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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

In the capture of George Fraker.
after the disclosure of similar efforts
at Swindling in Chicago and in other
cities, the insurance companies are
likely to find another reason for eXer-
ciSing great caution in the payment Of
suspicious claims. Fraker had been
missing for two ycars-a long time for
a man To be utterly lost To view. He
now asserts that he did not enter into
a prearranged plot TO gull his insurers
Out of their money. but that having
seen it reported that he was drowned
he determined to lie low and allow his
heirs to profit by the fortunate acct
dent. Even if this story is true, Fra
ker, of course. is just as culpable as
though he had set about the plot with
deliberate preparation. 1t Is no excuse
of a mans guilt that fate made it easy
for him to be guilty. Fraker seems 10
have had unusual luck in his evil en-
terprise. for he not only succeeded IN
appearing to die, but in keeping him
self ~unrecOgniZed for a long period.
and until his friends could secure the
profits Of his swindle. 1t seems that
insurance swindling Is developing In
to a distinct and popular branch Of
criminal performance. Fraker's case
shows how easy ii is to trump up n
spurious insurance claim. He and his
kind, therefore, are not only endanger-
ing the companies, but injuring the in
terests of some other people who with
just insurance claims may be incon-
venienced by the necessary added eau
ton of the concerns doing insurance
business. 1t is to be hoped that Fra
ing and severe in kind.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

first settlers. 1t was erected in lG4S,
and has been handed down from father
to son in an unbroken line for ten zen.
erations. the present owner being th,
direct descendant of the builder.
At a time of threatened Indian out.
break in 1866 il was one of the r~allyjpr
places of the inhabitants in case of a
night attack. The massive timbers and
covering of thick cedar shingles are
sufficient to insure its remaining for
years to come as Il curious and inter.
esting relic of Il long past age. OF Nc
other house in the State can it be said
and died within its walls.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
AbSent-Minded.

We remember the stories of the al
sent minded man who put his umbrella
to bed and stood behind the door al!
night. and Of another man who couldn't
lind his pipe when he had /; between
his teeth. Here is still another story
to add to the list.
A promising lumberman of eastern
Maine was hurrying in company with
friend, to catch a train. when he stop
ped suddenly and exclaimed. There
I've come away from the hotel and lel'
my watch under the pillow"
Lets go back and get it," said hl'
friend.
Hold on" said the lumberman, i
don't believe we shall have time, anu
he drew the lost watch from his pocket
looked carefully at the face Of 1t, count
ed the minutes. and added, mo, W
shan't have time" Then he pressee
on toward the station, saying: "on'
well, l guess l can get along for one Ga!
without a watch.'-BangOr CONNER
cial,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The Door woman who tried to Kill
herself at Chicago because she had
spent all her money in Il vain attempt to
obtain Il cure for her deafness through
Dowie'S miniStratiOnS will have little
sympathy. She knew perfectly well.
as she confeSSeS. that she was being
swindled. She knew that neither DOwic
nor any other man could with mum.
bling and absurd gesticulatiOn relieve
her organic difficulty. She knew that
every dollar she contributed to his
bursting Golfers vas tribute to humbuE
and blaSphcmy. Her self-impoverish-
ment. under these circumstances. was
exactly parallel to that of the gambler
or the drunkard. She is probably Il fair
sample of the weak-minded people who
belong to the colony his maj Dowie
has formed to spare him the trouble of
working for n living. Probably they
all feel, as she felt, that they are vast
ing their money, their time, and their
hope. But they put on a bold front Of
faith to conceal this secret conscious
ness, for no man will consent to w
that he is a fool; and SO mutually de-
ceive Onc another. Every one of them,
knowing himSelf for a dupe, yet be-
lieves that the rest are honest and ac-
cepts unQuestiOning their hot express
siOns of confidence. This, too, nOtwith-
standing the frequent exposures and
denunciations Of DOwie made by the
newspapers. They want to believe,
and nothing but bitter experience car
quench their pitiable ardor. This eXpe-
rience IN to all of them sooner or
later, and they stink away to their hope
less homes or into caressing graves
But DOwie's pseudo hOSpitalS continue
to be chokcd with the ailing credulOuS
and his pockets with the money they
have wrung from grieving affection.
The crop never fails and probably
never will as long as Dowie manages TO
evade the law. He Will keep on sowing
the seed in his alluring pamphlets over
all the country and no soil will be 80
barren as not to yield him a harvest,
large or small. Dowie's uninterrupted
success is very instructive to young
men ambitious of attaining to BacOn's
ideal of existence. leisure without lott.
cring." or Johnson's Tabor without
WEAKNESS" All they need do is to
promise something. If their promises
be large enough and shrewdly enough
adapted to the wants of those they have
chosen for their prey. they can laugh ut
contradiction, ut exposure. at commo
sense, at truth, and Qinally) at the poor
devils themselves.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The report como from London that
the Sultan of Turkey has consented to
accept the conditions suggested" by
Russia, France. and Great Britain as
to reforms in Armenia. Similar rumOrs
have been current so often and have
been so relentlessly crushed out by
official intelligence subsequently trans
mitted that the present favorable It'd
ingS Will not be accepted as final. 1t
is hoped, however, that Lord Sails
bury's firm attitude is having the de-
sired effect upon the porte and that Az
menian reforms are now within meas
urable distance. Every month of delay
means new horrors for the oppressed
province. 1t is reported that the Turk
iSh minor officials have formed an
anti-Christian society in the ErgenZian
district to slaughter Christians if the
porte accepts the scheme of the powers.
Well may the tortured men and raw
ished women and children Of Armenia
cry out in their agony of soul: How
long, o Lord. how l,u,''
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

frOckS Of coarse material, stop at the
knee, II a loose waist of some other
material is gathered about the bust and
shoulders. Otherwise these women
and girls are as nature made them, and
are as bare in feet as Du Maurier's
Trilby Of the Latin quarter. Their
limbs are as bare and brown and crisp
ity where they live. These women are
at work stacking brick preparatory to
its removal to the kiln. They are the
wives and daughters of the mel who
work in the yards and kiln. While the
men are asleep these women come out
between 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning
and pick up the brick which the men
have made and put out the day and
night before. In this particular yard
these rows Of brick are as long as one
quarter Of an average block. There
are usually about four of these rows.
They represent about 10000 brick. Two
women and two girls pick up these
rows and stack them under a shelter.
There are from ten to twenty of these
sections of rows. according to the pre-
vieus days work, and in every section
there are usually two women and two
girls-nOt always. They are as apt and
quick and accurate as an avenue miss
with her fancy needle work. They seem
to do this work with strange content
ment- There is not a day in the week
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

the number is constantly increasing.
To support this horde of vagabOndS
costs the country something like $S,OO0,-
600 a year. Indirectly they probably
cause the loss of a still larger amount.
Worse than this. they form a peripa-
tetic school Of vice and idleness. The
real tramp is easily to be distinguished
from the unemployed man. He is not
east down or Respondent. He does
not want to rise in the world; he has
found his real level in the gutter. He
desires only TO eat, to drink-to be
drunk, perhaps. would be the more ac-
curate phrase-and to be let alone.
When he fails to satisfy his wants, he
becomes Il dangerous criminal. In In
diana last spring tramps took actual
possession Of an entire village and drove
its inhabitants to the woods.
1t is time to look at this subject seri-
Ously. The tramp is a public enemy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

for the sentiment or fashion" that pre-
walls. Many people are reluctant to
bury their dead simply and unostenta-
tiously lest they be charged by their
neighbors with showing lack of respect
for the deceased. Hence, they 60 to all
sorts Of extravaganza which they can
not afford, and incur obligations which
they are able to meet only at consid-
cradle personal sacrifice. The reform
inaugurated should become general.
A plain coffin and a simple, private cere-
monial should be sufficient, except, per-
woman was a person Of such public
eminence as to make a demonstration
fitting. AS it is, families having loved
ones to lay away in the earth are put
to a charge of from $50 to $500 under
the false notion that such expenditure
is required by some social rule. Moth.
ing could be wider Of the mark. So
ciety asks nothing of the kind The
simpler the ceremonial the better. 1t
is supposed that in the burial the body
Is to resolve into the original elements,
and hence it is folly to incase 1t In a
costly casket. which merely interrupts
the process of nature. 1t is for the rich
to change the order. If they will take
the lead in the matter of cheap inter
ments the poor will follow, and many
a family will be saved the suffering
consequent upon the absurd effort 10
bury their dead in the expensive style
of their more aflluent ncighborS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
Caught in the Quicksands.

A negro at Luverne, Ala, went do"l
a well to clean it, and as soon as ne go'
there the sand closed around his lee'
and he could not move. He told those
at the top that he was fastened In sucA'
ing sand, and for them to pull III Wy
They pulled and pulled, but couid no'
move the man. The suction was %
great that, try as they would, they couio
not move him. Fol- forty-eight nous
he remained a the bottom OF the WEI
and all the time those above MIN WEI.
doing their best to pull him out
had been pulled at with rope II VIM
lass until his joints were so sore me
this had to be abandoned. Flhah! ="
box was sunk around him n the sun
and mud were dipped out or the oo-
After several hours more the man We
released and was pulled to the suri'I.
He was more dead than alive wien ~
reached the top.-New Orleans r'o''
une.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
Not a Joke.

Led on by the comic papers and the
humorous paragrapher for the daily
press, our people have been inclined
to take n light and facetious view Of the
American tramp. In point Of fact, he
is personally sodden, impudent and In
tolerable: while. taken in the aggregate,
he presents a really serious problem.
Prof. McCook, who has made a thor
ough study of the matter, says that
there are about forty-six thousand
tramps now in this country, and that
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

handles at different heights on Oppo'
site sides of the chair. making 1t very
easy for two persons to carry it up OF
In an upright position. Another advant'
nge is that the chair may be placed up
on the edge of the bed and the patient
moved upon it or from it with perfect
ease. When not in use. the chair may
be folded into a small, compact bun
llo
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
WOMEN IN BRlCKYARDS.
Chicago Gives a New Field for Femi'
nine Activity.

AAA~
Chicago furnishes women with an oc-
cupatiOn which is most unusual In
several brickyards they are employed
to stack the bricks, and they do the
work neatly and well. A writer, de-
scribing a visit to one Of these yards,
says: Scattered about the yard to the
number Of fifteen or twenty are wom-
en- and girls at work. Their figures,
their faces and their talk. when they
did talk, indicate clearly that they came
from another country. They are from
Poland. Not one of them speaks a
word of English. Their dress is less
than that of the modern ballet girl.
The latter at least wears tights and
flOunces Of gauze. These women Of
this brick yard have neither. Their
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

In seasonable weather when they 10
not come out to this work. AS before
given, it requires an hour. Then they
return to their homes. prepare inc
morning meal for the men and the men
come to the yards to grind the clay. to
fill the molds and to lay down b new
made brick on the sandy level.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Wealthy people in the East are set
ting the example of inexpensive funer-
ais. They are doing this in the interest
of pOOr families who are really unable
TO meet the extraordinary expense in
volved i'm what has come to be h con
y~entional interment. 1t costs a great
deal to die and be buried these days.
The undertakers are not responsible
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The latest Maxim gun has such ca
pacities for rapid firing that 1000 of
the weapons could fire 100000 shots
in less than two minutes. In the com
ing "inevitable war" this fact will be
recalled with pleasurable emotions by
the troops who may be going into ac-
fiou
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The method of inlaying the hardest
steel. such as swords. daggerS. and
knives, with gold and silver was a Sc
cret process ages ago in Damascus. 1t
is a secret still. known only to a few
Syrian artisans and their apprentices.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

A shower of rice discharged at a
newly married couple in Harlem, y. u.
a few days ago frightened Il horse and
caused a disastrous runaway. An
other Vegetarian outrage.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The author of "The Heavenly Twins
has been forbidden by her physician to
do any more literary work for Il time.
We do not know what her ailnlent is,
but the prescription is Il good one.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Another Spanish man-of-war has fired
Il shot at an American schooner. If
this course of conduct is persisted in it
will be the duty Of the American envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotcn-
tiary to the cOUrt of Madrid to call in
King AlphonSo Nil. of Spain aged 9
years., and administer three spanks.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

A Washington paper remarks that "a
good rule of diplomacy is never to
talk without knowing to whom you are
talking" a better rule OF diplomacy
is never to talk on diplomatic matters
at all
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

A NEW INVACID'S CHAIR.
For Comfortably Moving n Patient in
an Upright Position.

The device here illustrated is one Of
the best chairs for invalidS vet invent.
ed. one of its greatest merits is Its
simplicity. with no complicated parts
to be adjusted. and no likelihood Of It's
getting Il of order.
AS may be seen in the cut. there are
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Having secured her divorce, Actress
Marie Burroughs probably will be fore
ed to fall back on the diamond racket
now.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The horseless carriage will be follow
ed by the horseless stable, and life in
crowded residence portions will be
much Sweeter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
OLDEST HOUSE IN NEW YORv
1t IL Situated in Southam pton, Lo,,.
Island.

One of the few relics left of the carly
colonial days is still standing at Son,b.
ampton. Long Island. This town claims
the p~rc-ellinence &c being the oldes,
English town in the State Of New
York. and the ancient house referred r.
was built by Thomas Sayre, occ of tho
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

! A small electric lamp is being used
instead Of a bell in some telephone eX-
changes in England. The call for con
nection lights the lamp.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The State of Illinois is one of the
wealthiest Of the Western States. It's
valuation reaching S1SG.G16,394.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Columbus the uearn OIL
Mr.. Button. His grave is probably the
largest b%uttonhole ever made.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Never judge of appearances"
dollar dude may have Il two-dollar sn
airy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

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The Washington times., 1895-06-07
LEGAL NOTICES.
OFFICE of the Treasurer of the Uni

OF 1SE VI lile 1iedSuIcA Oi lAe OIllteu
States ,eX-officio Commissioner of the
Sinking Fund of the District of Columbia.
Washington, D. c., June 1 1895.
By virtue Of the authority given by the
act of Congress approved March 3, 1891 i,
entitled AN act to provide for the pay
ment of bonds of the District of Colum-
bia falling due July 1st, 1891, and July
1st and 26th, 1892" I hereby give no.
tice that the principal OF the bonds here
inbelow designated will be paid at the
Treasury of the United States, in the city
of Washington, D c., on the 1st day of
July, 1895, and that the interest on said
bonds will cease on that day, viz;
Three fifty per cent. Ten-year Funding
Bonds of the District of Columbia, issued
under the act of Congress approved March
3, 1891, and numbered as follows:
500, original No. so.
$500, original No. 40 to original No.
A, both inclusive.
$1,000, original No 1881 to original
No. 2095, both inclusive
Total, S267 900.
the bonds described above are either
bonds of the Original" issue, which have
but one serial number at each end, or
"substitute' bonds, which may be dis
tinguished by the double set of numbers,
which are marked plainly 'orginal num-
bers' and ''su bstitute numbers"
All OF the bonds of this loan will be
called by the original numbers only.
The provision of law governing the
order in which the bonds shall be called
in is as follows:
THE last Of the said bonds originally
issued under this act, and their substt-
tutes, shall be first called in, and this
order of payment shall be folio owed until
all shall have been paid"
Bonds forwarded for redemption should
be addressed to the c''Treasurer, U. s.,
Washington, D. C.,'' and assigned to
the Treasurer OF the United States for
redempt ion. - Assignments must be
dated and properly aclkno wledged as pre-
scribed in the note printed on the back
of each bond III
Where checks in payment are desired
in favor ofsany one but the payee, the
bonds should be assigned to the Treas
urer Of the United States for redemption
for account Of" (lfere insert the name
of the person or persons to whose order
the check should be made payablel
d. N. MORGAN Treasurer U. S.
Je1 lot
The Washington times., 1895-06-07
One Cent vsid F;i
No advertisement less than ] Oe
AUCTION SALES.
JOSEPH BROS. & CO., Auciioneers.

JOSEPH BROS. & CO., Auctioneers
TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK DWELL
ING HOUSE. No. Al 3 NEW JERSEY AVE.
NV, WASHINGTON, ID. C.
BY virtue OF a deed OF trust dated May
Il, 1894, and duly recorded in Liber 1910,
folio 179, OF the land records of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, and at the request oe
the holder of the note secured thereby we
VIII sell at public auction, in front of the
premises, on MONDAY, JUNE II, 1895,
at 3 O'Clock p. M, the following prop
erty: Part OF original lot three 80 in square
six hundred and thirty t630), said part of
lot being contained within the follow
ing metes and bounds, namely, beginning
for the same on the line of New jersey
avenue at a point distant two hundred
and seventy t2f9) feet southeasteTdy from
The northwest corner of said square and
running thence southeasterly along said
avenue nineteen fl9) feet seven % inches,
thence nortbeasteriy at right angles to said
avenue one hundred and twenty-one (12D
feet. more or less. to alley, thence north
along alley 10 intersect line drawn north
easterly from point of beginning and at
right angles with said avenue, thence south
westerly To point of beginning Subject
TO first trust Of $4,000, also interest
and any unpaid taxes.
TERMS OF SALE-All over the first
trust 10 be cash. All conveyancing and re-
cording at purchasers cost; $500 deposit
required at time OF sale.
ALYAH E. COLLINS,
WILLIAM SIMMONS, Trustees.
Je7-1ot
C. g. SLOAN & CO, Auctioneers, 407
g st. NV.
TRUSTEEs' SALE OF A DEsIRA BILE
LOB OF GROUND IN BRo0KLAN ID,
ID. C.
For default in payment of a certain debt
secured by ceed of Trust duly recorded in
LAber 1873, at folio %, one of the Land
Records of the District of Columbia, aud
at the request of the holder OF said indebted
ness, We willsell at publicauctiono onSATUR
DAY, JUNE 18th, 1895, at THREE
O'CLOCK Z. NJ, al the auctiOn-rooms or
c. G. Sloan * Co, No. 1407 G ST NV in
the City OF Washington, all of lot numbered
eleven I'D, in block numbered fourteen
A., in the subdivision of land called
''Brookland, as the same appears OF
record in Liber No G County Sub -diyisions),
folios 103 and 104, in the Office of the
Surveyor OF the said District.
Terms of sale: All cash over and above
a certain prior incumbrance on said prop
erty, the amount OF which win be announced
at the time OF sale. $50 required at time
OF sale, and all conyeyancing and record
ing Will be at the purchasers cost. Terms
10 be complied with in fifteen days from
day OF sale or Trustees will resell the prop
erty at the risk aud cost of the purchaser
in default
BEVERLYH. ROBERTSON,
ID. LEWIS BLACKBOARD,
Trustees.
No.1410G ST. NV.
Je3,5,7,9 ,l1,13&15
The Washington times., 1895-06-07

TRUSTEES SALE OF A MODERN g
STORY AND CELLAR BRICK DWELL
ING. NO. 1917 FOURTH STREET
NORTHWEST.
BY virtue OF deed of trust. recorded in
Liber 1867 folio 359. ct seq. of the
Land Records of the District of Columbia.
1895, at 3 o'clock p. m, in front of the
premises lot 4S, in Jesse D. Gibbs sub. of
square $50. together with the improve
ments thereon, as above described.
Terms of sale: Sold subject to q trust
of 50. .500-tiue 1S9S-balance over and
above said trust. $500 cash; six aud twelve
months for the balance. or all cash. at op-
required at time of sale. Sale to be
closed in ten days or property will be re-
SOLD at risk aud cost Of defaulting purchaser.
WILLIAM MA USE,
JOHN NcELVEEN.
Je3-5t Trustees.
The Washington times., 1895-06-07
Her Advan,aga

"why," shouted the impassioned Popu-
list orator, why is it that the wife OF the
American farmer lacks the happy, con-
tented look to be found on the face Of the
oare-headed peasant woman OF Europe2"
Because" said the man near the door,
because the bare-headed peasant woRlan
does not have TO worry all the time about
aer hat being ON straight. Indianapolis
Journal