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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

GEORGE GOULD'S match company
has been organized.
DULUTH voted to buy the city water
works and gas plant.
PLATE-GLASS manufacturers are en-
deavoring to form a trust.
A SNOWSTORM lasting eight hours
occurred at Hay Springs, NeD.
SEVERAL buildings burned at liolla,
Mo-, causing a loss OF $4,000.
j. Nj. GREGG. a prominent business
man of Burlington, Iowa, is dead.
Mrs. w. H. JONES was ioand dead
at Salem, Ohio. Murder is suspected.
JOSEPH KERCHER was killed at Phil.
adelphia, Pa. by q batted baseball.
AN unknown steamer and all hands
went down in the English channel.
ORDERS have been issued to work
the Reading collierics to- their full ca
pacity.
GOvERNMENT troops will be sen to
Indian Territory to rid the country OF
bandits.
w. j. BARNES is held at Sioux City.
Iowa, to answer to Il score OF charges
of forgery.
The Rev. DR.. A. p. Harper, for forty
years a missionary in China died at
Wooster, Ohio.
J. A. FRANCIS, teller Of the City
Bank at Hartford Conn.,, is in all. His
shortage is $4,000.
THE power house and machine shop
of the Canadian canal at Sault Ste.
Marie, Canada, burned.
CHARLES f. ANDERSON, a Swede.
committe / suicide at Hot Springs, Ark.
by taking morphine.
SOCIETY people of Bet oft engaged
in a fox hunt, an aniseed bag being
substituted for the ioz.
THREE trainmen were injured and
considerable property destroyed by a
collision at Lima, Ohio.
GOVERNMENT officials have made a
vigorous protest to Germany against
| the war on American cattle.
CHARLES REEVES committed suicide
J at Hot Springs, Ark, by shooting
! Reeves was from Mexico, and had boer
in the city two weeks. He left nc
statement.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

passed between the Japanese ard Chi
nese governments before diplomatic
e%gotiations were suspended and war
wa declared. The speech maze adeep
impression upon the House. The feel
ing of the Diet appears to be unani-
nous in favor of the cOurs pursued by
the government. The universal ex-
preston is that the wal must be vigOr-
Ously pursued until it is brought to Il
triumphant conclusion The Diet has
manifested the greatest willingness to
grant everything asked by the govern
ment. The two houses passed by Il
unanimous vote tho bills introduced
by the government relating to "a eX-
penditures, which involved a total sum
of $50, 0OJ. coo.
Advi es from Chemulro. c. rea. state
that the IaciticatiOn of the C untr.y is
s riously impeded by the Tonghaks.
who, although un lrmed, are a stand
ing menace to the Japat csc interests
on account Of the spreading of their
propaganda of mistruSt of the Japan
e @. The latter are scattering silver
about the country with tt e OBJ ect OF
purchasing the favor of the people, and
it is stated that lO0,0 CO yen have beer
distributed about Seoul alone. The
Japanese arrangements are very de-
f%ective, and a number of dead horses
and cattle are found along the roads
between Seoul and Ping ang.
On the battlefield of Ping Yang are
many dead Chinese partially buried.
and the stencil from their bodies is
ter. ible. 1t Is now reported that the
Chinese infantry cut through the Jap
anese at Ping Yang, but it is said that
the Chinese cavalry was easily de-
stroyed, as the horses stuck in the mud
ard their riders were shot before they
could eXtricate themselves. Chinese
officials report that a battle occurred
near vi Chow and that the Japanese
were repulsed southwark, with a loss
OF 5000 men on each side.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
CROP CONDITIONS.
correspondents In Twelve states Give In.
formation for Farmers.

correspondents In Twelve states Give In.
formation for Farmers.
The Farmers Review has received
reports from its CORRESPONDENTS in
twelve States on the relative area of
wheat being sOwn, on the condition of
corn crop at harvest, on condition
OF horses, with supply and prices, and
the condition OF pastures.
Wheat S~eediny-(n spite of the low
prices or Wheat the area seeded this fail
Will be about the same as Iast In most of
tne States reported, except, ps,
Kansas and Nebraska In all :he Stat es
there are counties where less wheat will be
sown than last year, but these counties are
not numerous They are Offset by the
counties that will SOW more than tho usual
amount In Western Nebraska and Kansas
the weather and ground are yet too dry to
encourage the sower. even II all had seed
70 SOW, which some have not. In fact
there seems q God prospect that the semi.
arid regions will experience a dry fall, like
the one last year. and in that case it
would be little use to SOW. Some of the
counties In these States will put in very
large areas Compared with last year.
Corn-Ihe corn crop at harvest is quite
generally good In hardness and dryncss,
put In quantity Is the sa ME as indicated
by former reports.
horses - Horses are In generally good
condition as to flesh and health. Tho sup
ply of common and poor horses is very
large. In spite Of the incessant warnings
OF the agricultural press, farmers have
continued to breed cheap mares to cheap
stations. and nov have on their hands
myriads OF horses so poor In quality
that no one wants them, and some
cannot be given away. In some
localities the prices are the lowest in forty
years. Few good driving horses or road
sters are reported, but u great multitude
OF very ordinary farm work horses and
scrubs 1t seems doubtful II there will be
Il rise In prices under present C ndit,ons,
and would indicate that farmers must
adopt better methods In breeding.
Pastures Under the influence OF the
fall rains the pastures have revived in
most OF the States. In some places the
are the best ever known. This Is proving
a great blessing to the farmers with short
hay and fodder crops. 1t will give n boun-
tiful supply of food till the frost kills it
and will send the cattle into winter in bet
ter condition than usual.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
CUT RATES IN FLOUR.
Millers Fall Out and the Retailer I,eaps
a Profit.

Millers Fall Out and the Retailer I,eaps
a Profit.
Flour has taken the place of sugar
as the bone of contention among the
Wholesale grocers of Chicago and the
Northwest. A combine, con listing of
the Pills bury Washburn company, the
western Consolidated Milling company
has gone to pieces. One result Of
the war is that grccers and dealers for
several hundred miles around are flock
inc to Chicago and taking advantage
of the free ami open market. For some
time the three concerns named have
had a community of interests. their
plan of business was to send products
to local iobters on CONSIGNMENT,
the latter agreeing to abide by
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

I.CS VTRCrNFN FNTP CULH6 OF p-,oUU pCT
month. Her fortune, which she is not
to receive for six Years, amounts to
about 1900, 0O0. This was left her
by her mother. who died two years
ago. Miss Fairs father. ex-senator
James G. FAIR. of Nevada. is one Of
California's multi-millionaires. She
will probably inherit q large share of
his wealth. Her education was ac-
quired in the Convent of the Sacred
Heart in San Francisco. She is a good
musician, and speaks lrench aid Ger
man. She is a devoted Roman Cath
Ollie.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

country and Canada, between now and
the middle of next March. So we'll
has the campaign been arranged that
the general knows how he will spend
every minute of his time until he re-
turns to England. He will hold in all
$40 meetings. Time has not dealt too
unkindly with the General during the
eight years since he vas last in the
United States. Though he looks every
minute o. his siXty-nine years, and his
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
GAIN TWO VICTORIES.
JAPS WIN THE FIRST BATTLE
FOUGHT ON CHINESE SOIL.
Mikado's Forces Prepare to Mako a Tell.
Ing Advance Before Cold weather-Crop
Conditions Reported from Twelve States
Death of Honore Mercier.
One Port Arthur Fort Falls.

Two important and significant Jap.
anese victories are recorded by United
States Minister DENLY in a cable to the
State Department at Washington. He
says that the Chinese forces have been
defeated at Chin Lien Cheng, and have
ratreated to Moukden, and that the
ia. ancse have taken one Of the Chi.
nese forts at Port Arthur.
The scene of the first engagement is
lust across the Yalu river in Marchu-
ria. and it marks the first real agrees
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
General! scott.

The country never had a more gal
liant, heroic, and soldierly commander
than Gen. Winfield Scott. If he was
austere in the discharge of his mill
tary duties, he knew always how to
jr3tify that austerity in the minds OF
Tia men, and to kindle them to en-
thUsiasm.
At the battle of Chippewa he
called to McNeil's command:
THE enemy say we are good at
long shot, but cannot stand the cold
iron, l call upon the Eleventh to give
the lie to that SANDER. Charge"
The charge was made, the British
broke and fed in confusion.
One day, during a siege, Gen. Scott
was walking the trenches where a
heavy fire OF the enemy was directed.
Seeing some OF the soldiers standing
up, the General ordered them not to
expose themselves.
But, General" said one, 'ycu are
exposing yourself"
'Ah," said he, generals nowadays
a be made out Of anybody, but men
cannot be had.
THE meaneSt thier in the world ia
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

hair and beard are gray, there is still
plenty OF fire in his voice and energy
in his action when he gets reused while
speaking of his lifc's work. General
Booth is 10Y % years old and has been
engaged in the Salvation Army move
ment for 81 years. He was the son of
a Methodist preacher and was sue
c~essively a Diapers apprentice, timer
ant exhorter, gold miner and Saliva
ZIONIST. The idea o. the army was sug.
gested to him by a dream.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

1SkAhS ~ pr
HoNoRE MERc1ER. cation of diseases for
years PAST, diabetes predominating.
After his defeat at the general cleo
tiOns of March, 1892, his friends ok
pressed the opinion that he had only
Six months to live, but by dint Of
adopting ab5tem;ous habits OF living
he managed to prolong his life.
Honore Mercier was born at St.
Athancose. Cue, in 1910. He was edu-
Gated at the Jesuit College in Mont
real and began the study OF law. He
was for a time editor of the Courier dc
st. Hyacinthe and vas admitted to the
bar in 1866. In 1883 Mercier was elect
. ed leader Of the Quebec Liberals. The
feeling arou ed by the execution of
Riel, the leader Of the half-breed re-
bellion in the Northwest, gave him d
great opportunity, and when the cleo
ton of 1856 came on he organized a
brilliant campaign, which led to the
defeat of tho Conservative Govern
ment. Mr.. MERCER vas summoned to
form a Cabinet on Jan. y, 1887. His
administration was full Of exciting in
cidents. AS Premier he was a stanch
champion of French-C Canadians and
their rights. One of the most i'm
portant ac;s Of his administration was
he settlement of the Jesuit estate
question, by which the Jesuits were
laid a large sum of money, and which
provoked a storm of Indignation in the
other provinces. He attracted con-
siderable attention on account OF his
advocacy of Canadian independence.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

sive by
the japanese on Chi
nese soil. for it is be-
lieved that the pre-
ceding movements on
the west side OF t Q
alu river by the
Japanese have been
in the nature of ski
mishes to develop
the real strength of
the Chinese forces.
This having be o II
done, the Japanese
are supposed to have
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

kew. W. 6. Clarke,
one of the eloquent
IL preachers of
that city, who has set
out on a mission of
municipal e t orma-
ton. Clarke's meth
DDS differ somewhat
from those of the New
York divine. After
a careful survey of
the field, he came to
the conclusion t h a t
t h Q gambling evil
was the worst o n Q
w n i G n
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
COUNT ITO SPEAKS.
An Elaborate Address Before the Japan
csc Diet-Japs Whipped at vi Chow.

10 the Prime Min
ister of Japan.
made an elab rate
speech in the House
of Lords upon the
as embling of the
Diet at Hiroshima.
lie eXplaiLe ed at
length the causes
of the war between
Japan and China.
During the course
of his speech he
read the correspon-
dence which had
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

year-Oid, unaffected,
healthy girl of quiet
tastes and mo est
demeanor. she pos
Sc s exceptional
~vivacity, and in ap-
pearancei is short and
plum , a da k,
wavy hair. bright
black eyes, a good
skin, Il nose OF the
r%etrOusse pa t t ern.
M IS Fair is at pres
ent enjoying an in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
BOOTH WILL FIGHT VICE.
Salvation Army Founder Comes to America
to Conduct n Vigorous Campaign.

HE founder and
o IN m a II d 9 ri n
chief of the Sal
walton Army, Cen.
William Booth, is
now in New York
City, and to inquir-
ing newspaper men
he Oltlined the
plans for a cam
paign which he
will wage against
the devil in seventy
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

death had been al
most m~omentarily ex-
pected.
Hope of recovery
had been given up
weeks ago. In fact.
from the moment that
he first felt seriously
i'll on the 18th OF
August last it had
been felt that he lay
on his death bed. MIR.
MERCER had been suf-
farinp from a cOmOli-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

WHEN til, angel blows his
trumpet and the firm
anient unrolls,
And the voice Of God il
calling all tho many
seattle ed souls,
There's a man who'll lead q
phalany up the jew.
elled golden street
To q corner they have saved
for him beside tha
mercy seat
For the angels hate q coward
and they love Il gritty
man
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
jim ROOTS RIDE.

fAmong the many deeds of bravery done dur
Ing tie terrible forest fires IN Wisconsin and
Minnesota, none attracted wider attention or
Received mOle enconium than the action OF
James Root, engineer of one of the trains carry
ing refugees fl ON hinck!ey.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
MISS FAIR AND HER FORTUNE.

Young California Millionaire Heiress,
RumOr Says, Is Soon to be Married.
Mss Virginia Fair, the young Cali.
fornia millionaire heiress, who, rumor
SAYS, is to be married soon, is a 49,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

\ GUN exploded in the hands of
rhilip Raymond, Of West Newton,
Mass, and killed his wife and 9-year-
old-son.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
MERCER is NO MORE.
E1-Premier OF Quebec Yields After a
Long Struggle for Life.

Ex-Premier Mercier died at Nom
treal Tuesday morning. He had been
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
THE 0 OF VICE.

Rev. w. q. Clarke, the Parkhurst or the
Windy City.
AS New York looked upon Rev. DR..
Parkhur5t two years ago, SO the citi-
ZpDS OF [ llCNUO are nNW ~rRTaruinO
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

THE meanest THE; in the world ia
the one who steals busy peoples time.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-27
MEDICINAL.
for Infants and Children.

\ Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
| Sour Stomach, Diarrhea, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
gestion,
| Without injurious medication.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-27
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

Knights Templar, Old Dominion Command
CRY meets every third Friday of each month
ST Masonic Temple.
Royal Arch Chapter: Mount Vernon Royal
Arch Chapter meets every first Friday of each
month at Masonic Temple.
Washington Lodge Of Ma
sons meets on the second and fourth Thurs
lays Of each month.
Andrew jackson Lodge of Masons meets or
the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 3S,
meets in their haH, on north Columbus street
,very Friday night y
Sarcpts Lodge l. O. o. F., No. 46, meets in
their hall, On King street, every Tuesa1y
aight.
Marley Encampment, No. 6, meets ever7
second and fourth Monday ct Odd Fellows
Gall, north Columbus street.
Mechanics Lodge Knights of Pythias, No.
3, meets every Thursday night in Pythian
Gall north Pitt street
Oriental Lodge Knights of Pythias meets
every Friday night on north Pitt street.
Alexandria Lodge K. of p, No. 73, meets
Wednesday nights st Sarepta Hall, King
street.
Potomac Tent Rechabites meets in Sarepta
a2J every Friday night
Golden Light Lodge Of Good Templars
meets in their hall, on south Fairfax street,
avery Tuesday evening.
Talisman Lodge Good Templars meets every
Monday night in Pythian Hall, north Pitt
treet.
Junior Order Rechabites meets every Mon
lay night at Good Templars hall, south Fair
I'M street.
Refuge Council, Sons of Jonadab, No. ~,
meets every Monday night at Sarepta Hall.
Juvenile Templars meets every Saturday
afternoon at Good Tcmplars' Hall south Fair
fax street.
Champion Castle No. 5, Knights of Golden
Eagle meets every Wednesday night at GOOD
Tempial's hall, south Fairfax street
Alexandria Council Royal Arcanum meets
in Potomac Hall room, north Columbus street,
second and fourth Tuesday.
Belle Haven Lodge Knights of Honor meets
every first and third Tuesday in Potomac
lodge room, north Columbus street
Robert Andrews Division Brotherhood oi
Locomotive Engineers meets first and thru
Sunday il Potomac Lodge room.
Osceola Tribe of Red Men, No. l. meet
every Thursday night in Sarepta Hall
Alexandria Catholic Beneficial Society mcats
every Sunday night in St. MaTys Hail .crro,
Royal and Wolfe streets.
Young Mer's Sodality Lyceum meets every
Sunday night IN their hall on Duke stc'ei
Lafayette Lodge, No. II, Indcpende II tn.
der Mechanics meets "Wednesday nigh ~
Pythian Hail. north Pitt street.
Alexandria Council, No. 33, Jr. o. Z. A. 81.
meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall. on
uerth Columbus street.
Rathbono Division, Uniform Rank K. ri p,
meets every other "Wednesday IT Pythian
Castle, Pitt street.
Alexandria Light Infantry meetever. a;on-
lay night at their Armory, south Royal street.
Confederate Veterans meet first Monday
night in each month at Columbia EngiDe
House.
Sons of Confederate Veterans NEE, first
Wednesday in each month.
Mount Vernon Court, No. 7713, A. o. F.
of A. meet every Tuesday night ST Pythsn
Hall, north Pitt street.
l. o. B. B. meets first Monday in each
month.
Bethel Congregation meets first Sunday of
every quarter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-27
THEGAZETTE.
SATURDAY EVENING OCT. 81, 1894.
AN INSANE The people Q:

AN INSANE CHOU The people o.;
Mount la Oh CTR. hesuborLood wer'
.!ar led al i horified several days ago
BIZ 4 freak of William Rowe. II ap-
lca,s TIA; L wr's emil! died some time
$50 and BIS grief over the afillciion
proved or his mind 10 such an extent
thai he became the victim Of haiiucinh-
IT. MS, one of which was an insane hunt
t,I his child. aud has several tlm' S tnen
10 reta sIade with which to open
graves and extume boGies IN his insane
hunt for her. Under threats Of bury
80 ".r olive If she refused TO DO IS
hidden, he sent a little girl in tie
tbpruuoa tn MIR. i ,>serm.D, keeper
81 Tabor cemetery, ard tod Der to say
that hti ftih,r war.td the keys 10 gel
The tools of the keeper sld Go son'
soIk in the cemetery. As The chll'''@
Their frequently worked in the ceEie-
~ the keys we're given her without
q ,s.ion, and thus ell into the hands
the lunatic Soon afCerwaid, Slr. Boss,
erman's daughter seeing Rove at woik,
vent np to investigate and to her orrcr
discover, d that he had just unes r'hed
he body Of child aud had li;Sed
up the skull on which was still heavy
suit of hair, and after stroking it wiz
Is hand, laid the ghasti Y relic back III
Tie grave. After picking up few
uttors. from The decey-d bu:lai rotce.
the i sane man filed up The gray.
ain. On being remonstrated w'5i',
ne told the little Bossernan girl 'hst
ne intended to die up all the grave
until he found his child The Tighten
ed child theieupon told her melhe'
what she lad seen and heard. Mis-. i
dissuaded him from his ghou'ish fancy
and secured the tools and locked them
up.
father OF Spiller's victim, and has been
a Judged insane aud committed 10 tn
Western State Hospital.-Iosfs (Ha""-
toni Weekly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-27
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
= w ~ ~ 0II41N5o " 4tIlTI.
Reductions in China
J.MILLER &SON'S

We have large stock of fine French China
tHaviland's) on which we will allow q dis.
count Of TEN PER CENT. FOR CASH. con-
sisting of Salad Sets, soup sets, Sugars and
Creams, Bone Dishes, Fruit Saucera. Biscuit
lars, Comb and Brush Trays, etc. etc, besides
lot of Bric-a-Brac and Cut Glass, on which
the reduction is in many instances considcra-
bly, more than 10 per cent These are new
goods. and are well worth the low price at
which they were originally marked, and you
should certainly not let this opportunity pass
without inspecting these bargains. Besides
this we have lot of Dinner and Tea Ware on
which we have made big reduction to close
out. Look at these prices:
French China Dinner Set, yellow BIOS
sons was $40, now s33.
l German do, grey sprays, was $50, now
$16.50.
porcelaine do, wild flowers, was S25,
now $40.
j Stone China do, blue daisy. was $24,
now SIS.
French Tea Sets, rich Frotte gold line,
assorted decorations, reduced from $50 10
SIC.
6 German Tea Sets, gold edge, assorted dec
orations, were So now 81
We have reductions in all departments and
we respectfully invite your inspection OF our
stock before you make your fall purchases.
New goods are arriving, and we are confident
of supplying your needs at lower figures then
elsewhere. Z. j. MILLER & SON,
BIT King street.