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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
PEOPLE IN PRINT.

James X. Roush. one of the leading
merchants OF Bloomington, Ill, dropped
dead on the street.
Robert A. Lamberton, l.. L. D., pres
dent of Lehigh university, died at
Bethlehem, Pa, of apoplexy.
| Robert Alexander Lamberton, presi-
dent of Lehigh University, died sud
denly Of apoplexy at South Bethlehem,
Pa.
Rufus +. Andrews, surveyor OF New
York under President Lincoln, is dead.
Ex-Gov. Proctor Knott Of Kentucky
was yesterday offered the Hawaiian
mission and declined it.
William Waldorf Aston is reported
to be losing money hand over fist In
his London newspaper ventures, and
he is becoming soured against all man
kind-and especially womankind.
An associate of George Stephenson
In pioneer railroad work, the Rev.
Ralph Swinburne, is now living in
Ashland, Ky, at the age of SO years,
and Is said to be the oldest railroad
engineer in this country.
Yang Yu, the Chinese minister, and
his party are proving a bonanza to the
hotel where they are stopping. There
are seventy-eight i'm all in the party,
and they are paying for their rooms,
board and such extras as they get an
average Of $ LOO Il day.
Emperor william, at luncheon at
CoblentZ, spoke to provincial officials
in q manner that has left Il pleasing
sentiment toward him, His speech was
marked by its poetical diction and by
the kiEgly name of its delivery.
Mrs. Mary Murphy died at the resi-
dence of her sol at st Louis, at the
age of 100 years. A remarkable feature
of her life was that she cut three
sets of teeth, the third set being per-
feet at the time of her death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
0 SOUTH DAKOTA.
NEWS CLEANED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS TELEGRAMs.
SwindIers at valley springs-south Dakota
CoaI-Prcceedings of Board Of Regents
of Education-Other Interesting News OF
the State.

The corner stone OF Wardhall OF science
at Yankton college has been laid with
appropriate ceremonies.
Twenty-eight new residences have been
built in Parker this season. There Is
pressing demand for as maDy more.
The commissioners OF Yankton county
have offered a reward Of $500 for the ap-
| prehension of the slayer OF Mrs. Sawyer.
Col. Fl. Drake, ofAberdeen. has been re-
lieyed of his consulatea at kehl, Germany
by the appointment OF George KEENAN,
OF Wisconsin.
At the new county artesian well near
kimball large quantities of coal are
thrown up. The well is over q feet
deep, with q strong flow of water.
Mrs. Clarence Lacroft OF Clark was ac-
| cidently shot in the shoulder u few days
ago by her little son with "a % gauge
rife. Her recovery is probable.
The state public examiner recently COM
| PEELED the commissioners OF Iankton
county, under threat oflegal proceedings,
to allow the auditor and treasurer sutfi-
cient clerk hire.
In executive session of the senate on the
9Th inst, the nomination Of J. S. Hassler
OF Forest City, s. d., whose confirmation
was objected to the day before, was ia
vOrably acted upon.
Marshall Bosworth; a farmer living 10
miles southeast OF Hot Springs, in the
Black Hills recently committed suicide
by taking strychnine. Cause, hard
times and a failure Of crops.
Atthed democratic state judicial conven-
tons recently held at Scotland, Capt. W.
Fl. Stoddard OF Sioux Falls. Chauncy l..
Woods, OF Rapid City and Henry Hinck-
ley OF Huron were nominated.
The republican convention at Fort
Pierre, Stanley county, a few days ago
instructed the delegates to labor for the
nomination of Hon. John +. Dillon for
supreme iudgs from the third district.
1t is said that the Deadwood Central,
a narrow gauge railroad from Lead to
DeadwOod, will soon resume business.
The road has been closed since last fall,
but has recently passed into the hands Of
the B. 4 NJ.
Public Examiner Myers, after an exam
ination OF the books of the Douglas coun-
ty treasurer, reports a shortage of 81
100. He has called a special meeting Of
the board of county commissioners to
consider the matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

J. II. Troeh, OF Watertown was arrest
ed recently at Kampeska for shipping
nrairie chickens. He was fined $50 and
costs but has appealed the case. he IS q
pot hunter pure and simple and has been
shooting for the market since the lst OF
August.
Mrs. w. III. Downe was arrested at
Parker a few days ago for assault and
battery and was tried in Justice Wood
ards court before a jury which found
her guilty OF the charge. Her fine was
fixed at so cents and costs, amounting
to S47.5O The case will be appealed to
the circuit court.
Mrs. Emma A Crammer, of Aberdeen,
president OF the South Dakota w. Z. l..
L., gives notice that the annua! state
convention OF that organization will be
held at Huron, Sept. 16, II, Is and ~.
Mrs. Clara {. Holman, state president OF
Missouri, an orator OF nationalfame, VIII
be present two days.
Ira Monroe, Ga years of age, died at
Sioux Falls a few days ago OF blood
poisoning. He was wounded during the
war and carried abullet in his leg. While
ont harvesting he became overheated
and blood poisoning developed with Ia
tai results. He was a member OF the u.
A. r., and has lived III Sioux Falls for
eight years.
The following postmasters have recent
ly been appointed for otiicesin South Da-
kota: Henry, Coddington county, Pat
rick Walsh: Lebanon, Potter county,
Daniel Carol; Leola, Mcpherson county,
Fred Junge, Jr.; Memo, Hutchinson
county, Wesley Douglas; White Rock,
Roberts county, John A. Anderson; VOL
sey, Beadle county, Henry Newton.
John Neegel, a farm hand, was taken
to Aberdeen from Rondell township a
few days ago charged with stealing $50
in cash and notes and papers valued at
ST, 900 from his employer. He was ar
raigned and pleaded guilty and vas sent
to Jail. The cash has been recovered and
Necgel says he will reveal the where
abouts OF the papers when given an OPP
~pOrtunlty.
South Dakota State Fair. The North.
Western line will, fromSept. 9th to 18th,
inclusive, sell excursion tickets from all
stations in South Dakota and return, on
account OF the South Dakota State Fair,
at half rates-one fare for the round trip.
Tickets good for return passage until
September 16, 1898. For tickets and
further information apply to agents Chi
cagO K North Western R'y.
The selection of ex-Auditor James A.
Ward, Of Pierre, as the chairman OF the
state democratic central committee to
succeed United States Marshall Otto
Peemiller, appears to give complete sat
isfactiOn to the democrats OF the state.
Mr.. Ward was formerly q wholesale
grocer OF Sioux Falls and was popular in
business and political circles. He is said
to be a fine tactician and a rare organic.
er.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
CASUALTIES.

The Anchor mills at Mount Olive,
H., burned. Loss, $4,000.
Fire at st. Joseph, Ill, destroyed
half the business part Of the town.
The loss Is $4,000.
Mrs. Otto Stephens Of Chicago was
badly injured in u runaway at Chey-
enne, Wye.
The Vojaceke family Of Newark, y.
J., ate toadstools instead of mushrooms
and two are dead.
Two men were killed and n half
dozen injured in the wreck of a cir
Gus train near Grass Valley, Cal.
Sherman Walks of Port Mitchell,
Mich, visiting at Cromwell, Ind, fell
from a tree, breaking his neck.
A seven-story tenement block burned
Mt New York and the inmates Were res
cued with difficulty. The loss is $780,
600.
Miss Lena Smith of Lamothe, Mo-,
who was burned in a prairie fire re-
Gently, has since died. She was un-
conscious six days.
Six guests Of the Hotel Campidoglio
at New York were overcome by gas.
Two, Quirendo Serene and bride, may
die.
The residence of Charles Allen, farm
err, burned near Saginaw, Mich. He
rushed into the blazing building to
save $1,000 in currency and persisted.
Lizzie Riley, aged eight years. was
shot dead by her twelve-year-old
brother at Morning View, KY, while
the boy was playing with a gun.
In Obion county, Tenn, John Cap
pelle, a farmer, mistook his friend and
guest. Marion Carter, for a burglar
and shot him. Carter will die.
Thirteen men were injured by an
explosion of gas in a mine near Shell
burn, Ind. Five Of the injured men
may not recover
Edward Waite Of Boston, aged nine
teen, was drowned in the Presumcot
river at Deering Me. Mrs. Mary Cur
ran, who saw the accident, dropped
dead from the excitement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
FOREIGN NEWS.

A death from cholera is reported from
Hull, England.
A laborer died at Vienna of chol-
era.
Prince Bismarck is recovering from
an attack of rheumatism.
The khedive of Egypt will visit En-
gland next spring.
Hayti is said to be on the eve of an
other revolution. The fall in silver mas
caused great business depression.
Gen. Reyes, commander Of the North
ern Mexican military zone, has sup
pressed the uprising in Coahuila.
Lord Dufferin will go to Paris to in
sist upon Frances pledge 10 respect
the Independence of Siam.
Lady Armstrong. the wite of Baron
Armstrong, the head of the great Els
wick gun manufacturing firm and the
inventor Of the Armstrong gun, died
at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
President Carnot is said to be suf-
faring from cancerous affection Of the
liver. An operation will Dol be neceS-
sary.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Brussels says that after the death of
Vankerchoven the whole of his eXpe-
dition was completely destroyed, over
twenty whites being killed.
The gathering of the harvest in Great
Britain is practically finished. With
scarcely an exception the results are
described &C the worst known, being
even below the bad estimates made
Of them.
The French Catholic mission ut Ii
chuen, in the provinceo f Hupeh, has
been attacked and sacked by a mob.
The priests escaped into the neXt
province.
Alarmist rumors regarding the health
Of President Carnot were rife in Paris
recently. 1t was reported at n time
that he had been subjected TO Il crit
ical surgical operation. Special inquir-
les by the Associated Press proved that
the reports were unfounded.
The new Cunard line steamer Lu-
cania made the distance from Liver
pool to Queenstown in ten hours and
forty-seven minutes, making an aver
age speed of 21.3 miles. The highest
rate attained was t~wenty-three miles
in one hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

from Montgomery county for forgery,
escaped from the state prison ut Co.
lulnbus. Ohio.
TO carry on speculation Con Wei, OF
We'll, Dreyfuss q Co. Boston, used the
firm name upon $350,0O0 worth OF pa.
per.s
In attempting to arrest two colored
men ut st. Louis Policeman Benin was
terribly beaten. also receiving two
slashes from Il razor.
The hiding place of the ingalls, out.
laws in Oklahoma has not been found.
One outlaw, three deputy marshatis
and four citizens are dead as a result
Of the late encounter.
Craps and selling whisky to minors
resulted in siXty-one indictments 10y
the grand jury at Clinton, Ill. Twenty
or thirty boys and about every saloon.
keeper In the county were caught.
-Four druggists Of Boone, Iowa,
were fined $500 each for the illegal
sale of liquor, and appealed TO the su,
preme court. A motion for a new trial
was denied, and the Judgment against
them viii be enforced.
James Bell, n noted desperate who
has terrorized the Mhrshfield, Mo,
community for over thirty years,
stabbed and killed John Harrington
without provocation. The sheriff, on
account Of the serious sickness Of his
wife, declined to leave home and arrest
Bell. Thomas Moore, a boy eighteen
years old, asked to be deputized, and
was given a gun and shacklcs. He
made Bell don the bracelets" and
locked him in a cell at the county
Jail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
AT WASHINGTON.

Claus Speckcls goes 10 Washington
to protest against the annexation OF
Hawaii.
As a result of the Ford theater dis,
aster a bill will be introduced to com
pensate government employees injured
in line of duty.
Secretary Carlisle has requested the
resignation of John s. Lothrop, collect
or of internal revenue for the Third
district. Dubuque, Iowa. Mr.. Lothrop
entered on his duties Oct. !, 1889.
The unofficial trial trip of the new
cruiser Olympia showed her speed to
exceed twenty knots per hour.
The cruiser New York is completed
and in possession of the government.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
CRIMINAL.

J. w. Calvin, city collector of Joplin,
Mo-, is short in his accounts.
c. c. Chase of Lehigh, Iowa, is miss.
ing. He was the village barber, editor
and mayor.
John Todd and wife near Stockton,
Mo-, are charged with poisoning the
family of the Rev. j. A. Mcintosh.
Mrs. Jennie Algertson is charged
at Galesburg, Ill.,, by a coroner's jury
with the death of Fred Dean.
Frank Harper was found guilty of
arson al Laporte, Ind. He was SEN
fenced to two years In prison.
b. Burton chased Charles Reynolds
down a Pittsburg. Kan. street, shoot
ing as he ran. Reynolds was alone
hurt.
Twenty masked men at Selma, Cal,
made a raid on the Chinese ware
houses. Cinnamon claim to have lost
$1,000.
Fearing to lose his place, Postmaster
Scott of Rosewater. Hitchcock county,
Neb., hanged himself to a rafter in his
Office.
III. Thorman Is under arrest at Kay
ana, Ind, charged with shooting an I'M
known man. His only excuse for the
killing was that the ma was q tramp.
John Gibhart, a three-year prisoner
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

Parties living near Pukwana have
about completed arraDgementsfor locat-
ing a colony direct from Norway on
lands across the Brule county line in
Buffalo county. 1t is understood that
the colony is now on it's way to this
country.
Some OF the citizens OF Artesian have
organized a stock company for the pur-
pose OF buying grain. They have leased
the Farmers warehouse and elevator
and engaged f. A. Barker to buy for
them. MIR. Barker has been the buyer
lor the farmers for the last FIVE years.
they are going to buy on q 2-cent mar.
GIN from Minneapolis prices and claim
they will save the farmers B to 6 cents
per bushel.
A bloody affray took place a few
nights ago in school district No. 6 near
Parker Owe the hiring Of u teacher for
that school. The electors were Divided
into two factions, one faction fayoripg
one teacher and the other another. 4
dispute arouse between Orange Still and
George Arney which ended in q dispraca.
ful fight, the latter getting his head
quite badly cut with a shovel used by
the former. ~
The Corn Belt Exposition managers Of
Mitchell have secured the services of Gov.
Sheldon to deliver the opening address
on the 9th of this month, when the FIX
position wall be formally thrown omen
The list OF special days has been comnlat.
sa ana Is rs follows: Corn Belter's day.
sept ~; Chamberlain day, %; Yankton
day' ~; Ladies day, 80; Monday. Oct
:, VIII probably be Travelling Mems day:
tuesday, Oct. 3, Sioux Falls and Shr;'
hers day; Oct. 3 and 4 will also be d.yot.
ca TO y. A. X. reunion and the 4th viii
also be Farmers day; Oct. 8 will be do.
'oted % the Germans. Special excursion
trans have been secured from all direc
IONS Tor these several days.
The democrats of Moody county held
their convention to select delegates to tbs
STATE convention at Scotland. and also
ID the circuit convention at Sioux Fails
rev days ago. The convention ,ras
heid IN Armory hall, in Faulkton and
apout Az delegates were present Tba
ioliowlng were named to ettana 49,
STATE convention at Scotland. N q
Iogiey, Z. Fl. Allen, John Torg;son ana
=. James. The following were nom.
lnu.eu TO attend the circuit convention
eoiou6 rails: L. l.. Powers, William
ZONES Robert acGregor and +. 3 Va
N DOM delegations go uninstructed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
II

Six human skeletons were found i'm
bedded in the sand on Presidents ISL
and, near Memphis, Tenn.
Mayor Willard of Argentine, Kan,
NAV lose his Office through a failure to
enforce the prohibitory law. a
The Kansas corn crop is estimated at
200. 600 900 bushels, worth S6O,OOO,OOo.
This is the greatest since 1889.
Maryland Republicans nominated Jo-
| sephus Horner, Jr.. for comptroller and
| endorsed the Mckinley law.
fuckers Mills, rope works, Brook
lyn, n. Y, shut down, throwing 300
persons out of work.
School trustees of Indiana defy the
attorney general. They will not turn
over certain surplus school funds.
George III. Cary is the Peoples party
candidate for governor of Massachu-
sets.
Pierre Lorillard's physicians say he
must give up the turf, and he will
therefore sell his string of horses.
Monon stockholders have agreed to
reclassify stock-$3,000,0OO preferred
and 100000 common viii be the
form.
The mills Of Quidnick Company Of
Ouidnick, r. T., resumed. Burrillville
mills also resume
Five manufacturing concerns at Tol
ledo, Ohio, that have been idle some
time have resumed operations, giving
employment to 1900 men.
All blacksmiths, m%achinists and boil
ermakers employed by the Memphis IL
Charleston railroad at Memphis are on
a strike because of a 1O per cent re-
duction of wages.
George III. Thomas Post No. 5, Of
Chicago. won the competitive flag pre-
sented by the citizens of indianapolis
for the largest number in line on pa
rade.
The Topeka Ministerial Union adopt
ed resolutions protesting against Sun
day excursions to the worlds fair and
the National Grand Army of the Re
public encampment.
The United States court at San Fran
cisco has held that the c~onfiscation
of the schooner Louis Olson Is no
longer bar to the prosecution OF her
owner for smuggling Chinese.
Mrs. Cyrus w. Field. the wife of one
OF the sons of the lead capitalist of
that name, has gone into business TO
assist in paying off her husbands MI
merous debts, most Of which We're in
Cured by the Field .inlley- Wiechcrs
failure. Mrs. Field has entered into
partnership agreement with a ladies'
halter in New York.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

Near Freeman q tramp recently asked
a farmer named Tiezen for a ride and
when he was allowed to take a seat in
the cart tried to rob his benefactor.
During the struggle the two fell out, the
horse ran away and the wouldbe robber
escaped without having secured any
booty.
United States Commissioners Anderson,
at Hot Springs, has bound over under
$4,000 bonds each Cat ana Lon Cedar,
two Indians, charged with murder during
the beef issue at Pine Ridge three weeks
ago. The evidence is strong. In default
OF bail he sent the Indians to the Dead
wood jail.
Mrs. Minnie Sawyer, a woman who
has lived a hermit's life in Yankton for
several years, was murderedi il cold blood
by strangulation a few nights ago. Her
apartments were above the principal
shoe store of the town and right on the
principal street. There is no clue to the
murderer.
Scarcely a week passes thatformer resi-
dents of the vicinity OF Mitchell, who
went elsewhere to locate several years
ago, do not rel arm and take their resi-
dence III South Dakota near their old
home. The latest arrivals are Mr.. and
Mrs. o. ID. Stearns, who came back from
Montana to resume Farming in the best
wheat country on the face OF the globe.
p. J. Erie OF ~Brookings ~bookkeeper for
the Bank OF ~Brookings, left home very
Suddenly a few nights ago, leaving let
tiers to different parties stating that he
would not return. He was married last
spring and it is rumored that the cause
OF his leaving was domestic infelicitv
Everything is all right at the bank
where he has been a faithful employe for
six years. His family and friends are
greatly concerned about him and his
aged parents are almost heartbroken.
The farmers are progressing rapidly
with their threshing in the vicinity of
Waterton. Wheat is yielding all the
way from seven to twenty-five bushels
The average for the county viii probably
be in the neighborhood of ten bushels.
Flax is turning out very heavy: there
was a large acreage sown and will more
than counterbalance the low price OF
wheat. Farmers generally are holding
their wheat, only selling when absolute
~ obliged to. The roller mill has been
shut down Tor several weeks on o
OF not being able to secure wheat enough
to keep running.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

There does not sec n to be any doubt
that Emin Pasha II definitely and posi-
dv':y dead at last for good and an
There have been so many stories tc
this effect which have been so strongly
c~or.tradicted that there must be a sort
o. dismal comfort to his friends to
have the question settled. He was not
only killed, but he vas eaten, which
for all practical purposes puts an end
TO his achievements as an explorer OF
the dark continent
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

Clemenceau and Floquet, having boti
been defeated for reelection to the
French chamber Of deputies, may nov
have time to settle their old dispute
Pistols and coffee for two are In order
Italians are leaving our shores b,
thousands, and returning to their native
land. Six thousand sailed from Phila
delphia alone last week. 1t Is fortunate
for America that they r compelled
TO leave their festive banana behind
them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

The end OF the man DR.. Graves OF
Denver is really q fitting one for him
unless it is to be assumed that the ad
ministration Of justice in that com
munity is a huge engine Of individual
persecution. A man such as the evi
dence adduced in his case has shown
him to be unfit to live In a civilized
age, and the manner of his taking of
seems, from that point OF view, to be
peculiarly a fitting one.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

A French face just now shows one
side clouded with jealous anger be
cause the crown prince of Italy is rid.
ing up and down the lines of troops
with young William of Germany re-
viewing the troops, and the other side
is wreathed in smiles at the prospest
of the Russian fleet joining with that
OF France in the great naval parade.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

Again Robert t. Lincoln has come
forward to deny that his father was a
spiritualist. The denial was unneces-
sary. Abraham Lincoln was too prac.
teal a man to dream dreams or see
visions. His only dream was Of a re-
united country. That he did not live
10 witness n realization Of this dream
Is the saddest incident in his history.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
BIG OBJECT GLASS.

London, Sept. S.-Sir Howard 'fno
has recently furnished an Object ga,
for the new equatorial telescope NJ uVa -
wich observatory, of which he was ~
manu-, tcturer. 1t cost about tt'ysV
The casting of a twenty-eight-incn ~
for the telescope took. the Chance d., !.
of birmingham, about three yen :
complete.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14
BAND ASSOCIATION.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Sept. S.-Tbe annu
meeting of the Southern Wisconsin ban
association, which convened In this c'
this afternoon, is quite a success. se
enteen bands are represented IN y
meeting and ten full bands appeared
the parade. This evening the boys play,
in different parts of the city and two pa
lie dancing parties were part OF y !.
entertainment. The convention eoncau'
tomorrow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

One person was killed and a number
badly injured by the running down hill
Of an uncomfortable electric ear at Gin
cinnati. Cars on side-hill railways
should be provided with anchors, or
furnished with stopping gear like ele-
yators.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-14

The German government has taken
stringent measures to lessen the evils
OF duelling, especially among the stu
dents at the universities. 1t is ques-
tionable il people who are foolish
enough to fight duels are deserving of
governmental protection. The world
has little use for them.