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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

consul at Rotterdam and in 1899 ne
gotiated In behalf Of French COM
merce with the Spanish government.
The same year he was transferred to
the consulate at Barcelona. In 1914
he returned again TO Alexandria, but
was speedily reappointed TO Barcelona
French minister at the court of Mad
rid in the last days of the reign Of
Louis Philippe. he returned to Paris
after the revolution I'm which that
monarch fell, and was sent by the re-
publican government to represent
France at Rome. then under Il govern
ment headed by Mazzini. His commits
sion to negotiate for the construction
OF the Suez canal was given in 1854,
but not until 1856 was the compagnie
International formed for this purpose.
The years between then and 1864 were
spent in collecting money for his great
project and in the overcoming of other
difficulties than the financial one; but
in July, 1864, the final and favorable
decision Of Napoleon III. was gained,
and work on the canal fairly begun.
1t was opened in 1850, the year wit
Messing the completion of perhaps the
greatest piece of engineering of mod
ern times, and the highest triumph Of
the indefatigable man who had con-
structed II.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
peraoual Mention.

Victoria yokes, the actress, Is dead In
London.
Major-G General Stephen G. Burbridge
died in New York. He will be buried
In Arlington National cemetery.
Capt. Mckenzie, of the Cleveland fire
department, has fallen heir to one-fifth
Of a $533,0 600 fortune.
Capt. Edward Webster, a pioneer of
Kansas City, Mo-, who had inaugurated
all Of the fairs held in that city, died
at Denver.
Eastern publishers have engaged Joa-
quin Miller TO write a history of Ha-
wall, to be illustrated by George Part
ington, San Francisco.
III. o. Havemeyer, of the sugar trust,
issued q statement in which he attacked
the president for his recommendations
regarding sugar.
Rev. DIR. Henry NJ. Storrs, who de-
Tended Prof. Briggs before the presby-
terrain general assembly, died at Orange,
II. j.
DR.. Louis Lewis, who died a few
days ago in Munich, Germany, was well
known through his hook, "Shakespcare's
Women Characters"
Gen. Ely s. Parker, who served with
distinction on the staff of Gen. Grant
during the war, Is a lineal descendant
Of the famous Indian chief, Red Jacket.
Ex-Congressman Daniel w. Connolly
died at Scranton, Pa, after q brief ill
hess. He represented the Eleventh
Pennsylvania district in the Forty
eighth congress.
The estate of the late William T. Wal
theirs of Baltimore, valued all the way
from $o,0O0,000 to $4,000, 900 is to be
divided between the son and daugh-
ter.
William T. Adams, "Oliver Optic"
who Is now se~ycnty-three years old,
has, during his long term of author
ship, written 126 books and 1000 news
paper stories.
Mrs. Philip Sheridan is said to be
almost the only widow of a great war
chief who has absolutely declined
purses, funds and any such testimonials
after his death.
Rabbi Wise, known by Hebrews all
over the country, will resign the presi-
dency Of the Hebrew Union college at
Cincinnati. He founded the college and
has served as president, without pay,
for nineteen years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
The late f. W. Bird, the distinguished

The late #. w. Bird, the distinguished
paper manufacturer, was a believer in
q somewhat unusual cure for sickness
OF all sorts, For nearly forty years it
was his practice to remain in bed one
day every week. He would read and
sleep, and when 1t was absolutely neces-
sary for any caller to see him, he had
20 see him In bed, and only a few were
permitted to do this. When Mr.. Bird
was forty years old he was an invalid,
Jet this practice kept him alive nearly
nfty years longer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
SWAMP AND SCHOOL LANDS.
Decision oil NinnesOtn's Right
Thereto Hangs Fire.

Washington. Dec. 1.-The decision
which was prepared several months
2 in the Office of the commissioner
Of the general land office touching the
right of the State of Minnesota to
swamp and school lands within the
Indian reservations recently coded, is
hung up In the office of the secretary
of the interior. Commissioner Lamor-
eux has passed upon the matter, but
as there is no right of appeal in such
cases, he has followed a usual practice
in sending IL over to the secretary for
his consideration before signing it. so
that If there is q difference of opinion
ii may be settled before the matter is
decided. The decision has been In the
hands OF the secretary for a number
Of weeks. This is the matter which
Senator Davis insists mrst be settled
before Mai. Baldwin's bill for the dis
position of the Chippewa pine is
passed. Sc atOr Davis wants a def
mite assurance from the interior de-
partment that the rights of the state
are conceded and will be respected
before the bill is allowed to become a
law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
cial and committed suicide in their

cial and committed suicide in their
presence.
+. G. Smith and Thaddeus Beringer,
formerly Of Xenia. Ohio, were arrested
on suspicion Of setting fire to the brick
hotel at Granville.
Four men who robbed the postoffice
at Ticonderoga, n. Y, We're captured
by a sherif's posse afterea desperate
fight.
George ID. Armstrong, charged with
embezzling from the Anderson Ind,
branch Of the l.. A. Kinsey < Co, In
%dianapolis stock brokers, was arrested
in Toronto.
Near Efingham, H., burglars We're
discovered in the store Of j. Z. Condor,
n in attempting to arrest them Sher-
if Tedrick shot one Of the desperadoes
probably fatally.
Carl f.. Beardsley, only child Of Sem
ator Charles Beardsley Of Elknart, Ind,
has disappeared from Ann Arbor, Mich,
where he was attending the University
Of Michigan.
A negro killed A. B. Leigh, a farmer
near Newman, Ga, and had a revolver
drawn to shoot Mrs. Leigh, but Lila,
a daughter seized her fathers shotgun
and drove the man from the house.
Hardin, on trial in the United States
court at Fort Smith, Ark, charged
with murder, was acquitted. He was
one Of the Cook gang. He is a brother
in-law OF Bill Cook.
Zeke Allerton, living near Roanoke,
Md, beat his wife into insensibility,
cut her head and face and knocked
her upon a hot stove, and is under
bonds awaiting the outcome of her in
juries.
Kittie Lansing Adams, aged 10, has
applied at Valparaiso, Ind, for a di-
vorce from Charles Adams, aged II, to
whom she has been married six months.
She alleges cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Word was received at St. Louis that
the Cook gang was going to rob a
Santa Fe train near Red Rock, o. I.
Twenty-Five marshals accompanied the
train, but the robbers failed TO put in
an appearance.
George Jones Of New York city is
on trial at indianapolis on a charge Of
robbing the New Albany Und.) post
ONCE VI pow III CdSu anu St.OOo III pOsl-
age stamps in October while the post
master was at dinner.
Mrs. Hannah Williams Of Indianapo-
lis, who was returning with her hus-
band and a young son from a European
trip, committed suicide by jumping
overheard from the steamship Ohio
while it was in mid-ocean.
While on a drunken stampede
through the town Of Maxey, Ga, Linn
and Harry Williams , Riordan and
Moncrief fell out over some old mat
ter of difference. The Williams boys
were pitted against the other W and
shot them dead.
Arthur Echneder, a restaurant en-
ploye, shot and killed Hermann Schroe-
der, a fellow employe, and probably
fatally wounded Katie Burkhart. at
New Orleans. The latter and Schroeder
were in the kitchen counting. Schnei-
der, a rival for the girls affections.
fired by jealousy, entered the room and
shot the pair.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
1T LOOKS LIKE WAR.
skirmish between Troops on h
GuatemaIan Frontier.

Mexico City, Mex, Dec. 8 - The
latest reports from the Guatemala
frontier are Of a more serious char
acter than any which have yet reached
his capital. 1t is claimed a Mexican
colonel has been assassinated by the
Guatemalans. From unofficial sources
1t Is also reported that a of
the Nineteenth battalion of the Next
can forces have had two skirmisbes
with a force of 400 Guatemalan gueril-
las The first assault on the Mexican
troops was harmless, but the second
resulted in the death of two Mexican
soldiers. The Guatemalans retreated
hastily. 1t 10 not known that they SUI
fered any material damage.
This particular body CT mounted
Guaten alans is reported as still how
ering about the vicinity Of the Next
can troops, but ii Is believed that. af-
ter making the attack, they retired to
the Guatemalan side Of the interna.
tonal line. Should official information
confirm the reports, 1t is highly prob
able the mexican government will Mt
once demand reparation for the out.
rage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
OVER A MILLION BURNED,
Minnesota Bonds mi his
Morning at the Capitol.

Morning at the Capitol.
st. Paul, Dec. 9. - The governor.
state auditor and state treasurer had
a pleasant duty 20 perform this morn
Ing, that Of burning $1.115,OO0 worth
OF cancelled Minnesota bonds, the ac-
emulation of the past two years.
The three officers constitute what is
known as the funding commission.
and having found this amount of can
celled bonds in the hands Of the state
treasurer 1t was their duty to see that
they were properly cremated in the
capitol engine room. Among the bonds
was one old Minnesota State bond of
$1,000, issued In 1859, In aid of the
Minneapolis & Cedar Valley Railway
company. There were two Minnesota
revenue bonds of $4,000 each, issued
in 1889; also one Minnesota building
bond of $4,000, issued the same year.
In addition to these there were 1877
Minnesota railway adjustment bonds
OF $1,000 each. This destroys all the
Minnesota railway adjustment bonds
Issued in 1881, and amounting to 81
2lo,OOO, except three, which have new
er been presented. They have prob
ably been lost and will never be heard
from.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

II appears that over 20 per cent of
the total population of New York live
IN 39.13S tenement houses. and it is
q singular fact that the lowest death
rate In the city Is one Of the most thick
~ settled tenement house districts,
where the poorest people live, The ex-
PLANTATION given is that these victims of
poverty are mostly Jews, and that
their comparatively sleanly habits,
their Mosaic practices about food, and
their abstinence from alcoholic liquors
tend to keep them healthy. At any
rate they make a better showing in this
respect than wen the wards occupied
ne wealthy cit!xens
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

The United States has 69,0S5 post
Offices, the postal receipts r $75,000,-
900 per year In round numbers, and the
aggregate of letters annually handled
Is z,S52, 100000. Great Britain has
20,0I8 postoffices, $52,O00,OO0 receipts,
and the number Of letters handled Is
1.011, 800, 900. Our postal system is run
ct a loss of over S9,O0o,00O while that
Of Great Britain yields a profit Of $13,-
100000, owing mainly to the fact that
our area is much the larger, and hence
the cost Of carrying the mails Is much
greater.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

Artificial heat in the poultry hon.
causes the hens to take cold nus
they 90 outside; but the suggestion gr
Ell by us last year might be me1tio1o.
again for the benefit of some wSa
may not have noticed it. 1t is to han.
a lighted stable lantern in the pouItrs
house on very cold nights. 1t win NJ,
create much heat, but will raise tS
temperature sufficiently to dry tho in
terror and make the hens more com,
Portable. Care should be exercised
however. to suspend the lan-ern inv n.
use OF wire, and to use every prersu,
ton to avoid liability of destruction +,
fire. "
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
COLE YOUyGER'S PARDON.
Gov. Nelson Eliminates That the
Move Is Useless.

st. Paul. Dee. II. A nlornin. paper
published a special dispatch from Still.
water, in which it is claimed that Cole
Younger, one of the Mortified bank
robbers, is to be pardOned the first of
the new year. Gov. NeFon this NOM
ing said lie had not heard the matter
mentioned. He had not received n
petitioE asking for a pardon. and in
the absence of that he would not be
likely TO pardon a life prisoner. From
the manner in which he spoke i was
quite evident it would be useless TO
petition for a pardon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
Unfortunate Events.

Miss Mary Miller was killed in a run
away at Presumption, Ill, her body
being dragged five miles.
The Manhattan building in New
York city, occupied by art students,
was partially destroyed by fire.
The first rain for four months fell in
Arkansas, putting out the forest fires
which had done great damage.
Robert Halliday, Of Creston Iowa,
aged IA killed himself by swapping at
his head a revolver that he thought
was unloaded.
The big coal breaker Mt the Latin
Coal company at Latin, Pa, was burn
ed. The loss viii probably reach $780,
600.
The Eastern Illinois Nashville limit
ed ran into a coal train at Beecher.
The passengers escaped with a shaking
up.
w. Rodman Winslow, forty-six years
old, a lawyer, fell from an eight-story
window at the Sevilla apartment house
in New York and was instantly killed.
Three Chicago scenic artists and four
assistants fell from a scaffold i'm a
o1CIipulS kuSdltI duu WERE SeTlOuSIy
injured.
A Delaware and Hudson train went
CTer an embankment into Lake Cham
plain. Two passengers were drowned
and several injured.
Arthur Mcdonald was drowned with
his horse while trying to ford Cross
Beck's creek near Ramsey, Ill. Rolla
Trueblood, a companion, swan out.
At the Vulcan mine at Newcastle,
Colo, while John McManus and John
Hensler were working in a ross cut
an explosion of a missed shot occurred
dangerously injuring both the men.
David Davis, of Oakland, ILL.,, was
dangerously wounded by Ossa Peppers
and Edward Knowles, who fired eigh-
teen shot into his head while hunting
quail.
While on patrol in Denver, William
Allen, a Pinkerton Waterman, fell In
the snow, struck the sharp edge of a
sidewalk and broke his back near the
first lumbar joint.
A. i. ChriSman, living fourteen miles
from Red Oak, Iowa, was badly hurt
by a kicking horse, which also smashed
a lantern, starting a fire that burned
house, barn and several valuable
horses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

Parts. Dec. e.-Ferdinand de Lesseps
Is dead.
Ferdinand de Lesseps was born at
Versailles In 1905, the son OF Jean
Baptiste Barthelend, Baron de Les
seps. When twenty years old he was
appointed attache to the French con-
sulate at Lisbon. He was afterward
engaged I'm the commercial depart
ment of the minister of foreign af-
fairs. In 1923 he was the attache to
the consul general at Tunis, and in
1881 was made consul at Alexandria.
In his thirty-fifth year he was made
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
H MARKETS.
Latest Quota tions From Grain ana
Live stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock Centers.
Chicago, Dec. 1l.-December wheat,
81 T-SaJ5c. December corn, 40 o-4c.
December oats, % 1-Sc. January pork
So. January lard. $6.92 IL. Barley
Choice, 81 lie; medium. soc; COM
mon. 40 lie; May, 53c. Flax-Cash
Northwestern. STAT: December. Sl.5O;
MAY, S1.46. Timothy--Cash, $500.
Minneapolis, Dec. 11.-Wheat De
cember closed at 81 1-2c; May openeJ
at 50 1-2c; highest, 50 5-Sc; lowest,
90 3-Sc; closing, 50 lie; Jelly opened at
60 3-Sc; highest, GO lie: lowest,
60 3-Sc; closing, 60 lie. On track
No. l hard, Slide; No. 1 Northern,
IS 1-4c: No. . Northern, 80 Lie.
Milwaukee, Dee. IL. - Flour quiet
and steady. Wheat weaker and low
err: No. = spring, 5Sc; No. l Northern,
G3 lie: May. 80 lie. Corn firm: No.
8. As lee. Oats lower; No. = white,
32c; No. 3 white, &c. Barley lower;
No. =. &c; sample. 40 1.2a54c. Rye
weaker; No. /. 40 3-4c. Provisions
steady: pork. S12; lard, $685..
Chicago. Dec. 11-Hogs-Sales range
at S3.S5a4.40 for light. $4.10a4.2J for
rough packing, S4.10a4.60 for mixed,
s4.30a4.75 for heavy packing and ship
ping lots and S2.30a4 for pigs. Cattle
dull and weak under a limited de-
m1nd
st. Paul, Dee. 11.-Hogs - Market
opened 5a10c higher, and the early ar.
rivals sold at the advance. Late ar,
rivals sold with the advance lost. Cat.
tle-Good demand for fat cattle. heavy
stockers and feeders. Very little ar,
rived and a quiet market prevailed.
Prime steers. $3.25a3. *; good steers,
$2.1Ja3.25; prime COWS. S2.40a3.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PASTwEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The LnSest and Most Important News
of the World, Culled From the
Telegraph Reports of b Press
Associations.
From the Nations Capital.

nv ~
Chicago and New York congressman
will cooperate to secure appropriations
for new postoffice buildings.
Passage OF the Patterson amendment
to the interstate commerce act has
been endangered by a breach OF faith
on the part Of the railroad lobby.
The ~unexpired portion Of the sem
tence Of David c. Swain, judge advo-
cate general of suspension from duty,
with half pay, has been RENTED. He
viii be retired on a pension December
%. when he will arrive at the age Of
sixty-two.
The annual report Of the commission
er Of navigation, Eugene +. Chamber
lain, is mainly an argument for free
ships. Only six ships flying the Ameri-
can flag crossed the Atlantic and sew
en- the Pacific, last year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
Sister Mercedes nend

Hastings. Mimi. Dee. II. - Sister
Mercedes died at st. Theresa's owen
last e'ering. aged thirty-two wears,
She was admitted to the sisterbood
n -, 'I"seph's academy. st. Paul,
eleven years ago, and during most of
her religious life taught in the parocb.
lal school OF the immaculate church
Minneapolis. Her name was Agnes
CLARK, aud sh" was 4 daughter of Ed
Wa Clark Of Cottage Grove. Wash
ington county.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

The managers of grand opera In New
York, having secured the success of the
geason in advance, have decided tc give
ten Saturday night performances, with
general admission at 81 and $3.50 as the
highest price for reserved seats. This
viii be especially acceptable to young
students Of music, a class, strange to
say, heretofore ignored by impressarios.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

The Susquehanna, a lordly looking
river, Is not navigable on account Of its
succession Of rocky rapids. But 1t Is
proposed to dam its waters and gener.
ate electricity, to be supplied to the
cities Of that region. Many schemes Of
this kind are talked Of, and await the
results of the great experiment at Nj.
agara Falls.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
General.

seuerai.
A slight earthquake shock was felt
at Pittsfield, Ill.
AT Streator, ILL.,, the only distinctive
ly Russian church I'm America. was
dedicated by Bishop Nicols, Of Alaska.
Chicago commission men are seeking
the abolition of the through refrigera-
tor system, alleging ii discriminates
against them.
Judge McMaster set aside the allow
ances made by Receiver Failey and his
attorneys in the Iron Hall case at In
dianapOlis.
The Back-Everett. ordinance which
Is to give Detroit rapid transit for a
Scent fare, was passed by the council
and signed by the mayor.
Coal operators in the Pittsburg dis
trict, have asked q reduction In the min
ing rate, alleging that the scale is be-
ing infringed.
Investigation shows that the assets
of the Lombard loan office in San Fran
cisco. for which a receiver was ap-
pointed, are about 4 5000 ana the liza
bilities $4,000.
Men building the new eruptive dis
ease hospital at Detroit caught small
pox from the temporary hospital close
by. There were $50 workmen, two OF
whom have died, and the disease has
been spread all over the city.
Herman Shafer has been expelled
from the Southern Indiana NJ. Il. con-
ference and the church at Columbus,
Ind, for renting a storaroom to a man
who viii sell liquor under a govern
ment license and Ia a druggist
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
young pig.

When Alexander Melville, 8 carpen-
Ger, died in New York on Saturday, his
body was laid in a handsome mahogany
casket that the old man had made for
himself at odd moments. He began its
construction three years ago and had
lust finished Ii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

Sometimes Bob Fitzsimmons has
hard luck with his sparring partner.
He broke his hand on him at Cincin-
natl yesterday. But sometimes the luck
Is the other way, as at Syracuse a few
weeks ago, wnen the present sparring
partners predecessor was killed by one
OF Bob's swinging blows.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

There were 1913 assertions from the
United States army during the year
ending June 80 last, as compared with
8,672 in the year ending June 30, 1854.
This improvement is attributable to bet
ter r~ations, better barracks aad better
chances for promotion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

The late Judge James f. Robinson OF
North Adams, Mass, was on of the
last of the conspicuous Free Sellers.
They figured in two presidential an
vases only, those of 1S4S and 1852.
In one of those canyasses, too, that OF
1S4S, they turned the scale in the deci-
dye State Of New York, and made
Zachary Taylor, the Wing candidate
president.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
FOREIGN

China has accepted the English offer
Of a 49, per cent loan Of f1,2OO,00U.
Twenty Armenian refugees have
reached Athens, Greece. They give adj
ditional details of the terrible massa-
Gre.
The report that there has been a con-
f1ict between advance guards on the
frontier of Mexico and Guatemala is
denied.
There Is a large increase in the Rus
sian forces along the Turkish frontier.
This Is supposed to account for the
disturbed state of Armenia.
The anti-revolutionary measure to
be submitted to the German reichstag
are believed to be so limited In scope
that they will not be likely to provoke
serious opposition.
Prince Bismarck frequently visits the
temporary mausoleum at Varzin in
which the body Of his wife was placed.
The floor of the mausoleum is entirely
covered with wreaths.
One of the first acts of the young car
1t is said upon the best authority, will
be to pardon the three members OF
the imperial family who are in disgrace
and exile.
Advices from Bob" Kneebs, the ia,
nous American horseman, who was
arrested in Germany on q charge Of
ringing" horses en- German race tracks
show that he has not yet beer released
from custody, as reported.
Japan has augmented her navy by
the purchase of the crack Chilean cruis.
er Esmeralda. The deal was consum.
mated in New York within the last few
days, and was managed with great
.adroitness, Chile first selling the ship
to Esuador and the latter country trans
ferring her to Japan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

A Shark From IN. c..

Miller, 5. d.. Dec. 11..-Parties liv-
ing some fifteen miles north report
the falling of a meteor in their neigh.
porhood a Gay or two ago. It cauSad
considerable alarm to a few. rs #
made a noise similar % distant ,bun.
DER and flashed a peculiar blue light
as Ii fell.