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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
Omcial Newspaper Of Union County, So. Oak.
O6hcinl NEWSPAPERS Of CITY Of BLK Point. So. Oak.
Entered 4 r. .. 1t XIX Point y ssoond-elass
THURSDAY. MAY 8. 1897,

/ The Sioux City Tribune nominates
r. G. Yeomans for governor Of Iowa on
the democratic ticket We remember
the genial Frank In days Of y0re ct
Eagle Grove. He would conduct .
rafting campaign, and, being hand
some man, would look just a. we'll after
he was knocked down Is any other
candidate.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06

The Senate yesterday killed the
Arbitration Treaty. The vote was a
In favor and % against. A change Of
three votes would have carried II, "a
the rules Of the Senate require two
thirds vote for the ratification Of
treaties. Both Senator Kyle and
Senator Pettigrew voted against the
treaty.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
MRS. MBLLBTTR's nOMHsrsAD.

April contains this editorial paragraph:
attorney. General Grigsby who is
now In Sioux Falls, explains to the
Argus-Leader how the report became
current ia the state that he had held
the appropriation for the investigating
comm ission to be illegal. The attorney
general was consulted by the governor
who did not want to deed back to Mrs.
Mellette the homestead ordered re-
turned BY joint resolution. Such
resolution does not require the gov
ernor's signature, and were it possible
to make such appropriations, the legis-
lature could spend the peoples money
without fear Of the governors interior
ence. This ruling not only invalidates
the return OF the Watertown property
TO Mrs. Mellette, but inferentially in
validates the appropriation for an in
vestigating commission. The attorney.
question except by inference"
Public Opinion does not profess 10
know whether under the resolution
passed by tie recent legislature Mrs.
Mellette's homestead will be restored
to her or whether It will not, but few
facts concerning the matter may be of
interest, even II they have heretofore
been given in part.
Gov. Mellette gave Taylor deed to
certain property, among which was a
deed for Mrs. Mellettes personal prop
erty. This deed was given in lieu Of
mortgage, and was In fact q trust deed.
When Taylor returned and turned
over his property to the state he also
turned over the Mellette note which
was secured by this trust deed. He
also gave the state the deed to the
property. BY rights when the note
was paid the property would revert to
Mrs. Mellette. Suppose Taylor had
not left and suppose the note had been
paid in full before Taylor left, 1t is ap-
parent that the homestead would have
at once reverted to Mrs. Mellette.
Well, this 10 the status Of the affair.
Taylor decided the property to the
state and also transferred the note,
which was subsequently, paid by the
sale Of property-what particular prop
erty We do not know. The Legislature
recites these facts and directs the gov
ernor to deed the homestead back to
Mrs. Mellette. Before the resolution
was passed . written opinion was called
for by the senate from the attorney
general, Mr.. Grigsby. On the 18th
day Of February Mr.. Grigsby rendered
. written opinion which may be found
In the senate journal. Mr.. Grigsby q
written opinion states that there is NO
constitutional or other provision, so
far - the attorney general knows, that
will operase - Z prohibition OF the
course proposed by the resolution. Mr..
Grigsby states In his opinion that he
believes that the Legislature has the
right to do precisely what the resolu-
tion proposes. So that If the attorney
general now takes the ground that the
legislature had not the legal right to
order the restoration Of the homestead
to Mrs. Mellette he has reversed
mseif.-Watertown Public Opinion.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
First Publication May 6, 1897.

First Publication May 6, 1897.
Snmmons.
state of South Dakota,
County Of Union.
In Circuit Court,
First Judicial circuit.
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ssnsssssi aud MARIA
DefendantS
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA SENDS
GREETING TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANTS.
You and each OF you are hereby summoned
and required to appear In the above entitled
proceeding and answer The petition Of the
IL the ONCE u the Clerk Of tie Circuit Court 81
the First judicial Circuit Of the state Of South
Dakots, within and fos the County Of Union, oo
Is brought BY the plaintiff for the purpose Of
obtaining the right-of-way for the construction,
operation and maintenance Of its telephone and
ing described real estate, situated IN said Union
County, towit: The southwest quarter q. =. y
e h saS Eth ~: & &. 3 81 action @
q. Y. y Of section thirteen (l3,) all 10 township
ninety.one.l911 Of range MY go; the southeast
quarter e. e. y and the northeast quarter
"a. Q. ~ OF section seventeen U7J In township
ninety-one (ei) Of range forty-nine (le.) upon
the Payment Of just compensation Tor such
property - may be taken or damaged for the
purpose Aforesaid, to be asceTtained by = Jury:
and you are hereby notified that Il you do not
appear In said proceeding within twenty days
from the service OF this summons upon you, 81.
elusive q the day Of such service. the plalnti9
win apply to the court for m order to emponel
q Jury and ascertain the Just compensation Tor
the property proposed to be taken or demanded
in such proceeding.
C.P. BATES,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Dated April 50, 1897.
To the Defendants. Philomine Ricard ard
Maria Phlllips:
You and each Of you are hereby notiaed thae
u you do not appear IN the above entitled no
ceeding within thirty dayS from the rst pubtlco.
ten hereof, the plaintiff viii make app6caS5Oo
30 the Ourt for the order me0e1Oned "a ne
body at the abOve summons.
G. r. BATES.
~. Attorney tor Plolptt4.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
ECKIES THE ALEC.

The smartest of all the smart young
Alecs in this country today is young
Eckles. made comptroller of the cur
rency by Cleveland, not for his wisdom
begotten of experience, but made such
because of his assumed precocity. This
young mushroom of national finance
was notified by the present administra-
ton that he might hold his job until
the end Of the time for which he was
appointed. This offer brought him into
such distinctive prominence as Nap0l-
con of finance that half dozen none
tar-y combines offered him a bigger sal
airy and an easier job. His acceptance
of a bank position, however, has not
cured him Of his inclination to advise
and direct how the currency of this
country shall be handled and of what
ii shall consist. AT st. Louis, the other
day, during one Of his periodical bits of
talk, he declared that President McKin
ley fell short in his recommendations,
and that there was but one thing to do,
and that is to retire the greenback, no
lens yolens. AS the New York Mail and
Express puts it, Mr.. Eckles is but one
part thinker and nine parts tinker. The
greenback is not going to be retired for
the simple reason that the people of the
country have never been convinced that
it would he the best thing to do. Not
one man in ten outside of bankers and
politicians believe that the retirement
Of the greenback would he at all neces-
sary in the event Of the revenues of the
government being brought up 10 equal
the expenditures. If President McKin-
ley is not by this time glad that he is
rid Of EckleS, nine out of ten Republi-
cans are glad for him. Mr. Eckles
knows just how the greenback can be
wiped out and he insists that the gov
ernment shall do it at once. Mr.. Eckles,
it will be noted, is now a bank president
He would have $346000,000 Of non-in-
tereSt bearing debt wiped out and an
interest bearing debt of the same
amount created in place of 1.-THE peo-
pie, of course. to pay the freight, as
usual The comptroller has but one
noStrum for all the ills of our financial
system-and it is the old, costly Cleve-
land-Carlisle quackery of bond sales.
with which we are calmly assured the
country is to be bettered by increasing
it's interest-bearing Indebtedness. His
remedy is not n remedy at all 1t is
Slerely a poStpOnement and an evasion
Of conditions which can be cured only
by giving the government an income
equal to It's needs. When that is done.
1s it surely viii with the opening of the
new fiscal year, the greenback bogey
win cease 10 terrify the timid flnanciers
Of whom Mr.. EckleS is an example.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
INDICATIVE INCIDENTS.

Many of the writers Of these times, IN
the magazines and newspapers, as also
numerous public speakers, are predlct-
ing a political revolution of socialistlc
tendencies and trimmings, for this coun-
try. in the near future. Some writers,
such as Gunton, hold that even the re-
turn of good times will not allay the po-
Iitical discomfort seen everywhere, ana
which is held to grow out of unequal
conditions and unfair advantages le-
gally conceded capitalistc trusts and
and combinations by the law-maklng
powers and by the courts.
One of the latest remarkable incidents
indicating the trend Of the things po-
liticaIly is the attitude Of the interstate
Commerce Commission towards the
United States supreme court. The COM
mission does not exactly assert that the
court went out of its way TO stand by
the railway interests of the country but
ii emphafically insists that the court
crippled the commission in its efforts to
benefit the people. The supreme court
IN its decision refers to the billions of
s:apitaI invested in the railways of this
country for the purpose of moving its
traffic. The commissioners answer the
plea by the declaration that the people
rlaid during the fiscal year Of 1896 the
sum of S7S6,615,S37 for freights. The
commissioners. in short, hold that the
supreme court has annulled the com
missioners' power to afford any relief to
the people. and further assert that rail
way traffic managers may decree
whether an industry shall exist or
whether a locality shall flourish or
die
This is pretty serious talk, and it will
be heard from. 1t is official talk, from
Il body of men who cannot be ignored,
which being the case, it stands Re
publican congress in hand to earnestly
set about doing something emphatic.
For one thing. the interstate law should
be made SO plain and unmistakable in
its terms that no railway attorney can
twist its meaning and no court fail TO
properly conStrue.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
Along the Kansas Nlls.

In southern Kansas at present there are
twenty lecture courses running.
A show at Salna admits adults free. but
charges an admission for children.
The man who killed ex-senator McTag-
CART of independence, has been found
guilty.
Civil service must be pretty strong when
Cy. Leland has to go clear down TO Wash
iugton TO get one of his own clerks
bounced.
Within a distance Of five blocks some
boys in Wellington have killed fifty rab-
bits. They raked $50 out Of the county
treasury for the scalps
Nearly every Kansan viii now Willingly
confess that when wheat jumped to ninety
cents the first time, he expected At TO
drop back to sixty in few weeks.
Absolutely nothing has been heard from
Mrs Leaye since that brass band drowned
out her speech in New York, months ago.
See must have been dreadfuiiy mad.
Jerry Simpson says he has no settled pol
icy except 10 fight the Republicans Tbs
meets the approval of most Populists. fer
Ponul,sm has become a negative quantity.
Ex-Co1gressman John Davis says:
..Afonev Is an important factor in modern
civilization" Heavens! Can this be pos
sIbIe and how d.d Mr.. Davis ever think
OF &?
A Kansas farmer looked up on the wall
.n5 s,,,dIed the old motto: ''In God we
T-,,s;" then ne said 20 his wife: Maria
/ wonder il the india people have those
signs. too
I, would make Andree awfuily hot Z he
oo,,,5 knoy that Buffalo Jones Is trying
n divide public attention WITH hin by dis
anrearing IN the same part OF the word
at the same time
Congress j. a disease. Although they
80 bo-h defeated. Chester Long OF Kan
sss and Dennis Flynn sf Oklahoma. are
row in Washington stroiiSng around the
national caps;cl. looking ioneso<r.e-
veS,,ls-.v since the establishment of
Pon,,l;sra me Republican majority IN CO.
T.sis,s.s county has been Gu, down. a Et;ls
.zch yesr. But Il has grown in she IA
<so, and Ls;and has beer paying more at
,su..oa 20 the nation than 70 as county.
7, has sust been divuiged tia. many O.
~. socse;y Young women OF Topeka serve
v,,a N the.r quests Think % u Kan
sas for years has been noocsd WIKI q
hoo, showing three stages Of man: Fs-st
: rirl giving Ter fellow SIP % wine s>r-
o-s the fe.low standing ~ a bar. Third
the SANE fellow waIlcEsng Il Tie gutter.
A camp os G.pzses ss holding form pear
winfield. Gsps.ss appeared n Europe frst
IN che ff-eeath century. They Vsrs Tssc-
Ms driven our % Indss ~ TIE Eohznzne-
dams. that e BudtEiStsc Hs1fus. When
IN. Kansas farmer sees G1psy he =ee-
the b-oiaer OF the fellows over in In5.s
rat ara suffering f0r he Seasat q Ais
wheat crop
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
GETTING GOOD MONEY.

Japan is spending the big. fat indem-
Iity paid her by China, in a lavish WAY.
The little island of the Mikado is put
ting on frills not only but real national
airs. She boasts that her navy shall
equal that of the United States and that
in railway construction and the like her
people will out-Yankee the Yankee. The
United States will come in for a fair
share Of the money which Japan is
throwing AT the birds. our locomotive
builders have been shipping them en-
gines Of the latest up-to-date pattern.
and now our furnaces and rolling mills
are sending them iron and steel. The
shipment OF 5000 tons Of Alabama iron
10 Japan within a single week is a
striking evidence of the rapid growth in
the foreign demand for this product Of
American industry. This particular
transaction IS Of special importance be-
cause the iron was sold At the furnaces
in Alabama for 81 per ton less than was
asked for iron of the same quality st the
furnaces in England, and as the freight
rates 10 Japan are about the same from
England and American ports, the differ
ence per ton represents practically the
exact saving in cost no the purchasers
of the American metal The Southern
manufacturers are keenly alive 10 the
great market now opening for their pro-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
A NATIONAL BANKRUPT Law.

Ever since the boom collapse and up
to a very recent date the west has been
standing sorely in need of a bankrupt
law. But the creditor east would not
listen TO It. Bills were introduced into
congress the passage of any one OF
which would have relieved the west
greatly by placing thousands of worthy
but unfortunate men upon their feel
again, and the creditor east would have
been none the poorer. But the spirit
which inspired Shylock is the same
everywhere and in all times. 1t IS for
the pound of flesh and nothing else.
Now the west has gotten over the neces-
sity for bankrupt law. Such a law
would relieve few. But not so in the
east. SO a new measure has been in
troduced in congress, a double-actinS
bill, providing for both voluntary and
involuntary bankruptcy, voluntary for
individuals and involuntary for cor
porations. which seems to stand a fair
show of becoming a law.
There is no question as TO the desira-
bility of a general national law for
bankruptcy, and this without reference
to dishonest debtors or greedy credit
Ors. The loss TO community, through
failure in business of live man or firm
because of no way being open for wip-
ing out and starting over again, is hard
to estimate. The simultaneous Grip
ping of dozen such men may and
often does mean the financial ruin of
community. The hopelessly insolvent
person who honestly surrenders every
thing he has TO be shared in just pro-
portion by those whom he owes ought
in morals and public policy to be fully
released, and be allowed to take new
start in life He can do nothing so long
as the old obligations hamper and
threaten him; and the creditor, in con-
sequence, has nothing to gain by hold
ing them over him. 1t is, furthermore,
barbarous 10 send an unfortunate man
to his grave under hopeless load of
debt, to say nothing of the injustice to
those dependent upon him and to the
community in which he lives.
1t is not clear what valid objection
anybody can urge against careful ma
tional bankruptcy law; and the consid-
erations which we have mentioned in its
favor would seem to render such
measure a practical necessity. 1t is, in
fact, opposed only by special interests
that are favored by the present unequal
state laws. On the other hand, it is de-
sired. and has long been earnestly advo-
Gated, by honest creditors generally. 1t
is to be hoped that congress will give
this matter the attention which its i'm
portance demands, and pass the Torrey
bill, or some other well considered
measure.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
Chri.tma. GIft. rnr Men.

When you are about 70 purchase Cnr1s'-
mas present for brother or husband 20
something that viii be OF personal ne-'-'
70 him. and DO not get something Tor tne
house or some n0ndescript article that ne
Garnet POSSIBLY make use Of The fol.o"-
ing Est may help some sister, vile or nan
Gee 10 a satisfactory cOnclusion'
A blanket bathrobe. amply large FOR
comfort
A large. roomy travelling satchei.
\ VALE, OF the new German hand
carved leather
leather.
a hel5glass.
A set of weli-bouna books By some
favorits author.
some wall decorations to- his OWE par
t,cular den.
a handsome cane o, penang or part
ro8ge. vita carved ivory or tortotse-sasil
head.
suit.
handsome tie for evening wear
4 table arrsrEed Tor smoking Toorns
Win al ire necasssry articles, a. Ss1 ss
a musical attachment
a leather BOX for collars SO eurs
"A efess-sait case. win T-sih41 -fn@s<s1
tag
n c,zar ease sHf silver nafcS o9N
a comfortable chair. We. sl2P--sG WE
pillows.
- reading lamp
a neersehsun p'ps. PIPE cleaner. or
= chzaols bag 70 t9oacco-
"A handsome csrvlrs se--
"A sharing cup and brusa-
"A "a; brush. pocket kn.ss - scaTfpss-
~ So o bBttuEs ara s.seE
"A SczTf retainer @ s-aTfpln-
"a tTaTiiuE r7ig-
-IsriEzt Ezl-iss an5 asoSF fAoss ~'en
- cones horne az al.zhi. Shlca are r>F,a
.no-s % h.m tsz1 sayta.Gg fSsf car .
SCuxht
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

By order OF Prince RsdElviu. upon whose
estate in France the tomb OF Jean Jacques
Rousseau IS situated, the work of repair
ing the monument, which had fallen into a
sadly neglected condition. has been be-
gun. The alterations have already revealed
the fact that no coffin containing the body
could ever have rspossd IN the tomb. and
the question as TO the real place OF burial
Is. therefore. brought to the front once
more. The suhjec; Is exciting widespread
interest throughout France.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

A FauaBser eo1uty, Va ten rssfs.
Co.onsl Joan 3 }IossT rscf-sei iss; sex
b express a Enb fra-a - rzlrut ife~
"a 80 sic-zsty q Frsat Faoy@A ;fssn ~s@so
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sfo.s,x szss- u as nSeh ss1zt Nh
ezssfLa rsear. woo uss Gee = 80 pFs. So
ssrs a. ss-slrx use = Tkenr-stz - E@rh
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

ducts in the far east, and through the
offices agencies and banking connec-
tions which they are establishing IN
Japan and China, they seem likely to
acquire early control of the iron and
steel trade of the Orient
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

Enueror william OF Germany. has dis
patched two water-coIer drawings done by
himself 20 81. Petersburg for presentation
"a the officers Of the cruiser RoSsiyz. Shich
he inspected during his resent v-s.s 70 Rus
sia. The pictures VIII De formally HANDED
over 70 the officers Of the sip BY the Ger
man naval stsacne AZ ST PeserssurS-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

retired sea captain sixty years Of age. well known
to the reputable citizens of New Haven suffered from
an overworked and wornout digestive apparatus. He
had no faith in patent medicines cure for dyspepsia.
but was induced by friend to try Ripans Iabuesr
This he did with but little hope of benefit After try
ing them for some time he said the friend who had
directed his attention them: Those Rpans Tabues
were so effective from the start that was anared as
the result They wizards All the dyspeptic misery
endured by me since becoming landlubber has dis
appeared take one every night now, and feel so much
reiuvenated by their that sometimes think could
climb ships rigging well as did thirty years ago.
49,. sYYs PHTsa %
sS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

More drama: Colonel Ruiz span.aru,
ami General Arangueren, insurgsnt. were
old friends. Ardngueren warned Ruiz hot
10 come INTO h.s camp 20 talk about possi-
bic surrender, for his orders were TO shoo.
all such. Ruiz went any way. de was
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

More drama: Terris, the celebrated En-
gilsh actor. is killed al the stage door in
London by g reyengeful man, who. had he
NOT wanted 10 be TOO dramatic, could have
had ample satisfaction by getting IN front
seat and Kissing
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

The PopuEsts in congress have adopted
a resolution in favor of civil service so
long as the Republicans are in and against
ii as soon as the Populists can get in.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

The war in the Philippines is over and
Spain is victor. The trouble with the in
surgents in the Philippines is that they
are located on the wrong hemisphere.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

with a p,tcbfork or pair Of tongs snf
would have much preferred sons' hing THAI
would make me forget rather than resnsm-
Ber the dread Affair"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

George Veressenocohoff, a Russian. has
been arrested in San Fiancisco for murder.
that is everything points to his being a
Russian, even his name.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

Attorney General McKenna goes TO the
supreme bench. 1t it a life position, and
through that McKenna is the chief bene-
ficiary of McKinley's election.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

If President Sam of Haiti needs aid In
suppressing his own people he should call
or Emperor William of Germany.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

Owing to slight slip of memory Mr..
Fitzsimmons yesterday forgot to send out
his daily dispatch that he has quit the
ring forever.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

A man has been discovered on the Luet-
geIt jury who is dead in favor OF hang
ing him. The trial viii have to be begun
again Unless he : troubled with unusua
and Methuselahcal longevity, Luetgert is
IN no danger
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

Divinity certainly moves in a mysterious
way. Why statesmen like Canovas, who
was not at all bad, should be assassinated
and Weyler should escape, is not very
plain.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

Balax auee- r sezs zzsfsfsi ;ass ssssas
an. bsk-as ssss saststzi ia. .s2stlas-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18

There viii be a big fight against the
confirmation of the new justice, McKenna.
The United States senate, unlike most leg
islat.ve bodies, is really taking share II
the government of the nation.