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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
DENIED BY BRYAN
HE is NOT AT L0GGERHEADo WITH
SENATOR JONES.
The Democratic Candidate says
There Has Been No Dispute over
Il Location Of the
MIR. Bryan Will Help senator
German Ont In the Latters e"Hh
pntgn I'm Maryland.

Irvington. ". Y, Aug. Is. TO the
itenary already published, Democratic
Candidate Bryan has added Baltimore
and st. Louis. The fact that Balu-
more has been added at the special re-
uuest of Senator German is evidence
that pleasant relations exist between
Mr.. Bryan and the Maryland senator,
and that Mr.. Bryan will assist Senator
German in his Maryland campaign in
return for assistance from the senator.
Mr.. Bryan was q trifie annoyed Dy tue
story that he aud Senator Jones were
at loggerheads owe the choice or pa
tional headquarters. He minated
that while he favored Chicago person
ally, he had not demanded its selec-
ton, but had left the choice to a num-
Der of Democratic leaders, among
them Gov. Stone, Mr.. Sewall, senator
Jones and Gov. Altgeld, and that the
majority had decided on the Western
city. Washington, he said, would nave
n branch, and Senator German would
do a good deal of work there, in fact,
as much as he could, in view of the
demands Of his own campaign. The
programme of Mr.. Bryan. after his va
cation, includes speeches in Buffalo,
Erie. Cleveland. Baltimore and ST.
Louis. 1t is undecided whether the
proposed second New York speech
shall be made before Mr.. Bryan goes
West or when he returns TO speak in
New England. He siad that il rested
with the campaign committee to decide
whether lie speaks in New York again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, Mr.. Sewall and
Mr.. and Mrs. O. j.. Smith went for n
drive. They visited many of the
places made famous by the pen of
Washington Irving, saw the monu-
ment erected 10 the memory of the
captors of Maj. Andre, and saw the
authors grave in Sleepy Hollow GEM
etery. A. the dinner there were pres
ent Albert Shaw. editor of Review of
Reviews. and William X. Hearst. Mr..
Bryan said that he had decided TO
leave for Red Hook in the morning,
going by boat TO Poughkeepsie and
thence by train. Asked whether Gov.
Altgeld would take an active part in
the campaign. Mr.. Bryan said: THE
executive or campaign committee will
decide that. and not the opposition
press
Present arrangements for Mr.. Bry-
ans Western trip are that he viii 20
from Cleveland direct 10 Lincoln,
where he will remain a few days. Then
he will make a trip to st. Louis and
through Missouri and the South.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
From Foreign shores.

At Lord Saiisbury's garden party ut
London, held in honor OF Ii Hung
Chang, the Chinese statesman. at Hat
field, 1000 invited guests We're present.
The London Daily News says that a
commission which has sat for seven
years will report against compulsory
vaccination in England.
Terrible tales OF rapine, murder and
wanton cruelty come from Forinosa,
where the japanese, in t5eir efforts to
crush the rebellion, have deied all
ethics of civilization.
At the Novelty theater in London in
n stabbing scene the spring dagger
made for stage uses failed to act and
an actor was stabbed &c the heart SO
that he died in a few minutes.
A dispatch to the London Daily Tele-
graph from Rio Janeiro says that the
Frias HermanoS. engaged in the cattle
trade. have failed with S3,000,00O liza
bilities.
Il. G.. Jones. e~X-minister of finance,
has left Hawaii for San Francisco TO
float the refunding loan. He expects
TO sell nearly $3.50O,000 worth of Ha-
waiian government bonds bearing 4
per cent interest.
Lord Gerard has settled for $4,000
a suit which he has been fighting for
nine wears against the London ~
Northwestern railway company about
some land of his that was taken, and
for which he asked S1,S0O,00O. dis
costs are probably $4,000.
According to mail advices from the
Orient, the commercial treaty between
Japan and Germany. has been APP
proved by the privy council. The ex-
change of ratification, and the subse-
quent publication eff the treaty are eX-
pected to take place within sixty days.
Letters have been received in Homo
lulu giving the testimony of an emf
nent man in Vienna on the bacillus Of
the disease that carried off the natives
last year. They give as "A final verdict
that the visitation was genuine Asiatic
cholera.
Indo-Chinese objects collected by the
payic mission. which spent sixteen
years ii the country, have just been
placed on exhibition in the natural his
tory museum in Paris. They comprise
arms. costumes, utensils, specimens of
rare animals and many photographs.
.Iapan's diet voted $500 200 for
the construction Of railroads. tele-
graphs and cables at it's last session.
and S97. 5000 for the construction
ships. Since January. 1895, 5000 1000
600 has been invested by Japanese in
banks, railroads and other companies
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
A OLD MEN.
Ii Hung Chang Pays n Visit to
GInGSfonp

Ii Hung Chang Pays n Visit TO
Gladstone.
London. Aug. Is. - The grand old
man of China, Count Ii Hung Chang,
went 70 Hawarden this morning and
paid n visit to the grand old a of
Great Britain, William f. Gladstone.
The Chinese envoy drove from Chest
err, where he was received by a guard
of honor and was heartily cheored by
large crowds of people. His interview
with Nh. Gladstone lasted t~hree-quart-
ers of an hour. They discussed.
through an interpreter, a variety Of
topics, and. after enjoying tea. were
photographed together. The veteran
statesmen seemed TO enjoy each 9th
er's company. Mr.. Gladstone told Ii
Hung Chang that he was glad China
had generally followed a system of
free trade. Ii assented, but said that
it had been found necessary to place
some restrictions on merchants. The
finances of China were in n condition
requiring great care. More railways
were necessary TO develop commerce.
He intended TO do all in his power to
secure more railways. Mr.. Gladstone
presented Ii Hung Chang q set of his
W works, and the Chinese envoy pre-
scented Miss Gladstone his photograph
and some packets of highly-prized tea.
The Chinese statesman then proceeded
to Rarrow-in-Furness to inspect the
s~hipbnilding yards and the large iron
and steel works.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
have removed tho body from the ceme-

have removed the body from the ceme-
terry.
Lizzie Davis. at Red Cloud, Ind. Mrs.
Davis was a teacher in a Sunday
school, and her husband became Jeal-
Gus and declared that she only ven to
vas intimate. The wife resented the
charge and in the roy she shot him.
Samuel lie Plat. for ten years a real
estate dealer in Kansas City, Mo-, and
for eight years partner of j. Scott Har-
rison, a brother Of the eX-president,
committed suicide. Mr.. lie Platt was
forty~seven years old and came from
Kansas City to Cannellton, Ind. He
was well known.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
miscellaneous.


W. III. Treworgy, a wholesale lumber
dealer of Boston, has assigned. LA
bilities. 100000.
Charles Gluckseilig. a Chicago re-
sorter at Paw Paw lake, was driven in
sane by the heat.
The Midland Steel Works and the
Indiana Iron works of Muncie. Ind.
started again after several weeks of
idleness.
Squirrels as pets are so popular at
Orlando. Fla. that n citizen is building
a squirrel house for their accOmmodd-
ton.
The war department has been adj
vised of the death at San Francisco of
Capt. W. +. Van Reed, United States
army, retired.
John III. Rogers of Peru. Ind. who
was missed from his home for some
time. was finally found in a lifeless
condition on the railroad tracks.
Kansas City CMo.) brokers have been
asked for prices OF immediate ship
ments of corn in large quantities 20
Mexico, where it is scarce nov.
Henry Reinhart of Sioux City has he
gun proceedings to regain control Of
property worth 100000 which he tut
in the hands of his son a year ago. He
alleges mismanagement.
The annual camp meeting of the
Christian Alliance Mt old Orchard,
Maine. received Sl00.50O ny collection
and a prefer of mission services from
300 persons.
Cyclists at Newton, Kan, are COM
peeled by ordinance to ring bells ut all
crossings, to keep off sidewalks and
grass, and they are not permitted TO
'scorch."
Most Of the large cities in the United
States were well represented n the
eleventh annual convention of the Ma
tional Retail Butchers Protective $3.50
citation which assembled at Denver.
The retiring board ut the army head
quarters in Chicago has concluded the
examination Of Capt. Hayden. The
examination of Lieut.. Golden was next
taken up.
Judge Carl Epler of Quincy, H.. has
sustained the state Inheritance tax in
a long opinion in the ease against the
estate Of Abram Benton, a deceased
millionaire.
The work incidental to the incorpora-
ton of several thousand federal offices
in and around New York and Brooklyn
into the civil service in accordance with
the presidents recent order is practi-
cally completed.
The richest gold placer mines Of
Alaska have been transferred to Cana
dian territory and miners are now pay
ing miners tax to British authorities.
The transfer of territory Is the result
Of resurveys recently made.
The Clyde line passenger steamer
Seminole arrived at New York from
Jacksonville and reports that on Ler
last trip from this city she was at
tackled by q school of six whales aud
sustained more or less injury to l.er
hull and machinery.
One of the United States consular Of
fcers stationed In Germany has sought
to attract the attention OF American
manufacturers TO the danger or accept
ing resident Germans as agents for the
sale OF their wares without taking pre-
cautions to learn something Of the
character Of the person selected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Casualties.

Four workmen were suffocated by
sulphuric acid and gas at the chemical
works on the outskirts of Camden, y.
=.
Lena Rivitt, aged sixteen. and Cora
G~oannette. aged ten. were drowned
while bathing in Pinedale pond. neal
Athol, Mass.
The steamship st. Paul, which went
ashore in a fog near Monterey, Cal. is
still firm on the rocks, and will probab-
~ be a total loss.
While Alvin Main, n farmer near
Pittstield, H., was driving his family
home from church Sunday his four
year-old boy fell between the wheels
and was instantly killed.
George and Isaac Ferguson, aged ten
and eight years respectively, We're
drowned while wading in the swift
Waikiki river, near Middletown, y. y.
Their father was unable to swim, and
saw both of them drown.
-Four persons were drowned in Lake
Michigan recently at Double l. Gap. a
mile north of Benton Harbor, Mich.
They were: Martin Manning, James
Butterick, Fra tx Yeiring and a strang-
er named "Frenchy."
While temporarily insane from the
excessive heat, w. ID. Lally, n Cieve-
land railroad contractor, jumped from
q fourth-story window at the Hotel
Boyer Pittsburg, Pa, and was fatally
hurt.
The steamship Etruria, of the Gu
nard line, while passing Liberty ISL
and, New York harbor, outbound.
struck and sunk a grain elevator.
Those on board the elevator were
picked up by a tug.
The Toledo q Ohio Central passen-
ger train collided with a yard engine
hauling ears. at Columbus. Engineer
Charles Vance. of the gard engine. was
instantly killed. Engineer G. f.. Culli-
son of the passenger train. is SO badly
bruised that he may not ecoye
Serious floods have caused much
damage on the Mosquito coast. Sew
eral villages have been destroyed. the
telegraph lines to Greytown are down.
and the Colombian schooner Pioneer,
trading between Colon and Bluehelds,
has been lost.
George Stanley, Conway Fleming.
John Fleming, Arthur Brown and
Charles Fleming. all residents of La
monte. Pettis county. Missouri, Were
poisoned by drinking water FROM a jug
that had contained embalming fluid.
A fire at the Anamosa Qowa) peni-
Tertiary started in the cellar of the
prison dining room. The entire entry
building was destroyed, including a Ii
brary of 1900 volumes. The loss is
$4,000. No difficulty with the prison
ers was experienced.
Fire destroyed the Atlantic saw mills.
the Old Dominion guano factory and
the Merritt wrecking warehouse and
the docks at Norfolk, Va. The fire GOV
cred several blocks of the water front.
The heat Frustrated twenty-five fire
men. The loss is 100000.
The seven-year-old son Of Mrs. Mary
Bingham fell from the fourth-story
window of the Arcade hotel at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, a distance of fifty feet.
to the stone pavement below. No
bones were broken, but concussion OF
the brain resulted and the boy will die.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Overwhelming Argum.,,.

Two weli-dresscd boys had coma !.
on the street TO play horse. Tbpv u
n gay little harness, hung with ~
that tinkled softly. There was . n
putc as to which one should div.
One Of the boys was less strong r.,
the other, but he won his point bv 4.
plomacy.
You must be the horse. Tom !.
said, because we are going n n.
truck-horse, and you are very stnps
| must be the driver, because ~,
father is a minister. and Won csS,
swear"
The minister's son put on the h,
ness.-Strand Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
AyENGIyG A MATADoR.
A. Excfffug scene at n Recent
Erench Bu1I Fight.

Excitement continues TO run high at
porniopon over the bull fights. and the
funeral of FL Tito, the matadof VINO
was recently killed, was ny
an enormous crowd. Placards a
been posted up in the town announc-
ing that at the encounters that aIter-
noon .the death of FL Tito wouid be
worthily avenged by his comrades,
which practically meant that the hull
was to be slain. Therefore, the arena
was crowded TO lis utmost capacity,
aud a very noisy demonstration en-.
sued. The b~ull-tighters wore u pahu
OF Grape around their arms, ana one OF
them kissed the spot where thelr hu'e
comrade mad met his fate. FROM me
outset the public claniored loudly LOT
the death of the toro. ana one spec,
tator .uapcd into the ring ana nahdeu
n magnificent sword TO the ntataupT,
Chufero. amid a perfect storm OF ap-
prevail, which was quickly changed 10
groans and Kisses when 1t was seen
that tie head of the police had mace
sienS to forbid the slaughter of the an
inlal. Carried away with eXaspera-
ton. the gathering set about demoilsn-
ing the fittings and benches, While
Chairs and rails were torn up anu
hurled into tie arena Several Vloleht
scutfies epsued between the police ana
the audience. and I looked as III Il Sc
rious riot would CEN, when the hlan
acer, fearful for his property, steppei
forward and announced that the beast
should be slain. Enthusiastic ap-
plause greeted this brief speech, winch
was renewed when Cbufero killed the
bull which caused the death OF I'll ITO.
The successful matador was carried IN
triumph by the spectators II over
whelmed with flowers and gifts.-Paris
Letter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Hoods Pills cure all liver ms, hut
Welded TO n Tre.

A curious custom prevails in
parts Of India. which NAV be AN
symbollc1l marriage. In fampua.
tanning several daughters the ~.
sisters may only marry after tho J.
sister is married. That, of conn., !
not always the case, but tho oh.
can easily be surmounted il ,ho !,
sister declares herself ready 10 !.
some tree or a large flower q,
other lifeless object. In this w.. 4
disagreeable consequence Of diS,,
inc the time-honored custom ma,
avoided and the younger sls,as Z
safely he welded TO her liyin, j. y
The elder sister must. howeyer
care not TO choose a poplar tra. Nls
elm or a pine; if she chooses ! a. =
apple or apricot tree, she NAV 20, ~" !. !
vorce-that is to say. shake i ~ y
soon as n real man will ask n, !
hand while If she marries ono y
first three-namcd trees she ean Y
easily shake her marital hondS y
these trees are sacred, and nmst j, II II
trifcd with.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
TRIP OF MINNESOTA EDITORS.
Arrangements Are Completed 20,
the Annual Excursion

Arrangements Are Completed for
the Annual Excursion.
st. Paul, Aug. Is. - The executive
committee of the Minnesota Editors
and Publishers association has COM
pleted arrangements for the annual
excursion Of the association. The ex-
cursion will leave st. Paul on the morn
Ing of Tuesday, Sept. 8. visit Macki-
nae island, by way of the lakes, and
return to st. Paul Saturday morning.
Sept. II. The members will meet ar
h Windsor hotel Tuesday morning.
They will GO directly to Duluth. where
they will take the steamer Northwest
for Mackinac island, making a short
stop at Sault Ste. Marie. They will
reach Macki.ac Wednesday evening.
and they will leave Thursday morning
On their return trip they will be en-
tertained at Duluth. and an entertain
ment will be given for the association
Friday evening.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Corea no longer deserves the name of
s'the hermit kingdom Western enter
prise is about to rudely break in upon
the solitude and seclusion that has
been the most notable characteristic
of the country for centuries past. With
railroads, such as American, French
and Russian syndicates are about to
hniid, extending through the country,
Corea will not be able to recognize her.
self.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Swiss universities open their doors
freely to women, and during the pres
ent summer term there are 294 female
students in the regular classes, besides
III others admitted to the lecture
courses. But ~singularly enough only
nineteen Of the regulars are Swiss.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Milk stations are found at various
places In the cities of Chile. A cow is
tethered on a platform, and when a
person wants a drink Of milk, the cow
is MIXED to order. The cost is a triie,
and brandy is at hand If he prefers .
milk punch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

The people Of Biggs, Wash, sub
scribed $1,000 for the establishment of
a cannery in order to give employment
TO the idle population of the town.
They are now enraged because the pro-
prietors of the cannery are employing
Chinese fruit packers instead of white,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

On the Sierra Itaraca, near Salobre,
In the southern part of the State of Ba-
hia, Brazil, are found the finest dia-
monds. These are among the Oldest
and most important fields, and they are
still being worked.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

1t is proposed to send 10000 unmar-
ried women from Eastern Canada to
British Columbia for the purpose of
supplying the demand for wives. The
same thing was done once by France
for the benefit OF the preponderant
bachelors of Eastern Canada, and the
results were entirely satisfactory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Easily Explained.

Have you noticed what an uncveI
stride that tall man hasf"
Yes. What of it,"
Il wonder what's the cause OF it,"
Hes an actor"
What has that to do with it?'
Railroad ties are never laid evenly.
Chicago Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Senator sherman speaks.

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 1S.-The Re-
publican campaign In Ohio was form
ally opened by two monster meetings
In this city. The orators were Senator
John Sherman, Senator-elect j. b.
Foraker of Ohio and Hon. Stewart r.
Woodford Of Brooklyn. The meetings
were held in an immense tent on East
Broad street. AT the afternoon meet.
ing fully 10000 people were crowded
ss:so the t:ei
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Ii Hung Chang wore q yellow jacket,
a peacock feather, and "A claret-colored
skirt when he called on Lord Sails
bury. AS long as he confines his claret
to his skirts he isn't likely to be bam~
boozled by the English diplomats.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Don't 60 cut in your night shirt to
chase a neighbours calf off your pre,n-
Uses, unless you are SUI the calf won't
knock over a lot Of bee hives. That's
what an old beekceper named Van Pat
ten did at vassar, Mich. a few days
ago. The bees stung him from head to
foot and at last accounts he lay at the
point Of death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK II A
CONDENSED FORM.

! General Resume of the Most I'm
all Parts of the Globe, Doiicd
Down and Arranged in Con-
venient Form for Rapid Per
usnl by busy People.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Egg scissors have come. They take
off the top Of the breakfast soft-bciled
making the rest of the edible easy Of
access with the small & spoon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

The lady's-slipper is considered. in
the symbolism of flowers, to be a
declaration of war, or, rather, of au-
dacity, by the lady to the gentleman,
equivalent to the expression, win me
IL yea cam
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Unkfnu.

NO, sir" said the physician pomp-
ously, II never lost more than half a
dozen patients in my life"
We'll, I'm surprised" replied the
cynical man.
Surprised at what?'
a your ability TO make n living ON
so small a practice
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

The telegraph messengers went on a
strike in Cleveland the other day, and,
in imitation of the grown-up strikers,
lined up in front of the office armed to
the teeth-with watermelon rinds.
However, trouble was averted before
the dangerous missiles began to fly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Lightning struck a wire on which a
vine was trained in the Pellicek vine
yard, al Moultrie, Fla, and stripped
the fruit from it, jumping then to an
other wire and repeating the effect.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

The extensive and disastrous forest
fires in Upper Michigan afford another
object lesson as to the necessity of
some practical system of forestry in
heavily-woode districts. These con-
fiagrations can be controlled and
largely prevented by systematic action,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
Amenities OF the Future

Caller-Present my compliments to
Miss Ariadne, and ask her If it will be
convenient for her to be my wife.
Servant "a moment later)-Miss Ari-
adne sends her regards, and regrets To
say that she will be engaged until 3
o'clock.-Detroit Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

Alfred Austin, the poet laureate, can
nov write another laudatory poem
about DR.. Jameson. He can now tell
how the doctor likes to play checkers
with his nose.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20

The membership of the Wagner So
ciety. which held a meeting ut Bay
reuth last week has dropped from
$500 in 1893 to 5000, and there is no
hope that it will continue to exist much
longer: but Wagners work will live
without any society to aid t.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
PRESS DAY At THE FAIR
Newspaper Men VIII Prepnre the
Programme for Saturday

st. Paul, Aug. Is. - The newspaper
men are 10 have charge OF the pro-
gramme at the state fair Saturday.
Sept. 8. The fair management will
give the entire receipts Of the grand
stand that day to the state editorial as
sociation and the st. Paul and Min
neapolis Press clubs, the members of
which are expected to furnish the en-
~tertainment.