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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The vice president of Bogota has
resigned.
Berlin was visited by an earth,
quake last week.
An average crop OF grain is expec.
ted in Manitoba.
Sir Daniel Wilson, president of the
Toronto university is dead.
The yellow fever has appeared al
several central American seaports.
The bodies of several Of the sailors
murdered at Valparaiso have arrived
at New York.
The Spanish government has con.
cluded a loan of $40, 5000 with the
Banque de Paris.
President Piexotto, of Brazil, has
signed the bill granting amnesty to
the revolutionists.
Turkish soldiers shot and killed
seven cholera patient who wouldn't
stay in the pest house.
Cholera returns for all Russia fol
August s and 8 show a total of 6,74l
new cases and 1886 deaths.
Gen. Crespo, the leader of the
Venezuelan insurgents, has captured
Caracas, after a hard fought battle.
The American bishops are advised
from Rome TO confer with the parish
priestsin regard to all questions relat-
ing to the schools.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington, Political, Foreign,
and General Domestic,
Happenings of Note.
Telegraphic News of the World
Condensed for the Benefit
of Busy Readers.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Representative Picker is busy
arranging for the entertainment of
the old soldiers of South Dakota who
attend the encampment next month.
He has secured accommodations for
all who are likely TO attend. lie
returns TO South Dakota in a few
days.
j. c. Adams, of Webster, S. D., S.
L. Brown, Chicago and John j. Cole,
st. Louis, have been appointed a com.
mission for alloting lands in the
vicinity Of the agency to Yankton
Indians. Maj. Picker in speaking
of the matter says: We "wanted to
have another man from South Dakota
on the commission, but the secretary
Of the interior informed me that it is
not usual to appoint a man from the
state in which the lands are situated,
| insisted on having one commits.
sioner from South Dakota, however,
and accordingly Mr.. Adams was
appointed"
There was a shaking up among the
high-salaried officials of the geologi.
cal survey when the reduction
imposed by the sundry civil bill was
carried into effect. Nearly forty
members of the force were asked to
resign, two-thirds of them being
scientists employed on special work.
The salary of the paleontologist is
cut down from $1,000 to S $1,000, and
twenty-six other employees will also
have to submit to a reduction OF
pay. Six OF the scientists thus sum.
marily d-ispossessed of pay volunteered
to stay and complete the work they
are employed upon without compen-
SatiOn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
LUCKY CHICAGO.
Congress Gave G s7S3,ocO More than
the Dill was Supposed to Call for.

Congress Gave s7S3,OcO More than
the Dill was Supposed to Call for.
In a published interview Director
General Davis, Of the Worlds Column
bian commission, is quoted as saying
that congress had really given the
fair s 1888, 900, or $7sS,0O0 more than
is generally understood the bin called
for. His summary of the various
items bringing the total TO the sum
stated is as follows:
Worlds Columbian commission,
s120, 600; board of lady managers,
Sic, 600; government exhibit board,
s400, 900: medals and diplomas, Sl02,-
900; for loss on coinage of souvenirs,
$50, 900; Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, 81, 500, 900; total, s 3,2s3,00O. Mr..
Davis then goes on to show how this
amount can still be further increased
by the d~isposing of the souvenir half
dollars at a premium.
"Now you will see" he said, that
| have not counted anything for
premium on the half-dOllars. know
of an offer of twenty per cent.
premium on the whole issue that is
ready now. My opinion is that every
one OF the h~alf-dollars are worth at
least seventy-fvc cents. 4 moderate
estimate would give us 100000 profit
there, so that VIC may thank congress
for making us a present Of nearly
81, 200. coo, where we had asked only a
loan ofS5, 900, coo. | feel SURF that
| the more the friends of the fair con-
slider the question the o they will
feel the value of the legislation in its
| favor"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Signs of the Times.

The New York Herald sizes up the
business situation as follows: The
business of the country is in a pro.
vokingly healthy and fIourishing con-
dition. Imports during the fiscal
year ending June so, were greater
than those of any former year.
amounting to sS33, 900, 900, while
exports also exceed the highest
record and reached the enormous
aggregate of 81, O27 900, 600. Railroad
earnings for the first six months OF
the year are greater than those for
any similar period in history, and
the output of manufactures has been
greater than ever before. Business
failures for the first half of the
present year have been 1000 fewer in
number and $40, 900, 900 less in gross
liabilities than they were during the
corresponding period of 1891. New
industrial enterprises for manu-,
featuring iron, cotton and wooden
fabrics are going into operation in
various sections, and while the
margins of profits are small, business
is on a solid foundation, and the ont
look in every direction is hopeful and
encouraging. The grain crop is
promising, money is abundant, and
collections are easy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Training Baby's Ears.

The day for the ear that stands
right angles TO the head is oye
There's been n clever little arraus
ment patented for correcting the 4
dency some babies ears have to stas
out. Ii is a close-fitting car made
white tape that holds the ears close
the head and ties under the chin.
is really merely the framework n
cap, and so is less Troublesome 4,
less heating than a muslin cap Won
be. and can be worn day and MID
There are few less pardonable disf
urements than oHtbranching ears. a
they are less often the result Of a NJ
ural tendency than OF the care,e
handling of a baby.
Few mothers and fewer nurses I
tice when they lay a baby down whet
er the soft little ear is erumpled ind
or lying close back to the head, 4,
they rarely take the trouble when q
hold a baby to see that its ears are
the natural position, but viii hold
for the longest time with the he
pressed against their bosom and 1
ear turncd forward instead Of lad
"As the twig is bent the tree IS |
clined" applies with as much forcs|
the physical as to :he normal grov|
of a child. Babies, when nursed d
stantly by the one person, often d
fer from being always carried on I
same arm and in the same position
WASHINGTON Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Electric Wagons "a Success,

A novelty in the way OF a wagon
propelled by electricity was seen on
the streets of Chicago one day last
week. Some time ago President ]. E.
Mcdonald, of the American Battery
company, purchased several patents
from William Morrison, of Des Moines.
Among other things was a park
wagon equipped with'a three-horse-
power motor and twenty-four-celi
storage battery. Mr.. Mcdonald fitted
the wagon with new batteries and gave
it a trial. With five persons in the
wagon it left the barn on Monroe
street and travelled to the company's
Office. The u was made in twenty
two minutes, which was considered as
satisfactory, considering that the
wagon was delayed at a bridge and
several stops we're made on account of
the crowds in the streets. 1t is calcu-
lated that the wagon can make ten
miles an hour easily with the present
motor and can climb any hill in the
city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
A NEW PIPE LINE.
A Formidable Rival for the Standard OH


"a Iofiltudblt ioA ~
Company.
Papers have been signed in New
York for the construction Of a new
pipe line which threatens to become a
most formidable rival to the lines of
the Standard Oil company. For a
long time the independent retlncrs
and producers of the old oil fields in
the northwestern part of PcnnSyl-
vania have been seeking to secure a
a free outlet to their product, and by
this latest movement they think they
have succeeded.
The new line will start at Bradford,
Pennsylvania, and run directly east
ward to a point on the New York,
Ontario and Western railroad near
Handbook, New York; thence it will
follow the lines Of railroad to New
burg on the Hudson river, where it is
proposed to erect refneries, or where
the oil a be shipped to New York
by rail or boat. The pipe line will
be 2I2 miles long and will cost about
twelve million dollars. The right OF
way has been obtained for the entire
distance and it is expected to have
the line in operation by spring. The
new line is backed by the members
of the Independent Producers Pro-
teCtivc association.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
a Wild Woman.

During the preliminary examina.
ton at Phoenix, Ariz., of John Rhodes,
accused of being one o, the murderers
of Thomas Graham on August 2, Mrs.
Graham, wife of the murdered man.
attempted TO shoot the defendant
and was prevented only by accident.
The trial was progressing quietly
when Mrs. Graham sprang from her
chair, rushed TO where Rhodes stood.
drew a revolver, placed it against
Rhodes breast and pulled the trigger:
but the weapon missed fire. Officers
went to the rescue and after a des-
perate struggle secueed the pistol.
Mrs. Graham pleaded for the weapon
and the judge ordered her from the
court room. She returned to make a
second attempt upon Rhodes, when
her fathee, a Baptist minister, took
her away.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Herbs for the Home.

An herb bed is a necessary partt
garden, and in the spring and suu1
the products of this bed will keep 1
supplied with good, healthy bel
Many of them should be gathered
before their Budding time for wi1
use. Gathered and dried at this I
they have the greatest amountl
flavor, and they will be of the gresl
medical value. They should be
off close to the roots and spread ou!
the sun a day or two for drying. u
they should be suspended from
rafters in the attic. Before suml
is over they will be thoroughly cur
and they can be taken dowa
stripped of their leaves. These sbe|
be pressed down tight into some n
bag or box; in this condition they !
be kept ready for use during the Z
ter. Summer savory, thyme, 81
marjorie, chervil and atarragon she
be gathered, and many other med
nal plants that come into good
during winter sickness. All OF
herbs should re gathered on a So!
day when the leaves are not wet .
moisture, and for them to retain
aroma they should be dried rap.
1t is a good practice To accom-
this by means of warming pans ~
oven, the sun often being too sic!
process. Ali of the medicinal he
can be purchased at the drugs'1
but where they a he grown ~
kitchen garden it is cheaper, ana /
is sure to get better goods.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
TWO CARS or GOLD COIN.
Some $4,000, 900 Taken East from the
California ~Sub-Trcasury.

The gold coin from the United
States sub-treasury at San Francisco,
which lett for the east one night last
week IN a special train of five cars, is
probably the largest amount of
money eveT sent across the continent.
Not long ago there was about &c.
100000 in the vaults of the sub-trcas-
ury and mint. Precisely how much
Of this is now going overland is not
now known but the superstition is
that the amount is at least 500, coo,
GOO. Fifty-Onc men, nearly all from
the railway mail service, were on the
train as guards. Capt. White, of
Washington, is in charge. The men
are well armed. The gold is prin-
cipally stOredin two Union Pacific
cars constructed of wrought steel and
supposed to be bullet and bomb proof.
There is considerable speculation as
To the governments motive in max
ing this large shipment of gold, and
but n explanation is given, that in
consequence of heavy r~ealizations on
American securities held abroad, for
eign holders have recently taken
much gold circulated in the east, and
more is required to guard against
disturbances necessary to financial
equilibrium.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Partial to Reptiles.

Why do women naturally tan
snakes and lizards and ~alligators
similar Shiny associations? Does
old original serpent still wrisss.ie 70
feminine bosom? If you VIII y
visit to the Clyde pier when one o1
coasters from Florida comes 10
it's human freight of returning w
visitors you will see a good q
small boxes--cigar boxes, with <
tops covered with fine wife ne1s
envelope boxes with holes Prrlcnes
them, and allskinds of packages
tanning live serpents, small aillsa9
chameleons, lizards, nasty bug
things of every description. is
a learned New England lady the =
day what she was going to 40
them.
"Oh, keep them for souvenirs
PETS" she replied. You don't
pose l brought them home to esl.
The idea of having pet snsAs
not originate with the Lover =
patra, nor did it die out with Iuas'
nous beauty of the Nile. here
cultured specimen of modern CIV
ton taking Il collection OF nc.s
things to her New England no.
souvenirs and pets, to be TED
led and exhibited to admiring u
fr;snds No man ever had such a.
sortment, except with the CEN
tremens, and he is never Pr
that. He is scared to death even
the idea, let alone induiging
reality. A woman of reilnemsn.
embroider dragons and scorp'on'
toads all over her dainty bouao..
just naturally revels in naA;
when she comes back from fivln.
can think of no more pleasing =:
than a box of choice young sm7
and lovely lizards and dear h,sie
serpents, and she brings ~
for house pets.-N. y. Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

Lord Tennysoncelebrated his eighty
third birthday on the 18th inst. He
received a number of congratulatory
messages from America.
Water from an abandoned coal
mine near Dewsbury, Eng, flooded
the adjacent mines last Sunday morn
ing drowning six miners.
The result of the supplementary
elections for members of the depart
mental councils in France, leave anet
republican gain of 1876. The conserv-
atives now hold only six departments.
Fuller details of the collision
between the steamers, Ajax and
Runeberg, off the coast of Finland,
show that eighty-six persons are
missing. Thirty-nine bodies have
been recovered.
Moorish troops participated in an
engagement with the Argentine
insurgents last week in which they
suffered the loss of a hundred men.
The insurgents seemed to have the
bestof the encounter.
On the arrival of a train from
Florence, at Foligno, the Bishop of
Foligno was found lying dead in one
of the carriages with several wounds
on his head. The police have arrested
the suspected murderer.
A severe cyclone swept over the
country between Dumfries and Paris
on the 10th inst. wrecking houses and
barns, pr~ostrating telegraph wires
and covering fields with a foot of
water. No fatalities reported.
A petition has been presented
against the return of William Red
mond, Parnellite, who was elected by
a majority of 446 votes in the east
division of County Clare, Ireland,
defeating j. r. Cox anti Parnellite.
The city of st. Petersburg is in a
panic. A woman who was seized
with cholera yesterday died within a
few hours, and all doubt has now
disappeared that cholera has invaded
the capital. The rich who are able
to get away are flying to health
resorts and merchants are closing
their shops.
Henry S. Ryder, United States
CONSUL at Copenhagen, has confessed
to embezzeling 100000 kroners. He
ststes that he produced false receipts
and caused his wife to make false
statements in court. Mrs. Ryder is
under arrest, but viii probably be
released. The receipts which Ryder
admits to be forgcrics are purported
acknowledgment of payment OF
moneys from Ryder in his official
capacity to persons to whom it was
due.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Killing Them Didn't Matt.


In DIR. Peters book tel!ino ho-
fought his way in Africa he narr,..'3
curious story of the killing OF twa >
tives by Lieut.. Tiedemann. MAJ s
from Victoria Nyanza. The whz-
petition had been received witi:
hospitality by Wachore. an im,, ~
sultan, who invited Peters and ~ y
mann to his audience hall. shere ss1
rounded by his chiefs and wom.n &
received them. To impress his rrass
with his power he had on hand g.
collection Of the weapons used hv q
warriors, including a c~onsidar, II
number of rifles and other r~s
Among them was a Martini rifle NJ
WachOre handed 20 Peters to ~eyam;s1
Peters, after examining the weaaas
turned it over to Tiedemann wb. Al
charged it accidentally. Ths ~
passed through the head Of one ~ q
men in attendance, killing him inst, y
", and struck the throat Of ! ~
who was behind him and wounss]
him so severely that he bled 10 ds,,1
in a few minutes.
Peters endeavored TO apologize j
the fearful accident. NV friend ; b
said, ~is overwhelmed with Grief. 3
did not know that the gun was loadsJ
and he was not trying to fire Il a
think he Is not to blamc.n The snlt,.j
much to the surprise Of the white NJ
burst out laughing. ~Qh, it Is mai,
ing" he said; they're only slsves
is no matter whatever. Beside.
was not your friend but the GUN N
was to blame. Your friend has ~
nothing wrong at ALL" The wou.]
echoed the words of their mast
They said it was nothing, and AZ
tried to make merry, although Pets
thought their laughter was a mi
forced. 4
Some men bore the bodies out Of IA
hall. They sprinkled sand over r
pools of blood and brought in anutb1|
bucketful of banana wine, with wh;c|
the king and his guests RECALLED tbe,1
selves after the tragical spectae1
Peters said it was a good deal like n
accidental breaking of a vase bv1
guest in n European drawing ram,
and the host and hostess endeayor;,1
to relieve embarrassment and asse,3
ing that the incident was of no con-,
Quence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
THE PRETENDED MESSIAH.
He Is About to shake the Dust of
From His Feet.

Schweinfurth, the messiah, is about
to leave Rockford. 1t is understood
that he has entered into negotiations
with some property owners a few
miles south of KeOkuk for the u
chase of a large tract of land along
the Missouri boundary. He also pro-
poses to buy a like tract of land on
the other side of the line. If he sue
ceeds in the purchase, another heaven
much after the style of the one at
Rockford will be erected on the Iowa
and Missouri land. The steps so far
taken point to one conclusion-thc
false messiah" intends to go into the
business in earnest. If the people of
Iowa object to the manner in which
he gains a following and offer a legal
resistance, he will move over the line
into Missouri. Should the people of
Missouri resist his methods, he can
move back into Iowa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

A fire insurance company in Hart
ford recently received a letter from
an anonymous person in New Hamp-
shire, inclosing 800. He confessed
that he had received more insurance
on some property he had lost by fire
than he was entitled to. The writ
ing is said To be identical with that
Of two previous communications
received by the company, inclosing
respectively $50 and 500, making a
total of $3.50 already received from
this one source. 1t is said that several
thousand dollars have been received
by the same company under similar
circumstances.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
A Judges Suicide.

Judge j. c. Normile, of the Grim
inal court, who brought suit against
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch for $500,
900, and who had its three directors
arrested on the charge OF criminal
libel, committedt suicide on the 9th,
with poison.
Judge Normile was on the stand all
day undergoing examination in the
pending suit of his against the paper.
After his suicide a note was found i'm
his writing stating that he only that
morning determined not to kill the
editor who libeled him, as he pre-
ferred suicide to murder. There is
much sympathy felt for the deceased
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

The phrase, ''He died leaving a
million dollars" tells its own story.
What the man lived his life for,
struggled for, stifled his conscience
for and perhaps lost his soul for he
has to leave on earth. The average
man in the rae for the ''almighty
dollar forgets that there is an
Almighty God who demands the hon.
age of man. There are men, how
ever, who use their millions in such
q way that some of their treasure is
where .moth and dust do not cor
rupt." They are the men who think
of their fellow men and build hos
pitfalls, endow colleges and beautify
cities. There are many investments
OF that kind for the millionaire.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
POLITICAL.

iowa ana rme
alliance parties are talking fusion.
The Minnesota alliance electoral
ticket has been withdrawn from the
field.
A national convention of demo.
cratic clubs will meet at New Orleans
Oct. 4.
The alliance in Louisiana is said to
be split upon the third party
question.
Nebraska republicans of the sixth
district nominated James Whitehead
for congress.
The tenth district democrats OF
Texas, have nominated Walter
Gresham for congress.
Gov. Peck, of Wisconsin, will be a
candidate for denomination before
the state democratic convention.
J. V. Cockerill, a brother of United
States Senator Cockerill, has been
nominated by the thirteenth district
Texas democrats for congress.
Gov. Boyd, of Nebraska, is making a
tour OF the Pacific coast for the DEM
Ocratic party. He says Nebraska
democrats will vote for Weaver.
Cleveland managers in New York
have thus far totally failed to placate
Sheehau, Murphy and Hill, and these
Tammany chieftains are still sulking.
Nelson Wisner, editor of the
Martinsburg CIV. VAL Independent
is nominated for congress by the
republicans of the second district.
The district is at present represented
by William L. Watson, democrat.
The folvwing congressional nomi.
nations lave been made: Marshall
Arnold, democrat, Fourteenth Mis-.
souri,; Rufus L. Lester, democrat,
First Georgia; b. III. Bum, demo
crat, Fourth North Carolina; Thad,
deus A. Rogers, republican, Tewelfth
Illinois.
Word comes from Nebraska that
the democrats in the far west have
decided to make a violent attack
upon Chairman Carter, of the repub
lican committee, and that within q
few days accusations will be published
which the democrats believe viii
compel his withdrawal from tn,
committee.
Reconnaissance Kolb, late
alliance candidate for governor o.
Alabama, is out in a public lettel
disputing the claims OF Jones election
He concludes: 81 have been honestly
and fairly elected by over 1900
majority, and the people of my natiy,
state recognize the fact and will Sc,
that justice is accorded"
Ex-senator Van Wyck, whom, thu
peoples party of Nebraska has nomi
mated for governor, is one of The
pioneer settlers of the state. Befor,
Il outbreak OF the war he led a cara
van of colonists from New York anC
~pre-empted a large tract of land neal
where the thriving town of Nebraska
City now stands. General Van Wycl
himself owns a fine farm of 500 acres
Senator Carlisle states his position
on the coinage as follows: Sold anG
silver bullion should be treated
exactly alike in the minis of tn,
United States; that a dollars worth
of gold should be coined into a gold
dollar and a dollars worth of silver
should be coined into a silver dollar
and if no charge is made for coming
one, then no charge should be made
for coinage of the other"