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

hfNJAMIN rfANh- ne proceeded at
LIN once to fall in love.
Another friend was Sir William Keath,
and this gentleman felt so great an af-
fection for the boy that he offered to
set him up in business. He advised
Franklin to go owe to England and
buy a printing press. promising to pay
his expenses and give him letters to
some powerful people there. Franklin
sailed; but when he arrived in England
he found Keith had neither forwarded
money as he had promised, or letters,
and 50 he was left absolutely penniless
and friendleSS in a strange land. But
Franklin was the last one to be dis
mayed by such conditions and boldly
set to work. both to make friends and
find work. In both he was successful
II passed eighteen months in London,
during which he saw much and learned
a good deal. So that. when he returned
to Philadelphia in 1126, he was vastly
improved from the youth who had left
there sc short 4 time before. Franklin
now married Deborah Reed, established
a printing business Of his own, began
the publication of the Pennsylvania Ga
Zette. and set himself to make a wor-
thy position in life.
That energy which was so marked a
characteristic of Franklin'S nature soon
impelled him to take an active part in
the political life of his time. He be-
came postmaster of Philadelphia. and
so successfully did he conduct the office
that ii soon became the center of the
postal system of tue colonies. He pro-
posed to ? Congress assembled in AL
bany the only feasible plan for CONT
mental government and he procured the
repeal of the hated stamp act. Frank
Inns patriotism was often questioned,
for though he desired America to be
freed from British oppression he was
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
A Well-knOWn English writer

A well-knOwn English writer on FOOL
ogy says the rapid opening of Africa
means the destruction of many wild
animals, and ZOOS will not be able to
keep up their stock unless they act
promptly in the matter. He recon-
mends that wild beast farms be estab-
lished in civilized countries to preserve
desirable species. The raising and i'm
provemcnt of thoroughbred lions.
tigers and giraffes ought to be a fas.
Cinating business.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
Wait Till the Summer Comes.

a good story is related of a small
tradesman in Il Welsh town. A short
time ago a large lake near the own
became frozen over for the first time
in many years, and large numbers of
people from a ~neighhoring city came
over for the purpose of enjoying some
skating. AS this sport was Il novelty
to the residents, they became also de
SirouS of entering into it. and beSieged
the local irOn-mOnger for skates.
Incredible as it may appear, this in
dividua. had never heard of such ar
ticles, bur d%iSdaining To admit his
ignorance, replied that he had not any
in stock. Wearied at last. however. by
repeated orders for skates he remarked
to his wife:
Mary, we must lay in Il stock Of
these skates. for. look YOU, if there's
such Il great demand for them now.
what viii it be in summcr when the
tourists comeT'+Tid-Bits.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

The city of Seattle. Wash. lies be-
tween salt water and Il beautiful fresh
water lake twenty miles long ana from
three TO five miles wide. The distance
between tidewater and the lake * four
miles. Work has been begun on Il ship
canal to connec the two. the county
having subscribed 100000 n East
ern capitalists $7,0oo.0O0 for the enter
prise. The length of the canal Will be
about four miles. its width AT he Dot
tom 50 feet. and depth at low water 70
feet. There is room iii the lake for tie
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

far from wishing to plunge the country
into war If it could possibly be avoided
When, however. a conflict became in
evitable. Franklin at once embraced
the cause of independence with heart
and soul. He was chosen a member OF
Congress in 1875, and was n of those
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

The latest bicycle is reported TO weigh
only seen pounds. Some Yankee will
appear soon with Il combination of by
droGen gas and magnets that will elm
mate the weight of the machine alto
gether. Then when Edison applies his
automatic motor the problem of flying
viii be solved.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

simplify its adaptability to our pur-
poses.
Here, for example, is a combined clip
and button, which seems TO be fully
explained by the picture itself. 1t may
be quickly and easily attached to a
table, chair or any other piece OF
movable furniture. and the resulting
convenience hardly needs pointing Out.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

The masculine SANDER that woman
canot drive a nail appears TO be COM
pletely refuted by the women of Guth-
RE. O. r.. who have just turned IN
with hammers and saws and repaired
in a workmanlike a dilapi.
dated church at that place.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

with every sort of
inconvenience, but
he finally reached
there one Sunday
morning with just
a dollar in his peck
ct. However, he
soon found employ
and friends.
among them a Mr..
Reed. with whose
daughter. Deborah.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

Recently a burglar in Chicago was
apprehended in the act of leaving the
house he had looted. At the time he
was laden with spells. These facts
We're duly set before the jury and a ver-
dict of acquittal promptly rendered. II
Is useless To repine. The burglar was
merely accorded his constitutional
right to have a jury of his peers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

England is about to launch the Pow
erful. the greatest warShip in the world.
She will have forty-eight boilers. sup
plying $4,000 horsepower. and six i'm
mense searchlights 10 keep a lookout
for torpedo boats. Modern navies are
very imposing, but they may find that
the torpedo is mightier than the battle,
shin.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

Most Americans are ready TO back the
assertion that baseball is as good a
game as cricket, polo, golf. football or
anything else English. Yet news comes
that the Boston amateur baseball nine
Is stranded in England for lack of pat
ronage. Evidently John Bull is not de-
veloping Americomania TO any crafty
Ing extent.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

navies OF the world. and the completion
of the canal will make 1t the most re-
markable inland harbor in existence.
The teredo which infests the hulls of
ships drops off in fresh water.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

That surly sign: Keep off the grass
From sight of man will shortly pass;
Soon shall we see. as oft before,
Its rude successor: "Shut the door,"
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

rsevent the landing of titled foreign
paupers. American heiresses, how
ever. will continue to land them as
uS,lal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
A NEW ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE.
Combined Clip and Push-Button. May
Be Attached Wherever Desired.

So general is the present use of cleo
tricity. In both public and private
buildings, that nearly every day we are
told of some new device intended to
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

First wisp fiend at a hotel-"He's a
mean cuss: didn't give me a cent" Sec
ond wisp tiend-"That fool l was brush
in give me n Quarter."-BoSton Tran
script.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

The decline OF the horse has not yet
reached a point where horse shows are
referred to as fat stock exhibitions.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
In a Potato.

Five years ago Mrs. John Pipper'' VI
Middletown, Pa. lost her Wedding LIS
by throwing il with some -
to the garden. A diligent search l"t,.~
TO discover the ring. The Other va!
Mrs. Pippert dug some potatoes u -
garden. and while pceling them TOR sap
per the knife struck something hard III
one. and 10 her establishment, on .
ting into the potato. she 1ouhu 'his
lost wedding ring. As evidence Vi -,
strange tale the ring. the potato 49,
garden spot. ana Mr.. and Mrs 'oH
Pippert are truthful witnesses.-fll''
burg Commcrcial-Gazette.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10
ltIICH

tion, and al
loot towers,
slye bowldeI
fifteen clear
ieet beyond
been cleare
call this spI
provided w
many quiet
Cleveland al
Esther and
IN close prof.
piled with
Queen Ann
light. Til
ly marks tn
Gables. It.
aJnl lace cd
Vrt.I n-l.;t
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

Commuter-What do you mean
saying that that house is on! nNe ~" :,
utcs from the station: It's fifteen I'M
utey if us a second. Real Estate I'a'
cr-NVhen ! said five minutes
posed You had Il b.cycle.-Bos'on i
cripL
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

II a a knew how much other PEG
pie knew about him, he would proba-
bly, faint
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

|built a tiny
entrance to t
Presidents
upon
|Gables,' pair
Around tn
complete sol
|ered with de
land sand vii
Ithc o60 acres
bleS. This
cape. which
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-10

kECREr SER
GUARD
bid which II
5spend a va
istful and ii
Nhen Mr.. Y
bbles-a
bme far out
be pulsing,
krs of Buzzi
bd in view
|olate hilnse
bme to TEN
brb Of his &
spot to rea
Fere situated
for 1t
|ob and the
|et 10 it by |
b the way Il
b change ira
hut the TIRES
|ou go by an
h eight mi
Beach, unless
i train. II
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-21
FOREIGN FLASHES
Brief and Newsy Cables from All
Portions of This Terrestrial Sphere.

Yokohama, Jan 20.-Mr John w. Foster.
who was appointed to act in an advisory
capacity TO the Chinese peace ENJOYS,
has arrived ON board the steamship En-
press Of India.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 2O.-The Official Ga
zette confirms the report that Prince
l.abanoff- itostovski. at present Russian
ambassador to Austro-IIungary, will sue
ambassador to Germany.
Shanghai, Jan. 20.-It is reported here
on good authority that a part of the Jap
anese fleet is bonbarding Ting Chow, a
short distance from Che Foo to the west.
No details have yet been received. The
British WarShip Daphne and the Ameri-
can warshtp Yorktown are in the vicinity
of Ting Chow.
Paris, Jan. 2O.-After a conference last
ing three hours with Nj. Poincarre
RanotauX, Barthou, Peytral and Cavaig-
nae, who promised to enter the cabinet,
Al Bourgeois succeeded, by promising
him perfect liberty, to execute his t1nan-
clal programme in inducing NJ Poincarre
TO accept the portfolio of finance.
| Paris Jan. 20-M Viger, minister of
agriculture, has submitted to the COM
lnittee Of the chamber of deputies presided
over by NJ Meline the variously suggested
precautions rendered necessary BY the
discovery of pleuro-pneumonia in Ameri-
can cattle imported into Great Britain
and Belgium NJ Niger has directed that
| the sanitary officials exercise redoubled
| vigilance to prevent the contagion enter
ing France.
Chez Foo, Jan. 20.-This morning about
| thirty-f1ve japanese transports, each
towing a couple of junks and fifteen war
ships. arrived in Yung Ching bay, south
of the Chan Tung promontory. At day
| light three Of the warshipS engaged the
shore defenses, silencing them after q
dozen rounds There was no further op-
position and the japanese landed, it is
| estimated. .. 900 troops The landing was
effected during a. heavy snow storm
1ung Ching is ffty-siX miles from Wei
Hal Wei
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Nrny Not Re Serious.

Cincinnati, Jan. 2O.-C0nmodore
1aidley and Captain Wise, officers of
Hhe Cincinnati. Memphis & New Or
scans Packet company, that owned the
State Of Missouri, insist that they have
reports from their officers on the
wrecked steamer stating that the boat
and the entire cargo are an entire loss,
but they do not ibslieve any passengers
were lost. It is impossible to get track
of all who reached either bank of the
river. Out they report that the officers
are Of the opinion that all the passen-
gers will be accounted for. One OF the
pilots te.egra pied his family here that
they had a hard time getting to shore,
but that no lives were lost. The State
of Missouri left this city last Friday.
Most Of her crew are from this city.
and private dispatches from them to
their friends and families, as we'll as
from Captain Wise, say they are safe
and that no lives were lost. The En-
Quirer's special says five men Were
rescued tonight below the scene of the
wreck. They had been clinging to trees
The Commercial Gazette's special
lays seven passengers We're picked III
IA bad condition at HawesVille, KY
.ldUices to both these papers up Ia
1880, indicate that no ives were lost.
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London, Jan. 2O.-The Times has a
dispatch from Teheran, capital Of
Persia, stating the town of Kuchan.
in the province of Khorasan. which
was destroyed by an earthquake four
teen months ago. and which was sub
sequently rebuilt. WAS again destroyed
by an earthquake Shock on Thursday
last. There was, as on the previous
occasion, great loss of life. One hun
bred women, who were in q bath
house. were crushed to death by the
falling building. The weather was in-
tense1y cold and this increases the
sufferings of the survivors whose
houses were destroyed. The dispatch
adds that four distinct shocks were
felt at Meshed within three days.
None of these shocks. however. were
of sufficient strength 10 do any dam
age.
Kuchan lies at the foot of the
Shah Ja.han Kuh. a mountain II 600
feet in height. The town. which is
about eight miles northwest Of Me-
shed, is $500 feet above the sea level.
1t is, or was, an important place. be-
ling on the route to Shrivan. The pop
ulation prior to the earthquake OF
1893, which destroyed every house in
the place, was between 10000 and 25.-
1000. The official report of the disaster
places the number Of killed at
l12,GOO. Fifty thousand head of cattle
persisted in the valley at the head OF
which Kuchan is situated
From November Z to y there were
l127 distinct shocks. II was the first
shock that destroyed the town.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-21
LOOKS LIKE TALK.
But Little Expected to he Accom-
pIished in the Senate.

Washington, Jan. 20.-The prospect
in the Senate this week is for more
talk than accomplishment. When the
Senate adjourned yesterday, the SEN
ate's attitude towards Hawaii, the pro-
posed recession from the Senate amend
ments to the income tax appropriation
and the Nicaragua bin. al occupied in
different ways, technically Consid-
cred, the position OF unfinished bust
ness. The income tax question will
have right of way by virtue of it's be-
ing a part of an appropriation bill. The
Hawaiian question will, in al [orcIba-
jbility, be considered in the morning
hour Monday, if not crowded out by
the debate on the income tax. There
are known to be eeyeral senators. most,
if not all of them on the Republican
side, anxious to express their views on
the Hawaiian problem, and Judging
iErom their private expressions, the re-
marks to be made will, in some in
stances, be very pointed. Senator Hill
! is also expected to stand out for his
| income tax amendment.
! The Nicaragua question still holds It's
place at the head of the calendar foq
consideration daily after clock. Sen
ator Morgan said today tina he was
still hopeful of securing a vote on this
| bill before the close of the week, ibut j.
there should be many Interruptions he
may again be disappointed. Senator
| Tulpfe has the floor for q reply to- Mr.
Morgan, and it is expected he viii
make a characteristic speech. There
will also DE other addresses on thi:
subject before the vote is finally taken
Senator CockreI expects to ask tc
have the Notifications appropriation
lbiIl taken up as soon as the urgent de
fciency bill is out of the way, nnt
thinks there will be no difficulty il
getting it through during the week
The friends of the Bankruptcy and ter
ritorial admission bills are growing
anxious concerning the fate of those
measures and are beginning to be ap
prehensive that time may not be laf
for their consideration if tine Nicaragua
bill is not soon disposed Of
The present prospect is against "a re
vival of the financial and currenc!
Question in the Senate during thu
week, but much vii depend upon tn,
faction of the finance committee Tues
day, and also upon the attitude of Nh,
House of Representatives
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-21

Washington, Jan. 20.-This promises
to be a busy week in the House. The
programme arranged by the committee
on rules before the departure of
Speaker Crisp for Asheville, n. c., last
night, contemplateS the consideration
of the public building bills on the
calendar, to be followed by the Indian
appropriation bills now under con-
sideration, the sundry civil and the
agricultural appropriation bills,
The committee on rules, after much
urging. decided to bring in a cloture
rule to secure a vote on the bill for a
new public building at Chicago, to cost
$4,000,00O. Two hours will be given to-
morrow for the consideration of the
measure, after which the vote will be
taken.
The Improvements for the New York
public buildings are provided for in
the sundry civil bill The other public
building bills are Newport, KY, $780,
000i Cumberland, Md, SIS, 1000; South
Omaha, Neb., $1,000 Paterson, N. j.,
| $25O,00 Brooklyne, Mass, $75,GOO, and
OILoN llle L d., SOU,UUU.
The programme as arranged fol
the week may be subject to change in
case Mr.. Springer, chairman of the
Committee ION Banking and Currency
decides before the end Of the week tc
bring forward his new measure. He
has been in constant consultation with
Secretary Carlisle for the past week
and is very sanguine that concessions
can be made to the silver men which
will induce them to withdraw THEN
| opposition. On yesterday he expressed
! the opinion he would bring forward
| the modified bill this week, and that il
would pass. This opinion, however, i:
not generally shared by the Demo
cratic leaders of the House, most o.
Whom do not hesitate TO say they be
i'lieVe all hope of currency Legislation
at this session is dead. II is also pos
sible the resolution for the impeach
nent of Judge Kicks may be before
the House before the end of the week
but the fact that the Commute OF
Judiciary decided on Friday to re
open the case is interpreted to NEAR
| q delay which will render any attemp
| to push the case against him at thi.
session abortiVe.
Next Saturday, by a special order
will be set aside for eulogies on the
late Senator Colquitt, of Georgia. l
| is not improbable for Mr.. Boutelle II
attempt to secure, consideration of hi
! Hawaiian resolution and thus a de
bate on this subject will be precipi
ltated in some form.
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Another Yie1Y of III.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 2O.-It is not
believed here that the schooner Nor
ma had anything to do with the
landing of arms at Honolulu. The
Norma was chartered by F. G. ClaxtOn,
a representative business man, to take
"a cargo Of salmon to Honolulu She
loaded on the Skeena river, and Mr..
|ClaNton himself was a passenger on
her. CaTitain Stevenson, who was
mixed UP in the Esmeralda smuggling
ring and is a fugitive from San Fran
cisco. is in command, and it is be
lieved that among the crew was am
other we'll known smuggler The
opinion has been general here that
there was opium aboard, but no one
believes ClaXton would have any
thing to do with smuggling. He is
certainly not man who would 81
on a. filibustering expedition. Fit had
been desired to ship arms on the yes
sci, there would have been every op-
lportunity to get them aboard, as the
vessel loaded at an isolated place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-21
Only Nine Aboard.

Louisville, Ky, Jan. 2O.-C. z. Hicks,
general agent of the Memphis, New Or
leans and Cincinnati Packet company,
has returned from Stevens Point, KY.
He reports there were only nine pas
eengers aboard the steamer when she
went down, and it is believed none of
them were lost. The boat had a full
grew Of about 80 men.
lJne latest information obtainabIe is
to the effect that the only persons lost
were roustabouts. The number is not
believed to be over five. The boat and
cargo viii be d total loss. She was
valued at $4,000. Her cabin capacity
was 50 rooms, and she had d freight
capacity of 1900 tons. Among the
passengers were Casper Whitehead,
stock dealer, Logansport, Ind; James
McCaffery and wife, Philadelphia;
Sarah B. Long, Philadelphia; young
married couple or a bridal tour from
Cincinnati; Mr.. Garland, from Cave-in-
Rock, IL; one man from New Albany,
Ind. and one from Morganfield, Ky.
The boat was running about go yniies
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necessary for it's presence there. The
vessel has been sent there in accordance
with the policy of the ADMINISTRATION in
every case of the kind. and from motives
of extreme caution and with possibility
the disturbances may be resumed, which
might result in danger to the person
titled TO the protection of the United
States. The course was at once de-
termined upon as soon as information
reached the government OF. the recent
trouble.
80 far from having the slightest objec-
ton TO making. public the instructions
which were given to the COMMANDER OF the
Philadelphia and the dispatch she will
carry to Mr.. Willis, our minister in
Hawaii, | am glad to put them before. my
fellow citizens.
Here they are:
" Washington, Jan. 70, 80. (relegram:)
To Rear-Admiral Beardsless, Flagship
Philadelphia, San Francisco:
* Proceed with the steamship Phila-
delphia. with dispatch to Honolulu. Your
purpose as the United States senior naval
officer there viii be the protection of the
lives and property of American citizens.
In case of war in the Islands extend no
aid nor support, moral or physical, to any
of the parties engaged therein, but keep
steadily in view your duty to protect the
lives and property of all such citizens of
the United States as shall not by their
participation in such civil connections for
felt their rights in that regard to the
protection of the American flag. An
American citizen who, during a revolution
in a foreign country, participates iii any
attempt by force or arms or violence
maintain or overthrow the existing gov
eminent cannot claim that the govern
ment of the United States shall protect
against the consequence of such act.
Show these Instructions to and consult
freely with the United States minister at
Honolulu on all points that may arise,
seeking his opinion and advice whenever
practicable, on the actual employment OF
forces under your command, bearing in
mind the diplomatic and political interests
! CT the United States are Elm his charge.
Afford him such aid in all emergencies
as may be necessary. Attention is called
to article 2S7 of the United States navy
regulations as amended. Acknowledge
| by telegram HERBERT.
Washington, Jan. 10, '95. (Telegran.)
""To Willis, Minister, Honolulu:
! Although your telegram reporting the
uprising OF January 6, does not indicate
that you regard the presence of d warshiT
necessary. the president deems it advis
able that one proceed Immediately tc
Honolulu for the protection OF American
citizens and property, should a contin
sency arise requiring it. You, as our solC
diplomatic representative, will confer viii
| the commanding officer as to the assist
ance which his instructions contemplate
| III case of nee0. GRESHAM "