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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

Don kick; shoes are going up and you
can't afford to wear them out.
The half-breed uprising in North Da-
kota seems TO have lacked yeast-it didn't
rise.
England will not take the Nicaragua
Canal just now. She'll wait till it's fill
iShed.
No wonder the Oscar Wilde jury dis
agreed: it certainly was a most disagree
able case.
For a young man of his peculiar habits
Lord Sholto Douglas makes too loud pro-
fessions of his honor. Falstaff had the
same fault.
1t is now reported that Ii Hung Chang
has been degraded. Can it be possible
that he has been compelled to remove his
ulster again?
Russia says that Japan has acted upon
it's advice" The imperial humorist or
the court jester must be responsible for
the use of that word.
The Briggs case seems to have all the
staying qualities of the grip, without the
latter nuisance's excuse in the way of
occasional fatal results.
1t is said that q revolution is looked for
in Nicaragua just as soon as this seasons
coffee crop is harvested. Haven't they
enough grounds for one now?
The press agents of the summer resorti
are beginning to get in their work. As
bury Park, y. j., is reported to have a
colored man who saw Washington cross
the Delaware.
In a Denver court they are attempting
to prove that Du Maurier did not write
''Trilby." 1t was Il foregone conclusion
thai someone would take compassion on
him sooner or later.
If Judge Meyers. of Lcavenworth, have
his way, DR.. Kelley. of gold cure fame,
must make known the ingredients of his
celebrated specific. This may result in
making every jag victim his own ply
stefan.
The st. Louis judge who fined that I'M
utterable nuisance, a masher. 800 and re-
GREETED that the law would not permit him
to raise the figure, is entitled to the graft
tude of the country. If the strong arm of
the law be powerful enough to mash the
masher, it should not be withheld.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

diana. $S6O.254; Illinois, SAT-. 919; Michi-
gan. S2SS. SOL; Delaware, $2S6, 81: Mary
land. $955,S3S; Virginia, $2.19S. 427;
North Carolina, $1,433, 1857; South Caro-
line, $1,Oo1,422: Georgia, $1,O51. 400; Ala
bama, $G69,0S6; Louisiana, S477.919:
Mississippi, $685. 35; Tennessee, 81, 1873.
Io1; Kentucky, $1,4333 ,757; Missouri,
S3s2.33o; Arkansas, $3.50, 751; total, $685.
1O1, 633.
In his annual report for 1885 the United
States Treasurer says that the felton,
that these deposits, amounting to $685.
!ol,633, may some day become available
has ceased to be held. 1t is a singular
fact that the records of the Treasury De-
partment do not show that any demand
has ever been made on the States for the
repayment of this money. 1t seems to be
the general opinion that an act of Con-
gress would be necessary before steps
could be taken to compel a repayment,
but whether such ar act will be passed
by Congress is extremely doubtful in view
OF the fact that the representatives of
twenty-six States in both houses would
be interested in its defeat.
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Y. M. G. A. WORK.
International Convention at Spring
field, Mass, Was Very successful.

international Convention at SPRING
field, Mass, Was Very successful.
The International Y. NJ. G. A. conven-
ton at Springfield. Mass, has been the
most successful gathering in the history
Of the organization, and as a result of the
exchange of opinions and methods, a
great increase in the scope of the work is
expected during the coming year. The
opening session in the State Street Bap-
fist Church on the last morning of the
convention was devoted to an exchange
of views concerning the duty of the asso-
cations to young men of foreign birth
and parentage, and also the relation Of the
organizations to the social-econOmic Ques-
tons of the day. The principal speakers
We're Rev. A. A. Buerle, of Boston; Prof.
Graham Taylor, Of Chicago, and Cephas
Brainard, of New York. Before the re-
cess delegates devoted half an hour to a
season Of prayer.
In the afternoon there were ten parlor
conferences to consider railroad work.
college work, boys work, work among
French-speaking young men and kindred
subjects. AT night there was an immense
mass meeting at the city hall, at which
Dwight l.. Moody spoke on the work of
the Holy Spirit. Sunday there were spe-
cial services in the various churches, clos
Ing with a great farewell meeting in he
evening.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
GRAINS SAFE.
MANAGE BY THE FROST is NOT
SERIOUS.
c.cering Reports from Fifteen West
orr states-Fruits and Vegetables
n,,cbed by the Cold-Slight Injury
..,.xw;se in a Few Sections.
cevere Fall in Temperature.

,onorts from throughout the Northwest
,.I;aoto severe damage to small fruits
"n, recetable crops in almost every Sec
.'au nv the frost of Saturday night. The
.no;n crops. however, are reported safe.
Wheat and oats escaped u~nin]ured, be-
oouse neither had begun to joint, n
,,herc cut down by the frost or heavy
rains will sprout again. Corn was slight
~ mined by the cold in a few States, but
~, anough to occasion the slightest
nlorm that the yield will be affected to
"mv Noticeable extent. In a general way
,his states the condition of the three great
s,onles in the Mississippi valley. There
;s no longer any ground for a scare in the
fooo of these facts. On the contrary, the
n,tlook is said to be better than it was
Nav /. when it was unusually promising.
I'M the whole, the news from the fifteen
S,otos visited by the frost is of a cheer
ing nature.
Illinois Jared best of all the States. Sec
rotary Garrard, of the State Board OF Ag-
riculturc. attributes the death OF millions
of chinch bugs to the heavy rains, and
saws the ground needed just such an
amount of moisture to make the future
of the crops more promising. From but
two points in the State have the signal
service officers received reports of dam
age by the sudden fall in the temperature.
Wisconsin dispatches show that con-
siderable harm has been done to small
fruits and gardens. North of Green Bay
the frost worked the greatest damage.
Rarahoo and Boscobel will send few
strawberries to market, and Pine River
will nave a shortage on potatoes and
corn. The southern and western portions
of the State escaped the blight, and IN
no part of the State has any damage to
wheat, oats or corn been reported.
Some Damage to Fruit.
Fears are expressed that there has been
much injury inflicted upon the fruit re-
rion of Michigan. especially on the high
lands. A stiff wind saved the peaches,
apples and strawberries along the lake
shore. and the warm weather had pushed
fruit SO rapidly that it was hardy enough
10 withstand the frost in most sections.
Vegetables and garden truck growing in
the interior of the State were badly hurt.
Farmers believe the spring wheat and
corn are all right.
From Iowa comes the assurance that
both winter and spring wheat, corn and
oats are generally safe. While corn was
killed back to the ground, 1t will grow
again. Discouraging reports come from
all over the State, however, on the condi-
ton of fruits and vegetables, and in this
respect Iowa has probably been the worst
injured of all the States.
Minneapolis cereals are reported safe,
but corn, vegetables and small fruits
were greatly damaged. Kansas escaped
the frost except in the southern portion
Of the State, where some damage was
done to fruits. Missouri and Indiana
were not affected by the frost in the least.
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STATES MAY HAVE TO REFUND.
Demand Likely to Be Made for Cash
Received Years Ago.

A very interesting question has been
raised as to whether, in view of the de-
pleted condition of the treasury, the twen-
ty-six States of the Union, which in 1887
received from the general government de-
posts amounting to over $2S,OOO,OOO,
could be made to refund. The first few
months in 1886, Congress having refused
to extend the charter Of the bank of the
United States, found the Government in
Possession of between 100000 and
SoO,OOO,0OO for which it had no present
need nor suitable place for safe keeping.
On June % of that year an act was pass
ed authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to deposit, under certain specified
conditions, all of the money save $5,OOO.-
900 with the States ON their assuming
the obligation of payment on demand.
The sums of money which each of the
twenty-six States received, as stated in
several annual reports of the Secretary
OF the Treasury, was as follows cents
omitted:
Maine, $955,S3S; New Hampshire,
SG69, OS6; Vermont. $6G9,0S6; Massachu-
setts, S1,33S, 173; Connecticut, $7G4,G1O;
Rhode Island, $3S2,335; New York, ST.
Ol4,52O; Pennsylvania, $2,S67,514; New
.ersey, $764,670; Ohio, $2,OO7,2GO; In
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received by her from many cities, all up
holding her refusal. The young men haG
crowded into their seats at the Ommence-
ment of the performance past Mrs. Crit
fin and a party of ladies whom she was
with. When the curtain fell on the first
act they asked permission to pass out
again, and Mrs. Griffin said they could not
do so. They protested and even called
the police. but Mrs. Griffin remained seat
ed and the manage said she could not
be compelled to let any one pass in front
of her until the end of the performance,
and the young men We're made to sit
down. A storm of applause followed,
which, together with the newspaper COM
ments which have since been made. show
ed the manager so plainly that the people
considered the passing out between the
acts a nuisance, that he has cancelled the
dOor-check system, and the nuisance has
been abated.
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State Reports.

Michigan-As far as can be learned the
frosts of Saturday night did but very
little damage except on the high ground
of the central part of the lower peninsula,
where fruits, corn and garden truck We're
nipped. Beside the garden truck, which
has been killed outright, strawberries
seem to have suffered the worst. Esti-
mates now place the State crop at less
than half the usual yield, a direct loss to
growers of close to $15O,O0O. The cover
ing of snow is believed to have preserved
all grain from serious injury.
Indiana-Fruit, vegetables and grain
have been killed in many sections of the
State, central Indiana being the only sec
ton that escaped with moderately small
loss. In the southwestern section pota-
toes. beets, tomatoes and melons were
killed. and whole fields of corn were frozen
stiff and turned black under the rays of
the burning sun. Though the fruit was
protected to some extent by foliage,
grapes, cherries and apples suffered great
ly, and it is questionable if one-fourth of
a crop will remain. Ice in many localities
was from o%ne-fourth to one-half inch
thick.
Illinois-Frost has reduced the pros
poets for an abundant supply of grapes
probably 80 per cent. Cherries suffered
to some extent, but it is thought little or
no damage was done to apples or peaches.
Potatoes, beans. tomatoes and other gar
den products were cut down and destroy
cd. Early corn was somewhat damaged.
Wheat and oats are all right.
Iowa-Corn in spots has been nipped to
the ground, and garden truck badly dam
aged. Otherwise none of the reports in
dictate any permanent damage either to
corn, small grain or small fruit. Tomato
plants and vegetation of similar kinds
were ruined. Potatoes. beans and peas
were slightly injured, but will recover.
Corn along the Burlington Road on the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
MAKES 1T A TEST CASE.

Nebraska Farmer Sues a Railroad for
Failure to Observe the Law.
A Nebraska statute imposes a penalty
of $500 for each failure of a railway ON
pany to have it's trains whistle at the pub
lie crossings, and one-half of the fine goes
to the informer. The matter will be test.
ed for the first time. The suit was begun
by Alonzo B. Miller, of Lyons, Neb.,
against the st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railway Company. The plaintiff
sues for $7S,90O. Miller resides on a farm
lea a railroad crossing and has kept an
account of such failures to blow the whis-
tie of passing trains between May A., 1894,
and Aug. 8, 1894, and noted 1878 such
failures. The petition consists of 500
sheets of typewriter legal cap.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
I2S&6S:R}3!!tt!:NS!
Y(KRS%}SS5ij

Theron Clapp and Miss Emma Bechtol,
of Wabash, Ind, have just been married
after an uninterrupted courtship Of thirty
ont years.
Lady Beresford proceeded in the most
business-like manner and didn't pay q
penny on her new husband until after the
goods had been delivered.
Robert Lebaudy has subscribed 1000
francs toward the prizes for the Bor-
deau-Paris and back horseless carriage
race, which will take place on June IL
and following days.
Rev. DR.. William Gregg, professor in
Knox College, Toronto, since 1872, and a
well-known leader in the Presbyterian
Church, has resigned the professorship
on account Of old age.
Major Pond says his offer of $4,000 a
night for Mark Twain, which has been
standing for five years, still holds good.
Twain has more calls to lecture than any
other American citizen.
Robert Halstead, a son of Murat Hal
stead, has been appointed managing edi-
for of the Fourth Estate, Mr.. Birming-
hams lively newspaper for newspaper
men," in place of +. IL. Lancaster, re-
signed.
The last miller of Dee is dead, but the
Chester town council has voted to buy
and preserve the mills, in order to control
no flow of the stream. The original
Grant of the mills was made by King
Edward VI.
Pope Leo NILS hands are nearly use
less and cause him much suffering. When
bc writes he must hold his right wrist
with his left hand, and what he writes
is almost il.lcgible. This is not due to
age. but to an attack of ague twenty-five
V, rs ago, when he was bishop Of Perugia.
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main line. west and south, is scarcely IN
jured at all. The fruit also escaped, as
the foliage, being more luXuriant than
usual, played q prominent factor in pre-
serving them.
Nebraska-The damage to fruits is esti-
mated to be enough to reduce the crop
one-half. Small grain suffered very little.
Patches through the State show ten to
twenty acres of corn ruined. This is only
in the lowlands. Damage to other grain
very light. Those fields of corn known
to be damaged are being prepared for re-
planting at once. The acreage, cOnse.
Quently, will not be decreased.
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SlueTdllOu, w IL lie
with the latter literary work is the prime
motive that prompts the formation and
sustenance of the clubs, with personal en-
joyment and recreation q secondary con-
sideration.
The following officers were present at
the Cedar Rapids session.:
President, Mrs. Berryhill, Des Moines;
vice-president, Mrs. Cogswell, Cedar Rap
ids; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Howe.
Marshalltown; recording secretary, Mrs.
Greig, Clarence: treasurer, Mrs. Weed,
West Union; auditor, Mrs. Payne, Ne
vnda.
Guests and speakers were: Mrs. Hen
rotin, Mrs. Lindon Bates, Chicago; Mrs.
Pauline Swain, O~skaloosa; May Rogers,
Dubuque.
Delegates were present from thirty-sev-
en- towns, many of which have two OF
more clubs.
The welcoming address was made by
Mrs. DR.. G. r. Skinner, president of the
Cedar Rapids Ladies' Literary Club. 1t
was a model Of conciseness and cordiality.
Mrs. Virginia j. Berryhill, of Des
Des Moines, president of tho federation,
responded and delivered her annual adj.
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FRUIT is BLIGHTED.
JACK FROST CAUSES SERIOUS
DAMAGE.
Reports from Various Sections Show
the Injury Inflicted by Monday
Nights Cold Snap Was Great-Gar-
den Stuffs ard Fruits Affected Most.
Snow in Places.

Jack Frost again swooped down on the
fruit trees of Southern Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana and Wisconsin early Tuesday
morning and blighted almost the entire
crop. The frosts Of Saturday and Sunday
nights began the destruction. Tuesday
the young leaves turned black and the
blossoms withered. Few districts escap-
ed. Reports of damage are conflicting,
but it is calculated only one-fourth of the
fruit crop will be saved. From fifteen
States Professor Moore, the weather
watcher in Chicago, received kilograms
reporting the condition of crops and the
general influence of the weather on the
cultivation and growth of all cereals dur
ing the week. The reports set forth that
the cool wave, which overspread nearly
the whole Of the country east of the
Rocky Mountains, had proved very I'M
favorable to growing crops, and that
much injury had resulted from frosts in
northern ATTITUDES. In the Western States
the reports state that during the early
part of the week the crops We're doing
splendidly, but the frost of Saturday
and Sunday nights had proved disastrous.
Some of the States We're suffering from
drought, notably Ohio and Illinois. In
the eastern part of Ohio wheat, corn, po-
tatoes and fruit We're seriously injured.
The reports in general were cheering con-
corning the condition of wheat, oats and
barley. But fruit, corn and vegetables
have suffered.
The following readings of the thermom-
eter, taken at & o'clock Tuesday morning,
best tell the tale of the frigid waves visit:
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Ex.GOv CHASE & A
FORMER Executive of Indiana, Sue
cumbs to Erysipelas.

"CT ecu OK InUIana, Sue.
cumbs to Erysipelas.
Several weeks ago ex-Gov. Ira ]. Chase
left Indianapolis for the purpose of en-
gaging in evangelistic work in Maine,
and soon after reaching Lubec was seiz-
ed with erysipelas. Letters from him
from time to time spoke of the disease, but
he did not apprehend serious consequences
and no u%neasiness was felt by friends.
Saturday, however, a telegram was re-
ceived announcing his death. The dis
ease began in the face and was partially
controlled for a time, but he grew rap
idly worse within two days.
EX-Gov. Chase was 81 years of age and
was born in the State of Illinois, where
he grew to manhood. While still young
he entered the army and rose to the rank
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

ability to c0mpre- "" ~"
bend conditions that need correction, or
something. She happily combines prae-
teal action with IL charming manner that
renewedly drew to her the affections of
the assemblage of loyal associates.
Mrs. Anna Is. Howe, the corresponding
secretary, made an extended report that
covered the whole club of the State.
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

where the visitor can
find the best in cur
rent literature, or
where she can meet
her friends for pleas
ure or business. The
essential difference
between mems clubs
and women's clubs is
this: The former are
organized and sus-
tanned primarily as Il
place of pleasure,
with literary diver
sion a secondary con-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

Ind, theater the 9TH
er evening, refused
20 allow two Il
men to crowd past
her to go out and
''see a man. between
the first and second
acts, met with COM
%mendation and ap-
not only in
Muncie but through
out the whole coun-
try, and letters and
have haen
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

OF major, but was
sent from active
duty to the hospital
service on account
of the giving away
of his health. At
the close of the war
he returned to Hi
nois and entered n
grocery store as a
clerk, and while
fhuc rod updor.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

cially in the West,
have women's clubs
become SO numerous,
so strong and SO
thoroughly equipped
In literary, artistic
and musical pursuits
as in the State Of
Iowa. Four-ffths of
all teachers in the
public schools, many
of the county INNER
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
WOMEN IN MEETING.
FEDERATED CLUBS IN SESSION
AT CEDAR RAPIDS.
Marvellous Growth of the Movement
in IOwa-Outlino of Their Work and
the Aims of tho Associations-E1ec-
ton Of Officers.
A Brilliant Event,

A meeting Of the Federated Women's
Clubs Of Iowa has just been held ut Cedar
Rapids, md it was one Of the most nota-
BILE events in the history Of the State.
Probably in no State in the Union, espe-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

dress. 1t was Il con-
else presentation OF
the work of the
clubs. Mrs. Berry
hill is one of lowa's
brightest W o III e II.
and in her able and
well-deliyered adj
dress indicated most
forcibly her practical!
lines of thought, nat
ural leadership and
ability ~ comma
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

lntenuentS, pflncl-
pals of high schools and professors in
colleges are women. among whom are
some Of the noted writer's of the country.
Iowa was largely settled by young, we'll
TODD people from the best families of
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and New
England, and the present intellectual at
tainments of the women are no doubt
largely due to the tastes and inclinations
inherited which have become especially
marked under the free educational in
%fluences dominant in the West. In every
village and hamlet there are women's or
CARNATIONS, and while more generally
connected with some Christian or reform
work. yet in all of the larger towns, as
we'll as in many of the villages, they have
developed literary features, and the fed
Grated clubs just now attracting so much
attention are the legitimate outgrowth
Of the cruder forms of organized literary
efforts among the women.
Mrs. DR.. Cogswell, Of Cedar Rapids,
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HER ACTION

An Indiana Lady Who Suppressed a
Gross Nuisance.
The action of Mrs. DR.. Anna Lennon
Griffin, who, while attending a Muncie,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23
NJ. l.. BRADFORD

1893, when the Fed-"nS'M NJ L. y
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs was organized.
1t commenced with twenty-seven charter
members and the number has now grown
to ninety-fve. However, the federation
idea dates back more than a year prior to
the Des Moines organization, when n
number gathered at Marshalltown to unite
with the Woman's Club of that city in
celebrating its seventh anniversary. 1t
was expected that a federation would be
organized at that time. but for some
reason it was deferred.
In no sense has women's ''clubs" any
relation to the club" as designating u
resort for men. In the cities some of the
clubs have elegantly furnished apart
ments, where luncheon is served and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

The hailstorm which recently swept the
eastern portion of Nebraska was the worst
in the history of the State. A photograph
of some of the hailstones which fell at
Omaha was taken shortly after the storm
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-23

had passed. and the samples We're gather.
eI at random from a flat roof. The larg-
est one in the group measured "a inches
in circumference nearly an hour afte: ii
fell.
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who is the Iowa vice
president of the ma
tional federation,
has sketched the his
tory of the formation
of Iowa federation.
She says that the.
idea of a State fed
Grafton, which is
spreading so rapidly
of late, took posses
sion of the minds Of
Iowa women, and by
invitation of the
Woman's Club of
Des Moines, a meet
ing was called in
that city April p,