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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

President Harrison, ex-President
Cleveland and other eminent states
men of both political parties have
warmly Endorsed the proposal for a
public school celebration on Columbus
Day. This movement appeals to every
true American. 1t brings together
in a common cause individuals among
whom on most subjects there is
wide diversity of thought and
opinion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
The Oldest building in the world is
the tower If London. 1t antedates
Cesar's conquests.

Nothieg ever has more clearly
demonstrated the superstitious igno-
rance of the lower classes in India
and Russia than the mobs which have
killed the doctors and nurses and
destroyed hospitals in the cholera
infected districts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

Fifty thousand rare rose plants are
now growing in the worlds fair
grounds, not ordinary, everyday
roses, but each one of some choice
variety. Think of the richness of
such a treat as that for all flower
lovers
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

New Hampshire has hit upon a dis
tinctive building to represent the
state at the worlds fair. The plan is
that of a Swiss chateau, with a lower
story of granite and two yerandas on
all sides. The lower yeranda will be
for reception uses, and the upper for
the exhibition of raised and
Typographical state maps and minerals.
Inside there will be a commissioners
room, postofice, reception hall,
picture gallery and smoaking room.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

There is probably more cheating
done in clothing than any other way
How do you make that out?" be
cause very few people do much cheat
ing when nos in their clothing.'-Daass
Glie Rreeze.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

Wide tired wagons and drainage a e
two important elements in the solU-
tion of the road problem. The pay
ment 0 froad taxes in cash is a third.
Iowa farmers are taking hold of the
matter in the proper way. South
Dakota should not lag in this matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

Philadelphia Times: No matter
how much a youth may be tangled up
in the bonds of love, he doesn't like
to have another fellow cut him out.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

1t is calculated that every ten days
OF London fog casts % 200 people On
beds of sickness and kills 2,5ll.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

likewise show great progress. Their
denominations are divided into regu-
lar Baptist, Primitive Baptist,
African Methodist Episcopal, African
Union Methodist Protestant, African
Methodist Episcopal Zion, Colored
Methodist Episcopal, Evangelical
Missionary Church, Cumberland Pres
byterian, Disciples of Christ, Roman
Catholics, Protestant Episcopal,
Methodist Episcopal, Methodist
Episcopal South, Methodist, Protes-
tants, other colored Methodists and
Congregationalists. They have a
total membership of 1873, 100, and
own church property valued at 3d.
403. 600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
Postomco Department.

The postmaster-general mentions at
the beginning of his annual report the
chief developments of the year as fol-
lows: Five million dollars added to
the gross revenue; the deficit reduced
nearly 100000. Money order offices
increased two-thirds, or from 10,070 to
1869. Eighty-two cities supplied
with free delivery. Twenty-seven
hundred and ninety new offices estab-
lished. Two hundred and siXty-three
offices advanced to the presidential
grade. Sixteen and three-fourths
millions of miles of additional serxice.
Fifteen hundred and ninety new mail
routes established, embracing $500
miles of new service. Ocean mail
service extended; and pneumatic
tube service introduced. 1t appears
that in the last four years 5,051 new
mail routes have been established,
traversing 10000 miles; that the num-
Der of post offices has grown by over
| 5000, the number of money order offices
over 5000 and the number of free de-
| livery offices has almost doubled
Free delivery ought to be extended fur
Their and further whether il pays a
profit to the department or not. L be-
lieve fully that great advantages could
be made in tie direction of free deliv-
cry by an evolution of the star route
service"
In the matter of collection of mail
| from letter boxes at house doors, the
division of the country into postal dis
tricts, the pneumatic tube, the postal
telegraph and postal telephone and one
cent letter postage are strenuously adj
vocated. All postmasters, presidential
and fourth class, and all employees in
all branches of the department should
have a specific term of four years on
good behavior. He would establish a
system of compensation for railroads
based upon speed-a 20, 30, 40, so and
| 60 mile an hour rate.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
TO PROHIBIT IMMIGRATION.
Senate Committee on Immigration Rec
ommends New Laws.

NtnAtt COmlnitlct on InntkfullOn lAtt-
ommends New Laws.
The senate committee on immigra-
ton met in New York City with but
six of its members in attendance. The
committee considered the following
proposition without, however, reached
any conclusion: "All immigration,
except from the North and South
American countries, shall be suspended
for one year from March /, 1893, the
law to be SO framed as not to hinder
the free return of American citi-
zens or the easy admission of visitors"
Various suggestions for legislation
for the restriction of immigration had
been submitted by the chairman for the
consideration of the committee which
1t was decided not to take up before
the meeting Of congress, but it was
determined, in view of the greatly APP
pretended danger of the coming of
cholera during the summer of 1898, to
limit the present consideration of the
subject to the question of total suspen-
sion of immigration for the year.
The committee also decided that it
was advisable TO submit to congress for
consideration law embracing the fol-
lowing propositions:
81. No immigrant shall be admitted
TO the United States between to ages
of IL and IS years unless he can read
and write freely and easily his native
language, nor shall a person above So
be admitted who cannot read or write
except as member of family COM
ing.
''2. No immigrant shall be admitted
unless he possesses 500 in money or
its equivalent, except that the head of
family may bring with him or send
for the other members of his family if
he or they possesses S25 for each mem
Der.
So All intending immigrants shall
bring with them certificates from
United States consuls abroad showing
that they have n right to admission as
immigrants.
81. All persons seeking final natur-
alization papers shall give seasonable
notice to the court TO which they in
tend to apply, and some official repre-
senting the government shall investi-
gate the facts upon the other side
when the application is considered"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
WEEKLY TRADE MEvIEw.

NEW YORK, December 5.--R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says: The be-
ginning of gold exports In November and
their expected continuance, the death of
Mr.. Gould and unfavorable reports from the
silver conference have somewhat affected
all speculative markets. There are also
some symptoms of diminished activity In
business, and while manufacturers are gem
orally occupied with orders taken some
time ago, there Is more complaint that new
orders do not come forward as was expected.
While the volume of trade Is still very large,
1t Is not surprising that there should be
somewhat less activity during the remain
der of the year, except In holiday lines. At
the same time there Is general confidence
that business early next year will be active
and prosperous. A setback in speculation
would be by no means an unmixed evil,
but there are no signs OF disturbance at
present, though the money markets are
working little closer. Breadstutfs nave
been stronger, which Is natural In view OF the
very low prices. A rise of about 1c In wheat
and oats and nc In corn resulted from mod
crate transactions, but hogs and lard are
slightly lower and coffee declined &c. GOT
ton rose to 10c and reacted 10 g4c, sales
again exceeding all records Coal Is fairly
active and bituminOus Is scarce ana Gear.
In dry goods the season has been one OF un-
precedented activity. A general Doom ana
advance appears In cotton. Inc business
failures occurring throughout the country
daring the last seven days number So9. FOR
the corresponding week OF last year the
figures were $50.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
Secretary Elkins Report.

Secretary of War Ellins in his
annual report recommends the re-
organization Of the infantry and the
artillery and the revival of the grade
of acknowledgement. The personnel
of the army, he thinks, is improving.
The troops are stationed in 90 posts, of
which three are in Michigan and 80
east of the Mississippi river. The
abandonment OF small posts and the
concentration of troops near large COM
mercial centers the secretary regards
as advisable.
An appropriation of at least
81, 200, 900 for the National Guard is
recommended. 1t is also recommended
that the present law be so changed
that arms and supplies which have be-
come unserviceable in the hands of the
militia may be sold and the proceeds of
the sale be used for furnishing new
supplies instead of being converted
into the treasury. The Indian soldiers
are highly complimented. New sur
veys of the great lakes he most
strongly favors. Fifty-three patterns
of rifles for the regular service were
tested during the year and the one
selected, 30-caliber magazine, is be-
ing manufactured. The expense OF
maintaing the army for the last fiscal
year was S51, 2ls, 070.59. There are now
under contract buildings at Fort
Brady, Mich, which will cost about
$40, 900.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
DEPARTMENT. REPORT.
THE SECRETARIES OF WAR AND
THE INTERIOR AND THE
Postmaster-G General Submit Reports TO the
President Indian and Military Educa-
tIon-Postomces, Etc.

The annual report of Secretary
Noble, of the interior department,
shows that the volume of work accom-
plished during the present administra-
ton greatly exceeds that of any like
preceding period in the history of the
department. In the general land Office
ON June 30, 1883, there were pending
$50, 053 final entries, and the accumla-
ton is steadily increasing. These
have all been disposed of. During the
present administration 39s, 1913 agricul-
tural patents have been issued, against
162, 754 in the preceding four years,
representing an excess in acreage of
81, 1853, $40 acres.
Educational work among the Indians
has been greatly increased and inn
proved in efficiency. There has been
an increase of over ID per cent in at
tendance of children in the schools,
the total for 1892 being 1878 scholars.
Under the policy of Indian allotments,
negotiations with ii tribes during the
present administration has resulted In
the opening up for public settlement
of nearly 26,000,000 acres of land.
Other negotiations which are pending
will, when ratified, add 10000, 600 acres
more.
The work on the 18th census is
almost complete. The farm mortgage
report will occupy II months longer.
The number of applications for patents
during the year was 1926; the total
number awaiting action July /, 1892,
9,447. The number of patents granted
was 26,62G, the total receipts were
S1,26s, 724.35, and the expenditures
81, TIA, 134.23. The amount in the
treasury to the credit of the patent
Office is now 81, 102, 441.O9.
1t has been determined by triangula-
ton that the summit OF Mt. ST. Elias
has an altitude of Is, 100 feet above the
sea, making it the highest point on the
continent, unless certain unmeasured
volcanoes of excess should prove to be
higher
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
Congress. May Change It's Date.

There is well-defned movement on
foot in influential circles to change the
date of converting each new Congress
from December to March Immediately
following the Inauguration of the new
president. Among the numerous adj
vantages of such move will be noted
the following:
1t would enable the dominant party
in Congress to respond promptly to the
will of its constituents and to act upon
important issues while they are yet
alive.
1t would avoid all occasion for
agitation or wrangling over the ques-
ton of early extra sessions.
1t would put Congress in direct and
immediate communication with the
newly lnaugurated President.
1t would make practicable the
transaction of much important bust
ness in advance of the summer recess
and give greater assurance of timely
and stable legislation than can be pre-
dicted or depended on under the
present anomalous and uncertain
system.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
An American Pnpe.

A special from Baltimore says: The
announcement made that Mgr. Satolli
had been appointed by the pope with
full power TO settle without appeal all
religious questions between bishops
and priests in the United States has
caused considerable excitement in
Catholic circles. The announcement
was made by Cardinal Gibbons. An
effort TO interview him on the subject
was unavailing, the only thing CLEANED
from him being confirmation of the
report.
: The announcement will cause n SEN
sation in Catholic circles throughout
the United States. Why Cardinal Glib
bons should be overlooked and such
plenary powers be given TO one directly
from the vatican, is only one among
the many perplexing questions asked
about it. 1t had been rumored, in
deed, that, Mgr. Satolli, in addition to
the reasons above named, had been
sent to America on a secret mission as
a Representatives the pope, but none
had conjectured that he would be in
trusted with such autocratic power as
would practically make him the pope
of America.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
Rev. John w. Scott, d. d., is Dead.

Rev. John Witherspoon Scott, ID. d.,
the venerable father-in-law of the
President died at the White House.
The end that had been awaited with
so much dread and anxiety came and
the aged invalid passed away without
a struggle as quietly and as peacefully
as a child falls asleep. He had been
unconscious for hours and was unable
to recognize the weeping friends at his
bedside.
The deceased was born in Beaver
county, Pa, June 20, 1909, and was
therefore in the SID year of his age.
He graduated from the college at
Washington, Pa, and subsequently at
Yale. About this time he went west
and accepted a professorship in Miami
university at Miami, o., in 1926. A
number of years latter DR.. Scott
founded the Oxford, o., female college,
and in 1850 became its president. AS
he advanced in years DIR. Scott gave up
the college work, and, going TO Wash
ington, he was appointed TO a clerk
ship in the interior department, which
position he held up to the time of the
advent in Washington of President
Harrison, when he resigned at the in
stance of the President and took up
his abode at the White House.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The silk weayers of New York City
threaten TO strike.
Fine salt can be purchased at Sagi-
nav for 65 cents barrel.
President-elect Cleveland will visit
Joseph jefferson in Mississippi.
The Irish wife of Joseph Camilla, an
Italian, shot him dead in his Chicago
saloon.
There are 1,401 Shoshone and Han
mock Indians on the Fort Hall reserva.
ton, Idaho.
Two hundred employees of the
Maring Hart Window Glass company,
Muncie, Ind, are on strike
Mrs. Fannie Adams, of Little Rock,
Ark, has confessed that she murdered
her husband. She wanted TO get him
out of the way so she could marry Geo
Williams. s.. ~. $500
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
Burned the italian flag.

For several weeks n number of Ital-
ians working on a railroad in the back
woods of st. Lawrence county, n. Y,
have had floating over their huts an
Italian flag. The miners who live in
the neighborhood demanded that the
flag be hauled down or an American
flag raised over it. The Italians re-
fused and the miners fred on the flag
and drove the Italians into their
shanties. The flag was hauled down
and burned by the miners. The Ital-
ians then opened fire on the miners
with shotguns and pistols. They re-
piled and riddled the shanties with
Shot. No serious injuries resulted.
Great excitement prevails and another
encounter is expected. Two of the
riotous miners have been arrested. The
attention of the Italian minister at
Washington viii be called to the
matter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
A Brief CHRONICLE OF MANY
MATTERS.
County Local Option Law illegal
--ImpEozsd Country -IGis Ilways.
a BLOW to local Optlon.

The recent election on the local OPP
ton queStionin Gratiot county has been
declared illegal by the supreme court.
A mandamus was asked for by Dennis
Il. Covert TO compel the county treas
urer of Gratiot county TO accept from
the relator his approved bond and $500
for liquor tax, and to give him a re-
ceipt therefor to post up in his place of
business, as provided by act No. 3l3 of
the session laws of 1887. This the
county treasurer had refused To do, as
he claimed that act No. 200 Of the ses-
sion laws Of 1889, commonly-known. as
the local option law, was in force in
the county.
The supreme court decision quotes
section of the local option act, which
provides that where the board Of SUI
pervisors shall determine that a sufli-
cent number of electors have petitioned
for an election that the board shall SO
declare, and shall then make an order
calling the election, and that such or
der shall be entered in full upon the
journal of the proceedings of the board
for that day, and shall be signed by
the acting chairman and clerk of the
board before final adjournment.
Subsequent sections of the act
also require that the inspectors
of election, without recess or
adjournment, shall draw up state
ment of the result of the vote and GER
tify to its correctness and subscribe
their names thereto. ''It is clear"
says the opinion granting the nanda-
mus, "that these provisions are manda-
tory, and that they We're enacted for
the protection of both public interests
and private rights. In the case at bar
1t is conceded that the statute referred
TO has not been complied with" The
court therefore declared that the un-
authenticated proceedings of the board
of supervisors could not be held as a
record and therefore granted u man
damus.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
JAY GOULD IS DEAD.
The Great Flnancier and Railroad Mag
mite Breathes his last.


Famous Jay Gould has passed TO the
great unknown. The cause of death
was pulmonary consumption, from
which he had been suffering for some
months.
The scene at the house in New York
City at the last was not extraordinary.
His children were at his bedside, and
they recognized their hopes had van
ished, but they continued their vigil
which only ceased when the
last breath left the body.
DR.. Mum, his physician, had DIR. Jane
way in consultation, but they said
nothing could be done but make Mr..
Gould's last hours as comfortable as
possible. When the end came the
members of the family who were in the
house were: Mr.. and Mrs. George j.
Gould, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould,
Miss Helen Gould, Howard Gould, Har-
old Gould and Miss Annie Gould
The history of Jay Gould from the
barefooted boy who wandered over the
rough hills of Delaware county TO the
railroad king, whose wealth was esti-
mated at $50, 900, 600, is one of the most
remarkable of our self-made men.
Mr. Gould was born in West Settle
ment, backwoods village of RoXbury,
Delaware county, N. Y, May 27, 1886.
He was the son of John B. Gould,
farmer, who was fairly well-to-do and
who had been a deputy sheriff in the
famous anti-rent war in the early '3Os.
His mother died when he was an infant.
Gould left home with so cents in his
pocket and took course of study in
Hobart academy in neighborng town
paying his way by keeping books, etc.
On leaving school he made surveys for
a map of Ulster county, n. Y, for $50
per month. He made reputation
through this and in u short time had
saved a neat sum from this work.
A tannery was his next successful vent
ure and young Gould then went into
the wholesale leather business in New
York. His father-in-law sold him a
number of shares in the Rutland e.
Washington railroad at 10 cents ON the
dollar Gould showed such interest in
the road that he was made its president
and general manager. This was the
beginning of his railroad financiering
which carried him to the high flood of
fortune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
News gathering Association.

The Western Associated Press met in
Chicago and Detroit and completed a
consolidation with the United Press
under the name of the Associated
Press. The new association is the
strongest organization in the world for
news gathering. The new charter is
under the laws of Illinois. The fol-
lowing board of directors was unani-
mously elected: Victor Il. Lawson, OF
Chicago; Frederick Driscoll, of st.
Paul; c. w. Knapp, of ST. Louis; Al
bert J. Barr, of Pittsburg; M. III. De
Young, of San Francisco; Eugene ii.
Perdue, of Cleveland; Washington
Hesing, of Chicago; w. A. Collier, OF
Memphis and James e. Scripps, of De-
troit. Messrs Lawson, Driscoll and
Knapp were selected as a provisional
executive committee.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09

Kolb, the Populist candidate for
governor of Alabama will contest the
election of Jones, the Democratic
candidate. Kolb charges gross fraud
and says that in one county was given
majority of $500, when, in fact,
there were only 5000 votes cast in the
county.
Sheriff Samuel Jarvis, of Northamp-
ton county, Va, visited Broadwater is
land TO serve n summons on Grover
Cleveland. 1t is connection with the
state debt commission, Willis Il. Smith
suing for IS, 900 fee for stopping for
eign litigation. The President-elect is
one of dozen defendants.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
Died of sheen Rot.

Otto Graft, Swedish immigrant, has
died of sheep rot at Brookfield, Conn.
Graft went there in the spring and had
worked for the farmers during the
summer and fall. Recently he began
his physicians could name his disease.
mat s u was caused a., oy sneeP rot H. BE,
Scotland and it is supposed he con-
tracted the disease in that country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09
oundruple RaIlrond ratalltr.

Four and perhaps five persons were
killed in "a railroad accident at Elmira,
n. Y. William Conklin and wife, Ed
ward blanchard and wife and Mrs
Maggie Pitts were crossing the track
in wagon. The first known of the
accident was when the Erie limited
halted at the station, nearly half Q
mile away. On the pilot were three
crushed and mangled bodies. They
were those of Mr.. and Mrs. Blanchard
and Mrs. Conklin. The body of Mrs
Pitts and the mangled form of William
Conlxlin, still alive, were picked VI
about 100 yards from the crossing
Mr. Conlxlin will die.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-09

The steamer Giarta has arrived in
New York from Naples. -Four persons
died from diphtheria during the
voyage.
Maj.-Gen. Sir George Stuart White
has been appointed commander-in-chief
of the forces in India to succeed Gen.
Lord Roberts.
South Cardinals legislature may
petition Congress TO increase the
volume of currency and for free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
Mrs. John Mcdonald, of Cleveland,
jumped through second story win
dow while suffering from delirium
tremens, breaking both her legs.