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Homo Missionary Society.

Huron, s. D., April 25.-Rev. g. w.
Shaw Of Howard, president; Rev W.
3. Hubbard Of Yanl<ton, secretary,
Rev. c. NJ. Daley Of Huron, Rev. w. A.
Lyman Of Vermillion, Rev w. II.
Thrall of RedHeld, Rev. Cross of .Rose-
bud, Rev. schmalle of Scotland, CON
stituting the board Of directors Of the
Congregational Home Missionary
society for South Dakota, will meet in
Yankton on Tuesday, April rs, to nom
mate o successor to Rev. w, G.. Diclsin-
son, OF this city, as superintendent OF
missions in this state Mr.. Dickinson
is in failing health, and is compelled to
give up work for time. Rev. w. II.
Thrall, of Redfeld, and Rev. A. 3.
Thompson, of Yankton, are mentioned
to fill the vacancy. The position is q
laborious as well as responsible one,
and it will be difficult to find q man
that will perform the duties of the
office and give as good satisfactory as
has Mr. Dickinson.
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swindling Insurance Me, Arre,.o /

DAyENPoRr, Ia. April 27.-Daniel
B. Thompson of this city was
arrested and held to the federal court
for using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. He is president of the Dav.
EXPORT Mutual Fire Insurance company.
Ten days ago Joseph w. Lithgow, sec.
retary OF the company, was likewise
arrested and held, but is out on bonds.
The company had no backing or assets,
but the officers sold policies and levied
enormous assessments on then
holders to pay alleged fire losses.
They conducted their business entirely
by correspondence, and mainly outside
of Iowa. Remittances came in every
mail in large amounts. and from ali
over the country. The aggregate re,
ceipts are estimated in the thousands
Lithgow's reputation is bad He is
now in western Iowa. Thompson is re.
garded as merely his tool. There are
cases enough in reserve to keep them
both in the penitentiary for life.
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Free Trip tS uhiea...

Separate W-O-R-L-D-ss FAIR sna
use the letters to spell az many words n
you can BY using the letters a. many times
ss you wish, either backwards or forwards,
but not use the same letter IN making any
one word more times than IL appears il
&World's Fair - {
II Is said sEvEsTY-r1vs small English
words can be spelled correctly from the ten
letters contained in aworld's Fatr.n H.
ample; Wad. waif, soar, idol, etc. II you
are good at word -making you can secure :
FREE trip to the Worlds Fair and return,
as The Scott Seed Company will pay all sx.
penses. including r R faro. hotel bills, a..
missions to the Columbian Expoaition, ana
Soo In cash Tor incidental expenses. % the
hrst person able to make sEylHrY words
from tho letters contained in aworld's
FAIR as above. They will also slve 4
FhEE TRIP to the Worlds Fair and re-
turn, With rs for incidental expenses, to
the nrst person sending SIXTY words az
to the Worlds Fair and return ivithout
cash for incidental expenses) to tho Arss
person sending SITTr-r1vs words
70 the hrse person sending FIFTY words
WIZ DC given 800 In cash towards paying
expenses to the Worlds Fair; to the f,rss
sending FORTY words viii be given eas ia,
cash towards paying expenses to the
Worlds Fair; to each OF the frst FIVE per.
sons sending THIRTY-FIvE words will be
given s10 in cash; and to each OF the trst
ten sending THIRTY words will be given Is
In cash - :, =
Only ono prize will bs awarded to the
same person. Write yonr name on list Of
words (numbered) and tnclose tho same
postpaid with fifteen United States 2 cent
stamps for large package OF our Choice
Ensli,h Outage Garden Flower Seeds;
This combination includes the latest ana
most popular English flowers OF endless
varieties same as will be con attained In the
elaborate exhibit OF English flowers at the
Worlds Fairl
This sWorld's Fairn Contest will be care
fully and conscientlously conducted solely
for the purpose of introducing our usiness
In the United statea You will rec Give the
BIGGEST value in flower seeds ever Of.
fered. and II you are able to make q good
list OF words and answer promptly you will
have q first class opportunity to secure .
free trip FROM YOUR HONE 10 CHICAGO AND
RETURN Il
We are spending large amount Of
money to START our trade In the United
States and want your TR1Ar. order. You
viii be more than gratiaed with the result. 4
Send to-day. and address THE SCOTT
SEED COMPANY, TORONTO. CANANDA.
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cLAN.NA-GAeL AND HOME RULE
Asscret Meeting Of the Northwestern coun.
Gil in Chicago Sunday.

CHICAGO, April 27.-A secret meeting
pf the northwestern council OF the
clan-na-G Gael was held at the home OF
prominent nationalist in this city
Sunday to discuss the home rule bill
and the question OF amnesty for the
Irish political prisoners. The council
Is composed of representatives of
branches in Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, the two Dakotas, Iowa,
Montana and Washington. The result
of the deliberations was embodied in
the following address, which was for
warded to the branches and ordered
published:
CHICAGO, April 3D. BRorHERs:-At I'll
critical stage Of the movement for III
land,s freedom we cannot afford to alloi
The position of our organization to b
tNisrepresented or misunderstood. We
have never assumed to be more than active
friends and allies of our brothers at homo
and have always contenaed for the right
of the people of Ireland to decide for
themselves rs TO settlement of the ma.
tional question, We, therefore, wish the
people of Ireland success in their efforts
to make II entirely satisfactory,
or at least the basis from
which perfect system of self-gov-
ernment may be in time developed. On
the question of amnesty our position is
equally clear. We hope to see home rule
accompanied or preceded by graceful
and generous act of clemency that will
remove all cause for i'll feeling. Our
friends should press for amnesty, not on
legal technicalities or contentious that
are really injurious to the prisoners re-
Iarding the incidents of their trial, but
On the ground Of broad and liberal states
nanship.
The address closes with a denuncia-
ZION of the report that the organiza.
lion had resolved to disband.
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THEosoPHIsTs ARE iNvlTEn
The Society May Be Represented at the
Worlds Religion. Congress.

'he Society May Be Represented at the
Worlds Religious Congress.
NEW YORK, April e6.-The conven.
tion of the American section of the
Theosophical society met here Sunday.
There was a fair attendance, delegates
ibeing present from all the principal
cities of this country and England. Dr.
>. c. Buck, of Cincinnati, presided, and
Elliott B. Page, OF st. Louis, acted as
secretary. General Secretary Judge
read his annual report on the growth
and general condition of the American
section. There have been during the
last year nineteen new branches iusti-
tuted in this country. making total of
on the American roll.
There were 5s4 councils during the
var.
he most important matter to come
&c the opening session was the re-
spo. af S. E. Wright, of Chicago,
on the arrangements made to secure a
hearing for theosophy before the
worlds irreligious congress to be held
at the worlds fair, Chicago. Mr..
Wright, after describing at length the
general plan and scope of the proposed
congress, read letters from the worlds
fair management Offering the theoso-
phists every facility for being fully
represented and setting September Is
and 16 as the days for their special
gatherings. Cablegrams were received
promising the support of the Indian
and European sections.
Mrs. Annie Besant cabled that she
would be present on those dates to as
sist in the exposition of the faith. Ad-
visory COMMITTEES We're appointed to
prepare for the congress. In the after
noon meeting was held and papers on
esoteric subjects were read by Miss X.
Hillard, George d. Ayers, J. r. Bridge.
Bertram Keightly, and DR.. A. Grfiths
The convention adjourned Tuesday.
William Q. Judge was elected general
secretary and Alex. Fullerton treasurer.
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WilI Make a Staten ant.

Sioux FALLS, S. d., April 25.-Thc di-
rectors of the Bank of Milbanls, which
suspended Saturday, will make q state
ment of assets and liabilities on the
goth. The bank was owned by d. w.
Diggs, of MilbanlS, and w NJ. Sargent,
of Minneapolis. The heaviest losers
are worlSing,nen who had on deposit
all the way from 500 to $1,000 The
county treasurer is the heaviest single
loser as he had $4,000 of the county
money on deposit. The firm was en-
gagged extensively IN farm operations,
upon which it is said to have lost
heavily. 1t is also rumored that Mr..
Sargent has been speculating to some
extent in wheat and that he got
toinched.
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A PREACHERS QUEER PRANK:
The Rev. Or. Rodgers ofHende,son, Tenn.
Slidas on a Roof While SLEEPING,


MEMPHIS, Tenn. April a7.--As Pro-
fessor Lewellen. of Henderson, was
passing along Main street Saturday
night. he was astonished to meet the
Rev. DIR. Rodgers, the pastor of tht
Christian church, attired only in a
night shirt and a wide brimmed straw
hat. His eyes Were tightly closed
and, surmising that the minister was q
somnambulist, the professor followed
him. When Mr.. Rodgers reached this
gate of the court house yard he entered,
and walking to the south side of the
court house he glanced ut the lightning
rod and began to ascend. Prof.
Lewellen endeavored to pull hin.
down, but was unable to do
so, and the minister climbed
to the cornicetand then crawled to the
top of the incline of the roof Seating
himself on the incline of the roof he
slid to the bottom Of the incline, catch.
ing by slight projection at the very
edge. He continued this performance
until the professor became alarmed and
rang the court house bell for help. The
people of the town assembled in the
yard to the number of nearly 800 and
watched the minister's strange antics
for nearly half an hour. Az the end oil
this time he descended the rod aud
passing through the crowd made hi.
way to his boarding place. The neXI
morning he declared that he knew
nothing of what had happened the
night before. He now sleeps with one
eg fastened to n bed post.
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A 900 Stake Me e.iny.

SIOUX FALLS, S. d.. April 25.-'Thc
Sioux Falls driving park association
has decided to give a $4,000 stake
meeting for the week beginning Sep
tember IL In addition to this
special purses aggregating $4,000 will
be offered. The meeting is modelled
after the program of Mason City, Ia,
at which place the meeting will take
place on the week before the Sioux
Falls date. At Mason City there are
4T8 entries which breaks tho record in
this country, being far ahead of Inde-
pendencc in her palmiest days The
local association controls ono of the
best kite tracks in the west and has
sufficient financial backing to take care
of every thing it offers.
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MONUMENT TO AUDUBON.
dwelling Of tho Status to ths ornithologlst
and Naturalist

NEw YORK, April 97.-For over thirty
years the remains of John James Audu-
bon, acknowledged the world over to
have been the greatest ornithologist
and naturalist of his time, have rested
in an obscure corner of Trinity GEM
etery at Amsterdam avenue and l55th
street. The public spirit of the nine
teenth century has, however, done JUS
tice to the memory of man who has
taught the American people more about
birds than any other man who ever
lived, and today in the presence
of large assemblage, including
many descendants of the Audubon fam
lily, q magnificent monument was un-
vetled to his memory In Trinity ceme-
terry. Among those present We're many
members of the New York Academy OF
Sciences, and other scientific organiza-
tions The unveiling ceremony was
simple but impressive. The monument
has cost in the neighhorhood of $40, 700
and is covered with carved figures Of
birds and animals The principal
address was delivered by Professor
Thomas Eggleston. Tonight there will
be memorial meeting at the New
York Academy of Sciences at the
aplseum of natural history, and at
which an eulogy on Audubon will be
delivered by eX-President Professor Il.
q. Elliott, Of the American Ornitholo-
gists' union.
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His oae oua,inoation,,

Scene Office Of the daily oracle
Qarger circulation than any other
newspaper on carth.)
Junior Clerk (to manager) Il,
would like to have half-holiday this
afternoon, sir, to attend the funeral Of
my grandmother" +:
Manager--"How is this, Mr.. Quillp
Since you have been with us you have
already buried five grandmethors, and
now you want to go to the funeral of
yet nnother!"
: Junior Clerk -"But-but this, is the
funeral OF tho mother Of my fourth
stepmother."
Mannger-"You may go. Mr.. Quill;
and on the way to the cemetery you
might consider an offer to take charge
Of tho circulation department. to-mor-
row niorning."-Puck.
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ALASKA FUNERAL RITES.
Peculiar Customs OF the Thelinkstss il
Dlsposlng OF their Dead.

C. s. Blackett. assistant United
States district attorney of Alaska, has
lived in Alaska several years and is
thoroughly conversant with the coun-
try and the customs and habits Of ito
natives.
"The native Indian Of Alaska" said
Mr.. Blackett to q Chicago NetOs re.
porter, "bears very strong resemb-
lance to the Japanese, in stature, hair.
complexion and facial expression. OF
course, however. he has not the in
telligent look of the inhabitants Of
Japan.
Il refer especially to the Thelinketes,
who are the native Indians Of southern
Alaska and who have been the least
affected, of all the Indians Of the
country, by the march of civilization.
Among their most peculiar customs is
the manner In which funeral rites are
conducted. When member of the
tribe dies he is dressed up in the finest
style. A high, stiff collar and neck
tie are even provided when these
evidences of civilization can be pro-,
cured and war paint is spread on him.
with bountiful hand. Then he is set
up on the ground against the center
pole which supports the roof of their
tepees And there he sits in state, SO
to speak. The more prominent and
bigger 1njin' he has been, the longer
he is kept sitting in state. So, In tho
case of big chief he is kept for an ex-
traordinarily long time.
"At last the time arrives for the
final disposition of the corpse. Not far
from the lodge solid flooring Of togs
is laid, about twenty inches thick and
six feet square. Under the platform
have been placed tar, pitch. pine and
other combustible materials. On top
Of this platform hollow square Of
green branches is made. The square
measures four feet across and about
the same in height.
"The corpse is brought forth and
placed in a sitting posture inside tho
square. Then along ono side of tho
funeral pyre, a few feet away, long
board is placed upon the ground.
with long stats in their hands the
relatives of the deceased come out and
stand in row on this board. A
match is touched to the pyre, the rela-
tiyes begin strange, weird dance on
viz hoAAoW OOnANs nAiO AuCy 6Auk
mournful chant or funeral dirge. strik-
ing at the same time their stats upon
the board.
"Thus their friends continue their
mourning until the flesh has been
burned from the bones of the dead
warrior. After all has been consumed
but the bones they are collected and
placed in Chinese trunk and taken to
a spot corresponding to our cemetery.
Here the trunk is placed temporarily
in atent. Soon.a 'Mamaloos ellehee'ii
or deadhouse is constructed for tho,
permanent resting-place for the rel
mains. The dead-house Reconstructed il
Of finished timber and in the side ID
placed very large window. All the.
personal effects Of tho dead are
brought here and placed around the
trunk containing the bones Of the de-
narted.
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INDIAN FREE MASONRY.
Ketoowah, Of the cherokses, Powerful
Secret SocietJ.


ST. LOUIS, April a7.-Not many per-
sons are aware that there exists among
the Chcrokces secret society that is
said to be hundreds of years old-as
old, in fact, MS the tribe itself, and is
today stronger than it ever was, at
at least in numbers. This society is
called the Ketoowah, which, literally
translated, means Elder Brother. 1t Is
u sort of Indian free masonry and has
its laws, officers and secret signs.
Every member of the order is sworn
to assist in the defense Of their homes
from the invasion of the pale faced
brother either by squatter sovereignty
or by squaw-men privileges. The so.
ciety now has a. membership of about
1000 full bloods. Each member is the
head Of n family, and thus the organ.
ization represents about 5000 persons
1t is not unlikely that in the near tut
urc the Ketoowah will become known
factor in all Cherokee affairs, and that
its influence will be publicly used tu
postpone the ultimate opening of all
their lands sf
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THE UNION PACIFIC.
Annual Meeting Of the stookhoders...A
Good Showing


BosroS, April 29,.--Charles +. Choate
presided over the annual meeting of
the stockholders OF the Union Pacific
Railroad company Wednesday. The
meeting is to elect directors and to vote
upon proposed change of bylaws.
The directors ticket is the same as
that of last year, with the exception of
George j. Gould and Sidney Dillon Rip
ley, who I'LL vacancies caused by the
death of Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon.
After the acceptance of the annual
report ballotihg was begun and
a recess taken for two
hours The report is the most favor
able that the stockholders have re-
ceived for many years. The company
earned about as per cent on its capital
Stock. Out of S9,0o9,T97 surplus for
the year 81, $50, 900 remains in the form
of actual cash, the total cash on hand
December 81, 1892, being s3,9so,l7s.
The reduction in expenses has been
quite general.
Directors We're reelected and new
bylaws providing for the creation of u
chairman of the board of directors was
adopted by 2s7,597 votes. The direc-
iors then reelected officers and chose
Alexander Il. Orr, OF New York, chair
man of the board.
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BATTLE WITH PIRATES.
Desperate Encounter Of War Junk and
Black Flag.


Desperate Encounter Of War Junk and
Black Flag.
SAN FgASc1sco,, April 25.-The
steamer Belgic, which arrived at mid
nightsaturday night, brings news of the
capture recently near Taichow island
by war junk disguised as a merchant
man of a formidable band of pirates.
who for the past eight or nine months
had made themselves by their fcrocity
and bloodthirstiness the terror of all
junks that traded between Ningpoo,
Taichow and Winchow. OF the tifty-
one pirates on board the buccanneerinp
craft only eleven were captured alive,
the remainder being killed IN des-
perate attempt to repulse the attack Of
the sailors on board the war Junk,
who, though inferior in numbers to
the pirates. plucl1ily attacked
the enemy and finally gained a
bloody victory, loosing twenty-five
of the forty fighting men on board, in.
cluding the captain and the second
officer of the war junk. A curious in
cident in connection with the case is
the capture or death of thirteen Budd-
hist monks. who were found fighting
side by side with the pirates and proved
to be the most desperate men in the
lot. These monks are very probably
the same band that made a raid upon
nunnery near .1ingpai in December
last and carried away the youngest and
prettiest Of the votaries, gagging the
ugly ones in a cruel manner and throw.
ing them under the great altar, where
the poor creatures were found two
days afterward nearly famished to
deo+1,
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POPE LEO AND WILHELM.
A Very Friendly conyersa.ion..The Empe.
ror's Present to lie edochew.ki,

A Very Friendly conyersasion-.The Empe.
ror's Present to Ledochewski.
ROME, April a5.-The official circles
here understand that during the inter-
view of Sunday between Pope Leo
and the German emperor, discussed
questions relating to the Roman Catho-
lie church in Germany and es-
pecially the attitude of the members Of
the center or clerical party toward the
imperial policy. The cmperor's friendly
conversation and his valuable gift of a
snuff box bearing his portrait, sur
rounded with diamonds to Cardinal Led
ochowski, prefect of the propaganda, are
much commented upon. Cardinal Le-
dochowski represents the vatican party,
which favors the triple alliance, as op-
posed to the policy Of Cardinal Ram
pello, papal secretary of state, which
is French In its tendency. The meet
ing is also regarded as making fresh
step toward the Cancellation of the
Prussians and the Poles.
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May Get Him In Peak Of Troubls.

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., April e5.-For
the past year Mayor Peck has been try
ing to induce the city council to vote
him an allowance of $3.50 for services
as MAJOR in spite of the fact that an
ordinance fixes his pay 81 per year.
The mayor made the point that he had
earned the money and ought to have
it. AT the last meeting of the council
the extra pay was voted, four of the
eleven aldermen voting against the
bill. A local paper denounres the ap-
preparation as steal and joe Kirby, a
prominent attorney, is out in a letter
in which he advises that in case the
mayor signs the warrant the matter be
brought before the grand jury, which
will be in session tomorrow.
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LAMONT ANo REFORM.
Discovers stats of Atfnrs in tn, Army Not
to His Liking.


WASHINGTON, April s7.-secretary
Lamont has discovered state of things
In the army, which it is understood, he
purposes to remedy when he returns
from the worlds fair ceremonies
1t has been brought to his attention
that nearly one-third of the entire
number of line officers of the army are
absent from their regiments on special
duty of various kinds. The total num-
Der absent is 505, out of 1,5sg. OF this
number 1913 are on instruction duty,
ninety-seven on leave, seventy nine on
staff duty, ana eighty-tive onrccruiting
service. There are also eighteen Off
GERS on duty at Washington.
Secretary Lamont considers such a
state of things as not in the best inter-
ests of the service and some lively lop-
ping off Of the list is expected soon.
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LAUNDRY TRUST in ST. LOUIS
All Of the Large Concerns Merged in One
Nop,panv

ST. Louis, April Pin less than
tour months five of the largest laun-
dries in st. Louis will be closed down.
Recently piece Of land was purchased,
situated on Thirty-frst and Chestnut
streets, by several wealthy st. Louis
laundry men, and later company
known as the Grand Laundry company
was incorporated. The capital stock is
$4,000 and all paid in. The incorpora-
tors are J. X. Harster, of the Globe
Laundry company; R. II. Emerson, of
the Anchor; Ambrose Brettelie, of the
Missouri; j. f. Short. of the Model, and
+. w. Dustin, of Dustin's OF st. Louis,
and w. II. Merithew and f. P. Hudson,
OF Evansville. The above named St.
Louis laundries are those that will close
down their works as soon as the Grand
Laundry is completed, which is now in
course of construction
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Expect 5000 Visitors,

Sioux FALLS, s. D., April est is
expected that 1900 visitors will be in
Sioux Falls on June 3 the date OF tho
Sunday school mass meeting. Special
trains have been secured on the Omaha
road from Luverne and Salem and the
Milwaukee road promises special trains
over its line An interesting program
has been arranged, feature Of which
will be n parade of thirty Sunday
schools with $500 children in line.