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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
Fish Shooting in the West iudies.

took the big rifle to- try my hand. 1t
seemed ridiculOusly easy. but after
missing three or four shots 1 began to
"ecall my smattering Of physics as to
the r%efraction Of rays Of light passing
through the water. l proved a hopeless
tyro, and finally with much humility
asked my friend. who was chucklins
over my chagrin, how TO fire.
"a little away and to the right" lie
replied.
Acting upon this advice bagged my
next mullet. But he could not tell me
any general laws, and I found by gucs-
tiOning him that he had finally learned
to recognize from the look of the water
how much allowance was necessary.
and In which direction TO take 1t. I sub.
sequently became a trile more expert,
and had several fine days, but I always
had to try a few times first to get my
hand in. 1t was easy to see which side
the bullet had struck by the direction
in which the fish ran, and after a few
trial shots had a working formula.
Even this, however, was very uncer
udiH, IOl tHV dhSic dAO uiSLihCC VdiiCO
with the position Of the sun, depth OF
water, ripple. and so forth, till it seem.
ed quite hopeless. That It was possible,
however, Seymour proved cOnclusively,
for he rarely missed, and his fish gen
orally had a hole behind the head. Still,
where the light was bad we could often
make a good bag. and not a fish would
vo.,. ,1a.t -, .Nrf >oI L.,
the conclusion. To do this it Is peces-
sary that the ball should pass extremely
close to the head.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
Artful Dodgers.

The peddler tramp's application for
cold viands are always preceded by an
attempt at commercial transactions.
Need any needles, madam" mo, sir"
ANY pins?' Don't want them"
"Buy some matches, please; only &c a
box" "Oh, pshaw-they're a nickel for
three boxes at the next-door grocery"
"All right" CLOSING his satchel with a
look of sanity resignation). "Never
saw such hard times; oh, madam-Say,
couldn't you spare a fellow a scrap Of
anything to eat?" The Chesterfield
tramp introduces himself with a bow
and a paragraph Of classic English,
seasoned, perhaps, with a flavor Of for
eign accent; evidently a gentleman in
reduced circumstances; Or, who knows,
perhaps a French count, or poet, for
une-wrecked in "a struggle with the
prOSaic realities of the New World.
Is he going to negotiate a loan? What!
only &c, for paper and envelope and
foreign postage? Why, Of course; give
him a dime, to make it a round sum.
Then there is the proxy tramp, who
turks around the corner, while a run
away yOungster does the begging for
him; the gregarious tramp, who trav-
els in gangs, trusting to the strength
in-union principle, and, worst Of all,
the BLACKBOARD tramp, who terrorizes
unprotected hOusekeepers with scowls
and hints at his talent for brutal in
vectives and inuendoes. Tell the old
woman to come down here" Little
girl (after a brief Interview with the
materfamalias)-"My mother says she
is sorry she can't see YOU" Cant
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

say" But then went on without caring
to ascertain the effect of his protest.
In dark nights passenger trains, too.
have to carry such travellers. Joe
Krieger, the King If Tramps." as he
called himself, a r g offered to
bet that he could ! Ike the trip from
Boston to Los An eles in two weeks,
without troubling i ticket agent, and
laughed at the H. a of extra vigilance
on the part of he Southern Pacific
ratlroader ava .Ig to battle a tourist
of his experience. Cinder showers do
not diSlOd 70 the incubus who crouches
on the pl.,,- orm between the L.ggage
car and the tender Of the locomotive,
and oc,y at long intervals his enter
prise leads to events like that reported
from / ulaSki, Tenn, where Il few weeks
ago contraband passenger was rid
dleG With bullets in a fight with a gang
of rain robbers. River steamers not
or : permit, but often invite impecu-
! us travellers to accept a temporary
nth on the r%oustabout deck in con-
? Ieration Of their assistance at wood
'tN "OLhs lio tuC ClCN lalClt uuStS
he volunteer a share of their pot luck.
Thus encouraged, the army of I'M
kempt peripatetics has multiplied like
the rabbit population of New Zealand,
and blossomed out into types adapted
to every virtue and every foible Of the
charitable public. There the tragedy
tramp. who harrows the souls Of sym
pathetic servant girls with tales Of
woe, and spices his jeremiads with
graphic Of recent railway hor-
rors. shipwreck and cyclones, often
indicating his habit Of ~veridiction with
bundles of greasy testimonials. He can
sigh, too, but refrains from tears, since
his experience with the Detroit apple
woman: MADAM, may l sit down here
and weep "NO, you don't. Police.
quick! police"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Laura-George, look at that dog! WIN
he bite? George-Bite? If he's a dog
of any Judgment, Laura, he'll try to
eat you! Get out, you brute!-Clicago
Tribune.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
AN INGENIOUS MEASUREMENT.

A Sim pie Way of Finding the Height
of a Tree or a Chimney.
1t is often necessary, not for muse
ment, but for practical purposes. to find
the height Of a factory chimney, or
smoke-stack, and 1t may not be CON
venient to get access to the architects
plans. 1t may happen that the engineer
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Every man likes to suggest what the
other fellows shall do.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
HEAMERICANTRAMP
COME CHARACTERISTIC TYPES
OF THESE vAGABONDS.

continuation of Circumstances that Is
Evolving Novel Varieties of Ameri.
can Nomads - Wandering Willie
Wandering Mike and Flooding Pete.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

A neighborhood fuss spreads faster
than smallpox.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
ANIMALS.

Unknown in the
likadO.
nut the dolne> il
k which strike,
in looking upon
There are No
her drinks milk
T. are but few
Imported mainly
rs. The freiyhi
ire pulled and
l,.a pleasure ca
ion, There arn
are neither used
f burden nor in
igners.
in Japan. and
|thing, silk ana
. There IRE No
own article o.
sed in cooking
mules or don.
r. are, however,
= of enOrlnoui
r. Finck saw,
le describes AS
another stuffed
d in alcohol the
II the bear had
ed.-New Yorh
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31
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1t when he %
ed abroad they
! of mad dog!
shouts equally
mt. The dear
saluted in like
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rious incident
in Dublin. and
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from Limerick
| the dean. tt
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the cries and
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Fame surely
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lily cheered by
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

Sc.
| why so many
to that mos
.arbOlic acid
ses more pain,
agony, than
mention. le'
b increase, eS
rtunate lnrip'
who have be
seek the COM
,ntidote2 ON.
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be given; alst
nee had a pa
a small guam
d she though
ten lead. IL
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

she sighed
Eo," said her
appear lnys
f a girl VINO
who was no'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

a stationary
fast?" =
lit work last
stovepipt
all over bH
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-31

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advice of al
htients on the
ward recover
always walks
! streets out
other by ten
here the sui
Bask in the
~ruggist's and
roreSt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
A BAD WRECK AND A RUNAWAY.
AN ENGINEERS WILD NIGHT RUx
AFTER A sMAsH-UP.

The Tender Jumped the Track, ana
That Broke the Air Brake Connec-
tiOns, and the Engine started Down
Grade, UncOntrOIIabIe aud Dnsh-
ing Along at Breah-Neck Speed.
Narrow Escapes of Some of this
Ditched Passengers.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 1S-The Southern
railroad passenger train, north bound.
which left Atlanta last night at Q o'clock
for Washington was wrecked ninety miles
from the city, near Toccoa, at midnight.
The train was running down steeu
grade between Toccoa and Mount Airy
when suddenly the tender OF the engine
leaped from the track and the coupling
that held it to the engine was torn loose.
Tho tender was hurled down a 4O-foot en-
bankment with terrific force, dragging
after 1t the cars that made up the train.
with the exception of the sleeper, which
was thrown from the track, but was NOS
injured. The train was completely wreck.
ed. The coaches were piled upon each
other in fearful disorder. Express Mes
senger McLear. 32 years old, of Atlantas
was killed instantly by being pinned 10
the wall by the iron safe in his car. A
negro in the car was badly hurt, his arm
being mashed by the safe. The mail
agent was injured and had to be broughd
back to his home In Atlanta. Others were
more or less injured.
After breaking loose from the train tho
engine had a wild. exciting run OF five
miles. The air brake was broken, and.
sweeping down heavy grade at a speed
OF seventy-five miles an hour, the veteran
engineer found Ii impossible to stop HIS
engine. Every minute the speed was In
creased, and the bob-tailed locomotive sped
along like the wind. leaping from em-
bankment to embankment. The road is
perllous at this point, the cuts being nar-
row and the embankments high. II is IN
the vicinity Of Mount Airy and Tallulah
Falls. and the midnight run of the cons
ductor was calculated TO turn his hain
gray.
Hon. r. r. Kolb Of Alabama was de.
tained four hours in the wreck. He saids
1T is the worst l ever saw. How soul
escaped alive Is a miracle that Divine
Providence alone can explain"
Columbia, S. c.. Aug. 1s.-walter Greer.
who was killed in the Southern railway
wreck near Toccoa, Ca. last night, was
a young Columbian. He was "A years
Of age, and had scores OF friends here.
He was educated at the South Carolina
University. and bore a high character.
His mother was visiting friends here
when she received the sad intelligence OF
his fearful death. His father. 7. c. Greer,
Is at present the dispatcher Of the South
Carolina and Georgia railroad at King
ville lie met the remains OF his dead
son here tonight they having been
brought here by way Of Spartanburg.
They viii be taken to Kingville by the
bereaved parents for interment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
THE VALKYRIES SLOW TIME.
HER "TRIP ACROSS NEARLY FOUR
DAYS LONGER THAN VIGILANTs.

The Challenger in the sixth Attempt
10 Win the America Cup and the
Yachting Supremacy of the World
at Anchor in New York Bay-She
Came Over Rigged as "A Keteh ana
without Sustaining Injury.
New York. Aug. 1s.-Valkyrie III. has
arrived. The boat which Lord Dunraven
has built to win the America cup and
to wrest supremacy from yankeedom-if
he can-is al anchor in New York harbor.
Since her departure for Gourock bay.
Scotland. on July p. the cup hunter ar
rived at Sandy Hook lightship at 1880
o'clock this evening on her twenty-second
day out. Her passage from Malin Head.
where she left her tug, on the other side,
to Sandy Hook. 2.77O nautical miles, took
her twenty-one day. nine hours and thirty
minutes, an average of 129 miles day.
The Vigilant. last April. made 1884 miles.
from Lizard to Sandy Hook, in eighteen
days, one hour and forty-five minutes,
daily average of 1853 miles. but the Vigil
liant perhaps had more favorable weather
than the Valkyrie III. has experienced.
The Dunraven cutter made the ocean
voyage without serious mishap. was
slow, British shippers and tars brought
through stiff winds and heavy seas the
racing craft, with flush decks and scarce
ly any protection for those on board.
With a peculiar ketch rig the racing
machine crossed the Atlantic where many
a big steamship has come to grief. The
long, slender craft made her way under
canvas until twenty miles to the east
ward of Sandy Hook lightship, when at
o'clock this evening she took line
from a towboat and came into harbor with
a fleet of tugs and the propeller City of
Bridgeport, which is TO act as her ten
der, lowering about
At 9:45 the fleet arrived at quarantine.
DR.. Doty, by special request, went on
board the Vallxyrie and after a brief eX-
animation passed her. She was then tow
ed to an anchorage off Liberty Island.
Gloucester, Mass, Aug. 1S-Capt. w. N.
Wells of the schooner Helene G. Wells,
which arrived from the Grand Banks to-
day, reports that at a. m, Aug. 10, when
thirty-six miles south and east of Cape
Race, he passed within a short distance
cf yacht thought to be the British Val
kyrie III.
The Wells kept company with her most
of the day, but did not speak to her, AS
she displayed no signals to be reported.
capt. wells thOugnl sne was uIluer sIhdll
SAIL in comparison with her great hull.
She had a mainsail, small jib and drivers.
and under this short canvas sailed very
fast His vessel is of late design, and
one of the fastest of the fishing fleet, but
under full sail and in a moderate breeze
she had all she could do to keep up with
the yacht. Nalkyrie tackled and hauled
by, the wind was quite stin and the sea
lumpy, but Wells noticed that she stood
up remarkably well, and easily went
through the sea. She did not appear to
have sustained any damage. Wells VINO
says he has sailed all kinds of vessels.
pronounces the Valkyrie a beautiful craft.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
CHAMPIONS OF SILVER.
Crusade to Be Attempted on the
People of Orlando.

People of Orlando.
Orlando, Fla. Aug. 1s.-This place is to
be enlightened. The Floridian, in his ma
tive wllds. is to be taught the heresy Of
the gold standard idea, and Instructed in
the superior merit of the white metal. 1t
is not so much the relative value of the
two metals that is worrying us just now
as it is the ways and means of securing
a satisfactory supply Of either or both.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, the Georgia
silver statesman, and DR.. George Troup
Maxwell of Jacksonville and a host of
silver champions, with cowboy annex to
give the occasion eclat are billed for
three days encampment here. the Sd. 4th
and 5th of next month. There
will be a parade each day, on
back, of course, and two per-
formances each day, afternoon and even
ing Everybody is invited TO get horse
and Join the procession, irrespective Of
party Affiliations. Possibly also ire
spective of age, sex, color, and previous
condition of servitude, although the lat
ter clause is not nominated IN the post
ers advertising the coming event. The
poster concludes by saying: ASK your
agent for excursion rates." although 1t
does not state any of the transportation
lines doing business here have agreed to
make excursion rates. Still there can be
no harm in any one asking for excur-
sion rates, and IL IS not at all probable
that any one would get them If they did
not ask for them.
The silver men have not
YET explained how II happens
that they select for this grand rally the
date Of the farmers and producers con-
vention IN this city to consider the truck
ing and fruit growing interests Of the
state. and the problems Of transportation
and marketing our products. Possibly
they may reason like the unpopular
preacher, who had his church closed and
the property sold out and thereafter pub
lishcd his not very interesting sermon IN
hts local newspaper and then boasted that
De preached 10 "a larger audience than any
other minister in his town.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
LAST OF sam LEWIS.
The Black Fiend Lynehed and Rid
died with Bullets.

Jupiter, Fla, Aug. ls.-Sam Lewis was
taken from jail at Juno by a mob at 8
o'clock this morning. hanged 10 a tele-
graph pole in front OF She court house
and then riddled with bullets. The mob
approached the jail with sledge hammers
and began to batter the door. Seeing they
would get I'm anyhow. Jailer Keyser threw
the lynchers the keys. AS the lynchers
entered a colored deputy sheriff, Perkins,
who was in the Jail. fred at them. The
lynchers fired a volley I'm return, killing
Jailer Keyser. They then dragged Lewis
from his cell, clad only in an under
shirt and lynched him, as stated above.
The nude body Of the victim hung until
late this morning, when it was cut down.
The lynchers came to Juno, which is on
Lake Worth. in boats from Biscayne
Bay, the scene OF Lewis crimes.
Several weeks ago Lewis, in cold blood,
shot down ex-Tax Collector John High
smith and his nephew John Davis, be-
cause they refused to kneel and apollo
gize for a fancied insult The murderer
fed to Nassau. n. P, but the English au-
thorities got after him. and ten days ago
he fed back to Florida. About a week ago
he was captured, after a fight in which
he killed Ret AIcGregor. One Of the posse
was badly wounded Lewis was a native
of Vermont, but came TO Florida from
the west. He boasted that he had killed
two men in Montana and three in Texas.
So, including Jailer Keyser. Lewis was
responsible for the death OF nine men.
1t is said Lewis is. perhaps. the first
white man ever lynched in Florida. The
lynching is generally approved
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
NEGROES WANT A FIGHT.
Pistols Bought by Wholesale 20
shoot Italians with.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-It is believed the
colored men Of this city are making secret
preparations to send an armed body OF
men to Spring Valley. H., to force a fight
with the Italians there in retaliation for
their outburst against the negro mine-s
two weeks ago.
It was learned yesterday by the police
that a cOlored man, whose name Is sup
posed 10 be Robinson, has been canvassing
the pawnshops in this city and has bought
over 100 revolvers. one firm of the money
lenders reported 10 the police that they
had sold seven revolvers TO a colored man.
The description of the man they gave
tailed with that In the hands Of the Of
ficers. Detectives have been detailed on
the case.
1t is said the colored people have become
disgusted with the public meetings, be-
cause their plans have always miscarried,
therefore they have decided to meet In
secret. A number of men are TO be arm
ed and smuggled into Spring Valley 10
be in readiness for duty at a moment &
notice. The discovery OF the plot has
caused considerable agitation In police
circles.
At a meeting of the advisory board CT
the American Protective Association OF
Cook county resolutions We're adopted
denouncing the mayor OF Spring Valley
as cowardly. disloyal and un-Ameriean for
not using his authority TO quell the re-
cent uprising there, and demand that the
loss sustained by the negroes be repaired
sheriff Clark of Spring Valley was as
sured that the American Protective Asso-
citation stood ready with 5000 men TO &c
to the mining town to assist him in pre-
serving peace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
THREE CASES or DRowSNe.
The Coroner at the National Capital
Has Busy Day.

The Coroner at the National Capital
Has "a Busy Day.
Washington, Aug. 1s.-The district coro-
ner had busy day with drowning cases.
three accidents being reported this after
noon. Arthur Morris. IS years old, got be-
yond his depth at the bathing beach and
was drowned in sight Of hundreds Of
people. His body was recovered. Rob s.
Priddy, clerk in the pension office, suf-
fered a similar fate His body was re-
covered and turned over to Col Crook,
disbursing agent at the white house, who
conducted the remains to his home. George
e. Brown, the third victim, fell from a
canal boat on the Georgetown and Al
exandria canal. He was 40 years old. His
body was recovered
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1S.-There Is ru-
NOR In this city that an excursion boat
was wrecked down the river during the
heavy storm this afternoon and many per-
sons were drowned. No particulars are
at hand at this hour q a. m) and the re-
port cannot be verified.
Bluefeld, w. Va, Aug. 1S.-Mrs. s. v.
smith and colored servant were drowned
in the Tug river at Gray to-day while
being ferried across the stream to at
tend church. Mrs. Smiths little children
stood on the bank and saw their mother
uerish.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
ADMIRAL srEADE's FIRE DUTY.
His Prompt Action Saves the Union
League Club Building.

His Prompt Action Saves the Union
League Club Building.
Philadelphia, Aug. 1S.-Had 1t not been
for the prompt action of Rear Admiral
Richard w. Meade, Maj. A. L. Williams
and other members of the Union League
yesterday the handsome club house of
the league might now be pile of ashes.
At $3.50 o'clock it was discovered that the
rear roof Of the building was on fire. Ad-
miral Meade and Maj. Williams We're both
in the corridor, and the admiral, who has
more than once had to cope with fire
aboard ship, took command, ordered the
alarm to be rung to fire quarters"
The fire brigade of the league responded
to the call and rushed to the third story,
where the fire paraphernalia is located.
There were many members of5the league
present and thy wildly rushd up stairs
to assist in quenching the flames. 1t was
soon learned that fire was in the annex
chimney where the moter which fur
nishes air to the kitchen is located, and in
less than five minutes the roof was full OF
excited leaguers and employees.
Admiral Meade coolly directed the hose
men where to place the stream, and the
flames, after thirty minutes battle, were
stified without the aid of the engine compa-
ny, and all hands adjourned to the cap
tain's cabin for refreshments.
The only casualty was a severe wetting.
The loss by the fire was only $500. Of
which amount $3.50 is the cost of the motor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
TRAIN wREckER SHOT.
Interesting budget of News From
the Mexican Capital.

Interesting budget of News From
the Mexican Capital.
City of Mexico, Aug. ia boy named
Garcia, who placed stones on the track
of the Hidalgo railway. and a second time
caught wrecking the trains, was executed
to-day at Pachuca, under the new law
suspending constitutional guarantees in
the case of persons obstructing the public
mails or railway trains. His father has
committed suicide by throwing himself in
front of a train on the same road being
frantic with grief over the fate of hts
SON.
The new law is being universally in
forced, and the penalty Is about to be
inflicted in the state of Jalisco for OBJ
structing the track of a railway.
Gov. Martinez Of the state of Puebla
makes public a statement of his relations
with Editor dimes, who was assassinated
in the city Of Puebla a short time ago. The
governor shows that he had loaned Dimes
money and had promised to aid him in be-
ing elected to the national congress and
besides had not pressed him for debts due
the state treasury.
Gen. Rocha, who was judge Of the field
in the Nerastegui- Romero duel, has re-
fused to avail himself of his rights as a
soldier to be tried bys military tribunal.
and submits TO a jury trial. although II is
possible some of his political enemies
may be drawn on the jury that may try
him. His conduct is applauded by the
press and public. Interest in the ap-
preaching trial is increasing, especially as
the testimony promises to be sensational.