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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
THE RIVER RISING
THE SITUATION AT PORTLAND BE-
COMES PEaILOUS.
Three-F0urths of the Wholesale
District LIS Under water From Two
40 Ten Feet and the River Contin-
ues to Rise.

Portland, Or, June 4.-This has been
a busy day in Portlsnd. All day long
merchants in the flooded districts have
been at work moving goods or raising
them on platforms above the water. The
river continues 70 expand every hour
aad the situation beca mes more peTiious.
The weather has become cooler here, but
no reports could be had from Eastern
OREGON and Washington, the source of
all the food. Telegraph wires north and
e5st are down and il is impossible to Oh
t2ir any news of the situation along the
Columbia river. The river here is thir-
ty- one feet above low water mark and
every twenty-four hours adds TO it from
eight 10 twelve inches. Thrce-fourths of
the wholesale district is under water
from two to ten feet, and the water is
fast encroaching upon the best part of
the retail district. Hundreds of small
HOT ses en- the fats are surrounded by
WI ter up to the second story.
Denver, June Al. f. Murden. con-
tracing agent of the Union Pacific, is
sn the city, having walked all the dis
lance from Central City 10 Golden. He
said: y one can conceive of the de-
struction in that part of the country.
Eytry mine il Central City and vicinity
IS flooded and there is not a vestige
of the placer is left in Clear Creek.
Between Central City and Works Creek
shere are t~wenty-eight wash-outs. aver
aging from one to FIVE feet in width.
Between Idaho Springs and Golden there
are thirty-six washouts. The mining
nen in Central City estimate the loss 10
the county at 100000.
st. Joseph, June As a direct result
OF the high water in the Missouri river
the once prosperous village of Winthrop,
thirty miles south of st. Joe. will soon
he wiped off the face of the earth. The
missouri river this year began cutting
the edge of the town, and to-day half of
the place has melted into the river. The
channel of the river is changing COM
pietely. The water is now within n few
rods of the tracks of the Rock Island.
Hannibal II st. Joe, Missouri Pacific and
iSsnsas City roads, and is rapidly cut
ting its way into their rights of way.
Great pecuniary damage is entailed. If
the railroads are compelled to move il
VIII neceSsitate abandoning the S1OO.O CO
railroad bridge connecting Winthrop and
Atctison. Winthrop. which was a town
or loo people, has already lost half it's
popuiation, and as the houses cannot be
sold they are being torn down and car
med into the country. Farmers who
owned farms valued at $4,000 and S10,-
U0 two months ago are now without an
scre of ground.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Killed His beautiful Wife.

st. Louis, Mo-, June 4.-Shortly after
midnight this morning Mrs. Lizzie Lock
ner, a beautiful woman, was shot and
killed by her husband, who escaped from
the house after firing the fatal shot, and
has not been apprehended. Lockner and
his wife were both Hebrews. The muir
derer has been ont of employment for
some time, and dependency over their
poverty is thought to have been the rea-
son for his committing the terrible deed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Soldiers Sentenced.

Capetown, June 4.-Dispatches from
Buluwayo say that two British troopers,
Daniels and Wilson, charged with ap-
propriating the sum of 1000 pounds,
which the late King L~obengula sent the
British authorities as Il peace Offering and
as a notification that he was willing to
submit, have beer sentenced to fourteen
vears' mnrisonment
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Bell Resigns,

Washington, June Al. Lowrie Bell,
second assistant postmaster general, has
resigned his office to accept the position
of general traffic manager OF the Central
Railway of New Jersey at a much high
er salary. His former letter of ~resigna-
ton was sent 10 Postmaster General
Bissell last Thursday, and is to take
effect June 80, the close of the present
fiscal wear,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

way ~ Z"
tice is now regarded by all the great
European powers as a matter Of vital
importance. Even in the United States
is the question being discussed with a
great deal Of interest. Everything
tends to show that if there is n
branch of modern warfare, or rather,
perhaps, strategy. which is likely to be
watched with keen interest during the
next war it win be that of military
b%allooning, 1t is generally conceded
that France has made the greatest
strides toward perfection in this line,
though the world at large has not been
permitted TO know the exact results
Of its latest experiments. There is
a great deal of secrecy about the es-
adjustment of Meudon, where the gov
eminent Pare d'AerostatiOn is stu
ated. France has been and is spending
a great deal of money in perfecting an
absolutely faultless dirigible balloon,
n that Il be moved in any direc-
ton at the will of the a%eronaut ire
spective OF the direction Of the wind.
The French experts claim that their
war balloon, the General Meusnier,"
attained i speed of twenty-eight miles
On hour and could be guided with
utmost ease to any given point. How
ever, since no outsiders where allowed
to witness the wonderful performance,
it might be 4 trife exaggerated.
The German emperor does not pro-
pose TO let his warlike neighbOr mOnOp-
olize his feature of army equipment.
He has just presented to the German
Society for Promotion of Aerial Navi-
cation for the advancement of this
science the sum Of $4,000 marks. This
is to be applied for the construction
and equipment Of a giant balloon. This
balloon will be as high as a four-story
house. 1t will fifty-six feet in diameter
and will contain not less than 2,53O
cubic meters of gas. 1t will be made
Of Egyptian cotton stuff and will be
coated with vulcanized gum, a sub
stance which is considered superior to
varnish.
Expect to Ascend $4,000 Feet.
A very interesting feature of this
monster balloon will be the provision
of a special valve Of a new conStruc-
ton which will keep the gas pure for
a longer time and thus sustain the bal
loon for a longer period. 1t is proposed
to make o less than fifty Journeys
within a year and to ascend as high a.
possible An altitude of $4,000 feet is
thought to lie attainable by the use of
artificial respiration. More than $3.50
viii be expended in purchasing scien-
tific apparatus for this balloon. which
is intended more for taking observa-
lions than for the purpose of war.
Aside from this the German army
has this spring put in the field as
efficient n balloon corps as that Of
France, though perhaps not so strong
numerically. AT Metz, during the late
maneuvers, several successful ascen-
sions were made which practically
proved the vast advantage an army
may derive from having these aerial
~observatories. A very interesting eX-
pertinent was also made to show that
the balloon can, in an emergency, sup
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
RUSSIAN COLONY.
Arrangements Completed to Estab-
Lsh 1t In south Dakota.

Nish II in South Dakota.
Huron, S. D., June 4.-Hon. William
IA. School of Potter county was here to-
day with a couple of gentlemen from
Odessa, Russia, with whom arrangements
we're completed for the establishment of
n colony of twenty or more families of
Russians upon lands in Potter county.
AK fragments were also completed with
officers of the Chicago & Northwestern
for transporting the immigrants and
movables from Chicago to their new
homes in Potter county, where they will
engage in stock raising and farming.
G representatives. of the colony have gone
to Russia and will return with the fami-
lies in about sixty DAYS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Norwegian Hospital.

Chicago, June six thousand people
witnessed the laying of the corner stone
of the Norwegian hospital by the Nor
wegian Lutheran Tabitha society this
afternoon. The hospital. when finished,
viii be the first Norwegian charitable
institution in the city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
He Rafsed m Cheek.

Glenwood, Wis, June 4. - Clarence
Young, a young man al out eighteen
ye; rs old, living at Downing. Wis. was
eriaigned before Judge Saith, charged
with raising a check from $l.25 to So,
He was held over pending the arrival of
The district attorney from Hud son.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Danger Il Past

Denver, Col. June 4.-The Platte river
is falling, and all danger from the flood
in this city is past. The number of peo-
pie in and about the city who have been
made homeless is estimated at 500. The
greatest damage is suffered by railroads,
whose tracks along the river banks We're
washed AWAY
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

contact with any sb,rn.nu-.
Over these strengthealn. oed ~
aooiuonal layers of d,bea,us \
were placed similar sxsShe sui
Around the top and about ta 7
an additional layer was nlaoaa ae
Their strengthen these ma o VI
strain Is great. After tba wnsnI
thus completed the air was ns
OF the model the neck of tbas ipil
was separated from that Of N,uuq2
fabric and air was blown in. tue od
balloon envelope between tba ueS
the cotton material, gently ,a a''
the skins from the oiled sepan5
cotton model and permitting - =
to be pulled out through the ~
the balloon proper. There ram usf|
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
CoIman Crorier's Body Found.

Oshkosh. Wis, June 4-Tbe mysteri-
Gus disappearance of Coleman Crozier,
aged five, was cleared mp this morning
by finding his body in the river. The
pclice nave been stirred up over the
case for over a week. 1t was claimed the
c, lid had been kidnapped by a band of
z psics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
The TrfaI.

Washington, June 4. - Mr.. Cramp
states that the preliminary builders
trial of the triple screw cruiser Mime
aIolis will take place this week. The
cou.se will probably be about tea miles
long, off the fye-fathoms bank.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Drowned I'm m CloudburSt.

Durango, Mex. June A cloudburst
occurred in the Sierre Madre mountains,
about seventy miles south of here. and
a camp of charcoal burners was washed
away by the flood, which came raging
down the mountain gulch. Ten charcoal
burners were in the camp, and all were
draynad
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Too Much Had whisky,

Black River Falls, Wis, June 4.-Ole
r. Thompson, near Halcyon. attempted
suicide last night by hanging, but was
cut down by his wife and has been I'M
der guard since, az he desires to die.
Poor whisky is the cause.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
No Diphfherlu.

Willow Lakes, s. H., June 4.-Sone
interruptions person at Bryant reports
seven cases of diphtheria in this village.
The report is entirely false. No diph-
liberia exists in this place.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
snow on the Mountains.

Manitou, Col, June 4.-The storm Just
ended was the heaviest ever recorded by
the government signal service bureau at
the summit of Pixies Peak. There are
seven feet of snow on the mountain, and
it is a beautiful sight.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
An Uourecedepf>d Nave

coal ever shipped down the lakes left Du-
luth to-day. This in consequence of the
coal strike. The cargo contained 1000
tons, and went to Sault Ste. Marie.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Gladstone Recovering.

Lnr don. June 4-Mr. Gladstone has so
far recovered from the effects of the
recent operation he underwent for cata-
ract tkat he drove out to-day in a close
carriage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
BALLOONS FOR WAR.
A NATTER OF INTEREST To ARMY
MEN.
Recent Advances in the science
Make Air ships Valuable in Mill
tRry Operations-What
Have ACCOMPLISHMENTS States
War Balloons.

To have an effective balloon corps
fully equipped and ready to take the
field in case OF war at 4 moments no.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
How the Cable Is Made,

Inc IaDie serving 10 hOld rt
loon captive Is made Of several Sa
of steel wire, having in its cents
insulated wire for telephone work
outside strands acting as return VI
The balloon, with complete eQuipa
is now at Fort Riley, Kan, sGal
instruction, where it is being US
inStructing the signal corps at
post. 1t has been pronounced b.
pertS as a masterpiece in military
loon building.
This is not the first time the I'd
States army has made use Of baEa
During ue civil war the federl
eminent recognized their yaG
making observations. In the mon
September. 1861, one of the mos
ing aeronauts, La Mountaine, fuls
important information TO Gen. Ny
Ian. His balloon rose from the n
ern camp Of the Potomac aud p
above Washington The ROPES
then cut and La Mountains rose b /
height of a mile and a half and
himself directly over the lines q
enemy. There he was able to PERI
observe their position and mOTel1
When ne had made his ObsGTsl
he threw out ballast and rose
height Of three miles, when an af
rent carried him in the direta
Maryland, where he descenda
safety. Gen. Mcclellan was 80
satisfied with the Observations 4
that through his influence the VE
partment received orders causing
balloons TO be provided.
The use Of balloons, hOweyg,
discontinued for many years, bfl
1T is believed they will be giveni
manent place in the eGuipment
armies. The science Of aerOnauns
so advanced, new features benz
stantly added, that it is hard .
believe anything claimed by the
siasts in this line. The chancs
that we will dispense entireP
ordinary fleets and do our fisnaT
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

the air. The only thing nceus.
now to show what can be don.
these much-talked-of war pal :
to start a first-class coDtinenl@
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
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Using Balloons for Crossing m,
translucent globe, which, eycpr
the latticed ribbons in diamonds.
figures, appeared Homogeneous thr
out, not the line of a joint or b
the thousands of pieces Of via
vas formed showing.
IN the top OF the balloon enrs
was now cut a circular opening
Is inches in diameter, into whja
valve ling or thimble was inxers
81 iZed, and into the thimble ".
cured the valve. The enyelGpe N
balloon being complete, it was i
within the netting, the top Of whlA
secured about the valve ring, and
ropes being attached to the rim,
balloon and netting We're hOista |
was again blown into the bl
and the netting adjusted. Aftg
the balloon was hoisted higher ami
suspension gear. with basket, wsI
tachcd. after which came the al
gear-that is, the cable which holds
balloon when ii ascends All wsI
feet and the General Myer" wasnI
for use.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

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Evening journal., 1894-10-18

COMMERCIAL College Alumni MeetinG,
A social and business meeting of the
Alumni Association of the Wilmington
GoldeY Commercial College was held IN
the college hall last night. There was
an election of officers resulting as fol
lows: President, II 7. Smalley; vice
president, Edwin Kershaw; treasurer.
Trueman Campbell; recording secretary,
Miss Bessie A. Groves; corresponding
secretary, Miss Theresa Guthrie.
Evening journal., 1894-10-18
SEVERAL HUNDRED MUST GO.

within a Fortnight the Philadelphia
oompany's Works win Have been
Completed.
Within fortnight the order for 100
cars for the Electric Traction Company,
OF Philadelphia, will have been com.
pleted by the Jackson & Sharp Company,
and then. IL is said, the dig car shops
there which have turned out 50 many
handsome electric cars, will be closed
This means that between 200 and 400
men will be without employment about
November l. The Jackson and Sharp
Company employs, at present, about 700
men.
A leading member Of the drm, in
talking Of the gloomy business prospects
for November. said:
1--WE will begin laying men off next
week as the carbuilding business. with
us, Is on the decline. / do not see a
prospect for fall work In the car shops
and we will soon complete the ore
hundredth car for the Philadelphia
company.
1t is said by men not connected with
the well known Wilmington firm that
the company fully expected TO get some
Of the work OF the Wilmington City
Railway Company, all OF which the
latter has had built or is having done In
the West. The new Gordon Heights
cars were built in st. Louis at a cost
that will, when all freights and extra
expenses are paid, far exceed the cost Of
the Wilmington built CARS.
Not only that, it is claimed by we'll
known mechanics, but the local railway
company sent its contracts away when
Wilmington workmen were struggling
for employment, and In the face OF the
sentiment Of important and reputable
Eastern railway journals that the Della
ware cRr works were sending out some
OF the finest and prettiest electric cars
in the world. Frequently within the
past six months, the Jackson and SHARP
Company has been recognized as one ol
the foremost electric car building firms
In the country.
While but little information can bG
obtained directly from the firm in re-
lation to the proposed shutdown, It ii
said that 1t may BE- only temporary. The
fine cars now being exhibited at Atlantis
By the Delaware company may have th'
effect Of booming the Wilmington
establishment and bringing its men bach
to work soon.
Evening journal., 1894-10-18

statute Is so clear and broad, that It does
not take an extraordinarily intelligent
mind to comprehend It, and competent
legal authority has declared that the law
has been complied with and that there
Is nothing left for the clerk to do but to
execute and print the ticket on the
ballots.
The same writer quotes an anonymous
member OF the bar as stating that the
clerk "has to be careful that he does not
print the names OF Ebe w. Tunnel and
the other regular Democratic nominees on
this alleged new party ticket, for 1t is
positively certain they have not given
their consent 70 any such publication.
Now, what in the name Of Democracy
must he be careful Of? Granted that they
have not given their consent to have
their names placed on this independent
ticket Does any sane man suppose for
an instant that Ebe w. Tunnel, or any
Of the other Democratic nominees on the
ticket, will be asked by the New Castle
County Democracy whether the mem bers
thereof will be permitted TO vote for
themt Again, Is there any of the Demo-
cratic nominees on the ticket who will
have the temerity to announce that they
will not run on ticket which contains
the name Of John p. DonRhoe2 If there
is, let him speak and Mr.. Donahoe's
friends will do the rest.
The same writer puts this question to
the twenty-nine signers OF the certificate
which was filed at the clerks demand;
do they understand that their new
party ticket must under their demand
and under the law, ba counted as q
separate ticket2 That is to say, not
with another ticket, to wit, the Demo-
cratic ticket, and thus weakening it to
that extent. The twenty nine slgners all
understand what they are doing much
better than the pencil pusher above
quoted understands his subject. They
understand that every vote cast will be
counted for the individual said vote Is
cast for, no matter what ticket he may
be on, and that the total number Of votes
cast for any candidate will be the mum
Der Of votes received by said candidate.
The New Castle County Democracy
means we'll It stands for government
Of the people, for the people
and by the people; new con
stitution; rotation Of the offices, but
not rotation OF the same men from Office
to office; equal laws and equality before
the Law, win justice to all and special
favor TO none ONE or THEM.
Evening journal., 1894-10-18
THE RING IS DESPERATE
Refuses to Print the Peoples S
Party Ticket.
SHUTTING OUT INDEPENDENTS

Clerk Of the Peace Biggs VIII Not Put the
Nominees on the BaIlot-Ths Matter
wan BE Carried Into Court ON Man
damus Proceedings.
Clerk of the Peace Biggs is playing
fast and loose with the Peoples party
and the New Castle County Democracy
He has gone to such lengths that lie
refuses to print the Peoples party ticket
on the official ballot, and has clearly indi
Gated that he will this afternoon render a
decision which win similarly affect the
ticket of the New Castle County
Democracy.
This will undoubtedly lead to prolonged
litigation and great expense to the
county, as both parties have counsel and
will Immediately apply to the court now
sitting in Kent county for mandamuses
which will compel him to perform the
functions of his Office
When an EVENING JOURNAL reporter
visited the Office this morning Mr.. Biggs
said that he would not put the Peoples
party ticket on unless compslled to do
so by the court.
They did not comply with the law, z
he said. "They did not have certificate
signed by twenty Eve men, and have not
got 100 sgners. / shall nor publish Ii
unless they make me do it by the court.
They had 104 names, and got affidavit
from twelve men to take their names of,
and that cut it down below one hundred. 2
"W hat about the independent Demo
cratic ticketT asked the reporter,
"Ill let them know this afternoon. =
he replied. Then let them 60 to court
and ,,aha ma nut ~ on p
At this iuncture Messrs Forrest and
Kyle, leaders OF the Independent
Democratic party entered the ofics and
asked the clerk for bis decision.
Whenever decide will notify your
counsel" he said. Il feel disposed "a
publish it, but don't think have the
right to do it because it is not a new
ticket. If you men will drop the rest Of
the ticket and put John P. Donshoe on
it then it is q new ticke I"
The independents protested that il
was new ticket as it stood, but could
get no satisfaction. They acted good
naturedly and left the Office smiling.
would Not Anect the Old Ticket.
'It is new ticket beyond question,
said a Democratic lawyer, 'ano the fact
/ that it contains all the names on thI
/ regular ticket with the exception Of Mr.
Bancroft would not have any
| effect whatever. The voters vot,
for men and not for tickets.
Ebs w. Tunnel is voted for it counts
one for him, no matter whore his name
may appear on the official ballot. TIT
whole matter is that the reguls
Democratic managers do not wan
4 the ticket to 20 on the ballot
as they know that 10 compel the inde
pendents to cut every time with pen al
ink would hamper ther, and. in
measure, destroy the secrecy OF thei
movements