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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
4 VERY THIN STORY
SPANISH UNABLE TO PRODUCE
MACEO'S BODY.
The Rcnort Was Concoctcd ny Wcy-
Ter and Sent Out to COuntcract u
Rad Effect OF the Cuban's Success
in Crossing the Trocha.
Tells a Very Thin Story.

Mai. Cirujeda telegraphcd to headqnar-
tiers in Havana Wednesday that after 'ie
battle of Punta Bravo he had been Obliged
to abandon the bodies which in the course
of a reconnaissance his troops had dls-
covered to be the bodies OF Maceo ana
Francisco Gomez. The guide OF the column
said that the body looked like Gen. Mareo.
Some one standing by observed that ten.
Maceo was in Pinar del Rio. but II Is never
thelcss believed that the bodies were those
of the Cuban leaders. The bugler OF the
battalion of san Quentin was taking
away from the fallen Cuban a ring
when he found that he was still
alive. He thcreupon killed him with a
machctte. The insurgents, upon notln"
the small force Of the accommodating party,
rushed in with a large humble OF the
troops and succeeded in carrying away the
body said to be Macco's, but without secur-
ing any of the Jewels and papers which
had been found upon it.
Following is IA copy of the letter written
in pencil which was found on the body OF
the youth supposed to be Francisco Gomez:
''Dear Mamma, Papa and Dear Brothers:
| die at my post. ! did not want to aban-
don the body of Gen. Marco and ! stayed
with him. | was wounded in two places,
and as | did not want to fall INTO the hands
of the enemy | have killed myself. die
pleased at being in the defense of the Gu
ban cause. | await for you in the other
world. Your son, FRANCISCO GOMEZ"
A dispatch to the New York World says
that the story of Macco's death was CON
cocted at the palace to countcract the bad
effect of Gen. Maceo's success in crossing
the trOcha between two Spanish forts near
Canas without losing a man.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
DINGlEY BILL TAKEN UP.
The Motion Was Carried ny a Nos
of 30 to ~.

The senate on Thursday. b. the Gcr.Si"c
vote of IS to q. adopted a motion to '""c
ND the Dingley bill. Unexpected ana sHi-
,rising as this action was. 1t dld H"l i!">'
the Significance which the vote itself al
pears to convey. Immediately tollo"i!'@
il. Senator Aldrich uI Rhode Island, one 81
the Republican members of the ihihro
committee. moved to recomntt the ph''
and this motion was pending WlIch' az :
o'clock. the morning hour expired ana U"'
entire matter collapsed as though no E"tc
had been taken.
Early in the day three sets OF vigorous
resolutions for Cuban independence lnf-
nished an interesting feature. They came
from Senator Cameron of pennsylvania,
senator Mills of Texas and Senator an 81
Florida. Senator Cameron rcsolutINn was
the first introduced and read as follows.
"Resolvcd. by the senate and house 81
representatives. That the i~ndep'ndcllr" y
the republic of cuba be ana the sam" IS
hereby acknowledged by the United States
of America.
"Resolved, That the United States ShonId
use its friendly Offices with the c"irrneh'
of Spain to bring to a close thc Nal he'
tween Spain and Cuba"
Senator Mills, Democrat Of Texas, i"i-
lowed with this Joint resolution:
"Resolved, That the president Of TIE
United States is hereby directed 10 take
possession Of the island Of Cuba NH
the military and naval forces Of the
United States and hold it until the pcp-
pie Of Cuba can organize a government
deriving powers from the consent Of TIE
governed, and arm and equip such military
and naval forces as may he necessary tc
secure them against foreign invasi"n.'
Senator Mills and Camcron's resolutions
were referred to the foreign relations com
mittee.
Senate Cali, Democrat of Florida,
offered a resolution. heretofore published,
recognizing the republic Of Cuba. II Went
to the table.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
WORKING THE HOOSlER STATE
Two SWindlers DO a Big Business
with an Old SWinulp.

The people of western Indiana are be-
ginning to believe that they are regarded
as easy prey for all the Swindlers of the
confidence game variety and for footpads
and house thieves as well. Every news
paper tells the story of loss in its commun-
itv. The inventive mind of the schemer
ha, brought forth new devices which are
calculated to catch even the wary. One of
the swindlcs frequently reported. is
worked by two men. One buys an
article in a store and pays for ii with
a marked bill. After he has gone the
confederate arrives and makes a purchase.
usually a cigar. and after standing at the
counter a few minutes asks for his change.
The clerk says he has not been paid and
the customer insists that he handed over
the counter & bill-naming the dcn0mina-
ton Of the one PASSED by the first man.
He is sure of il. and remembers that the
bill was peculiarly marked. The clerk
looks in the money drawer. tndsthe marked
bin. apologies TO the customer and gives
him the change.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Chicago Men Buy Gold Mines.

II. 5. Gillette and Calvin l. Brown Of
Chicago have bought five gold mining loca-
tons i'll lnyo County, California. paying
for the properties $4,000. The Chicago
men have had the ground carefully pros
pected during the past few months and
know what they are buying. The mines
are near the town Of independence, and
have a good record. Although the great
est depth attained in amy of them is not
over 100 feet, there is ore enough in sight
to pay for the property if not another
pound Of it is found at "a greater depth.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
THE WEEK IN TRADE
THE BUSINESS WORLD AS SEEN
EY BRADSTREET'S.
No rOvem in General Trade
the Past Week .- Pour Hundred
Persons Lost Their Lives by n
Sinking the Steamer Salicr,
Rradstrect's Weekly Review.

lDIdtStICSt =
Bradstreet's Weekly Review OF Trade
saws: There has been no Improvement IN
general trade this week. except in holiday
specialtieS. Unreasonable weather Ia
AGAIN delayed the demand for winter
goods and the approach of the period f"I
stock taking will prolong the season OF
dulIneSs well into EeXi month.
The tendency OF prices is more con-
s%piciously downward. noticcably for Besse-
mer pig iron. steel billetS. rails. hides,
leather. -four. wheat corn. oats. lard. cot'
ton and petroleum. Dry goods are de-
pressed by the large stock of print cloths
in the hands of manufacturers, and al
though some New England wo"len mills
are we'll supplied with orders. there is no
revival in wooden manufacturing. some
makers are waiting for the goods market
to start up.
Exports of wheat. -four included as
wheat. from both coasts OF the United
States this week shcw a marked increase
as compared with the preceding week and
corresponding week in the preceding year,
amounting to 4,222.7l4 bushels. contrasted
with 1858, ON bushels last week and 2.45S,-
600 bushels in the corresponding week last
year.
Exports of Indian corn this week are
also heavy. amounting to 3.54l.2SS bushels,
twice as much as in the preceding week.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
New Trouble for Venezuela.

Unofficial reports from Nenesuela state
that serious agitation has sprung up
against the boundary settlement agreed on
between the United States and Great Brit
ain and has caused much surprise and no
little concern i'll official quarters III WASH
nr,ton. Minister Andree was to have
sailed for the United States Thursday and
cabled Secretary Olicy that President
Crespo approved OF the convention and
would call a special session of congress to
ratify ii. 1t is feared the agitation against
the settlement will embalass and possibly
imperil a final adjustment. MAY be an
extra session will not be called. as the reg
ular session ~convenes February 70.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
WRITE IN A WHITE REGIMENT
New Pension Swindle Discovered in
st. Louis.

The United States authorities believe
that in the person OF Henry Barcus, alias
Henry Myers, colored, they have a clue to
a pension swindle which has been con-
ducted on an extensive scale. Barcus. alias
Myers. said he had served as a corporal in
Company X, Ninety-Seventh Indiana in
fantry. a white regiment. He made his APP
plicatiun under the name of Samuel Myers
and the records at Washington show that
Corporal Myers of Company X. Ninety
seventh infantry, was living in ~lloosicr
Street, -. Louis. Mo, and drawing a pen
sion. When arrested Barcus made IA state
ment that leads the officials to believe that
the negro soldier i'll a white regiment is a
common scheme for working pension
frauds.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
TRAIN HELD UP IN ST. LOUIS
Robbers Blow the Express Gar open
hut Get No Booty.

The Iron Mountain fast express tram
coinr south was held up n mile from the
Union station. within the city limits OF -.
Louis. Wednesday night at $3.50 10y SIX
masked men. The express safe could not
he opened and the bandits fled without
booty.
One of the men stood in the center OF the
track and waved Il red lantern, slgnliylhg
there was danger ahead. The engineer
STONED the train and no sooner had ne
done SO than two masked men jumped on
the engine cab and presenting reviewers
told him to hold the engine still on pain OF
Heath.
Two of the other robbers went to the en-
press car and demanded admittaice.
Messenger W. j. Egan refused to let them
in. After threatening to kill min they
placed a stick of dynamite at the car door
and blew it to pieces and badly shattered
one side of the car. Fortunately it was "A
through car and the money was in a time
locked safe. Finding it useless to try to
blow this open the robbers jumped OF ana
notified their companions on the engine
that they had failed to get anything. Con-
ductor William Hall came forward to find
out what was the matter. He was met by
one of the thieves who. pointing a revolver
at his head. ordered him to go back on the
train. The robbers then left. and Engineer
William Green pulled the train out AZ full
speed.
The passengers of the train were IN no
way disturbed and il was half an hour be-
fore any one realized what happened. The
robbers had planned well the job, for
within two minutes after the doldup they
had disappeared from view and were LOST
in the crowds of the city. For holiness
the robbery has no equal i'll the annals of
train holdups in Missouri.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
MARKET


Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to 5000; hogs. shipping grades.
$500 to $50; sheep. fair to choice. 500
10 So. -: wheat, No. . red, 15c to 1Gc;
corn. No. ., pc to 24c; oats. No. =. 11c
TO 19c: rye, No. .. 3Sc to Zoe; butter.
choice creamery, 22c to dc: eggs. fresh.
pc to BE; potatoes, per buShel, 2oc 10
3oc: broom corn, common green to tiue
brush. 2l4c 10 51bc per pound.
lndianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 to
S3.2o; hogs, choice light. $500 to $40:
sheep. common to prime. 500 TO $500:
wheat. No. >. Soc to Ole: corn. No. >
white. Q 10 PIC; oats, No. 2 white, DC
TO 23c.
st. Louis-Cattle. S3.0G to $500; hogs,
$500 10 $3.50; wheat, No. .. Ole TO use;
corn. No. > yellow. pic TO PC; oats.
No. , white, l9c to PIC; rye, No. 9. 3d.
to 36c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, 500 TO $500: hogs.
S'i.D to 1910; sheep. $50 TO $3.50,
wheat, No. :, 92c to Ole; corn. No. =
mixed. pc to DE; oats. No. = mixed. l9c
to 2lc: rye. No. ,, Ace to 42c.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $500: hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 10 50. 80;
wheat. No. : red, soc to Ole: corn. No. 9
yellow, 2lc to pc; oats, No. = white, 200
to re; rye. CSC to SOC.
Ioledo-Wheat. No. 2 red, 9oc to Ole.
corn. No. : mixed, 22c to dc: cats. No.
: white, lie to 19c; rye. No. >. $50 to 39c.
clover seed. $5.25 to $3.50.
Mllwauk.e-Wheat. No. 9 spring. 77c
to '9c; corn, No. B.. BE to DC: oats. No
: white, zoe to pc: barley. No. =. @ ia
SIC; rye, No. l, 43c TO 44c; pork. mess.
$3.50 to 500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $500: hogs
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to S373
wheat No. 2 red, 97c to Csc; corn. No
= yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. > white
23c to 24c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to S525: hogs
s".oo to $500; sheep, 500 to $500
wheat, No. 2 red, Soc to SIC: corn. No. .
SSc to Soc; oats, No. = white, 23c 10 24c
butter, creamery, 15c to 25c: eggs. Wes,
ern, zoe TO 22c.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
MANY LIVES LOST.
Details of the Loss of the Steamer
Salier OFF Spain.

Salier OF Spain.
ViCo. Spain, Dec. II: Some of the bodies
of those on the i'll fated Salier, including
that of the captain. have been washed
ashore. The captains watch had stopped
at $50, presumably Tuesday morning. De-
cember S.
The Salier was bound from Bremen 10
Buenos Ayres via COrunna and Nlllagar-
ella. The Corobedo rocks are situated off
the southwest coast of the province Of
C0runna. They should have been given a
wide berth before the steamer headed east
ward and then in a northeaSterly direction
for the bay leading to Nillagarcia.
The passengers were mostly in the
steerage. The disaster occurred during a
dense fog and in very heavy weather. The
10 this port. Two of her boats We're swept
overheard by the heavy seas which beat
over her, and She sustained other damage
from the same cause. 1t is believed that
about 400 persons persisted. The steamer
struck during the night of Monday last in
a ledge OF rocks about two and one-halt
miles off Cape Corobedo on her way from
this place to Nillagarcia. where she was tG
ship another lot OF Storage passengers,
bound for Bu2nos Ayres. a large amount
of wreckage is reported to have washed
ashore. The search made for possible sur.
vivors of the wreck has SO far been unayail-
ihg and but little hope is entertained Of
rescuing any Of the passengers or crew.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
AlTGElD FREES HIM.
Sentence Of Murderer of Express
Messenger Nichols COMMITTED.

Coy. .Altgeld, of Illinois has committed
the life sentence of Henry Schwartz. who,
together with Newton Watt, was convicted
in 1856 of numbering an express messen-
ger on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad and %plundering his car. The
communications, which reduces Schwartz S
sentence to twenty years. is, in fact, a par
don, as it will release him next spring.
The crime attracted wide attention at the
time. The murder was one of the foulest
in the criminal history of the state. and
was committed for no other purpose than
that of rabbery, the victim being a brave
and honest man who gave UP his life in
the defense of the property that had been
committed to his care. Kellogg Nichols
was the messenger who was killed by the
man whom the governor is to turn out of
the penitentiary, and the recollection Of his
sad fate, will it is believed, arouse almost
as much public Indignation against GOV.
Altceld as did he %pardoning Of the an
arcliStS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Kansas Defaultcr Free.

GOV. Morrill, of Kansas has granted {
pardon to James l.. Dick, defaulting treas.
urer OF Ellsworth County, who was sen.
fenced in 1875 to twelve years imprison-
ment. Though it has been repeatedly rep
resente to Gov. Morrill, that the convict
was in poor health the governor firmly re-
fused to granta pardon, but when word was
received that John Dick, the only son Of
The prisoner and the sole support of the
prisoners wife, mad been killed in a rail
road accident, Gov. Morrill, at once granted
a pardon and telegraphed Warden Lynch
10 release the prisoner Immediately that ho
might board the next train home.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Compelled to Take Gold Cure.

General Franklin, the chairman of the
board OF managers of the Leavenworth,
Kan, Soldiers Home, testified before the
congressional committee that is investiya-
ting the management of the home, that vet
Grams addicted TO drunkenness are com
PEELED to take the Kelley cure and that the
expenses therefor are deducted by the man
agement from their pensions and that Col.
Smith, the head of the institution is presi-
dent of the national organization of Keeley
graduates, receiving a salary for his ser
vices in that capacity.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
To Cut Salaries Of Federal Employees

Senator Chandler Oh Wednesday intro
duced a bill III the senate for a 10 per cent.
reduction OF the salaries of all federal en-
ployeS. The reduction shall begin on the
30th Of June. lS47. ana continue for three
years and shah include all officers and en-
ployes of the United States whose salaries
are paid from the treasury either annually,
quarterly. monthly or scmi-monthly, ex-
cept those whose compensation cannot
be diminished during their continuance
in Office.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17

The battleship Indiana has gone from
New York to Hampton roads. She will be
followed by all of the vessels of the North
Atlantic squadron, as fast as they can be
repaired at the New York navy yard and
Hampton roads will be made the base
of the squadron drills during the winter,
as was Tompkinsville during the summer
months. The maneuvers will begin as soon
as the vessels of the squadron are gathered
in the roads and the naval officers are quick
to convey the understanding that they have
no warlike significance.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
MADRID MAD WITH JOY.
Reported Death Of MaceO Causcs
Rejoicing in SDain'S Capital.

The official announcement of the death
the son of Maxine Gomez, has been pub
lished in Madrid and has caused the great
est enthusiasm. Crowds Of students
marched through the streets. Manifesto
tons were held in front Of the ministry for
Spain, the army and for Maj. Cirujedas,
whose column defeated the insurgents
under Maceo near PUnta Bravo, in Havana
province.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Boiler Explosion Kills Three Men

A boiler in the mill of the Wilcox Lumber
Company at Seville. Ga. exploded With
fatal. results, killing Mayor Filand ofSeviIle,
an Irish employe, name unknown and -four
negroes. The explosion was felt for miles
around. The cause is supposed TO be the
small supply of water in the boiler. Mayor
Piland was a Waterman at the mill. The
part Of the mill where the boiler was sit.
uated was completely wrecked.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Novel Way to Pay Campaign Bills,

The PopuliSt state committee Of Kansas
has opened a book i'll which the name; of
candidates for app"intiye offices under the
incoming administration are registered. a
fee OF 81 is charged for entering the name
OF the applicant IN the book. The money
thus raised will 90 toward the payment of
500 III campaign bills which the commit
Tee owes
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Junta DiScredits 1t.

The leaders of the Cuban iunta in New
York refuse TO credit the report Of Gen.
Maceo's death. They say that this is the
seventh time such news has been circu-
lated. and always after he had compelled a
Spanish retreat with a heavy loss Of life.
They add, however, that if he is dead il:
will not end the contest.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
New York BUILDINGS TDSafe

superintendent Of Buildings Constable
Oh New lork city made the statement in a
conference with Mayor Strong that there
were 3,2oo large buildings i'll that city that
were unsafe, and as many as seven that
have cracks and f~ssurc> in them. and have
10 be constantly watched.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17

The Will OF the late William Steinway,
the New York piano manufacturer. be-
queaths nearly the entire fortune to mem
bers of the immediate family. There are
some small requests of a public character.
and the L~iederkranz comes in for a small
share, as do some of the German schools,
but the charitable beuuests are few.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
BANQUET in Mr.. Bayard's Hono,

The United States Ambassador, Mr..
Thomas F. Bayard, has accepted the nryi-
tstion Of the lord mayor of London, Mr..
George Faudel- Phillips to be present at a
banquet which will be given in honor of
Mr.. Bayard March =.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Burned in Il Prairie Fire

Two children Of WIN. Bledsoe, living
near ~SasakaWa, seminole Nation. were
burned to death in a prairie fire While Mr.,
and Mrs. Bledsoe were away from home
The children, a boy and a girl. aged II and
IA years, took refuge in a cellar when the
flames surrounded their home.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
West and WalCOtt Draw.

Tommy West Of Boston, fought a nine
teen round draw with Joe Walcott. tie
famous colorcd w1terweight in New YORK
on Thursday night.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Steamboat Liable for ThefYS

A New York dispatch says that nnder a
decision by the court of appeals a steam
boat company is liable for money or
valvables stolen from a stateroom while
the room is actually occupied by a passen-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
Western Unions Dividend.

The executive committee of the Western
Union Telegraph Company has recon-
mended the declaration of the regular
quarterly dividend of IA per cent. by the
board Of directors
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
oldest Veteran of the War Dead

Old Nathan Webb, aged 100 years, the
oldest survivor OF the civil war. the oldest
pensioner on the rolls Of Uncle Sam and
one OF The men who assisted in the capture
of Jefferson Davis, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Eta downward, 10 West
SiXty-third Street. New York.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
SolOns ReassCntb.c.
Washington correspondence:

WASHINGTON coTrPspoiueHtt.
The r~eassembling of Congress for the
closing session of the Fifty-four.b Con-.
grcss was an occasion of unusual bril-.
!iancy and interest. The opening day is
always q gala affair, marking as il does
the official inauguration of the social rs
well as the political season in Washington
bat Monday it was all the more interest
ing because of the long and hard fought
roliti nj battle that had been waged dur
ing the recess.
Proceedings of the Senate.
The Senate began the second session of
the Fifty-fourth Congress with crowded
galleries and with that accompaniment
of activity and of greeting that usually
attends the reassembling of Congress.
BUT the upper branch of Congress never
puts aside its dignity. and the meeting
developed no demonstrations of dramatic
incidents.
The reading of the Presidents message
was the feature of the proceedings. and
beyond this no attempt was made 10 enter
upon the business of the session. To
mnay OF the foreign representatives occu-
pying the diplomatic gallery the message
had special interest and Significance. W
inc to the part they had taken III the con-
spicuous foreign events to which :he Pres
ident referred. Sir Julian p~auncefote,
the British ambassador. and The new
Turkish minister, Moustupha Bey. We're
present. Senior Dupuy De LONE. the
Spanish minister, was not i'll attendance
during the day. but two of the secretaries
OF the Spanish legation carefully noted
the references to the Cuban conflict. Min
lister Hatch of Hawaii and Mr.. Cooper,
the Hawaiian minister of foreign affairs,
were listeners. although the message con-
tanned no reference to the Hawaiian ISL
ands. The diplomatic gallery was vacated
as soon as the foreign questions referred
TO in the message had been read.
On the floor of the Senate printed copies
of the message were distributed and these
gave the Senators opportunity to read the
salient features instead of listening to
them. As a result there was scant atten-
ton after the reading had proceeded be-
yond the first half hour. The reading of
the message covered one hour and fifty
minutes and at its conclusion the Senate
adjourned.