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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
CASUALTIES.

Considerable loss of life is occasioned
by the floods near Columbus, Miss.
The number of people drowned in the
Mississippi floods is ~variously estimated at
from so to 200.
SHELTER at Butte, Mont, one OF the
largest in the country, is burned, the loss
being $3.50. eco.
AN ~incendiary fire at Navasota destroy
ed Norwood & Henderson's warehouse, to-
gether with contents, including l,o0p bales
OF cotton. Loss, sS5, 600; partially assured.
Fire Quilted the Evening Star Office in
Washington. The plant was destroyed,
but the loss is not heavy. The paper was
issued from the National Office.
While the lie-saving crow at Bandor,
Or, were practicing ,hei? boat capsized
and Capt, Nelson and three OF the crew OF
eight were drowned.
DURING the recent FIRE at Toxic 81 x
thousand house, wele destroyed ard be-
tween fifty and one hundred persons lost
their lives.
JAMES HAYES, a lineman employed by
one OF the ~electrtc light companies OF Pos
ton, was killcI the other morning by re-
ceiving a shock while trimming a light on
Dover street.
REPORTS rom Columbus, Miss, is great
er han a. first reported. The country be-
low is fat and devoid of hills, thus giving
no refuge TO the panic-stricken negro. 1t
is feared that later information may show
that at least 100 negroes have been drowned
in dhis coun'y lone.
"A three-ton separator connected with the
large battery of boilers in Oliver q Roberts
rod mill, Seventh and Bingham street,
Pittsburg exploded tie other morning,
painfully but not fatally scalding three
workmen named James Rodgers, Michael
Ross and Dennis Donovan.
Charles Beattie, Mason Stevens, Joe Wa
tiers and James Padgett, boys, were drown
ed in the Tennessee river at Nashville,
Tenn, near Lower Island. The raft on
which the four boys were ran against the
island and broke in pieces. Each seized
his nearest companion and being in mid
river, none being able to swim, all were
drowned.
An instructor and 10 boys connected With
the Boston Farm School at ~Thompson's
Island, Mass, were capsized in a sail boat
and the instructor and eight OF the boys
drowned. The victims were: A. +. Nord-
burg, instructor; Frank f. Hitchcock,
| Homer +. Thatcher, George F. Ellis,
Thomas Philips. VIM. W.Curran, Charles
II. Graves, Harry Z. Loud, Ad.lbert H.
Packard. The rescued boys were Ova W.
Clements and Charles A. Limb.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
NORTH DAKOTA,

A man of seventy-three is sentenced to
the penitentiary at Bismarck for p~eniten.
tiary frauds.
Hon. G. w. Rawlings of Bismarck was
married recently to Miss Mamie Rice Of
Jacksonville, Ill.
The guaranteed subscription fund for the
state fair has been placed in the hands
of E.. J. Lander, secretary OF the State Board
OF Agriculture.
The finance committee O the state fire
mems tournament, TO be held at Grand
Forks in June, decided to raise 81, 500 for
expenses and prizes.
Quite a celebrated liquor case of the
State vs. Klineielter. for three days on trial
in the district court at Dickinson, resulted
in the jury acquitting the defendant.
The P~resbytery OF Pembina has elected
Lieut.. Gov. Roger Aliin as its chief Law
commissioner to the general assembly at
Portland, Or, in May.
The Independent, a monthly paper in
the interests o. the Prohibition party, will
be issued from the Capital office at James
town in a few days. Rev. f. Z. Saunders,
chairman of the Prohibition state commit
tee, will be the editor.
1t rained necessarily at Glendale recent
ly, for three days. The oldest inhabitant
says there never was so much water in and
on the ground here. Farmers are happy,
although seeding will be greatly delay
ed.
The Republican County convention al
jamestown, selected the following delega-
ton. To state convention at Grand Forks,
Z. J. Gleason, F. Nichols, +. d. Jandell
Z E. Strong, o. A. Boynton, G. w. Ingra.
ham, Lewis Lyon and b. S. Russell.
The Red river is continually rising. Ii
is o at the highest point yet reached
this spring. The ice jam above the
Minnesota avenue bridge was broken by
exploding dynamite.
The Red river is booming at Grand Fosks,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Fire bugs ar operating at San Antonio, Tex
causing much exc tement end terror.
The Spanish government has agreed to exhlt't
at the Chicago fair a model OF the columbus
caravcl.
Gen. R. A. Aleer was a guest Of Pre- sident
Harrison at the White House ut dinner Satur'
day night,
II : rumored that the second daughter OF the
duke OF Edinburg is betrothed 10 the granA
duke OF Here.
Marshal JoveIar 7 so'er, president OF the
slpr.me council OF var and marines, oil spain'
,,.ed Saturday.
strike OF locomotive fremen and engineers
and trainmen viii be ordered onthe entire Read
ing system to-day.
George Billings, alias Louis Van Houten. and
Emma Bolton, his sister, OF Auburn Center
Pa, have been arrested for pension frauds
The Liyington county IL. " Republican con
veution instructed delegates to the national
convention 10 favor the nomination ot Blaine
In the Sixth (Pa.) congressional district ex'
Judge Butler was chosen delegate to the kepuo'
liean national Convent u. He goes urin'
structed.
The death is announced of Henri de kock,
the French playwright and novelist. He was
born in Paris in 1921. and was a son OF the
great novelist, Paul de Kock.
1t has been decided not to male Il LABOR
demonstration in the streets OF Pars on May
day, In order 10 avoid giving the police an eX'
cuse for a c0ufl.ct with workmep.
The preliminary survey has begun on the
Chattanooga. Chicago x KcntUcky railroad. a
proposed line from thattanooga to Evansville
lad, via BoAling Green, Ky. The projectors
say that money arrangements have been MADE
in England. and that the road will be pushed TO
connection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
FIGHT LATER ON.
BlOodshed Seems TO Re in Sight
on the SissetOn Reser-
Walton.
The New Town Named in Honor
of a Plucky Young
Woman.

Baowxs VALLEY, MINI, Special, ApriIls.
Apparently everything is quiet on the
Sisseton reservation tonight, but there Is
every evidence that serious trouble Is brew
ing. though the crisis may not be reached
for several days. Tonight 80 men who
had made filings at WATERFOWL, passed
through this village, entered the reserva'
ton and went on the northwestern part OF
the reserve, where the good lands and the
new townsite are located. l talked to sew
eral Of them, and every one stated decidedly
that he meant to have land. They were
among the hrst ofthose to file, and say they
all filed in less than two hours. This is re-
markably short time, and IN ny OF the
squatters were of course unable TO reach
claims twenty and twenty-five miles away
in that time.
The authorities claim that the situation
now looks very serious, but of course 1t IS
large y a matter of conjecture. These hlers
say they are going to have some OF that
land. They cannot get it without a fight.
-Four or five days will determine the case.
For a novel reason the new town has had
IT'S name CIdHpeu 'IOlA SiSSt'oh S
ton. After consultation the Sisseton Lana
company and the people d rtetly around
the town site unanimously decided TO name
the placeafter Miss Ellie StautieT, the school
mistress who was
THE FIRST ONE 10 REACH 1T.
She made the journey alone from Brown
Valley to the northern boundary. riding
horseback forty-five miles OIL April ii and
sleeping that night in a tent. On the morn
ing OF April 10 she rode alone twenty-iour
miles, following the boundary until she
met the crowd. She leG all the men to the
new town, and they complimcnted her in
the manner described. The town is sur
rounded by some of the best land on the
reservation, aud settlers are coming 10 1t
from miles around. ] rode over ii for sew
cral miles, and was surprised TO lind so
large a tract with so little land not in every
way desirable. Already there have been
started a general store, lumber yard, hard
ware store, blacksmith shop. grocery, mill
inery establishment and d hotel.
Things are quiet in Browns Valley.
Many more people returned here to-day
iootsore and weary without claims or any
thing else. Many others passed through
on their way to Wilmot. They have To-
Gated claims and go t ere TO file. The
boom is over and there is little more to tell
unless lighting begins. Many good claims
wer, secured to-day. There are still many
vacant ones. Large prairie fires are raging
tonight and a stiff east wind prevails.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
The

CHICAGO-WHEAr-No. . spring, 500
@s1c. No. 3s2ring, rs to s3c; No. ? red,
No. S53c.
CoRN-No. >, lot to4O4c.
OATs-No. 2, 2S5tc pc; No. 2white, 81 to
3lSc.; 3 white, 3O@3O4c.
RYE-No. ,, 7&4c.
BARLEY No. 2 55to61c.; No. 5, 42@57c.
INNEAF0LlS- WHEAT-NO | hard,
size; No. l Northern, soc; No. , Northern,
IS to 78c.
CoRa- No. 8, 3Il to S5sc; No. 3 yellow, a4s
to 35c.
OArs-No. ? white, - o 29sc; No. 3 white,
26t to2S4c.
RYE-No. ., "A! to 754c.
BARLEY-No. ), s. to 43c.
HAY-Choice wild So 30 to $50; taiF wild,
$3.50 TO s.; pool wild, "A 1850; timothy
nomina. at 81 to Sl2O0
ST. PAUL-WHEAT-No. l hard, 81 to SEC;
No. l Northern, 70 TO SIC; No. = Northern,
T6 to 7SC.
CoRS-No. 3, IS to 35Ic; No. 8 yellow, $50
10 36c.
Oars No. ., q to oslo; No. , white, %
to 3Oc; No. 3, p to 2Sl.
BARLEY M RYE-NO. , barley, 50 to SIC:
No. 3 barley, S5 to 44c; No. 2rye, y to 75c;
malt, GOto75c.
GROUND FEED AND MILLsTUFFs-No. !,
$l3.25@l3 20; No. =. 1850 IA. p; No. 3,
Sli5O 10 Is; glow grade, 81: TO 1880; corn
meal, bOlted, 81 to is; do unboited, Sl3 to
Is 80; bran, bulk. Sl2 o $3.50.
Observation-Disclosures. 2 spring.
81 @S3c; No. / Northern. SIC.
CoEN-NU, 3, 3Sc.
OATs-NO. 2, white, &c. No. 3, do, "a
TO 29tc.
BARLEY-No. . 54c: sample. 81 to Coo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
MISCELLANEOUS

A VOTING machine is used with success at
an election in Lockport, n. y,
The burial place of George W~ashington's
mother is in litigation.
The pursued cattle thieves in Wyoming
scatter and are getting out of the state.
The Indians secure all the best lands on
the Cheyenne reservation, as they did on the
Sisseton.
THE condition of winter wheat is report
cd at IL, being 20 3 less than on April 1,
1891.
TIE government engineers who have in
vestigated the proposition to bridge the
! canal at the entrance of the Duluth harbor,
file an adverse report.
PARDRipSE pound, down the price of
wheat in Chicago five cents and makes half
a million dollars.
A CERTIFICATE of the increase OF capital
| ofthe Standard Oil Company of New York
from $4,000 0 was filed with the New York
secretary.
CONGRESSMAN Warmers committee
opened its investigation into the sweating
system of clothing manufacture in Bos-
ton.
THE governors of the New York Stock
Exchange adopted the amendments to the
CONSTITUTION DTONiuluS IoI II GotdDllSl-
ment of a clearing house.
Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt
throughout Montgomery, Warren and Of
sego counties, New York, recently. No
damage was done.
Tue Philadelphia Russian relief com
mittee has decided TO send the steamer
Conemaugh, with her load OF provisions
for starving Russians. to Riga, a port near
mr. 10 tho fapnina district than | Than NrIara
the Indiana was unloaded. The Cone
maugh will be loaded next week.
EDWARD HOLDEN, formerly quartermas-
ter in the royal engineers, who was arrest
ed for trying TO obtain information regard
ing the deienses of Malta TO sell TO q foreign
government, was convicted in London, and
sentenced to one years imprisonment at
hard labor.
Or May /, il is said, the indianapolis
street car lines will pass from the hands of
their present owners, Cyrus Mccormick, S.
w. Allerton and other Chicago capitalists,
to the control of a New York syndicate
headed by II. l.. Belknap. The considera.
ton is 81 500, COO.
The Baltimore Journal of Commerce has
suggested that all the principal boards of
trade and commercial bodies of the country
unite in tending Whitelaw Reid a banquet
in such one OF the cities as may be decided
upon. The suggestion is being generally
Endorsed.
w. II. Metcalf, of Bradley & Metcalf,
boot and shoe manufactures. Milwaukee,
died. He was seventy-one years of age and
one OF the wealthiest men in the city. He
possessed the largest collection of fine
paintings in the city.
Ms. Potter Palmer and nine other we'll
known women connected with the board
oflady managers of the Worlds Fair, at a
meeting decided to organize under the
name of Chicago Women's Dormitory As
ISOLATION, with the purpose of erecting a
building for the accommodation of women
visiting Chicago during the fair, particular.
ly those O fliniited means,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
MATTERS.

BoB Cook may coach the Yale crew after
ali.
THERE are 1850 bicycle clubs n Great
Britain.
The betting on the Slavin-JacA.on fight
is about even.
Tommy Kelly is called the 'chan pion
postponer liz pugilism.
La Blanche, the tricky Marine, is nO~~
numbered among the "has beens."
Fred Began and Tommy Warren are
matched for a finish fightat Tacoma, Wash.
The Nebraska Futurity has received over
100 nominations.
Inthe American Derby Carlsbad is still
the favorite at IL to |.
+. Gerhard has engaged JOCKEY Mike"
Bergen for the coming season.
Mason City, Iowa, Turf club offers $50,
600 in stakes and specials for September
meeting.
II is reported that senator Stanford has
refused IN offer of $4,000 for his stallion
Advertiser.
The Cleveland lady cyclists are tearing
their hair over how they will have their
new uniforms made.
Dick job. ston the English feather weight
has cabled a challenge to fight George
Dixon or Cal Mccarthy.
st. Louis sports are talking about offering
a purse of $50, 600 for the Sullivan-Corbetl
fight to take place in the Mound City.
Capt. A. H. Bogardus and George Rex.
roat of Virginia, ILL.,, shoot a fifty live-bird
match fer 500 a side at Virginia April 10
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
IOWA,

s. Hugh, of Dubuque. organizer of the
American Order OF Woodmen. was pulled
into an alley at Sioux City, and $500 taken
from his pockets. Scores of people were
passing within 10 feet oft robbery.
A smooth swindler registering as w. W.
Conner and purporting to be a salesman
for the st. Louis Tobacco Company, work
ed Northwood recently, by giving a bogus
draft.
Higgins ice house, at Cedar Rapids, to-
gether with 1000 tons OF ice, was destroyed
by fire, causing a loss of sl2, 900; partly in
sured. The fire. originated from a bonfire
built by boys.
All the quarrymen employed by the
Iowa Plaster association at Fl. Dodge,
made a demand for higher wages. The
demand was refused and the men refused
to go back to work. Their places are being
filled by new men as rapidly as possible.
A3-year-old child of William kitschiner
was burned at Wacoma while playing in
the field where the father was burning
stubble. 1t was on the opposite side OF the
strawstack and was not seen until eveloped
in flames. 1t will die.
Burt Wilcox, aged seventeen, struck
Oscar Robson oyer the head with a heavy
club for refusing him a chew of tobacco at
Fort Dodge. Robeson's skull was fractured,
and his recovery is improbable. Wilcox is
in Jail awaiting the action of the grand
jury on the charge of assault with intent
to murder.
John Egan, a prominent and wealthy
farmer of White Water township, near
Dubuque, was found dead on the Cascade
Narrow Guage road with his throat cut
from ear to ear. Everything indicates
that the man was murdered. He was in
the habit of carrying considerable money.
An investigation is being held.
The Milwaukee railway was awarded a
verdict in the case of Mrs. William Werth-
koff of DEBORAH, Iowa, against that road.
Action was brought for damages for iniur-
les received in a wreck at Coon Rapids,
this state, and is but one ofthe many suits
now pending in which the damages asked
aggregate 500 600.
The first bulletin of the Iowa weather
and crop review issued, makes the outlook
for crops in this state a very bright one.
There was a general excess of rainfall,
which has delayed seeding, but the soil is
well saturated at a greater depth thar at
any time within the past five years. Win
ter rye is in good condition. Live stock is
in excellent condition. On the whole the
outlook for the farmer is favorable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
TALKS RED
Mrs. Smith. Addressing Socialists, fitehe'
Into the worId's Fair Manager

Mrs. Smith. Addressing Socialists, Pitches
Into the World. Fair Managers.
CHICAGO, April lS.--Mrs. Charlotte Smith,
president of the Woman's National Indus
trial Lea1ue oil America, in al address BE-
lore the Waveriy Hall socialists to-day, at
tackled the worlds fair management III gen
eral, and Mrs. Potter Palmer's board Of
lady managers in particular. Her COM
plant was that the working women were
MOI 10 be represented at the far. Mrs.
Smith said: "The worlds ia r as a whole
is only a big machine to put dollars in
pockets already full o: money, aud not to
help ,abor. This league pleads for women
who represent the masses. We plead for
their recognition by a nation tor the white
women, the red women and the
black women who have all been IL
nored by the political and financial
promoters as well as 10y The lady managers
of The worlds Columbian exposition.
Therefore We are again compelled ~ appeal
to the congress of the United States that
has recognized women as industrial factors
by creating a department Tor women which
is now entirely mOnOpol.Zed by the ladies
who are represented by the impractical and
inexperienced board OF lady managers.
Therefore we protest against .urihei loans
or appropriations for the worlds Chicago
exposition unless the .oi owing conditions
are led with: That there be q
woman's Industrial department; that a
colored womsn's department be established
that working women b.. recognized on the
board OF lady manager; that the work NJ
classes be better represented; that better
wages be- PAID the laborers on the buildings
and grounds; and that a broader policy in
matters sectarIan be established"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21

HuRox, s. D.. Special, April lS.-A some
what peculiar divorce case has been COM
memccd in the circuit court here. In No
vember last Mrs. Lillian Mcdonald b.
tanned a decree of divorce, with 500 ali
mony, from her husband, Peter Mcdonald.
on the ground OF drunkenness and cruelty.
Mcdonald appeared at the trial held in
open court by his attorney. The hearing
was had in Eau Claire, Wis, the court Civ.
ing the Gus ody of an in ant child-a girl
TO Mrs. Mcdonald. Now the husband
makes application for divorce in the courts
here from his wi e, charging her with de-
sorting him. He asks hat the custody OF
the child be transferred to him, and that
property in this city which is in Mrs. Nc
Donald's name be also transferred TO him.
Both parties lived here previous to and for
a number of years following their marriage
and the property in question is quite valu-
able. Mr.. Mcdonald is now a resident OF
Watertown and Mrs. Mcdonald makes her
home with relatives in Minneapolis.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
ON A SLAVERY CRUISE.
Plans OF the Moneserrat, witch Is Now
Fitting at san Francisco.

Plans OF the Monessrrat, witch Is Now
Fitting at San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, April 1S.-ThAt slavery
still exists OH the Pacific is evidenced by
the fact that the steamer McneserIat is fit
ting out here Tor a blackbird cruise, and
will sail Monday or the Gilbert Islands,
whence il viii carry Il hold full Of natives
to work on the Guatemala coffee pianta-
tions. Though all this is to be done under
the guise of ali equitable contract. it is M
the less slavery, and the projectors Oi the
cruise are keeping the matter quiet. 10
divert suspicion tho MOnescrrat viii sail
first to Nanailno, whence II will start on Its
real errand. IL will hot fly the stars
and Stripes, but Americans " 1t and
Americans will sal II. Last Sep
TENDER the brig Takile, loaded with
400 Gilbert Islanders, and notOrlous.y a
SLAYER. was blown OFF its course and put in
at Dukes bay, 4 few miles rom this port.
Learning that il was likely 10 be Seiz d, its
captain put hurriedly to sea, and the next
that was heard of il was when ii was sight
ed bottom up off the coast, all its crew and
cargo having peTished. The same people
ave planned the MonCserrat's Shaving
cruise. hoping to recoup themselves. There
will be no difficulty ia getting a cargo, as
agents at the islands are now at work i'll
ducing the natives 10 sign contracts. On
the MoneSerrat will sail Bhmorn, king of
Eutaritari, Gilbert islands, who came here
a short time aSo arUwedIy to get this gov
ernment to establish a protectorate over the
islands. 1t is said that the king will not
lose anything by the ~slayer's cruise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21

One OF the most wonderful buildings
OF antiquity was Traian's floating
palace. 1t was a wooden structure of
two, or some say three, stories
in height and built upon a gigantic
raft which was set adrift in Lake Nemi
in Italy and towed from place to place,
as occasion required, by rowboats. 1t
was "a model pleasure house, having
gardens and courts; covered porticoes
and towers and pleasure boats plying
from it to the shore, while the occu-
pants OF the place amused themselves
fishing from its windows. 1t sunk A.
d. 195, and or July l5, 1885, it was
said to have been r~ediscoverd at the
bottom of the lake. According to the
description given OF it a. that time
the structure was 500 feet long by
go wide and SO in height. The float
ing palace has never reappeared in
history since 1885, and much doubt
has been thrown on the accounts then
written.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
FOREIGN.

Toxic, Japan, has been visited by a dis.
astrous fire.
The An slo-American steamer Nina has
returne I 10 Plymouth on account of the
breaking mi OF small-pox aboard.
Mn. GLADsroSE, it is said. will deliver
the first lecture on the trust lately founded
at Oxford by G.. J. Romianes.
GREAT forest fires are ra ing in the Alder.
shot forest, near Berlin. and the Finnen-
trop forest, near Earnsberg.
The legislature ofthe Bra lillian province
of Matte Crosse has declared that state
independent o: the republic of Brazil.
An eccentric anarch hist named Wambnits,
who was recently operating in Berlin, has
been arrested at Frankfort,
1t is reported that the prohibition of ex-
portation of grain from Russia will be with.
drawn this month,
Ten villages in Hungary have been
burned. The spread of the flames was as
sisted by dry and windy weather.
THE Mexican government, it is officially
declared, has not authorized the establish
ment of the so-called Juarez lottery OF
guarant eed the payment OF its prizes.
THE clergymen OF the lower St. Lawrence
say the exodus Of French Canadians is ten
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21

WASHINGTON, April ls.-The plan and
scope OF the proposed worlds fair exhibit
to be made by the department OF state,
illustrative of its functions, hiss been deter,
mined b Secretary Blaine. 1t will include
a documentary and historical review OF
great diplomatic episodes, The seal of
arms will be embla3oned upon canvas and
cohspicuonSly displayed-a work which has
never before been done-and will be i'll
stalled with draperies illustrating the
growth of the flag. 1t is proposed to dis
play in the rotunda of the main building
the most interesting and valuable collection
OF state papers ever brought together ont.
side ofthe department.