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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
NORTH

A report from Jamestown says: The
Jim river is raging. Water is flooding the
boiler room OF Russell, Miller & Co.'S mill,
The river below the dan is higher than
ever before.
Arrests we're made at Dickinson and tive
houses were searched for liquors, The
parties were bound over to await the action
of the grand jury at the April term Of
court.
Thorpe, state organizer of clubs among
railroad employees, is in jamestown for the
purpose OF organizing a club. The organi,
cation is political in lis nature, but non.
partisan in character.
The coroner's jury at Fargo rendered a
verdict to the effect that Arthur ii. Tradeau,
whose body was found lying near the rail,
road track near Argusyille, came to his
death by his own hand.
Grafton is getting an overdose of water.
The southern part oftown is an entire lake,
reaching for miles into the country. The
The river is higher than it has been since
1850. Northern Pacific trains are held up
few miles below here on account of high
water.
Howard James superintendent Of the
Northern division of the Great Northern
has resigned. to take effect April 1. Supt,
c. II. jerks, of the Dakota division. will
succeed James, and Assistant Su%perintend,
ent +. j. Evans, OF the Minnesota division
will take James place.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
PASSING OF THE WHIFETisH,
Fhe Most Delicate af Fresh Water
Fish Disappearing.

Fish Disappearing.
Year after year, and for many
years, the fish commission OF ell the
states bordering OH the great lakes
have freely stocked these waters with
whitetish, and yet year by year the
catch Of whitehsh diminishes,o said a
prominent buyer and shipper OF lake
hsh' "Where do the whitetish goy 1t
isn't a difficult question to answer.
There is no doubt that the efforts of
the commissions in stocking the lake
with whitetish are eminently sue,
eessiui as far as the experiments
themselves are concerned The
young fish thrive and grow even be-
yond the expectations OF fish cultur.
lists, But the; experiments with white.
iish are exceptionally tender. They
mug closely the shores of the lakes
unlike most OF the fishes of the lakes
IIss water there is shallow and warm.
ms Important fact IN the nature of
whltehsh was known to the native
fisherman long before the scientists
began to investigate. These shallow
reaches OF the lakes have been for
years nnnumoered, and are still level
with the trap nets that the ahservant
fisherman uses, These nets, like the
eel Weirs OF the rivers, are no respect
ers OF fish as TO size, and the half
crown whlte-tish are caught by them
N N : -
fish are.
The haifgrown whitefsh are not
marketable, but that does not 3.stsr
n fisherman in taking them, They
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Mrs. Robert +. Tisson, wife OF q New
York broker and a society leader, was
granted a decree of divorce at Yankton.
The story published in Chicago that the
appeal i'll the De Steurs case at Sioux Fall.
has been abandoned is a fake. The appeal
has been perfected and the case will go up
AT a special meeting of the Moorheao
council the resignation of DR.. John Kurt,
as health officer of this city was accepted
and DIR. d.. c. Darrow was appointed in his
stead.
Judge John W. Nolin died at Rapid City
ofconsumption. He was widely known in
Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa as an able jui..
ist, and PROMINENT leader in the Democratic
party;
Col. Charles F. ,Thompson, one of tile
weslthiest mine and cattle owners in the
Black Hills. and prominent rs leader 81
the Democracy in the state, died suddenly.
aged sixty-three years.
Robbers attempted to enter the Madison
State Bank the other morning by removing
the rear door. They were discovered by a
marshal and several shots exchanged. The
men escaped.
Hon. c. g. Williams, register of the land
office was stricken with paralysis at Water
town for the third time. His death is mo-
mentarily expected. Mr.. Williams was for
seyeral terms a representative in congress
from the lanesyille, Wis, district.
Stoekmen west of the Missouri river are
making active preparations for the spring
roundup. All report stock in fine con-
dition and the losses through the winter so
small a. MOI to be worth mentioning. 1t is
believed shipments this season will be the
heaviest ever made from the stock ranches
Of Western South Dakota.
Albert Whipple, a squaw MAJ who kill
ed an Indian, Lays-on-His- Mother-In-I Law,
by kicking and beating him to death. was
DISCHARGED at Deadwood. as it was clearly
shown The crime was Lot committed GA the
reservation and therefore the United States
has no jurisdiction.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07


Afghan am er has gained an important
victory over the kafrs by the capture ofthe
town of Asmar.
NfSETEEN ofthe states ofthe Mexican re-
public have appointed delegates to the first
nominating convention ever held in Next
co, TO meet April ..
T~ELEcRAPHIc dispatches from Guatemala
and Panama say the rumored likelihood of
a revelation is untrue. The people are sat
isfed to try President Barriers, whose gov
eminent promises peace.
THE steamer Elder, which struck a rock
of the Isle of Wight two months ago, has
been foated and towed toward Southhamp-
ton. The steamer will be repaired and
again placed in service.
EDMUND YATES gives currency in the
World to the statement already cabled that
Queen Victoria is encouraging a niatrimon-
ial union between Prince George Of Wales
and the Princess AliX OF Aesse.
The prince de Chimay, Belgian minister
of foreign affairs, is dead. He was born
Oct. 8, 1881, being the son of the celebrated
prince de Chimay. VINO came to the front
when the revolution OF 1880 made Belgium
a nation.
FoREIGS MINISTER RIBoT, in an interview
today, said that no special precautions had
been taken against the dynamite outrageS
excepc that the foreign officers and the
chamber of deputies were watched by
guards.
Col, BoLcEow, chairman of Bolckow,
Vaughan & Co., large ironmasters, iron
and steel manufacturer and c~oliiery owners
neal Middlesborough, England, has failed.
He is also chairman OF other companies.
His liabilities are $1,000, 900.
TIIE commissioner who is arranging for
the distribution of the lou and grain sent
from America for the relief ofthe suffering
peasants in Russia has written a letter re-
questing that seed grain be sent from
America. This. he says, will prove inval-
uable TO the peasants.
In the Spanish senate the minister OF
justice announced that he would Introduce
a bill TO deal with anarchists. The Liberal
leaders promised that the Liberals would
give the government. every assistance in re-
pressing anarchism.
CRSARps circulated concerning the on
dition of the savings banks at Ballarat
caused a panic AMONG the depositors Of
those institutions. Crowds beset the banks
aud struggled TO gain entrance to draw
their money before the expected failure
came. The banks readily met all the de-
mands upon them, and when the deposi-
tors learned this the panic subsidized.
MUoH Indignation and annoyance is felt
in Ireland over the fact that Ireland is not
TO have a separate section ofthe exhibition.
The Irish do not wish their industries
buried out of sight among England and
Scotland and principally on account of the
fact that most Irish industries have been
carried on in the face of serious discoGr.
agement from Great Britain.
A DISPATCH from the Porto Novo, the
French settlement in the Blight of Benin,
West Africa, states that a 'Fren Ell gunboai
from the place, while ascending the river
0une in Dahomey, with the governor OF
the French possessions on board, was fired
upon by Dahomians. The attack was en-
tirely u~Hprovoked and threatens TO result
III serious trouble.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
CORRECTING AN e
AlkaII Ike Calls for Il Retraction. but
Falls to Connect.

AlkaII Ike Calls for a Retraction. but
Falls to Connect.
"Do / look like a dead MANI
This question was shot at the head
OF the editor OF the Bazoo by a man
of ferocious aspect, who entered the
sanctum in a hurry.
MY friend, | have no time to an
swer conundrums," replied the editor
mildly.
II want to know ii | look like a
dead mani" persisted the visitor in a
louder tone. at amt no sonundrum
either"
II don't know that I'm bound to
answer the questions OF every excited
individual who happens to come IN.
II you'll tell me the object OF your call
Pll give the subject some considera-
tion."
"Well, sir, your paper announced
me dead, and want to know whether
| look like a dead man"
why didn't you say so? No, you
don't look like dead man"
''Then yer paper lied, didn't it?"
The paper seems to have been mis-
informed if you are the man referred
to. allow no man TO say it lied"
well, I'm the man referred to, /
reckon. There amt but n AlkalI
Ike in these digein's. I'm the terror
of the Bad Lands. I'm a varmint
from the wicked desert and when I'm
mad | car lick the entire press OF the
United States. You hear me?"
1--WE never been accused OF deal
ness"
81 could chew you up at one mouth,
full. See?"
'Tm not blind"
"If you don't make that paragraph
right I'll jab yer into yer W press
and print an impression OF yer paper
On yer carcass. Twig?'
The editor twigged.
"Will yer make that item right"
Il will" replied tine editor, rising
slowly from his chair, with a seven
shooter in one hand and a bowie knife
in the other. Eyes, I'll make the par
agraph true. You'll look like a dead
man in exactly five seconds. What's
your choice, lead or steei?"
But Alkali Ike, the varmint from
the Wicked Desert, according TO the
Brooklyn Life, did not remain long
enough to choose, and the item hasn't
been corrected yet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
IRIEIES

FERsEN has left Yale and the club wants
a coacher.
PooE PETE BRowSISG! A year ago this
time 81, 600 Wasn't too high for him. Now
nobody seems 10 want him.
W r. HARRINGTON, who will pilot the
Hoosiers, has presided over the destigies OF
seven penant winning clubs in his time.
FIrzsIMNoSs is, after all. about the only
pugilist who can shut his mouth at
all.
Cincinnati Times-Star: Norman Baker,
the sweet voiced player who sings in the
choir on the Sabbath day ard pitches ball
during the week, is to manage Fremont in
the Nebraska State league.
IT is about settled that the Omaha man
| agenient will accept the terms offered by
! Mccormick and use his park this year, In
stead of going TO the Council Bluffs side OF
the river, as was first intended.
WASHINGTON cranks are nearly crazy with
joy over the prospect ofhaying a pennant
winter this season. Not since the days OF
the old Nationals has a first-class club
roasted in the shadow of the ca pitol.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
A Spirited Shark FIohs

The New Zealand Herald deser;ha.
a desperate fight between a man AM
a shark which occurred in Manukau
harbor. Mr.. Henry Jacobson. WIN
is employed at the North Manukaa'
Heads as beacon lightkeeper, was out
in his boat six miles down the harborl
when it was struck by a squat and
swamped, and its occupant left in the
water. Jacobson dived and endeayor.
ed to relieve the ballast, but witbous
success. He then graspei an oar and
being a good swimmer, struck ont tor
land, but, as a strong tide was run
ming, he was swept down the harbor
n distance OF three miles. At that
point he was attacked by a lam
shark which grabbed his hand h
protected himself, however, with m,
oar, which he tried to ram down Is.
sharks throat. The fish then made
circle around him and renewed the -.
tack, By this time, however, Jacob
son had his sheath-knife drawn. and
desperately stabbed the shark. ri.
ping it side open, so that the water
became red with blood. A further at
tack was made, when Jacobson asai,
stabbed the monster near the tail.
and it swan away. At that time 4
boat came in sight, and Jacobson, es.
hausted, was hauled into the boat.
having been in the water two hours
and thirty minutes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
A Princess, Choice.

A sister OF the late king OF Spain con-
sented 70 mingle her proud Castilian
blood with that OF the people b; mar.
rying a doctor OF medicine who had
not a solitary handle TO his name.
When the courtiers heard of the in
fanta's choice they turned up the
whites OF their eyes to the sky like
ducks in a thunderstorm at the bare
notion ofthis superbpatrician lily Civ.
ing herself to a husband belonging to
the professional classes. The doctor
in question is well provided for men,
tally and physically and his spouse is
evidently proud OF him, Tor when
she was twitted with marrying an IN
titled individual she said: II pre-
ferred a man without a title TO a title
without a man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

are thrown back into theiake, bpf
ing dead, that does not help II
any. Every mile OF shore bet
Buffalo end Chicago, one might q
say has its thousands and thouss]
of young whitefish destroyed in
way every year. That is the req
why the supply OF this most delis
OF fresh water food fishes is dimill
ing instead of increasing every yea
spite of the costly annual rested
OF the lakes. There is law enough
prevent this wanton destruction
whiteish, but if it is not enforced
ter in the future than it is now,
pie will ask in vain at the markets
whitefish when the twentieth cent
comes mn. Y. Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

A RATHER remarkable story is told
about an apple tree that grows in st.
Georges Cemetery in Middletown, Del.
1t is said to yield fiue round apples in
abundance. But no one can eat them,
as they have a graveyard taste"
Evenths hogs, when the apples are
offered to them, refuse TO touch them.
When pat by the fire to roast the APP
Piles it is said, simmer to oil and emit
disagreeabie odor strongly suggest
i've OF graveyards.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
LABOR CIRCLE,

EIGHT hundred quarry men quit work
in the three large brown stone quarries at
Portland. Conn. They ask p cents an
hour for nine hours instead OF 10.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
nien in Baltimore adopted urgent resolu-
tions in favor ofthe use of a standard uni-
form compiling.
TIE troubles on the Grand Trunk and
Canadian Pacific are at an end. The Grand
Trunk, while refusing to treat with the
brotherhood, have made a substantial cou-
eession to the n.en and tie delegates have
left Montreal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

New YORK papers are finding fault
with the manager OF the zoo in Cen
trail Park for renting the animals to
showmen or anybody who needed
specimens from the animal kingdom
and pocketing the proceeds. 1t is a
kind of monkey work that they con-
denim, and are fain to have a taper
lighted fer an investigation, as the
manager knew it was wrong all the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

GRAND Forks, y. D., Special Telegram,
1 Red river continues to rise
rapidly, and is now ~twenty-:our feet above
low water. All small streams emptying
into the river are Over flowing their bank.,
and the prospects are that the river NAV
reach the high flood ozark of 1852, when
the lower portion OF city was inundated
4 large portion of the low land is COVERED
with water, and as there IS Il large moun
OF wheat vet in the shock, thousands OF
bushels will be completely ruined. Con-
servatiye farmers say the present flood viii
damage wheat in stack and shock in the
valley TO the extent of 81 ,Ot0, eco or more.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
BOGUS NEWS
What the Lottery viii Do and WIN
Not Do.

Not Do.
The new fakiRs having tired of setting up
imaginary lottery schemes IN Nicaragua
changed their field of operation. The hl-
lowing Vas recently sent over the country.
among other papers the Brooklyn Standard
Union giving it publication:
BONDURAs REJECTs THE LOTTERY
New ORLEANS, March S-rhe sicayapss
City of Mexico special says: Honduras hss
refused concessions TO The l~otI:sisne
State Lottery. Gen, lesas Tolego drA
here this morning, sorty|seyen Mexiean
generals have died since February :.
On being shown the above, Pruiaeas
Pau Conrad, somewhat indignantly snd;
very ~emphstically declared; Iii is not tue
that the louisiana State Lottery Compsny
has made application TO Holsdaras Or TO
any other foreign country, io7 lottery priv
ileges, nor has any such overture been
made on behalf OF this COMPANY, its s.iare-
holders or managers.
We shall continue to conduct our husl-
ness here until the present charter OF tls
Louisiana State Lottery Company expife
in lssn Simply that and notslps nsere.
POSTMASTER Eaton's s~tatealent IN The
Globe Democrat, that this Company accepts
the situation as defined by the courts. ~
good faith, IS absolutely coreet.-Nes1
Orleans tLa.1 City Item March rs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30.
SENATE.

The senate today considered further the
Iuiiau appropriation bill, the discussion
being on the subject Of army officers being
assigned 10 the duties OF Indian agents.
MIR. HawIey moved to amend by adding
a prOyi>o that whenever the president
should be of the opinion that the good OF
the service requires It lie may appoint a
civilian.
Standardized II. q. Miles was introduced
into his new dignity today and his cfeden-
tials referred to the proper committee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

ONE OF the men who helped save the
life of the czarowitz OF Russia last
year has becoma so demoral:zed by
good fortune that he has been sum
moned several times into court. The
brave but weak Japanese receives an
annual pension OF $1,000 from the
Russian government and a small sum
yearly from the mikado.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
RAILROAD RumsIIpos,

CHANGES in the operating department oil
the Great Northern railway are announced.
A BILL for the consolidation of the Cana.
dian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways is
introduced in the dominion parli ament.
GEN. ALEXANDER has resigned the presi-
deney OF the Georgia Central. and Ill. NJ.
Corner OF Savannah takes his place. This
ends a long light among stockholders.
AN agreement has been made by which
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad company will lease the New York,
Providence & Boston.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

AFTER painting the e navy white
objections have been discovered to the
color, chief among which is that it
makes a ship a delightfully."- conspic-
uous target at night. Il is now sug-
gested that they be painted = shade
of green to match the color of the ca.
Since our navy is no longer too small
to be visible 10 the naked eye these
considerations have some import
ance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

JEFLERsoNvILLE Ind, April 4.--Oto
Reimer, after having serve | two years for
stealing a watch in Terre Haute, was re-
leased from the Southern Indiana prson
yesterday. Reimer is wei c iucate | and i
a master OF seven languages. lie is n re-
alive of Prof Koch. 0 con>u.upt Oh en- e
fame, and comes from Kid S,h.psw y.
Holstein. Germany. lie let last nigh .ur
his German home. Re. mer ,ays hi DOWN
iall was due TO drink. and / lac slul, III
watch he is totally ignorant OF it. lie !,
forty-two years OF age And vas Il huspiia
nurse in the prison.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

A GEmsASTowS jeweler and watch
maker has a curiosity in the shape OF
a Plymouth Rock hen that has been
surprising her owner and some OF the
neighbors for some time past by lay
ing eggs OF varied patterns. Her lat.
est effort was one that closely resem-
bles a grub, even to the form of the
head. Ii is about three inches in
length and OF 9 perfectly white color.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

RAT PoETAdE. Ont. Special.-The sseie
topo OF a ma supposed to be III. Watson o
Duluth, a mining p~rospector. was found p
an abandoned lumber camp nesz Witch
Poiat, Whjtefish bay, seventy miles from
he There was a knapssek found VITA
the body containing letters from George =
Eastman aud De- Eastman OF Minneapeais
TO II. Watson, Duluth. The contents ~
diSate tha. Watson was prospecting .of
those parties. Some rich specimens OF gold
native copper and iron were found in Inc
knapsack.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
Two young city-bred women. aangh,

Two young city-bred women. dangh.
= of prominent wholesale msr-
chant in San Francisco named Low
enstien, are living OF and working a
land claim in the State OF Washing
ton, between Hadlock and Port Lud-
low. They took UP the Claim two
years ago and have lived on it contin-
uously since, built the cabin in which
they live, and have cleared and grub
bed twenty acres ofland. Their near
est neighbor Is four miles away.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

Two brothers in Russia are accused OF
numbering and robbing forty emigrants,
A DYNAMITE explosion occurs in one of the
largest banks OF Paris.
OVER 5000 Chinese rebels are put to death
by the sword and so are burned alive.
Sir B. ApoSSY. BART, has been declared
. bankrupt in London. rs liabilities are
f75C,000.
DE-AoSsrRArIoss were made at Bnsnos
Ayers and Belgrano 10 favor OF Senor
Saenzpena, who Is 0 candidate for the
presidency. They ended quietly,
BcNBAY telegrapEl that the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
PERSONAL MENTION.

WALT WHITMAN is dead.
SENATOR CJLLoN Of Illinois. announces
his withdrawal rom the presidential race,
Dir, MORRISON MUSFoRp, editor of the
Kansas City Times, is dead.
Gov. MCKINLEY that he Is
not a candidate for the presidential nomi-
nation.
GEORGE SHEPPArD PAGE, the millionaire
chemist OF 90 Wall street. New York, who
was removed to Morris Plains insane asy-
lum, died there The other day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
Enntixh Rsparf.

BLUST, S. D., Special Telegram, April.4.
The Indian war racket set on foot by
DIR. McGillycuddy. in his recent interview
with a Chicago reporter, is rather sickening
to the average NesIerner, and especially
South Dakotsns. There is no thought OF
wal among the reds this spring. They are
very well satisfied with their rations and
their treatment at the hands of the govern
ment just now.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

A BIZ has passed one house of the
Massachusetts, legislature prohibiting
the sale OF liquors within forty feet
OF a building used for religious pur-
poses. 1t is not stated, however,
whether the church or the saloon is
TO be closed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07

Sir WILLIAM GORDON CUMMING has
been made the proud and happy
father OF a little girl. Not a little OF
his pride and happiness should be
due to the fact that hehas been out of
contact for about a year with the
noble circle in which he formerly cir
culated.