision in chambers at Yankton, in
volving several points in the prohibitory
liquor law. The effect of the decision
is to not only sustain the constitution
atty of the general prohibitory law, but
the proceedings instituted to enforce It's
provisions. The matter came I'D on a
motion to dissolve the injunctions
granted in the several civil actions
brought by the states attorney under
the nuisance section of the statute. The
judge declined to hear argument on the
question of the constitutionality of the
law, remarking that he had twice de-
cided that question after due argument
and elaboration, in favor of the law
and did not think he should change his
mind unless the supreme court changed
it. AS to the direct point at issue, the
dissolution of the injunctions, the court
held in substance that the ultimate OBJ
ject of the action was to abate the nuis-
ance-the place where the law had been
or was being violated, and that the tenn
porary injunction was to preserve the
status and prevent the party from using
the place for illegal purposes pending
the hearing on the action to abate the
nuisance. He held that the proceeding
is clearly authorized by section Is of the
prohibitory law. That being the case
the only question before him was the
sufficiency of the complaint and affidavit
under the general statutes and rules
pertaining to equity practice, to warrant
the issuing of the injunction. He held
these complaints and afidavits good and
Overruled the motion to dismiss. The
immediate result is that the defendants
must answer and the case will stand for
trial on the facts.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Reciprocity with San Domingo.

The Republic of San Domingo, which
occupies the eastern half of the large
West Indian Island of which Hayti Is
the western half, is the other party to
our latest reciprocity treaty under the
Mckinley bills famous third section.
Great Britain's exports to the island of
Hayti and San Domingo have been fall
ing off Of late years, having dropped
from $2,221, $50 in 1887 to 81. 313, 45O in
1889, while her imports therefrom in
creased only from $3.50, 22O to S235,615
Our imports from San Domingo alone,
however, grew from $303,757 free of
duty and ST., $50, 5O4 dutiable in the fiscal
year 1889 to total of 81, 951, 013 in 1890,
of which $1,72O, 172 was dutiable Our
exports Of merchandise to San Domingo,
however, fell off from 81, $780, 19 in 1889
to $3.50, 217 in 1900, our coin and buliio n
exports to the same Republic also drop
ping from 1851, 27O to $91, 691. The fol-
lowing tables show the principal items
of our foreign trade with San Domingo
for the fiscal years ending respectively
June 80, 1889, and June 80, 1890:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
THE LATEST NEWS OF GENERAL
INTEREST.

Small Items of Crime and Casualty i'm
South Dakota - Improvement Notes
Throughout the COmmonwealth-Va-
rious Events of More Than Usual Inn
portance.
The following interesting facts rela-
ting to the work of the South Dakota
state board of assessment and equaliza-
ton are furnished by Public Examiner
Blanchard. The board has confined
itself to equalizing the assessments be-
twee the various counties of the state
the past week. In arriving at the val
uation OF real estate the counties were
classified and a value fixed on each in
proportion to its relative value, which
would aggregate substantially the same
as the aggregate returns, and counties
were raised or lowered accordingly. In
all classes of personal property suscept-
IDLE OF average an average for the state
was taken and per centage added to
or deducted from each county to bring
it up to the average. Horses averaged
$34.62; mules, $35.43; cattle, 1915:
sheep, $1.71; swine, S1.67 each. The
board ordered that moneys and credits
and bank stock be equalized upon the
Sonto oasis vi ouneT pefSonal property
and made to average the same per,
centum of its commercial value, which
Is generally estimated to be about 60
per cent. There was great lack of uni
formity in assessed values of the same
classes of property in the several coun-
ties. Bank stock ran all the way from
80 to 100 per cent, horses from $25 to
$50, sheep from 80 cents to $3.50, and
other stock in like proportion. There
was q general advance of assessment on
railroads, telegraph and express COM
DanieS
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27

creased from 100000 to 7s, 900, 900,
and the amount produced from 500, OOo,-
600 to Z, 900, 900, 900 bushels, while wheat
10 the same period has expanded its area
from Ii, 100000 to SO, ZOO, 900 of acres,
and the amount produced from 100, 900,
600 to 100000, 600 bushels. Those fig
ures give all the necessary proof that
the farmers of the nation should be
unanimously in favor of protective
tariff that will build up the home mar
kets of every community i'm the country
and thus secure mutual benefits for all
classes of the people. Protection Is tho
only safety for the farmers, laborers and
manufacturers and without they prosper
all other business must languish.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Exchange Comment.

RECIPROCITY wins another great tri-
umph in the new treaty with Spain open.
ing Cuban trade. -PhtladeJphta Press.
BUFFALO is the site of Mr.. Cleyeland's
political debut 1t now appears to be
ambitious to be the site of his political
exit.-Stoatr City Journal.
UNFORTUNATELY for Mr.. Cleveland
when the Ohio Democracy met at Cleye.
land, they did not construct Cleveland
platform CSncislnat Gazette.
"WHAT do the silver men want?n asks
the st Louis Globe Democrat. Evident.
~ little sense and some knowledge of
the laws OF fnance.-AlbdnY Express
LIZ Governor Campbell continues to
KICK his party platform to pieces, very
soon there will not be enough of it left
Tor MIN to get ashore on.-I9,ds n0poIis
Journal !
ONE of the Ohio candidates for Gov
ernor stands q chance to be President.
put his name Is not Campbell. This il
confidential, and not to be repeated for
the present-St Louis Globe Democrat
IHE big fact that stares out from the
kentucky election is that the Democrats
OF the Alliance voted their old Marty
ticket, just as they did last fall in Geor-
gla, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida
ana south Carolina. Topeka CapitaL
1T VIII be remembered that Ohio has
Deen the battle ground for the beginning
OF several fights in the monetary cues.
tion since the war, and it is also worth
remembering that honest money has
won every time. Boston Traveller.
HE less said by our Democratic
friends about the hostility OF the Repub.
Iican party, representing Wall street. to
SILVER coinage, the better for them
Under Q Republican law the entire
product Of American silver minaa
o., ooo, 600 ounces, is being employed III
Capital F9sf.s' 6 opseo
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27

IT is only question of short time
when the boycott against the Alton will
have to be abandoned. The action of
the Burlington day or two ago in re-
Stunning the sale of tickets by way of the
Alton in connection with certain roads
and the payment of commissions in a
part of the Central Traffic associations
territory has stirred up the other west
ern lines and they are getting ready to
withdraw from their agreement with the
eastern roads,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-27
Death of Judge Mason.

Ex-CHIEF JUSTICE OLIVER P. MASON,
OF Nebraska, died at his residence in
Lincoln after lingering illness The flu
neral took place at Nebraska City. At
the time of his death he was the state
labor commissioner. Judge Mason was
the first chief justice of the state and
had national reputation as jurist.