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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
SCARCITY OF LABOR.
agenlent.

The Rush to Kootenai and Alaska DepOp-
ulating Puget Sound Cities.
ST. PAUL, July 26.-Owing to the
rush of men from Puget Sound to the
gold fields of the Kootenai county and
Alaska there is scarcity of laboring
men out there as shown by letter just
received by General Passenger Agent
Whitney of the Great Northern from
President Butler of the smclter company
at Everett, in which he says his COM
pany finds considerable difficulty in
carrying on its business, and asks Mr..
Whitney, if possible, to send out 25 re-
liable heads of families. Wages for
common labor are 1914 cents per hour.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Cyclist Chases n HOrsethief.

MILWAUKEE, July 26.-A bicycle rider
is chasing horsethief across this state
and rapidly gaining on him. A
horse and buggy was stolen from liv-
cry stable in Wauwatosa Tuesday night
and the proprietor at once engaged a
fast wheelman to run down the thief
The thief had start of 10 hours, but
the latest advices from the neighbor-
hood of Lake Mills are that the rider is
only an hour or SO behind the stolen rig.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Donations to Min ers.

SPRING VALLEY, Ills, July 26.-The
business men of this city held meeting
in the city hall and agreed to buy car
load of flour for the needy miners In
this city. The farmers of Putnam
county, across the river, are going to
donate 500 bushels of corn. The Meth
odist Protestant church gave free dim
ner to the hungry, and 500 men, women
and children Were fed.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS.

Steamer City of Mexico Leaves Seattle for
the Gold Country.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 26.-No greater
crowd ever assembled on the wharves
of Seattle than that which witnessed
the departure of the steamer City OF
Mexico for Dyea. On the Mexico were
1868 passengers who left to seek their
fortunes in the Klondyke.
A conservative estimate says there
were fully 5000 people on the wharves,
In addition to her passengers the Mex.
leo carried 1890 tons of freight, consist
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
First Error Discovered.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-The custom
officials here have discovered a blunder
in the tariff bill which may be trouble.
some to importers. Section 26l of the
schedule provides that the duty on
"apples, peaches, currants, ETC., ," shall
be 20 cents bushel. But section 263
provides that the duty on number of
fruits, including currants and others,
shall be cents pound.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Shot Into "a Crowd of Boys.

CHICAGO, July 26. james O'Donnell,
who lives the life of recluse, shot into
a crowd of small boys who were playing
ball near his home during the after
noon. Thomas Good, aged IL, and
Frank Spears, aged 8, colored, We're
badly wounded and Spears will prob
ably die The timely arrival of a patrol
wagon saved O'Donnell from lynch
ing.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
London Opinion of the Tariff.

LONDON, July 26.-Tbe Daily Graphic,
commenting editorially on the passage
Of the new tariff bill by the United
States congress, predicts a sorry time
for the American consumer and prob
able revival of currency heresies and
Organism in an infinitely aggravated
form.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
The New Cedar Rapids Depot.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, July 26. The CHI
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul has pre-
pared plans for building new depot i'll
this city at cost of $4,000. The pro-
ject is doubtless preliminary to changes
affecting the route from the main line
which now passes outside the city.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Hare May Get the Place.

NEW YORK, July 26.-Among those
prominently mentioned as successors to
Rev. Dr. William S. Langford, general
secretary of the Domestic and Foreign
Missionary society Of the Protestant
Episcopal church, who died recently, is
Rt. Rev. Hobart Hare, missionary blsh-
on of SOrlth Dakota.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Meeting Was a Great SUCCESS.

CLARKsBURG, w. Va, July 26.-The
miners meeting here proved a great sue
cess, from the miners standpoint,
about 500 being present and double that
number of citizens. The meeting was
addressed by j. w. Rea of Chicago and
w. d. Mahon, president Of the National
Street Car union. Over 100 men said
they would join the union.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Strike ut Fort Hancock.

NEW YORK, July 26.-All the masons
and helpers at work at the barracks and
officers quarters building at Fort Han
cock, Sandy Hook, have gone on strike
for union wages. They have been re-
ceiving 40 cents an hour, but want 90
cents. They are still out and the work
Ia being delayed.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Absolute Independence Only.

MADRID, July 26.-It is stated that
General Maximo Gomez, the leader Of
the Cuban insurgents, has reaffirmed
his determination not TO accept CON-
promise with the government, but to
adhere to his demand for the absolute
independence of Cuba,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
InpersoIps Cousin Attempts Suicide.

NEW YORK, July 26.--Enoch Inger-
soil, who is said to be second cousin Of
Robert G.. Ingersoll, attempted to com
nit suicide in drug store at Bath
beach, Brooklyn, by taking an ounce of
laudanum. After three hours hard
work by several physicians Mr.. Inger-
soil was restored to consciousness.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
n,,oley Bill the All-Absorbing
roature of the Extra SeS-
sion of Congress.
consideration Began on March
* and Was Finally Dis
posed Of July "a.
p,ocident's Recommendation
for Currency Commission
Fails in Senate.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The extraor-
dinary session of congress which has
inst closed was called by President Nc
Kinley two days after he took the oath
d Office. 1t met in pursuance to his
moclamation at noon March 10. The
suecial message transmitted by him to
both houses on the opening day was
brief. 1t explained the deficiencies in
the revenues, reviewed the bond issues
Of the last administration and urged
congress promptly to pass the tariff bill.
No other subject of legislation was men-
toned in the message, and the tariff
bill has been the all-absorbing feature Of
the session.
Tariff Bill Prepared in Advance.
The Republican members of the ways
and means committee of the preceding
house had been at work throughout the
short session, which ended March 4,
giving hearings and preparing the bill
which was to be submitted at the extra
session. Three days after the session
opened the tariff bill was reported to
the house by the ways and means COM
mittee, and l3 days later, March 81,
1897, it passed the house.
1t went to the senate, was referred to
the committee on finance and the Re-
publican members Of that committee
spent "a month and three days in it's
consideration and in preparing the
amendments which were submitted to
the senate May Z, and exactly two
months later, July Z, it passed the SEN
ate with S27 amendments.
Ten Days in Conference.
The bill then went to conference,
where after 10 days struggle on July
~ complete agreement was reached
Dy which the senate receded from 11S
amendments and the house from 511.
Inc others, 243 i'll number, We're COM
promised. The conference report was
uaopted by the house July 10 at the con-
cluSon OF II hours continuous debate.
tne report was taken up in the senate
!uly 20 and adopted July "a. The tariff
Oil was signed by the president the
same day.
congress did not devote it's attention
enufeiy to the tariff, though it did SUBJ
Ofalhate everything else to this one
measure
fassed Four Appropriation Bills.
Ihe four appropriation bills which
talled on March last in themselves
w wouid have compelled President Nc
Ainiey to call congress in extra session
uen IL the necessity for revision of
ue .arff had not existed. Those appro.
platlon bills We're the sundry civil, the
ssicultural, the Indian and general de-
a0iency. These bills were introduced
suu passed by the house in the identical
.s urn IN which they existed at the time
AZ 'ileir failure of enactment into law at
me preceding congress, but they were
.nued h. :, In some important particulars
~, ene senate, and, when they finally
no ie laws, contained more or less
tnce. 'iA" iAipoi
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Vessels for ALASKA Trade.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 26.-The steam
ers Rosahe and Edith have been char.
teree by Frank L. Burns to make trips
to Dyea and Skagaway, leaving here
July 81. The Rosalie will carry 200
passengers and their freight, while the
Edith will carry 70 head of horses. 1t
is intended to have the vessels return in
IL days for another voyage.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Debs Addresses Three Meetings.

FAIRMoNT, w. Va, July 26.--Debs
held three good meetings at the various
mines during the day, and is confident
that the men will be gotten out, al
though he does not say that he expects
the move at once. The general impress
sion is that if the break is not made
promptly it will not be made at all.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
FASTEST IN THE WORLD
Forty-K Knot Torpedo Boats for South
American Government.


NEW YoPK, July 26.-Three 40-knot
torpedo boats are to be built in this
country for South American govern
ment. The order has been placed with
the Ordnance company of Bridgeport,
Conn. The destination of these speedy
craft is said to be the Argentine Re-
public. The task of obtaining 40-knot
speed is reckoned herculean one. If
obtained, it will be the highest for any
water craft in the world.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28

ing entirely of outfits of the gold seek
ers. She has on board AZ horses to be
used in packing the supplies over the
Chilcoot pass from Dyea to Lake Lin
derman
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
CARLISTS IN POLITICS.
Announced They Will Make an Active
Canvass in Spain.

MADRID, July 26--In view of the
universal unrest among classes and po-
litical parties in Spain, the Carlist lead.
ers have decided to begin an active pc
litical programme throughout the whole
country,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
Another Low Record for Silver.

New YORK, July 26.-Bar silver made
another low price record, 594, while
Mexican dollars remained stationary at
461 cents. The steady decline in sill
yer is due to the attitude of India and
China
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
ment of the committees.

ment of the committees.
In the senate, after a sharp and inter
esiing wrangle, the message was re.
ferred to the finance committee, where
1T will remain until the next session of
congress III December.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-07-28
No Alliance Against America,

MADRID, July 26.-ln an interview,
Senior del Castillo, the premier, denied
that any proposal Of an alliance of Spain
with Japan had been made.
The Press., 1897-06-03
A typical New England,

Indian Ridge, says Alvan F. Sanborn,
 speaking of typical New England community in The Atlantic, has all the defects of all it's qualities and possibly some others besides. It is narrowly par tisan in it's politics; gossiping and med ding in its temper toward matters of purely private concern; religion, here as elsewhere, in spite of a general wholesomeness, is not entirely free from hypocrisy, morality from inhu- manity and self com placency, integrity from cruel hardness, nor thrift and fore sight from parsimoniousness and worry
 It is very little alive to the finer issues of country living Most of them are not so much as suspected by it. For all the mutual helpfulness and abounding sense of humor, the life lacks hexibility, mel lowness, warmth, emotion and emotion al expression. It is indisputably triste.
 Nevertheless Indian Ridge exempli- fies the best tendencies of the New Eng land country. These tendencies, owing to it's comparative isolation, have been
 manifested in unique and homely ways in some instances, but the tendencies are none the less sound and healthy on that account They are present to con- siderable if not an equal degree, not in all, not in the majority, perhaps, but in many of the rural communities in every one of the New England states. If all instead of small part of these commu- mites were even thus literally endow- ed, there could be no plaint over the decadence of rural New England, for they have ill them the germs of perma- nent progress. Rather they are them selves the very essence of corporate life.
The Press., 1897-06-03
A Lively GAaae.


 'Of all hotel-;, soluc that you strike ill small southern places are the worst, :" commented the travelling man. Mot long ago l had quite an exciting adven- ture i'll Louisiana hostelry. The b0ni face, who looked as yellow and bilious as one of the perverted clay caters of that locality, showed me up to room at the top of his oodon hostelry. I looked at the bed, glanced over the sur roundings and concluded to retire with out undressing. About midnight some- thing clammy touched my face, and I jumped up and lighted a match. As I did so a great rat scampered from the bed.
 ''I saw his hole and placed the wash basin over it. Then in the dim light from the lamp began one of the greatest chases of my life. I tumbled over a chair, parked my shins. tipped over the table that served as a dresser and broke the mirror wi 5h it boot let fly at the intruder. I dodscd under the bed I pulled it out into the center of the room. dived under it with the other boot and raced around wildly after that artful dodger. Just as thought I had him l tripped, broke the wash pitcher and fell among the wreckage At the same time the door was burst open, and the yellow skinned bonifacc confronted me with brace of pistols in his hands,
 "'Look out!' yelled. He'll get outl'
 "' What'll get out?' he said, glaring at me as though was crazy.
 "'The rat.
 He's got 'cm, said the landlord to the boy who followed him. Help me throw this rope around him.
 ''It was only when the rat really ran out of the door that he appreciated the situation, and then he bestowed upon me look of pity, advising me to keep quiet and not to arouse peaceful sleep CTS for no reason at all ''-Detroit Free Press.
The Press., 1897-06-03
Horses Fed on Beefstealxs.

''Of all fads that fashionable people indulge ill over their pets, think the strangest idea is that of giving their horses meat as variation to their ordi- nary diet," said veterinary surgeon.
 Beef only is used. It is baked until quite dry, then minced very fine and given mixed with oats or meal. The animals, so far from refusing, seem to relish the mixture, and it is thought to improve their condition and courage but if continued too long they become vicious and their coats deteriorate
 "A we'll known titled lady expends a good sized sum altogether in meat for her numerous carriage horses and hacks. She has one mare that will greedily eat a beefsteak unmixed with meal if minced small, and it has one per week. know retired army colonel, too, a famous hunting man, who frequently gives his hunters beef tea and other meat extracts in their bran mash. Pos sibly it's not entirely mere fad, for there is one London brewery whose horses are similarly treated, and fa- nous race horse that won some impor- tant events last season was given a par tial diet of meat at intervals. "-Lon- don Answers.
The Press., 1897-06-03
IIaars of Paner.

England uses more of the 7.900. 000, 900 quires of paper produced annually by the 4,00O mills of the world than any other country, the United States coming next, followed i'll the order named by Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Spain. Of the above amount 600, 900, 900 qufres are used for new spapers, of which the United States is the largest consumer.
The Press., 1897-06-03
Incredn1ous Sam .Iones.

Did you hear of funny Sam Jones episode? At one of his meetings he called on all the men who could assert they had never spoken an unkind word to their wives to stand. Up got two. "Now," he said, "all the women who never spoke an unl1ind word to their husbands may rise " Up got six. ''Sit down." Sam cried. "Now, want the audience to pray for these liarsl'-Time and the Hnnr
The Press., 1897-06-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the way to cure Deafness, and that is by cOnstitu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in Eustachian Tube When this tube gets 1nflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing and when 1t is entirely closed Deafness is the re- suit, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi- tion, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, o. RB@ Sold by Druggists. TUG.
The Press., 1897-06-03

GREAT TRIUMPH.-Instant relief and a permanent cure by the great remedy, Otto's Cure for Lung and throat diseases. Why will you irritate your throat and lungs with hacking cough when E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, w. P. Fuller, Somers, Odell & Jones, Staffordville, sole agents, will furnish you free sample bottle of this guaranteed remedy? Its success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Sample free, Large bottles soc and 25c.
The Press., 1897-06-03

A. II. Patter, with E. c. Atkins x Co.,, Indianapolis, Ind. writes: "I have never before given a testimonial in my life But l will say that for three years we have never been without Chan berlatn's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhna Remedy in the house, and my wife would as soon think of being without flour as bottle of this Remedy in the summer season. We have used it with all three of our children and it has never fail to c2Jre-nOt simply stop pain, but cure absolutely. It is all right. and anyone who tries it will find it SO 7" For sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs G. L. Phillips. South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink 1t with out injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like 1t. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but 1t Is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomach receives 1t with out distress. h the price of coffee. 15c and % cts. per package Sold by all grocers.
The Press., 1897-06-03
The obliging lsankrupt.

Good comradeship may count for much. No man ever typifed this better than the Wall street broker who said to his friend the reporter: II didn't fail until after the evening papers went to press, so that you could have it all to yourself ill the morning. Gene around in an hour or so, and I'll give you the figures "-Writer
The Press., 1897-06-03
Her Exnerienced Finrers.

Nettie--Hes such deep man. That is why he is so successful in business. Nobody can fathom his thoughts.
 Laura-Pshawl have most of his thoughts at my finger tips
 Nettie-You don't say?
 Laura-I'm his typewriter. Pitts burg News
The Press., 1897-06-03
EnIightenad.

Tarry de Windt, the Siberian traveller, took a number of woodcuts of the An dree polar balloon for distribution among the natives of northwestern Si- beria. One day he noticed Tchuktchi studying one of the pictures intently and asked him what he would do if be saw it in the sky. 'tShoot it" was the immediate rnDIv
The Press., 1897-06-03

Don't neglect a cough because the weather Is pleasant; before the next storm rolls around it may develop into serious difficulty beyond repair. One Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and will do what it's name implies. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-03

They are dandies,n D said Thos. Bow CTS, O the Crockett, Texas, Enterprise, while writing about De Witt's Little Barry Risers, the famous little pills for sick headache and disorders Of the stom- ach and liver w. D. Heald's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-03
Humorous Aspeots of a po1ico Cou,t

''He treats ne something ridiculous, I" was the complaint of one much abused wife against her husband. The man be- ing brought up to answer the charge and perhaps explain it, answered: "This is a dead piece of jealousy, your honor. Don't mind her. '"
 An old Irish woman came before me at the Harlem court and wanted her "boy" arrested for misbehaving himself in her house. It came out that her boy was 88 years old, and when said to her that he was pretty old boy she remark ed, 'Sure, he's not a gurl, and count boy man only when he's married. :"
 A German with very much battered head complained that the defendant had made "dinge" in it and described the assault as follows, "He do me crack on de kopf, like dis, and do holdings by him. "-Scribner'
The Press., 1897-06-03

w. B. Johnson, Newark O., says, "One Minute Cough Cure saved my only child from dying by croup.n It has saved thousands of others suffering from croup, pneumonia, bronchitis and other serious throat and lung troubles. w. D. Heald's DrnQ Rinre.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Not only piles of the very worst kind can be cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, but eczema, scalds, burns, bruises, boils, ulcers and all other skin troubles can be instantly relieved by the same remedy. w. ID. Heald's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Some for ten, some for twenty and some for thirty years have suffered from piles and then have been quickly and per- mdnently cured by using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and all forms of skin diseases. W. D. Heald's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Three-fourths of the earth's surface cannot be cultivated on account of moun- tain ranges, deserts, swamps and barren grounds.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Glass toys 1900 years old have been taken from the grave of a child in the course of some excavations at Rheinhes- sen, Ger-.any.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Don't thin your blood with sassafras or poison 1t with blue-mass but aid Nature by using De Witt's Little Early Rlsers, the famous little pills for constipation, biliousness and stomach and liver trou- bles. They are purely vegetable. w. ID. Healds Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-03

Until the discovery of the gold mines in California, Russia was the greatest gold-producing country, mining about $13, 100000 year. .
The Press., 1897-06-03

The Philadelphia Record thus ex- plains the origin of the name Penn Yan, N. Y: "It was built up coniointly by settlers from Pennsylvania and New England, who were unable to agree up on name for the new town until some distorted brain suggested Penn Yan as a combination of the words Pennsyl- vania and Yankee. It was adopted as a compromise and is still attached to the place ''
The Press., 1897-06-03

MT. Isaac Homer, proprietor of the Burton House, Burton, w. ", and one of the most widely known men in the state was cured of rheumatism after three years of suffering. He says Fl have not sufficient command of language to convey any idea of what suffered, my physicians told me that nothing could be done for me and my friends were fully convinced that nothing but death would relieve me of my suffering In June, 1894, MT. Evens, then salesman for the Wheeling Drug Co.,, recommended me Chamber lain's Pain Balm. At this time my foot and limb were swollen to more than double | their normal size and it seemed to me my leg would burst but soon after l began using the Pain Balm the swelling began 10 decrease, the pain to leave, and now consider that am entirely cured. For sale by w. W. Lathrop, Stafford Springs G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.