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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
THENEWSSUMMARY
The Latest News of the World Con
denSed and Arranged in COnyen-
lent Form.
Washington, Personal, Foreign, Grim
inaI, Casualty and Other
Important News.
THE CAPITAL

THE CAPITAL:
THElegislative appropriation bill abolish
es the Utah commission
Ex-CoNGREssMAN Eppa Hunton of Nir'
GINA is appointed to fill the uEexpired
term of the late Unitel States Senator
Barbour.
IS the Hyde iron land case, Duluth dis
trict, the secretary of the interior override.
the general land commissioner, and Hart.
man will be given a hearing.
SECRETARY ELKINs issued a general Crdel
to the army announcing the retirement Of
Brig. Gen. ID. S. Stanley and paying a higl
tribute to his military services.
THE commissioner ofinternal revenue re
ports the payment to date OFF,, SIG claims
for sugar bounty, amounting TO S7,27l, 00G
leaving unsettled 6l5 claims involving
$54,G
A statement prepared at the treasury de
partnent shows that there wss a netin-
crease of So, 437, 9s5 in circulation during
the month OF May and a net increase o
81, $40, COS in money and bullion in the
treasury during the same period.
BY direction of Secretary Noble that por,
ton of the grant TO the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company lying between Tres
Pinos and Aicade, in the state of Calitor
MIA, will Don be restored to the public
domain. The laEds, which aggregate ap
proximately 76S, 600 acres, will be opened
TO settlement at an early date.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
Blood Poisoning

PILLS should be in every fanny
chest. Once used. always preferred
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

WILLIAM 0RDwAY PARTRIDGE, the
Brooklyn sculptor, who has been CON-
missioned by the Union League OF
that city to execute an equestrian
statue of General Grant for $4,000,
is also engaged upon a Hamilton
statue for the Hamilton Club, andhas
nearly completed O heroic statue OF
Shakespeare, to be erected in Lincoln
Park, Chicago. Mr.. Partridge is only
80 years Of age.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

ing.


DETROIT. Mich, Special, Michigan
AUS big excarsioA train, bearing nearly
all Of Michig ms delega'e s and a~lternates
to the Minneapolis convention, toe etbe,
with the Algcr club, Michigan club mem,
Iers II their friends, left to-day. A party
. h.ty also left for Minneapolis, under the
auspiccs~ot the publication entitled "Unde,
Fhe Oaks at Jackson, 1854 and Since
winch is designed to be a complete history
OF the Republican party. The party will
lodge IN tents near the Convention hall,
Accommodations will be had for lUO peo.
lie and many leading Republicans OF this
city have arranged 10 be their guests.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

In a Philadelphia court the defend
ant in a suit for damages for careless
driving, in running into a valuable
horse and killingit, admitted that he
drove with one hand. As the lady
with him was young and pretty, the
court held that one hand WIS all that
ne could be expected to devote to the
horse. Philadelphia is not classed az
a specially gallant city, either.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

THE king business is one of the
,ealthiest in England. as statistics
show. George Ill. held his job fifty
nine years, although of his base the
asst eleven; Henry iii. hung on for
6fty-six years, beating Victoria's
record by a year; Edward III. failed
to lose his grip until he had followed
the business fifty summers, and Eliza
beth never quit for forty-iour seasons.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

Some extraordinary finds have at
times been made within the trunks
OF trees. A woodman, for instance,
when engaged in splitting timber ior
rail posts in a wood in Scotland
discovered in the center Of q large
wild cherry tree a living bat OF a
bright scarlet color, which he foolishly
allowed 20 escape from superStious
fears that it Was "being not OF this
world."' The tree Ashowed'a-smnil
cavity in the center, where the BAT
was inclosed, but it vast: perfectly
sound and solid on each side.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
HOUSE

In the house Mr.. Hatch, OF Missouri, re,
ported the agricultural appropriation bill
and it was ordered printed and recommit
cd.
In committee of the whole the hous,
agreed to an amendment tn the postOtiicC
appropriation bill of providing for an addi
tional appropriation of 500, 600 for tho
Star route service.
A feature OF the hill-making appropria
tons tor the support ofthe agricultural de,
partmcnt for the fiscal year of1SJ3, report
ed by Chairman Hatch to the house today
is that section providing that the monthly
crop report issued on the 10th OF eaci
month shall be confined strictly to a state
mPnt ofthe percentage totals by states and
full total without comment, or argumen'
and that it shall be submitted to the secrc
tary OF agriculture. who shall officially au
prove the report before it is issued or pub
lishCd.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
POLITICAL ECHOES.

CONGRESSMAN QuTHwAITE, of the Column
bus Ohio district, has been nominated ior
the filth term.
The Democrats Of the Ninth Illinois con,
gressional district ave renominated Con,
gresham III. W. Snow.
Tue Republicans of the Ninth Indiana
district have renominated by reclamation
Congressman Daniel Waugh. Resolutions
indorsing President Harrison were cnthu-
siastically adopted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

FORT JEEvIs, n. Y, Special-Folcy, the
Whlte man accused by the negro jackson o.
being the instigator OF the ~latter's assault
upon Lena Mcmahon last night, was ar.
rested to-day while trying to get out o.
town. The officers had di~ ficulty in getting
MN safely to Jail, andthe Jail is still sur.
rounded by an angry crowd. The town is
excited and LAS; night lynchiug is gener-
any approved. Miss Mcmahon is in a
critical condition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

ops o the province q New York resppro-
ing the Faribault and Saltwater scheme.
IN the yacht race at Harwich, Eng, the
lyerna was again The leader, beating the
Meteor, formerly the Thistle, owned by the
German emperor. Many Germans were
among The spectators, and they showed con-
siderable disappointment at the success of
the lyerna. The weather was fine.
ADMIRAL MAYNE, NJ. p, after speaking at
the Wellshire banquet, mansion house, was
seed with a fit and fell over in his chair,
lie was carried out aud revived. Halfa am
hour later he started for home, TO all APP
pcaranccs fully recovered. Halfway down
stairs he fell and p Ired his head, lie was
taken unconscious 10 his home, where he
died.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

Ex-CHEF JUSTICE WILLIAM LINDSAY,
it is said, was raised to the highest
judicial Office in the Blue Grass State
without ever having read a law case.
While yet a novice he vas elected
Sheriff, andthen State Senator. Then
almost before he knew it he was a SUI
preme Court Judge. and then Chief
Justice. Then he declined reelection,
saying: II want to begin to practice;
that's what l started out to do, and /
want to see how it goes"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
Buried Alive. sFs :

AEDMoEE, Ind. T., Special, - Albert
Miller, United States commissioner of this
city, relates an inhuman and daredevil in.
cident connected with an execution at We
wako. 1t is the custom to execute those
convicted OF capital crime by shooting.
In this case The executioners were too
drunk to hit a barn and their shots only
wounded the human target. They imme-
diately left and o negro brought a rough
box coffin and with the assistance of two
other negroes the body was put in the box
and the cover held down while If was
nailed on. The victim fought hard. The
interment was then made. The affair ex-
cited but little u~niavorable
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
Many Candidates for Congress.

MASKATO. Mimi, Spccial The
Blue Earth county Alliance met at Good
Thunder and elected Guy Daley Of Maple
ton president. A resolution was unani.
mously passed urging Blue Earth county,
suballiances to use al honorable means to
secure the nomination of J. III. Baker for
congress, the Peoples party ticket. and ex-
pressing the utmost confidence in him.
The convention meets in this city June 8
and promises to be Lively, as Sevatson. of
Jackson county, and one or two other can
didates are in the field.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

ENGLISH justice, at home and in the
colonies, is swift and sure. In March
last the wholesale murders of Deem
ing were discovered in Australia and
in Liverpool. The murderer has al
ready pulled the rope. before the end
of the second month succeeding the
discovery. Young Australia gives a
lesson OF considerable value to her
older sister, America.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

THERE is no doubt of it. The cal.
endar is not far out OF the way. 1t is
now June, and the snake and fish
stories aretaking on their summer pro-
portions. A twenty-iive-feet sea ser.
pent is visible in several localities.
The fisherman in this vicinity, how
ever, do not need to e~xaggerate. They
have handsome strings to show.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

The United States will miss Senior
Romero, who has so long and so
.apably filled the post of Mexican
minister to this country. President
Diaz has summoned him hometo take
charge OF the finances OF the Mexican
republic, and his transfer to this inn
portant post is a promotion. All the
same, we are sorry to lose him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
BLAINE RESIGNS.
The Great Premier Tenders His
Resignation as Secretary
of State.
His Resignation Accepted by the
President an Hour After
Its Receipt.

WASHINGTON, June 6-Secretary Blaine
rendered his resignation rs secretary OF
state to-day, and his resignation was at
once accepted by President Harrison. The
secre.ary's letter OF resignation is as fol
lows:
Department OF State, Washington, June 4,
lS92-To the President: | respectfully beg
leave 10 submit my resignation OF the office oil
secretary Of state of the United states, to
which ] was appointed by you on March o.
1889. The condition Of public business in the
department Of state ~iustiies me in requesting
that my resignation be accepted Immediately.
Ihave thu honor to be, very respectfully. your
obedient servant. JAMES c.. ELAINE.
Secretary Blaine's resignation was taken
to the White House by his private sccrc-
tary. Mr.. Dent, who placed It into the
hands .! the president. This was Il little
before l CLOCK and within fl teen minutes
after it was written. Soon after reading it,
the president descended to the East room
and held his usual Saturday afternoon re-
ccptIOn to the public. There were about
800 people present, not one of whom, as he
shook the presidents hand, could have
told from his cool and collected manner
that anything unusual had happened. In
deed, an official of the mansion said the
pre.idcnt really seemed to be in better
Il Tits than usual and made ie.icitiOus re-
plies TO the greeting oGSome o. his visitors.
THE RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
The reception over, the president re-
turned to his library and I'd dressed a letter
to Mr.. Blaine accepting his resignation.
This was given to Private Secretary Hal
io-d with Instructions tn t it be delivered
at once, and NJ. Halford lhercupon took it
over to Mr.. b aine's house and placed it in
his hands. Thus the whole transaction did
not consume more than an hours time:
Executive Mansion. WASHINGTON, June /,
1s92.-To the Secretary Of state: Your letter
OF this date teaderiug your resign ttioa Of the
office Of secretary Of state Of the UGited States
has been re ,eived. tn. terms on which you
state your desires are such as TO leave me no
choice but TO accede to YOug wish g at once.
Your rcs'enation is therefore accepted. Very
rcspcc. fully yours. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

Two Of the leading professors at
Yale and Harvard have commingled
their thoughts and agreed that the
spelling of the English language is
altogether absurd. Several people
aot college professors have had such
impressions at times, but the availa-
ole mode of relief has not yet been
jound.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

BILLINGS, Mont, Special-The Billings
ana Great Falls stage was held up by
masked men yesterday and the treasury
ooX and mail sacks taken after one horse
was shot. The passengers were not modest.
ca ahd were allowed to proceed with Tho
leihalnlhg horse. The robbery occurred
on Ialhted itope hill, nine miles south OF
the Muscle Shell river. A sheriff's nosSc
vas dispatched from Billings on the arrival
OF the coach. i
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

AMAN named Libertino had the
audacity to himself as the
personal agent of the devil in New
York. He was promptly jailed, or
course There are such things as
vested rights in this country, and no
monopoly of this kind is endurable to
New Workers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
If there is anythina more absurd II

If there is anything more absurd in
the life history of the emperor OF Ger
many than the rigging out of his little
lO-year-old son in the uniform of an
officer of the Imperial Guards and per-
hitting him to swagser along. diminu-
tive sword in hand, at the head OF a
company of marching giants, it has
mercifully been concealed from the
human eve.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
THURSDAY, JUNE 2.

Mr.. Stewart spoke in favor of the silver
bill to-day.
senate bill TO provide for holding terms
of courts in the district of Montana was
taken from the senate calendar and Passed.
Also senate bill 10 provide for
two additional associate judges of the su-
preme court Orthe territory of Oklahoma.
Also senate bills creating two additional
land districts in Montana and to amend
the statue relating to appca's to the SUI
pTeme court.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Turpie,
calling for the correspondence with IIayti.
Columbia and Nenezula in regard to reel.
proCity, was considered by the senate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
A Poor ContrlVance,

Mamma-''You are not satisfied
with your new doll? Why, it creeps
and says mamma and opens and
shuts its eyes, and Idon't know what
ALL"
Wee Pet-"It's fingers doesn't move,
an its tongue doesn't wag, an it new
crfrows up"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
A WESTERN FISH STORY.

I Discounts It's Eastern Relative
In DIN of SIZE and verac-
ity.
One OF the party of lumbermen who
aad recently visited this coast was
telling OF the wonderful things he had
seen in this and adjoining states while
with the party, says the San Fran
cisco Call.
"When we were on the way out ;,
said he, Eve made up our minds to.
watch the Californians, for We were
led to believe from the big stories we
had heard that they were given to
stretching the long bow, but to their
| credit be it said that everything we
heard was verified, even to the taking.
of 10000 feet of lumber from b
single tree. But they. told us q story
which they were unable=t to verify:
still we believe in the view OF the
correctness OF everything else that
they told us.
at was this: One winter according
TO the raconteur, there was such.an
unusual run of salmon in the Sacra-
mento river that in forcing their wav
up stream they a against and
broke several piles that supported d
railroad bridge and it sagged in the
center, making it unsafe for a train to
| pass over it. 1t was near train time,
and the salmon, noticing the damage
they had done, got together, piled one
on top of the other, raised the bridge
to it's proper level, and held it up un-
til the train passed over it safe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

An enterprising citizen OF L~ockport,
N. Y, is in Jail for stealing astreet car
line. How sad these liLTle mistakes
are. II he had only made steam rail.
ways his speciality, he might be a free
man today, and right up alongside OF
Jay Gould.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

CoRBETT fought a draw with Jack.
son; Jackson easily defeated Slavin;
Slavin had no trouble in putting out
Mr.. Kilrain, while it took Sullivan 81
rounds to preform n like feat. Ergo,
Sullivan is liable to meet his yelling
ton in Mr.. Corbett. We shall see.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
IN Gals StnEns

LONDON, Special-This was the last day of
the EPSON summer meeting. The principal
event OF the day was the race Tor the Oaks
stakes, which is the race OF the year for the
hllies. Baron de Hirsch's great filly La
fleche, which started a great ~iavorite for
the Derby stakes, but who ran second in
t. at race, proved the victor in to-day's
event. The Smew was second and Lady
Hermit third.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

1T is still somewhat of a question
whether Kelley OF the gold cure--the
only gold used being to pay the fees
and the Kelley of motor notoriety are
not OF a similar stock. The first
however, has made asuccess in a finan-
cial way, whatever the fate of his Wet
inns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
New Jersey DeIerates

JERSEY CRY, n. J. Spccial-Delegates to
the national Republican convention at
Minneapolis left Jersey City to-day on a
Pennsylvania train. Gen. Sewell and
other delegates waited Tor them in Phila-
dciphia.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

oIIcAGa, Special,-A plan to blow up the
Meeregof boiler factory lay dynamite ha.
been discovered by the police, The plot
seems to have been deeply laid from tho
~ oIination which has come into the
hands OF the authorities. Striking work
men were at the bottom OF The scheme. A
large amount OF dynamite las been di.coy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
A Kiss In Boston,

He-mayI-I-have a kiss, Metia
table?
Miss Mehitable Beaconhill, fromBos-
ton,-lf yousee proper to bring about
a paroxysmal contact between the
labial apendaGes OF the superfor'a and
inferior maxillaries l shall not OBJ
iect.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

JOHN JACOB AsToR has initiated
William Waldorf in giving the New
York Press club a check for $4,000.
This may possibly have a t~endencyt to
cause the ommission of a paragraph
now and then.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

MANIFEsTLY, il the bicycle is to be
successfully used by the army, con-
tracts must be made with Dyrenforth
to furnich dry weather. during military
operations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

JUST because the Gar has presented
the Queen OF Denmark with six beauti-
iul white steeds for a golden wedding
present, it is not to be inferred that
her majesty is red-headed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
SOUTH DAKOTA,

A SET OF false teeth made OF ivory
by a New York dentist for George
Washington, and used by him, *
on exhibition at the Patent Office in
Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
THE TOILERS.

The Durham coal mine owners and their
employees held q meeting and ended the
strike. The mine owners agreed to make a
reduction OF only 10 per cent in the wages
of the men. Work was resumed immediate
lr
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

Good Luck and Bad Consequences.'
An excellent Kansas lady, Mrs.
Monahan-we know she is excellent
because she is ninenty-four years old
according to a cable dispatch from
London. has won by a suit in the
court OF chancery from the English
government two millions of dollars
worth of property in the shape of
700 acres of land near Limerick
Ireland, and n sheep ranch near
Melbourne, Australia. This property
n seized by the government Of
Great Britain in 1798. It's recovery
will be good thing for Mrs. Menahan
and the numerous relatives she is re-
ported to be blessed with.
Ii will also, no, doubt, provea God
send to that large and active tribe
of American and other lawyers who.
subsist upon the imaginary claims Of
residents of this country to immense
estates aboard to fabulous SUNG
in the custody OF the Bank of Englands
From The New York Telegram.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
Whv He Didn,t

New York Millionaire-to tramp
"You never did an honest avs work
in your life, did your"
Tramp-refectively-"No, / don't
suppose | ever did. Up to the time ]
quit work was a Wall street broker
Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
HOUSE.

The house, in committee OF the whole,
voted down a proposition increasing by
$500 600 the Appropriation for the free de-
livery service.
A joint resolution passed today aUthoriz-
ing and directing the president to proclaim
a general holiday commemorating the
4OOth anniversary oCthe discovery ofAmcr-
lea, Oct. II, 1892.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
SATURDAY, MAY %.

Not in sess on.

HOUSE.
Tie legislative appropriation bill was re-
ported to the house today. The most inn
portant feature, and which, without doubt,
will lead to a bitter contest in the house, IS
that abolishIng the Utah commission.
The total appropriation made by the bill
is $21, $50, 752-$l, O70, 2SG less than the esti-
mates. The APPROPRIATION for the current
fiscal year was So, Ill, 97l, being $bjS, ~
more thar is recommended in this bill.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09
WEDNESDAY, JUNE l.

Davis introduced a bill providing that
the pension law ofJan. q, 1899, shall apply
to persons who enlisted for 30 days with 10
days from the date of the muster-in of any
80 days organization.
The senate noted today. at the close OF
Mr.. Sherman's two-days speech on the sill
yer question, that no vote should be taken
on that measure until after the MinneapO-
lis Convention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-09

GLADSTONE is in no fear ofdying I'M
noticed. There are already 100 OF
his biographies ready to be rushed in
to type the moment his death is an
nounced.