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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23

Franklin handles a full line OF all
kinds Of Flour, Buckwheat, Corn Meal,
Bran, Oats, Shorts, Corn, Etc. Free
Delivery to all parts of the city.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23
TRIED TO BRIBR.

"a Saloonkeepcr Tries to Bribe Truma1
Amcs, Assistant Attorney 0encsal.
Editor COURIER: On last Tuesday,
upon opening my postofice lock box,
[ picked out Of it an ordinary looking
envelope addressed in q crude but legi-
BILE manner to ''Truman Ames. Elk
Point, S. D." On opening the missive
| was surprised to find a $5 bill and the
following letter which is printed ver-
batim:
January 2lst, 1896. Elk Point, 3. D.-Mr. Tru-
man AmeS. Dear Sir: | inclOse you q few lines
and a Five Dollar Bill for | would like to i've
and let live II you will leave me alone and let
me do business | shall do the same two or three
lime . month, 1t depends on how trade will be.
will leave me alone and do business. there Is
no one has any kick on my place all the busi-
ness men are satisfied to see me do business
but this Is between you and | and no one will
know anything about this. please just give me
an answer all you have to do Is to pnt on yes or
brick, first door west Of Ed BrowniugI barber
shop yours truly
l just wish to say this: that theirs
will be no let up-nOt in the sligh1est
degree-to the enforce nent Of the
liquor law, and such acts as the above
more firmly convince me that these
law breakers will resort to any and
every mean to violate their citizen
ship. If the party Tin the brick" will
come to my Office he can get his S..
TRUMAN AMES.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23
slightly Mistahen.

LAMONT, s. D, Jan. ls.-nditoe
COURIER: Someone In endeavosing u
show the poor farming Of the under
signed as compared with that OF w. w.
Main and j. w. Reedy has Q 6t 70
make some statements through the
columns OF the Argus-Leader, aad
which were copied In your last issue,
regardless Of truth, concerning the
yield of wheat, oats and corn last yoar
on my farm, which / wish you would
help me correct. In place OF my wheat
yielding 30 bushels to the acro, .
measured at the threshing machine,
the Argus-Leader article gives Il - Is
bushels. The oat yield 10 given at 20
bushels to the acre, when Ii was actu-
ally IS bushels Of small white .oats
without even . grain OF mustard seed
to flavor It. The corn went IS bushels
to the acre instead Of IS ~ the article
would have It. The total gathered from
III acres was a. follows: Corn, 2,000
bushels; oats, 2.1OO bushels; wheat 900
bushels; fax Is bushels, all Of which
goes to show that Union county coil %
worth what II is held at.
ANDREW MARTIN.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23
4 Corrections.

W. are in receipt Of a communica-
ton which reads:
II the editor win set his dogs on the man that
said I had pneumonia / win pay damages-noth
Ing but the grippe, and am out today. MY name
Is not Shepherd, or shepherd, or Sheppard. 1
spent about five minutes with the clerk when he
name right-and you've had il wreng every time
since-0nc | suppose all Elk Point has copied Il.
Please make another trial. IL. 7. Shepard.
THE COURIER man will eDdeavor to
spell the name properly in the future.
To set the community right we publish
the letter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23

The annual ball OF the Uniformed
Rank Of the knights OF Pythias will
be held in Armory Hall Tuesday eve.
ming, February Is. The anniversary
OF this worthy civic society occur on
the 10th. but that being Ash Wed
nesday 1t was decided out Of respect to
the religious convictions of some Of
the members to hold It one day earlier.
A harpist from Sioux city will be pres
ent to furnish the music,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23
The )

into the the Office with q reesurine
smile, and you gather from his manner
that he means to stay awhile:
He asks for the exchanges. and he
rummages the pile till he finds : paper
suited TO. his literary style.
He likes the Jimt0wu Journal, Tor
| his hather owned q lot there In 80 or
'6O-just which years he has forgot.
And his wife. III YOU dou,t Inind III
would like the Wayback Truth: Is Wao
there that they were married-It W.
there she spent her youth.
"You BEL q little busy,s and mark
of wild surprise, that editors should
labor, is apparent IN his eyes.
us there anything that's startling,
that Is not the common WAyf 10 there
anything alarmining In dispatches Tor
the day?"
You tell him that Armenia q imprOv-
Ing very fact, for the ark q landed
safely and the food 10 gone at last.
You inform him, too, that 60dCm,
noted for Sioux City ways, turned into
a box Of matches and has vanished ina
blaze;
he shows q little fright and dos not
think to query II insurance was III
right.
Then you tell him Cain 10 married.
but you can't, upon your lie, got the
slightest Information Y 70 who 10
made his wife.
well, ! think she win regsst Il, b.
he was . reckless lad, and VIII noyoe
stop 9 minute In his trayel townEa -
bad"
Il would like an eastern rpss. ape
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23

The Uncle Hiram troupe, which held
forth III the opera house on Tuesday
evening, mot With = gratifying success
In point 0f receipts. The entertain
ment Vas fully up - tho expactaxiopa
md furnished excellent a-sniisauaenti oE
Me evening".
Tho peFsevcring me- u AYers SAr1A-
parillA NH certalnly cuse 0ncnlo c
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23
DOWN IN FITZGERALD.
The First Copy Of the knapps' New Papci
Jast Received.

The first copy Of the Fitzgerald Lead
err, conducted by B. F. Knapp Il Son,
reached our exchange table on last
Saturday. 1t possesses a striking re-
semblance to the Union County Leader
OF former days, and geographically
presents q neat appearance. Editor
Knapp, in his"Greeting'to his Georgia
subscribers, states that: POLITICALLY
The Leader will be non-partisan. Pc.
litical strife and wrangles just now or
for the next year or two would be the
means of doing the Fitzgerald and sur
rounding country a great injury. AS
we understand the law it will be a year
or longer before us Yanks' can vote, no
matter what our politics may be.n So
after all the statement OF the Chicago
paper that Knapp had turned democrat
was wrong. AS we said last week, the
conversion OF old man Knapp into q
democrat was too astounding to believe.
The Leader possesses a very healthy
appearance, has plenty OF live ads. and
the first issue was, according to an item
in the paper, 5000 copies. THE COUR-
IER wishes the Fitzgerald Leader sue
cess, believes it is q winner and that
the Knapps will win fame and fortune
in the Colony town.
Here are q few items taken from the
paper which will be OF local interest:
w. G. Rurdick arrived from Elk Point, South
Dakota, last friday night after driving about
Burdick says that through Missouri they were
having heavy rains and one night they had eigh.
teen inches, making IT. ain Ost impossible ia
we'll pleased with the Colony location and vii
change his drawing from . 10 acre tract TO = Il
Smith and Annis, two Of Fitzgeralds' hustlera
ne near ssa sh s' ssfiyi nsv su er eio.ins b 5SS se 6 1a g lane
ored people. they already have 3 church and
q Niger Masonic lodge and Il Is expected the,
black paper with white Ink.
Joseph Nash, Of Indiana, 10 the luckiest maj
50 far TO draw . anye-acre tract. He dOesnf
know ~ yet whether he will fence II In and Gel
left hind foot Of = cross-eyed jack rabbit. Ths
We consider him 70 is the iuckiest ma g IS
that has made q drawing.
Burdick. G. i. Carlson, Donald W. Knapp, Mrs
B. r. and j G. Knapp: Noak johnson and fam
lly arrived from Elk Point, South Dakota. u
Edward johnson, formerly Of South pakota
heart trouble. He Is some better - this writing
Saml G. Smith, an attorney from North Caro-
lima, has located among M. His Office will be Il
the LEADER building TOR the present.
'tCurly" Harrington, OF South Dakota, Il build.
Ing mansion on his fve acre tract Southwest
Of town.
B.F.Knapp. the senior editor OF the LEADER
had business at Atlantis this week.
Good dairy butter Is selling at Is cents poi
pound, and eggs at Is cents per dozen.
DO you sponge the L1ADER9
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23

vi 8VGu0 Vi Nk4OOO0 WA0AC0oGSs SAA0 0Ne
terized the witnesses as unworthy OF
belief, and declared that their testi-
mony was only worthy of SO many dol
lars, implying that they were paid for
what fhey had sworn to, and had sworn
to only what they had been for. Such
q statement accompanying the dOcu-
ments received here IL said to be q
breach Of the law. The concul, 1t is
commended, has nj right to communicate
TO his government his personal ideas
OF the character OF the American
witnesses, o has he the right to take
any other purse than to send the
papers to Berlin for what they were
worth without any comment. The
authorities r further puzzled
to know what TO do with the mare
Bethel, or Nellie Kneebs, which, nc
cording TO the justice of the court wal
forfeited to the state. Kneebs his Civ
en- notice to appeal against the verdict
and sentence against him, and pending
! the decision Of the imperial court upor
the appeal, the mare, which has beer
| sctsed III accordance with the Judge
/ ment Of the court Of trial, must be KEEP
/ at the expense Of the authorities. II
| Kneebs succeeds in his appeal he viii
| claim damages from the authorities
| for any deterioration In the form 81
condition Of the mare. and, II he cal
prove that there has been any, there
| can scarcely be- any successful appea
against such finding. Kneehs says hi
wae very much surprised 81 the verdic
| of the fury Ia his case, and declares
that III Will produce the real Bethel
which II nov Ia America, before III
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23

Michael Mulcahy, Esq, OF Orillia,
Ont, Canada, arrived in the city on.
last Friday te enjoy a visit with his
son, DIR. Mulcahy. The senior Null
cahy Ia a fine sample Of the successful
Canadian, and with his genial and jo-
vial good nature is no doubt a popular.
citizen in his own baiiiwick. In d con-
versation had with him by the editor
he remarked in reference to the Ven-
ezuelean dispute: Across the border
in Canada we occupy rather neutral
ground. We are loyal British sub
iects, and we can 0 no Isl why
there should be a war between the two
great Anglo-Saxon nations over a bit Of
raw land In South America that is
scarcely worth a penny. We are not
favorable to annexation in the sense.
some Americans view It," And then,
as ii he was telling some good joke, he.
remarked with Il sly wink OF an eye,
1--WE would not object to annexing the,
states to Canada, and welcome them as.
loyal British provinces. However,
there never will be a war between the.
mother country and America. Canada,
and the states are bound to sail along
in q neighborly and friendly manner.' =
Mr.. Mulcahy will remain here as the
guest OF his son until February /, when
he will leave for the Pacific coast TO
bask In the sunshine Of that beautiful
country, and regain the vigor Of his
old time health. During his life Mi.
Muicahy has been an active, wide-
/ awake business man, with sufficient sar
| eacity % accumulate q fortune, and
now III his latter days he takes the NJ
moat pleasure Id enjoying his veil
earn1d rest.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-01-23

Remember r. L. Kelley has the ex-
elusive sale OF u. S. Stock Food. Also
good pony for sale cheap.
p. l.. KELLEY,
The Grocer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
diate erect was to BATTLE the plans OF Eng

diate effect was to battle the plans Of Eng
lands bitter enemies.
The fact that England for selfish reasons
at that time endorsed the principle did not
give 1t the right to claim exemption from
the rule, If under changed conditions it
should thereafter become Immediately sub
ject to the doctrines prohibitory provis-
ions. In honorable consistency the con-
trary effect should have been produced.
The Monroe doctrine Is an American and
republican principle, based upon the laws
of self-defense and self-preservation and
1t must be defined and the question of it's
application in any given case decided solely
by the American and republican spirit and
power from which it springs. Lord Sails
bury contemptuously rejected the American
suggestion of arbitration in an interna-
tional dispute, and scoffed at the American
Interpretation of an American doctrine. He
does not mend matters by now intimating
that his heart is true to some Monroe
doctrine of European and monarchical
fabrication, the product of his own superior
intellect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
Intoxfcation and Crime.

The Court of Appeals through Justice
Morris on Monday pronounced a most
wholesome doctrine of criminal law in pass
Ing on a murder case that involved the
question of how far crime may be excused
because of the intoxication of the defend
ant There is a perverted sense of charity
in some quarters that pleads for mercy for
a man who robs, shoots, cuts, assaults or
otherwise offends while drunk 1t is urged
that the drink habit is disease that the
influence of strong liquor is to make a man
an irresponsible agent, and therefore that
lntoxication must in criminal matters be
hkened to insanity and must be extended
quite the same as a palliation of the Of
tense This doctrine is plainly dangerous,
tending at once to increase both drunken
ness and crime. 1t has obtained a certain
vogue in some of the lower courts and this,
1t Is urged, has spread belief among the
criminal classes that liquor is regarded by
the law as an excuse for all sorts of Of
lenses. The holding by the Court of APP
peals is of such force and expressed with
SO much certainty that it should be spread
abroad as widely as possible to check the
unfortunate tendency that all too plainly
exists. Justice Morris. in upholding the ac-
ton of the court below, said:
I've hold emphatically as the law of the
District of Columbia that voluntary IN
toxlcation is neither an excuse nor pallia-
ton for crime Voluntary intox.cation is
itself a crime, at least in morals if not al
ways in law 1t is always at least a vice.
And it would be subyersiye of all law an 4
all morals, if the commission of one vice
or crime could be permitted to operate as
an excuse or palliation for another crime"
This is definite language that may be I'M
derstood by all. whether versed in the law
or not 1t is eminently wise decision
and it gives the courts of inferior jurisdic-
ton In the District ample ground for some
effective reformatory work The process
should begin in the Police Court, where
drunkenness and petty crime commonly go
hand in hand. 1t should follow the course
of justice through the grand jury to the
criminal courts in special term. and so on
up to the tribunals of last resort. When
men are brought to clear, definite under
standing that intoxication is held by the
law to aggravate instead of to excuse d
crime committed under the influence of
liquor they may be less easily tempted by
the bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

That the Treasury can get along very
snugly without the aid of bond syndicates
is proved by the results of today's opening
of bids for the twsa-y-nine year loan The
people of the United States have offered
Sf3J,GO.OO0 in gold in exchange for securi-
ties at prices ranging I'LL the way from par
to 10 and over, and nave thus proved con-
c-usively that there is approximately that
much free gold in this country seeking in
vestment. What commentary on the dec
larations of the calamity howlers, One
hundred millions we're asked, and the treas
ury Is literally flooded with offers. 1t is
noteworthy that a great proportion of the
bidders are individuals, while every section
OF the country 8 represented Of course
the members of the late syndicate are in
evidence. but they are greatly overbalanced
III point of numbers and aggregate size of
the oners by those banks and institutions
that were not admitted to Mr. Morgan's
close corporation that was TO have made
such tidy profit. There is no longer anv
question that popular loan of many MIL
hons can easily DE aoated at good rates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
The January Gas Bills.

There is evidently very general senti-
ment CT protest among the people caused
by the January gas bills, as yesterdays
and to-day's issues of The Star show, and
the company seems to be kept busy ex-
planning to irate gas consumers the why
and wherefore of sudden and dspropor
Tomato increase in the bills. But .hc ex
plantations do not explain in every instance.
OF course January is long month, COM
posed of long nights and short days, and it
may have been made longer still as a gas
month by certain lapses in the business ar
engagements of the company. Yet these
facts are not sufficient to give reasons for
the scores of cases that are quoted on all
sides whe'e the January bills have gone UP
one and two hundred per cent over those
submitted in December. The latter month
contains many snort days, more indeed
than January, for the winter solstice began
on the 21st of December, and the short
days of the year fall on both sides of that
date. Hence January contains less hours
of darkness tlan its predecessor. Even if
the meter readings were taken on the list
of Decem Der this would split the short day
period evenly and would not throw any ex-
ira burden of gas consumption on January
The company claims that the delay of four
or five days in reading the meters in Janu-
airy caused the rise in the bills 10 be even
greater than that attributed 20 the short
day expianatio This is an increase IN the
period of only from thirteen 10 nineteen
per cent. Many of the bills are increased
al much higher ratios than this percentage
The community wants not only cheaper and
better gas, but gas meters and gas meas
ures that are accurate. and an even pres
sure at all times upon the gas IN the Pipes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
Snlisbury's Monroe Doctrine.

Through B&lfour and Salisbury the Eng
lsh Conservative party seems TO be blow
ing hot and cold on the Monroe Doctrine
and the Venezuelan question. Balfours
tone in reference to the American conten-
tion is conciliatory and friendly.
Lord Salisbury is in favor of the Monroe
doctrine of President Monroe only as inter-
preted by Salisbury. He unreservedly en-
dorses the Monroe doctrine provided he is
permitted to say what it means. The main
difference between his and the American
version of the doctrine consists in an in
terpolation by MIN of an exception exempt
ing England from its application. England
at tho time of this announcement of an
American principle of foreign policy ap-
plicabls to all European powers. itself in
cludsd. applauded and supported the an
nouncement because its direct and imme-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
Gen. Harrison Not n Cnndidate.

Gen. Harrison's letter, inIwhich he en-
phatica1ly declines to allow the use of his
name as an aSpirart for the presidential
nomination, puts an end, of course, to all
gossip and speculation as to his candidacy.
1t does not clarity the situation, however,
for the field is well occupied with prominent
republicans, who are actively engaged in
campaigning for delegates. 1t Is interest
ing to note the great satisfaction of those
who remain in the race, expressed through
the managers of their booms at the volun-
tary retirement of the ex-Presdent whose
strength, heretofore proclaimed by these
sar.e managers as entirely too insig-
nificant to excite envy, Is now eagerly
claimed by each. The withdrawal of Gen.
Harrison. therefore, makes residuary lega-
tees of three or four worthy men who are
evidently in the race to stay. 1t cannot be
said that this action on the part of the
former occupant of the White House has
materially upset any serious calculations,
for his candidacy has never been pronounced
and definite, and he has always refrained
from giving any encoura cement to those
who were evidently seeking to press him to
the front.
Ihe republican party now has four chief
competitors for the nomination. Reed. Nc
Kinley, Allison and Morton are being ad-
vocated in state and county conventions,
and slowly the list of delegates Is being
made up. The republican convention will
contain 9OS delegates, making it necessary
for the nominee to receive 455 votes. Ac-
cordinS to the present outlook, the early
ballots will be SO scattered among the can
didates that a speedy choice will be improb-
able. With fewer leaders the prospect would
lie less uncertain. Reed and Mckinley are
undoubtedly leading today, and will prob
ably draw the most votes on the first ballot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
Evening Wear.

Silk Waists, Evening Silks,
Gauzes, Flowers, Gloves, Ribbons,
Hose, in match shades and proper
combinations.
A dark room" here, lighted bv
electricity, making the matching of
evening colors an easy task.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

Senator Quay's idea Of placing the canals
of the country under government owner
ship and improving them may be objected
to by some people on the ground that it
would place the mule-driver vote under
the control of the party in power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

1t would be difficult to make conditions of
bond issue such as to hinder ]. Plerpont
Morgan from going down into his pocket
and assisting the government financially
with good security, of course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

Philadelphia calls the attention of the
hippant who assert that the Quaker City
in the quietest place in the world to the
fact that Mr.. Wanamaker has gone to the
Holy Land for repose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
Sz.0S for SI2.zs Suits.

Very Latest Style Cloth Suits. with sfklipaa
box coat and percaine-lined skirt See them. rry
Them or mentally calculate OF production-and
Sec IL $1.3S is not much less thu N cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

Mr.. Harrison seems to have less difficulty
in making up his mind concerning a sec
ond term than MIR. Cleveland does about a
third
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

1t is reassuring to learn that the ST. Paul
has<at last been moved to where she will
not interfere with the gambols of the Long
Branch sea-serpent next summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

Whatever doubts England may have
about the Monroe doctrine in statesman
ship she does not hesitate to repudiate the
Dunraven doctrine in sport
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

The silver senators are in active search
for the philosophers stone that will trans
mute any kind of legislation into a free
coinage measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

There was in reality no good reason for
suspecting that Mr.. Bayard would retire
from his present position. Great Britain
has foun1 nc fault with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

uSa3c. 6gc ard I5c yard for the newest Persian
anu Dresden Tafeta Silk Ribbons see those win,
app" blossoms tiny rose.uis quaint figures of new
si"ehs ana Diues Illuminated in sunset effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05

After two days of rest, forced by the
rain, the task of building the city post
office was renewed today, with only eighty
men at work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-05
Some New Silk Waists.

s..is to Sls.9S for Importers Sample Waists.
u"fhe'ltes OF which are retailing today in New
York from $40 TO So each