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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
PERSONALS.

Sir Donald Smith, the wealthiest man
In Canada. is a Scotsman.
Mime. Adelina Patti, during the
course OF her operate career. mas
earned So, 900, 600.
Daniel Campbell and wife. OF Walton
county, Fla, are said to be respective
ly 1T and 112 years old.
Louis Marshall, of Versailles, KY.
claims to have the pistol with which
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton.
Mary Marks, colored, who resides in
Brennan, Tex, was born in the West
Indies in 1776, and is therefore 100
years old.
Queen Victoria is rarely photo
graphed standing on account Of her
small stature, When sitting she gives
the impression of being a fairly tall
woman.
DR.. Alice Bennett is one of the FIRST
women to make a special study of In
sanity. and was the very first to occupy
a practical craftsmanship Of a great in
stitution.
Ferdinand Brunetiere, editor OF the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Of Paris. is TO
deliver the Turnbull course OF lectures
in Johns Hopkins university during
March and April.
Jacob III. Schif has given to the Co
lumbia university $1,000, to be known
| az the students loan fund. Under GER
tain conditions the money is TO be
loaned to students In need
The crown prince OF Germany, who
| il now a military cadet ut Hon, has be-
| come such a proficient cyclist that he
| regularly turns ou with the military
| cyclists section of his corps.
Lady Uric Duncomb, after tasting
| the triumphs OF the social whirl ia Ion
| don, has entered Girtpn collegeSas an
undergraduate, and will devote herself
hereafter to philosophy and history.
Mile. Cavignac. daughter Of the
| French minister Of war In the last cab
| met. Is TO marry M. Paul Dubois. son
OF the sculptor at the Same nane Her
brother recently married the daughter
OF Taine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

other COIN she answered. Perhaps
he wants to buy her"
.sYou are like one who looks at the
heavens from the bottom of a well Z
he answered,
AS he spoke she went to the door.
.She is bringing him in. she said,
sharply. I'VE shall be d~isgraced.
Suen Moi entered with her basket.
The stranger followed. The old cou
ple kneeled and knocked their heads
on the floor because they could easily
see that he was a mai Of rank.
II have come TO my be-
trothaI TO your daughter" he said.
They were 40 astonished they could
say nothing.
"You are not to send her to the mar
~ket-place to sell flowers. You are TO
end a sin-shang, who will teach those
things which she ought to know"
"Bnt We are poor, honorable sir
said the old woman, VINO could not
help thinking of the knife-shaped coin
or gold.
He took from his belt an embroid-
cred purse and laid 1t or the table.
.sYou are more wealthy than your
neighbors,'' he said.
Then ne went out, while the old
woman began counting the coins.
Every day he came at sunrise and
stood at the gate, while Suen MOI
picked one violet for him. One day
~
she asked him:
"Wherc do you live, honorable s:rY'
sIn the Temple OF the Seven s'enii
and ne pointed toward Fuhchan. MY
home is in the Temple. but because you
have asked me tho Gaestior must 90
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
NOT OF MUCH CONSEQUENCE.
His Ultimate Defamation Did Not Con-
cern the English Traveller.

His Ultimate Destination Did Not Con-
cern the English Traveller.
From the Troy Times: Rev. DR..
John Watson, "Ian M~acIaren'' has a
clever way of telling a story. as the
readers of his books know full well.
In a recent lecture to the Yale students
he amused those young gentlemen with
a number OF excellent anecdotes. One
of these concerned a railroad trip
which DR.. Watson once took. Sitting
rear him in the carriage wer can elder
ly gentleman ard a good. worthy
man who believed he had the care OF
every-haman soul in his keeping. The
worthy man leaned over to the elderly
man, who was a rugged type of John
Bull, and asked him: do you know
wher You are going to-" What"
exclaimed the elderly gentleman. II
say do you know where you are GO
ing to-" Liverpool" was the reply.
sOh, | didn't mean that" exclaimed
the worthy man. Didn't mean THAR
shouted the elderly gentleman, now
thoroughly aroused. III his Is the
Bradford express ii must be stopped.
| want to go to Liverpool" and with
that he made a dive for the bell rope.
HE probably would have reached it."
continued DIR. Watson, .and stopped the
train had I not interviewed and told the
elderly man he was or the train for
Liverpool" What did you mean.
them inquired the elderly gentleman,
rather sharply. II simply wanted TO
ask you IL you knew whether you were
going to HEAVIER or hell was the reply.
"Oht that's all right, exclaimed the ell
DERBY gentleman apparently greatly re-
lieved. "but ! thought you were
speaking about a far more serious mat
| ter"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
cleveland Goes Han.ins.

Washington. Dec. IA - President
Cleveland left Washington to-day for
Il shooting trip in South Carolina
waters. He vas accompanied by
Capt. IL. ID. Evans, Commander Lam
berton and DIR 0iReilly, his physician.
The president is considerably fatigued
from the labor involved in the prepara-
lion of his message, and Is in need OF
recuperation. so it is probable that he
will absent himself from Washington
at least n week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
nnnrcrnns Gnnn

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 1.-THE
killing 6f yorng Wolf by Station Agent
BENEDICT reveals the extent and meth
DDS of the gang infesting Iowa and
Johnson counties for years past
Grimes Of every nature have been
committed and the local authorities
Were unable to cope with the situation
Search reveals that the dead mans
name was not Wolf. but Loescher. He
had a sister in this city. 1t is believed
there is a fence for the gang in Cedar
RAPIDS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
MURDER IN
1.-THE Tall Man and the short Nam"
Are Agpin nf Mnrk

Are again at work.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-The bar room of
the Hotel lie Grand. on Wells street,
was the scene OF a murder early this
morning. AT q o'clock two men, n tall
man and a short man." as usual, en-
tered the saleGal The short man
pushed the porter behind a door and
held him there with Il revolver pointed
ut his breast. TIE tall man advanced
TO the bar and demanded OF the bar
tender. William Jalns, the money i'll
the Till. .Ialns reached beneath the
bar and accidentally knocked over a
number or glasscS which fell to the
floor with a crash The tail man evil
IDENTIFY thinking that the bartender was
reaching for a pistol. drew a ~l4-caliber
revolver from his overcoat pocket
quick ms n flash and fired two shots.
one Of the balls passing through .Jahns'
heart. The men had no trouble in
making their escape.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
nLnrder in Indiana

Knox Ind. Dec. I4.-The body nf Ed
Fetlers, a horse dealer, was found
buried with the carcass of a mule near
here Friday. and today Fetler's part
ner, William Sutherlin, was arrested,
charged with the murder. The grave
had been carefully dug and the ami
mails body placed Sc as to conceal that
of rhe man in case the grave had been
carelessly opened. 1t is claimed by
the authorities that several people are
ia pliCated in the crime.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
NEW GUNS FOR THE GERMANS.
The Army Camp Has Some Interesting
Experiments.

Experiments.
The new German ann at Malmedy,
close to the Belgian frontier. has at
tracted special attention owing to the
experiments lately carried on there,
says Revue du Cercle Miiitaire. The
object of the experiments was TO try
the effect ON field Notifications OF the
new guns with which the German foot
artillery" has lately been equipped
The guns in question are six-inch
howitzer guns and eight and one-quar-
ter-incn mortars. 1T is intended TO
utilize some of these guns in the at
tack and defense OF positions, IL which
respect they would play a considerable
role, seeing that the defense nova
days disposes of better means OF resist
dnce than formerly. The obstacles in
front Of the line of defense will be In
creased, natural points OF vantage will,
to a greater extent. be utilized and inn
proved upon by mean OF portable ar
NOR, screens built up with heavy rail-
way rails. ETC., shelters will be pro-
vided, against which ordinary field ar
tiliery will be powerless, but they will
not resist the heavy projectiles thrown
with a very high trajectory from these
guns. The object of the trials In ques-
ticn was to determine the best mode of
use of these guns, more especially the
rnortarr. against Notifications of an
analogous nature to the so-caIled forts
d'arret protecting a great part of the
French frontier. AT the same time
experiments were also made with a
view to determining the efficiency OF
infantry fire by day and night.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
MOI ri All serinna


Washington, Dec. 14-It is learned
here that no serious difficulties have
been encountered in the Venezuelan
boundary negotiations since they were
transferred to Caracas. 1t is truc that
Messrs. Andrade and Storrow expected
to sail for the United States Thursday
last, after having completed their
mission, which was TO secure the APP
prevail or the Venezuelan government
TO the terms arranged in Washington,
but their detention il explained hy TIE
fact that tile Venezuelan executive.
after having given it's approval, found
that some amendments OF fine proposed
treaty Were desirable. These, it is
understood, are not of great import.
ance, and are rather in the nature Of
additional safeguards than of amend
ments Of tie articles Of agreement al
ready arranged.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
HALE's RIDING WONDERFUL.
The Wenrcr of the 6reen Wins the
Hilae Rmees

Bdke Race
New York. Dec. 14.-Edward Hale of
ireland won the siX-slay bicycle race in
Madison Square Garden. having rid
den l.9f0 miles and = laps. j.. s. Rice
of Wilkesbarre, Pa, finished second.
with 1.sS2 miles and q laps TO his
credit. Twelve riders broke the worlds
record for H. hours. made by Albert
Schoch in 1s93-I,uu0 miles and / lap.
Twenty-eight men started and fifteen
rode To n finish. The strain on all has
been great. and all showed the effects
OF loss OF sleep. Hale and Rice, who
finished first and second, were fresher
than any of the others. Hale spurted
at the end and maat n mile in 2:40.
after riding more than Ill hours.
Taylor. the colorcd boy who has been
in buoyant spirits all the week, was
$50 stiff when ne dismounted that he
had to be carried TO his dressing o
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
Freight Car Ppunaered

Wabasla, Mimi. Dec. 14-From the
breaking mp of the gang of box car
thieves three years ago no u our
glarv took place at Wabasha until
Thursday night, when u a was
robbed of bacon, whisky. window cur
tains, school books and other articles.
To-day the goods Were found ut Reeds
Landing in the possession of John
Kirsch and Frank Kerdue. Both are
under arrest and more arrests will
follow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
No Tilt with Turkey

Washington. Dee. 14-An emphatic
and positive denial is made Mt the state
department OF the published report
that Mustapha Bey, the Turkish min
lister, by direction of the sultan, has
entered n protest against the language
Of the presidents message to congress
IN its treatment of the Turkish ques-
tion. The report is cha eacterized as
..n1rr fiction"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
The White Violet.


Ihs Inhabitants OF far Cathay have
2 pretty Getie legend which accounts
Tor the origin OF the white violet. The
loiioWing story Is an accurate transla-
ton from the C4.nese.)
AZ Nant2i, close under the great
soaua wa OF Fuhchan lived Suen Moi.
lhe violet girl. in the house Of her
iAaer, the maker Of baskets. But he
Was Ola, his hands had lost their skill.
ana ne was like a blind fowl picking
az random after worms. They would
nave been poo had he not been as
careful with his cash as a bee with its
money. Suen Moi did not know, so
she sotd %violets that heaven might be-
STOW upon her the hundred blessings.
tfer MOWERS grew in front OF the house,
Which faced the north. and she knew
the MOWERS loved her, because when
they blossomed they always turned
their heads toward the door.
she called the flowers her children.
gave them water. when the hot sun
tried to scoreh them. and kept the
weeds away. Every day she picked
the best ones and sold them, that her
parents might not die poor. Whenever
she sold a bunch she always whispered
"Ni-ho-chi-lok that they might find
comfort In the parting.
The flowers Of Snen Moi have souls"
those at the market said. They
know her voice and her touch, and
when they pass into strange hands they
droop their heads and die
But Suen Moi said they only wanted
water.
She gathered her flowers early in the
morning before the sun was UP, and
she kept them in a basket made of
bamboo shoots.
One morning, just as she had fin
ished, a young mar stopped at the gate.
DO you sell fiowers?" he asked.
"Yes, honorable sir" and she bowed
low, for she knew by his dress that he
was a man of rank.
II want to buy some Of YOU
She took the basket to him and
held 1t out that he might please him
self. He took one flower. Then from
the purse at his belt he brought out a
coin which he dropped into her hand.
II was a long piece OF yellow metal
shaped like a knife. Upon ii were
characters which Suen Moi could no.
understand.
1T is too much" she said, like a
child that cannot calculate.
Il give st to you because you love
your flowers and are good to them.
answered the stranger.
She watched him curiousiy as he
walked away. and then she looked at
the coin. When she went into the
house she showed it to her parents.
1T is very ancient" said her father.
at Fuhchan."
1T is gold" said her mother. "If
we had three more we should be rich.
The mex morning the stranger came
again. He came over to whre Suen
Moi was gathering flowers, and said
to her:
"Suen Moi. Suen Moi, give me a
flower"
II have picked the best one for you,
she answered, blushing.
.Why have you picked the best one?"
In asked.
Because I know you love flowers,
too" she answered.
do you know you are a fiower?' he
said.
She hung her head. No one had yer
spoken like this TO her before.
"You are as beautiful as the flow
ers,' he said. Your heart is pure
and sweet. ! love you as you do the
flowers"
1.-The stranger one is at the gate
talking to her" said the father to his
wife.
II wonder il he will give her an
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. Ia. To-day
about II o'clock Sterling w. Turner.
of the Junior o;ass of Vanderbilt uni
versify, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a razor in his room.
Turner was t~wenty-thrce years old,
president OF the university Y. M. C. A.,
lived i'm Tennessee and was suffering
from the effects of over-study.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

Marshalltown, Iowa. Dec 14--An-
drew Hart, aged twenty-five. son of n
pioneer farmer of this county, was
shot dead early this morning by an
unknown man who entered the house,
presumably for lie purpose OF rob
berry. A desperate struggle ensned.
The murderer escaped but hundreds or
armed citizens with b~loodhonntis are
In pursuit, and %lyncling is probable Ii
the murderer is captured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
New non-parti.nn w. {. n. u. omcers

Washington, Dec. 14.-The non-parti-
san w. g. II. II. convention to-day
listened to the report of the legislative
secretary. Mrs. LYDIA w. Hilton. Of
ficers were elected as follows: Mrs.
Annie M. Whittenmeyer. Pennsylvania.
president; Mrs. Harriet Il. Walker,
Indianapolis, vice president; Mrs. Flor
ence Porter, Caribou, Me, recording
secretary; Miss Ellen j. rbinney,
Cleveland, general secretary; Mrs. IA.
Nj. Ingham, Cleveland, treasurer; Mrs
Joseph ID. Weeks, PittsDurg, editor OF
official organ.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

ST. Paul. Dec. 14.-H. i. Hall. one.
of the best known newspaper men In
the state, has been appointed repre-
sentative Of the advertising agency or
j. Walter Thompson u 60, New York
and Chicago. and will look after their
business In the Northwest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

San Francisco, Dec. 14.-'rhe Chron-
icle saws that Mcssrs. Ames & Carvai-
no. the New York experts who came
ont here in the interests of the Fair
children. have made a report in which
b q declare the pencil will to be a
forgery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
A sheen war.

News was brought II Prineville, Ore,
recently that z band of sheep which
was being driven through the forbid
den country at Izee was surrounded by
masked men, their herder held up and
217 head Of sheep killed or wounded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

Paris, Dec. 1.-THE Gaulois alleges
that the Royal Niger company Brit'
ish) is ~encroaching upon the French
sphere on the Niger In the direction OF
DAhomoy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17
CASE.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

E. Wright
hit, prom
city. con-
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grave Of ?
be a sweet
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Him.

A mob ap
II last night
tilted to the
no was ar
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-17

Hogs stead
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Evening journal., 1896-10-16
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The two cold water factions seem to
be as clearly divided as was the Red
Sea when Pharaoh came down with his
chariots.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The president Of a Young Lady's
Anti ti-Marrying Society in Michigan has
eloped with q man with red hair and a
pug nose. But he was man.-Wichita
Eagle
Fancy G. Cleveland voting for W.
Mckinley on a solid gold ticket
Newark Advertiser.
It is not to please their husbands
but because they want to look we'll II
there should be a fire in the night that
prompts women to put trimming on
their night dresses.-Atchison Globe.
It must strike the fair-minded casua.
observer that in commenting on the
fact that the Prince Of Wales won tho
Derby there is a disposition not tC
give the horse anything like it's share
Of the credit.-Chicago Post.
Evening journal., 1896-10-16

differing even as to means. Pitt was
never firmer than Senior Canoyas, and
never better supported by a packed
Parliament, which nevertheless repre-
scnts the dominant feeling of the cOun-
try. If the conscripts die the Spanish
premier sends more conscripts. If the
peasants or the city mobs object TO
their despatch both are silenced by an
unhesitating appeal to the military
law, which makes resistance to the
eonscription one Of the most deadly of Of
fences. If the Philippines rise in in
surrection, the premier offers to send
an army there also, even an army of
cavalry, If that will be the army most
required. If the people of the United
States mutter or threaten interference,
the premier raDsacks the world for
cruisers ready built, or builders who
will build quickly giving enormous
prices. In two cases three-quarters of
million per ship, for the needed YES
sells. If the treasury is harassed, he
sells everything that is available, mo-
nopolies to the Rothschilds, privileges
to the railways, preferences to the
dealers in bonds. He even ventures to
leave the troops in the island unpaid,
and for four months no soldier there
has seen the color of coin, and has been
fortunate II bread and garlic have been
served with any regularity. The one
thing which Senor CanOVas will not do
is listen to proposals for compromise
the time for which, indeed, has now at
length passed away.-London Spec
tatOr
Evening journal., 1896-10-16
THE DANGER AND HOW TO MEET
TT

In his letter to Samuel Bancroft, Jr.,
Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard says
that Bryan's fiat money doctrine con
tains the quintessence of tyranny, dis
honesty and absolutism, and is de-
structive of the morality which is es-
sential to the peace and stability of
civilized society. II is, in plain words,
a proposition to destroy the institu-
tion of property and break down every
legal defence of property" He further
declares that, under "the preposterous
claims of legislative power contained
in the Chicago platform, '.the credit Of
the nation and the peace and order OF
society would inevitably perish"
Yet Mr.. Bayard foolishly recon-
mends Democrats to vote for Palmer
and Buckner, whose election, he says,
would go far to re-establish the moral
health of our country" AS there is no
possible chance of electing them how
ever, Mr.. Bayard's remedy for re-es-
tablishing the moral health of the
country fails. He is so afraid of the
gross inequity" Of protective taxes
that he cannot advise Democrats to
take the only safe and sure means of
defeating the doctrines of the Chicago
platform, by voting for Mckinley and
Hobart
Since the Chicago platform is as
dangerous as Mr. Bayard thinks it is,
he should prepare to meet the danger
with a superior force, and not with a
mere battalion, however gallant. Here
is Bryan on a platform which, as Mr.
Bayard himself believes, contains the
quintessence of tyranny, dishonesty
and absolutism, and is destructive Of
that morality which is essential to the
peace and stability of civilized So
ciety" Does Mr.. Bayard think that
protective tariffs are as bad as that -?
He believes that the proposition for
the free coinage of silver at a ratio of
16 to / is "a proposition to destroy the
institution of property and break down
every legal defence for it's protection. '
And yet he believes that it is more i'm
pOrtant to make a pro forma demon
stration in favor Of tariff for revenue
than to defend property.
II, as Mr.. Bayard remarks with en-
tire truth, "the credit of the nation and
the peace and order of society would
inevitably perish" if the theories OF
the Chicago platform should be car
ried out, is it not the duty of every
Democrat. to support effectively the
credit Of the nation and the peace and
the order of society by voting for Nc
Kinely and Hobart? Either they will
be elected or the doctrines destructive
of credit, peace and order will triumph.
Mr.. Bayard sees the danger, but he
does not see or does not dare to point
out the only sure way OF overcoming
it.-New York Sun.