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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
UNNATURAL LOVE.
1t Was the Means Of a Girl In
mate Firing the Indian
apolis ~Reformatory.
A Most Disgusting State Of At
fairs Shown to Exist in
the Institution.

IxDIANAPoLIs, ind, March 1.-The story
ofthe origin of the fire that destroyed the
female relormatory on the night OF March
/ came to light to-day, and reveals a re-
markable phase of depravity hat has ex-
listed among the inmates for twenty years.
Little Anna Tapp, a child of six years,
who had been under Tie care Of the insti-
tuition, died to-day as a result of the ex-
pCsure on the night OF the fire.
Minnie Johnson, one of the three girls
who had been suspected o. starting the fire,
sent Tor Mrs. Johnson, assistant superln-
tendent. The latter went to her cell and
she there con .essed that she had set fire to
the building. Minnie is a rather pretty
girl of seventeen, who was sent up
from Richmond two years ago on
conviction of the.t. She had been working
in the laundry on the dav Of the fire and
had fingered behind the rest. When they
were gone she ignited an ironing cloth at a
gas jet and threw it upon a shelf under a
stairway. From this started the fire that
wrecked the building.
In her confession the johnson girl says
that she had not intended to fire the build
ing, but simply 10 create a scare to get even
because Patsy Williams, a colored girl. had
been separated from her. An Intimacy Of
long standing and revolving nature had ex-
listed between these two girls. 1t had been
detected through endearing and disgusting
notes between them that had been inter
cepted, and the officials OF the prison had
made every effort to break & it up without
success, until they finally removed the
negro girl from the prison.
This con ession gave rise to further ill.,
qllry by reporters, and ELECTED the infor-
nation that there are no less than twenty
such cases O. unnatural love among the
female prisoners, and, what is most remark
allie, each case is a mixture of the races.
1t is always a negro and q white girl, aever
two of the same race. The officials have
made every effort to break it up, but the in
mates reSert to all sorts of schemes to meet
each other and be together. The vice has
existed for over twenty years, and all eff
forts to STOP it have proven unsuccess.u al.
The board oE managers is thinking Of erect
ing separate buildings for white and COL
prp1 inmates
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

TAXING the whole of the married
nen and the whole of the unmarried
men from the age of twenty to the
close of life it is computed that the
lives of the former ave-age 591a2 years,
while those OF the latter average only
40 years-a difference OF 193 years in
favor OF married men; that is, mar
rage increases the average duration
of mans life by one-hali lacking siS
months.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

THE Grand Duke of Hesse, the
Queens son-in-law, who was reported
to be dying, made a SENSATION ln18S4
by marrying Nine. Kalornine, the
beautiful divorced wife of a Russian
Secretary OF Legation stationed at
the Hessian capitol. Two months
afterward the marriage was dissolved
by divorce, and Mime Kalomine was
cita.tea Countess Won Romrod, receiy-
ing also a gift Of $780, 900 and the
assurance OF an annual pensi on of
$4,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
iNsEc HORSES.
Ate Can Garry on Their BACKS
MANY Times Their own Weight.

..e Can Garry on Their Backs
MANY Times TheIr own Welgh
A gentleman on the island oil ot,
Croix instituted several experiments
with reference 10 ascertalnlng the
tr,,tb Of what he had often been old
Of the ingenuity and apparent reason
mos of the ants of hat beautiful Is
land, says the New York Ledger.
Having slain a centipede which had
been sent him by a friend, he laid 1t
on the window-sill within his apart
ment, where, though not a single IN
diyidual of that m~ischievous race o.
yermin had been seen, to his great
ratification. in the curse. OF O few
hours, one solitary ant suddenly
made it's appearance through a creV-
ice in the casing, attracted probably
bv the odor OF the dead body.
Shortly after, having surveyed n
premises, it disappeared, but speedily
returned with q host OF companions
TO whom the discovery OF a prize had
enthusiastically been communicated;
a more careful survey OF the magnI-
tude OF the object was evidently insti-
tuted. The whole company then DIS
appeared simultaneously through
crack, but an army vas put IN requlsl-
ton, for the third appearance was n
multitude.
Having mounted the carcass, ex-
amined infinitely its exact position
and satisfied themselves that 1t was
actually bereft OF life and that no
danger would be incurred from Their
premeditated operations,ta new and
unlooled-for series OF labor was com
menced, bearing such a striking anal
opy TO human reason ! II what IS
commonly called "contrivance, that,
If there is no intelligence i'll it-why,
the metaphysicians have in reserVa-
ton an UNEMPLOYED field OF obserVa-
ton.
Not being able to move the mass
entirely. they divided themselves in
to platoons and cut the body into
portions of about half an inc IN
length, winch was tlltCIudiIy "llA
skillfully done between a late hour IN
the afternoon and the following night
and each piece transported to their
citadel through some contiguous ap-
erture OF sufficient diameter to allow
the loads to pass.
When the observer arose at day
light every part had been carried
away except the head, which was
really moving off toward the hole
surrounded by an immense concourse
of sadmiring spectators, probably on
the qui viye, happy in the delightful
anticipation of future feasts and reV-
elings.
On further scrutiny he found that
the decapitated head was mounted on
the backs Of about n dozen bearers
who, like a omar phalanx with a
testudo upon their shouldersi, were
marching off in orderly manner tow
ard the same orifice through which
the rest had disappeared.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
RAILROAD ~RUMBLINGS.

THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad com
pany gets control of the Richmond Ter
minal property.
The Iowa senate has passed a bill COM
pelling all railway companies to use union
depots in cities where two or more rail-
roads entec.
The governor of New York has nomi
mated Alfred c. Chaplin, ex-mayor of
Brooklyn and now a member of congress,
as railroad commissioner in place of Isaac
Baker. The latter is a Republican. The
nomination was confirmed by the senate
INFORMATION has been received at Kansas
City to the effect hat the Burlington has
determined to completed its line from Began
to a point on the Hannibal & st. Joe north
of Liberty, a distance of sixty miles, at
once. This will give the Burlington fifty
miles the shortest line to Chicago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
MONDAY, MARCH IA.
SENATE.

The committee on quadro-centenniai re-
sorted their resolutions for which they
asked immediate consideration one OF them
was to extend an invitation to the royal
family of Spain and the defendants OF Col
umbus to attend the Worlds Fair as the
guests of the United States. T"here9olutions
went over till tomorrow.
The senate went into executive session 10
consider Mr.. Vests p~ostotfice bill. MI.
Villas amendment increasing the maxi
mum cost of any building from $4,000 to
BIS 900 was adopted. The bill was then re-
ported to the senate and passed.
The senate again went into executive SEES
sion at the request ofthe committee on
foreign relations, after being IN session a
little over an hour the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The sneaker laid before the house a mes
a g from the president transmitting a com
munication from the secretary ofthe inter
jor, submitting the agreement CONCLUDED
between the commissioners OF the United
States and the Cherokee Nation for the ces-
sion of the Cherokee outlet, and stated that
IL would be referred to the committee on
Indian affairs.
On motion of Mr.. Bowman, Of Iowa, a
bill was passed TO establish u port of deiIv-
ery at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
Found After Many Months.

ANACONDA, Mont, Special Telegram,
In the first snow storm of the
year, in November, John Akers, we'll known
IN mining circles as a p~rospector, was lost.
No trace of him could be found by search
ing parties, and large rewards were offered
ny secret societies for the discovery of his
body, foul play being suspected. Yester-
day, in Olson gulch, twelve miles from
town, miners at the camp were surprised
by the singular actions Of a dog. and its
continuous barking. The animal was fol-
lowed, and led the men n short distance
from the camp, where lay Akers' body
buried i'll snow. where 1t is supposed he
strayed in the binding blizzard, and sue
Cumbed to the cold
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

DENVER March Y.-To-night Thomas
De.orney shot Mike Fox, who died a lew
hours later. The trouble arose over Fox's
attention to De.orney's wife, although the
latter apparently cares nothing for Fox.
Ibis evening Fox entered the D~eforney
residence and attempted TO embrace Mrs.
De orEey. He was half drunk, and De.ornev
elected him. Later on Fox returned ard
attacked DetOrney with a kni @. and in srl.-
de ense De.orney shot him through the
head. De orney was a bookkecp r for Ter
ny & Co., wood dealers, and Fox wurkediu
the yards Of the firm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
Use DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder.
" wv WlSH TO AVOID THE TWIN DRUGS,
ALUM AND AMMONIA

I. Endemann, for twelve years chemist of the
oik board of Health, in his paper read before the
american Chemical Society at Washington, in October,
-o'' a'es that an ammonia baking powder acts on the
e"'en % the Hour, altering its chemical properties, and
0es numerous high authorities to prove its injurious
nee o the stomach and kidneys.
LeDig the great chemist says: "Thc use of alum in
ea is very injurious, and it is very apt to disorder
me stomach and occasion acdity and dyspepsia
following powders are known TO contain either
u aium or both: Royal Chicago Yeast Calumet
=" "m' 1apNors one Spoon, Um15ahd, Forest CITY, .snou Ball
PEARL
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

have been found on Jolly island, Tenn, ia
the mouth OF the Hiawisee river.
The feeling is gaining ground that the
dominion governments thinking seriously
OF a preferential tariff in favor of Great
Britain.
Coal shipments from the Tyne are at a
stand-still in consequence of the miners
holiday. Forty coal steamers are lying at
the docks there unable to get cargoes.
The turbulent condition of political af-
fairs at Quito. the capital of Ecuador, has
eliminated in a riotous demonstration in
which the German charge d'affaires, A..
Hermann, was set upon by a mob and seri-
ously injured.
The Portuguese government has author
lied the Bank of Portugal to increase its
note circulation to $50, 100000, more than
four times the amountofthe banks capital.
The present note circulation amounts to
S4l, 10000,
PATRICK 0'BRTES, Parnellite member for
North Monaghan, introduced a bill in par
Lament to amend the Catholic relief act in
order to remove the disabilities of Catholics
in England and Ireland imposed by the
act.
IL the French chamber oil deputies, NJ.
Picard, minister ofiustice and public wor-
ship, introduced a bill introducing a clause
in the penal code making the wiIlul des-
t%ruction of property by means of explosives
punishable with death.
The RIO News says: According TO pri-
waite accounts from Santos the situation in
hat city has become Undesirable. The
authorit es are clearly incompetent to
grappte with the epidemic there, and the
assistance from private sources is totally in
adequate.
The Pacific steamer Colina, which left
San Francisco February is, went ashore in
a fog near La Union, San Salvador, on the
west coast ofthe Gulf of Fonesea. She is a
screw steamer of 2,144 tons, and is COM
manded BY Capt. Austin. No loss of life
has been reported.
A band of twenty armed men made an
attempt TO raid Almogro, a city of New
CASTLE. The gendarmes were on the alert,
however, and in a short time they hurried
TO the scene OF the trouble and attacked
the raiders. The latter fled, and, so far as
known, have not been captured, but the
gendarmes are in hot pursuit.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

Ir is reported that when Kaiser
William was riding through the mob
of his loving subjects at Berlin recent
Iy he became provoked at the crowd
ing OF his people about him, and laid
his hand upon his sword as though
to cut u few OF the unruly people
down. He was prevented from doing
so by one of his attendants who re-
tanned a reasonable amount of COM
mon sense. Quite a little chapter OF
entertaining history might have been
made then and there had that ances-
ira. cheese knife been heshed in the
empty stomach of some poor sub
}ect.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
Entire Family Poisoned.

NASHVILLE, Special-Mrs. Richard
Melrose, her daughters Minnie, Katie and
Matte and her eldest son, David, became
violently sick last night after drinking Co:
lee containing arsenic. Robert Melrose
!he younger son. drank but little coffee and
II Is a disputed question whether
ne drank any. He complained of
peing SICK, and drank some salt and water.
Matte and Katie, aged fifteen and seven.
teen respectively, died. David and his
mother are very i'll. Robert is sick. il i
thought. from drinking a small portion OF
the coffee to-day. The circumstances sur.
rounding the case seem to point 20 the
quit OF Robert, and he is now under arres,
to await the result ofthe in1uest
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is.

20
The senate discussed the confirmation OF
Judge Woods in executive session without
coming to a vote.
Judson c.. Clements, of Georgia, was con.
irmed to be interstate commissioner, vice
Bragg, deceased.
Mr.. Hale, from the committee on naval
affairs, reported a bill for the construction
(by contract) of three battl eships of from
1900 to 10000 tons displacement, two ar
mored coast defense vessels, five gunboats
OF 800 to l, 200 tons displacement and eight
tirst-class torpedo boats. Referred.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Joseph, of Mexico, from the commit
tee on territories, reported a bill in the
house for the admission of New Mexico a.
a state. Mr.. Smith, of Arizona, from the
same committee reported a bill for the ad-
mission of Arizona. Calendar.
The ~resol luton for the impeachment Of
Judge Mccormick, OF Texas, was laid on
the table in the house.
In the committee of the whole, Mr..
Blount, of Georgia, in the chair, the house
resumed consideration of the free woolbill,
but di not come 10 any agreement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

Bimetallism In England

LONDON, Special.-The success of the
bimetailic propaganda has SO encouraged
the olmetallic league committee that the
Committed has decided to raise the question
In parliament. The many adhesinns ~
members ofthe house of commons seem to
l1s1iy the movement. Among Others. Sir
NJ. W. Ridley, who has a potent, thoucb
quiet, influence in the house, has Joined
sne leayue. Commoners Howell (Radica6
ana weston Jarvis CONSERVATIVE have
the league. u
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

Albert BIERsTADT is at Waiting ISL
and, in the Bahamas, getting sketches
of the locality where Columbus is sup
posed to have first landed. From
these sketches he will obtain the back
ground for the historical picture which
he proposes to place in the Chicago
Exhibition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
LEE PREVENTED A n,.
Why Longstreet Accepted n.
HIPS ChalIenpa

Why Longstreet Accepted Cd
HIPS Challenge.
81 heard General Mosby tell
OF a duel that came near being &
by General Longstreet and q
A. P. Hill during the Virginia
paign," said Colonel Edward AM
great admirer OF Longstreet ) val
"Mosby says, the olonel rema
chat the battle of Gaines MIN I
fought and won almost exelusiv.|
Longstreet's Georgia soldiers {
per published in Richmond. callad
Richmond Examiner, printed :
extensive description of the II
but gave all the credit to Gener.
P. Hill, who was also in the 6ohe !
paper gave the Georgia general
the Georgia soldiers no praise 3,
Longstreet's adiutant called III
tentiOn to it with vehement nro,
The men were all angered that !
winning such q hard-fought i
they should be robbed of their {
full claim to victory. Lon,si
ordered his adjutant to replv /
officially i'll the same paper, whicl
did. General Hill wrote to find
who had stamped his account 81
battle as false, and Longstreet. q
what provoked, wrote on the baci
Hills letter that he himself d;d
This, with the manner in which h
given, caused Hill to send a chall
to Longstreet, which Lees ola .
horse was quick to accept. r.
thing was being arranged for the /
when General Lee heard OF Il
rushed in upon the scene and ord,
LOngstreet to desist or he would !
him from the army. Longstreet
he could not withdraw his accent,
OF the challenge until the chalI
was withdrawn. By interference
challenge was withdrawn and the
declared off. According to Mos
account, these two gallant lea,
came very near shooting each 9th
Washington Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

An example of the cunning OF g'l's
was observed at Tacoma when sew
eral alighted on a bunch of logs thaz
had been in the water for a long TINS
with the submerged sides thick wit
barnacles. One was a big gray fellow
who seemed to be the captain. -
walked to a particular log, stood G.
one side OF it close to the water, ano
then uttered peculiar cries. The othes
gulls came and perched on the SAM
side OF the log, which under their con-
bined weight rolled over seversl
inches. The gulls, step by step ke!s
the log rolling until the barnadeg
showed above the water. The Mras
picked eagerly at this food, and tn1
log was not abandoned until ever
barnacle had been picked.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
Ills Last Eurple.

CROWLEY, La, March PA desperate
burglar was killed here last night in the
office of W. W. Duzen & Bro. A few days
ago the Dozens received information that
an attempt would be made to rob their sac.
Three persons had beeG stationed in the
building 10 await the robbers coming. He
entered The back door OF the office with a
false key. There was no Light in the build
ing, but by the reflection OF a street lamp
the burglar could be distinctly seen. He
carried Q pair of pistols. Ole o them pre-
scented in the direction he took on entering
and was within three feet o. the ex-sherif,
c. c. Duzen. who fired. killing the burglar
almost instantly. The dead burglar was
known here as Horace Steele, and his re-
semblance to Bunch, the notorious train
robber, caused the authorities here TO tele-
graph to Chief OF Police Caster o: New Or
leans for Bunch's photograph.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

The Saturday Review has been con.
trasting the American anG English
journal, somewhat to the disadvani
tage OF the latter, which is an entirely
new task for a publication on the
Isle OF Extreme Effrontery. Having
grown tough in the way OF earning
British displeasure, however, the
American journal is indifferent to
praise or blame from that quarter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

DIVERS VINO helped to lay the foun.
dation OF the great Eads bridge found
that while they were under a pres sure
of four "atmospheres," or go pounds
to the square inch, the ticking of a
watch was absolutely painful to the
ar. They also found it impossible to
whistle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

No wonder that the Tories tell Can
dams that the United States is deter
mined to cripple dominion indus
tries when we hear talk af a military
post on Rainy Lake river, where the
poachers gobble American pine 1t is
an unfriendly act TO watch the lum-
bernlen from over the border. IT
shows suspicion and lack OF %brotherly
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

AUGUSTA, Ga, Special Senator Till
spent the morning at Savannah, arriving
here this atcrnoon. He held a reception
from Z TO s, and to night spoke to a large
audience. He devoted his speech to poIiii-
cal subjects and concluded by thanking his
hearers :or the compliment paid to his
stay. Hon. ]. w. Ridgeway, district O
Brooklyn, followed in a brief speech. SEN
ator Hill expects to leave the city to-mor-
row and to arrive at Washington Sunday
morning.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

The Duke of Edinburgh is one OF the
richest mentors OF the royal family,
and can make a sovereign go much
further than his venerable mother
has been able to do. 1t is said of him
that he e parts with a shilling
which he wouldn't recognize if he come
across it years afterwards.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
A SLIP MEANT DEATH
An Enormous Tumor Cut Fronr
Mana RraIn

An Enormous Tumor Cut From
Mans Brain.
In the New York Hospital DIR. Ro
ert F. W. Weir recently removed
enormous brain tumor from the he.
OF a Pole, 42 years old. A numbers
distinguished physicians and surgeon
and several hundred students witnes
ed the operation, one OF themost aid
cult known to surgery. The patio
was put under the influence OF eth
and a hole three inches long by IN
w lie made in the base OF the sku
The most difficult part of the operl
ton was reached. That is the explo1
ing OF the cranial cavity and disco
cry OF the tumor. The tissue was No
divided for two-thirds the extent ,
bone opening. As this was done N
parts beneath protruded. 1t was sed
at once that a portion of the ord
trudlng tissue was not normal brai
substance. 1t was, in fact, part oftn
expected tumor, which was toolarpe !
escape through the opening. 1t w1
OF a deep liver color and much m
liver in construction. 1t was enye
oped in the folds of n partially tran1
parent sac, with larger vessels enteriu
it from the dura and brain substanc1
to which it was attached. With q Il
rector, ard with the edge of a sped
handle a thin yellowish layer of bra7
tissue was separated from its oufa
side. In the same manner the tuladz
was loosened on all sides w.thod
damage to the brain. TO let thskui(
slip one-sixteenth OF an inch :neaa
death to the patient. To remove I'll
tumor safelyit had to be taken awa|
in pieces. In this manner it was :
last removed. The wounds we're the
properly dressed and the patient 4
moved to begin the real battle for lid
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
Room for All.

NEW YORK, Special-Tbomas Lowry
was interviewed here and talked mostly
0 the arrangements being made IN
minneapolis for the convention. He saws
there is no doubt that they Will be able to
take care OF everybody, and tina: everybody
VIII pc gwen ft"od accommodations. He
stated very emplistically that aecommoda.
ions had been provided for thirty-eight
state delegations, and each Of these were
satisfied.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24

GENERAL ADAM BADEAU il still up
on earth and in Washington, carry
ing around with him patent in which
there are millions of prospective pro-
fits, and judging from his smart and
dapper appearance he is as sanguine
and hopeful as Colonel Sellers could
have been in his happiest moments.