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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Two prospec;ors, Frank Dennis and
Jack Runnels, who reside Oh the Hill City
wagon road, fourteen miles from Rapid
City, while examining "a large reef OF
quartzite, pounded off "A piece Of rock
which, on close examination, showed sew
eral cOlors Of free gold. They at once
staked off several claims, and, as,part Of
the ground VAS decided land belonging &c
"a party in Hot Springs. they shrewdl!
bought il without acquainting the owner
of their fluid. Further work disclosed the
fact that the entire reef is gold bearing
PrOspectOrs from all parts Of the Hills
have visited the locality and every avail
able piece OF ground within a mile Or "
has been located. This is the third rich
discovery made on Spring Greek within
the past two months.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
InyestigntiOu OF Wheeler,

The investigation Of s. A. Wheeler, COM
missioner Of Labor Statistics. on a charge
of malieasance in Ottice, was called in the
Governors office al Pierre. Emmet Cole,
the discharged clerk and complaining wit
ness was on the stand. His testimony was
practically that he entered into an agree
ment with the commissioner to draw a
salary !or compiling the census and give
Wheeler Onc-third of It, but that his agree
mcnt was only made under a threat Of dis
charge for refusal and with n intent of
keeping the promise, which he %ccrtainl!
did not. The sensation was the testimony
of Coles wife, who testified that Wheeler
stated IN her presence in answer to II
query, that he would be a fool to rustic
for an Office and then not get all he could
out of it and tina he would challenge her
to point to a state official who did not de-
the same,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
FIGHT OR A "FLUNK.'
LOOKS AS THOUGH BRITAIN
COULDN'T NOW BACK DOWN.
Review of tie Britieh-V
Situation Venezuela IL Ready to
Bring the Thing to a Head as Soon
ns Our Congress Is In Session.
]. Bull and Uncle Fam.

Great Rritain's radical steps toward
Venezuela continue to excite the l~iveliest
interest in official and diplomatic circles.
President CresI'o, who has Deer absent
from the capital OH II vacation, has start
ed back, for the purpose. it is believed, of
filling the four vacancies in his Cabinet
which occurred recently. One of these
new officers is the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. There is no doubt entertained
in Washington that Crespo's new Minis
ter will share the views of his predeces-
sors, as no Ministry or administration
could survive in Venezuela which did not
make resistance to British aggression its
foremost policy. Som, Of the latest re-
ports from London cause comment and
criticism among officials in Washington.
One of these statements attributes to Am
bassador Bayard the declaration that the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Uruan inciden, is independent Of the
boundary question, aud that the United
States can take no part in the former
incident. 1t is pointed out that the two
questions are inseparably connected. The
Uruan incident is based on a claim hat
the V~enezuelans arrested Sergeant Ben
rens of the British constabulary on Brit
ish soil, and that this ~indignity must be
repaired. The FenezuelauS claim that it
occurred on Venezuelan soil.
4 Washington correspondent thinks
that if the newspapers and the wiseacres
have got it right" the question of what
the Monroe doctrine means is approach
ing a solution pretty rapidly for a subject
in the hands of diplomats. That is. it
looks like it would not be a great while
before it is known whether he present
Interpretation by the American editor and
Washington correspondent goes" From
what can be learned it looks as though
John Bull is going right ahead with the
settlement of the Venezuelan question in
his own way without intending to trouble
Uncle Sam for either advice or dictation.
The trouble between the two Govern
ments is that they dom interpret that
doctrine the same way-at least that is
how it looks from the alleged information
Mt hand.
The British claim that they favor the
doctrine, but they don't define il quite as
broadly rs it is alleged the Cabinet here
does. There is where the trouble comes
in. And if the statements of the press as
to the position Of the United States and
tho doings Of Great Britain are correct
one of three things must occur-EDgland
must back water. or the United States
must, or there will be war. That is the
straight view of the case as it is present
ed. The American administration is de
clared to have taken the view that the
United States must, according TO the
Monroe doctrine, interfere in the Nene-
zuelan boundary dispute, because Great
Britain's claim is Il violation OF that doc
trine.
Transgressions of the Monroe doctrine
are by the doctrine itself declared-in I'M
mistakable terms-unfriendly acts toward
the United States. And there you are in
the Venezuelan case. Meantime Great
Britain is reported to have sent an ulti-
matum to Venezuela, and hasn't said a
word to Uncle Sam about it. either. There
is scarcely a doubt that Venezuela, strong
in the belief that the American eagle will
begin to scream if j. Il. persists. will per
emptorily reject ]. BIS ultimatum, and
then the question will be What next!'
Next is that somebody will have to
funk" or fight. That is next. There
may be a series of diplomatic pour par
lers, but they will be only the preliminary
to the "hunk" or fight.
While officials and diplomats in Wash
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

ington do not go to the extent Of saying
tween this country and Great Britain,
they do not see how it can be avoided
without the complete humiliation of one
of the two countries. If Great Britain
proceeds to enforce it's threats against
Venezuela that country will undoubtedly
resist, and then the United States will
either have to stand by the theories of
President Monroe as they are now inter
pretated or drop that Interpretation. Il
is we'll known that Venezuela has been
preparing for this event for some time,
and the belief is general that as soon as
Congress meets in Washington 80 that the
President can secure immediate co-opera-
move to occupy the disputed territory, re-
lying on help from Uncle Sam. The news
has been Of such a character that there
is talk already Of Il special session of
Congress to assist the President in main.
tanning the integrity of American soil"
British View of the Matter.
There are limitations that the British
Government would at first have been in
clined to take no active steps, pending tn,
consideration of the note from the United
States submitted by Bayard. Had the mat
ter been kept reasonably quiet. it is said
Salisbury NIGH have consented to SOM
arrangement which would have ''let Nene
zuela down easy" But the alleged de-.
mands of the United States have been
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

An entertainment consisting of songs
md piano solos and a farce, entitled
Dumb Bells and Other Bells" written
especially for the occasion by Prof. ker-
nan Robson, of the University, was helo
held in the University Chapel at Vermill-
ion for the benefit OF The Gymnasium As
ISOLATION OF that institution. AS no fund.
we're appropriated BY the Legislature out
side of the necessary running expenses.
The students attempted to raise enough
funds by subscriptions and entertainments
10 equip one. They have been very sue
ccssiul in their undertaking thus far ant
will! without any doubt succeed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
BIG FIGURES ABOUT MAILS.
Annual Report on Postal Revenue
and Expenditures Is Made.

and Expenditures Is Made.
Kerr Craig. Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General, in his annual report for the
past fiscal year, shows that postal rev
enue from all sources were 6,9S3. lbs.
the expenditures being $50 90.172. an
excess over receipts Of S9,SO7 ,044. Not
taking into account the outstanding liza
bilitics or the earnings of the subsidized
Pacific railroads Isl ,395, 1872, the com
PARSONS with the statistics Of the year
ending June 80, 1894, show IN increase
of receipts amounting to = 1,002, GAG. and
an increase of expenditures Of 50, 1865, 73S.
The principal items Of expenditure were:
Postmasters' salaries. $~1d,O19,50S;
clerks in postoft:ce, S9.414, 135; free deliv
cry service. $40. 139,092; railroad mail
transportation, SIG, 400, 747: star route
transportation, So, 733,570; mail messenger
transportation, 81. 1892. 9S.i, railway postal
car service, $2,916,939; railway postal
clerks, 81, 1O3, O25: foreign mails, $1,171.-
455. The principal items Of revenue
were: Letter postage paid in money
,made mp principally of balances due from
foreign postal administrations), S135,S1S;
box rents, 50. 800 $40. sales Of postage
stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper
wrappers and postal cards, $73,477,44O;
money order business, $Sl2,03S.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
GROVER REACHES ATLANTA.
Presidential Party Pays "a Visit to
the E%xpOsitiOn City.

For the present, nj least. he seat of the
Government of the United States may be
said to have been transferred TO Atlanta,
for. says a dispatch from that city, the
city harbors the President, the Vice Pres
ident and six members Of tho Cabine,,
not to mention Treasurer Jordan, Gov
rnors Coffin of Connecticut. O'Ferral Of
Virginia, Stone Of Mississippi and a long
list Of other dignitaries of oficialdom.
Tuesday afternoon the Presidential spe-
cial. running as the first section Of the
Southwestern vestibule limited on the
Southern Railway. rolled into the Union
depot. In accordance with the expressed
wish OF The President and the desire Of
the exposition authorities the arrival of
The party was deprived of anything in the
nature of a hippodromc.
Ten thousand people had assembled in
the vicinity of the station, crowiing the
streets az thickly as the space would al
low and Gveriowing for several blocks in
every direction. The roofs, windows.
awnings. telegraph poles and every point
Of vantage in tn" neighborhoOd had been
utilized 10y eager onlookers. The special
was stopped outside the depot, however,
The party d~isenlbarked and escorted to
carriages by the reception committee, and
the drive to the Hotel Aragon. their des-
tination. began before the expec!ant thou
sands realized that the distinguished
visitors had reached the city. Mr.. Cleve-
land was in evident good humor and
bowed in response to the continuous Ova-
ton he received all the way to his hotel.
Secretary Carlisle, who with Mrs. Cur
Isle rode. in the second carriage, was
cheered frequently, and Secretary of the
Interior Hoke Smith, who found himself
on his native heath. WAS given a hearty
reception
At the Arason the party was made rom
Portable until $50 p. m. At that hour the
ladies were escorted TO the Grand Opera
House, where they were the guests Of
Mrs Hoke Smith at a box party to SEE
Rice's 1892" The presence of the bril-
liant array of Cabinet representatives
had packed the house. which is by far the
largest place of amusement in the South.
At 3 p. nj the President and Cabinet Off
GERS sat dow in the Arag0n banquet hall
to n dinner. given in their honor by Por-
ter King, Mayor of Atlanta. Covers were
laid for Eighty, including the exposition
officials, the visiting Governors and 9TH
er distin guishcd citizens.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

made public on all sides, and this has
forced Salisbury to act.
A cable from London says: Summed
up briefly the attitude of the English
press and people towards Venezuela is
one of conscious righteousness and calm
serenity. 1t is everywhere accepted here
that the British claims are perfectly justi-
fed and complete confidence in the firm
ness of the Government is expressed.
Hints have been thrown out for some time
past that the Marquis of Salisbury will
stand no nonsense from the Venezuelan
Government, and consequently the an
nouncement of the st. James Gazette that
the Premier had sent an ultimatum to
President Crespo caused but little sur
prise. As is the case of Nicaragua, every
body expects this latest ultimatum will
have the desired effect without the neces-
sity Of a recourse to the arbitramen, of
arms"
An official statement from the Vene-
zuelan foreign office covers the policy of
Venezuela in case the British attempt to
build the military road recommended by
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

I,uRnes, living in the country north OF
p City. Hughes was returning home
utter dark and was accOsted by two men
VINO asked HIM if he wanted to trade
hotses. He said nc. hut as the men in
sisted that he look al their animals any,
way, lie got out of his y to do so.
ne no sooner struck the ground than he
was attacked by the men. One of them
struck at him with a dirk knife and hit
nm IN the arm, INJECTING a painful wound.
Inc other came up behind him and reach
ing around drew a big knife across
hughes breast. Fortunately Hughes had
on a heavy buckskin vest, and the knife
put slightly scratched the skin. No. !
again attacked him, and in warding of the
blow Hughes received another bad cut in
the wrist. He finally got into his wagon
and escaped. Hughes says he feels sure
he knows who at least one of his assail-
ants was, as he has a neighbor who has
threatened to take his life. The wounded
man will recover all right and go armed
to meet such men in the future.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
Wheat Rate War.

The wheat war at Sioux Falls, which has
been on for the past week to the Profit of
the farmers, is getting more interesting
daily. There have been "a number of the
representatives Of the raj roads r~Lnning
INTO Sioux Falls there and it is rumored
that they are looking into the matter to
see why it is the Northwestern Elevator
Company, on the Great Northern road,
gets about Is per cent. Of all the wheat
marketed there. 1t is also reported that
the Great Northern Dad has cut the Min
neapOlis rate in. two for the benefit OF the
Northwestern Elevator people, and that if
this can be ascertained to be correct the
otherlroads will likely cut their freight
rates and the war will be hO ter than ever.
At one time there were twenty EIGHT loads
of wheat in line waiting for a chance to
unloa at the Northwestern Elevator, the
last man being compelled to wait five
hours,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

In the case of Liberty Township VS..
Hutchinson County, decided by the su-
prcme court a few days ago, the point, a.
issue was whether the Township or the
County was entitled to the dog tax col
lected in the Township, which is all Or
ganized civil township. The court holds
that under the amended law on the sub
iect. passed in 1890, that organized civil
townships, cities and towns are entitled to
the dog tax collected within their bound
aries. This is a point which has been a
question OF interest in nearly every count.
of the state for several years, and now
that the court has passed on the question
the numerous disputes will bc ended.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Another instance Of love finding a way
hrough difficulties came 10 light at Sioux
ralls. The incident caused much surprise
90 all and CONSERVATION in at least two
lamilies. 1t was the marriage of Fred &.
I'm .banan. manager OF the Sioux Falls
printing Company and Miss Nellie Nor
m. the handsome and accomplished
anahter OF ex-Mayor John F. Norton,
noth Of Sioux Fails. The young couple
haye been betrothed for some time, but
owing to the bitter opposition OF both fam
,ies TO The match, the event was supposed
30 have been postponed. This proved
merely %supposition. for a few evenings
go ,he young folks drove TO Canton
y here they were married. returning
,t,y went to their respective homes ana
the marriage was a secret until the groom
aid of it. Both of the parties are among
t,e most popular Of Sioux Falls young
reopIe. especially the bride, who, since
.ntering society, has been a great tavorite.
/, is thought ttat the parents, who haN'
been outwilted by their children, VIII
make the best of the situation and be rec
oucjjed to what they cannot now help,
rLe bride is a Coth0lic and it is expected
hat another ceremony will occur soon III
accordance with the laws Of that church.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Alta Meeting Of subscribers OF the Tele-
phone Company in business at
steps were taken TO oppose the payment
Of "A further advance in telephone rates.
The compan, III control Of the business III
the Hills is composed of Omaha people
and so eXtravagant has 1t been in its de.
mands that The people here have met and
made arrangements for the organization
II a company which will put in a g
system Of telephones that is now in use IN
Eastern cities in opposition to the Bel!
SVStcm.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

4 sensational divorce suit has been be-
tln at Madison by Mrs. Lila f. Wing
against lemuei l. Wing. The wife
r.,arges adultery and in her application for
dj,orce and ainmony she has filed a lis
neudens on his real estate which amounts
10 considerable. The only thing which u
.acking to make Ihe case decidedly SEN
,ational is the presence Of Wing himself
" HON it is said is IN Ontario TO escape be-
,ur served WITH D warrant OF arrest sworn
out by "A third party who sues for SlO,ooo
damages. The third party charges wing
with invading the sancity OF the former :
tome. This damage suit may serve l"
Keen Wing away. Ii so he is liable TO los"
his wife and property in and about Ma"
ron
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
yanatuu's Bright Outlook.

One of the most encouraging indications
Of restored confidence in the future pros
meets of YaAkion occurred. when Senator
ie,tirrew redeemed the real estate which
had been sold to satisfy a mortgage, and
o! which he paid up several years unpaid
taxes %agyrc.atjng several thousand uo'-
lars. u. A. Sherman OF Sioux Falls, pre-
,ident OF the Wilmar and Sioux FAILS
Tuwns,te Company, also cleared DIS pro-
perty Of all tax arrcarages.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

/. II. Bailey ,.prlvatc secretary, Of, Con-
p,.ssman piaIie lei. was severely injured AT
Tina races at Fort Pierre. One Of tie run
nlue horses boiled the track and dashed
into the crOwd, striking Bailey IN TIE hea"
aad breast. lie was Knocked senselesS
aui badly blu 1T, but it is not Thought ne
is seriously injured. Several Others were
slightly injured AZ the same tine.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Misses Clara and Dell Wedehais, w"
Mitchell young ladies who barely escape"
death by sutfOcation, caused by gas escaI-
ing from the stove in the room IN winch
they were asleep and who wonld have IN
doubleday been beyond recovery had theif
condition renamed undiscovered a short
tine longer, are now both reported ont "'
danger
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Judge Garland, attorney for ex.Land
Commissioner Ruth, has made application
ior "a change of Venue from Hughes
County in the suit for $4,000 brought
against him by the state, which amount il
is claimed was lost to the state by the
Taylor defalcatiOn on account OF the me-
elect of the commissions to appOrtion II
at the time he should. The motion for a
change will be argued the first day OF the
term. November II.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

1t seems likely that for the first time
in the history of st. Louis a negro will
have a seat in tho municipal assembly.
An intelligent colored man, Munroe era
vens. was one Of the five Republicans de-
feated on the face Of the returns ut the
last city election, but u reconnt gives him
more than 100 ma iOritY.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Howard has Il new grain firm composed
OF some OF i~ts.nesi business men, 1. IL.
kadclitf, Chas. Farmer, Th0s. Mckeoi
and G.. l.. OlesnN. They rented the mill
warehouse ana nic building a large store
nouse adjoiniI,l 81. The price OF wheat
ila, gone up tENec cents since they COM
meuccd OperaljoDs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

4 fine specimen of the spotted american
cakle adorns Mrs. Halls drug store at
Washington Springs. He is a young one.
bat measures 4 feet 8 inches from tip totlp
of his wings. The Nielsen boys caught
hiiu in a trap which broke one wing. lie
vas caught in the we'll known "barrct'
Guich'' N Washington HILLS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
4 I.iverv lslg Thief.

A stranger hired "A livery team from
Wood Harrington OF Aberdeen, several
days ago to SO 10 Frederick. MOI return
ny in proper time search was instituted,
which developed III. fact that the bird nad
down taking The rig with him. lie was
traced nearly 90 the North Dakota lIne'
where the clue WAS lost. Oincers nave
N.cn notified 10 look out for him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Mrs. W. v. Lucas, wife of ex-Con!ress.
man Lucas, Of Ibis state, is now exported
to be mending IN health. She IS at a ia'll
cUrc institute in Chicago and feels conf.
don't that she will fully regain her health.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
Fire at Parker.

\ frame stable "A by "a, one story.
'wenty bushels oi corn, "a colt ana a Io' o'
hay were burned on Rube DawsOn's farm,
north Of Parker. 1t was caused by child
rem playing with matches; no insurance.
John Peters, a renter, occupied the place.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

British Minister Chamberlain in his let.
ter to Gov. Lees. of British Guiana. The
Venezuelan statement closes with the sig
nificant sentence that on the question Of
building this road the course of Venezuela
has been such that the INVADING neigh
bors' cannot make another step further
ION the Venezuela side of the line" with
out at once provoking II collision
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

John L.acroix. a half breed on the Win
nebago Reservation, who has a bad record,
was caught a few nights ago attempting
to rob the store and was knocked sense.
less by a clerk who was sleeping in the
store at the time. Lacroix will probably
do time for the e~scapade, having been able
10 get clear Oh all other charges ever pre-
TERED against him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
A Su,nhur Bmth House.

Articles Of incorporation were hled .iol
Tic sulphur Bath House Company OF nov
Springs, ,witb'a capital stock OF $"o,V".
The iTcOrpOrators are Abel W. oteii, o'
Odcll City; Emma j. Phermettor, MINNIE
Nicholson, Matilda S,runk and DAVID !
Gripper, Of Hot Springs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
Cru.ne6 nv ~ Thresher.

Albert G. Head, "a tanker Tor f"''f-
>"n's Threshe,, was killed near Arlington
~ being thrown from his tank ana d
wheel passing ever his head, crushing '''
>Snll. Head WAS an unmarried man ABOUT
- wears ole, son Of County surveyor
lIcald. of UarWHrdem. Ia.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
AItemnted Assassination.

Word reached Sioux Falls Of a dastardly
tempt mad. on the life OF Edward
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
DAKOTA NEWS
Jews FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
STATE.

,h- Opposition Of Parents Does Not Pre-
want a Sioux Falls Compile from Being
,,fe Madison Has n Sensational
riynrce G e.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
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