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

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock Centers.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Wheat-Septem-
Ner, 81 1-2c; December, IS 1-Sc: May,
62c. Corn-September. 81 3-Sc; Octo-
Der. IS 1-2c; November. % 1-Sc: May.
- 7-Sa29c. Oats-September, 10 1-2c;
October, 1S3-Sc; December, S3-4c;
May. 20 3-4c. Pork-September, $7.S5;
October, $3.50; January. $685.: May,
$0.57 IL. Lard-September. $3.50; DC
tober, $3.50: January, $5.77 IL: May,
1892 1-2. Ribs-September and Oc-
tober. $5O5; January, S4.S2 1-2.
Chicago. Sept. 24.-Hogs fairly &C
tive at 10a15c decline; light, S3.S0a
40; mixed, SO. 75a4.45; heavy, $3.65a
40; rough, $3.65a3.SG. Cattie-Trade
slow and prices unchanged; steers,
S3.5Oa5.7 70; cows and bulls. $1.25a3.2 %:
Texans, $2a3.5O; Westerns, $2.25a
40.
Minneapolis. Sept. 24.-Wheat-Sep-
TENDER closed at 50 1-Sc; December
opened at 81 1-4c and closed at 80 7-Sc;
May opened at So lac and closed at
5Sc. On track - No. l hard, "a 3-4c;
No. / Northern, 80 SAC; No. = North
ern. 30 lac.
Milwaukee, Sept. 24.-Flour steady
but quiet. Wheat lower; Nc. z
spring, SIC; No. l Northern. 5Sc; De.
Cember. 5Sc. Corn duh and IN
changed; No. 3. 81 1-2c. Oats lower;
No. . white, 22c; No. 3 white, 21a
81 Sic. Barley weaker; No. ?. Ale;
sample, 2Sa42 lie. Rye lower; No. 1.
40 Ice. Provisions lower; pork, $50;
lard, $3.50.
st. Paul, Sept. 24.-Hogs 5a10c low
er; quality better; good demand for
light and medium weights. Cattle
Very few cattle offered; good de-
maud for fat cattle and good quality
stockers at strong prices; Gamers
strong and active; common butcher
stuff slow and dragging.
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or sailing hope was expressed that the
party would be back at st. Johns by
the end of September, and the arrival
Of the steamer to-day justifies the ex-
pectation.
On the arrival of the Kite, Lieut..
Peary and Hugh j. Lee, with his col
ored servant, were found safe on
board. They were found at Whale
sound on Aug. 3 waiting for the Kite.
and had only ten days previously re-
turned from a great overland expe-
dition which proved a comparative
failure. Many sensational stories are
current among the crew OF the extrem-
tiles to which Peary, Lee and Hen
sen were reduced. According to the
stories, which the explorers decline
to deny, they were almost starved,
and were forced TO eat seal end other
refuse to keep them alive.
All three owe their lives to the
shooting Of eight musk oxen. but dur
ing the journey they had to sacrifice
the weaker dogs and feed the flesh to
the others, for it was necessary to
sustain some OF the animals as long
as possible to enable their supplies
and instruments 10 be brought along.
Out of forty-nlne dogs which started
only one returned alive. and all five
sledges were abandoned during the
two days just prior to the return of
the party to Anniversary Lodge. Their
safe return they looked upon as al
most a miracle. as during those last
two days hardly a particle Of food
passed the mouths OF any OF them.
and the struggle to reach their home
was II OF ever increasing suffering.
When the relief expedition reached
Anniversary Lodge the Peary party
were showing marked evidences OF
their terrible experiences.
Lieut.. Peary was extremely nom
commital in regard to The expedition
generally, and all Of the party de-
clined to express an opinion on the
work done, nor would they state what
new discoveries have been made. The
Kites cruise, after finding Peary. was
not prolific of results, or IL IL was, not
much Is being said Of the nature OF
the discoveries. A number OF walrus
and seal were shot for museum speci-
mems, and Prof Gyche made an un-
usually large collection of birds at
Holsteinburg. The two meteorites
which were found were OF large size.
II weighing about three tons. The
great iron stone reported by Sir John
Ross. which was also came upon.
could not be got off owing to its un-
wieidy size and enormous weight.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
RATHER CHILLY.
The Temperature I'm the West Takes
q Sudden DrOD.

Chicago. Sept. 2i.-Relief from the
sweltering weather Of the past week
reached this city shortly after eight
accompanied by a drifting, chilling
rain which Sent pedestrians hurrying
to their homes. arrived. The Their
mometer dropped from SO to SO. The
barometer indicates storms which will
be welcome visitors after the scorch-
ing days through which the city has
just passed. The day was excessively
hot and the wind seemed ladened with
heat and only added to the general
suffering. At 7 O'Clock there was no
indication OF the change which came
On an hour later. The past seven days
broke all records for heat for Septem-
Der in this city and throughout the
Northwest. There were ten deaths
from the heat and numerous prostra-
lions.
Dispatches to the Associated Press
from many points In Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota ard Wisconsin report a
drop in the temperature to nearly the
same figures. At nearly all points
which have been heard from the
change was ushered In by a violent
wind storm. which at some points did
considerable damage. In Northern
Wisconsin the wind was accompanied
by a heavy rain, some points report
ing a fall Of from one-half to an inch
In less than an hour. Telegraphic COM
mnnication with the Northwest was
seriously crippled by the storm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
BULLETS IN A POKER GAME.


Mckinney. Ky, Sept. 22-News Of
one Of the most terrific battles was
reported to-day from Adams & Trow-
bridges distillery in Pulaski county,
seventeen miles south of this place.
Lee Mckinney says last night five
men. one of them named Cain of Min
tOnville, engaged in a game of poker
In a little 12x12 room at the distillery.
A dispute over the game arose and
shooting began. Cain alone escaped,
and is accredited with Staying all the
dead. Most of the slain were either
shot through the head or heart. Cain,
it is reported is evading arrest, al
though the officers are hot on his trail.
The dead men lie side by side in the
meal room of the distillery, awaiting
Identification and the order of friends.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
DAMAGES FOR LIBEL
A Virginia Paper Brought to Terms by
the American Book Company.

the American Book Company.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va. says:
The American Book MI of New
York has just gained a signal victory ia the
courts of Virginia and has received an alb
solute and complete vindication after a long
and exhaustive trial by special jury in the
Circuit court of this city. The Pilot news
paper OF this city, upon the awarding Of
the contract for school books to the Amer
lean Book company, printed a long article
written and prepared by X. T.. Byrd, an
agent and attorney for CHM & Co, of New
York. in which it was charged that the
state superintendent had been bribed by
the American Book company. The Pilot
vas Immediately sued for libel, and, after
a five weeks trial, which created an inn
mense amount of interest throughout the
state, a verdict for punitive damages was
recently awarded, and the jury found that
the statements made were false and a
deliberate libel. Not onlv so, but the
company, upon unimreachable evidence,
was proved TO have dealt honorably and up
rightly In every particular in lhei. negotia-
tions with the state officials. 1t was furth-
err proved at the trial that no better terms
had been made with any other state for
school books. In fact, the attorney-general
of Virginia stated that the American Book
company seemed to throw open their whole
business to us, and after full and complete
examination of all the original contracts
made with the various states he expressed
himself as absolutely satisfied that the
prices we're the same in all cases and hat
no discrimination whatever had been made
against the state of Virginia. Furthermore
be mentioned that non of the statements
of the American Boo company hal been
accepted until every one of them had been
absolutely verified by direct reference to
the governors of some fifteen states, with
whom contracts had been made. This
proved conclusivelythat the representations
of the American Book company were cor
rect in toto. This celebrated case has thus
ended in a complete triumph In every re-
spect for the American Book company, n
has showni in clear contrast the clean and
business-like methods in which they carry
on their great industry as compared with
the attempted use OF political pulls and
misstatements by their opponents. Chi
cd0O Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

the contrary. She also assured him
that she prayed nightly for his speedy
d~eliyerance.
Adolph Oppenheim. a DIwnbroker,
testified that on the 4th and 10th of
April Durrant came to his store and
offered for sale q ring with Il sm2ll
chip diamond. The witness selected
a ring from those identified as be-
longing to Blanche Lamont, and said
that was the ring offered him by Dur
rant. He had declined to purchase
1t, and Durrant had taken it away
with him. The witness stated that
since testifying at the preliminary ex-
animation he had received two letters
Offering him brides to modify his
testimony. One of the letters offered
him $500 on condition that he stated
on the stand that he could not posi-
lively identify Durrant. He was not
TO see any n in connection with the
bride until after he had given his
testimony, when the money would be
paid to him. The second letter was
Of a similar character. The witness
said he had turned both letters over
to the police.
Crimes stranger and more terrible
than those with which Durrant is
charged have never, perhaps, startled
this continent. He is quite young. a
medical student, and previous to the
discovery of the murder and mutlla-
ton of two young and innocent wo-
men, was esteemed n model young
The two girls We're last seen
with him. so people began to study
him, and In a week enough was found
out to prove him a ~dispicable wretch.
If not a murderer. The details of the
crimes are well known. If Durrant is
found guilty America will see in the
murderer a character like Stephen
sons terrible and fanciful creation,
DIR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

Philadelphia, Sept. 24.-An entirely
different explanation of the sinking Of
the Spanish cruiser Barcastegui and
the loss OF forty-six lives in the Har-
Dor Of Havana on last Wednesday
night is made In letters received in
this city to-day by a distinguished
member of the Cuban revolutionary
party. According TO the news tele-
Graphed from Havana the day after
the catastrophe was due to a collision
between the cruiser and the merchant
steamer Mortera. 1t is now stated as
an absolute fact that the Barcastegui
was sunk by a floating torpedo
launched by an adventurous party OF
Cubans. The Cuban leader who re-
ceived the letter said:
THE Spanish government knows
full well what sunk their best cruiser
in the Cuban waters and SEN to
their deaths Admiral Delgado Perejo,
In command OF the Spanish navy in
Cuban waters, seven officers and
thirty-four men. We know here that
before the dispatch was SEN it was
carefully edited by the press censor.
The advices which / have received
said that on Monday night n party of
Cubans under the command of Capt.
Carlos Enrique, left Guantanamo In
IL steam launch, which was the recent
invention of an American. 1t was an
ingenius device so constructed that il
could be launched some distance away
from the object aimed to be destroyed,
and then by q piece Of clockwork. ex-
plode In about fifteen minutes after il
is sent out. The little party on the
steam lounch had received these tor
pedo launches only a week before.
Capt. Enrique selected q point about
200 yards from the wal vessel from
which to launch the torpedo. 1t was
slipped out and as soon as ii was
gone Capt. Enrique gave orders to
steam away as rapidly as possible.
The work Of the torpedo was even
more speedy than anticipated. Not
five minutes elapsed before 1t explod-
ed with a loud report hat was heard
several miles away. From what those
on the boat say it must have gone off
about thirty feet away from the
cruiser and struck her in the starboard
side. 1t is true that the merchant
steamer MOrtera was near the war
vessel at the time and that she, too.
suffered damage. but IL was not seri-
u by any means. and If the men on
board Of her had kept their heads they
might have saved some of the lives of
those on board the Spanish cruiser"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
POLICE
Mowbray, the English Anarchist,
Competed to Quit Speaking.

Competed to Qu3t
Chicago, Sept. 24.-Charles Wilfred
Mowbray. the English anarchist who
came here TO teach the doctrine OF red
flag and NJ government, was stopped
I'm the middle of a speech at Belmont
Park by the police. He was SO badly
frightened that after a few words OF
explanation in which he said that he
did not mean to teach violence, he
hurriedly left the platform and made
his escape in the crowd. Mowbray has
been denounced by the trade and la
Dor assembly, the central body Of
trades %unionists here. and the attend
ance at the park to-day was small.
Police Inspector Setback, Of the North
district, made preparations to nip in
the bud any kind of a radical demon
stration to-day. MowbTay started in
by abusing the police and newspapers.
Inspector Setback pore this without
interference, but when the speaker
began berating the stars and stripes
and hoping for the glorious day when
the red emblem would be raised tri-
umphantly aloft. the inspector gave
the sign which Capt. ~Schuettles. who
was on the platform, laid a heavy
hand on the shoulder of the speaker.
Mowbray stammered and looked dis
mayed and attempted an explanation,
but the big police captain quietly
said: "You have got TO stop that kind
OF talk" and that settled Il. Richard
Braunschweig. a lnud-mouthed radical
who can scarcely speak a woIt: of
English, managed to get on the plat
form and attempted to shove Schuett-
Ter TO n d He was promptly
seized by two detectives.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Killed In a Landslfde

Quebec, Sept. PA report comes
from st. Luc, Champlain county, Of a
disastrous landslide on the Champlain
river Saturday night. Zephirim Nor
mandin's house was carried away and
five members OF the family were
buried In the debris. Three children
escaped by jumping through the win
dows, II OF whom has since become
insane as the result Of the calamity.
After great difficulty the residents OF
the vicinity succeeded In digging out
the hye dead bodies. Further d~estruc-
ton is almost certain. as the river is
blocked with the detached earth and
the river bank is being Inundated at
other points.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Interesting 10 LAWYERS.

CreStOn. Iowa. Sept. 22-An inter-
esting legal question has been raised
in the district court which will like
ly go to the supreme court for final
decision. 1t comes up In the cele-
brated Metcalf case that has created
considerable interest ali over the u
try, and is TO determine whether the
personal presence Of the defendant
is necessary at the final preliminary
hearing. This is a new question. and
II that has not been decided by the
supreme court of Iowa. AS it has been
the custom heretofore that no man
could he tried without his personal
presence the decision will be awaited
with interest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
National League.
FIRE At FOND DU LAC.
Saw Mill, Lumber and Furnace Are
now In Ashes.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Sept. 24-The
lumber yards and saw hill of Moore
g. Galloway and the iron blast fur
mace of the Wisconsin Furnace com
pany were destroyed by fire today,
with a total loss of S225,000. The
wind was blowing I the rate of forty
miles an hour and ne fire department
could do nothing TO stop the progress
OF the flames. although assistance
from neighboring cities was received.
The lumber yards contained 10000
feet of lumber, valued at $4,000.
The saw mill cost $4,000. The in
surance on the lumber is $4,000 and
on the saw mill $4,000. The iron
furnace. valued at $4,000, was unin-
sured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
E,ood Cuba with Soldiers.

London. Sept. 24.-The Times Ha-
yana correspondent says recently re-
Inducements of 1000 infantry and 100
cavalry have landed at Santiago de-
Cuba; 1000 infantry and 200 cavalry
at Guantanamo: 1000 infantry at
Manzanili; $500 infantry at Nueyitas
and the remainder in the Province of
santa Clara. Lengthy kilograms from
Madrid published yesterday state pos
itively that Spain will send further
$4,000 men i'm October and an equal
number in January. and IL necessary
they are prepared to increase the
army In Cuba to 300 600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
EVERYBODY HELD UP.
A Bold Gang of Highwnymen Oper-
ate I'm Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Sept. 24.-Shadyside, the
handsome portion of the East end,
was Che scene last night of n of the
most daring examples Of highway
robbery in Pittsburg's history. The
thieves were five in number, and for
more than an hour before midnight
they gave the residents of that part
OF the city a vivid representation Of
the wild lawlessness Of the road
agents in the old days on the West
ern frontier. From IL O'Clock until
nearly II they lurked about various
parts OF Seville street and Center ave-
nue., levying toll from any hapless
pedestrian that CHANGED along, and
by the boldness and c%leverness Of
their plan of conduct, escaping the
police. Their eliminating piece of
daredevil lawlessness was the holding
up Of a Duquesne electric car and the
robbery of its passengers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE.
Mrs. Paul l.. wilkes. the Actress,
Sues Her Husband.

Mrs. Paul l.. Wilkes. the Actress,
Sues Her Husband.
New York. Sept. 22.-Mrs. Paul l..
Wilkes, who Is known in theatrical
circles as Virginia Paul. has brought
suit against Paul II. Wilkes in the
city court of Brooklyn for absolute dt.
vorce. Wilkes is now living in Sioux
Falls. Mrs. Wilkes was Miss Rita
Hone. daughter of the late Philip
Hone. a wealthy liquor dealer. She
Married Archibald Mackey, a society
man, and I'm 1892 secured a divorce
from him in Sioux Falls on the ground
Of cruelty. Two days afterward she
married Wilkes, whom she had met
in Sioux Falls. and who was the son
Of ex-Supreme Court Judge William
Of Sioux Falls. A few days after the
wedding Wilkes shot and almost
killed a st. Paul dry goods salesman.
The cause of the shooting was an in
sulting remark which was alleged to
have been made to Mrs. Wilkes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

San Francisco, Sept. %. - Durrant
receives letters almost daily from wo-
men in different parts of the country,
assuring him of their firm belief in
his innocence, and wishing they could
be with him to comfort him. In every
instance, thus far, the letters have
come from some one whom he has
seen or heard CT. Among a
number of missiyeS received was one
signed by a woman giving the name
of Mrs. l.. Pagborn, Aurora. Ill. The
author assured Durrant that she knew
he was innocent; that her belief had
come to her ass an inspiration. and
that she would never be convinced to
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
Hot I'm Chicago.

Chicago. Sept. 22.-Such a heated
term in the latter part OF September
as has existed for the past three days
was never known before In Chicago.
The mean temperature for the three
days was 81. or Z degrees above the
normal for the past twenty years.
The maximum temperature yesterday
was 81 degrees at 3 O'Clock. The de-
crease In the humidity of the atmos-
phere tended 10 greatly reduce the
number of pr~ostrations from heat.
However, several fatal were re-
ported.
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A suspect Arre.ted.

New London. Wis. Sept. 24.-This
forenoon the authorities arrested an
unknown man on suspicion Of having
been connected with the Wisconsin
Central train robbery at Waupaca.
The prisoner Is a m~iddle-aged man.
He has On a gray suit Of clothes and
carried quite a sum OF money and n
revolver. He refused to talk and will
not give his name. The prisoner was
taken to Waupaca. The county Ia be-
ing thoroughly secured by officers,
and 1t Is expected that other suspects
will be landed behind the bars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

ChimerfcaIT Scheme for the Restora,
ton OF Temporal PoySer

lion Oh rover.
Washington. Sept. 22.-The project
originating in London. of raising ST.
OOO.OO0,O00 % be placed at the dis
posal of the pope, as a fund with
which he could negotiate with Italy
for a restoration of temporal power,
Is regarded by leading Catholics here
as visionary and absurd. The re-
ported circular issued in London has
not been seen In this city, nor has the
subject come TO the authorities in any
form. 1t is regarded as the emanation
either OF some well intentioned but
misguided individual, or else of some
n DESTROYS Of arousing prejudice
against the church.
1t is stated no such plan is within
the bounds OF possibility. Even if the
vast amount named were available.
as a means of assisting Italy in her
financial embarrassment. IT is said
that the restoration Of temporal power
Involves sentimental considerations
which neither Italy nor the pope
woul reduce to a question of barter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
RAILROAD FATALITIES.


Baraboo. Wis, Sept. %. William
Waldenmeyer. a brakeman OF the
Milwaukee road, who lives ut Port
age. while on a train yesterday was
instantly killed. The train had parted
and, while setting the brakes, Walden
meyer fell between the cars and his
head was severed from his body. The
engineer and fireman on one of the
switch engines used in the yards at
Portage were scalded to death in a
wreck in the yards there yesterday.
They were pinioned under the cars
and could not escape, and no help
could reach them on account of the
steam.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26
FIEND CAPTURED.
Sheriff May Have Trouble to Keep
Him From Being Lynched.

MIN from being LynChed.
Great Falls, Mont, Sept. 22.-Sherin
Dwyer last night captured Joe Weir,
who outraged the seven-year-old
crippled daughter Of Rancher Frank
Cults last Sunday. Weir was caught
at a ranch twenty-five miles out, and
was getting his grub stake ready to go
into the mountains and thus avoid ar
rest. For three days Cults and armed
companions have been securing the
country hoping to get hold of the hui
man fiend ahead of the authorities.
Sheriff Dwyer has not yet lodged his
prisoner in Jail here, and it may be
that he is having trouble with those
who are bent upon getting revenge
by lynch law. The authorities here,
however, are of the opinion that the
sheriff has his man and is taking him
TO Helena or some other point where
there will be no danger of violence.
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the Union, and at its close studied law
in the University of Michigan, and in
1866 he was admitted to the bar.
Since 1876 he has been a leading Dem
ocratic politician Of Ohio, and for
many years a conspicuous figure at
all times i'm the councils of the nation
and in the financial and railroad af-
fair of the country. In January, 1890,
he was elected to the United States
senate to succeed Henry b. Payne.
His term of service will expire In
1897.