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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-16

AZ Attorney Thomas request Mr.. Thorpe
read from . typewriter paper that he bad the
list Of bids that were received in answer to ad-
vertisements calling for proposals for doing the
work Of repairs. The lowest bid received vas
that Of Geo. W. Dant. whose bid was for $3.50
The next higher was one at 1855. The highest
bid WAS that Of C. Thomas at 81, 200. The chief
Of the supply division Of the War Department.
then went on to give in detail the methods pur-
sued in his department before the contract was
awarded to Dant, in compliance with q recon-
mendation from Col. Aiusworth.
AISswoRrH THE OFFICER IN CHARGE
The attorney called Capt Thorpe's attention
20 q clause in the contract which stated that the
work must be done in a first-class manner and
To the satisfaction of the officer in charge of the
building and then asked him who was the Off
Ger in question
Col r. C.. Ainsworth.
In answer to questions from Mr.. Warner and
Mr.. Harvey the witness stated that each bureau
Of the department took charge Of the work Of
construction and repairs that it needed, and
that there was no supervising architect IN the
department nor any engineer officer to super
wise the work He denied that he had ever said
that the work was a dangerous one, nor had he
ever thought the building was in a dangerous
condition
Further attempts were made by the jurors t6
And ont if there was no one in the department
who was capable of judging OF the quai'y
the work done for the different bureaus an'
assigned to that particular duty. and Mr
Thorpe said there WIS no such officer. In
chief of each bureau is responsible Tor vofi
done uuder him. ia this case. Col. AInsworth
The only persons to whom Col Alnsworth deie
gated anv authority in the premises were III
superintendent of the building and tnsihee
sasse. Mr.. Thorpe was emphatic IN hrs state
ment that he had never had any antnoriy
supervise the work. He was not an arcni'ec'
builder or engineer. and had never at'enP'e
any supervision of this particular work
Mr.. Thorpe was asked whether there was IL
- a. ,hA denartment o. determining whethe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24

1t is said that County Judge John !.
Kean. of Woonsocket has Just declared
the game law OF this state null aid VOID,
ard AVS that prairie chickens may De
shot and killed at any time OF the year
without trespassing on the law. Inc
last Legislature, while attempting 70
amend the law, repealed oil law on the
snbiect. Judge Kean is n well informed
attorney and his decision VIII not De
questioned in legal circles.
In compliance with the request OF Gov.
Nelson. oil Minnesota, Gov. Sheldon has
Amounted the following persons men,
beers OF the antitrust association: T.. A.
| .Jewett. wholesale grocer, Sioux FaIls; II.
8. Person, editor OF the Howard Press,
and T.. b. Horns, an attorney oil Doiand.
| He also appointed as members OF the "a
| association, which will meet soon IN Mil
waukee. Hon. A. b. K~ittredge, Sioux
| Falls: Hon. l.. b. French, Iankton, and
j. w. Wright, OF Clark.
Harry Grange was drowned a lew
DAYS 9 in Washout, e a the Missouri,
| three miles west OF Vermillion. About q
dozen girls were swimming when one OF
them was seized by cramps. Young
| Grange and Charles Jolley went to the
rescue, but got into roc deep water.
| Jolley got back with difficulty. Grange
could not be saved, though all hands
tried to help him. He is the Oldest son
OF J. w. Grange, a prominent merchant
OF Vermillion. He was about sixteen
years old.
Gary has a school complication OF no
mean proportions. Some time in the
spring the old corps of teachers was hired
by the 1892 school board, and contracts
were duly signed. The new board. ques-
tioning the validity OF the contracts
| drawn by the 1892 board, has chosen a
new corps OF teachers, but MS they do not
hold certificates III the county, and as
| the old professor is also county superin-
tendent, they are in trouble, inasmuch
as the examination is not held for nearly
a month after the school should begin
and he positively refuses to grant a pri-
vate examination.
The striking OF an artesian well at
Belle Fourcae he, s. d., proves that the ar
tesian basin extends farther west than
has been supposed. This wei vas sunk
simply to ascertain whether or not the
basin did extend SO far west, and now
that it resulted satisfactorily numerous
wells will be sunk in the Black Hills re-
gion. The Sturgis Advertiser IS in the
lead OF the papers which are urging the
speedy commencement OF work on wells
throughout the Hills, and on behalf of
the taxpayers OF Mead county asks the
chairman OF the board OF commissioners,
through the county auditor, to call a
special session of the board and proceed
to sink a well somewhere in the county
as an experiment. South Dakota has a
liberal law for the sinking OF artesian
wells by the townships, and the provi-
sions Of this law will be followed by the
Black Hills counties.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
Charged With Fraud.

E. p. Brown and c. W. McCrone
arrested at Denver, Col, a few daya
charged with using the mails to deI
and with violating the statutes rell
to lotteries. They Were released Cd
900 bond and the case was set for
ing August "a. Brown was 81
banker in Canton, s. ID. McCrona
formerly a postmaster at Alexandd
ID. The came to Denverearly in the
and Incorporated the Denver Invest
Bond company, opening up elabon
furnished offices in the Equitable
ing. j. b. Colony, son OF a hotel X
at Canton, was manager and chief 4
tive officer, but he il at present 0
the city. The plan OF the company
issue $1,000 bonds to subscribers,
pay $40 down and 81 monthly. 0
money thus accruing 81 OF each moi
payment is set aside in a general
When it amounts to $1,000 one d
bonds are called in. These bonds
consecutive numbers, but the drawi
fixed in advance by "A series oil nun
devised to give the appearance OF
lutte impartiality. The company
done a great business, receiving N
from all over the union. There ar
OF these concerns in Denver, but II
thorities are working up eases az
the officers of each.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
THE NEWS In A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences of h
Past Week, Boiled Dow ana ARR
anged for Rapid Heading, From
Home md Abroad.
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Gresham is displeased with
the Bering sea decision.
A bill enabling the government TO
protect national bank depositors against
loss Is TO be introduced in the senate.
Speaker Crisp makes q canvass of the
house. which indicates the passage OF
silver repeal by at least thirty. Repeal
will also undoubtedly pass the seDate.
The government is printing national
bank uotes at an increased rate.
Senator Roach has a number Of presi-
Dental appointments including post
Offices, waiting for the presidents re-
turn. He says he expects no results
for a month. Among the postofiices
ready for q change are Cakes, Cass.l-
ton and others.
A canvass OF the senate shows that
forty-four Of tho cighty-five members
can be relied upon TO vote for the I'M
conditional repeal OF the Sherman law.
The Boring sea board Of arbitration
its decision, which both The
United States and Great Britain con-
slider fair and satisfactory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
PERSONAL.

Alfrei Butler Storey, editor of Har-
per's Young People, died in New York
last week.
pital service, has yellow fever. He is
at Brunswick, Ca.
Judge Napoleon II. Taylor died at his
home in Indian. polls. He was serving
his third term on the superior court
bench.
Philadelphia has furnished three
fathers of the house"-William ID.
Kelley, Samuel j. Randall and Charles
O'Neilr.
Theodore Tilton Is said by an Ameri-
can just returned from abroad 10 he
the most distinguished looking man Ia
Paris.
The khedive has returned to Cairo,
and has had n quarrel with his prime
minister, who was appointed through
English influence.
Ex-yice President Morton denies the
story that he intends to make Paris
his future home. New York is good
enough for him.
Miss Elizabeth Green OF Detroit Is
said to be the representative OF Ameri-
can beauty in Europe at present. The
emperor Of Germany is among her con-
quests.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, in 4
plea for co-education, asserts that moth
ing will take the foolish and romantic
notions out of a girl SO quickly as Ia
set her at work with young men and
let her find out how little they know.
The Rev. Thomas Mcclure Peters,
ID. d., S. Il. d., archdeacon Of the do
cese Of New York and rector Of ST.
Michael's church, N%inety-ninth street
and Amsterdam avenue, Harlem, was
found dead in bed at Peckskill, y. Y.
The oldest living chaplain of wa is
now being sought for by those curious
in such matters. The Rev. John Wal
worth of Wisconsin is claimed to be
he. He was chaplain Of the Forty-third
Wisconsin volunteers, and Is now
eighty-nine years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24

A bag containing 1000 silver dollars
was stolen from the Southern Express
company'st office, at New Orleans, La.
The Jaited States Express safe ut
Waterloo, Ind, was blown o,pcn, but
the vault was not reached.
Three men attempted to enter the OK
press car in a Big Four train ut Craw-
louisville, Ind. Messenger Julian shot
N and the others disappeared.
Madeline " Pollard Of Louisville has
brought suit against Congressman w.
G. T.. Breckenridge for $4,000 for
breach Of promise and seduction.
Antoine Kalulsky and his wife were
attacked by striking miners ear Leav-
enworth, Kan, and severely beaten.
Mrs. Kalllsky may not recover.
DIR. Robert W. Buchanan, convicted
at New York for poisoning his second
wife, was denied a new trial and SEN
fenced to be electrocutcd
Miss Anna X. Rogers Of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, committed suicide by taking
pcisop. She said II a farewell letter
that she felt she was becoming insane.
Pat Meehan went from New York to
Atlanta, Ga, 10 kill Robert Mcbride.
He shot him dead at the depot. He
refuses to say why he killed Mcbride.
Two highwaymen robbed Glen Keys,
n merchant Of Flora, Ind, Of 500 and
his watch. He resisted and was shot.
His injuries are slight.
Henrietta Hamilton committed sui
eide at st. Louis by taking poison. The
act is said to have been caused by
the refusal Of John Conley to marry
her.
w. T. Buchanan. president Of tho
Coke County and Sutton County, Tex,
banks that suspended a few days ago,
has been arrested, charged with EN-
bezzlement.
The gold brick swindle has been sue
cesSfully worked on a farmer named
Fisher at Canton, Ill. Fisher Is
wealthy. He lost $500, and the three
smooth men who worked the trick have
decamped.
Fred Tate, Waterman at the Nickel
Plate freight house at Erie, Pa, was
waylaid, beaten by burglars, carried
into the freight house and bound to n
chair. The burglars then blew the safe
open and carried off the money drawer
containing $100 in cash and a large
numDer OF cheeks.
The body of Harvey Beesucker was
found IN the Big Four railroad track
near Farmland, Ind. 1t was cut in
two. and his head was. badly bruised.
There are evidences that he had met
with foul play and then been placed
on the railroad to hide TIE crime. rs
the body had been robbed Of a gold
watch and ut least 800 in money,
which he had when seen by some
friends there.
The Rev. S. ID. Roberts committed
suicide at Crab Orchard, Neb, by
blowing his brains out with n shotgun.
He was formerly presiding elder of the
Beatrice Methodist Episcopal district
and president of the Beatrice Chau-
tauqua association. Several months
ago he began showing signs Of despon-
dency, said TO be caused by loss Of
mental powers. He was quite wealthy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
srooxings College Matters

In response to a request iro"
Sheldon, President Shannon, i'm
board of regents and the pen
trustees ri the State Agricultural
at Brookings, says a special 'eNs|
Attorney General Crawford has renJ
nm opinionjupon the relative PoS ION
the two boards in question wn.n
20 a long way toward clearing ~
existing situation aud will preyens
future any such complications Us
arisin in the past. The opinion waI
mulgatcd ON Saturday last anu"
in the hands oil President ShaniVl,
will bring it to the attention OF n n,;
cintes at an early day. In Tue vi
the attorney says:
All nppoint'Ne nts must be app,JbsI
the regeuts. The trustees are .n
snb-aeents of the regents ana ca sc
provide for tho current manage !.
their respective institutions, Due !
are not required to take an oatn :" an
are Obliged to make no officiai .nr,
eau make no contracts. a 0 ="
sued, keep no seal and have ~
clearly defined powers, they are ~
to no compensation for services. 70
is no provision in the law glss ~,
trustees the custody OF insti.us :,
minds. The state treasurer 10 tn' y
custodian OF all funds, but 2 -
can elect a treasurer for certain -
tunds. Regents nrethe sole dlsDu.ss,
uuds. They alone issue v'arra''
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
Incidents in a Dako,, r..

1t is said that nothing is MOI.
tain than the decision of q nat;, !
out the acts OF the frontier CONT
many ofthem, beat a petitiurv
,ent case OF highway robbery n. /
was identified by the victim
prisoners duly bound over, wbeo y. !.
torneys for the defense, seeing no \
ior fees, moved that the monav !
turned to the parties from Who. !
taken by the officers, and tba ]
granting the motion it was Tran
to the prisoners, thence to tba;r j
neys, while the rightful owner J
money looked in open-mouthed as,l
meut.
In the same court a Juror was
out of the box in O cattle case and ,
upon the stand as q witness. tban
ed to again take his place as q
The same court granted an aOv,
sheep shearer a mechanics lien on !
OF sheep.
In another Court the Justice i
over two men on q charge oi !,
larceny, and after he had adiournad
they went to him with the plea m
decision would send them to the mo-
tiary, and that if he would eeoI
court and change his decision they
make it an object. He complied
their request, but the object new
peared to his view. These are a /
the many incidents OF the kind i
frontier OF the Dakotas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
GENERAL.

Three Pennsylvania boys were killed
by q companion.
Badger e. Co., furniture dealers at
Boston, Mass, have failed for 100000.
Six hundred Boston street labore-s
struck against a reduction in pay.
The Montezuma hotel at Hot Springs,
Ark, will be closed.
Judgments for 1900 were entered
at Lebanon, Pa, against the Lebanon
Brewing company.
'Old Hutch has withdrawn from the
Chicago board of trade and has retired
from business.
Switchmen of the Rock Island road
threaten to strike because of reduced
pay.
Archbishop Corrigan of New York
afirms his loyalty to the pope and to
Satolli.
Six hundred miners quit work In the
mines of the Kansas 81 Texas Coal
company at Huntington, Ark. out of
sympathy with the Kansas strikers.
Herman Wieberhaus. a German farm
er living lea Harrington, Neb., was
missed from home and his body was
found in a field partly devoured by
hogs. How he anne to his death is not
known.
-Four hundred employees in Wood
ards casket works and furniture factory
ut Owasso, Mich, have commenced
work at a reduction OF 10 per cen in
wages. There is quite an unsettled
feeling among the men. and they may
strike.
At Jonah, Tex, n. mass meeting Of
Democrats, Republicans and Populists
was held. The speeches criticising
President Cleveland's message were Of
an incendiary character and the meet
ing wound up In burning Cleveland in
efiigy.
Bridget BoyM of Philadelphia, twen-
ty-four years ~, was sent to the Penn
sylvania hospital suffering from a
strange injury. She had cut off nearly
the whole of her lip. broiled and eaten
It, She said she had been ordered to
make a sacrifice to God and took this
method Of obeying,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
Petrified Bones.

There are on exhibition at the bus
place of f.. C. Stevens in Chamberial
~, some rare specimens oil prshlJ
animals. The specimens are pet1
and are attracting the attention Of
erous persons. Among themis the
leg bone of q mastodon. The leg 4
feet except the lower portion whera
hoof would join it, q portion
broken off. The bone az it Is w
fity-four pounds. 1t is two iec1
inches in length, with probably mi
four inches broken off. At the q
measures two feet two inches IN 4
eter; smallest part, one foot three Y
in diameter; around nub in middle !
bone, one loot five inches. Inc /
bone from a buffalo is but ten ana
inches in length, with two or three y
broken off, seven and one han y
in diameter. The specimens were y
on the west side OF the Missouri
some distance southwest OF CHAMBER
and the party that found them re9
there are numerous other specimens
that will be secured in the near ~
1t was known that in the vicinity
was the almost perfect petrified sse1
OF an immense buffalo, but when tns
ty arrived on the ground it was !
that Indians had been on the spos.
broken the skeleton into null1
pieces. However, there was a sun
number OF good specimens in slea
warrant another trip, and the paru'
again visit the spot to secure then'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
The Sioux War Carried to Chicago,

A special telegram from Chicago dated
the 18th inst, says that four valiant red
skin braves, members OF that section OF
the lroquois tribe now domiciled on the
plains OF South Dakota, were attacked
on Washington boulevard recently by an
intoxicated woman resident OF the Hal.
sted street quarter. Josie Moore, as the
woman is known, singled out the leader
oil the band, Joe Dione Deerfoot. as the
object OF her assault. With q veil that
would have done credit to the braves She
dashed at Joe waving an 1S-inch corn
knife IN her right hand. Grasping the
CHIEF by his straight, black locks she
made several attempts to scalp The
struggling brave. The scufie was ended
by the interference OF the three other In.
dams, Isaac Croft, Louis Deerfoot and
Peter Big Star. While they reduced the
warllke woman to subsection, Louis
prone Deerioot, cousin of the brave
Whose sta;p-lock was in danger, ran
screamlES along Washington boulevard
romeo officers were sooD ON the battle
ground. They arrested the Moore wo-
man, while the Indian chief retired To
have several cuts on his crown dressed
up.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24

There is no punishment too severe
Tor that Pennsylvania farmer who
rugged up an internal machine and MUIR
dered three boys who were t~respassing
on his land. Trespassers are an an
noyance and often do great damage
but there Is nothing in the laws that
gives the owner of land the right to
take the law into his own hands and
execute capital punishment upon per-
sons who happen to invade his prem
Uses. Trespass is no a capital crime
TN this country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
A Law and Order League.

The Rrown County Law and Order
league was organized at Aberdeen recent
ly. The officers are: President, Rev.
G. +. Hager; vice president, e. z. Reed;
secretary G.. NJ. Stevens; treasurer, M. N.
Homes. The membership clause OF the
constitution was amended 80 that any
male person over IL years OF age who
will subscribe to the constitution can be-
come member OF the organization. The
matter OF the grand union meeting at
the opera house was placed in the hands
OF the pastors OF the city. At this meet
ing it proposed to arouse the enthusiasm
OF the people, to enlist the co operation
OF az many as possible, and perhaps to
decide upon lines OF action. Steps will
be taken Mt once to raise funds and be-
gin prosecution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
FOREIGN.

Parnellites will vote for the third
reading of the home rule bill.
An ex. member of the French cabinet
is shot by a socialist in revenge.
Disastrous floods occur in Galicia
and Hungary. Many people are
drowned or killed by falling houses.
Official returns at st. Petersburg indi-
cate a further increase of cholera. The
epidemic Is especially severe in Mos
cow, where 1G6 new cases and 81 deaths
from the disease were reported from
Aug. 8 to Aug. II.
A case Of cholera has occurred in
the military camp at Bruck, twenty
three miles from Vienna. The patient
has been isolated and every p~recaution
taken to prevent the spread Of the dis
ease.
Information from With Is to the Of
feet that, owing to the hostility OF FC-
mo Omani, the deposed sultan, a land
ing party from the British warships
on last Wednesday attacked and cap
tured the town and then set fire to 1t.
Official statistics as to the cholera in
Italy show that during the week ending
Aug. 10 there Were in Naples 25S cases
of the disease and 121 deaths. Or the
Island Of Capri, twenty miles from
Naples, there were during the same
period fourteen cases and eight deaths.
The disease is spreading to other coast
towns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24

An English court has decided that q
cook-male or female-is not bound TO
give an employer notice before leaving,
nor on the other hand is the employer
required to notify the cook before dis
charging her. The reason given is that
IL the cook was forced to remain
against her will she might revenge her
self on the members Of the family,
or, in case Of q club, upon her employ
ers' patrons.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
CASUALTY.

The business part Of New Richmond,
Ohio, burned. The loss Is 100000.
Several lives are lost in a Chicago
hotel fire.
August Utlant was run over by a
wagon at Greenyille, Ala, and killed.
Seven persons are killed and many
injured by a railroad accident in yir-
ginia.
Two brothers named Fleener were
drowned while swimming in the Am
Draw river, near Oakland, Ill.
Seth Haskins and Harry Creaston
were overcome by poisonous gases
while cleaning a well near Chillicothe,
Mo-, and died before help arrived.
Lake Erie * Western road at Upton,
Ind, was killed by falling underneath
the wheels Of an engine.
Two locomotives, two en~gine-houses
and coal chutes, property of the Mag
ara Central railroad, burned at st.
~Catharines, Ont. Loss, $4,000.
Grace Mcdonald, Fred Roome and
brother of Chicago and Carrie Ham
mond of Wauconda, H., were drowned
by the capsizing of a yacht on Bank
lake.
Mrs. George Billiard of Multonville,
Mich, was burned to death. She was
demented and, 1t Is supposed, set her
clothing on fire while an attendant was
temporarily absent.
Ora Shror' irtcen-year-old son
of j. M. s., -, a. farmer living near
Oakland, Ill, was kicked on the head
by a mule. His skull was fractured.
In rounding a curve near Gunnison,
Col, q coach on q train on the Crested
Butte road left the rails. Express Mes
seger Cuthbert jumped among The
rocks and died from his injuries.
Hammond colliery breaker ut Gira.d-
vile, Pa, burned. 1t had a capacity
OF 210,0O0 tons of coal annually and
employed 700 men and boys. The loss
will reach over $4,000.
Cora Fugate, thirteen years old, of
Brazil, Ind, has been stricken totally
blind. She has been suffering from a
complication of diseases since her MEM
orable fast Of thirty-eight days, which
closed about a week ago.
Sherman Ravens, whose father Is d.
rector of the First National bank at
S~helbyville, Ind. was probably fatally
injured by falling from his road cart
and being trampled on by his horse.
Capt. II. Vernon Russell, a retired
English naval officer of means. who has
been stopping for some time in Omaha
ON a trip around the world, was found
drowned in the Missouri river at Oma-
IA.
Joseph Anthony, n policeman at the
East st. Louis race track, died from the
effects of a fall into a cistern q week
ago. He is the man who shot Turfman
Jack Chinn when he had trouble with
Secretary Il. G. Sinclair last fall.