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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

ciculture it would lee desirable 10 know
when. where and at what weight the
fish We're caught again. Until recently
but two of these fish had been caught,
II of which had assembled the river
fully seventy-tive miles. while the
other was caught at a considerable dis
lance below the point where they We're
first taken and returned to the wet ele-
ment. Both Of them had increased in
weight and size. the respective data
having been given TO the fish commits
sionerS. Two weeks ago three of the
fish were caught together by one fish
crman at the mouth of the WeSer
River. where at this season salmon
will ascend the stream III schools. Con-
sidering that it is nearly a year and a
half since these fish were returned to
the river it is certainly very strange
that three of them should he found 10,
gether now.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

from where he sat. When he vas
through with his repast he shouldereG
his pick and sauntered ove toward me
huge bOwlder. He struck lis pick INTO
il several times and d~iSlodged a piece
of the dccompoSed rock. Great was
his surprise when upon picking up the
fragment he saw traces of gold alC
copper. Chipping a few more pieces ht
carried them to the nearest town ale
had them examined by ASA erS, VIC
found that they would average sJ'
worth of gold and cope" TO the ton
Nelly has established Il claim and IS
now holding off for a syndicate oftcr
The boWlder is estimated 10 Weiga
10000 tons. and its value IS considere"
to be 4 million dollars.
IL speaking of the discovery Nelly
says: 1T was some time before }
fully realized what a fortune had dis
covered. but when it dawnel upon nc
that at last | was IL rich man | am
afraid | made such demonstrations a.
would Justify anyone who might nave
seen me i'll believing that | had !JSt ID!
senses. For several years l have been
'Grubstakcd in prospecting these noun
ta!nS without success. and many IS the
time | have gone hungry for he wan
OF the price to get something 20 eat
and can you blame me for going nearly
crazy when l realized that / VAS AZ
longer POOR
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

at being unable to free himself from
the thing on his tail. he dashed Oft fran
tic.
Before the third circuit Cheymol was
inSenSible and covered with blood. The
horse wore neither halter nor bride.
and it took a long while to catch him.
When he was caught the animal was
dragging a corpse.
witnessed by officers and men. but
many ladies" were also in attendance.
much the same as Spanish senoritas at
tend Il bull fight.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
Andrew ID. White, eX-MiniSter to Ru

Andrew ID. White. eX-MiniSter to Rus
STA. has made a special study Of the
criminal history of this country, and in
a recent address in Boston on The
Problem of High Crime in the United
States produced some statements that
must be regarded as startling at least.
If he did not give the figures to back up
his u~ttcranceS, and if ii were not con
coded that his figures are reasonably
accurate. ii would be hardly possible to
credit some of the things he said. II is
difficult to believe. for instance, that
under no other civilized government,
whether monarchy or republic. is the
right TO life so tramplcd upon by a priv
ileged class of criminals as under this
government" The records with which
he supports this statement show 10000
murders were committed in the United
States last year, an increase Of 700 over
the number for 1894 and of G.21O oyer
The nI,~'ri III IH9u. ont of this vas.
number Of murders there We're only IT,
legal executions. a disparity between
crime and penalty which he points out
may we'll alarm thinking men and
cause them to make inquiry as to the
reasons and remedies for this abnormal
condition of things"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
Niohammcd's Only Male Descendant

ne only male descendant of MOhiiill'
lhed Is ElSald Ahmed Effendi ABIDE
khalek Shcik-cl-Sadat. VINO lives il
Egypt and is II prominent Arab gentle
man III the Kledivc's country. The
shiek's house in Cairo is an ancient
aTair and his ancestors have occupied
u for eight centuries. He is typicaIly
oriental except that he j. of IN onor
nous stature. His face is very red. his
mar short ana curly and s~prinkled WitD
gray. his eyes small. beady ana black
with heavy lids. His fac Is sensual
with THICK lips ana heavy, iowl. stol!d
ana eXpreSSiOnles> except when moYeG
py anger or pleasure.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
A NEW oISCovERERoe AM.-
Did His Work About the Yeo~c.
bus Was Born >'iurr'

TO sum up briefly. Tho Oh
route from the old world to tbo eSt
from Cape Verde to Brazil W, Is
Il currents tend to carry A4s
across. There is. therefore, m s~p
ent probability that a Porturuoen 'Nef'
sci should have been driven on "S'
brazilian coast. This actuauv "v
rencd to Cabral in 1900. 1t miph, n~l'
Happened at any time after shine h'e
to round Cape Verde. Thar c,no S'A
first rounded in 1915. In Las "'S
nlarkable map was made hy Eiar"
showing the most recent portrn,'
discoveries. On it a long stro,eh
coaStline is shown ~southvas, V
Cape Verde. with an Inscription ~
ing that it is authentic, and l.5oo ,nu<
TO the west. The only land in Such
position is South America. Tho Az
cover!y must have been made betwcen
1445 and has.
1t is recorded that an unknor.n
island was found far to the weS,
1f41. On the first map dealing wi,l
the Atlantic Ocean after Bianco's mon
n large island is found in the nos;tinn
Indicated by Bianco. The Portumoso
had good reason for not troubling mrcl
about such an island. until the nanol
bull of 1893, with its line of demarco
ton. when their conduct leading to the
Tordesillas treaty of 1494, by which tbs
line was shifted so far that tbev 60
cured Brazil. seems to have been hased
on knowledge of the existence of land
in the position of that country. More.
over, there is evidence to show tba,
they publicly claimed the possession az
such knowledge. If the views hero
set forth are tenable. the interesting
and important result is obtained tba,
America was discovered by the Portu.
gucSe in or about the very wear in
which Columbus is believed to have
been born. Without removing one iota
from the real merit of Columbus. il
would add the GROWING laurel to the
already great glory of that marvellous
man. Prince Henry the Navigator.
who, it is pardonable to remember.
was half an Northumberland
zeal Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
1~aslnanian ADDles.

Apples rlpened tins rear and success
fully transported IA distan.. of 70
miles are on exhibition in the Eu~.
They We're grown in Tasmania. Aus
tralasia. and were shipped by way of
the SueZ Canal to London. thence to
Southampton. from which port they
We're brought TO New York by the
American liner New York. arriving
about fifty days after being picked
from the tree. This probably is the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

The city of Gloucester. England. is
now eagerly enforcing compulsory vac
cination. though is was formerly one
Of the centers of opposition to Jenner's
idea. An epidemic Of smallpox has
swept over the city, with a total of over
1900 cases. 211 of which were report
ed in one week of April. The disease
has been unusually malignant and IA
tai. and the London Lancet regards the
lesson of the outbreak as too clear to be
misunderstood.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

The death of Mark NJ. ,"Brick"D Pom
erOy marks the end of Il singular career
il American journalism. Mr.. Pouleroy
printed at La Crosse. Wis. about the
closing period of the war ana for a few
years afterward Il newspaper filled with
columns of vitriolic abuse against the
methods adopted in the war for The
Union and against the great Un!pn
leaders III military and civil life. His
supper; from extreme coppcrhcadS at
the North and survivors Of the rebellion
AT the South was immense. His paper
had q vast circulation ana produced
Il moderate fortune each year for It's
owner. Re expended in purchase
500 coo for presses ana other Office
equipments. ana paid every debt that
he contracted in his enterprise. But his
personal popularity and his newspaper
circulation were ephcmcral. Gufor-
tunately for himself. he expended his
moIev as fast rs II was received, ana
though he afterTarG always lived well
ii was in Il fashion like that Of troal
hand to mouth. Personally he WAS L
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

Last year tw~enty-siX salmon. caught
after a frcShet at Il boom in the Weser
River. near Oeynhausen. We're marked
by Introducing a numbered clamp OF
the kind used TO tastcn papers TO-
rother in the large tin on the back.
Circulars were then sent hy the Ger
man fish commissioners 10 all people
interested along the river that these
twenty-six salmon had been returned
TO the river. and in the interest of pis-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
champion long-distance apple shipment

champion long-distance apple shipment
on record in this country. The fruit Is
not very large. O is 1t especially
handsome. but it is in fine condition.
and the aroma is certainly delightful.
while the flavor is very good. The APP
pies are separately wrapped in paper
of odd style. and the crates also SHOW
their foreign manufacture. The snip
mrnt was partly as an experiment ana
partly to furnish q curiosity TO Provi-
dcncr people. WHO are Interested III
fruits.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

A small town in Bavaria is about 10
celebrate the 300th anniversary OF a
lawsuit with n line of barons concern
ing the ownership of a forest of oak
and beach trees. The villagers will
come into full possession next month
and have managed the property so well
that its value has increased to $780,
GOO. 1t is a striking lesson in the art
of using a forest without reducing its
productive powers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

Report comes from the Soudan that
the new small caliber bullet intlictS
wounds that are worse the second day
than the first. \ wounded man who
keeps ON fighting for twenty-four hours
is a dangerous customer. and the new
rifles must be charged with an uncX-
pected and serious defect.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
A POOR MANS GOOD LUCK.
A Disheartened Prospector Finds q
Powder Worth a Million Dollars.

4 romantic good luck story comes
from Spokane. Wash: Martin Nelly
was returning home disheartened from
an unsuccessful prospecting tour in the
Salmon River district and sat dow
on the bank of the Colombia River tC
eat his dinner. AS he did so he noticed
a huge bowlder half bUr!ed in the SanG
in a dry portion of the river not IA,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
"Many a True Word,r Etc.

The office hoy-DeI editor i busy;
jist drop yer stun IL der Slot.
Miss poesy (tho sweet singer of Sing
Sing)-Tell mt, does lie get many
poems:
The office hoy 'disgustcdly}-poems:
why, he,~ 'tn =" hurG-.!uGge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

The man who originated serials must
nave been IN author who was iCpk!ii%
Tor some way Ia keep WomcE it,N! t'3.
iAg the lasf chapter Of bi, ro,"l lir4t.
life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

Mamma, think il WAS mean in yoJ!
% be the only child" WHY, daugh-
orr" isabel BinkS has seven untS
and uncleS TO help her on her @ladu-
3tiUg csSay."-Chicago Record.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

In three States. New York. Ohio and
Rhode Island. the bicycle is now legally
G part of railway baggage. The law
means more cycling and more railroad
fnrnS+S
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

sunday is z very unsatisfactory day
10 every L lot religious. CT il love.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

Of the most amiable and genial of men,
with no marked eccentricitieS. but with
many qualities that entitled him 10 re-
spect and admiration.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

was not III
ton was Ill
then learn
the lower
and heavie
uin produc
sweep Of II
cyclones r,
side the re
Statistic
month in
OCcilrl'cllc'
covering \
10 duly ~
iernter, f..
November
. 10 II,.cel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
HARD FIGHT FOR A POLICEMAN
HE CAPTURES AN INFURIATED FRENCH
MAN WHO HAD SHOT HIM.

MAN WHO HAD SHOT HIM.
John Krelb. twenty-four years old. who lives at
No. 21 North Moore-st.. where his mother keeps a
small restaurant was shot by an infuriated French
named Louis Seraphil who worked for Mrs.
Kreb and had been discharged. The Frenchr1an
also shot Policeman Pracht. of the Leonard-st. sta
tion and captured only after hard fight.
Seraph had for some time been making himself
extremely disagreeabe. and last evening Mrs. Kreib
told him to leave the place. Seraphl became abus-
I've. and exhibited revolver, threatening the hve
women and three young men In the place.
Fearing he would shoot somebody John Kreib,
George Cunningham. who also lives at the place.
and the other man. after a desperate struggle. dur
ing which all rolling the floor. got the re-
volver away from the frenzied Frenchman. Sera-
phil then went upstairs TO the third Moor, followed
by young Kreb. who went to see that he left the
place at once. Seraphil was too quick for him. how
ever and reached the room In time me, to procure ,hs
last fight OF stairs Seraph stood al the landing
above and. taking deliberate aim, fired two SHOTS IN
rapid succession. The first shot did no harm. only
penetrating Kreb's clothing near his breast. but
the second bullet passed through the heshy part OF
the young mans left arm. ,.,u,.
screaming into the citizen went around TO
rad ~ tho au hding Pracbi a.; once went UP the
dark stairway. and as he reached the lFon' oi .he
stairs on the second Moor Se,aphii s'Con ns I'M ,ne
too?'' '''''' '
pointed at him. Then Seraphn pulled the trigger.
and another report was heard
Pracht Is six feet tall, and had he remained
upright he would have received the bullet IN his
head but he lodged, and the bullet entered his
outer few inches below the collar and
passed through his clothing, embedding Itself IN the
feshy part OF the back OF his neck. The bis po-
lcernan. nothing daunted. climbed the stairs two at
a time, and, reaching Seraphl, who still held the
smoking weapon. knocked him down.
Seraphll is small. but wiry, and the two men were
soon rolling about In the hallway sometimes with
the Frenchman top. Not until the arrival Of Po-
licemen McKenna and Schoenfe,d, who went to
Prachts assistance. could Seraphil be overpowered.
Even then 1t became necessary to use a night stick
which made several wounds in Seraphl.s head.
Hundreds OF persons hocked to the scene OF the
shooting during the excitement. and the police were
obliged 10 guard the place At the Lonard-st
station DR.. Stivers. OF the Hudson Street Hospital
examined the wounds OF Kreb and the policeman
but none Of them serious. He sewed up the
Frenchmans soap in several places and seraphi
was locked up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
TWO MISSING YOUNG NUNS FOUND

Chicago. March 2I.-For forty-eight hours the Po-
lice Department labored to solve the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance Of Sisters Paul:na and
julia of the Servltes Sisters OF Mary. The absent
Sisters are but twenty years old. and have been
inmates OF the West Van Buren-st. convent for
several years, having been taken by Sister Agatha
as orphans. They are not only young but good
looking. and to them has been delegated largely
the task OF collecting funds for the institution.
Last Tuesday was payday on the Chicago and
Alton Railroad, and Sisters Paulna and julia left
the convent at $50 o'clock In the morning to visit
the Union Depot to receive .he monthly offerings
from the employees OF the Alton company. They
were In the habit OF returning to the convent In
time for the evening meal and when 10 o'clock
rived without the two Sisters. Sister Agatha
ported the matter to the police. Sister Agatha said
she was certain the Sisters had not absented them
selves from the convent OF their own free WILL and
She recited the story OF the trouble between the
Church and the Services Sisters. and said she
feared that the disappearance OF the two women
and that they might have been detained against
their will.
Yesterday Information was received at Police
Headquarters from Salt Lake City. Utah, stating
that Sisters Paul.na and Julia had arrived In that
place. No details were given. The police incline
to the belief that 1t 10 case OF runaway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
THE LINSEED OIL TRUST WINS.
COMPLAINING sTocKHor.DER DECLARED TO
HIVE No STANDING In COrRT

COMPLAINING sTOCKHOLDER DECLARED TO
HAVE 40 STANDING IN COURT
Chicago March 27.-Judge Gibbons refused to-day
TO appoint receiver for the Nationa. Linseed on
Company better known the Llnseci OH Trust.
The Cour, decided that Louis A. Coquard. the ST.
Louis packer. who flied a bill against the company.
alleging Inismanngement and making other alcga-
,,ons against the officers Of the concern. had no
standing In court. Coquard charged that he as a
stockholder had been denied access TO the books OF
the company; that the directors increased the stock
OF the corporation to Ns.coco by watering: that
the company was insolvent. would be II its debts
were paid and he also charged that the company 3
business IS illegal. In that 1, is a monopoly and
trust.
legality OF the company. but said tho bill showed
that Coquard became the owner OF $4,000 worth Of
stock which he had bought at i6 cents on the dollar
He had not held the stock In his own name. but
had placed the greater portion OF II In tho name OF
one OF his clerks, and In that way avoided liability
as a stockholder for IS cents on each share This.
the Court said. did not make Coquard stock
holder who could participate In the management OF
the affairs OF the company. or who had "A right to
come into Court OF Chancery and ask that the
corporat ion be wound up. He had held the stock
spcculator. rather than stockholuef III the usua
The Court then dismissed the bill for want Of
equity but coQuard asked leave to amend the bill
stating that he wanted to bring out the iilegaty
ton in a position where II cannot do business
legally" The attorney finally obtained leave TO
amend the bill In thirty days. and the order dis
missing for want OF equity was Withdrawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
KILLED IN TIE POSTOFFICE.
AN ELEVATOR ACCIDENT WHICH COSTS A
MANS LIFE

Charles lapel. forty years old. house painter.
met horrible death last evening by falling down
the freight elevator shaft in the General Postoice.
from the second noor to the sub basement three
stories below
There Is reason to believe that the man expected
TO step on the elevator. the gates left open
by the elevator man. 1t was about O'Clock when
lapel and Charles Oehler. fel,ow-panter OF No.
l,ll5 Second-ave., who had been working in the
building. started for the elevator at the second foor
to go to an upper floor
According to Oehler's account Of the accident, he
caught the elevator. and after he stepped the
elevator man started the elevator up.
lapel shouted to him to leave the gate open, so
Oeh.er said This the elevator-man did, supposng,
1t is believed, that lapel would wait for him to come
down.
Instead Of this. lapel stepped off the floor into
space. and fell to the basement.
Policeman d. Murphy. Of the City Hall station,
was summoned. and he sent in an ordinary call for
an ambulance from Hudson Street Hospital. When
DR.. Stivers arrived lapel dead. Both his legs
were broken. his skull was fractured. and he was
terribly mangled.
1t was impossible last night to find the name OF
the elevator man at the Postoffice All the employees
professed to know nothing about the accident. Even
Policeman Murphy failed 10 get the mans name.
lapel lived with his wife and three children In
Thirty-seventh-s,.. between Ninth and Tenth aves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
THADDEUS b. WAKEMAN'S OUTBREAK.
HE CALLS TAMMANY AN o1LGARCHY. THE RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY PLUTOCRACY. AND
SAYS: NOW LET Us TRY THE
TIEOCRACY."
TiEOCRACY."


Thaddeus y. wakeman. at the meeting last night
~ the Manhattan Liberal Club. at No. 220 East
Twenty-eigh HIST. after debate between Frank
Moss OF the Parkhurs; Society, and ex-Judge
stephen g Blake lasting one hour and a half made
this declaration:
I'VE have had the oligarchy OF Tammany Hall
and the plutocracy OF the Republicans. and are
now invited by our friend here Frank Moss) 20
support the theocracy. | not whether the boss
be a Croker, n Platt. or Parkhurst. they are all
the same We have tried the oligarchy and the
plutocracy and have seen our mistake. Now let us
try the theocracy-the Parkhursts the Gerrys and
the Comsocks."
The speaker fairly hissed the words at Frank
Moss and tho crowd present applauded.
The debate the subject Our City Gov
ernment" Mr.. Moss declared that the results OF
the reform movement had not been entirely satis-
factory The ticket nominated In 1894. he declared
was 'in many respects not a whit better than that
OF Tammany, and all know that the People
voted 1t because 1t was the only one presented to
them am not an apologiSt for such men as CoTo-
rer Hoeber or the Sheriff."
Mr. Moss then declared that Tammany beaten
because OF its "ur-American ideas and its subver-
sion OF our government" and in the next breath he
declared: THE put the reform ticket were
not the equals OF those they displaced. They were
simply put into the gap to- begin the destruction OF
the Tammany power and were to be the foundation
stones upon which the better government was to be
reared
The administration. he charged. erred In not hurl-
Ing all Tammanytes from power in 1895.
Ex-Judge Blake defended Tammany and de-
nounced the reform movement.
Mr.. Wakeman followed. declaring that neither
speaker meant what he said and that both parties
and the plu,ocracy OF the Repuolicans-the theoc-
racy was now bidding for a run.