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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

The statistics show that there is
used in the manufacture of the Royal
Baking Powder more than half of all
the cream OF tartar consumed in the
United States for all purposes. The
wonderful sale thus indicated for the
Royal Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders COM
bined-is perhaps the highest evidence
of the superiority of this article, and
of it's indispensableness to modern
cookery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Water stolen.

Neenah. Wis. Sept. 24.-The discoy-
cry has been made that somebody has
been stealing water and that the pro-
visions OF the recent privilege granted
by the war department to the suffer
ing mill men are being dlsregarded.
Instead OF the prescribed 10000 cubic
feet Of water per minute granted to
water power users, 10000 cubic feet
or even more are being taken from
Lake Winnebago each minute during
the working day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

st. Johns, n. F., Sept. "a. = The
Peary steamer Kite has arrived with
Peary and friends on board. The
Kite sailed from st. Johns on July
IL for Peary's headquarters In Green
land. On board the steamer was q
company of scientists under the di-
rection of Emil Dieb.tch, a brother OF
Mrs. Peary. Included in the number
were Prof. Salisbury, Of Chicago uni
versity; Prof. Dyche, Of the Kansas
State university: Theodore De Bou-
teller of Philadelphia and John ID.
Walsh of Washington. AT the time
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
CbaIfce stolen.

St. Paul. Sept. "a - Rev. James
Woods. of the cathedral. mourns the
loss Of n valuable gold chalice which
stolen from the sanctuary OF the
church last Friday morning. The
vessel, which was Of pure gold, was
presented TO Father Woods on the
first anniversary of the day of his
ordination by his first convert. 1t
therefore douhly dear 10 MIN.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
N,x Resu,t I'm N,rJer

Chicago, Sept. 22-The condition OF
Aid. hammers, who was assaulted at
the meeting of the Republican central
committee by Aid. Buck" Mccarthy,
has grown crucial. and the attending
physicians say he may die at any
moment. Brain fever has set in and
the alderman is delerious most of
the time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Hot i'm New York.

New York, Sept. a. The official
thermometer of the weather bureau
to-day recorded the highest tempera-
ture ever taken by the department
on this day in this city. The Their
mometer registered 96 degrees. The
mean temperature for the day was Sc,
which is 30 degrees above the normal.
The humidity was low, however. there
being only 10 per cent of moisture in
the atmosphere.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
He Killed HIa Sister

Pekin, ILL.,, Sept. %. 49, In the Tase-
well county circuit court to-day AL
bert Wallace was convicted of muir
der In the first degree and sentenced
to death. The ,,fiine for which Wal.
lace was found guilty was the killing
of his sister. Mrs. Rowlesby, which
was q most cold-blooded act. IL was
committed on the night of Feb. ID, at
the home of the murdered woman In
Dillon township, near fehih.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

Il find the Royal Baking Powder
superior to ali the others In every re-
spect. 1t is entirely free from all adul-
teration and un~wholesome impurlty,
and In baking it gives off a greater
volume of l%eayening gas than any
other powder.
Walter 8. Haines. NJ. D."
Chemist to the Chicago Board OF
Health.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Ip,urrcnt. RepuI.ed.

Havana, Sept. %. = Dispatches re-
ceiyed in this city to-day report an
attack upon a railroad train by In
surgents near Unica. In the district OF
Remedies. A detachment Of the civil
guards. protecting the train. repealed
the attacking party and killed four OF
them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Several People Injured.

Madison. Wis. Sept. "A strong
wind storm swept over the northern
portion of Dane county to-day uproot-
ing trees, blowing down building and
oyerturning everything in its path.
Several people were seriously injured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
RiOIers PnrIOneI-

Rome. Sept. %. - In honor of the
fetes commemorating the entry of the
Italian army into Rome in 1870, King
Humbert has granted a pardon 10 all
the Sicilian rioters who Were under
going sentences of Imprisonment for
less than ten years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
s4nn Decentralization

Cincinnati, Sept. pa large num-
her of the largest manufacturers of
crackers in the West are in secret
session here trying to devise some
means OF arrestiBg the decentralization
in the price Of crackers. They re-
fuse to give out n news.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
library Burned

Crandon, Wis, Sept. 24.-The build
Ing owned by Miss Lucy Bliss. used
as a store house and library by he
Geological Society OF Wisconsin. was
struck by lightning today. The build
Ing was Burned with contents. incl IL
Ing nearly 1000 volumes. There is
TO Insurance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
No QufntupI. Murder

Danville. KY, Sept. "a. - The dis.
patches saying that w .. Goodioe, an
attorney OF this city. two other men
named Swope OF this county and two
others had been killed during a poker
game at q distillery In Pulaski county
were untrue. All are alive.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

Henry Watson, one OF the oldest
and best known hotel clerks In the
West, dropped dead at Fort Scott,
Kan. this morning 9 rheumatism
of the heart. Watson had charge OF
large hotels at Topeka. Jacksonville
and Springfield, Ill, and other cities.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Fitx starts for Texas.

New York, Sept. 24-Bob Fitzsim-
mons left to-day for Texas. Fftzsim-
mons would have nothing to say as to
what he thought would be the out
come Of the fight, except II shall do
my best"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
r.-yhs with the police.

Vienna, Sept. PAT a demonstra-
ton by 5000 workmen In favor Of
universal suffrage held here to-day,
serious collisions occurred with the
police and twenty-six arrests were
made.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Too Hot for Scholars.

Cincinnati, Sept. 22.--The unprece-
dentedly hot spell of weather here has
about neutraliZed the work in the city
schools and has caused several SUI
burban schools TO close. For ten days
and nights the mercury has oscillated
about 80 degrees.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

For thirty years the Royal has been
the standard for purity and strength
in baking powders, and has been
placed at the head by every board Of
official examiners, whether State or
National.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Floods In sihsr,n

st. Petersburg. Sent a.-Enormoua
losses have hcen arsed in Eastern
Siberia by rains laSsmg several days.
Villages We're flooded. and most Of
the houses carried or
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Fire mt

Hudson. Wis, Sept. 22.-The Lake
view house on Second street was de-
stroyed by fire last night. Loss, ST.
900: insured for $1,000. j. III. Elger
and family barely escaped from the
burning building.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
oHIo DEMOCRATS.
They VIII soon Open Their FaiI
Campaign.

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24.--Arrange-
ments are being made by Senator
Brice to open the fall campaign for
the Democrats. Calvin s. Brice was
born at Denmark. Ohio. in 1915, and
educated at Miami university, oxford.
Throughout the late war he served
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

Prince Won Hohenlohe has
triumphed. The kaiser has decided
to follow the chancellor's advice in re-
gard to the socialist question, and TO
eschew the repressive measures urged
by the EulenbUrg faction.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
OFFERED A BKIBE.
SENSATIONAL STORY 4. iii DUR.
RANT MURDER TRIAL.

A Pawnbroker Who Identified Dur
rant ss the Man W ho Tried 10 Pawn
Miss Ring Says He Was
offered $500 to Modify His Testf-
mOny.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

According to the official record to-
day was the hottest day of the year
In New York. -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
BASE BALL.
The Western Season Ends with In
I'm the Lead.

st. Paul, Sept. "a. - The Western
Base Ball league season has ended.
Indianapolis wins the pennant. st.
Paul is second, with Kansas City a
close third. Following is the Ia lie
showing the standing of the clubs and
the percentages:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

There is no baking powder which
produces such sweet and tasteful food
as the Royal Baking Powder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
No. 81 apad

Millie MerZ OF Denver, aged nine,
endea sofe.i 10 ssiTd,e g fcc q the
stove by using Kerosene. The can ex-
pIoded, the girl and her baby brother,
aged two, were burned to death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
WORK OFTHE CUBANS
ANOTHER STORY OF THE WRECK
OF THE SPANISH CRUISER.

1T is Now Stated to BE an bsoIu
Fact That the Vessel Was sunk
by "a Floating Torpedo Fired by a
Party of adventurous Cubans.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
RUN SHORT ON Foo
PEART AND HIS COMPANIONS AL
MOST STARVED To DEATH.

h Relief Steamer Kite, with
Lieut.. Peary and Hugh j.. Lee,
With His Coiorcd Servants, Returns
From the Arctic Gefgon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

Free wool is rol, b. the Amer,can
WOODEN manufactu1 Of a foreign
market TO the extsof si5- ono eve,v
three months, or at lrate ~ eaa 400
a year.
Free wool has robtfhe American
manufacturer of hoooarlsat 10 tha
extent of ell, 40s, 762 three montha
or Mt the rate of S45, Oh n year
This is what free has done I'm
three months. How doh 4s0 woolen
manufacturers OF thepited States
like Il?
How do the 122, e44 had working In
our WOODEN and worstcde tories life
II? This Is only the boaino Of FREQ
wool.
An increase of just 100. boo ponnds
10 the sum total of our ! J. imnorts
of foreign woods duringae month";
ending March 81, 1895, eompared
with our imports up to M 81. 1894.
No wonder American wfs chean.
This Is free wool. How dc, farmers
like IL?
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

"A STRONG movement has developed In
Nlhe Scandinavian Lutheran church in
Minnesota for the adoption Of English
ssHe the official language of the church
SPECIALIZATION, and for the total ADAM
<xoDment OF the use OF the old tongue
Many prominent members are con-
WINGED that only by the adoption of the
English language In the church can
f<he younger generation, which was
,-sther born or brought up In this
eountry. be kept within the Lutheran
sod An organization has been formed
NV the progressive ministers and eld-
.>.rs 10 secure the change.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

a wArT. is going up from Pennsylva-
unin over the fact that the production
of petroleum in that state is becoming
frss every year. Ten years ago the
lkeystone state produced nearly all tho
sun consumed In the country.
asince that time the product has de-
..lined until less than two-ffths OF tho
entire amount consumed In the coun-
cry comes from Oil City and It's envi-
IRONS Pennsylvania output In 1894
eras but 10, 225. 900 barrels. as compared
with 3s,OOs, 2s6 In 1901 The output Of
1'he entire oil fields of the country was
60. "a. $40 barrels
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

A HINT Of a most commendable use
10 be made OF old magazines Is con-
tseincd Ia the report Of the librarian of
s1h> Los Angeles public library. All
she magazines that are not needed for
Uinding and other library uses are
uaikcn apart. and the illustrations cut
-1nt aud mounted on cards Of gray
& Eristol board. These pictures are clas-
<<ized. and form sets for illustrating
1sssons IN geography, history and lit
~exzturc. The pictures Of artists and
14cir works are valuable 10 another
.nLzes OF students: the hrst are OF great
assistance to teachers In the ppolio
rhoeas
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

WHAT Is believed to be the largest
aalacial bowlder in this country is near
ore little town Of Madison, N. II. IL is
- feet long, 40 feet high, 40 feet wide
'nnd 226 feet in circumference. The
weight is estimated at 10, 500 tons Mar
shall Tidd, of North Woburn, Mass,
mas spent many summers In Madison,
nnd has taken much interest in this
.giaDt bowlder. He has consulted all
'1he authorities on the subject, and
'1spds that there is only one glacial
bowlder which will come anywhere
1nsar IL in size, and that Is in Green
land
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27
sanitary ircm.

DR.. Flower having occasion to treat
the family of Sam Johnsing for malaria,
remonstrated,with Sam for having the
pig pen so near his residence.
"Wat's de reason ought ter put dc
pig pen furder away frum de housc?'
asked Sam
because IL is unhealthy. !" replied the
doctor.
Reckon you Is mistaken" replied
Sam; dat pen has been dar for two
yeahs, and dar amt been no sickness
yit among de hogs. "-Texas Siftings-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

spires General Confidence.
10 Is undoubtedly true that business.
Is looking up all over the country. Tt
no one viii this be such good news a.
70 the believers In protective tariff
The great object of the tariff Is 10 lseer
business hnmming and wages high, and
everything tending to such a condition
Of affairs Is welcomed with an enthusi.
asm proportionate to the strength OF
the movement.
But the attitude Of the free trade and
tariff reform newspapers at this time Is
very funny. Every opening up of a
closed factory Is greeted with an en-
thusiasln not evoked by the hundreds
OF factories which were built and
opened for the first time under the
benehoent effects of the Mckinley bill
Every increase of 10 per cent in wages
Is heralded far and wide. In striking
contrast 70 the silence with which they
have greeted every cut of 25 per cent.
In wages made during the last two
years These tariff reform newspapers
affect 70 believe that protectionists viii
be sorry TO see any revival of business
while tariff reform president sits in
the White House. We would nssure
shem that every protectionist rejoices
Y every improvement In business con-
htions. We would. however, like 10
nvc these papers give us some specific
,asons for this revival of business. Is
because there Is tariff reform prcsi-
ut at Washington? Business was all
rht before that tariff reform presi-
at was elected There was no need
Tea revival Of business then, and a
rival has come only after two years
onagnation which followed the cleo
tidof that president.
are willing to assist these tariff
refmers in their attempts to discover
thqpecihc reason of the revival of
bu4ess, and we would respectfully
callheir attention to the fact that
thei were some elections held last
Nospber. We would further remind
therihat by those elections congress
was ven into the control of the party
pledn to put an end to tariff reform.
NOT tarih reform, but TO the hope OF
retA to protection, based ON the re-
pubiia victory of last November, is
due y revival of business. We well
come : free trade friends as converts
70 the use of protection.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27
Depended on CIrcumstance..

Bass-And of which variety Is your
wife, the clinging-vine or the self-as-
sertive?
CASA little of both. When she
wants new dress or a new bonnet she
generally begins in the clinging-vine
role; II that doesn't bring the money
then she changes to the self-assertive;
and--well--she invariably gets the
dress or the bonnet. Boston Tran
script.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27
AS GOOD AS WHIST.
The Farmer, the flaming min and the bag.

The Farmer, the flaming Mil and the Bags
! or Atmosphere.
II see," remarked the wide-awake
farmer TO the Express man, that
wheat has gone up TO seventy cents in
Chicago, and there's report that it
will keep goin' till II gets TO one doll
lar. Now, I'd like TO contract TO sell
you my crop for seventy cents. Seventy
cents will do me. I'd rather have a
sure thing while it's goin' than TO take
my chances on doin' better by waitin'."
But" replied the commission mer-
chant, II can't agree to contract for
your wheat at seventy cents"
"Why not? It's goin' mp TO dollar.
an you'll make thirty cents a bushel.
Amt that enough?"
"Oh, yes; but you SEQ that seventy
cents is only speculative price. II
amt what they pay for real wheat"
Don't pay that for real wheat?
What In thunder do they pay IL for,
then?"
''Why, for options"
well, what the blazes are options?''
why, they're promises to get wheat
and sell IL for such and such a price"
well, then, they got to get the
wheat, amt theyg'
mo; they sell the promises again.
according as the market rises or falls.r
An don't they buy an cell any real
wheat at all?"
"Not much"
just buy an sell wind at seventy
cents bushel?'
That's about IL"
Thunder an Mars. wish I'd knowed
that last fall. ! wouldn't a-sowed any
wheat. I'd tied my grain bags 70 the
back O. my fannin' mill an kept the
boy turnin' II all winter, till I'd filled
all the bags I could get hold Of But
IL amt too late yet by gosh. II It's
wind they want stead Of wheat. / can
supply the market for the hull coun-
try right of my farmr - Buffalo Elk
press
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

TESTS In the use of coke as fuel for
locomotives in place of coal have been
rmade by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
read on some Of its Virginia lines dur
ENG the past few weeks and have
proved very successful. With the
heaviest freight trains equally good re-
nnlts have been obtained from coke as
.trom coal, with the great advantage Of
,&n avoidance OF the smoke and cinders
4ttendant on the use of coal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27


The Broad river In South Carolina,
was 10 called by the whites The
Indian name was Eswan Huppcday, or
"Dividing Line river" because II was
the boundary between the Cherel<sss
and tho Catawbas
-Ergot Is the product Of the dis
eased seeds of the common rye. In
stances have been known of men and
animals being poisoned from the lack
of caution In separating the diseased
grains from the healthy when prepar-
ing the rye for food
The curfew bell has been cstab-
lished In suburb Of Chicago. called
Wheaton. 1t rings at nine o'clock p.
m, after which it Is unlawful for any
one under eighteen years of nge to APP
pear on the streets unaccompanied by
parent or guardian. It's results are
said TO be extremely beneficial.
Tho women Of Baltimore have
formed Good Government club with
seventy members. The purposes an
nounced are to look after the econom-
zeal and efficient management of the
city affairs. to promote cleanliness,
health and beauty, and TO establish
cooking schools for the training Of
young women
Chinese pheasants were introduced
into various parts of Oregon a few
years ago for game purposes. The
birds have thrived wherever intro
duced. and this season has been especi-
ally favorable. SO that there is every
prospect of an abundance of sport in
this line in the near future, when tho
restricted period expires
-Whena young lion reaches the age
of two years he is able to strangle or
pull down horse or an OK. and SO he
10 grow and increase in
strength till he reaches his eighth
year when he grows no more. For
twenty years after his fangs and talons
show no signs of decay, but after that
he gradually becomes feeble and his
teeth fail him.
While conducting n series Of tests
with a one-hundred- ton testing ma
chine at the Yorkshire college In En-
gland, which included the testing of a
steel wire rope, Prof. Goodman stated
that such ropes were not modern in
and that he had recently seen
4 bronze wire rope one-half inch In
diameter and from twenty to thirty
feet long, which had been found buried
Ia the ruins of Pompeii and which
must have been at least one thousand
nine hundred years old
Sir Robert Bau says that going at
The rate of the electric tclegraph--that
q, $4,000 miles q second--it would
AXE seventy-eight years to telegraph
Message to the most distant telescope
stars, but the camera has revealed
'tars far more distant than these, some
IF which, IL message had been sent
n the year A. ID THAT is to say, 1894
'ears ago-the message would only
ust have reached some Of them, and
would still be on the way 20 others,
'oing at the rate of 10000 miles a sec
md
Deer are so plentiful in some parts
Il Montana that the ranchmen and
ruit growers complain Of them as they
10 of the coyotes, cutworms and other
'esta The fruit growers complain
hat the deer come down from the
Mountains at night and browse on the
ender shoots Of the trees, and In this
nd other ways do great damage to
he orchards Tho animals keep out
4 sight in the daytime, and, as IL Is
ard to shoot them at night, and they
ecline to be frightened away tho
anchers havo a hard time.
Z.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

The casket that Nasrulla Khan pre-
,s.nted the queen from his father, the
Rmeer of Afghanistan, Is a marvel OF
art II is eighteen inches long by If
s1.sen inches high. 1t is cut from a
hloc< of lapis lazuli and is incrusted
with large diamonds, rubies and emer-
aids From the four top corners spring
s<tss- containing ei: briiiiantz f-he
value of the whole is ss5.000 The
queen in return sent gold plate serv-
Toe and other presents of equal value.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

There were ten Of Thorn. and they sat
side by side In the street car, filling up
the entire set. all women and sleeves.
the latter just little crushed. A lone
man hung TO a strap aud waited for
some one To get out, and finally one OF
them did. Then he looked for the va
cant seat, but II had vanished Soon
another woman got out. and again
there was no seat Every time wom-
nm left a vacant seat those other wom-
|fn simply pulled out their sleeves and
noved up Philadelphia Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

The glee with which the New York
free trade papers are announcing what
they are pleased TO term "McKinley's
setback would indicate that they
dread him more as possible presiden-
tial candidate than any Of tho dozens
of other good protectionists who have
already been discussed.