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30 rich and beautiful is much modern

factory made furniture designed upon
antique models, that only persons ac-
Quainted with the real thing can de-
tect at a glance the difference. This is
especially true of such modern factory
made furniture as does not contain
elaborate carving. A close observer,
however, will at once see that the rush
bottoms of factory made chairs do not
fit snugly, having been made separates
ly from the fran n slipped in when
finished and painted. The rungs toe.
OF thr modern chair are not of hard
wood. but of stained pine. while the bits
of ornament that conceal the joints are
manifestly stuck on and not part of
the original wood. All such furniture
Is made of new wood. and will seldom
long endure a steam heared apartment.
The price, however, is only from N
third to one half that of the real thing.
and for practical purposes the factory
made is for some years quite as good
as the hand made article a century old,
All the watch glasses used in this
country are imported. Most OF them
come from Germany, most notably
from Vallerysthal, in Lorraine. Cheap
er labor, with close proximity to nat
ural supplies. makes 1t possible to pro-
duce them there for less h in Amer
lea. Watch glasses are made in about
fifteen varieties of shapes n styles.
and of nearly 500 different sizes, rang
ing from one quarter of an inch to two
inches and a half in diameter. They
are put up in bundles containing one
third and one half gross. There Is no
standard import package of watch
glasses, but an ordinary package
would be a case containing 300 gross.
The importation Of watch glasses into
this country is estimated at 100. 0O0
gross, or upward of IA, 900, 900 glasses. an
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FOREST FIRES AGAIN.
Pennsylvania Timber Country burning
Dad at Sugar Run.

Dad at Sugar Run.
Bradford, Pa. June lO.-The forest
fires OF last week started up again and
are still burning. Ormsby is again the
scene of destructive fires, and a large
amount of valuable timber has been de-
stroyed. Fires are reported in the vi
entity of Mt. Alton and Mt. Jewett. AT
the latter place the Bradford chemical
Works is in great danger of being de
stroyed unless this wind shifts. A de-
structive Hire at Sugar Run, a town ives,
Of here, today destroyed a trestle on the
Allegheny and KinGua railroad and a
large amount of timber.
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One curiosity Of coastwise navigation
In h Gulf of Mexico used to be Grants
passage on the inside route from Mobile
10 Pensacola. The inside voyage Is
made by crooked way of waterways
separated from the open gulf by mar
row banks of sand. A mar named
Grant Strengthened a part of the pas
cage by digging a canal to give deep
water at a point where a vide detour
used to be necessary. He set up a lit
tile lighthouse ITO aid navigators, and
then charged toll upon all vessels pass
ing through. The passage was Of some
Importance during tine period when
north and south were fighting over the
defences about Pensacola.
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MCLAUGHLIN COULDN'T SLEEP
The Disgraccd Inspector Passes nls Eirst
Night In Prison,

New York, June S.-Inspector Nc
Langhlin passed a ~sleepless night in
cell No. 81 in the Toombs prison. From
the time the bars of the cell We're closed
against him he sat quietly on his cot or
paced the small confines of his cell IN
til s O'Clock this morning, when he
breakfasted on two rolls and a Gun OF
coffee. which he ordered from the prison
restaurant. His keepers said he was
bearing the ordeal remarkably we'll.
Inc convicted inspector is confined In a.
cell in murderers' row and has for n
companion a man named Considlne. who
Is charged with murder. The prison is
oVeTcrowded just now and 1t was impos-
sioIe to give the inspector a cell to him.
self. Mclaughlin will have to s,ay In
ms cell until June II at least. when his
counsel will make a motion for a new
trial. If this motion be denied. sentence
WIFI be passed upon him.
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BIMETALLlC LEAGUE,
Great Turnout Expected Mt the Menr,

Meeting.
Memphis. Tenn. June 1870 numer-
Gus have been the responses to the in
vttation of the Blmetallic league for the
national silver convention which will
open on Wednesday that 1t has been de.
termined to hold overflow meetings In
the Grand opera house, The business
sessions of the convention Will be held
IN the Auditorium, while the public will
be admitted to the opera house to hear
tho prominent speakers. 1t is ex.
pected that over 20,O 900 strangers will be
In the city by tomorrow night,
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NEARLY 500 ENToMBED.

Explosion of Fire Damp In "a Mine In
Prussian Silesin.
Bcrlin, June 10.-An explosion of fire
damp occurred in a mining pit near
Antonienhutte, Prussian Silesia. today
while 500 men were at work in the mine
Only forty have ben rescued, leaving AGO
entombed,
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Princeton College cr,du,t,s

Princeton, N. j., June 11.-Delegate.
representing the associations of Prince.
ton college graduates which have beer
FORMED In nearly every state of the
union assembled here today. The gath.
ering is purely social in character. Let.
ters from prominent men in New York
chicago and other cities who received
their e~ducations at Princeton, were
read.
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New Haven, Con. June S.-The Yale
crew left here today for New London
where they ill occupy their old train
ing quarters until the Yate-Harard
she'll race, which takes place in the lat
ter part of the month. During the three
weeks intervening the crew win train
on the Thames river twice daily.
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Elk Point Iinna4f Ncau.

Elk Point, S. D.. June 1l.-Mrs. Will
am Flannery, aged IS, died Monday NJ
the residence of her son in law, Alfonso
Chanssee, three miles west of this city,
Mrs. Flannery was a pioneer in his
county, coming here in the early sos
with her husband. Mr.. Flannery built
n Of the first log houses in the county.
They cared a large family Of children.
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People might infer from Its name that
Babylon, l.. L., Is one Of the wicked
places of the country, but that would be
a serious mistake. The town is 50 god
ly that Captain Oakley, one Of the trus.
tees, has authorized the arrest of all
persons caught riding bicycles on the
Lords day. The constable is in despair
and wants to know what show he
stands against several hundred wheel
men from New York and Brooklyn.
Therefore a number Of special depu-
ties have been sworn in and the war Is
on for the summer. The general sen
timent of the community is that tt
captain Is a meddlesome crank. and an
effort will be made to rescind the order.
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savngcs Make "a successful Raid.

London, June S.-A dispatch from
Simla says The WaZiristan tribesmen
have made an attack Upon Fort San
deman. in the Waziri territory. killing
Lieutenant Howe and eleven of his at
tendants.
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I,nsford's Probable Successor.

Aberdeen, S. D., June 11.-Among the
would be politicians a good deal of late
has been said about the probable sue
cessor to o. S. Basford. chairman of the
republican state central committee. The
statement has been quite generally
made, and no one has denied it. that A.
c.. johnson of Watertown would be Mr..
Basford's successor as chairman of the
committee,
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Editor KIDD round Guilty Of Libel

Aberdeen. S. D., June 1.-THE entire
time of the circuit Monday was
occupied in the trial of the state against
w. T., Kidd, editor of the Star. for
criminal libel, Governor Sheldon being
the complainant. The offense vas COM
mitted last fall by the publication Of a
slanderous article during the campaign.
S. H. Cronmer appeared for the defend.
ant and States Attorney jenkins. as
sisted by Attorney General Crawford,
for the state. The jury returned a YER
dict of guilty. recommending %leniency
on the part of the court.
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SIMPSONS ATTITUDE.
The Expelled Sioux Falls Alderman VIII
lie IL Candidate for Re- Election.

ic " SNBtltutte or hc- Eleet1On.
Sioux Falls, S. D., June 10.-Alderman
Joe Sampson who vas expelled from the
city council on Friday night for wrong
fully converting" city money to his owa
USE, does lot seem to be at all discon-
certed. He says he will not go into
court about the matter. although he
questions the right of the council to ex-
pei him. He will instead wait until a
special election is called % elect his sue
cessor and will then annnunoe himself
MS a candidate for reelection. He says
he feels assured that the people of the
Sixth ward will return him To the coun-
ell. In the meantime he hangs onto thu
Fi65 of saloon nnes which he took while
acting-mayor and Informed the council
mat he would keep the funds until the
prosecution against him was stopped.
He Is still under ii. 900 bonds to appear
before the next grand Jury and answer
to the charge Of embezZlement,
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1t seems that young Mr.. Curzon, who
married Miss Letter, is not above n
little joke. A short time ago, when he
was In Afghanistan, he was so DESTROYS
of making an impression on the ameer
that he rugged himself up in the regi-
mentals of a general. The trick worked
to a charm, and the ameer, seeing The
glittering and imposing uniform, SUP
posed that the young man was a dis
tinguishe:d warrior. The result was
that MI. Curzon received the most
marked homage, which he gr~aciously
accepted, fortunately getting out of the
country before the imposition was dis
covered
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ne,ca,ct Cas-, pos,no,ea.

Sioux Falls. S. D., June 1.-THE H.
NJ. Benedict habeas corpus case la
been postponed till July I. when 1t will
be heard by United States Judge VIII
liams of Little Rock, Ark.
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H0RR AND HARVEY,
h Silver Debate Wtu Begin Abou
July ll

The Silver Debate Wtn Begin Abou.
Chicago, June 1O.-Lyman ]. Page
president of the First National bank of
this city, who is referee for Roswell G.
Horr of New York, has agreed practi-
cally with Howard S. Taylor, referee
for w. NJ. Harvey. upon the essential
points for the silver discussion to he
held here by Messrs. Horr and Har-
vey, the basis being Mr.. uayvey's
Coins Financial school, The contest
VIII commence about Judy 10. n chapter
of the book being discussed at each
session., of three hours length. TO CON
tinue daily until otherwise agreed. The
contestants win face each other sitting
AMI when one attirms a proposition he
other will cross examine by questions
Everything said will lie reported nv q
stenosrapher and published in book
form for distribution at actual cost.
Each contestant will have ten assist
ants, who will cover n points omitted
by the chiefs at the close of each ses-
sion. The assistants will he men of
national reputation ami in many in
stances experts, Anything bearing on
the free coinage propositions will be
admitted. There will be two Judges.
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There are twenty-seven highway
bridges over the Mississippi between
Brainard. Mimi, n Muscatine, Ia, a
distance of 500 miles. Those above
minneapolis are seldom above 400 feet
iong.'while one at Muscatine is {, 800 feet
long. not that the river is ordinarily so
wide at that point. but to make pro-
vision against freshets. OF the four
teen highway bridges between Mime
apolis and Muscatine only one Is "a draw
bridge. 1t is only in dts infancy that
the river has been bridged for ordinary
highways.
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Farmer strnck by L.irbininn

Manson, Ia, June 11.-Hien Martin n
German farmer, was struck ly ,ipbt.
ming Sunday evening while sitting he.
SIDE the Kitchen stove in his house. His
shoes were torn off and one foot badlx
lacerated.
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DlsRAELl LEFT HER MONEY.
An English Woman Claims the Roths-
chiids Arc Keeping Her Out of IL Be-
UupHt.

London. June 11.-An unknown
woman, deliberately attired in a silk
gown. made application to the court Of
appeals today to compel the Roths-
childs to pay her the money left by the
late Lord Beaconfield. She declared
that Lord B~eaconsfeld had made a will
in her favor, but hat the Rothschilds
We're acting under the provisions of a
forged will. The court refused to grant
her application. the judge telling her to
go to the probate judge and not annoy
him with the case. The woman is un,
dOubtedlY q crank
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Fast rine on n Tandem.

London. June s.-Mills and Edge on a
tandem safety bicycle finished a rack.
against time today. covering 377 miles
in twenty-four hours,
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= ~" III 1lOHC RidInK.
KANSAS CITY. June lO.-John Schale.
barger and Nellie Neff were drowned
at Washington park, their boat capsiz.
ing. They were aged 90 and 10 re.
Epectiyelv.
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A practical test CT raising sunken,
ihips has been made by attaching air
Digs to the hull and hen initiating
hem until the wreck gradually floats
10 the surface.
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A st. Louis man has invented a ma
chine that stamps steel engraved bank
notes by steam, the first of it's kind in
the world. The process. while more
costly h a the old process by hand,
turns Il ten times as many notes in
the same Length of time
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Chamberlain. S. D., June l1.-Just
at present Governor Sheldon is being
severity criticised for what his critics
call his gross abuse of the pardoning
power. This criticism is aroused be-
cause the governor invaribly grants a
pordon to a convict to save his citi-
zenship." The governors critics claim
that they fail to understand the grounds
for this anxity to save the citizenship
of men who nave beer so VIGOROUSLY
false to good citizenship as to be
r~ighteously condemned to states prison
Mrs. Si1nmonds mentioned in one Of
her lectures recently an instance where
the governor thus i~nterposed to save the
citizenship of a man guilty of a crime
so brutal and revolving as not to be
named. Thus far the governor has de-
clined to reply to the complaints Of his
o,S 4 ~
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hoy Drowned In the Maouokct,,

Clinton. Ia, June 11.-Frank Beaver.
aged IA. was drowned last night in the
Maquoketa river while bathing. The
body was recovered.
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Where the Rain Game Down

'''''N ~"
Sioux Falls, S. D., June 1O.-An inch
Of rain fell here Sunday, accompanied
by heavy thunder and lightning.
Huron, S. D.. June a-Nearly an inch
of rain fell here and over almost the
entire state last night. Corn, fax and
wheat that was thought beyond recoy.
.is has made wonderful progress In the
past five days and t~hou.ands of acres
will give a good yield. The rains of the
past forty-eight hours give moisture
sufficient for the remainder of the
month.
Fort Dodge, Ia, June 9.-It has rained
heavily today, assuring the oats crop.
Prospects for everything We're never
better at his time of the wear.
Des Moines. June 9.-The heaviest
a In two years fell her today The
estimated fall in six hours was , inches
and it Is still raining. The rain is suf.
ficient to mature the oats crop and corn
Is supplied with moisture enough for
weeks to come.
Wayne, Ncb.. June 9.-Nearly two
inches of rain fell today and crops OF
all kinds eve looked finer. TIE acre
age Is larger han in former years and
the yield promises to be unusually
large.
Lincoln. Neb., June 9.-The constant
rain of today ana last night was most
welcome, and has had II good effect ON
growing crops. The ain was general
throughout the state, exceeding an
men. The corn crop never looked bet.
ter. Whcat viii not be much of n crop.
the rains coming too late. The oats
crop Will be a good one.
Minneapolis, MINI. June 9.-Thc
northwest was today visited by the
worst rain and hail storm for years.
All reports received thus far indicate
the rain was general all over Minnesota
and the Dakotas. The storm was ac-
companied by heavy lightning, and
considerable damage was done in this
city. Several houses were struck and
many people rendered senseless. There
are reports of bad washuuts in the
country. Today's rain only aGds TO the
prospects of enormous crops in this
section.
st. Paul, Mimi, June ga terrific
rain storm prevailed over the southern
half of Minnesota today, doing great
damage by washing out crops and rail.
road tracks. Two bridges We're swept
away in Stearns county. on Lake
Bypher a boat capsized. throwing three
men into the lake. One of them, Henry
Schneider, aged 50, was drowned.
Hinckley, Mimi, June 9.-rhe worst
rain for years started last night al
midnight and continued until 2 O'Clock
this afternoon. The thunder and light.
l m We're terrific. At Little Mission
creek the freshet washed out forty feet
of the st. Paul and Duluth tracks,
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South Dakota sheep breeders

Mitchell. S. D., June 1.-THE South
Dakota Sheep Breeders association con-
yenes in this city today to discuss plans
for promoting sheep raising in South
Dakota, Prominent sheep men from
all parts of the state are attending.
Prof. Thos. Shaw of Minneapolis, Mimi,
will give a series of lectures beror6 this
| aSSemblage.
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Commercial Travellers Excursion.
CITY OF MEXICO, June lO.-The COM
siercial travellers excursion arrived
here. and in spite of the rain the visitors
are seeing the sights.
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Sioux Falls. s.. d., June 1.-THE State
Scandinavian temperance Society has
closed a three days session in this city.
The society passed resolutions to the
effect that the prohibition law had
benefited the state, and that the So
ciety make a determined effort to pre-
vent the repeal of the law which Will
come up this fall as a constitutional
amendment to be voted on by the pee
pile. The following officers We're
elected for the ensuing year: Presi'
dent. Knute Lewis of Lake Preston.
vice president. ]. j.. Bragstad of Sioux
Falls; secretary, o. S. Sueve of Brook
ings; assistant secretary. Rev. Q. ,.
Berg of Volga; treasurer. N. S. Rudd of
Bookings; directirs, Rev. B. Strand of
Yankton. l.. Gunde of Madison and
Miss Gunda Field of Sioux Falls.
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Blown to Pieces by Dynom,t.

OAKLAND, Cal, June iO.-John Har.
bitz and Allen L. Butson were killed by
an explosion Of nitro.glycerine at tho
Judson dynamite works near West
Berkeley.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-06-15

Acknowledgement and a German in Chi
cago arss. partners in a new business
which they advertise as a watchdog
exchange They will be prepared soon
TO sell dogs trained for watching, or the
dogs may be engaged by the month,
e or night. The German partner
has the experience. having been en-
ployed as a keeper in a similar business
an Berlin, where there are several of
these exchanges doing a good business.
Paradoxical though 1t sounds. an cleo
trical fan that Is used for cooling the
atmosphere in summer will also in
crease the warmth of n room In win
ter.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-06-15

There are two DR.. O'Reillys In st.
Louis. father IL IN. The younger is
rather gay and has a fondness for leav-
Ing his office for hours at a time While
he is pursuing the pleasures of youth.
After an escapade OF rather startling
notoriety the father went down to his
sons office, move out all the furniture,
took down the sign and put a ITO Rent
emblem in the window. Young DR..
O'Reilly was In the vicinity of the trag-
edy which cost Senator Morrisey his
life. and was summoned before the cor
oner to give testimony In the matter.
His father is one of the best known
physicians in st. Louis.
Mrs. Built of Lexington, KY, who,
with her husband. are among the we'll
known people of the state. has obtained
a divorce. The Bluitts were quite prom
inent during the Breckenridge sensation
and Mrs. Bluitt became quite famous
for her outspoken position at that stir
ring time. The court granted to the
plaintiff the return of her maiden nama,
but as her name was Mary Shreve
Goodloe Ransom Bulhtt the loss of a
single name will not be a great depriva-
tion. Colonel Bullitt entered no defense
to the suit and is perfectly satisfied with
the outcome.
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The Swiss farmers living near Massil-
ION, o., have decided to cut down their
cherry trees, which have lined their
highways near their farms and have
given to the two or three hundred who
who WI them the title of the Cherry
Planters. But of late years the people
from the little towns which have
sprung up around them have fallen
into the habit of stealing the fruit and
trampling down the fields adjoining, un-
til the farmers " been forced in self
defense to saw down the trees, though
thus destroying the beauty that made
drives through their fields delightful.
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prohibltion Executive Committee

Mitchell, S. D.. June 1.-THE execu-
tive committee of the State Prohibition
union, consisting Of Rev. S. f. Huntley,
Washington Springs; Rev. Carhart, Elk
Point, and Judge Barnes, Yanklon. will
b. in session in this city for the next
three days to form plans for q CAM
paign against the resubmission of the
now existing prohibitory laws.
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0dt Fellows Memori., G.crc,.cs

Rock Valley. Ia, June l0.-Sunday
being Odd Fellows memorial day. the
/. Q. o. +. and Rebekah lodges of his
city observed 1t. and held beautiful SER
vices at the Methodist church here.
There was a large attendance. After
services at the church. the members Of
the lodges proceeded to the cemetery,
the aides in carriages. where the
graves of departed brothers were deco.
rated.
Five cent kilograms are to be tried in
Italy. The government is also trying
to have the tariff with other European
countries reduced.
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TAYLOR TO RETURN.
Rumor That He Will Come Back of I1is
Own XOlitIOn.

Pierre. S. D.. June lott is pretty
nearly certain that w. w. Taylor will
be in Pierre before the and of this week.
He will, it is rumored. come volunta-
rily, and with his friends. The attor-
ney general n governor are out OF
town and but few particulars can be
learned. Matters will probably develop
later in the day.
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London has thirty people whose In.
comes are oyer $500, 900 a yea
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Warren SILK NIillx burr

NORTHAMPTON. Mass, June l0.-The
Warren silk mills were burned. Loss,
Sl50. 600.
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London has thirty people whose III
comes are over $500, 900 u year.