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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-29
Walking Hats and AIpines

500 Walking Hats, In brown and
navy blue, regular price 69c i0r/a
and Csc, TO go this week at... liz i
10 Alpines. in the newest shapes, as. ~ra
sorted cOlCrs, at. ............. /1E
IS Mohair Alpincs, regular price 93c cQo
and Sl.6a, at.................. DILL
Is French Felt Walking Hats sold r n =
all season for S2.25. at ..,. ID III,
''S Sa ES,' Ss snas, at at brown and 2HC
500 F1lt sailors, all have high crown,
the newest sailor on the market
they come In red navy and brown, q n
sold all along ut Sl25, this week \ JIG
3U0 Felt Sailors. In brown, red anc e n =
navy, Sl.69 quality, at. ........ o JG
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
ST. PAULITE ARRESTED.
of Having Held Up "a Man In
ChicaEO

Chicago, May 26.-Paul Brooks, the
twenty-year-old son of Jc-9than u.
Brooks, vice president of THO ftAI' of
Pitkin & Brooks, met with foot dds
late last night as. he was approaching
his home, 1912 Woodlawn ~enle
There We're three men, and tho. riiied
his pockets thoroughly. A gold watch
and chain and Sl.5O, all the money he
had, were taken. When the young
man reached his home he t,'e1fHl ned
10 the Hyde Park Lolice station and
Sergeant Mullins sen out officers.
Officers Crawford and Farrell arrested
a man who save his name rs j. w.
Freeland, and said he lived at No. 1O1
Main street, st. Paul. He was identi-
fled by young Brooks as one of his as
sailanfs. Later the prisoner was ex-
hibited 10 Paul Corby. of No. AZ Mich
igan terrace, who was. held up and
robbed of a gold watch and $3.50 Mon
day night. lie also identified him as
II OF the highwaym en-. IFreeland
carried n fine revolver and the-iatter
victim said he recognized it also. 1t
is thought the prisoner and his two
accomplices have been responsible for
many robberies about the city. The
man has a fresh stab wound In his
chest, and il is thought he received it
during some encounter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
COLLIDE AT A CUKyE
FATAL WRECK OCCURS ON THE DU-
LUTH & IRON RANGE.
Two Trains, Running at M Nigh
Rate Of speed, Meet at a Curve In
n Ksck Cut-The Engineer and
Killed and Several Others >Ape In
jure1.

Tower. MINI. May PC. - A collision
occurred On the Duluth n Iron Range
last evening between n work train and
a wild train. in which two men We're
killed and several injured. The Killed
are q. W. Weaver, engineer of the
work train, and w. Moulton, his fire
man. The work train had been pick
ing up iron on tagging orders and left
Ely at 6:22 for Tower. While the spe-
eiaT left Tower for Ely about the same
time. At Eagles Nest lake, about
miles from Tower, the two
trains came together at q point where
there is a deep rock cut in a bend OF
h road, and neither engineer could
see an approaching train more than
ten rods away. Charles Cotter, engi-
neer of the wild train, and James
Shea. fireman, saved their lives by
jumping, but the two killed probably
never saw their danger. Both trains
were running at n speed of twenty-five
or thirty miles an hour, and the col
liSion was so terrific that almost the
entire crew of the work train were
thrown from the windows OF the ca
bOose. An inquest will be held to de-
termine who is to blame.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
south Dakota Crops.

The temperature during the past
week was about the normal, the whole
state considered. with mild days. cool
nights and much sunshine. There is,
some report of light frost on the morn
ing of Friday. the 18th. but no damage
resulted, so for as heard from. The
showers that occurred were scattered
and mostly fairly heavy to light, but
some counties. especially in h east
and southeast portions of the state,
received heavy rains. There appears,
to he n lack of moisture in some OF
the Black Hills counties and rain there
would probably be beneficial.
The seeding of wheat and oats is
now reported completed in the most
northern counties. Corn planting is
general, and being pushed vigorously
Much Of this crop is up and growing
nicely in the central and southern
counties, but cut worms" are reported
working TO some extent.
Some fax and miliet has been sown
and reports indicate that field potatoes
are about all planted.
The weather during the week, as
a whole. has been very favorable to
the rapid and healthy growth of all
vegetables, especially grass, which has
made phenomenal advancement and
not only affords excellent p~asturage
generally, but in ONE localities low
land grass is being GU and put on the
market.
Wheat and oats are reported stooling
nicely, for which the cool nights were
very favorable.
Gardens are reported doing nicely
and making rapid growth.
The soil appears amply moist except
in the counties before mentioned, and
reports indicate that crop prospects
are very bright.
Reports indicate that In some locali-
ties the continuous high, warm winds
of the preceding week blasted the
plums to some extent. as the fruit was
then just forming and the blossoms
dropping.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28

DEATH OR
Being Compelled to Choose between
Them, Sheppard Says Death.

Them, Sheppard Says Death.
Chicago, May 26. - Ten hours dir.
ference i'll the receipt of a letter might
have saved rhe life of Charles Shep-
pard. who was found dead in his room
at 1850 Milwaukee avenue. Shep-
pard, who at one time was a brilliant
writer, had only recently been cured
of the morphine habit. He was pen
nileSs. and for a week had been
a~nXiouSfy awaiting a remittance from
James Il. Williamson, his brother-in-
law, who lives at Havana, n. ID.
Hunger, combined with unstrung
nerves, brought the old craving for
the drug. All Thursday night he de-
bated whether TO return to it's use.
1T was either death or morphine. A
fetter was found stating that he pre-
ferred death. An hour after Shep-
pard's corpse was found by his land
lady, Mrs. Ernst Mas, the mail car
rier brought a letter containing a
check from his brother-in-law. In n
bureau drawer in Sheppard's room
was found a letter addressed to James
Il. Williamson, Havana, n. ID. It
reads as follows:
Dear James: If you had kept your
word with me. eve answered my let
ter, / would have kept on lighting,
and would finally have come out all
right. l would rather die than again
become a slave to the drug. LII any
thing happens to me take care of moth
er and May. Love to ell.
Charlie"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
IHRTGATISG.
Sou'h Dakota to DO Mere ne If
Present Num- h~r of ueus

south Dakota to Ds Mere of IT
/ Present Numbe al Wells
Despite the heavy rainfall which has
hieu the dry runs cf the Jim valley
anu soaked the ground to the depth
vi u dozen feet. the plan of irrigatinc
ny artesial wells Will be tried on a
much larger scale than ever before.
Inc greater Hunter farm has been
oiten described. 1t win this wear be
extended both in size and variety of
crop but this summer there will be
many others who viii try Mr.. Hunters
example. Brule county will take the
iead' There are now In that county
tnirty-hve wells ranging from six to
elght inches in bore and from $50 TO
!.zoo teet in depth. The largest flows
loo'oVo barrels per day and is used for
power. Iwenty-one were sunk by the
county for stock purposes and they
supply 80 miles of bitches four feet
VIDE and two feet deep. Besides this
are seven wells put down for irrigation
purposes, and the land irrigated this
year VIII amount to about three thou
SAND acres. Dawson county has 10
wells, eighty Of them with a two-inch
Dore and thirty from three to eight
inches. The flow is from 1000 to So
900 barrels per day. Most of them
are used for stock this year on account
OF the heavy rainfall, but some 5000
acres will be irrigated. Beadle county
mas n dozen large wells employed in
irrigating and the acreage under crop
will be greatly increased this wear,
several thousand acres being thus utiI-
zee This county had three irrigated
farms last year, but this year the num-
Der will be upwards of twenty, rang
ing from small fields of garden truck
to field crops. Douglas county has
fourteen wells of high power. Five of
them are used to irrigate six farms.
the ample moist.re preventing a large
number from using the water this
year. The remainder of the wells are
used for stock. Hutchinson county has
thirty arteSian wells and some reSer-
YoirS designed for irrigation, but this
year Will use the water merely for
stock. In Hanson county the water
bearing rock comes nearer the sur
face and this county has $50 wells:
with an average of 40 feet, but there
Is no irrigation. IarktOn has 1870 wells
from the arteSian flow, but with two
exceptions they are not used for irri-
gating, but a dozen are employed to
run grist mills, and the remainder for
stock and for forming artificial lakes,
which water stock in summer and sup
ply the ice during the winter. Jerautd
county has four wells, but will not
irrigate this year unless a heavy
drouth should intervene. Miner coun-
ty has 1T5 small flowing wells which
are used for stock, for free claims aud
gardens, but not for field crops.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
....,7 OIL 10 10 II 20 20
National League.
The Fight was stoupcd

Duluth, May 2t-Sberifi Bulchart
and three deputies went up to Virginia
ON a special train and dropped in on a
prize night. 1t was Il twenty-five-rOund
go between Nose Jackson of Duluth
and George Beaton of West Superior,
and the fight was in the third round
when the sheriff arrived. He arrested
the principals and Jack Lapontise.
Dan Hogan, James Rooney and Abe
Newcomer. the four seconds. They
were brought TO Duluth. The fight
was stopped upon orders from Gov.
Clough. who was appealed to by the
citizens.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
workhou.e. for Tromn.

Madison, Wis, May "a. The anti
trump convention today was well at
tended, and it was determined to make
a systematic endeavor to stop vaga-
bondage in Wisconsin by obtaining the
erection of county and i%ntercounty
warehouses; throughout the state.
Meetings will be held next week at
Baraboo and Marinette. and then In
various other counties. A resolution
was adopted urging this COUNT to
build at once. Brown county has FL
ready a work house. where it's eff
cheney has been fully demonstrated.
tramping thereabouts being vastly d.
minished. Addresses were made by
w. H. Cornell, Prof. A. D. Wright.
Prof. w. A. Scott and others.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
SILVER mEs wrr.L xor HOLT.
Alleged Progrn mme at the Sc.
Inntz CauuerffOn

t HI
Alleged Programme at the st.
Louis Convention.
Chicago. May H. A Washington
special To the Post says. The free
silver delegates to st. Louis will not
bolt. Such, mt least, is the present in-
tent. The purpose in for the silver
ties to make their fight on the plat
form, take no part in the nomination
of a ticket, being mu-e when ii comes
TO balloting. and then make such COM
binations II alliances afterward as
will give greatest promise of future in
fiuence. 1t is barely possible that they
Will amend the second clause of the
proposition. ard Instead of refraining
from halloting; plunge" on Senator
Don Cameron, anu make a fight for
him in their respective states. But
the most interesting feature remains
to be told. The silver delegates will
have Il representation Of eight or nine
on the committee on resolutions, in
Guiding such fighters as Teller, Dubois,
Carter and Cannon Of Utah. These
men will make as big II fight as they
can iii the committee. and will, of
course, be outvoted overwhelmingly.
They viii then proceed TO formulate Il
minority report. but il will not declare
for free silver. 1t will be an u and
out gold platform. 1T will pronounce
for gold recommendation in the most
specific terms. and i'm the strongest
language that'can be employed. Ii the
silver delegates cannot secure the rec
ignition of silver, they propose to
force the convention to go on record
for or against a gold standard.
IF the convention is bent on taking
gold" said a Mountain state senator,
who will be a delegate to st. Louis.
1--WE will give it n chance to take the
refined article; SO that there will be no
doubt as tn, the quality"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
The ChnmberIain site.

For several years rumors have been
coming to state officials that the town
Of Chamberlain extended on to and o
cupied a tract of state land, and sew
eraI months ago .. G. Jewett was
employed by the state to make thor
oueh surveys and finds what founda-
ton there was to the rumors Mr..
.Jewett has been at work for several
months. and he has definitely located
the corners of the original govern
ment survey. and has filed his report,
which proves that "a and a fraction
acres of section Is is included in the
town, which was accomplished by
changing the lines, and obliteration or
the original corners. There was yet
a balance of 81 and a fraction acres
of school lapd left, which was plated.
ma the state addition to Chamberlain.
while Maj. Ruth was land commission
or. The tract in question lies between
The state addition and the main street
Of Chamberlain. and is In the heart
OF the town and valuable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
roU THE vETER ANS

Annuai Enenmpment of the Gruud'
Army. Woman's Relief Corps, Sons
of Veterans.
On "Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day, June 3. 4 and :, at Watcrtownl
will occur the thirteenth annual EN-
campment of the Grand Army OF the
Republic and w0man'S Relief Corps,
Department Of South Dakota, and the
Seventh Division encampment of the
Sons of Veterans. The Grand Army
of the. Republic will hold their session
in Goss' hall, the Woman's Relief
Corps in the Methodist church, and
the Sons of Veterans in the city hall.
A rate of one fare for the round trip
has been secured on all railroads with
in the state, and the hotels in Water
town have. reduced their rates.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
NoIuahI south Dakota Man.

The State immigration association
has issued a map of South Dakota,
showing by distinct colors the natural
geological and climatic divisions of
the state. 1t shows clearly to any OBJ
server the true relations of the various
parts of the state, tells him at a glance
the and differences of the
four portions divided by nature, and
in concise descriptions under each di-
vision gives him just the information
he desires. No effort is made to draw
fascinating pictures. With the bright
prospects for a magnificent crop and
The free. use of advertising matter,
the entire world will soon be informed
of the advantages offered by South
Dakota, and the state, district and
county fairs to be held this fall will
show beyond question the wonderful
resources Of the state as an agricul-
tural, mining and grazing country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
t
The Gar ~COnsccrates the New Im-
perfaI Standard.

bS Ssaa ~ SS" I'M
perfaI Standard.
Moscow, MAY 2G.-The Grand Duke
Vladimir, in behalf of the ear, COM
manded the grand church parade OF
troops. The conservation of the new
imperial standard in the presence OF
the cZar End czarina. the grand dukes
and foreign princes and the general
staff, was perfor ned in the throne
room, together with a display Of ban
ners and arms Of all the territories
ard historic events Of the empire I'm
the palace armories. accompanied by
interesting ceremonies. The ~consecra-
ton occurred ut the Novaia O~rljainaia
Palace within the Kreinlin. Part OF the
ceremony is the swearing CT allegiance
by the rs To the colors. The higher
clergy. arrayed in sumptuous canon
icals, took part in the ceremony. After
it was concluded the ear and czarina
returned to AlexaDdrinsky palace,
where. the pair passed the pe1..0d De-
fore The coronation at their devotiOns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28

Sioux Falls. s. d., May 26.-One OF
the most holly contested legal battles
which has been known in this county
for years ended in the acquittal Of
A. /. Shipley, late agent of the Illi-
nois Central at Rowena, arrested on
the charge of embeZZlement. Several
months ago Shipley was found one
morning in his office mt Rowena. bound
and somewhat mutillated. He claimed
that robbers had entered the office and
assaulted him and stolen 5000. The
circumstances We're suspicious.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
SOUTH DAKOTA ODD FELLOWS.
officers Elected by the Grand Lodge
and Rebeknh Assembly.

Officers Elected by the Grand Lodge
and Rebeknh Assembly.
The election of officers in the grand
lodge and Rebekah state assembly re-
suited as follows: liz the former the
following were elected: Grand master,
Ivan w. Goodner, Pierre; deputy grand
master, Peter MarQuart, Madison;
grand warden, III. J.. Rice, Huron;
grand treasurer, ID. III. Campbell.
Brookings; representative to sovereign
grand lodge, I. II. Bach, Hurley.
The Rebekahs elected the following:
President, Mrs. Grace Sutphin, Huron;
vice president, Mrs. Florence Nj. Jones,
Britton; secretary, Helen Baker, Dead
swood; treasurer Hannah Cripps, Iro-
quois.
The place for the meetings of the
grand lodge was set at Aberdeen. Ac-
ton upon the report of the committee
appointed to locate the state Odd Eel
lows home was deferred until later.
Hot Springs is the probable location
of the home when it is established,
but it is thought no final action will
be taken this year because OF h de-
pleted condition of the grand lodge
treasury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
THE ENGLE CASE.
1t Is Decided i'm Favor of the Pres
emit Guardian

emit Guardian.
The case of George S. Engle of
Aberdeen against Mrs. Yorkes for the
possession of Engle's ~ten-year-old
child, which has been made famous for
three years by continuous litigation,
has been finally decided by Judge
Jones ut Sioux Falls in favor of the
guardian. Three years ago Mrs. Engle
died in abject poverty of consumption.
Engle, a lawyer. whose character was
distinctly bad, had been in or near
Aberdeen during this period, but paid
no attention to his wife and furnished
her little If any support, and she "a
cared for by public subscription. Just
before her death she signed a petition
to the court, asking that her seven
year-old child be placed in the care
of a guardian, and then Engle put in
an appearance, but only TO fight the
case. Mrs. Yorkes was appointed,
and Engel sued. Once the circuit court
sustained the guardian, but the SUI
preme court upset it and the case
was tried two weeks ago, Judge Jones,
Of the circuit court, taking Judge
Campbell's place. The evidence shows
that Engle during the three years since
the death of his wife had not visited
the child or spoken to it when he met
1t on the street. or given it any pres
ents or otherwise maAifested any in
terest in it; that he was addicted to
gambling and was unfit to take charge
of it; that the present guardian was
kind and able and that the child her
self requested TO be left where she
was. The guardianship was therefore
sustained. The parties are prominent
and well known in Aberdeen and st.
Paul, and the case throughout has at
tracted wide attention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
po.,mn.tcr Incomne,.,,

Denver. May rs. - Regarding the
wholesale destruction of mail matter
at Cripple Creek. P~ostofiice Inspector
McHensley says that Postmaster Rose
had authority TO burn only old papers
which were uncalled for. He adds
that the failure to distribute mails
properly in Cripple Greek postcftice is
due chiefly to the i~ncompetency of the
postmaster. and that he has frequent
ly reported the facts to the department.
at Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
MARKET
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock Centers.


Chicago, May "a. - Wheat = May,
M5-Sc; July, 60 5-Sc; September, Ola
81 5-Sc. Corn-AIay, % 1-4c; July, 29a
% lac; September, 30 LIE. Oats -
May, IS 1-2c: July. IS 3-4c; September.
10 1-Sc. Pork-May, S715; July,
$722 IL; September, $40. Lard
May, S4.27 ID; September, $3.50. Ribs
May. $3.50; July. S3.S7 IL; Septem.
Der. S4.02 L.. Rye-Iuly, 36c; August,
BIC; September, 3Sc. Barley-No. 3,
2Sa:36c.
Chicago. May 24.-Hogs-Light hogs
strong, others steady to shade lower;
trade active: light. $ .40a3. 30; mixed.
rough. S2.9la3.05. Cattle-Trade Tath-
~ quiet but prices steady to stronger;
beeves. S3.:fDG4.30: cows and heifers.
Sl.6Oa3.!D. Texans. s. 0a3.90, stock
erS and feeders, . .90a3.SO.
Minneapolis. May 24.-Wheat - No.
2 red, 64c;oNo. 3 red, 62a63c; No. 2
spring. GO foa6lc; No. 3 spring. 60 1-2
aG1c: 10. , lard, winter, Ca lie: Nj.
3 hard, winter, 51a59c; No. I Northern,
&c. Gem -Casli, No. 2, 2S3-4c. Oats
Cash. No%2- 19c.
Milwaukee, Nay 24.-Flour firmer.
Wheat dull and drooping; No. l North
ein, G4c; July, VI l-&. Corn quiet;
No. 3. 2Sa29c. Oats weak: No. 2
white, 20 1-2a21c; No. 3 white. 20 LA
e1c.-s BARLEY dull; No. 2. 81 Lac: sam
pie, 32A-4c. Rye dull and weak: No.
l. &c. Provisions lower; pork, $40;
lard, $40.
South St. Paul. May 24-Hogs strong
at yesterdays prices; quality good; n
good many heavy hogs in the punches
bet prices held up well: sales at $2.SJ
abb. Cattle-Eeceipts light; about
steady on all grades; good demand for
steers, fat cow and heifars: common
stuff neglected; stockers and feeders
lower; sales at $210a3SO.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
LIKE HOLMES CASTLE.
Grewsome Discovery at Salt Lake
Where Is the Pastors


Salt Lake, Utah. May rs. A local
paper prints a story which may de-
velop into a sensation. Foul play is
claimed in the somewhat mysterious
disappearance Of Miss Henrietta Clau-
sen. who has not been seen since Sep
TENDER last. She wars at that time
taking care of the apartments of Rev.
Francis Hermann. pastor of the First
Scandinavian Methodist church in
this city. A recent inspection of the
CRATE in the furnace i'm the building re-
veals two razors and a butcher knife,
garter and belt buckles and charred
bones. The bones have becr turned
over to the phys .ians and the police
department is making n rigid investi-
CATION. Miss Anna Samuelson, n
friend of the pastor, also disappeared
last January. The last heard of the
pastor he was at Kansas City on his
way to Iowa.
A warrant has been sworn out for
the arrest of Hermann. A box on.
tanning poisonous drugs mas been
found in the room formerly occupied
by the pastor. Hermann is about As
years old. five feet eight inches high.
weighs $50 pounds. sandy hair and
muStache, wears gold s~pectacles. and
is well known in Kansas City and
Minneapolis.
The last heard from, Hermann was
n letter from him mailed at Kansas
City on May IL in which he said he
was on his way to DEBORAH. Iowa.
Dispatches from DEBORAH, C~rookston,
Mimi. and Kansas City say no trace
of him can be found. Ii is known here
hat he had church subscriptions made
in Minneapolis, where he was to col
lect personally. The police depart
meilt is making every effort to locate
the missing pastor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-28
For the Convention.

st. Louis, Special.-Good progress IS
being made by the contractors on the
immense auditorium building for tne
use of the Republican national conven,
ton. Thirteen thousand six hundred
seats are provided for, but owing 70 its
construction and the steep pitch OF tne
balconies a good view Of the speakers
stand is had from all parts OF the IN
mense building, thus correcting tue
only defect of the Minneapolis conVeh-
ton hall.