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Proclamation Issued by Governor
Boies of Iowa for Relief fer CI,ero.
kee Storm Sufferers.
Missouri River Above the Danger
Line-Portions of Harlem and
Kansas City Submerged.
Tract of 10000 Square Miles in Cali
fornia Floode,l-Crops at Arkan-
sas City Ruined by Hail.

CHEROKEE, Ia. July 1.-Governor
Boies arrived in this city, and after sur
veyi'' the flooded district issued the
fo ow & proclamation to the people of
the s...le:
To tine people of the State of Iowa: You
have heard OF the atfiiction which has
fallen upon. some OF the towns of urstate.
haze ms;de q personal examination of
the facts in this city by coming and going
over the flooded districts, and find that at
least seyenty-live families have lost every
thing and some twenty-five more have
lost most OF their household goods and
much OF their clothing, while their dwell
foods. In addition to this loss of houses
ana furniture the county at large has suf-
fered greatly in the loss of nearly every
bridge, both iron and wood, within its
limits. a careful estimate places the
number OF families who require help at
once ut lvo, thus making a population of
for considerable length of time, to be
cared for by the charity of our people In
addition to the above, many of the sur
roundlngtowns have also suffered greatly,
and will necessarily be compelled to ap-
peal to the people of the state for aid.
=, IN view OF this calamity recommend
that The mayors of the several cities of the
state and ether charitably disposed per-
sons Immediately take steps to organize
proper committees to solicit aid for these
uniortunares, and see that the same is
promptly forwarded TO David III. Bloom,
mayor of Cherosee, for distribution
among those of tie city who have suffered
losses, and such persons as may be named
by the proper authorities of the other
towns which have suffered from the same
calamity. All contributions so forwarded
will be faithfully applied to the purpose
tions be prompt aud liberal.
HORACE BolEs. Governor of Iowa
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Wis,:onstn Crops.

MILWAUKEE,, July 1.-The weekly
weather bulletin on the Wisconsin
branch of the United States weather
bureau says: Continued improvement
in the crop conditions is reported in
nearly all sections of the state. Sun
shiny weather, with we'll distributed
showers during the week, have i'm
proved all crops, including hay, but the
latter will necessarily be short. Corn
and potatoes are in very good condition;
the winter wheat is expected to be bet
ter than was anticipated some ten DAYS
ago, and the spring grains show quite a
marked Improvement.
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In the course of discussion on the
tariff question the Columbus, Georgia,
Enquirer-Sun, one of the foremost Dem
ocratic papers in the south, says:
At the outset the Enquirer-sun COM
mented 1a9 adversely on Congressman-elect
Watson's declaration in favor of abso-
lute free trade, holding that it was not
good Democracy and under existing
governmental conditions, was utterly
imtpracticable. and that nobody wanted
IT 1t Or asked for it except Mr.. Watson
ana snl a lew other scattering windmill
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THE WHEAT INVESTIGATION.
A. Adjournment to BE Taken Until

An Adjournment to BE Taken Until
January.
ST. PAUL, July s:As1.-The tedious pro-
ceedings of the wheat investigation
committee are drawing to close, at
least for the present When the COM
mittee met Witness Edward McManus
was recalled, and the examination con-
tinucd OH the same lines as Saturday, in
an effort to break down the statements
contained in the old house schedules.
Nothing sensational was developed, al
though dlscGei iancies of greater or lesser
Importance Ware discovered. After the
noon Adjournment short executive
session Was held, at which the commit
tee decided to adjourn until the first
Tuesday in January, 1892, as soon as all
the evidence regarding the Duluth ele-
vators has been taken.
The sessions will he resumed on that
date, and any and all complaints
against other terminal wheat shipping
points. notably st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis. will be heard. A subpoena was is
sued for Depot Agent Thomas. of the
Northern Pacific at Duluth, requiring
him to bring the shipping books for
September and October of the present
year, also all switching slips and differ
ent railroads interchanghlg switching
slips. NNhe subpoena NA.s issued at the
request Of Attorney Erwin.
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The esteemed Huronite thinks ii has
convicted The REPUBLICAN of incon-
slstency because this paper spokea a good
word for Sioux City and at the same
1lme argued in favor of patronizing
nome institutions. The whole discus
sion arose from the assertion of the
horonite that Sioux City was the busi-
ness enemy of South Dakota. and there
~ ,ore 0he latter ought not to contribute to
ene Corn Palace with an exhibit. THE
REPUBLICAN, is not inconsistent. While
- believes in protection of home indus
siies' II also takes considerable stock in
reciprocity.
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winnnA to nave Electric Rai,wax,.

WNoNA, liinn.. July 1.-The suit
of j. A. Matthews ct al. VS.. E. r. Gill
man ct AL, an impending injunction to
prevent the equipment of the Winona
City railway with electricity, has been
dismissed and the final deal closed by
which ST. Paul parties gain complete
control of the Winona city railway.
The Winona parties secure the guar
antee bond of Messrs. A. H. Wilder,
Maurice Auerbach and j. B. Tarbox. Of
st. Paul. Immediate steps will be
taken by the Thompson-Houston par
ties to put in an electric plant.
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still Fighting the Loan Associations.

S1l flehGl0S the Loan ASSOGiatiOnS.
MADISON. Wis, July 1.-State Treas
urer Hummer has issued circular letter
that will he sent to the makers of notes
nnd mortgages deposited in his office by
the American Building and Loan asso-
citation, of Minneapolis. The letter
states that while the lace value of Sc
curities now on deposit amounts to the
100000, required by law, there is no
way of knowing how far these notes
and mortgages have been paid up and
receipted for by the company. It is
understood that the association contem-
plates going out of business in this
state, and, in order to protect Wisconsin
stockholders, Mr.. Hummer calls upon
those to whom the circular is sent to
make payments to the state treasury in
trust, and notify the company that tile
payment is so made. Those sending
money direct to the company will do SO
at their own peril.
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A couvict,s Desperate Deed.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., July Barb
ham, the negro who is to be hanged
soon for murueriny the Italian Mecca.
made an attempt on the life of Sheriff
Smith Monday night. When the sher-
iff went into his cell Brabham suddenly
felled him to the ground with a fearful
blow OF the chain with which he was
fastened. The negro would then have
killed him but for prisoner named
Caldwell who rushed in from the corri-
dor and pulled Brabham away. When
the sheriff regained his feet he jumped
on Brabham and beat him severely.
The prisoner begged to be killed SO be
would not five to be hanged.
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To Clear Tracks of Weeds.

OAKEs, N. D., July 1.-The weed
steamer, patented by Captain w. M.
Kellie, of the 500 line, was used for the
first time last year, and has been still
further improved for this years service.
1t uses steam from the engine. SUPER
heats it in the fire box and then forces
it out through perforated pipes over the
center and sides of the track, thorough
ly cooking the weeds and destroying
their roots. 1t will steam twenty miles
of track day.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03
A Site nt sinux EalIs.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The secretary
of the treasury has selected the corner
of Twelfth street and Phillips avenue
for the location of the Sioux Falls, S.
D., public building. The site, according
to the report of the special agent. is the
most central, most advantageous, and
its selection was advised by the post
master, mayor, city auditor, clerk of
the United States court and United
States nlarshal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

Editor Rosewater of the Omaha Bee
has gone across the Atlantic and is
writing serial to his paper about the
trip. He excuses himself in his first
letter, however, as follows:
The tourist who, like myself, makes
his first trip from America to Europe,
may be pardoned for indulging in com
monplaces.
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Dabbled in stocks-Torger for s1*, 900.

Dabbled in stocks-Forser for $4,000.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 1.-Me
camille circles Of this city were startled
to learn that j. FL. j. Doane, clothing
dealer had disappeared, and was for
ger to the extent of $4,000. Doane
was a fast young man and dabbled
deeply in stocks. His fortune, left him
0y the late Simeon Doane, q we'll l-known
whaling merchant, rapidly disappeared.
went.
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Gould Is IA Bull.

New York, July. LIN au interview
in The Stakeholder Jay Gould saws:
sPrices generally are bound to 90
higher. The pressure of stocks on the
market is light. There are some bonds
for sale by people who have taken them
in liquidation of obligations, but the
market is pretty bare of stocks"
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r. A. Leavitt, who may possibly be
remembered as a candidate for rcongless
on the Independent ticket last fall, and
who could not denounce plutocrats and
"slch" like oppressors of the poor, too
bitterly, has been sued by one of his en-
ployes for wages withheld at $l2 a
month, and has had to pay the same.
These professional reformers will bear
watching.
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CELEBRATING IN TEXAS.
Five Murder. Result from the ob..rv-

Five Murders Result from the Observ-
ance of st. Johns Day.
San ANTONIO, Tex, July 1.-The
celebration of st. Johns Day by the
MeMcans in this vicinity has already
resulted i'll the killing of five men. The
latest murder reported is that of Angus
tin Fernandez at Astascoca creek by
Jesus Vasquiz during quarrel. Vas
quiz has disappeared. and it is Thought
that he has been killed by some of the
murdered mans friends.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

There is one thing Sioux City and
her newspapers have never done-they
have never belittled or disparaged any
part of South Dakota in the fancied in
terest of their own locality. On the
other hand, some of the other Iowa pa
pers have criticised them for sticking
up for this state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

The Letcher Blade SINNERS the oues-
tion of a special session to make a
Worlds Fair appropriation down to the
following fine point:
II they could draw their ten cents a
mile and SIS a day the most of them
would be willing to have an extra ses-
sion every month, but when they are
asked to travel on their passes and give
their time it is different thing.
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a Wisconsin claim Rejected.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The secretary
OF the interior has considered the appeal
OF the State of Wisconsin under date of
Oct. as, 1850, from a decision of the
commissioner of the general land office
holding for rejection the claim of the
state to certain tracts of land under the
swamp land grant to aid in the con
struction Of railroads. The decision of
the commissioner is affirmed and the
claim OF the state rejected.
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Sentenced Two salvati.ni.ts.

NoRTHFlELD, Mimi, July 1.-The
case of the Salvation Army was brought
up before Judge Pye. Joe Garbu, bet
ter known as Joe, the Turk, and Frank
Holland, the captain, were found guilty
of breach of the peace, and were sen.
fenced accordingly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

The reform press association which
furnishes ready-made ideas to the In
dependent organs that are short on
ideas of their own, is just now preach
ing long diatribes on the text-"The Big
Crop Eyil-A Great Harvest a Curse. ''
Verify, there is no limit to the lengths
to which those calamity howlers will go.
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FRAUDS IN INSURANCE.
Ofhcers of n New York Company Indicted
Charged With Larceny.

O'11SohS "' u Ne" 1orK Company Indicted
Charged With Larceny.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, July 1.-The
Flour City Life associa ton, an assess
ment company organized in 1857, is
said to be i'll trouble. It is reported
that three OF its officials have been
indicted. They are President G. F..
UnderhiIl, Secretary William P. Chase
and Ad1uster James McCargo. Nc
Cargo is understood to be charged with
larceny and the others as accessories.
President Underhill is also vice presi-
dent OF the Union Life association. of
New York city, concern closely CON
nected with the Flour City. The state
superintendent of insurance is investi-
eating the alleged fraudulent methods
OF the association.
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AGAIN A LAKE.
a Tvact of 5000 Square Miles in califor-
mia Flooded.

SAN FRANCISCO, July Further re-
ports from the Colorado district show
that the water has risen only two inches
since Sunday, making fifteen inches,
but is spreading over a VIDE area, and is
causing the railroad people much anx-
iety. An exploring party will be sent
out with Il boat from Los Angeles.
This tract, which lies from 100 to 27O
feet below sea level, covers fully 5000
square miles. 1t bears evidence of hay-
ing been flooded many years ago. If
this region should again be covered by
water it would be one of the. strangest
physical phenomena of the century.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

The contract for the erection of the
Lutheran college, at Grand Forks, N.
D., was awarded to M. Il. MOI an for
$13.630.
AT St. John, N. B., all the mills
closed Tuesday owing to the demand of
the lumber workmen for nine honrs
instead of 10.
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The Watertown Public Opinion and
the Redfield Observer agree with The
REPUBLICAN in attributing much of
the difficulties just now embarrassing
our state institutions to the anomalous
doubleheaded arrangement for their
management
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Curses like chickens come home to
roost as our Independent friends, who
have denounced everything outside
their own party lines, are beginning to
find out. The broad sunlight of public
ity which has been turned on the bus
mess operations of Alonzo Wardall sug-
gests this observation.
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Hail Destroyed Grain.

ARKANSAS CRY, Kan, July H.
Abouts o'clock a. m. storm broke
upon this city and vicinity, doing thou
sand of dollars damage. Hail broke
hundreds of windows. The wind
wrenched a school house and several
other buildings of the city, ievelled
thousands of acres of grain to the
ground.
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and cannot be found. Brakemen Gal
lagher and Smith We're found among
the debris, dead. There was some de-
feet in the water pipes and the water
was allowed to run low. There is no
witness living to tell the story.
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1t begins to look as though that
Bardsley defalcation would require
more stringent investigation before all
the guilty parties are smoked out.
There seems to be disposition to make
Bardsley scapegoat.
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Brother Loucks has undertaken an
ether little task in connection with his
efforts to reform and regulate the uni
verse. He has begun crusade against
the Worlds Fair itself. with the pul,-
pose of completely knocking it out.
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The latest dull times political rumor
is that Senator Kyle intends to locate at
Sioux Falls with a view to embarrass-
ing Senator Pettigrew's reelection.
Long head on that man Kyle-or else
the newspaper liar is abroad in the
land
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Sioux Falls having lured away Hur-
ons Superintendent Rowe, Huron turns
around and takes Superintendent Hood
away from Aberdeen. Pierre, by the
way, has jus6 promoted its lady princi-
pal to the superintendency.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

South Dakota's educational talent is
in demand abroad. Prof. Shaw, who
has been one of the Yankton college
faculty since the first has been called to
the associate professorship Of Latin in
Oberlin college.
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NONE LEFT ALIVE.

Crew of New Jersey Switch Engine
Blown to Atoms.
W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, July l. = The
boiler of shifting engine 235 on the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, ex-
ploded at Mauch Chunk. Four men
were killed. Engineer Trip and Fire
man Pope were blown to atoms and
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a CELEBRATED sExTET.
Brief Sketches of the Six Murderer, to
Il. Eie ctrocute.i Next Week,

Brief Sketches of the Six Murderers tu
Ee Eiectrocuted Next Week.
NEW YORK, July l.-Unless justice
miscarries again the week beginning
July 6 will prove to be memorable one
in the history of electrocution, for SIX
murderers are to be put to death by
means of the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison.
The chamber of execution where the
fatal chair is situated is a wooden struc-
ture, 50X2S feet, and it has no furniture
except the chair. Back of this is par
tition and here the executioner will hide
and await the signal to turn the lever
and send the electric current into the
body of the six condemned men one
after the other.
The men are Jugiro, the Japanese,
Smiler, Wood, the negro, Slocum, Nell
vaine and Trezza.
Jugiro, on Nov. 10, 1889, stabbed a
shipmate while at the boarding house,
" James street. He was sentenced on
Feb. 3, 1880, but was granted several
stays. He was resentenced on June 6
James Slocum murdered his wife in
sAAS.. "k'esh CAAACAIas LIZ 1eOOoCtclU SUE0oG,
on New Years night, 1880. The cause
Of the deed was jealousy, Slocum having
found his wife in the rooms of Green
John, neighbor.
Woods, the negro, is 26 years of age.
he was employed on the aqueduct. On
June y, 1889, he became engaged in q
quarrel with Charles Dufin, also COL
ored, and Wood shot and killed his
companion. Wood was sentenced sew
eral times, but he always succeeded in
securing stay.
Charles Mcllvaine murdered Grocer
Luca in Brooklyn, two years ago, under
the most brutal circumstances.
Smiler is an ex-oficer of the Salvation
army, and is q bigamist as well as q
murderer. The woman he killed in
cold blood was his third wife.
Trezza, the last of the sextet, mur.
dered his mistress in Mulberry street
den two years ago.
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King of Medicines
Scroftslo,.s H,snnor-A Cure
"ALn,ost Miraculous.v

"When was IA 4years of age had severe
attack Of rheumatism, and after recovered
had to go on crutches. Ayear later, scrofula,
In the form of white swellings, appeared on
various parts of my body, and for II years
was an invalid, being confined to my bed
years. In that time ten or eleven sores ap-
peared and broke, causing me great pain and
suffering. Ifeared never should get we'll.
Early in 1886 went to Chicago to visit
sister, but was confined to my bed most of the
time was there. In July 1 read book, "a
Day with Circus in which were statements
OF cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Twas SO inn
pressed with the success of this medicine that
Idecided to tryit. To my great qualification
the sores soon decreased, and began to feel
better and in short time I was up and
out of doors. Icontinued to take Hoods Sar-
saparilla for about year, when, having used
six bottles, had become SO fully released
from the disease that went to work for the
Flint & Walling Mfg. Co., and since then
HAVE NOT LOST A SINGLE DAY
on account Of sickness. I believe the disease
is expelled from my system, I always feel well,
am in good spirits and have a good appetite.
am now 27 years Of age and can walk as well
as any one, except that one limb is a little
shorter than the other, owing to the loss of
bone, and the sores formerly on my right leg.
To my friends my recovery seems almost
miraculous, and think Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the king of medicines" WILLIAM A.
LEHR, IN. Railroad ST., Kendallville, Ind.
Hoods SarsaparilIa.
Sold by all druggists. 81; si1 s5 Preparedoniy
bye. III HOOD CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doaae 0na nollo.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-14

Farmer Ellsworth lives in the suburbs
Of q little Massachusetts town, and is a
man of considerable consequence among
his friends and neighbors. During the
long winter evenings he and Aunt Hui
dab, his wife, read much, and his com
ments on the literature of the day, though
not often dramatically expressed, often
display discrimination.
Not long ago he took a book of short
sketches Of country life from the town
library, and when he brought it back he
had to pay d small fine, having kept il
several days over the time allowed.
I'm willin' an glad to pay it, too" he
said. as he laid down his pile Of coppers.
You enjoyed it, them" asked the Ii
brarian.
Enjoyed it? 1 should think we didr
said Farmer Ellsworth. MY wife, 'spe-
cially, has ready every n of them stor-
les twice over. But I'm bound to say
he added, in his character of critic, "that
it amt exactly what I should call writ
in Why, it's jest like folks."-Youth's
Companion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-14

astoundea at the rough way IN winch
many Of the rich ~estaneiercs live on their
estates in the simplest and most comfort.
less houses. These men own leagues and
leagues OF land, and they live like the
patriarchs of old-witht two or three gen
erations Of children under the same rooi
and eating at the same table-in the old
fashioned creole way. Such men, asmay
be imagined, are not progressive; they
continue their pastoral industry in an in.
dolent, apathetic manner, leaving to ma
ture almost everything except the opera
ton Of selling and receiving the money;
and, above all, they cannot be persuaded
to subdivide their lands andlet them out
for farming.
Uruguay is being kept back chiefly by
the conserYatiyeness of the creole land
holders, who possessimmense estates that
are ~inadequately developed. The law OF
inheritance and the obligatory subdiyis-
ion Of property among the heirs will
modify this state of affairs in the course
OF time, and these vast holdings will be
gradually broken up and developed in
detail. The process, however, will nee
essarily be slow, and meanwhile, as the
state owns no lands, the increase of i'm
migration can only be slow in proper
tion.-Theodore Childin Harper's.