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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
THREE; INSTANTLY KILLED.
Foot Bail Players in Ma Ssachusetts
Caught in n Wreck.

South Bridge, Mass, special: This
place was the scene of an awful acct
dent. resulting in instant death to
three young men. fatally iniuring one
and seriously injuring twelve others.
The South Bridge foot bail eleven was
scheduled to play Il game with the
eleven of the Wore ster Polytechnic
Institute here, and were passing over
the tracks Of the New York and New
England Railroad on their way to the
grounds in IL large %carryall, when the
vehicle was struck by a passenger en-.
CINE. The wagon was demolished and
the occupants scattered in every diroc.
ton, three members of the eleven b.
ing killed outright. Some were thrown
into the air, descending many feet
away. manned and broken, while 9TH
ers went down under the wheels and
were ground into a mangled and bleed
ing mass of flesh. with but slight re.
semblance to human form.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
RYPNNTIZED AND VIOLATED
Excited Over Mabel Briggs Extra.
ordinary Story.

Eau Claire, Wis, special: Intense
excitement has been created here by
the arrest of DR.. George w. Pickin
and his son. Asigal Pickin. on the
charge OF rape. The arrests we're
the result Of an Investigation which
began September 1 last, when a girl of
l., named Edna Mabel Briggs. daugh-
ter OF Joseph NJ. Briggs. was found at
the house Of Dr.. Pickin by her father
and IN officer, after she had been MISS
ing two days. The casc of the pros
ecution is that the girl had been hyp-
noticed and was criminally assaulted
repeatedly by both Pickin and his son.
The defendants have pleaded not
guilty and waived examination.
While the state expects to prove the
crime on evidence of ordinary nature,
a large mass OF evidence will be pro-
duccl on the hypnotic feature of the
case.
The story is terrible in its details.
One of the things she tells the district
attorney is that on the night she was
taken to Pickin's house she read the
mind of the doctor through that of his
son. She added that if there is any
thing in mind reading there is a sub
celler in that house and buried there
are the bodies of two young girls.
There is growing excitement vel
the affair. Citizens Of standing and
wealth are interesting themselves in
the girls case. DR.. Pickin and his
son say nothing except that they are
innocent. DR.. Pickin has lived here
many years and has Il so-called Vita
pathic institute in an obscure part of
the west side. The Briggs family are
of excellent social standing, and Ma
bel was always in good society until
this affair occurred.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
THE ALABAMA lMBROGLIO.
Kolb zoe to the State Capital With
Small BOdyguard.

Birmingham, Ala, special: Reu-
ben f. kolb. the thrice defeated Pop
ulist candidate for Governor, has left
for Montgomery with a small body
guard. He stated before leaving that
he would be inaugurated ut MontgOm-
cry Saturday at the same time as Gov.
Oates. He says he proposes to do
nothing unlawful. He expects to
meet several thousand OF his followers
and counsel with them as to further
proceedings looking to a dual govern
ment. Three thousand state troops
will be in attendance with loaded guns
to meet Kolb's followers, who have
been secretly instructed by some hot
headed leaders to go ahead. kOlb
will not be molested unless he commits
some overt act interpretable as trea-
SON.. If he does this he will be ar
rested.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
ARMY OF THE UNION.
SECRETARY LAMONT's ANNUAL
REPORT.
Dun Says the Success of the Boud
Issue Seems TO Have Had No Es.
fect-War Is Practically Over
Other Items.
Secretary Lamont's Report.


Washington special: Secretary Dan
lei S. Lamont of the War Department
has submitted his annual report OF tho
operations of the department to the
President. The reports Of the officers
In command OF the several geograph-
tcal departments c%orroborate the
opinion expressed in his last annual
report that indian warfare is virtually
at an end in the United States. Thee
have been no serious infractions of the
neutrality laws on the Mexican from
tier during the year. IL
was found necessary during tho
period beginning with March
and extending through July of tho
current year, in various sections OF
the country, to employ 4 considerable
part of the army to execute the orders
Of the United States Courts, other
wise succ essfuliy defied and resisted,
TO protect the dispatch of the United
States mails aud guard the property
of the Government. The movement
of troops thus necessitated was the
largest which has taken place since
the close of the civil war. The militia
of the states, wherever employed,
also proved generally to be composed
of qualified and reliable soldiers.
The number of enlisted men in SER
vice October 81 last was ., SIG and tho
effective field strength 20, ia of all
arms.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
MORE BLuErIELD's TROUBLE.
Diplomatic Clash Between England
and America IL Probable.

Washington special: State depart
ment officials and the Nicaraguan mir.
ister are automatically silent in re-
gard TO the reported trouble ut Blue
fields, but the fact that the United
States warship Columbia has been
ordered from Kingston, Jamacia,
direct 10 Blucfields tends to strongly
confirm the story.
If the facts arc as represented the
situation is undoubtedly II OF great
gravity. The mention of the Mica
ra.ua canal as being tho real cause
of British action goes to confirm the
suspicious long cherished here that
Great Britain really cares nothing for
the Mosquitoes themselves, bat is dis
posed to insist upon its prOtectoratc
over the reservation in order to basea
claim of jurisdiction over that part OF
the old reservation which they have
contendcd extended rs far south as tho
EASTERN mouth OF the Nicaragua canal.
Should this claim be maintained ii
would OF course operate TO prevent
the United States from controlling
tho projected Nicaragua Canal. is in
deed, it should not cause the abandon.
ment of the project. 1t is ~undoubted.
ly a matter OF great annoyance 10 our
State Department that this trouble
some Blueiields subject should be re.
opened by Great Britain's summary
action when it was supposed h dill
cultics there had been adjusted in a
name entirely satisfactory to all
parties concerned However, the
prompt dispatch Of the Columbia tc
the cone Of the threatened trouble Is
evidence that the State Department
will not be taken unawares by such
proceedings and that it will doubtless
preserve the status quo there while
negotiations are in progress.
Secretary Gresham cabled Ambassa-
dor Bayard to request an explanation
Of the reported occurrence from the
British foreign office.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06

Rev. W. II. JORDAN. pre- siding e,ao.
of the Sioux Falls District of M.,hU
DIST Churches. who was sent TO NJ
York by the South Dakota Conferuna'
as Il delegate to the general misS;nS
AIRY committee Of the church. writas
home good new for his state. Tbs
committee distributes annually 81. 95o {.
COZ. There we're so many pressinn
demands upon the committee tha,
South Dakota's application for SD
90, neal the end Of the list. W.
looked upon as doubtful. But Mr.
Jordan succeeded in getting the fuli
Sl20 c0 appropriated, which. ba
writes, is the largest special grant ~
any conference in this country. All,
also expects to secure aid for Sou,L
Dakota Methodist Churches from tba
church extension board, which meet
soon in Philadelphia.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
South Dakota Notes,

THE incorporation of the Black Hills
Artesian Well Company at Rapid City
BODIES we'll for the future irrigation in
the state.
THE Merchants Mill of Mitchell has
been awarded the contract to furnish
10000 pounds of flour to Indians at
Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agen-
cies.
THE Burlington road has completed
a spur to the Crown Hill group OF
mines. situate near Elk Mountain in
the Black Hills country. There is,
now over 100 tons on the dump that
will average ST. to SIS per tor. AS
soon as the railroad furnishes cars
regular shipments will be made to the
cyantide mill in DeadwOod.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06

BY authority OF an act passed bv
the Legislature in 1891 the State Ar.
ricultural College at Broollings will
hold farmers institutes curing tho
winter vacation of the institution
viz: December, January and Febru.
AIRY. The following members of the
faculty hold themselves in readihess
to attend and address Institutes upon
practical subjects: President Me.
Lonth, Prof. Sheppard. Prof. Phil.
lips, Prof. Wheaton,, DR.. Cormack.
Plof. Chilcott, Prof. Corbett, Prof.
Williams and Prof. OFT. These gen.
tlemen charge nothing for their SER
vices or travelling expenses. therefore
tho expenses of an institute Is but
nominal, and is thought that u much
larger number will be held the pres.
cnt winter than heretofore.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
SECRETARY SMITHS REPORT.
p. Slight Increase In the Number OF
Pensions.

Washington special: The report
made by the Secretary of the Interior
to the President on the operations of
the Pension Bureau for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1894. is very bricf. AT
the close of the fiscal year there were
969. 544 pensioners borne on the rolls,
an Increase of 3,532 during the year.
or these there we're soldiers n sail
ors. 153, 96S: widows, orphans and 9TH
er dependent relatives, 2l5, 1872: army
nurses, Alb. OF these 1860 pension
ers are on account Of Indian and other
wars prior to the late war, and l3.i29
widows. orphans and other dependent
relatives. Under tho act OF June -,
1890, there are 375,0S4 pensioners and
"a. 200 widows ANA orphans, it is inter-
esting TO note that nine widows and
three daughters OF veterans OF the
revolution constitute the pension roll
for that war. Fortv-fivc survivors OF
the war of 1872 constitute the remnant
of that list. The total amour eXpcnd-
ed for pensions during the past fiscal
year was &l39. S04, I6l. %, leaving Il bal
ance from the appropriation in the
treasury of $25. oO5, 7l2. 60. The esti-
mate for the fiscal year 1895 made by
the Commissioner is II 0.00O,0 DOC.
The Commissioner states that in his
opinion the year 1890, thirty years al
ter the close Of the war, must in the
nature of things SEQ the highest limit
of the pension roll, which. therefore,,
must begin to decrease. The number
of pending claims i'm the bureau has
decreased over 80, 900 during the year.
A large number of new claims are for
increase by pensioners now ON the
rolls. The number of certificates is
sued was SO.ol3. The aggregate of
persons added to the rolls during the
year is -, 0S5, and the total number
dropped of for all causes, 1891. The
first payments during the past year
amounted to 1877 800. The report OF
the Commissioner discusses the pro-
viso of December p, 1893, to show
that the bureau has confOrmed strict
ly TO the proviso, and also to illustrate
by special cases the frauds which have
been pcrpetrated upon the Govern
ment by reason of it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
IanktOn Hotel Turns

Yne Central Hotel. one of Yankton's
old landmarks, was destroyed by fire a
day or two since. A cripple named
Wolf. whose home is in Worthington,
Mimi, lost his life, being sutfOcated
before the firemen reached him. Sew
eral other people were mOr OF less in
jured. Mr.. Godfrey was burned Sc.
verely about the head and arms. He
was sleeping on the second floor. The
stairway was all alame before the
alarm was given, and Godfrey, in run-
ming the fiery gauntlet, was Oadly
scorched. Mr.. Luigo was cut about
the head and Mrs. Crosby. wife q! the
proprietor of the hotel. slightly hurt.
The rest of the inmates escaped with
out injury. The loss on the building
is about S.. OO0.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Newspapers Barred.

Constantinople special: The recent
edict calling for the seizure at the
frontier OF foreign newspapers con-
tanning accounts of the Armenian
massacres proh; bits the entry Of every
American newspaper into Turkey.
This action on the part of the Turkish
Government is supposed to be due to
the attitude assumed by the Ameri-
can press on the Armenian question.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Gar Nicholas I'aVors CIcmcncy.

ST. Petersburg special: Car Nicho-
las, on the occasion Of his marriage
to Princess Alix, will issue Il manifes-
to Of official clemency renting AZ
cears of taxes and modifying sem
fences. The Official Messenger pub
fishes II circular issued by his majesty
conveying his thanks to all classes for
The sympathy manifested on the
death of Car Alexander.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Ennk Closes Its DnOrS.

The Merchants Bank OF Watertown
has closed its doors, and Judge An
drews has signed an order that 81 re-
ceiver be appointed to close up the
business Of the concern. 1T ii hnQt
determined yet who the receiver viii
be. County Treasurer Wightman had
$4,000 of the county money depos-
tied in the bank, Il good share of which
will have to be made good by the
bondsmen.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
observation-disclosures in London.

London special: n comely m OF
the unfortunate class, about 40 years
old, was found dead in a frequented
t~horoughfare near Holland Villas
Road, kensingtOn. Her throat was
cut from a to ar, and some OF the
newspapers here intimate that it is
another crime of the Jack-the-Ripper
order.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
jackson Not Guilty.

f. T. Jackson. who has been on trial
in the circuit court at Salem the past
week for the killing Sam Irvine, was
pronounced not guilty by the jury.
jackson shot Irvine while he was at
tempting t break out Of the Mont
rose jail on the night of December 81,
lSv3.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06

A cattle train on the Milwaukee
road was wrecked neal Trip. While
going at a forty-mile rate on IL down
grade the train broke in two. Just
before reaching the bottom of the
grade the sections crashed together,
derailing several cars and killing a
number Of cattle. None of the train
crew was hurt.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Japancsc Atrocities Confirmed.

London special. The reported Jap
anese atrocities at Port Arthur have
been confirmed, but it is believed to
be due to the continued atrocities and
multilation Of the japanese dead and
wounded by the Chinese. In general
the Japanese treatment OF Chinese
prisoners is most human.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Defended His Wife's Honor.

Guthrie, Oklahoma, special: X. v.
Schenck, editor Of the Caddo, /. r..
Banner, shot and mortally wounded
George Willis at that place for circu-
ting rumors derogatory to his wife.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Beadle County Won the Prize.

In the contest for prizes offered by
the South Dakota Reading Circle
Beadle County won, her members of
the circle having completed the pre-
scribed work more thoroughly than.
any of the other competitors.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
WAR Is PRACTICALLY OVER
Terms of Peace Almost Arranpcd
Between China and ,Ian,n

London special: a Che Foo dispatch
says: Terms OF peace between China
II Japan have almost been ARRANGED
through The intervention of the United
States. The feeling of security now is
so strong that foreign ladies arc re.
turning to Pekin.
"A Yokohama dispatch says: 1t is
now definitely known hat Prime
MINISTER Ito has declined to receive
Dletring, envoy from China. The
native press is Indignant that China
should send a foreign agent to nero-
tlate for peace.
"A Shanghai dispatch SAYS: The
presence of three British warsbips
opposite the estuary of Bicn Tanp
hiang leads to the belief that the
country has decided to forestall rival,
In obtaining 4 voice in the settlement
between China and Japan. The de-
parture OF British war vessels from
Shanghai under sealed orders creates
excitement. Fears are increasing that
Ii Hung Chang win place himself ut
the hea OF au army which he has
created for his purposes. Thou
n OF troops are arriving for ser.
vice under him.
Largest Wheat Cargo on Record.
San Francisco special: The British
ship Somali has cleared for Liverpool
with the biggest wheat cargo ever
Saken from this or any other port, it
being 6,l2i tons OF grain, valued at
ITO. 24Q
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06

Rome special: An official dispatch
from Toxic says: Japan has intimated
that as 0 10 as China makes peace
proposals, Japan will accept the good
Offices of the United States in conclud-
ing negotiations.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06

disc store. tho Allison & R,.u-
machinery and hardware store ,fess
elry store AMI Hendricks dwaiiiew'
The loss is about $40, 600. "g.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Death of a French scholar.

Paris special: Jean Victor Dury,
the we'll known French historian and
a former Minister of Public Instruct
ion, is dead.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
For Old Soldiers at Ho: Springs

The Crank Army Post and w. r.
c. of Canton have shipped to the Hot
Springs Soldiers Home a supply of
bed clothing as a Thanksgiving pres
II
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
burglary at Coleman.

A bold burglary occurred at Cole
man. Two masked men entered the
store of George Bolles just before clos
ing hours ana ordered him to open his
safe and surrender his pile. He ac-
cordingly turned oversize in bills, be-
sides some small change. Two other
gentlemen were in the store ut the
time with Mr.. Bolles. Notrace as yet
is found as to who the burglars are.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
Gettysburg school Burns Down.

Gettysburg's new school building,
which was completed this fall at a cost
of 1920, was burned to the ground
from a fire which started in the furn
ace. School was in session when the
fire started, but the scholars marched
out OF the building. There vas So, 100
insurance on the building and furni-
ture. The school house will be re-
built.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
TWO SOUTH DAKOTA FIRES.
Over $4,000 Damage Done at Bcrcs-
ford and $4,000 at White.

Over $4,000 Damage Done at Bercs-
ford and $4,000 at White.
At Beresford fire was discovered in
Davis livery stables, and had gained
sufficient Roadway by the time the fire
department arrived to make it impos-
sible to control. The stables are To-
Gated on the north end Of the business
portion, and the high wind from that
direction famed the flames against
the Enterprise Hotel, and from there
1t spread to the magnificent brick
block of the Union Banking Company
and completely Quilted it. The Union
County Press is a total loss. Gust
Johnsons big general merchandise
store was the next victim. followed by
Jensen's jewelry store, Bridman's pho
tograph gallery, w. j. Bulow's law
office, Mrs. Jaco's millinery and nu-
merous other buildings of less import
ance. Every business place in town
was emptied and surrendered to the
destructive flames, but the wind sud-
denly ceased, and about midnight the
fire was under control. The Center
vile fire department arrived by a
special engine, ana but for their help
the town would have burned. The
heavy losses are: Union Banking
Company, $1,000: Union County Press,
$1,000: Davis livery, $1,000: Enter
prise Hotel, 1900: Gust johnson.
$1,000: w. j. Bulow. 500: Christ .Ien-
sen, $500. The total loss will be about
So, 600.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06

A portion OF the business houses at
While were destroyed by fire. The
hire originated from a box of ~sawdust
IN the butcher shop and destroyed the
shop, Meyer Bros. general lnerchan-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-06
TREASON
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plotted Ag
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important memo
found sensation.
minister is charg]
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-09
Not Coniined to One civ.

>~Os NonAtscu 70 OHc Nltys
lam something of kicker myself,
but / take off my hat to the nervous in.
dividual who halted me ON the street
yesterday with: -.
Say! Louisville is a healthy, hand
some city of beautiful homes, lovely
women, brave men, fine horses and good
whisky, but in no other city half or one
fourth its size in the universe are SO
many nuisances permitted as in this one.
Just think that the citizens are aroused
from their beds in the early hours of the
morning when sleep is sweetest, victims
of sickness and disease are disturbed al
most in the very arms of death, and all
day long people in the streets are in dan
ger feeling the drums of their ears burst,
and not an effort made to put a stop to
the pandemonium of unearthly noises in
our streets. The charcoal mans Co
manche yells, the stale vegetable, fever
producing peddler's bowls, the parrot
tougued peddler of no-account bananas,
the er-rags OF ion collector, secondhand
fruit distributers big bells in advertising
wagons, milk bells, scissors grinders
bells-all adding to one common bedlan1
of unending noises upon our principal
business and residence streets. The sick
are disturbed, the healthy annoyed, and
yet day after day we never make an at
tempt to protect our right to live in
peace. "-Louisville Courier-Journal.