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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Small Grain Crop Assured,

Yanl1ton, s. D., April 9.-The rainfall
Of the past thirty-siS hours has ex-
ceeded three inches in this vicinity, and
this, together with the rain of a week
ago, has moistened the ground to a
of eighteen inches. This condi-
ton has not occurred since 1892, and
farmers declare hat this alone is suf-
ficient to assure a crop of small grain
without further rain.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

An old steamer was sunk in the Mis-
souri, river near Elk Point. above Sioux
City, before the war. Included in the
cargo were 100 barrels of whisky. The
.iver has since shifted its channel, and
the wreck is buried twenty five feet
ander a sandbar near the banks. Two
young men recently leased the site and
have just sunk a shaft and reached the
deck. They expect to have a choice lot
of old whisky in a short time.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
An Echo Of the Great Wheat Corne,

"H SsCII 1T NreHC ntNC VOFN6F.
Chicago, April 9.-Judge Freeman to-
day rendered his decision in the suit Of
Jackson Brothers & Co., a board Of
trade firm. against c. ]. Kershaw & Co.,
with G. B. Eggleston interpleaded. The
decision awarded the plaintiffs s11, $50.
This is the last of fifty suits growing
out Of the effort of Kershaw & Co.,
with others. to corner the wheat mar.
ket in 1887. Kershaw & Co. alone car.
ried 10000, 900 bushels Of wheat and
went down with a crash. President
Harper of Cincinnati was the principal
hacker of the scheme, and It's collapse
ruined Harper's bank and landed Har-
per in the D~enitentiary.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
RICHEST MAN in IOWA.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Joyce Leaves
Her son william Worth Five Millions.

Lyons, Ia, April s.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Joyce, widow Of the late David Joyce,
the widely known millionaire lulnberman
whose death occurred December a last,
died at s O'Clock yesterday morning at
her home in his city. at the age OF 81
years, of valyular heart disease. She
had been sick only about two weeks. By
her death her only son William becomes
the sole heir to the vast fortune left her
by her husband, estimated at $1,000, 900.
This, together with what he already has.
will make him the wealthiest young
man in Iowa. with an estate worth up-
ward of ST, 900, 900. He is but 81 years Of
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Charles Johnson has invented a pat-l
mt hens nest that Is a very great con-
genience to Biddy, and is an automatic
~persuader for her to do good work
When the hen approaches the nest a
wicket door gently opens and after she
passes in 1t closes and the hen has pri-
ate apartments all to herself. The
egg of its own weight opens a trap
door and rolls noiselessly out of sight.
Then, when the hen arises, puts her
hands in her pockets and gets ready
&c walk out, not seeing the egg, thinks
she made a mistake and lays another.
This sort of thing is repeated until the
heft of the chicken buds in the box be-
low touches of a spring and Biddy is
fired out oe the apartment.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Pennsylvania Bank Ecraulter

Lancaster, Pa, April 6.-Thomas NJ.
Grady, cashier Of the First National
bank of Marietta, Pa, is a defaulter for
a large amount. h directors and
bank examiner are now working on the
books. Grady has disappeared. The
money Is supposed to have been lost in
stock exchange speculations.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

In the histories and memoirs written
by the early Spanish adventures in
Peru 1t is said that the natives wor-
shipped as a goddess the cocoa plant
from which cocaine is now made. BY
chewing its leaves mixed with lime
they were enabled to go for days with
out food or drink, carrying heavy bur-
dens over the steppes Of the Andes.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Extra session of conrrcss.

Washington. April CIT is rumored
that President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle held a conference the purport
of which was that if the income tax is
declared unconstitutional by the su-
preme court it will be necessary to call
an extra session of congress.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Another Mine Explosion,

Wakesbarre, Pa, April 9.-An explo-
sion Of gas occurred at Nanticoke, in
No. 2 slope, operated by the Susque-
hanna Goa company at Don today. It
was caused by a naked lamp carried by
one of the miners. A number of men
We're at work 1 the slope at the time, six
of whom were badly but not fatally
burned.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Fire IN Deaf and Dumb Institute.

New York, April "a fire in the me-
chanical department Of the New York
institute for the deaf and dumb, near
midnight last night caused a loss of
$40, 900. Six men We're asleep on the
floor above where the fire started. VIM.
Mccartney jumped fro.1 a window and
was severely injured.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
oil stu Booming.

Pfttsburg. Pa. April 9.-Oll Is still
on the boom. This morning the Stan
dard Oil company announced tina It
would pay s1.27 per barrel for the crude
article. This is an advance Of II cents
a barrel iii two days. On the OIL City
exchange the price is 10 cents higher,
sales being made at $1.37 per barrel.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Train Runs Into a Lands,idc

Asheville, N. c., April 9.-Last night
an extra freight on the Southern rail-
way ran into a slide two miles west Of
Morton. Engineer w. F.. Lee was
caught under a car and instantly killed.
Fireman r. E.. Ardy died a few hours
later from his injuries.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
The yigllant L,unc

Southampton, April 9.vThe American
yacht Vigilant was success ully
launched at 10:40 O'Clock this morning.
United States Consul Kinkheld and
other prominent Americans were on
board.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
--e<----
INCOME TAX LAW SUIT.
G. Moore, Who Instituted the Test
Casa VIII pusl, II tn tho F{niuh.

John G.. Moore. Who Instituted the Test
Case, Will Push 1t to the Finish.
New York, April 9.-John G. Moore.
who brought the original suit contest
ing the validity of the income tax law
said yesterday: 81 intend to continue
the contest against the law and If nee
essary to do so I will make my return,
pay the tax and then institute suit to
ecover. l adhere to my original opin-
ion that the law is not only odious to a
great majority of the American people,
but is in violation of the constitution
and I intend to press the contest to a
finish" =
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
1.umber,nan Suicides.

Atchison. Kas, April 9.-Perry John
son., a we'll known lumbermap, commit
ted suicide here last night by taking
poison. Inability to quit the drink hab-
1T is thought ito have been the cause.
He W took the Keeiey cure but 1t did
not give the desired result.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

The Russian war office has decided to
use henceforth exclusively gray horses
for artillery purposes, the reason given
for he innovation being that animals
of this color have been found by expert
ence to be stronger and more enduring
thar the brown mes now used.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Chicago.

union Stock Yards, Chicago. April s.
Hogs-Heavy s5.2o05.45. mixed s4.So@5.1O
light $.65@5.W, rough heavy s4.s595.10.
Cattle-Beeves $4.2596.15. COWS s1.75@4.75,
stockers and feeders s2.5O@4.5O
Sheep-Natives s3.O0@5.O, western $1,000
4.75, Mexicans $4.50a46.S0. lambs 8.75@
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Did Not Arect the Dcadlock,

Dover, Del. April Ex-Governor Mar
wills death had no effect on the ballot
ing for the United States senator, the
deadlock over which entered its thir-
teenth week today.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

The emblems of royalty of the queen
of Madagascar consist of four scarlet
umbrellas, which are held over her maj
esty when she sits in her p%alanquin Of
State-this latter a present, oddly
enough, from the late emperor OF
the French.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Another south Dakota omcial Suspected.

Another South Dakota Omcial Suspected.
Pierre. S. d., April Sit is rumored
that Assistant Secretary of State Gill
lette has rendered his resignation pend
ing an investigation of charges pre-
ferred against him. The secretary is
Investigating the charges and will prob
ably take action on the resignation
about May 1. The charges are the out
come of an old personal quarrel.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
South Omaha,

South Omaha, April S.-iHogs-Heavy
81. S595.OO, mixed and light 81. 65Q4.9O.
Cattle-Stockers ana feeders 50. 40G3. 60.
cows 81. 50a2.6 so. common 81. 2541. go.
Sheep-Market steady.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Kansas City, April S.-Cattle-Native
steers s5.Ooa5.So stockers and feeders s.. Esq
4.65, cows and heifers s3.50a4.4 40, calves
and yearlings s5.0OaS.OO. range steers $4,000
500.
Hogs-Heavy s4.7Od4.90, medium 1850
Ass, light s4.5OQ4.SO. pigs si.N44.50.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Justice Jackson Refuses to Talk.

Nashville, Tenn. April 9.-Supreme
Court Justice Howell E.. Jackson, whose
illness prevented the full supreme
bench from passing upon the income
tax law. refuses to express an oninion
upon Its constitutlonallt,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
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Saloon Levy Mt Dnbunuc.

Dubuque. Ia, April 9.-rhe board of
supervisors today made Il levy on all
the saloons in this city that were re-
ported by the assessors to the number
of 1876. A similar levy was made in
every township Of the county except
three.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live stock.

s.-Hogs-Heavy s4.s5@4.s5. mixed $4,000
Ass. light $4.G0M4.S5.
Cattle-Bceves. 81. 25l4,5 80; COWS and heif-
ers. s1.0Oa3.25: bulls, s1.25Q3.GO; stockers
and feeders, $2.0013.75 rs; yearlings and
calves. $1.7543.25.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
AM ERlCAN MlCROSC0PIsTS.
Sixteenth Annual Reception and Exhibit
ton Opens Today.

ton Opens Today.
New York, April 9.-The sixteenth an
nua reception and exhibition Of the
New York Microscopical society which
is in progress today al the American
museum on Eighth avenue, is Of espe-
ctal interest from the fact that with a
view of showing the manner in which
the microscope has been evolved. the
society mas gathered together a collec7
ton of Instruments. many Of them old
and curious, and which illustrate the
early growth from rude and simple
forms to the modern wonderful COM
bination of mechanical and optical
principles.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Severe SNOW storms.

Garden City, Kas., April 9.-stock-
men are reporting heavy losses from the
storm of snow, wind and sand,
by severe cold, which
ragged Friday and Saturday. Rarioad
was suspended for two days and
telegraph poles by the score We're bro
ken down, cutting off all communities
ton. A large number of small stock
growers will lose from thirty to fifty
head of cattle. which makes the aggre-
gate loss large.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Enpinecr ana Fireman killed.

Sherbrooke, Que, April ~9.-I1ngineei
Rooney and Fireman Emerson were
killed in a wreck on the south bound
Boston train last night. The engine
struck a large boulder. No passengers
were hurt,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

The confederate silver half dollar Is
reckoned as one of the rarest of Amer
ican coins. Only four such coins were
struck. The confederate silver half dol
lar bears the date of 1861, and was
struck at the mint at New Orleans just
before that Institution was closed by
the federal troops. It has the goddess
of liberty on one side, and a stalk OF
cane, one OF cotton, and the stars and
bars Of the confederHcy on THE other
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

A transparent mirror glass, recently
introduced in Germany. reflects light on
one side, from which it is practically
Opaque, while from the other side it is
transparent. 1t is proposed to use this
type of glass for glazing windows in city
residences. for, while 1t will not cut Off
light or vision from the interior, it will
prevent outsiders from seeing into 4
room.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

The average cost of power for the
manufacture of a barrel of flour in Min
neapolis is said to be 2 1-2 cents for wa
ter and 6 to z cents for steam, while at
Duluth, where steam is used exclusive
iy, the cost per barrel is 23-l cents to
3 ID cents a BARREL. the coal used be-
ing the refuse from the docks. .
A young Bath, Me-. couple, New
Years Eve, at q company, joked each
other on the fact that neither was we'd
ded. The young man went home with
the maiden and proposed that if neither
of them found anyone he or she liked
better during 1895 that they become en-
gagged to each other next New Years
Nicholas Hallock, OF Queens, l.. l.,
engraved his name on a silver quarter
in 1911. 1t continued in circulation UNI
til Il few days ago, when it WIS taken
in change by the railroad agent at
Queens. As the name was still deci-
pherab.c after the coins fifty years of
wandering. the agent turned it over to
Mr.. Hatlock.
The experiment of cooking dinner for
1900 men belonging to the guards in a
single field kitchen at the Muncheberg
station, near Berlin, took place the 9TH
or day, before the troops left for their
headquarters. The affair was complete
ly successful. Thirty : five hundred
pounds of beef and 1,50O pounds Of
hams were cooked.
III the Sitka district, Alaska, the ca
noes are each cut from a single log of
wood. The log is first dressed and hol-
owed out and then steamed and spread
open. Manyo of the canoes are models of
form. Great care is expended on them,
and if the maker were paid good wages
their prices would be fabulous. Agood
new canoe able to carry three men and
100 pounds Of baggage, is worth $3.50.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Leach. of New Bos-
ION, N. H., recently gave u friend "a
silk quilt made by herself of a "crazv"
pattern, that is decidedly unique in col
ors and design, intricate in needlework
and complicated in the arrangement of
its more than 400 parts. Each piece is
distinct in its shape and arrangement,
no two pieces resembling each other in
outline aud very few of like color. Mrs.
Leach is 81 years old.
Fer coloring iron aud steel a dead
black of superior appearance and per-
manency the right article has long been
sought, and, to meet this want, M. Ma
znre now proposes a fluid, of which the
following is the formula: One part
bislnuth chloride, two parts mercury
blchloride, n part copper chloride.
six parts hydrochloric acid, five parts
alcohol. and fifty partS wafer these he.
ing of course, well mixed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
LAWYER G0FF's TROUBLE.
The Senate Committee Investigating nj.
Disagreement With the Court OF GEM
eral Sessions.

New York, April 6.-The senate COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
merits of the controversy between Re-
corder Golf and the judges of the court
of general sessions. held it's session this
morning In the criminal court building.
The trouble grows out of the refusal Of
the five judges to recognize the demand
of the ex-counsel to the LeXow commit
tee, that he be allowed to make certain
Wholesale appointments OF court off,
Gals. The relations between the Re-
corder and the judges. who have fire.
quently to confer with each other, are
greatly strained. The committee COM
prises Senator O'Connor. chairman,
and Senators Coggleshall, Mullin,
iLexow, Parker, Cantor and Mcmahon.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
MlnNeApOlts.

Minneapolis. April s.-Wheat-Closing-
April SOC, May 5Sss@58%c. July 59kc, Sop
,tember 57Ac, OF track No. 1 hard 5aMc.
No. 1 northern 5SAc, No. 2 northern 5Shc.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
E.milx Given I'm Hone.

Washington, April 9.-The critical
condition OF Deputy Comptroller Man.
sur was unchanged at l o'clock this ant
ernoon. His physician and family have
given up hope.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
LIVE STOCK LoANs.
A Strong Company Formed in Chicago
With 100000 Capital.

With 100000 Capital.
Chicago, April o. One Of the
strongest combinations of live stock In
terests formed in the history of the
trade was made known at the stock
yards Saturday. 1t was the combina-
ton of the commission house of r.
Strahorn & Co. and the Evans-Hutton-
Hunter Commission company Of st.
Louis and Kansas City, under the firm
name Of Strahorn-H utton-Evans COM
pany, with Robert Strahorn, Chicago,
president: T. S. Hutton. Kansas City,
vice president; A. D.. Evans, ST. Louis,
secretary; William Hunter, Fort Worth,
treasurer, who with Jesse Sherwood
of Chicago n ]. r. Campbell of In
dian Territory will constitute the board
of directors. The capital stock is fixed
at 5000, 900, and the business will be con-
finued in three cities. The consolida-
zion is the first of n Importance to
deal exclusively with live stock. and its
holdings are The method
Of work is to loan none on cattle held
by cattlemen, and it a proved a sue
cess, for 1.-THE combination begins work
by controlling on loans Of over $1,00O,-
200 over 200, 900 head of cattle now feed
Ing In the different states, and which
will find a market within the next
sight months. The deal was generally
discussed yesterday at the stock yards.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
! SURVIVORS OF SHILOH.

The Reunion Continues Through To-day
but Ends Tomorrow Afternoon.
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, April g.
The exercises incident to the reunion
of The survivors of the Shiloh Battle-
field are being continued today. To-
morrow there will be religious services
both morning and afternoon and the re-
union will come to an end.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

This country bas 10000 chinese.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

According to the city directory just
issued Baltimore he's a population of
617.7 94. an increase during the year Of
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Speaker watson become. governor.

Dover. Del, April 9.-wm, T. Wat
son. speaker of the senate, took the
path of Office Of governor in the senate
at 1870 o'clock to fill the vacancy caused
BY the death OF Governor Marvil.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Milton, W. Va, has a military com
pany composed entirely of girls. They
are drilled under the tutorship Of a cap
tain of the state militia, and propose to
appear in public VIXEN they become pro,
ficient.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
Santa Fe Directors to Meet

New York. April "a meeting of the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe direc-
tors will be held Wednesday to pass on
the plan of reorganization. and it is
thought the plan will be made public
Thursday. The details of the plan were
printed early In March.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

The late legislature passed insurance
bills for the organization of merchants
mutual and ounty mutual companies; a
law preventing companies or agents from
thorlly from the auditor; a law exempt
ing the life insurance from the debts of
the descendant, and one allowing guaranty
companies to give bonds for public Of
ticials. The maximum rate bill was killed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Pierre. S. D., April 9.-The insurance
records of the. state auditors office show
the total foreign fire and life insurance
business of the state to be as follows:
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

A locker on in Washington says thai
poker is all the rage just now among the
younger element of society women in
Washington; but, Of curse, 1t Is played
under the rose, and only those in the
swim are permitted to sit at the green
cloth and daily with the seductive
chips. The ladies' play like men-that
Is, they put their money upebefore they
sit down, and ash in their chips at the
end of the game, according to the rules
and regulations provided. There has
been a good deal of comment and gossip
recently about the stiff games played
by some of these women, and it is pre-
dicted that if the practice keeps up a
scandal of huge proportions will be the
result.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Another machine, which is expected to
revolutioniza type setting, is described
by M. MaZereau. According to the in
Ventor, the Rev. Pere Calendoni, a
Sicilian Dominican, it can compos 3d.
600 letters per hour, a ask equal to the
labor of thirty-siX compositors. The
difference in speed, as compared with
the existing machines, lies in the fact
that instead of ach letter being made
to fall separately into the composing
stick, entire words car. be composed in
an instant by the simultaneous appli-
cation of the fingers of both hands. M.
Mazereau states that he has himself
manipulated the instrument on a small
scale with complete success.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Noah Count
Inventories: my sons home from school.
Well. Hedison. any new conceis on hand7
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-13
building on slte Of I~ayfay,tta uan.

Pittsburg. Pa, April 9.-only a hole
N the ground and a few foundation
tones now remain of Lafayette hall, the
historic building within whose walls
:he republican party was brought into
existence. and which has given shelter
10 the national conventions of the prohi.
oition and many other parties. The
structure has been in process of demo-
iitlon for nearly two weeks and a bank
building to cost a third of a million will
occupy the site.