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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
The Cn.unIt, Record.

Orian Apade, eighteen years old, liv-
ing near Akron, Ohio, was killed by
the explosion of q gun.
Jacob neubel. a German of Sterling,
H., who served as a soldier In the
F'ranco-Prussian war, was killed by
the kick of a horse.
The business district OF Conneben,
Mich, has been almost wholly de-
stroyed by fire. The loss Is put at
$4,000, with little or no insurance.
Fire consumed a block at Algonquin,
Ill. After being carried from the
burning building by neighbors II. ID.
Kazar persisted In an attempt to res
cue his little daughter.
Peter Howe. fo~rty-seven years old,
engineer of the Roman Catholic Pro-
tectory at Van Nest. N. :. was killed
and his fireman, John Dermody. forty
i've years old. fatally injured by the
explosion of e fire extinguisher.
A disastrous fire, the second within
eight months. swept the business por-
ton OF State Center, Iowa, wiping out
the four leading concerns of the town.
The loss Is probably $4,000; insur-
ance less than half.
The Ocean View hotel on Rockaway
Peach. n. Y, between Hammers sta
ton and Aryerne, which was shelter
ing over 200 guests, was destroyed
by fire and the guests had narrow es-
capes.
The steamer Empire State, with n
party Of Cleveland excursionists, while
running in the Galops rapids, went
aground and stove a hole in her bot
tom. The passengers were safely
landed.
James Hensley, Jr., aged seventeen,
was fatally burned at Anderson, Ind,
by the bursting Of a natural gas pipe
on which he vas working. This is
the third accident Of the kind that
has happened at Anderson In the last
ten days.
at The Willows, or Ferris place. on
Spring Lake, Mich. the wife and lit
tie son OF Arthur Frances of Engle-
wood, Ill, were accidentally drowned.
The child was In bathing and got be-
yond his depth. The mother went to
his rescue and both were drowned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
WOULD MURDER A RoTHSCHILD.
Internal Machine I'm the shape of n
Letter.


Paris. Aug. 2T.-A serious attempt
has been made upon the life of Baron
de Rothschild. A large and heavy en-
velope was received at the bank, ad-
dressed to the Baron, and was opened
by NJ. Zadkovitz, the confidential clerk
of the well known banker. Just as the
clerk opened the envelope ii exploded
with great force, tearing his right eye
out and blowing off some Of his fin
gers. The police were hastily sum-
moned and an investigation vas i'm
mediately commenced. The remains
of the strange envelope We're picked
up and examined, with the result that
the police officers expressed the opin~
ion that the envelope was an Internal
machine. 1t consisted of pieces of
card board tightly bound together and
was quite bulky. But there was moth
ing strange in its appearance, as pc
culiarly constructed packages of sim
liar appearance are frequently re-
ceived at banks and are found to con
tain money or valuable papers OF va
rious descriptions. The card board en-
velope of this package, it is presumed,
contained illuminate Of mercury so ar
ranged that when the outer covering
was torn open an explosion Occurred.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
Faculty Of the Agricultural college.


The state board OF regents Of edu-
cation met in Scotland a few days ago.
and elected the following faculty for
the Brookings agricultural college:
Nellie E. Folsom, English language
and literature.
DIR. Robert l.. Slagle, chemistry.
John NJ. Truman, dairy science.
W. III. H. Phillips, mathematics.
John A, Craig, practical agriculture.
.. A. Cormack, veterinary snrgery.
Lila A. Haskins, domestic econo-
my.
John NJ. Parkinson, history and
political science.
Nils 3. Hanson, horticulture and
forestry.
DR.. ID. McLaren, zoology.
Lee Il. Walgemnth, superintendent
mechanical department.
Thomas A. Williams, botany.
Carrie NJ. Barton, industrial art.
l.. E. Winslow, shorthand.
Alice Z. Holt, elocution.
A. b Crane, assistant in mathe-
MATES.
III. b. Mathews, assistant in chem
istry.
David f. Jones, instructor in phar-
macy.
Besides these President McLouth
and Secretary Hewitt were reelected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
rernonnl Mention.

Carl Brown, the ex-Coxeyite, II is
said, Is about to start q daily ncwspa-
per under the title Of Carts Cactus.
Ex-Gov. "Bob" Taylor of Tennessee
is as fond Of his fiddle as ever and en-
tertains his friends with rollicking
ditties as of old.
Among the many re~semblances be-
tween Sir Richard Earkes, Australians
grand old man." and Gladstone is
Z y both write poetry.
Mr.. Gladstone has written such a
vast number OF letters during his life
that his autographs bring only six
pence In the English market.
Col. r. W. Thompson, ex-secretary
of the navy, who is now over eighty
years old, is a bicyclist. sometimes
riding ten miles before breakfast.
Rev. Lucius r. Paige, Ii. D., of
Cambridge, Mass, thinks that he Is
the Oldest living Free Mason in the
United States. He Is ninety-four years
of age.
Ex-Justice Strong, it is said, gave up
an income of $4,000 a year from his
law practice to accept the place on
the supreme bench offered him by
President Grant.
Won Sybel, the German historian,
comes to the defense of the ex-Em-
press Eugene and disproves the long
credited story that she urged Napole-
on into the Franco-German war.
Rev. William G.. Winslow of Boston
vice president OF the Egypt explora-
ton fund, has received the decoration
of the Society of Science and Arts of
Great Britain for honorary fellowship.
Friends Of j. Albert Walker, the
millionaire coal operator of Ports
mouth and Boston, say that he viii
be a candidate for United States sen
ator, to succeed Jacob H.. Gailinger OF
Concord.
Ex-senator William NJ. Evarts
spends most of his time at his sum-
mer home in Windsor, VT. 1t is diff
cult for him to either read or write,
though he takes great interest In the
news Of the day.
Ex-Supreme Court Justice Strong
has had a stroke of paralysis which
affects the left side of the body. He
has also had a relapse of the catarrhal
fever, is very weak and at present I'M
conscious, He is at Lake Minnewas-
ka, v. Y.
James Kerr Hardie, member OF par
lament for the south division of West
Hampshire, and president Of the In
dependent Labor party, who classes
himself as a Democrat and a Socialist,
is on his way to this country to lee
ture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
Warrington.

The bureau Of labor is investigating
the condition of American seamen,
particularly the part middlemen take
In the hiring of crews.
w. T. Lyon, presidential postmaster
at Seln.s, Cal, was removed, because
he published in his paper, the lrrigat-
or, an article rejecting on President
Cleveland. Lyon was a Democrat.
Commissioners Schultz, Kidd and
Day, who have been designated by
the secretary OF the Interior to aiiot
lands in Southern Utah, have begun
operations.
1t is now said that the shortage OF
Alnsworth r. Spofford, librarian of
congress, will be at least $4,000. The
detailed report of Treasury Expert
Myers has shown so serious s condi-
ton of affairs that Secretary Carlisle
has laid 1t before the president for
action.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
miscellaneous Items.

An earthquake shock was felt at
Maysvilie, Ky.
Gen." Coxey is touring Nebraska
in the interest Of free silver.
Alfred Paxton has been appointed
receiver for the Davis Carriage com
pany at Cincinnati.
Prof. J. L. Nichols, well known in
Illinois educational circles. died at
Battle Greek, Mich.
The New York state law closing bar.
Der shops Is being generally enforced
Niagara is the only place where the
law is a dead letter.
While at work on Lewis Potter's
farm near Dimondale. Mich, Frank
Lonsbury and Augustus Fox dug nm
a box full of gold nuggets and a little
sack of pure gold flakes.
State Senator @. A. Porter. n of
the men who Is opposing Quay In
Pennsylvania, has sued the Philadel-
phia Inquirer for libel, claiming $780,
600 damages.
Joseph Layden of Maiden, w. Va,
Is the father of twenty-eight children.
his youngest being a ten-pound boy
born a day or two ago. Mr.. Layden
is seyenty-four years old and his wife
fifty-five.
The Big Four ran its first passenger
train into Louisville over the new
Louisville and ~Jeffersonville bridge.
This is the bridge on which SO many
lives We're lost during its construc-
ton.
Alexander Ridenbaugh, aged sixty,
died while about his duties in the
Touring mill at Pierceton, Ind. The
deceased ran the engine and 1t was
discovered that the machinery was
running slower than usual. Mr.. Riden-
baugh as found near the boiler dead.
The Southern Pacific company has
entered into a contract In London
which makes 1t now possible for a
passenger to buy a ticket around the
world from any point on the lines
which have become a party to the new
agreement.
John White, colored. died In the
county Jail at Uniontown, Pa, after
one of the most severe seiges of cpl.
leptic fits on record. He was seized
with q paroxysm and they continued
In rapid succession for ten hours. He
had about ninety in all. White was
o vagrant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
ROBBER AND MURDERER.
Man Supposed to BE Such Is Killed
hy "a Posse,

McBain, Mich, Aug. 27.-George A.
Smalley, supposed to be n of the Chi
cago & West Michigan train robbers
and the man who shot Detective Pow
ers nea Grand Rapids Thursday
night, was shot and instantly killed
here last night. Smalley, who is said
to answer perfectly the description of
N Of Powers murderers sent out by
the Grand Rapids officials, turned up
here to-day, having dropped off a To-
ledo & Ann Arhor train. He acted
rather suspiciously and after some dis
cussion the marshal formed a posse
and started to the outskirts Of the
town, where, when he saw that he
was pursued, Smalley broke into a
run. They finally surrounded him in
a small cabin. Here Smalley turned
and made a move to pull a pistol from
his pocket. Before he could do SO,
however, the marshal fired. hitting
Smalley in the breast and killing him
instantly. Snalley was found to be
heavily armed, and had considerable
money ON his person.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
Foreign Gossip.

A returned Canadian missionary
tells Of rough usage at the hands of
Chinese mobs.
Military guards, consisting of Co
lombian soldiers, are being stationed
along the line of the Panama canal.
Cuban revolutionary agents are re-
ported TO be enlisting retired Mexican
officers.
The Japanese only occupy the coasts
of the island of Formosa, whence they
dispatch punitive expeditions into the
interior. ...
John DAILY, ex-member Of the house
of commons for Cork, while alighting
from a train at Sydney, fell between
h platform and the carriage and had
his left hand badly injured.
The bark Halthill has arrived at
Queenstown. This is the vessel which
IL was feared was sunk with all on
board in a collision i'm mid-ocean on
July IL. by the steamship Prince Os-
car, which also %foundered.
Without waiting for a reply TO a
demand for an Increase of 10 per cent
in the wages, the mill workers at
Dundee, Scotland, have begun to
strike. The mills are closed and 1000
hands are idle.
a severe engagement is reported TO
have been fought at Arillao. i'm the de-
partment of Santa Clara. The insur-
gents are said to have lost fifty kille
and the government eight soldiers
killed or wounded.
Serious disturbances have broken
out at Mulheim, Germany, consequent
upon the Cologne & Mulheim Steam
Navigation company reducing fares
between these places lu order to ruin
a rival company. The police are una
Die to prevent rioting.
Henry Cargill, a member of the Ca
madam parliament, says that If the
Manitoba Legislature viii come TO some
agreement with the Dominion govern
ment on the school question there will
probably be a general election this
fall; If not, there will be another SEES
sion before the dissolution of parlia.
ment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Robert Ralston, bookkeeper for the
Samuel Woodside company of Cincin-
natl, Is short in his accounts $4,000.
John S~tafferson, while drunk, was
killed at Detroit by an unknown man
whom he had insulted.
Martin Kuhler and Jacob Dorsey
fought with hatchets at Peoria. HI,
aud the latter will die as a result.
+. T.. Purcell, a leading populist pol
itician of Leavenworth. Kan, was ar
rested on a charge OF burglary land is
now in n county Jail.
Experts have reported that the ac-
counts Of ex-County treasurer NJ. w.
Stewart Of Wyandotte county, Kan,
are short S33,SS5.
Government Detective Grier is in
Jail at Perry Sound. Ont, charged
with shooting and dangerously wound
ing a whisky peddler whom he at
tempted to arrest.
An old negro, convicted in the
United States court at Fort Smith.
Ark, Of stealing horses, said he had
been a slave of President Andrew
Jackson, and that he was born at the
Hermitage eighty-six years ago.
Deputy Marshal Burke and posse ar
rested two notorious female outla ws
near Pawnee, o. r., but had TO fight
10 make the arrest. The names of the
women are jennie Medkif, formerly
Stephens, aged seventeen years, and
Annie McDoulet, aged fifteen.
A. j. Lusk, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Wichita, Kan, was an
rested at Long Coach, an ocean re-
sort lear Portland, Or. He is charged
with embezzling $4,000 two years ago,
for which he escaped on a technicality
once and then fed.
Howard Lambert of Elkhart. Ind.
recently married Miss Lena Russell,
got $1,000 of her money for a business
enterprise and disappeared. His
friends fear he has been murdered.
He was highly connected and bore an
excellent reputation.
Jacob and Samuel Goi,.stein, aged.
respectively six and eight years, were
arrested at Des Moines, Iowa, for
rifing the postoffice box of the Citi-
Zens' National bank. Checks aud
drafts amounting to $8,e61 were recov-
cred from the lads, but 81, 400 is miss
ing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

The loss Of a steam launch off Buffa-
10 harbor, with seven lives, shows
how helpless little steam craft are
when they become disabled In ma
chinery or steering gear. Her rudder
became disabled In a sea-, and she was
literally swamped. Had a sailing
yacht been thus crippled she could
have been managed by q skiAful use
Of her sails.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
CHINESE CONVICTED
OF the Murder of Missionaries and
New Arrests Made Daily.

New York, Aug. 27.-The World will
print tomorrow the following cable:
Foo Chow, China, Aug. 26.-Firm-
has brought the Chinese TO terms.
Foreigners are now present at the
trials Of natives implicated in the at
tacks upon missionaries. The Chinese
officials afford every facility to the
foreign commissioners OF inquiry. Six
of the Chinese who had a hand in the
at Hwasang have been CON
victed of murder. New arrests are
made daily. What was reported as a
new massacre "a only a local riot.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

A horseless vehicle propelled by an
electric motor is said to be making Its
way through the crowded streets of
Chicago with apparent ease. Another
device TO cheat the horse Of his iegiti-
mate Job is a tricycle. with two hind
wheels which sustain an express
wagon for the delivery OF small pack
ages A boy sits over the front wheel
and propels the machine bicycle faJn-
Ion. Where is this thing going to
stop?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
South Dakota Census Returns.

The census returns are not yet all
in, but enough have been received to
chow that, in spite OF the drought and
hard times OF the past five years, the
population of the same has not been
reduced, though the gam has been
very small. Some OF the largest
counties have not yet reported, but
they probably have not lost any
from their population. The returns
from the counties for 1890 and 1895
are.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Admiral Norton, OF the navy, who
was recently in Brazilian waters, re-
ports that the friendship of the Bra
gilians for the Americans 10 very
marked. The American flag is fire.
quently seen in the streets, and the
United States government is frequent
ly cheered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Al ambulance cycle has been in
vented by a Berlin doctor. 1t is a litter
resting or two wheels at one end, and
Is attached to an ordinary tricycle. at
the other and worked by two men. 1t
would be useful in small towns, where
q horse ambulance is toe expensive, or
In the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Buckle devoted nearly twenty years
to the collection of materials for his
History OF Civilization" He wrote
only a portion Of the introduction,
which remains a great monument TO
his literary and philosophical teach
Ings. If the work had been finished
OH the same scale as begun a hundred
volumes would not have sufficed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Among the treasures OF the Austrian
crown are some religious relics that
would make the fortune OF a church.
They include a nail from the cross, a
fragment from the cross itself, a
piece OF wood from tie manger at
Bethlehem, fragments OF the apron
worn by the Virgin, and a tooth Of
John the Baptist.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

1t has been decided by one of the
courts of Utah that the women of
that territory have a right to vote
upon the adoption of the proposed
state constitution, bet 1t will probably
be held by the supreme court that a
territory cannot confer the election
franchise on the feminine element
without authority Of an act OF con
gress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
he West Highland Railway con

The West Highland Railway com
pany OF London has found 1t neces
Rary to hang "arouse protectors on
many Of their telegraph lines. The
protectors consist of several sheets Of
tin, which rattle together and val
the birds of danger. Before this insti-
tuition hundreds Of birds were killed
by striking the wires.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Gen. Salcedo says IN Madrid that the
Cuban revolution viii be crushed by
the end Of the year. He is far enough
from Cuba to feel safe In making 4
claim. The Spaniards In Cuba are
setting no time for the final act. They
know better.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
Criminal s,oinas.

The jury in the nuesrrow murder
case, at Union. Mo-, failed to agree.
With the aid Of carbolic acid, Mrs.
Charles Ellebrecht of Quincy, H.,
aged t~hirty-seven. committed suicide.
Samuel Lewis was lyhched at West
Palm Reach. Fla, the mob also killing
Taller Gustaye Kaisei,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

A New York court has fined a detect
I've $40 for shadowing a man, and the
ease will be carried to a higher trsbun-
nj. The lawyers contend that the di-
vorce business may as well be abol-
Ished IL they are not allowed to obtain
evidence In that way.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

Between the systems OF Willis. In
iG02, and Pitman, 1897, there were Dol
systems of shorthand published, and
since that date there have been PSI,
making a total OF 4S2. This will, nc
doubt. be a matter of surprise to the
many who are only acquainted with
the wen known system of Isaac Pit,
man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

In 1888 Mrs. Bar nun issued a little
book descrirtiv ecf the la3t year Of
her husbands life. It's title was "rhe
Last Chapter" and 1t was intended to
ieomplete Mr.. Barnum's autobiography
"A postscript must now be aided, but
this is a woman's privilege.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
VIII he Renppointed.

Washington, Aug. 2T.-Matthew w.
Ransom of North Carolina will be re-
appointed United States minister 10
Mexico. and the president viii thus
rectify the blunder made In the first
appointment of Mr.. Ransom while he
was stlll a member of the senate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

The British speaker lasts longer
than his American counterpart, gets
more pay, and, on the whole, does xss
hard work. But he has less power,
and less fun. This is where the Amer
lean speaker has the advantage over
the corresponding official IN all the
other great countries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

The oldest lady wheeler yet heard Of
Elmer Of Cabanne, wife of Rev. Mr..
Elmer. She has been riding for some
months, and although a lady of some
years past the half-century mark, is
rs graceful as u sny Of her younger
contemporaries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29

II will he gratifying 70 consumers
to note that the. quality of the baking
powder most generally In use in their
kitchens, the Royal, is confirmed by
the highest official authorities as alto
gether the best Of any in the market.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
$50 573,l4OSol1.773 ss6

The total number OF horses, colts. ponies and
mules owned In the state liz BIC. 800, with q to-
classes there are 49l, 209 head, with a valuation
OF "a, 296.o33: there are 1923. $50 sheep owned
IN the state, with a valuation OF $3.50, 222; and
there are 2l7, 76i hogs in the state with a valu-
at-sp " 1851 10.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
Carved to Pieces.

Middlesboro, Ky, Aug. 27.--A bloody
encounter occurred at the water works
to-day, in which James Lyle iiterGlly
carved Peter Sullivan to pieces. Lyle
escaped.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
CLEANED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
TELEGRAMS.

Thirty Four Bushels to the Acre Faculty
of the Agricultural Coilege-Sotuh Dako-
tn Personal and Real Property ASSESS
m lat Returns by Counties.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.

The Latest and Most Important
News of the world, Called From
the Telegraph Reports OF the
Press Associations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-29
The IoIIoWlng unorganlzed counties
have sent in returns.

No comparative figures have yet
been compiled rs to the population
OF the cities of the state, and returns
have not yet been received on the
cities Of Sioux Falls, Yankton or
Pierre. The following is a list of the
towns which show 1000 or more pop
ulation: Huron, 2,514; Scotland,
1,O4S; Aberdeen, 1885; VermiIlion,
1857: Watertown. 1854; Mitchell,
2,579; Hot Springs, 1,642; Madison,
zoos; Canton, 1,6l1; Lead, 4,129;
Deadwood, 4,2O5; Speardsh, Lib;
Eureka, 1,oo6; Rapid City, 1887.
Personal and Real Property Assessment.
The final figures are now in on the
state assessment and the valuation
OF the state by counties, and are as
follows: