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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

If you lay 4 gold dollar Oh the anvil
and hammer it out Of shape, it is stlI!
worth 81.
If you do a silver dollar the same
way. you hammer 46 cents out OF It,
and 1t is worth it's bullion value only.
or 81 cents.
Geld loses coin Ahapa yet loses no
value. But silver loses coin shape II
loses nearly half its value. Is 1t wise 70
drive from the United States this gold
Of fixed value by introducing the free
coinage of inferior silver and maze
Yourself the prey of brokers?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

The trouble with the woman Juror Is
that her opinion Is likely 10 be cut bias.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

aimate OF every mans position
while that estimate is being mad -no
must evidently be greatly cnr,," Tut
The experience Of 1893 taught us wv
evils of suspended credit, and tn. co we
try is in no mood to repeat that .,no'.
ence.-Baltimore Sun. "Peri'
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this week. Bids for the treighting OF
cement, lum Der, machinery and merchan-
disc to the dam, which is fifty miles to the
east in the mountains, have been called
for. The company asks for 400 horses and
100 wagons.
Mr.. Babcock has had strong faith all
along that the people would vote the
bonds, and accordingly ordered i've car
loads of machinery some time ago. Ihis
arrived last week. This consists of COM
plete Ledgerwood cable and trolley for
handling large quantities of rock.
Another plant of the same size is al
ready in place at Lower Otay DAM ana
the new plant will be sent out this week
to join it. A full force is to be put on TO
finish Lower 0tay dam, while preliminary
work is being done at Moreno. Then the
machinery will be removed to Morena,
where the dam can be built in short
time, as the rock is almost overhanging
the dam site. Lower Otay Cam is part of
the extensive system of the company,
which consists of dams at Upper and
Lower Otav, Barretts and Moreno, capable
of impounding about 10000 inches OF
water in all and irrigating $4,000 acres OF
Land.
The construction of this gigantic system
depended upon the voting of bonds by the
city for the Moreno dam, thereby assisting
III the development of the country as well
as furnishing supply of 1000 inches for
the city, sufficient for city OF 1000 in
habitants. The city owns 1000 acres OF
fine lands within its limits, which will be
be made very valuable with water.
All day long the people have kept up
noisy jubilee over the result of the bond
elections, and kilograms have poured IN
upon the city officials and Mr.. Babcock
congratulating them upon the new era
inaupurated
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THURsToN ON THE BOLT.
Deems 1t Significant That Only Sen
atorial Candidates Left the
Convention

CLEVELAND. OHIO. June %. - The
members of the notification committee
were all assembled here tonight, with the
exception of Rogers of Utah, who tele-
graphed that he could not come. The
committee goes TO Canton tomorrow
morning. Senator Thurston. chairman of
the committee, said tonight:
81 do not think there is any question
that Mckinley will win a great victory, but
by what plurality 1 cannot estimate. 1
think We will lose Colorado, Utah, Nevada,
Idaho and Montana on account OF silver. l
do not think we can save them. The rest
of the Western States will wheel into line
for Mckinley. l think the fight will
shortly settle down, and the tariff will
force the money issue into second place.
Senators Teller and Dubois will be re-
elected to the Senate on the silver ticket.
1t is rather significant that these two
Senators were the only ones to bolt and
that they were both up for reelection in
siIvsr communities. Those who did not
bolt were not up for another term.
81 have no idea what Mr.. Hanna will
do about the executive committee head
quarters. 1 think he should be allowed
to fix them wherever it is handiest for his
interests.
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LONG BEACH cHAUTAUQUA.
Noted Lecturers win Instruct the Members
of the Southern California
ASSEMBLE

LONG BEACH, CAL. June %. - The
meetings OF the Southern California Chau-
tauqua Assembly at Long Branch have al
ways been interesting. The eleventh an
nual session of the assembly will be held
this year from July IA to "a, inclusive.
This promises to be the most important in
the history of the society.
Noted lecturers, including Rev. Carlos
Martyr, D. D.; the renowned humorist,
Frank Lincoln, who has just completed a
professional tour of the world; Rev. Anna
Shaw, who will conduct the exercises on
woman's day; B. r. Baumgardt, secretary
Of the Southern California Academy of
Sciences, who will lecture on astronomy;
Professor Cook on etymology and ply
siology, and Professor A. J. McClatchie of
Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena,
on biology, will be present. The Bible nor
NAL school will be conducted by Hon.
c. P. Dorland, the assembly class in Amer
lean literature by Mrs. Anna Averill the
class in civil government by Miss Mar
garet A. Huston, while Miss Elsie A.
Hasse, late of Frobel Institute, and Miss
Helen M. Todd, teacher of kindergarten
in schools of Chicago, will give two lec-
lures each.
The summer school will continue in ses-
sion thirty days, and will include in Its
studies botany, marine zoology. modern
languages, school of commerce, physi-
ology, elocution, manual training, kinder
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night believed he would recover. When
he realized that he could not live, or that
the chances were against his surviving,
he sent for Lieutenant-GovernorJ eter and
dictated his will, by which he bequeathed
all of his property to his wife and boy
the latter baby Is months old.
A post-mortem examination was made at
the request of Coroner Clark, that he might
decide whether an inquest was necessary.
The examination was made by DR.. Bal
ley and DR.. Morgan, assisted by DIR.
Hawkes. of the ship Philadelphia
and DR.. Haslet of the Monadnock and Drs.
Keeney, Doyle and Clark. 1t was dis
covered that the pistol. ball had entered
Just below the heart, as Crooks was in a
slightly stopping posture, and ranged
around the left side, cutting the spleen,
and passed out at the back. He had bled
internally, great clots of blood being lodged
in the body. Had he bled freely exter-
nally death would have been fastened.
DR.. Clark, Coroner, was satisfied that
the shot occurred as Crooks said, and de.
cided that the inquest was not essential.
Mr.. Crooks was very cheerful, even this
morning, and talked as freely and in as
good voice up to his death as before the
accident occurred, and his signature to the
will was as plainly and strongly written as
though he were entirely well. When
Richard Thompson of the Wells-Fargo
Express Company this morning picked up
the ball, which no one had been able to
find before, and showed it to Mr.. Crooks,
the in iured man remarked:
eff that had struck the wall before it
got me l should not be in any danger
He referred to the fact that the ball, in
its upward course, glancing along the
wall. had bounded across the room with
out further damage.
DR.. Morfew and Walter Newton, broth
ers-in-law of deceased, and their wives,
with Matthews Crooks, his brother, came
down from San Francisco this morning.
Mrs. Crooks, widow of the deceased, is
quite i'll from the shock and has been I'M
able to decide as to burial arrangements,
but it is believed the body will be taken to
Oakland for interment
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CAMPING At GLENWOOD.
Christian Workers Gather at
the Pretty Mountain
Resort.
Missionary ConquestS Planned While
the Students Enjoy an
Outing.

GLENWO0D, CAL, June 28.-The Mis-
sionary Extension Summer School, in
session here, is attracting large numbers
of church people from various parts of the
coast, and particularly from San Fran
cisco. They take this means of com bin
ing their summer outing with Christian
work. This camping school is under the
direction of the Missionary Extension So
ciety of San Francisco, and that fact draws
a great many from the City, but Oakland
and San Jose and other towns in the
neighborhood send many visitors and
workers.
The past four days have been devoted
principally to the subject of City Evan
COLLATION." and tomorrow a course of
Bible lessons on "The Life of Christ" will
begin, to be conducted by Rev. w. w.
Scudder Jr. He will demonstrate with the
use of charts and diagrams, illustrating
the years of Christ's public ministry. At
the close of this series of lectures Rev.
Melville II. Tenny of San Jose will deliver
two lectures on The Life of Christ in
Art" which he will illustrate with stere-
opticon views that include the great paint
ings of the various events in the life OF
Christ, from his birth TO his ascension.
The lectures will be of a nature that will
impress the audiences with the grandeu
of Christ's character and the loving estee NJ
in which he was held by the worlds great
master in art.
The programme of work for the school
includes daily UNCONVENTIONAL conferences
on missions in charge of the representa-
tives of the Denominations Board of
Missions and also series of evening lee
lures on city, home and foreign missions
Mrs. Sarah d. Hamlin, associated with
Pundita Ramabai in India, will deliver q
lecture on the Sorabji family and give a
good deal of useful and novel informa ton
concerning the missions in India from her
view as a traveller.
The Fourth of July will be celebrated,
and large excursions of Christian En-
deavor societies from San Francisco and
Alameda counties will arrive on that holt
day.
The summer school is not all work and
no play. The class work is done in the
forenoon hours and the afternoons are
given up entirely to recreation. Some of
the visitors 90 bathing, others trout fish
ing or boat riding, while others occupy the
afternoons in walking or driving on the
delightful roads or elm bing the Mills.
A great many of the students and teach
ers are camping, their tents forming a
picturesque scene in the wood, while
others prefer the accommodations of the
GlenTood Hotel, which stands at the en-
trance to the camping-g ground.
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DUEz NTH Il BURGLAR.
Officer FifeLd Wounds Criminal Ia q
Fight With Pistols.

Officer FifeLd Wounds Criminal Ia a
Fight With Pistols.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 28.-Officer
West Fifield fought with burglar early
this morning, and after exchanging eight
shots at each other the prowler succeeded
in escaping, leaving trail of blood.
The officer walked along Sixteenth street
at o'clock this morning, and at the cor
ner of Hill street saw a man on the porch
of D. Healmes' house, trying to open the
screen door. Fifeld called and the man
Immediately turned and fired at him.
Without waiting to learn the effect of his
shot the burglar jumped from the porch
and ran through the yard toward Hill
street, pursued by the officer. The burglar
stopped behind hedge and fired TWO
more shots at his pursuer. Neither took
effect.
Fifield is over six feet tall and weighs
800 pounds, but in spite of his weight he is
one of the fastest runners on the force.
When the second round whistled close to
him he stopped and returned the burglar s
fire. Fifield shot five times at the fleeing
man after he left the hedge, and one Of the
balls took effect, as a small trail of blood
was left by the burglar.
There was quite heavy fog, which was
the cause of the mems poor aim.
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FATE UNKIhD TO HIM.
Failing to End HIS Life, Woutd- Be
Ssticide Wrecks Hts Furniture.

Failing to End His Life, a Would- Be
Sssicide Wrecks Hts Furniture.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 2S.-George
w. Floyd made number of attempts to
commit suicide this afternoon, and when
he discovered that his revolver was use
less ne picked up an ak and started to get
satisfaction by wre cking the furniture in
his room.
Floyd was employed as a hackdriver
and had been on spree for the last few
days. To-day he got so drunk that his
employer discharged him. In settling
their accounts there was dispute, and
the proprietor called Floyd dirty thief
and robber. The latter denied the i'm
parchment with drunken persistency, but
finally decided that it might not have
been altogether erroneous. He went to
his room, took an old revolver and, pac-
ing it to his head, pulled the trigger five
times -Four times the weapon missed
fire, but on the fifth attempt the cartridge
exploded and the ball grazed Floyd over
the left eye.
This made Floyd angry. He seized an
ak and began demolishing all the furni-
ture in sight. So great was his rage that
by the time assistance came he had
wrecked nearly everything in the room.
He was taken to the Receiving Hospital
after struggle. He will recover.
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NEWS OF MARE ISLAND,
Liberal Appropriations Permit of
a Large Increase in the
Force.
The BattIe.Ship Oregon to Be at Once
Prepared for Active Ser.
vice.

VALLEJO, CAL, June 28-Many me-
chanics, helpers and laborers are awaiting
WITH anxiety the coming of the new fiscal
year, commencing on July 1, with the
hope that they will be called to resume
work, after long furloughs. The appro-
priations for the coming year are more
liberal in some of the departments than
for years past noticeably in the depart
ment of yards and docks. This is due to
the appeals of the Chief of Bureau, Com
modore E. o. Mathews.
The appropriations were made for a
greater variety of purposes, including the
construction of buildings, roadway and
walks. One of the improvements to be
started is the building of a new caisson
and the enlargement of the dock entrance.
1t is understood that plans for this work
have been submitted to the head OF the
bureau, and if they are approved work will
soon be commenced.
All along the line in the various depart
menus at the navy-yard there will be
ample funds TO keep large force of men
employed the coming year, by adding to
the regular appropriations the amounts
allowed under the deficiency bill for the
repairing of some of the ships at the yard.
In the construction department cards
for employment of men, to the number of
over 200, have been sent out. This does
not, however, signify that the men will
obtain employment the year round.
Work is being pushed on the gunboat
Bennington. The crew is living aboard
while in dock, and has but little to do as
the repairs are in the hands of the yard
authorities
Chief Engineer Kutz having completed
his forty years service in the navy, has
been placed on the retired list and his
position as chief of the steam engineering
department is being filled by Chief En-
gineer Joseph Trillev. Ex-Chief Kutz and
family will reside either in Oakland or in
Alameda. Very little work is being per-
formed in the department he has Just
vacated, but after July there will be plenty
to do.
Now that the battle-ship Oregon has
been accepted by the Government it will
soon come up to the yard and be commits
stoned, stores put aboard, ammunition
slowed in the magazines and the hundred
and one odd jobs to be done to ship
going in commission will keep the Oregon
at the yard some weeks after the pennant
has been floating at the masthead.
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Government Positions Offered
for Sale by the Clever
Rascal.
FOUND MANY READY TAKERS.
He Claimed Relationship to Charm an
Harrity and "Pull" at
Washington.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 28.-J. G..
Dolau of Portland, Or, whose swindling
operations were detailed in a recent issue
of THE CALL, numbers Los Angeles man
among his victims. Dolan is now under
indictment for forging Chinese certificates
on big scale. An investl alton into tbs
former career of this INSCRIPTIONS but
exceedingly smooth scoundrel shows that
he has been in the habit OF swindling
anxious Office seekers out of large sums of
money by promising to procure for them
lucrative employment under the general
Government. One of these is L. G. Tyler
of 1876 South Grand avenue, this city.
Tyler tells an in teresting story regarding
his experience with the Government
agent at Portland.
81 was living at Portland in the fall of
1888" said he, land met Dolan, who was
a fellow of good appearance. The United
States Attorney had gone to Washington.
Dolan was corresponding with him and
finally himself went to Washington. DIR.
Lyle did not send him. DoIan wrote back
to DR.. Lyle that he thought he could get
him appointed Appraiser of the Port at
Portland and he told the doctor to get up
his petition as soon as possible. He also
wrote to me that he could get me the posi-
ton of Collector of Customs. DR.. Lyle
sent in the petition.
"Dolan claimed that w. F. Harrity,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, was his cousin, and that
through him he could get US appointed.
He said he had been promised position
for himself and finally he telegraphed to
DR.. Lyle that he had received it.
"a day or two later Dolan telegraphed
asking for $1,000 and saying that he would
have US both appointed at once. 1 sent
him the money. DR.. Lyle supplied $685.
and 1 gave the balance. Then as we heard
nothing more we grew uneasy and DR..
Lyle went on to Washington, where he
soon found that Dolan was swindler and
utterly unable to influence any appoint
ment. 1 saw Dolan when ne returned to
| Portland, but could get no satisfaction
from him. He was perfectly brazen, and
when he had mans money he would
laugh at him."
Tyler said that DR.. Lyle had written to
him proposing that they prosecute Dolan,
but he was not willing to throw good
money after bad. He does not expect to
attempt any prosecution now, and will
not go to Portland unless subpenaed as a
witness. Tyler describes Dolan as a
smooth, well-spoken fellow, of pleasant
appearance and always well dressed.
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OLD BOATS AND COLLISIONS
When the Crash Comes It Is Generally
the Better Ship That Goes Down.

When the Crash Comes 1t Is Generally
the Better Ship That Goes Down.
did you ever notice." said an old
mariner "that when collision occurs on
the lakes, the better boat, in nine cases out
of ten, gets the worst of it, and generally
goes to the bottom? On the other hand,
the old boat. for in a great many instances
it is an old boat, receives little damage, if
any.
Take, for instance, the sinking of the
Lehlgh Valley liner Cayuga, which oc-
Cured on the 10th of last May. Sh' col
lided with the steamer Joseph l.. Hurd
and was sunk in Lake Michigan, near
Skilligalee Light. The Cayuga was one of
the best steamers on the lakes and worth
about 5000 900. The Hurd was an old
lum Der barge, which had been condemned
once and then rebuilt, and worth almost
nothing.
heavy fog. Fog banks are peculiar
things to run up against and rattle many
a captain. This was the case with the
commander of the Hurd. The right sig
nails had apparently been given, but with
hardly minutes warning, the Hurd took
a sheer and struck the Cayuga amidships.
The Cayuga went down in about five min
utes, and the Hurd made for the land,
which was not very far off. where she was
beached. She was leaking quite badly.
Temporary repairs were made and she
was then towed to drydock. She came
out again later in the eeason and ran in
the lumber trade in Lake Michigan. The
Cayuga, however, is still at the bottom,
lying in about 101 feet of water, and her
chances for remaining there are very good,
''Let me cite you another instance
where the better boat was sunk by an old
one--well. won't say she was old, for she
had not been in commission very long.
She was called the Jack. Her first feat
that brought her before public notice was
when she colided with one of the locks
in the Welland canal. Navigation
was delayed for several days by
the accident The next prominent
feat that she accomplished was to
sink the big steel steamer Norman,
which was owned by the Menominee
Steamship Company. She sunk her in
the middle of Lake Huron, and in deep
water. In fact, it has been mystery
where she did go down, for they have
never been able to locate her. She was
worth about $780, goo. The Jack sustained
little damage and was soon in commission
again. Now, there are two boats which
were worth about 100000, and both were
sunk by boats which could be bought for
$40, 900, and that would be big price for
them. Buffalo Express.
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A Fable.

A regal Boom, wearing its coronet and
robes, was taking the air in its orchard
and complacently meditating upon its
own prosperity. Into the sacred presence
stantIy seized by the Bodyguard Hand
ing his visiting-card to the Chief Myr-
midon, the prophet awaited the result.
"Mokanna of Khorassan?' exclaimed
the Boom, tbs an Impostor. Away with
him and off with his head p
Pardon me-" came from behind the
veil in deep, rich tones; mot Mokanna,
but Mark Hanna, and of Canton"
The differences impress me less than
the ominous resemblances, groaned the
Boom; besides, sm something of a
Yelled Prophet myself"-and, mutterng
"hoodooed," it sank upon the ground in
collapse.
The moral OF this tale, being addressed
to aspiring Cabinet Secretaries only, is OF
general application.
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HAPPENINGS At SAN JOSE,
Kindness of a Laborer Repaid
by the Theft of All of His
Valuables.
Mrs. Nash ThrasheS a Woman OF
Whom Her Husband Was Wont
to Smile.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 2S.-Joe Lowell,
laborer who has been employed on the
various fruit ranches in this vicinity, ca me
to town last evening to enjoy few days
recreation and sight seeing. In his pere-
CARNATIONS about town he fell in with a
man who gave his name as Thompson.
They spent the evening together drinking,
and when it came time to retire for the
night Lowell invited his new-found friend
to his room in the Grand House, corner OF
San Pedro and FL Dorado streets, to share
his bed.
When Lowell awoke this morning
Thompson was gone, as was also Lovell's
gold watch and chain and $40 in money.
Lowell reported the matter to the police,
but they have been unable to find any
trace of Thompson.
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Passengers Are Knocked Down
by the Shock, but Escape
Injury.
AN ENGINEER AT FAULT.
Held the Throttle on a Special and
Believed the Track Was
Clear

GILROY, CAL. June 2S.-The Hollister
freight and passenger train which leaves
Gilroy at 6; AS P. NJ. collided with special
engine at Carnadero junction, three miles
south of Gilroy, last evening. The Hol-
lister train hac slowed down to turn the
switch, when the special came flying
around the curve, and before the lever
could be reversed the trains had collided.
The engineers and fremen, seeing the APP
preaching danger, jumped in time to save
their lives.
The special plunged its way into the
front of the Hollister engine, and the con-
cussion derailed three f1atcars, splitting
them i'll the center. About fifteen cars in
the rear were the passenger coaches. The
jolt threw the seven occupants forward,
but luckily they all escaped unhurt.
Engineer Chase was on the specials To-
connective and the fireman was J. Hartley.
James Lynch, engineer, and NJ. Rockefel-
Ter, fireman, with George Clarke, con-
ductor, had charge of the Hollister train.
Hartley's ankle was sprained in Ieaping
from the cab.
The passengers came to town in coaches
and the section men, under George Skill
corn's orders, cleared the track of the
wreckage. The wrecking crew came from
San Francisco at 3 A. NJ. and brought the
disabled engines and cars to town.
The engineer of the special was a new
hand and unacquainted with. the road,
and was unaware that the regular Ho-
lister train had not passed the junction.
Had there been no freight cars between
the passenger coaches and the engine the
few passengers would nave been killed.
The engines are badly disabled and will be
sent to the Sacram ento yards for repairs.
The regular trains run on time TODAY.