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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18

- SarsapariIla

=, I was surprised after taking IL
two weeks, to find j was gaining
strength, and now ] am pleased
to say am enjoying better health
than / ever had before in my
life."-EVA BRAGG, Lincoln, Ill
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Girls VanQuish u Wolf.

While Il on horseback after cattle
tome distance north OF Harold, Misses
Mary Marso and Emma Schultz, two girls
Of Is and 20 years respectively, sighted
SIX wolves and promptly gave chase to
them. After a hard race one Of the ami
mails was run down and Miss Schultz dis
mounted armed with a heavy strap and
buckle TO dispatch it. The creature
showed fight and caught the girls hand
in his mouth. Her companion came 10
her assistance and after Il lively skirmish
Miss Schultz contrived to get his wOlfship
down and hold him while her friend tied
his feet. The pair then pounded him to
death with the strap, brought him into
town and received the bounty offered by
i've state for the scalp.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
MARKET

Sioux City-Cattle: StOckers and feed
ers, $3.50 TO 49, 5. Hogs: Prices ranging
from 1920 to s3.2215s. Grain: Wheat, 40c
to Ale; corn, l51ac; oats, lie to l3c; flax,
75c: hay, $3.50 to $500; butter, 10c to l6c;
eggs, I5c to 16c.
Chicago-Cattle: Beef steers, $40 to
"a. 30; stockers and feeders, So 40 to $40.
Hogs: Prices ranging from s3.25 to s5.45.
Grain: wheat, Nc. 3 spring, 547Sc to 55Ic;
No. . red. zoe to 60l.c; corn, No. =, 25l4c;
oats, No. ., lie; rye, No. 2, S3c; flax, No.
|, 92$4c TO 93c; timothy, $3.45 TO $3.50.
Kansas City--Cattle: Beef steers, $S.l7
to M.25; stOckers m feeders, $2.l0 10
$40. Hogs: Prices ranging from s3.l
to 3.S5. Sheep. $500 to 1925.
South Omaha-Cattle: Beef steers, $500
to 1915; stOcxers and feeders, $3.50 10
50 rs. Hogs: Prices ranging from $S.25
to 1880.
st. Paul-Cattle: Beef steers, IS. Is,
stockers and feeders, $2.S5 to s2.5 0 Hogs:
Prices ranging from So. Is to $3.y7HI.
Mime. polls grain-Wheat: May. $3.50
to 5S1sc; No. hard, on track, 521lc; No.
| Northern, 511.c; No. 2 Northern, 50l4c.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

MILES MAY BE SILENCED.

Administration Offended At His Re
cent Discrediting Remarks.
st. Louis special: A dispatch from
Washington says:
The President and Secretary of War
Lamont are seriously considering the adj
visibility of silencing Gen. Miles. That
they are much incensed at the indiscreet
talk in which the general of the army has
been INDUCING in in regard to the weak
ness OF this c0untry's coast defenses and
it, general inability to 60 to wax with the
assurances of success can be positively
stated. Had 1t not been tor tho high re-
gard In which they both held him as a
soldier, and their indisposition to infict
the indignity of rebuke ON one whose
services TO his country in the past have
been meritOriOus they would have taken
action before now. But Gen. Miles, by
his latest speech In Philadelphia, brought
them to the limit of their fOrbearance, and
another such break on his part will in all
probability lead to his suppression. In
his Philadelphia speech not only did Gen.
Miles blazon out the defenseless condition
Of his country, but the whole undercur-
rent Of the position taken by the Presi-
dent. His chances of acquiring the title
OF lieutenant general have been lessened,
1t Is thought, by his recent u%tterances.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
HOUSE REVENUE BILL
IT is ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF
2O5 TO 81.
Expected to Raise $40. 900. 900 for
the Relief Of the T~reasury-Is Sim
ply an Emergency Bill-Gen. Miles
lncurs the Wrath of the President.
Revenue Bill Passes.

Washington special: The House re-
spOnded to the appeal Of the President by
passing a tariff bill Thursday, the opera
years, and which is designed to raise A0,-
0O0,0 0 for the relief of the treasury. A
bond bill will also be passed. The spec
ial order on which the bill was brought 10
. vote at 5 O'Clock IN the evening, af't
three and a half hours of debate, was iron
clad in its character, and compelled the
members to adopt or reject it without Op-
kind. Although there was the brilliant
setting that usually accompanies q field
day in the House, the debate lacked much
Of the spirit and vim which generally
characterizes a partisan battle in thu
lower branch of Congress.
Even the preliminary skirmish over the
adoption of the rule, which ordinarily pre-
cipitates the fercest wrangling, passed on
quietly. lThe debate itself was partici.
patcd in by the leaders of both sides. The
Republicans contended that the first ne
ceSsity Of the Treasury was revenue 10
supply the continued deficiency. Every
speaker denied that the proposed measure
was q protection bill. 1t was, they
claimed an emergency revenue bill.
, The bill passed repeats the present
tariff law until August ], 1898. 1t restores
50 per cent. of the Mckinley rates on wool
and woolens, lumber and carpets. and
makes a horizontal increase in the pre-
sent rate in all other schedules, excep,
sugar, of Is per cent. When the bill was
put upon its passage it was passed, POS to
81, the votes being taken by yeas and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
A BRITISH CONSPIRACY.
London Financiers Would Dcspoil
Uncle Sans Credit.

Washington special: The stress under
| which the President sen his financial
message to Congress was much more seri-
Gus than the dispatches from Wall street
indicated. The administration had re-
ceived information Of a purpose on the
part of Great Britain to humble this coun-
try by a blow at its credit. The formal
notices Friday of gold to be withdrawn
aggregated 81. 100000. This, however, is
trining compared with what the British
plot contemplated. The administration
was informed from sources deemed en-
tirely reliable that the plans had been
formed in London to draw from the
treasury $40, 900. 900 before the end Of the
week and on the remainder Of the reserve
before the end OF the first week in Janu-
airy. Furthermore, the administration
learned that the British. fnanciers through
whom mainly the last issue Of bonds was
placed, would not accept another COM
mission of the kind. The evil
dences Of financial conspiracy in London
to drain this country Of its gold and to OBJ
struct its efforts 10 maintain the reserve
by the sale of bonds as heretofore were Of
the most convincing character to the
President. Twice during the day, as the
information unfolded the plan Of the en-
envy, the President called the cabinet to-
gether-something that has hardly oc-
cured since war times. And when at last
the situation was fully revealed TO him,
the President, in the dusk Of evening,
sent the message to the waiting Senate,
urging that no recess be taken, and that
Congress remain in session during the
holidays to checkmate this..British scheme.
The message did not tell all that is told
above, but the leaders are being informed
of what Mr.. Cleveland knew when he
wrote his appeal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF IHe
STATE.
lesidents OF Walworth County Aro
Greatly Excited Over the
of a Case of Leprosy-Fatal Acc''
dent at Bryant.
Leprosy in Walworth County.

The residents of Walworth County are
considerably exercised over the discovery
of a genuine case of leprosy in the lamlly
of Olaf Mordahl, a Norwegian farmer
some distance north of Mound City. Inc
sufferer is Mordahl's 1S-year-old son, VINO
came to this country from l~rondh)eih
Norway, something over two years ago
The young man is said TO have SHOWN
signs of the disease even before he lelt
home, and to have been advised by ms
physician to come to America in the hope
that an entire change OF climate mighl
have a beneficial effect. This hope mas
not been realized, for young Mordahl Is
now in a horrible condition. His body Is
covered with white scales, several OF his
fingers and toes have rotted away, ms
hair has fallen out, his eyes are almost
sightless, his hearing is poor, and even
the senses of touch, taste and smell have
been greatly affected. The disease, The
elder MOrdahl admits, has run in his TAM
lily for many years and several OF his rela'
tives are now in the leprosy hospital In
Bergen, Norway. With tie exception OF
his son, however, zone Of his immediate
family have ever shown signs of the com.
plaint.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Wants q British Pension.

Robert Connell, now an old man, and
who has resided in Lincoln County for 2t
years, is making an effort to secure a
pension from the British Government.
Mr.. COnnell was a seaman on board q
British man-Of-war during the Crimean
war, and took part in the siege of Sebasto.
pol in 1858. He belonged to a force of 100
picked men which the admiral organized
tor hazardous undertakings. Great Brit
ain grants pensions to all survivors Of tina,
war who have reached the age Of Is years,
and it is thought that, although Mr.. Con-
nell has become a citizen OF the United
States, his mother country will not refuse
him a pension.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Grand River Raging,

Wagner, l. T., special: The Grand
River flood continues to rise, and o
in the channel, and great desolation is be-
ing caused. Houses, wagons and farm
animals of oil descriptions are seen float
ing down the torrent. Men and women
were found in the tree tops, where
they had been for thirty-six hours with
out shelter or food. They were rescued
by q party in boats. One woman was seen
in a wagon box going down stream, call
ing for assistance, but so rapid was the
current that nothing could he done for her
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
RUSSIA OFFERS US GOLD.
ProHfers the United States q Loan Of
$500, 600, 900.

Washington special: The report is cur
rent in Washington that Russia has offered,
to loan the United States $500, OO0, 900 Of
gold and that the ROthschilds, who last'
week were selling American securities
and Withdrawing gold from this country,
have FASTENED to head off the Russian
scheme by profTering all the gold that
may be needed. The news has created
the greatest interest here. In all the hotel
Hobbies and on the street corners, wher-
ever men c~Ongregate, the Russian loan is
the one topic of discussion. The cOnsen-
sus of opinion is that this offer will have q
decided effect uuon the Venezuelan con-
trOversy, inasmuch as it will certainly
brace up the American market and will
convince the British statesman that the
greatest empire in the world intends to
stand by the greatest republic on earth in
the event Of any warlike movements.
When Ambassador Cantacuzene left
the United States a few weeks ago he
called on the Secretary Of State to bid
him farewell and incidentally remarked:
"Mr. Secretary, there was an occasion
when a Russian fleet was needed in
American waters. The feet made its APP
p~earance. The occasion may arise again.
In such event Russia is ready"
This significant u%tterance by the de-
parting Russian minister, followed by the
wonderfully generous offer made by the
Russian authorities, means that there will
be an alliance between the United States
and Russia in the event of a controversy
with England, which makes it certain
that the Venezuelan question will DO
settled without resort to arms.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
A Kapist

The grand jury at Sioux Falls returned
an indictment charging Ernest Gale with
rape upon Miss Lotiie Warner on Novem-
Der 8. The attorneys for the defense
promptly asked for a continuance, and
this will probably be granted, as the com.
planning witness is understood to be in
the last stages of consumption at her home
in Bookings. The complaint charges
that Gale went to the Dom of the plain.
Tiff and forced her 10 consent by flourish
ing a revolver. The defense at the
preliminary trial attempted to break
down the testimony of the plaintiff,
hut failed. Gale comes of one Of
the best families in the city and has
rich connections, but they refused to aid
him and he has been confined in the coun-
ty jail since his arrest. 1t is understood
he has obtained bail now and in case of
Miss Warmers death, which is expected
at any time, he Will 20 free. She was the
only direct witness against him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Sugar Bounty Act Upheld.

New Orleans special: TwOsugar bounty
claims were decided here by Judge Par
dee in the United States court. They
were test cases on the constitutionality of
the sugar bounty act, and were filed by
the Realty Company and Mr.. Andrew ii.
Gay, respectively. The sugar claimants
were represented by j. ID. Hill, while the
Government was represented by United
States District Attorney f. Is. Earhart.
Judge Pardee'S opinion was very short,
but fOrcible against the position ssuined
by Comptroller Bowler. His decision is
against the United States. He holds the
sugar bounty act was constitutional.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
GREAT STRIFE ENDS.
Philadelphia Street Car Employees
and Employcrs Agree.


Philadelphia special: The great trolley
strike i ended. This is final. John
Wanamaker is the man who brought
ahcu HE settlement, succeeding where
all others failed. He was aided in the
Mork by members of the Christian League.
the ha>i, OF settlement is as follows:
f.. While tie Union Traction Company
VIII on y t,cal with the wOrkmen III It's
employ, il viii allow them membership
N any lawful organization.
=. Ii NiI, take up all grievances and
give them III and fair consideration.
). 1t viii, so far as il has vacant places,
immediately put on the Old men and as
fast AS vacancies arise, will give prefer
encc to any of the old men yet unem-
l,ioyed, and endcayor 10 arrange the trips
pf the cars to favor the old men as far as
possible without violating its contracts
with the new men.
The question of compensation and hours
was left for future determination. Con-
cessiOns were made by both sides. The
battle has mainly been fought on the
question OF the employees membership in
the Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees, which the company
has persistently refused to recognize.
The new men engaged since the strike
begun u Der nearly 1000. There were
about 5000 strikers. TO properly round
)ut the matter a mass meeting of the
strikers was held and the strike was Off
cially declared off.
Thus ends what has been one of the
most remarkable strikes in the United
states. 1t lasted exactly one week, and
It cost the city, the company and the
Strikers thousands of dollars. The loss in
fares alone to the company IS estimated at
$3.50, 900. Apart from the destruction Of
cars and other property there has been
considerable bloOdshed.
Monday was certainly the most violent
since the struggle began, and for the first
limo the police shot to kill. About 10
O'Clock in the morning q tremendous
crowd gathered at Eighteenth and Girard
Avenue, and as the cars passed, each with
several policemen aboard, the stones be-
gan to fly. A dozen or more cars had
been completely wrecked when the police
men opened fire. They first fired into the
air, but as the situation became more
threatening, one of them fired his revolver
INTO the crowd. VIM. ii. Matthews, a
striking motorman, fell with a bullet in
MS head, and Samuel G.. CrOssley, a strik-
ing conductor, was shot in the knee. Both
are in a serious condition.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

DIR. W. Z. WINNER Of Pierre has just
returned from Montana with 5000 sheep
which he Will cross to his range On Lance,
Creek as soon as the ice is safe to make
the venture. lie was accompanied on his
trip by other parties who purchased 1000
head, the whole herd being shipped by
rail to Bismarck and driven across coun-
try from there, the herd being separated
at Forest City. The price paid for the
sheep was 81 per head and it was neces-
sary to work along about $50 miles of the
Yellowstone River to secure the number
Of sheep they desired.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Wages Of 20, 600 Increased.

UnlOntOwn, Pa, special: All the coke
companies in the COnnellsville coke re.
cent. TO their 10000 employees, to take
effect January /. Notice of the increase
was posted at each of the ninety works in
the region Christmas day. The advance
comes as a surprise, as there was no I'M
rest manifest among the men, and no
evidence that there would be any labor
agitation next year. The price of coke
will be advanced to sustain the new rate
of wages, which will be the largest ever
paid in the region.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
CAMPOS AFTER GOMEZ
spanish Captain General Trying to
Head on the Insurgents.


Havana special: Further details reached
here from Matanzas of the rapid advance
of the insurgent army, numbering about
$4,000 men, upon Havana, after forcing its
way through the province of Santa Clara
and into the province of NatanZaS, in
spite of the efforts of Capt. Gen. Martinez
lie Campos and about $4,000 troops at his
disposal in the territory traversed and in
yaded. The reported important battle
between the SpaniardS under CampOs and
the insurgents at COliSee plantation,
twelve miles from C%ardenas, does not APP
pear to have been a very severe engage
ment. The Spanish forces do not appear
to have encountered the main body of the
insurgents. rs announced. The fight at
the ColiseO plantation was between the
northern column of the three insurgent
columns now passing through the prov
ince of Matanzas, and instead Of turning
out to he a great victory for the Spaniards,
the result of the engagement was virtually
a defeat for CampoS' forces, for the Cuban
army pushed onward unchecked and is still
advancing on this city. The Cubans, fol-
lowing their customary tactics, seemed to
melt away into the distance as soon as the
troops got within sighting distance Of
them, and nearly all the fighting was at
very long range. The insurgents, how
ever, succeeded in accomplishing their
object, holding the Spaniards in check
while the Cuban army pushed on south
ward, and the result was really a Cuban
victory.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

john James died at the county hospital
IN Lead as the result of "A pistol shot fred
by John Stewart, his son-in-law. The in
v~estigation goes TO show that James had
turned "A hayward daughter adrift and
was angered because his daughter and
SOn-in-law dared to shelter her; also,
that he made repeated threats that lie
would Kill Stewart if he could find him.
Stewart called on the officers to protect
him and to disSuade James from violence
and avoided a meeting. lie is considered
as having been justified in defending him
self.
The big 5o0-horse power engine for one
OF The liomestake mines which has been
shut down three months, has arrived and
the big mill Will be in operation in six
weeks
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Another Mint Scandal.

Carson, New, special: Nevada is
threatened with another mint scandal.
The state board Of examiners have dis
covered 1900 bright new silver dollars in
the state treasury, all Of which bear the
date of 1898 and have the appearance OF
having been dumped in there fresh from
the United States mint. The coinage of
standard dollars at the Carson mint was
always limited and wholly suspended
early in 1898, and it is asserted that no
such amoun as $4,000 was legally coined
that wear.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Favors the Tiilman Law.

4 Kansas City SPECIAL: During an inter-
view with Gov. Morrill, of Kansas, the
Governor announced his conclusion that
the prohibition law Of Kansas is a failure.
The Governor states further that he dses
not advocate the open saloon, as it ex-
listed before prohibition was tried, but
that he is now a convert to the plan of
state regulation of the liquor %trafic, on
the general lines Of the Tillman d~ispenS-
airy law now in force in South Carolina.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Rushed Back TO Death.

The farm house of Mrs. Rose Saycr, six
miles south OF Britton, was destroyed by
lire with all OF its contents. Three small
children OF Mrs. Sayer We're in The house
when it caught fire. The two elder made
their escape, but the oldest boy, 6 years
old, returned to rescue his baby sister, and
he persisted in the flames. The mother,
who was at the barn some distance from
the house, reached the spot barely in time
to snatch the baby from the burning
building.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Black Hills Boomino

At no period in the past has there h.,
such activity in mining affairs in
Black Hills as at the present time y
p%rOspectors who have for years held ,tofI
claims by simply doing the asscssn%s '
work required by law have now cam.e
the gold fever In earnest and are o,,suusV
up their mines, and in many case
being rewarded by rich finds. "|
At Terry's Peak. situated in the con.
of the many mines in the Bald mount
section, a body of ore was recently fo~%,
that gives returns of from 5000 to &, W. u.
per ton, and the Homestake MINING CC'aN
pany, while running a shaft into ono .,
its mines, struck a 16-inch vein Of ~.
that assays several thousand dollars Wv
ton. -
These are only samples of the man.
finds that are being made, and in mo-, :
few cases the owners of rich mines ba,'
not made public the true assay value a
their ore.
1t is useless TO try TO find unemployet
men IN Deadwood or other Black Hip,
towns, as every n that is able to wor,
at all has shouIdered pick and shovel ant
started prospecting on his own accom-,
mere Is HOM ONcl f,VJo tOlo VI SOlu Dear
ing ore brought into Lead and Deadwoo
daily, and it is being reduced by the mill,
smelters and chlorlnation plants at the,
places. The KildOnian Mining COMPANY
whose plant is situated at Puma, a smal
place two miles south Of Dead wood, an,
the Champion Mining Company's plan,
located close to DeadwOod, are new con
Germs and so far have given very ~satisfac
tory results to their owners. The forme
plant is owned and operated by Robel
Maokay, Of Montreal, Canada, and is no
one OF the largest, as well as the be-
equipped COLONIZATION works in the Blac
Hills. Work Of e~xcavating for the build
lngs was not commenced until this sun
mer, and the first timbers were not put t
gcthcr until july 2, but on November
the mill started up and is now runnin
perfectly, reducing $50 tons OF ore p'
day. The first clean up of this mill o.
Cured recently, and three nice goI
bricks, valued at something over $1,000
wa the gratifying result.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
New Industry for Mitchell.

Within six months Mitchell will have q
new industry in the way Of q manufac-
turing enterprise. The Rogers Msnufac-
turing Company was organized there for
the manufacture of bicycles, with a cap
ital Of $4,000. The company was organ
lzed by w. j. Healey, well known over
the northwest as a bicycle expert, and as
ISOLATED with him are A. G. Pollard,
Thos. Fullerton, r. ID. Welch, j. c. Wal.
rath and Jacob Becker.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

Gov. Sheldon has pardoned sid" Nor
gan, sent from Meade County on the
charge OF larceny. The pardon was
granted on a petition signed by Judge
PlOwman, who sentenced him, and by a
large number of citizens of that county.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

Moore, the man arrested at Esmond
some weeks ago for burglary, has lust had
ms trial at DE Smet and was convicted.
Judge Andrews sentenced him to three
years IN the peniten,iary. The strongest
evidence against him was the fact that
after ms arrest he cut the trade mark
ron the lining Of his shoes which MI.
burdlck OF DE Snet claims were taken
rom ms store. The piece of lining was
iound and fits exactly the mutilated shoe.