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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

Rome. June 1S.-An attempt 20 a.
s~assirate Premier Crisp was made yes
terday. The premier was driving in BIS
closed carriage to the chamber Of depE
ties. As he WIS turning from the Va
GIegoriapa into the Via Capoleean >
u&p who was lettering on the Sidewalk
put his hand TO his breast, drew 4 y
volver, dashed into the street and ran at
the carriage. He then lifted his pistol
took a short aim at the premier and tired
Sig. Crispi, who was uniEjured, promPF
sprapg from his carriage with the u
tertion of seizing the wCuld-be ASSASSIN
The latter, however, was almost I'
mediately seized by a number OF peops
attracted TO the spot by the report oil ls
pistol. 4
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

Miscellaneous Items.

Mrs. Lease will be nominated for con-
gress in Kansas.
Several persons were bitten by a mad
dog at Dallas, Tex.
Troops sent to Pekin, ILL.,, after the
recent riot, have been recalled.
The American Hallway union and the
knights Of Labor decide to attilit re.
The corner stone of the memorial
building at Newark, Ohio, has been laid
and dedicated.
A receiver is asked at indianapolis
for the Guaranty Life and Accident as
ISOLATION.
Receivers of the Northern Pacific will
ask permission Of the court to borrow
$1,OOO,0 600 TO meet interest coupons.
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Phipps,
Jr., will give TO Pittsburg a telescope
containing the largest lens in the world.
1t is believed a result of the big labor
convention In st. Louis will be a gen.
eral union of all the orders.
Convinced that they cannot coerce
Western lines, the Eastern railroads
will abolish through rates.
Officers were elected by the supreme
council of the Royal Arcanum, in ses-
sion at Detroit. C.. w. Hazard of
Monongahela, Pa, was chosen regent.
On account of the coal famine the
GaIen mills at Clyde, n. Y, will shut
down. The Cato pillow works have been
closed for lack Of coal.
The Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwest
ern shops shut down at Paducah, KY,
throwing over 800 men out Of work.
Fourteen trains have been taken off
the road. Scarcity of coal and falling
off Of business are the cause
Articles of incorporation Of the Har-
Ian, Sioux City * Northern road have
been fled in Shelby county, Iowa. The
company proposes TO build a road from
Harlan north TO connect with the road
running from Sioux City to Chicago.
10 Happy Ling of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, registered under the act OF May,
1892, but failed to register under the
act of December, 1893. Judge Shira ut
Dubuque decided the first registration
was sufficient.
Mrs. Jerry Brown of Broadland, H.,
gave birth to three children, two girls
and a boy. The girls weighed eight
pounds each, while the boy tipped the
beam at seven pounds. All are alive
and doing well
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Sentences Mt GIcnwood,

Glenwood, Mimi, June 1S.-The ds
trict court has adjourned. The gTana
jury found indictments against A. H.
H~ildebrand. T. Callahan and j. Man
ming, saloonkeepers. for selling liquor y
mixers. Their cases will be tried at ne
next term. Judge Brown sentenced ls
following to the state prison: Marua
/, erson, three and one-half years, srahu
larceny; Lewis Suckdorff, two and one
half years, grand larceny; Erlck eWeu
son. one and one-half years. burglar!
Carl Quist, W years, assault; Neis y.
son, two and one-half years, grand ia'
cery; Anton Anderson and John gus,
L year, criminal knowledge OF Aman1..
Monson, who is under sixteen years '
age.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Didn't Break I'd the Meeting.

Sioux Fails, :. d, June I'm. ErEsS
by returned last evening from IanktA
where it was said he broke up an Cd
soldiers encampment with n Of Bis
PCpulist speeches. He saiu he us
amazed when he saw thu report that
he had broken up the encampment. He
says there is not a syllable of truth n
the statement. He states that he was
TO speak on Thursday, the last day d
the encampJnent, but owing to the nor
arrival of other speakers, he consentd
TO speak Wednesday evening. Being ts
last speaker there the soldiers had Doth.
ing to do but go home. He was e.
gagged 10 speak at the next ~encampmeni
20 be held in Scotland by the same aSe
citation before he left YanktOn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Republican League.

Chicago, June 1S.-Great preparations
are making for the national Republican
league convention which meets at Den
yer the Goth inst. Ex-President Harri-
SON., Gov. Mckinley and ~ex-Speaker
Reed have been invited, and the dele
gates from their respective states ore
bringing every pressure to bear upon
them to accompany their special trains.
Senators Carson, Lodge and Jones will
probably attend. Among the prominent
speakers who have accepted invitations
are Gen. Alger, Gen. ID. III. Hastings.
Whitelaw Reid, John G. Spooner, John
NJ. Thurston. A. b. Cummings and
Frank j. Cannon. Special trains will
be run from Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore. Cincinnati, Indian
apOlis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Nashville, Kansas City, St. Louis, Oma-
ha and Des Moines,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
~sTATEsMAN's SUICIDE.
Ex-Congressmnf; nnayne of PennsyI-
yania shoots Himself.

Washington, June 1S.-EI-R Representa-
tive Thomas VI. Bayne of Pttsburg com
mitted suicide at his home on Mississippi
avenue, in the fashionable part of the
city, by shooting himself through the
heart 1t is supposed that i'll health and
possibly financial Teverses caused the
deed. Mr.. Bayne was one of the best
kr own Republican politicians in Pennsyl-
V. MIA, and was or the ways and means
committee in the last cong. ess in which
b: served. Mr.. Bayne resigned his seat
liz congress on account of i'll health, and
has since been out of active politics. He
belonged to the branch of the party Of
which Senator Quay is the head. De
ceased had been long suffering of con-
SIN ption, accompanied by fits of depres-
sion. He committed the deed during the
temporary absence of the nurse and after
en- exhaustive hemorrhage. Mrs. Bayne
was in Philadelphia and was at once no
tiled.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
SENATOR quay VERY CANDID.
He Acknowledges Having ~SpecuInt-
ed I'm uga


Washington, June Ex-senator Quay
was before the sugar trust committee.
He said he had been dealing in stocks
twenty months had bought and sold
sugar stocks. The day before the vote
was taken he sold all he had at a loss.
SO that il could not be charged that it
il fiUtEced his vote. He said that he had
rot been furnished with any information
as 10 what the finance committee would
do with the sugar schedule, and that
formed no pert Of his bass Of purchase
or sale. He saw no reason why a
United States senator should not avail
himself of a plain busiCess proposition,
and he intended 10 transact any such
business in the future as he had in the
p st.
Senator Ransom of North Carolina
testified that he had never specialized in
sugar. but that his son George had so
specialized, ~unbeknown 10 him at the
time. while the sugar schedule was under
consideration in the senate. The senator
said: Il have no interest whatever. and
never had stock or trade or anything else
in any way, since l have been in the
senate
A number of other senators were ex-
amiLcd. but none of them gave any
testimony beyond the denial of the cate
gorical questions concerning the purchase
and ownership of ugar stocks or knowl-
edge of any purchase by any one con-
nected with them either officially or do
mestically. The correspondents, Ed.
wards and Shriver, who have been in
dicted by the grand jury for refusing 10
reply to questions of the committee, have
been notified TO appear for ~arraignment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
PRISON
The National Convention Opens I'm
st. Paul.

81. PauI.
st. Paul, June 1S.-The opening ses-
sion Of the National Prison congress was
held in the hall of the house Of repre-
sontatives at the state capitol, which
had previously been decorc ted with flags,
bunting ind tropical plants. The I'M
mense flag and strefmers used IN the
celebration of Washington'j birthday had
been left hanging. and these, with the
additional decorations. presented IN in
spring and PATRIOTS picture. Contrary
10 expectations tie hall was nearly filled.
II was thought that only about half Of
the delegates had arrived, but the pres
arce of a majority WIS a pleasing sur.
prise. Fully 80 ladies and gentlemen
occupied the room and evinced a deep
and consideration interest iii the pro-
ceedings, which consisted almost entirely
of speechmaking by those prominent in
the work of prison reform and the ex-
e~cutives of city and state. Thee latter
gentlemen considerably stalled their
II marks in order that Gen. Brinkerhoff
might have ample time TO deliver his ad-
dress and discuss the questions which
bICrght the congress here. The pro-
ceedings were opened with prayer by
Rev. MEG. Dana. who delivered q fer
vent request for the blessing of the AL
Mighty upon the gathering and the great
work of reform it has before it. The
meeting was called to order by Aid. a.
c. Hickman, chairman of the local COM
mittee. who welcomed the association to
the city ill the heartiest fashion and ex-
tended all the courtesies of a big-hearted
people. Mr.. Hickman then introduced
Gov. Nelson, who was cordially re ceived.
Gov. Nelson was followed by Mayor
Smith, who welcomed the delegates in
behelf of the city. President Brinker-
hoff, of the society, responded. To-day
many valuable papers were read.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
CONGRESS-.
The Wool Schedule Is Finally Dis
pOsed Of.

Washington. June 1S.-The fight over
the wooden schedule has ended, and that
schedule. as we'll as the following sched-
ule (silk and silk goods has been dis
posed of. The Republicans had been
fighting for certein notifications of the
woolen schedule, and were partially sue
cessful. They succeeded i'll having the
rstes on wooden and worsted yarns
yalred at over ~ cents per pound in
crea sed from 35 to 40 per cent al va
loren. and the dividing line on womens
and children's dress goods decreased
from 81 10 80 cents, a duty of 40 per
cent being imposed on goods valued at
less than 80 cents per pound, and 90 per
cent where of greater value. This latter
modification is the one, il is understood,
that Mr.. Quay was fighting for. As
o as il was decided Mr.. Quay's long
speech Suddenly terminated.
Senator Harris says that the tariff bill
will pass the senate by next Saturday.
When Senator Aldrich. the leader of the
opposition 10 the bill. was asked what he
thought of Mr.. Harris prediction, ex-
pressed the opinion that should it not be
entirely realized. it would come near it.
Il think" he said. that by next Sat
urdPy night we shall be on the flag END
Of the bill" Both declined 10 state
whether there had beer any negotia-
tons for an agreement as TO the time for
the final vote between the leaders on the
respective sides of the chamber. 1t is
known, however, that the SITUATION has
been c~anvassed more or less in the
numerous conferences which have taken
piece between Senator's Cockrell, Harris
and Jones on the Democratic side and
Senator's Aldrich and Allison oil the Re
publican.
The house was busy with District of
Columbia business.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

For many years strong protest has
en- made to the Egyptian government
antiquarians, and hosts Of other
crested people all over against the
ntinued housing Of the priceless gov
nment collection Of Egyptian anti
tiles in the old wooden at
lizeh. The collection comprises the
oicest Of all the relics that have been
covered in Egypt. 1t is, and has
IN for many years, exposed TO the
latest possible danger from fire. The
ycrnment has hitherto declined TO
neiy the matter; but a few days ago
y council of ministers agreed TO the
preparation Of seven hundred and
y thousand dollars for the building
a new fre-proof museum at Cairo
contain the collection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Recovering From the Flood.

Washington, June 1S.-Dispatches re-
c',Ned at the postofice depa, rment to-
day announce that the Northern Pacific
railway, of which practical suspension of
service was caused by the foods, will
commence running through trains from
st. Paul to Portland tomorrow via Mis-.
soula, Mont; Wallace, Idaho; Teke and
Spokane, Wash. 1t is expected that the
main line win be in readiness for re.
sumption of all business within a week
and the Great Northern road will be in
condition to resume through train service
within two weeks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Violating the Inv.

Washington, June lS.-The treasury
officials are in almost daily receipt of in
formation showing that the law of Aug.
2, 1886, as to the sale of oleomarcarine
is being violated by dealers in all parts
of the country. These violations consist
Principally in selling oleomargarine at
retail in packages not properly marked
and branded, and in offering it for sale
after it has bee, removed from the
original stamped packages. Steps are
being taken by the officials 10 punish
every violation of this act that they
may discover.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Washington

A blii fixing the salaries of railway
postal clerks is passed by the senate
Representatives of commercial bodies
meet in Washington and endorse the
proposed railroad pooling bill.
Canada has a~pologized for drunken
soldiers tearing down the stars and
stripes NJ st. Thomas, and will punish
them.
The clerk of the committee on naval
affairs, Of which Senator Mcpherson
is chairman, says the troIble with
which the senator Is suffering Is an
enlargement OF the vein about the
heart. The senator is at his home in
Jersey City.
The report Of the oyerturning OF n
boat belonging to the coast survey
steamer Patterson al Tongas Narrow.
Alaska, resulting in the drowning OF
three men, is d~iscredited at Washing
ton. The coast survey authorities are
quite hopeful that all members Of its
parties are safe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
stir RluG,

Sioux Falls, s. D., June Is a.
stsrch trust il after the recent! ,%s
ganized Sioux City Starch company, ,oos
&C mpany sold 100000 worth OF shso
aEd was beginning a factory here J. 10
Anonymous letters began to come n;or
the stockholders by the score, alta A.
the promoters of the company auu ,he
clGring that there was no money a,ock.
starch business, anyhow. Inc .,sd.
holders became alarmed and in'es' ,hst
With the result that they discovers No
the letters emanated from the trust y
attention will be paid TO them
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
KILLED BY A COWARD.
COld-Dl CODED Assassination yea,
Fargo, n. ID.

Fargo, y. D., June 1S.-Louis JOhr
son. foreman of the Job farm, nine nils
north of Fargo, was shot down in cod
blood carly this morning while returnn,
from a dance. The crime was con.
| rIitted when Johnson was half a mile
from home. His assassin was in an.
bush and fired both charges from /
| shotgun into Johnson's breast as The
latter drove by. Johnson died at /
o'clock. Amos Wendland vas arrestd
by Sheriff Barnes this morning. He
was seen in the vicinity by a neighba
shortly before the crime was committel
and his shoes fit exactly the tracks d
the assassin. He and johnson were u
love with the same woman, and wba
johnson married her he swore to re
| venge himself. Wendlund was also fGe
man Of the farm and was displaced b
Johnson. His trial will occur to-mOrEOE
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

An interesting story is told Of a
salthy collector named James W.
lsworth, who amuses himself by
ending thousands Of dollars every
ar in making additions to his various
lections. Recently he came into pos
ssion of an 1904 dollar that has an in
testing history, as its existence was
{ known. 1t appears that a negro
,eived t he dollar from his dying IA
Ter, who had kept it as a means of re-
embering the year he became a freed
IN. The negro kept the coin for for
years, and finally sold it to Mr.. Drie-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

Carolina has named its new
,rmal and industrial college at Rock
i'll in honor Of Robert G. Winthrop
Massachusetts, permanent chairman
the trustees of the Peabody educa-
,nal fund. The corner stone Of the
Hiding was laid on Mr.. WinthrOp's
cent eighty-fifth birthday, and he
rote a very charming reply to the
vitation to be present, which he was
lable TO accept.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Laid nv the Emperor.

Berlin. June 1S.--The foundation s,OD.
of the new Protestant cathedral WINCH :
TO replace the old Dom church was '% ~
yesterday with imposing ceremonies y y
Emperor William. A large croWu =
people were present. The empress a !.
the imperial children, together WIN :
nuube of royal personages, the uert
and Prussian ministers, and a numpe "a
general and civil officials ATTENDED va
ceremony. The court chaplain dei'
the grafton,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Forbes Is Missing.

st. Paul, June 1S.-Henry Forbes. who
has been acting as agent for the Scandal
Steamship Company of ST. Paul, is miss
ing, and it is charged that he has alb
seconded with about $500 of the firms
money. The Scandal Steamship COM
pany opened offices in st. Paul at No.
1915 East Third street, June /, and put
Forbes in charge as Northwestern agent
fol- the concern.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

Lord Wolseley is now a field marshal,
Che sixty-seventh of the line. and as
! clever a courtier as ever let some other
man set a squadron in the field Eng
land is great luck TO have had no Sc
rious war during the last twenty years
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
Horses RurneI-

Chippewa Falls, Wis, June 1S.-Fire
81 rly this morning destroyed Legis' livery
stable, with four horses and all the
harness and carriages. Loss. 10000;
insurance, $4,000. Crowell's shoe store.
StIoDg's grocery and Taylor's printing
office also burned, bringing the total loss
to about $4,000. -Four firemen were
severely injured by a falling c~ornice.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

The Belgian police are endeavoring
) arrest Baron Won Ungern-Sternberg,
Tho is charged with maauf lcturing
ne bombs used in the attempt TO muir
err DIR. Renson. The anarchist baron
/, 81 years old, tall, homely and heavy
II. He belongs to a wealthy Russian
lmily, who, however, have discarded
i'm on account of his political ideas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
The Lover Came Not

Lincoln, Neb., Jrne 1S.-Nettie Cod
dington, nineteen years old, committed
suicide last evening because her lover
refused to respond to a message to come
and see her. The girl sent a second
message and was prepared to shoot him
down if he came. He did not come and
she swallowed morphine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
4 stolen

Eau Claire, Wis, June 1S.-A young
man who has gone by the name of
Granny, and says he recently arrived
from England, was locked up here to-
day for trying TO sell a bicycle which was
stolen from G.. A. Allen at Menomonie.
Wis. The prisoner came from Menomo-
ME TO Eau Claire IN the wheel. 1t was
worth $50.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

AZ little joke is related at the ea
ense of Belva Lockwood. When she
vas admitted to practice, and was
sked by Judge Drake to take the
visionary oath, just as she was put
ne out her hand to touch the Bible
he was startled by hearing the judge
ay in his severest tones: Take of
ou hat, SIR
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

Small American built yachts are iead
ing the procession in British reSattas.
II the yigilant keeps UP the reputation
established by these little flyers, John
Bull viii have 4 number Of vacant
places in his cup lockers, before the
eason is over.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

A man in Sioux City who was con-
ned i'm jail after a the building had
zen condemned as unhealthful has
ought suit against the city, laying
s damage at $4,000. The officials
,pe to escape paying. however, be-
luse the man is MORALLY sick. The
Sc, however, is one that excites much
opular sympathy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

. John Z. Griftiths, supreme court re-
for Indiana, is called the silver
,tongued orator Of the Hoosier State.
die holds the same office that Gen.
Harrison resigned 10 90 into the field
ut the outbreak of the war Of the re-
beIlion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

Some one, evidently a wag, recently
started the story in Kansas that Sem
itor PETER has become superstitious
md always gets out Of bed on side
IF it. Some Of his Fopulist admirers
1egan to deny the story, until il dawn
d upon them that everybody gets out
If bed ON one side of it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

The old Winthrop house at Win
hrop, Mass, which was built lit 1904
~ Dean Winthrop, the sixth son Of
iov. Winthrop, has been newly shin
led and repaired. The grave in
revere, like the house, has been neg
acted, but it is now to be put in order
nd properly cared for.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

! Paraguay. where the president has
Sheen seized by reyolutionistst and a ca
bal of military men is in full control
spf the government, is doing what she
,ean to keep up the reputation Of South
sAmerican republics"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
WEBSTER, : SOUTH DAKOTA

The three richest men in Prussia are
q manufacturer in Dortmund, name
not given; Krupp and Rothschild, OF
Erank-fort-on-the-M Main.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21

The husband Of leila Nicolaus, the
of Howard Gould, is in Chi
go in search Of evidence to be used
his pending suit for divorce. He can
'ocure an abundance Of the sort he
ants in that town, for if accounts
e true the fair but frail n was a
gh roller while living in the Windy
ty,