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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
business Houses Burned

Wheeling. W. Va, March 81. 800 The
fire which broke out in the business
portion OF Weston. this state, shortly
after midnight this morning. destroyed
property 10 the value of $4,000, only
about one-third OF which was covered
by insurance. The property burned
was about onc-half the business por-
ton of the town, which il the seal of
the state hospital for the insane. Dur
ing the fire n suspension bridge which
spans the West Fork river, connecting
the hospital with the town. gave way
with II crowd of people. a number Of
persons were injured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Murder md suicide.

Virginia, Ill. March 81. Conrad
Becker. ii wealthy farmer of Arenz'
Vile. this county, was shot dead yes
terday by his stepson, William Beck
ar. the latter committing suicide by
firing n bullet through his brain. The
terrible tragedy is the result of an old
family quarrel which recently termin-
ated i'm a law suit and the ordering OF
the stepson off some land. The muir
lered man leaves an estate of SSO,OOO.
The murderer and suicide carried Il
life insurance Of $4,000 in different
frntrrnnl societies.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
NUBBINs OF NEWS.
Items of General interest Placed 4
a Few Lines

Items of General Interest Placed in
n Few Lines.
James A. Masters fell dead while ut
work in st. Paul.
The total loss from the Yerxa fire
II st. Paul il estimated at $4,000.
The French foreign minister has re-
signed, being made a scapegoat.
The Bermuda has succeeded i'm land
lng her cargo Of arms and ammunition
Tor the Cubans.
All the missing people at the ferxa
hrc IN 81. Paul have been accounted
for.
Louisiana regulators prevented ne
groes from registering. A negro killed
one of the regulators.
A new 81, PaulMinneapoiis interur-
ban line is proposed via Como and
Langford and through st.
Anthony Park.
The Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern may engage in n time-cuttiDg
war.
A piece is to be produced mt one of
h theaters in Berlin i'm a few weeks.
the author Of which is said 10 he none
other than the emperor of Germany.
A son was born to the wife of Geo.
J. Gould. He is the fifth child.
Prof. j. w. Hoffman of Tuskegee in
stsute. the only distinguished negro
scientific agriculturalist of America,
has been elected a member of the
Massachusetts Horticultural society.
Field Marshal Yamagata. who com
manded the Japanese forces during
the war with china. is i'm San Fran
cisco on his way to Moscow TO attend
the coronation Of the ear as the rep
resentativc of japan.
Edward King. II well known author
and correspondent. died i'm Brooklyn
yesterday after an illness of eight
days. He was forty-nine years old.
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet. who has been iii fer several days.
and whose condition became alarm
ing Friday night. was much better
yesterday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Gable Frn IA

san Francisco, March 81. Inquiry
regarding the terms upon which an
American company will be permitted
to land IA cable on the Hawaiian ISL
ands reveals the facts that the terms
are embodied in an act passed by the
Hawaiian legislature last August.
Upon application from Col. II. L.
Spaulding the Hawaiian Legislature of
fered To let him land a cable on any
Of the Hawaiian islands. and III addi-
ton give him a subsidy of $4,000 a
year. providing he should obtain an
equal subsidy from the United States
gOYernment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
S~PIRIT-FED FLAMES
thirty Thousand Barrels Of Whisk,
Burned Near Louisville.


Louisville, March 31-The two three
story warehouses, Nos. 1 and 3, of the
Pleasure Ridge Park Distillery com
pany, were destroyed by fire with all
heir contents, consisting of upward of
$4,000 barrels of whisky, a portion of
me distillery machinery, the office OF
the company and a number of books
in which the government accounts
are kept. The fire originated in the
top of an elevator which stood out
SIDE or warehouse No. 3, and was used
10 convey barrels to the top floor of
The warehouse. 1t is supposed to have
oeen caused by a spark blown from
one of the smokestacks of the dis
tillery proper. Loss. S425 900, of
which 10000 is on bonded whisky,
$4,000 on free whisky and the remain
Ter on the buildings. The insurance
= about S32J, 600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Crushed Under "A RuiIlinr

Cleveland, March 81. During a
wind storm hate hast night the wlll OF
n building recently destroyed by lire.
fell upon the house of II. \. Vaughan.
at 145 Cedar avenue Tons of brick
crashed through the roof. carrying
down II portion of the upper floor
Mrs. j.. .. Bradford of OlmStead
Falls. Ohio. n sister of Mrs. Vaughan,
was killed in her bed. and Miss Emma
DietrichS, a domestic, was badly in
iured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
stock Notes.

1t pays to breed the best, 1t will al
ways sell for good prices.
Feeders are still seiiIng high In view
of the price of beef animals.
For winter layers you must have
very early spring chickens. IL you
cannot get them otherwise use an incu-
bator.
Hot-hoase lambs are reported to be
selling I'm the Boston market at from
50 TO So per carcass of twenty-eight
to thirty pounds. Pretty lear eating.
1t will pay to sort your sheep. Put
the culls in pens by themselves and
they will fatten for mutton easily and
the flocks will be much better without
them.
So far this year the sales OF foreign
wool in the three chief markets have
been much greater than the sales of
domestic wool. The figures are revers-
ed from a year ago.
As showing the growth of the frozen
meat trade I'm Australia. a Sydney pa
per mentions a firm which is extending
it's facilities SO as to be able TO handle
5000 sheep carcases per day.
One English firm Is said to have
GSt ytuT over Il million
dressed of mutton shipped
from New Zealand. The prices sold
at would starve out any American
shipper.
A Western paper relates that a flock
Of 2,3OO sheep, at Churchill, Nevada.
were stampeded and in some way two
columns of the frightened animals
came together and 800 sheep were
smothered. their bodies being piled up
to a height Of six feet.
Sheds for sheep in inclement weather
are quite as necessary as for cattle.
The floors should be well bedded. and
the bedding renewed It least once a
month. Provide a supply of rock salt
under cover, to which sheep can have
access.
To break a setting hen we know of
no sure remedy. The quickest method
Is to place a few eggs under her, let
her sit a few days and then move her
eggs to another place. A hen will
never sit after the eggs are one
moved, especially II the eggs be placed
where sitting will be dlsa yreeable or
offensive to the hen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
American Volunteers

Chicago. March 81. - Burlington
BOOTHS followers in Chicago fired the
first volley for the new American Vol
unteers yesterday afternoon. in a nall
IN the West side in close proximity TO
Salvation Army headquarters. Ma
iors Blackhurst and Trumble. who ar
rived from New York yesterday to
organize the Chicago contingent. were
greeted with cheers mingled with
countless amens and h~allelujahs when
they explained the causes of the re-
volt
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Montague Is indicated.

JamestOwn. \. D. March 3I.-Thc
Indictment and accusation found by
the grand jury against Asylum Trus-
tee Montague We're both quashed by
Judge Templeton and reported here.
This decision settles the asylum cases
and disposcs of the Indictment against
the Fargo Argus. 1t is not ut all prob
able GOV. Allin will call for another
grand Jury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
WA Mis-. Drake M,xrx.

bs rnnH, March .'l.-Nothing def
ksrfed wn here In regard to the
.ake. d. .Sagcment Of Mary Lord
fnher si,er Of the governor, to a
4 wlsean .ne governors staff. but
4 Franz are guessing that 1t is
. da :: Let's of Marshalltown.
tGal FISHING young man. an infu.
luma," and u widower. He is
p ono 81 ,iiehd OF Gov. Drake. and
|npalrn his main supporters i'm the
Eersooa "sl summer. 1t has been
b pat Ou' however, that Miss Drake
fSunt \ pen 10 such PROPOSITIONS on
"r old home.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
nv Ice

Oshkosh. Wis, March 31.-Rain and
a gale broke the ice on Lake Winnie
bago to-day and ii was driven OH TO
the west shore in great masses, pill
ing up To n height of twenty or thirty
feet. Trees Were uprOoted and huge
bOulderS were moved like pebbles.
Boat houses and all structures along
the shore Were wrecked, and in this
city North Park suffered greatly from
the moving ice.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02

Kingston, Jamaica, March 3l.-The
schooner William Todd. Capt. Camp
bell. belonging to Calais. Ne, has ar
rived here from Mobile, Ala. Her com
mander reports he was fired on by
Spanish gunboats off the Isle of Pines.
He hove to. was boarded and his yes
sci searched. The Spaniards did not
find anything contraband on board
the schooner, and she was allowed TO
proceed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
burned Old Glory

Barcelona. March 3l.-ThiS city had
an anti-American demonstration. The
throngs of ~promenaders who listened
to the band concert displayed Il lively
enthusiasm when the band played pat
riotic airs, and their patriotism o
the form Of publicly burning an Amer
lean flag. No further disturbance,
however, occurred.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Furniture ulnzc

Minneapolis, March II. The base
ment floor of T. Jeffrey X Co.'S new
store at G23 and 625 Nicollct avenue
was damaged $4,000 by fire yesterday
afternoon. Jeffery & Co. had not yet
opened for business. They were stock
ing their store with some 500, 900
worth of furniture, carpets and gen
eral house furnishings, intending to
open for business April II.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Missouri River pilot Dies

Sioux City. Iowa. March 31.-Capt.
Nelson Todd. n Of the best known
river men in the country, is dead of
cancer. at the age of fifty. He was
one Of the best pilots on the Missouri
river. His last command was on the
government steamer Mandan. The re-
mains will be taken to Allegheny City,
Pa, for burial.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
nurneI In Death

Spring Valley, Mimi. March 81. -
The house of Mr.. Refill. living sever
miles southeast of this place. was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground with all it's contents. burning
to death his hired man and one of
his boys, and so badly burning his
wife and II other boy that they are
not expected to live.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02

Adnation sarch 81. After an ex-
The hoar mt the county morgue
p sad ~ tonnd in the mysterious
FAe nnstlh parties by n ware
Ras Mas here. Henry Devere
t Il as cel' two Frenchmen, iden-
Fsper Cba.na, or their friend. Joancs
Lake cI who disappeared from
(oler, haro n February. 1893. The
dentlaoa Is not satisfied that
More co suon is complete, aud I'M
\ 10 ors s'hcing evidence arises
net yiva use claims the body. he
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Gen Harrison Celebrates

indianapolis, March 31.-To-day was
made the occasion of IN suspicious
event at the home of ex-President
Harrison in this city. 1t was the last
sunday prior to his marriage with
Mrs. Dimmick. and he celebrated the
occasion by giving a dinner to his son
Russell Harrison and wife. his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mckee and the latter's two
children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Breach of Promise Cuse

Minneapolis, March :i1.-Prof. Will
lam NJ. Cross, well known i'll society
circles III Minneapolis. is made de
felpdant in "A breach of promise suit,
the complaint in which will lee filed
tomorrow. The complaining party is
Mrs. Agnes Is. King. Il pretty and ac-
complished lady who formerly lived III
st. Paul. bHt who. for n year or more.
has made her home ri the Langham in
this city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
OHIO TRAGEDY
Lr,py 70 MURDER AN ENTIRE
FAMILY.
Nan Enters the House
stone of Ta1imndGe,
-. and His Wife, and
FATALLY Injuries the
-, and Two of stones
,.r.-No Cause known for
N. need.

oh;o March 31.-At a late
% y, night a masked man entered
! Hs' house of Alvin Nj. Stone.
arm madge. a few miles from
and in the brief space of
on' committed n horrible
~ when he took his depart
ris. and his wife. both aged
we're lying dead in bed horri-
y nilated, and Ira Stiilson, the
IAN and Emma stone, the cid
,hree daughters, were uncon-
IN blows dealt by the MUIR
.soSsin entered the house by
ladder, which he raised to
y stairs window. He first passed
Tho O in which Hattie and
c,one were sleeping without
inc them. Going quietly down
- the room in which Mr. and
c,one slept. he attacked them
hl,rut weapon of some sort,
~ both upon the head. They
nr,bably rendered unconscious,
ssihly killed, by the blows, but
Uni not satisfied with that, pro-
"a 70 mutilate their bodies with
a;fe He cut off II OF stones
slasbed him across the face and
SNei him in the back. Then he
,Irs Stones cheek open with the
After satisfying his tiendish de-
aown stairs he proceeded to the
Z stillson. up stairs. The hired
saard the intruder. apparently.
~ nod arisen. when he was dealt
,,,pjnq blow on the head. Next
murderer turned his attention 10
mo- stone. who slept in Il room by
IN When he entered her room
,rpamed. That awakened the
other girls, who slept across the
Hattie Stone arose TO go to her
~ assistance. but rs she entered
3tter's room she was feiled 10
eaar by n blow on the head, but
pot rendered unconSci rus. Re
rIps her feet she ran Ia her own
and locked the door. Throwing
n quilt about her. she leaped from
window and ran through the rain
lnEl 10 inc HSlltSi h'lSlli'ot -, a.
Eurr Of a mile away. After he had
M Hattie down. the murderer re-
|rrl 10 Emma'S room and struck
en- The head.
Leaving Her Unconscious.
De tried the door 10 the room in
XII Hattie had left her younger sis
flora, when she jumped from the
LdN. Finding the door locked. he
tered il down. Finding only Flora
BE room. he asked where the other
was. When told that she had
for help he hastily left the house
gade his escape. Hattie. with
Hood streaming from the wound
APr head, managed to reach the
.ll0r'S house. told her story aud
tainted.
he crime is a mystery. There is no
F>be motive for the murders, so
as can be learned. Certainly. the
n'erer was not bent on robbery. for
a bureau drawer in Mr.. stones
10 we're two gold watches and some
fney, but nothing was taken. ap-
Frplly. Ira Stillson. the hired man,
Emma and Hattie Stone have not
fegained consciousness. and il is
pred that StillSon. at least. will die.
" the chances for the recovery of
'Ro girls are very small.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Triple Tragedy In Arkansas

Bentonville. Ark, March 3l-~A triple
tragedy occurred three miles from
here to-day. Pulaski Duck worth. a
prominent and highly respected farm
or, killed his wife by striking her on
the head with an AK. He then AT
tackled his four-year-old child with
the AK and inflicted injuries that will
prove fatal. The nan then killed him
Splf
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
rp.- VnImsIa Founders

New York, March 31.-A cablegram
from Bermuda, received at the mari
time exchange to-day. reports that the
steamer Volusia. from jamaica, Marcn
~, for New York, foundered In iati-
tude 30, longitude "a. All The crew
we're taken of by the Continental
hnrk Linda.
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Took His own Life.

Baraboo, Wis. March II. Charles
Deiminger of Sank City, Wis, aged
seventy. Il noted taxidermist, com
United suicide to-day by shooting. He
had the largest collection of rare birds
and animals owned in Wisconsin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
New surgeon General.

Bozeman. Mont, March 81. DIR.
Whitefoot. n Of the old timers OF
Montana and n resident of this city,
has been made surgeon general on
the governors staff. The position was
made vacant by the decease OF DIR.
Plckman. late surgeon general.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
FIaxseed Burned.

Burlington, Iowa, March 31.-The ell
evator and about 10000 bushels of
naxseed. property Of the National Lin
seed Oil company. burned here last
night. Loss. $4,000; fully insured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
E,our,nr Mil, nurned

Granite Falls. Mimi. March 81
The large Touring mill at this place
known as the big Pinney mill was de-
strOyed BIS fire. The mill was built
in 1895 by w. w. rinney Il Sons. and
cost about $4,000. having a capacity
of about 300 barrels per day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Alabama Journalist Dead.

Huntsville, Ala. March 81. - j. w.
Clay, Sr., the nestor of Alabama jour
nalism, died this morning after II long
illness from a stroke of paralysis. lie
was about seventy-six years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02

Columbus, Ohio, March 81. - Fred
Gorrell, a molder of West Columbus
aged twenty-one, to-day shot his wife,
who is but seventeen. and then stood
before a mirror and cut his w throat
with a razor. Gorrell died almost in
stantly, but his wife will ecover.
Jealousy was the cause.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
steel Combine.

Pittsburgh. March 3l.-A gigantic IN
1ustrial combination went through We
preliminary stage of formation ana
was practically effected mt a meeting
of steel producers in New YORK ihs.
week. Ii will control production n
prices.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
English Authore.. Dead.

London. March 31.-The Times an
nounces the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Charth. author of many historical nov
els characterized by a deep religious
feeling, among them being The Dray-
tons and Devanants." and The Chron-
icles Of the Schomberg-Cotta Family"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Aged Ewes.

Aged Ewes.
The American Sheep Breeder says:
Everything in the live stock business
Of all kinds Is pointing Enthusiastically
to the early maturity of animals. even
those selected for breeding. There il
a period in the life of every animal
when 1t is at it's best and most profit
able stage for its keeper. There In nc
use for il after that. Now, while it in
thought by some that a good sheep ip
always good, and will pay for its keep
ing, it is not consistent with truth
There is an age when to do the bes.
for it's owner il should be ready to
die. Formerly it needed three or four
years to get n wether tit for Il market.
now il is fully ready at ~ to ~
months; or If it Is not. its owner il
losing money on il, and that Is not
what he is keeping sheep for. A sheep
to-day brings its owner the most
money mt three months of age. Ten dol
lars is more easily got then five at
any time afterwards. This Is the age
of push. and he who does not push.
gets pushed. So Ii is with the shep-
herd. He must push his flock for all
ii is worth in the least time. And II
matters not what kind of sheep he
keeps. there is room for all If all are
managed as sheep should be. That
is the point TO hit, TO make the most
money in the least time. We are now
TO think Of n sheep as mutton as we'll
as a wool bearer. and young mutton
is worth much more than old stuff;
while the fleece Is good all the time
up to five years. 1t won't pay now ~
keep ewes for any single purpose past
the age OF five or even four years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
waterbury sinred

Washington, March 81. Seymour
destroyed the lumber. coal and build
lngs In the yards of the City Lumber
and Coal company here to-day. Loss.
100000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02
Die, under treatment.

Rice Lake, Wis, March 31.-Robert
Phillips, Sr., known as Bob" Phillips.
died of appoplexy while under, treat
for the liquor habit at the Eau
Claire institate.
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accuscd of burglary.

Rice Lake. Wis, March 3l.-Louis
Nielsen. who. it is charged. burglarized
Noes saloon. was arrested at Aiioohi'
md lodged i'm Barron jail.
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be open at the bottom. hut provided
with a slide TO close 1t in warm wealth
er. and an opening should he made
near the top Of the stable. which may
be opened in warn weather when the
lower one Is closed.-F. II. Dawley in
| Practical Farmer.
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less. So much skin disease Is fostered
by horse cloths that II large omnibus
company IL London have abolished
them altogether from their stables.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
THE PROGRESS ;
TWICE A WEEK
For Fifteen Cents a Month

fence a great crisis in his spiritual
life, in which there is such total self
surrender to God and such al infill-
ing of the Holy Spirit that he is freed
from the bondage Of sinful appetites
and habits, and enabled to have con-
slant victory over self, instead of
suffering constant defeat. In saying
this what more do we affirm
than is taught in that
Scripture: "Walk in the Spirit
and We shall not fulfil the lust of the
flesh" If we regard the doctrine of
slnless perfection as heresy, we re.
gard contentment with sinful lmper-
lection as greater heresy.
TT LAUGHS AEL THE WHILE"
One Of the most pathetic instances
of the yesrning of the human being
for the Divine is that related by
Bishop Whipple, Of Minnesota
"Some year ago, he said, ian Indian
stood at my door. and as / opened il
he krelt at my feet. Of course l badt
him not to kneel. He said, My father
l knelt only because my hear is
warm to a man who pitied the rec
man. l am a wild man. My HON.
is five hundred miles from here.
knew that all the indians east of tn,
Mississippi had persisted; and never
look into the faces Of my children
that my heart WAS not sad. NJ!
father had told me of the Grea
Spirit, and l have often gone on
into the woods and tried to talk will
him. The he said, SO sadly, as b.
looked into my face: You dom
know what l mean. You neve
stood in the dark and reached on
your hand and could not take hol,
of something. And l heard one ds
that you had :! rought to the red me
| 9 wonderful story Of the Son Of tn
iGrsat Spirit That man sat .