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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
WILL SOON REPORT.
TARIFF CONFEREEs ARE STILL
HARD AT WORK.
Ii Ii Agreed That n Report of Agree
ment or Disagreement VIII BE
Made Within the Next seventy
Two Hours.

Washington. Aug. 6-1hc tariff con
ferees ent to work ear9er than usual
to-day, hut up to n late hour this
afternoon have not agreed upon a re-
port. 1t Is confidently expected, how
ever, that a report will be made this
evening or tomorrow.
The usual Sunday quiet at the CAPT
toll building was broken by the as
seinbling of TIE Democratic tariff con-
ferecs at 2:30 p. m. in the senate coin
mittee DON on interstate commerce.
All Of the Democratic copferees were
present except Senator Voorhees,, who
is still sick. and Chairman Wilson. who
has gone to West virginia to see Ills
.ick wife. The meeting lasted until q
O'Clock aud was marked with more
than the usual secrecy. Some Of the
c"nserees declined to admit that they
were together. Others were more cnIn-
mu~nicative, explaining that the gather
ing was due to the desire to expedite
a settlement at the e~ayliest moment
p. ssihie The meeting to-day resulted
in an understanding that n report
ahGuld be made u way or another
agreement or ..i.agreenent-withiu the
vt seventy-two hours. That it would
be- an agreement was not. however,
definitely settled. On this point the
congcraeS SAY they have not yet passed
the danger point. although they seemed
nunre confident that ii would be an
agreement. The discussion today
again turned OH sugar, iron ore and
coal. The fact that these iteuis are re-
cciving atteu;toE is taken to Indicate
that the next sugar schedule has been
thoroughly c;lnyasscd. and that 1t Will
be the basis Of an agreement unless
some new obstacle intervenes. The
house conferees nre proceeding with
out reference to the strong opposition
to the new sugar schedule by the
Louisiana senator's. This opposition
may be overcome, however, by permit
Ding the present bounty or a portion
of it to run unit. Jan. l next. The
Louisiana opposition has been due
mainly to the fact that provision had
been made for bounty in the senate
DILL, and 1t has been urged that it was
bad faith to cut off the bounty when
the presents ugar crop was put In on
the basis Of a bounty. BY ~postponing
the time ut which the bounty provis-
ions Of the Mckinley lew shall be re
pealed until Jan. / would operate on
the crop about to be gathered. 1t was
mentioned by one Of the conferees as
4 fair concession to the Louisiana men
aud n likely to overcome their Oppo-
sition. The Louisiana senators have
said that they would be willing to
accept half of the bounty for the pres
emit year in addition to the duty In the
new compromise bill.
Some attention las also been given to
the income tax, and while a final
agreement has not been reached, 1T
Is practically conceded mat the senate
limit Of five years will be adopted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
T
KILLS MANY RATTLESNAKES.
Sanford Drake, Farmer, of Narrows
burg. n. Y. Enters for the Prixa

sanford Drake, Farmer, of Narrows-
burg. N. Y, Enters for the Prize.
While Sanford Drake, a farmer living
near Narrowsburg. n. Y. was picking
huckleberries on the mountains he dis
covered a den of rattlesnakes, and before
he was fairly aware of his dangerous
position the reptiles had surrounded him.
Selling a pole, Farmer Drake welded it
with all his might, while the snakes APP
preached from every direction, ready for
battle. After killing twenty-five his
weapon gave out. but he found another
pole and this lasted until every snake was
vanquished. When the farmer had COM
pieted his work he returned home and
told his brother of the affair, and to-
gether the two went to the den, where a
count showed that Drake had killed
hfty-three rattlers, the smallest measuring
four feet and three inches in length and
tive inches in circumference. The rattles
were cut from all the snakes and pre-
served as mementos. There were 374 of
them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

BROUGHT BACK BONDS.
State Treasurer BObIeter Returns
From New York.

rEOnu Nc" hoTh.
st. Paul, Aug. Estate Treasurer
Fsobleter returned yesterday morning
rom New York, where he completed
ne investment Of the surplus Of the
scrmanent school fund Of the state.
lie brought with him $55S,OOO worth
K Tennessee and Alabama state bonds,
making $0OS,0OO Of the securities Of
lhese states now In the vault In the
Ereasurer's Office at the capitol, all OF
which are the property Of the state
school fund. The investment in these
bonds leaves available only enough
of the permanent school fund to pro-
ride for the requirements Of the sew
raj districts throughout the state. Col.
:obleter was taken suddenly sick while
a New York, and acting upon the ad-
dee OF a physician, returned several
lays sOoner than he intended. He
links his sickness was the result OF
he s-semely hot weather which pre-
throughout the East while he
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

they have not already realized, that there
exists no loyalty or love of country in the
heart of any man, North or South. who
aids by. his vote the Gripping or the
destruction of our home industries, and,
as a consequence, the degradation of
labor to the level of the pauper-paid labor
of Europe.
The South will again suffer for the un-
wise acts of her representatives, as they
nave always done in the past, and to
whom the Southern people are indebted
Tor all their troubles and lack of pros.
Derity"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

oldest Of all Games.

Chess payers with a turn for the his.
tory of their strategic amusement will
be interested to learn that all the n.y.
potheses as to the origin OF the game
have suddenly been mated" by a re-
cent extraordinary discovery in Egypt.
II was generally assumed until now that
the ancient Indians had invented chess;
that it was introduced from India to Per-
sin in the Sixth century, and that by
the Arabs. md that in CONSEQUENCE of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
The Army Bill and the bourbon Tariff
Bill.

~
Bill.
IF n measure is to be passed in Con-
rress authorizing an increase in the army
.ef tho limited States it should be append
cd IN the Bourbon bill for the impOverlsh-
mont of the farmers and wage-earners OF
the limited States. Before ClevelandlSm
snread dismay and priyation among the
tniIers of the land, silenced the hum OF
industry and evoked the spirit or An
arcby. there was nc necessity to increase
the army in order to rcpress popular uls
onntant American workingmen had en-
nIoymnnt at wages that insured a com,
Far;a lilo %support. American Industrial
anternrise was extending its operations
In nil PARTS of the country, n business
aorrishcd under the impulse OF
~eynenditure by the wage-earnerS.
With a Bourbon British tariff bill doom
inc great American Industries TO eAtInC-
tion. affecting directly n alsastip tan
the income and livelihood OF apout "a
millions of American men, "on asn @ "iI
children. and dealing a blow a; snt r. the
Itato Of Washington, the necessity o. q
&C. . din army to keep IN chech
,nan driven TO desperation by loss VI tm
nomroant becomes evident. Inc hus-
piuSm Providence Journal, when sup,
MunI Mr. cleveland for electioh' pm
ttha case in a nutshell when IL say ,r
me o TaS that henceforth the slrons
u, nrm ap Of authority is to be required 10 b
force laws of some kinds henceiG 1aw-
shoGld the Bourbon bill become ntruSrle for
the American w~orkingman LOT of the
life will resemble nf tR Europe. and fear and
iil.paia m;lI he potent factors in preserving
the peace of the nation. ;su has brought
about i IN the United States. C~levelahdlsm
messed : living vi reality on the statute nd,seti Opf for
V would i be Unnecessarily more sn pp'e disaster.
Congress can yet save the a Am the alterna-
tive of o reign Of 6ay M The Bourbon pro-
Kia1sy lay y e eHnfid't ana defeated 5as prosperity
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
%ppoTECTIVE TARIFF.
THENCE ON O
NfLOrpITy AS SEEN BY
PRO FREE TRADERS.

.,,ors of the American sheep
\ eo~r sharp Answer to the Dem
k~si'ers ,,-cuiar Regarding the Wis.,
|rsn' war Debt-The Army BIZ aud
|onSh -, ~Tariff-Thc Profits of the
b po.,-Abou the scarecrow OF
|g" ,.,ation-A Few Important
=. of History.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

association With such legislation. how.
ever; as the Wilson bill PROPOSES If capna,
DE done, but on the contrary will sn'ror
entire and complete destruction,
ms Is what is intended to no dome
amd TINS is what will be done. With ali
prolectlon gone and our American wool
~ oeonipete In our own markets with the
pounds from Australia, from
ne river Platte, from the Cape of Good
Hope, and other like cheap labor couni
tries' the end is at hand. In those conn.
tries land rental is 1 cent an acre, herd.
ers wages are 81 per month, and their
Mool Is transported to this country bv
water. From Australia to Boston freight
IN 0 ~ about 1 cent a pound. while
rom the far West it is 3 cents a Mound
Dy ran. The elements of labor and sub.
s,slehce present the greatest difficulties
our wool-growing people cannot connect
tWlth the unequal and degrading condi-
IONS which will confront them with wool
on the Tree list. They are American citi-
Iehs, and as such they live and perform
me duties incumbent upon them by theiI
eitizehShlp and by our American c~iyiliza.
u1h' Ihey are not ryOts, coolies or serfs,
VINO receive the wages of slaves and live
upon the coarse provender Of animals,
The lowest class of beings are to be the
competitors of American sheep herders
II flock masters"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

would return, and there would he abun-
uant employment once more at good
american wages for the working people
Oh the United States.-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
competitors of the American Sheep
Raisers

~
ender the Democratic idea of tariff re-
20, the lowest class of beings are to
come the competitors of the American
y nerders and flock masters. Free
~ SIMPLY means that the sheep industry
III country must surrender to the
" ~nusoandry of foreign countries. In
peegn on the r wool feature of the
non OIL, Binger Hermann of Oregon
suced some statistics of much import
winch are impressive with meaning,
SHOULD be carefully considered i'm con
Ebs%n WIN the Democratic tariff
More than half the wool product of
aauon IS now west of the Mississippi.
~sn IN 1867 the tariff law was enacted
was very little there. The duty
%aue IL cents q pound on ali foreign
p received into this country. At once
STIMULUS was given this industry,
noh mat time until 1883 we had
Isd a production exceeding that of
S Su@r nation. In 1883 the law was
s "ueu and the tariff was reduced. The
was Immediately perceptible. and
pElnpductlon diminished. The McKin-
"l again Increased the duty. 1t is a
Ic lact that whenever the tariff on
Vas increased production increased,
N SSnel lle tariff was reduced produc-
reereased. The number of sheep in
om4ln.ed States is now about 10000
me total wool clip is now 100000
H., puhuS' aud is valued at SOC, 200, 900.
saie l,ooo,0OO owners of sheep, and
laas s,umated that each owner employs
ss;S one other person. so that it may
tha mat there are 1000, 600 persons
y ~husbandry.
\. W. people depend upon this indus
koyad, nat d they do when il is de-
bwjnc nnall they, too, go to wheat
IAN II ;anu make that article cheaper
nptrrs = now We use today in this
her y. more wool per capita than any
turad' oh' We consume of wool manu-
b nonn and manufactured 100000
bn 5@nna by increasing our tlocks
5pable ~ to 100, 100000 we are
our co. y producing all the wool needed
>D. e19aaa,ury See what we have done:
non, .pf'o!3 pounds: 1870, 162, 600
Do 9Ssesa no 1880, 232, OOO, 900 pounds;
DONNA pounds; 1891, 2S5,0OO,-
} has ~. And yet they say wool-grow-
bducs a am advanced! We should soon
hdhionsa al we require under favorable
ttection aud with full and adequate
done 10 the wool industry this can
opinion MS is the language and this
VI the Ohio Wooi-growers'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

Here is an extract from the speech of
the Hon. George 3. Shaw of Eau Claire.
delivered in the House of Representatives
when the Wilson bill was under discus
sion:
rs it any wonder that the people
or my district, regardless of party. be-
lleve that the scarecrow of class legisla-
ton should not be set in place in the corn
held of public opinion by the representa-
tive of a cottOn-growing district who
votes to place on the free list cotton ties,
used in baling cotton, while insisting that
the bands on the farmers pail, or on
the bunch of shingles he buys to roof his
granary shall be subject to a tariff tax?
is it surprising that the enlightened
people of Wisconsin do not understand the
modern idea of political economy which
affords the rice-grower of the Carolinas
a protective tariff of 81 per cent, while
conceding the barley-grower of Wiscon-
sin a protection of only 20 per cent?
What answer can be made to the in
telligent farmers of Wisconsin who find
that their potatoes are protected from
the acknowledgements of Canada by a
duty of 20 per cent, while the tooth
some peanut of the Old Dominion is
sheltered by a protection of 70 per cent,
and who ask if this favoritism is not a
fairly good example of class legislation"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
Prominent Mediterranean Dead.

Henderson, Mimi .np eHtnH0
Heinrich, one OF y
citizens of II 0
large stock
vr.H--iay
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
The Profits OF the suy.r TINS,

Gen. Samuel Thomas of New York, n
practical business man, and not a par
ilsah, speaking of the sugar trust and of
iss greed and power, says: AS a plain,
independent American citizen, without
reference to party, l say it is a shame to
give the sugar trust the bonus presented
Dy the Senate programme. 1t is an out
rage mat his trust should own enough
senators to hold Congress by the throat
ana say: You shall give us what we
want or there shall be no tariff legisla-
tlon; A tenth of a cent specific duty
would be ample for the protection of re-
n~nerles; yes, a thirty-second would be
enough. But this bill gives o%ne-eighth-
a clear gift of ST., 1000, 900 for the benefit.
not OF a widely diffused industry. but of
a dozen men in New York city. 1t is an
outrage, and yet the trust has bought
enough men at Washington to be able to
nave its will, or kill any other tariff meas
ure. Ihere is no worse example of stock
watering h this sugar trust presents.
a plant and property that everyone
knows were not and are not worth more
IMAM Sl3,OOO,OOO to ST, 100000 have a
capital OF S35, 100000 preferred and $35.-
UOOOVO'ooo common stock, besides $4,000
ooO or so of bonds. Even a protective
duty of One-thirty-second of a cent would
give profits that would enable this con-
Germ TO pay 10 to 20 per cent. on the ac-
tual value of the investment. 1t is an out
rage, and yet Indignation will not avail
against the purchase of legislation by the
trust"
The entire course of the Democratic
party on the tariff question has Disguised
the financial world. The long delay of
the Democratic conferees in calling the
Republican members of the conference
committee has excited indignation. The
general comment was well expressed by
George b. Gibson, who denounced their
action as "a piece of unparalleled political
lnSolence:" Mr.. Gibson compared the
informal conference of the Democratic
committee to CrOmwell's trump parlia-
ment of 164S." This committee of con
ference he said, lis in reality a con-
densed form of the two houses, an epit-
IN of both, for expeditions work, and a
rump committee is as offensive as a rump
congress itself would be!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-12
oHEAPER THAN GOLD CURE.
Tomatoes and Course Salt Said to Have
Done the Work in Missouri

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
I'm Missouri we have a much more
simple jag cure than your northern BIZ
chloride of gold injections" said Col.
l.. E. Prentiss. ut is simply one of ma
lures own remedies-merely a ripe to-
mato and salt. AS to its efficacy, 1 can
refer to a dozen people of my own per-
sonal acquaintance. The cure is fast
becoming known all over the country.
and soon every man will be his own jag
physician l don't know wherein the
curative properties of a ripe tomato and
sprinkling of coarse salt lie, but they
have been too thoroughly demonstrated
to me to make me skeptical.
"One case in particular I know of
clinches my faith in the cure In a little
town in Southwestern Missouri there
lives to-day a man named Jack Morris
sey, who was one of the worst sots 1
ever had the misfortune to meet Nor
rissey owns a small farm, and in a patch
of ground near his shanty raised enough
garden truck to supply his table. To be
truthful Morrissey didn't raise any
thing except hades, his wife and daugh-
tiers doing all the work. The man had
the jim jams fourteen times in one year.
and when he didn't have them all his
energies were bent on securing the stuff
to bring them on. This fall the crops
were a failure on the Morrissey farm,
and with the exception of the garden
vegetables there was absolutely nothing
to eat about the place. Tomatoes, how
ever, were plentiful. After a weeks to-
mato diet the family noticed that the head
of the house had remained sober four days
out of seven.
Mrs Morrissey was a woman of quick
perception, and Jack was dosed with the
garden product. When 1 saw him three
weeks ago he was a changed man, and he
wasn't posing as a horrible example in a
tomato jag school either. He is attending
strictly to business now and doing we'll"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-12

desire 20 say that ! was not a party to
any dummy legislation in the interest OF
the Southern Railway Company, or any
other corporation. ] was not the author Of
the bill in question. nor did I farther H. A
responsible constituent asked me to in
troduce the measure and did so by re-
quest. as ! stated at the time Of its intro
duction. Afterward the promoters OF the
bill told me that they had discovered that
sentiment was against the legislation and
as they did not want the bill killed. re-
Quested me TO withdraw IL. I acquiesced
and the bill was Withdrawn. I desire TO
state 70 the House that I acted in good
faith and want TO go upon record as not
having been a party to dummy legislation
in the interest of anybody. There were
some meritOriOus features in the bill, and
] want TO say in conclusion TO this House
that the DOolan bill has not been killed II
has only been withdrawn for this session.
The Senate committee on public schools
made an adverse report on the House
bill TO amend the constitution so as TO
elect the state school commissioner by
the people, but the Senate refused 10
adopt their report. The bill was sent
back to the committee, and will be re-
ported back tomorrow.
The bill making an appropriation for the
state TO make an exhibit at the Atlanta
exposition came up this morning on its
final reading. Senator Snead opposed the
passage of the bill He said he was will
ing TO vote for an appropriation direct
but he was opposed to using the funds
designated in the bill for that purpose.
He thought the fund appropriated was
held in trust by the state for the benefit
Of certain people, and that the govern
ment had given the state this fund TO be
distributed TO those who had paid the
general government a direct tax just after
the war.
Mr.. Harris and Mr.. Lewis explained
that there was no violation of the trust
and that If the fund was ever called for
the state could replace it, as is provided
in the bill The bill passed by a vote of
p yeas to II nays. All Of the populists
voted against it, together with five DEM
oCrats.
President Venable introduced a resolu-
ton which passed allowing the commits
sioner of agriculture to gather state ex-
hibits for the exposition through the
officers of his department when they are
not otherwise engaged
Heretofore the state has had no uni
form system of registration. Some coun-
ties had no law at all. The bill just passed
provides for a uniform system for every
county. 1t is a non-partisan measure
The registration is to be conducted by
three managers in each county These
managers are to be appointed by the SUI
perlor court judges. Two managers will
be from the party which had the majority
in the last election and the third will be
from the minority party.
Tonight the members of the Senate were
entertained at a dinner by President Ven
able.
The general assembly will adjourn to-
morrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-12
SEIZED BY A SHARK.
A Fisherman of st. Augustine Has a
Thrilling Experience.

st. Augustine, Fla, Dec. 11.-Charles f.
Bryne, fisherman, while casting a net on
North beach, was attacked by a twelve
foot shark and had his left leg severely
bitten. Byrne, like most fishermen who
cast nets for mullet into the surf, was
troubled by the monster shark, which
was hanging around for mullet caught in
the net which they frequently seize while
being drawn through the water Byrne
kicked the shark, and instead of its NOV
ing off. it circled about Byrne, who was
standing three feet deep in the surf, and
as it passed Byrne he caught it
blythe tail, which threw the shark on its
side in the shallow water, and il turned
and bit his thigh. 1t let loose its hold,
and making another attack and knocking
Byrne down, seized him again by the same
leg and made for deep water with the
struggling fisherman, but fortunately for
him, the incoming breakers rolled both
shark and Byrne well upon the shore.
Byrne's calls brought his companion, Ed
gar Pomar, to the scene, when the shark
slipped under Byrne's back, the saw like
fms scratching his side, and made for
Pomar, who took for shore. Byrne's
wounds are fourteen in number, reaching
from below the knee to the hip. This is
the second attack made by sharks the
other being upon Reynolds on June l, who
was on South beach, the only place known
where sharks are plentiful on this coast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-12
THE SAM ROAD IN COURT.
The Special Masters Report Under Dis
cussicn.

Americas, Ca, Dec. 1.-THE Savannah.
Americas and Montgomery railroad case
in which the bondholders ask for a decree
foreclosing the mortgage and sale Of the
property was taken up by Judge Fish yes
terday.
The suit is brought by the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit Company Of Baltimore.
representing holders of first mortgage
bonds. Nearly all Of yesterday was taken
up in hearing demurrers to the report Of
Special Master W. NJ. Hawkins, who was
appointed by the court soon after the
road was placed in the hands Of receivers
to audit the claims against the road. The
case is very complicated, but the main
fact that appears most prominent in the
proceeding is the fight made by the bond
holders against the payment Of bills con-
tracted by the road both Of a general
nature and claims for supplies There
is quite an array of legal talent present to
represent the various interests involved.
The Mercantile Trust Company is repre-
scented by B. NJ. Nenable and William A
Fischer of Baltimore. Other prominent
attorneys present and engaged in the case
are: Senator Elect Bacon. Judge A. l.
Mirrer, Dupont Query. G. W. Rush, B.
NJ. Davis of Macon, ]. Shelton Williams
of Richmond. c. B. Martin Of Albany, ].
ID. and c. H. Boguemore and W. S.
Thompson of Montgomery.
The Baptist church, which has been
without a pastor since the resignation
of Dr. A. B. Campbell. several months
ago, last Sunday rendered a unanimous
call to Rev. J. L. Gross of Washington,
Ca.