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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08
TuE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.

am
The sweet Girl Graduate
And | wish to state
That am just too
Perf'ly lovely for any use-dou' I YOU
Don't you think a. do?
dearly dote on exams
And ice cream
am
Tho Sweet Grl Graduate
Aud | am now busily engaged
In standing
With reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet.
1t seems 10 me
That that brook and river
Have been meeting for ever
SO long,
But love to stand there
Just the same.
Oh! love poetry
Aud water ices.
And Homer
And chocolate bonbons.
And the philosophy of Plato
And-yes, think
like vanilla better than
Strawberry.
| am the Sweet Girl Graduate
And tho whenceness Of the wherefore
Is even as an
Open book to me.
ID you understand the whenceness
or the wherefore
Oh! it's just too perf'lY
Delightful for anything.
Good bye
Some more Of us will see
You again next June
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08

A GENTS WANTED FOR war IN China by
~ Scnor Quefada. cuban representative M
Washington. EndOrsed by Cuban PATRIOTS Tu
lrfinena0is demand. A bonanza for agents.
pfy ~ ~ Hlg boUs. bic commissions ivory
Loly wants The only rndpr.rd. reliable book
yutht' tfce Credit given. Freight paid Drou
nll trash and make e3o0 n month with War ir.
Lu1a. Address today. THE NATIONAL, BOOK
'ONCERN a3 so Dearborn St.. Chicago.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08

And now it is announced that
Gen. Rus Rivera is dying. The
Cubans in Havana declare that he
has been poisoned by the Spanlards,
who dare not kill him openly for
fear Of public Indignation in the
United States. Rivera's condition
is regarded rs hopeless. The Span
ish version Of his condition is that
he Is suffering from an abcess of
the liver.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08

Last Friday the President made
the following nominations
VIM. Woodville Rockhlll, Of the
District of Columbia, TO be minis
ter and consul general to Greece,
Roumania and Servia.
Arthur $. Hardy, Of New Hamp-
shire, to be minister resident and
consul general to Persia.
Abraham f. Smith. of Illinois,
to be consul at Victoria. B. G.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08

At the Ohio Democratic State
convention, at Columbus last week
the following ticket was nominated :
Governor-H. J.. Chapman, "
Jackson county.
Lieutenant Melville
D. Shay, of Auglaizo county.
SupremeJ udge-John r. Spriggs
Of Monroe county.
Attorney General-Wm. n. Dore,
Of Seneca county.
Trcasurer-James +. Wilson, oil
Trumbull county.
Member Board Of Public Workt
Peter II. DegnoB, Of Lucas
county.
School Commissioner-M. T..
Hard, Of Colsmbiana county.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
People fin PrEnt.

EC. Rev. William Basil Jones. u ID.
bishop Of ST. Dayid's, London, is dead.
Lady Somerset has suffered a scvpre
confusion OF the forehead in q carriage
accident at Westminster.
Thomas J. Brown, president OF the
National Association of Letter Car
riers, is dead at Chicago.
Miss Olga NethersoIe, the actress, is
quite i1i at the Ch%itten,lan Hotel. to-
lumbus, with tonsflitis.
&. .. Krone got a verdict AZ Helena,
Mont, for S15,000 IN the United states
court against the Northern Pacific for
the loss of both legs al Livingston
John Singer Sargent has been elected
q Royal Academican and Messrs. J. J..
shannon and Alfred Parsons have beer
made associate academicans.
The mother OF Katherine Clemnlons,
the actress, says h latter is To marry
Howard Could, son OF Jay Gould. in
The near future.
Col. W. II. Craig, collector of internal
venue for the Sixth Virginia district
under President Arthur, and district
attorney for the Western district Of
Virginia under President Harrison,
died at staunton, Va, aged 40 years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

Mich. $50 10 write A;s nanie for1r times
on tine washington monument. VIII
kius had lust landed in washington,
and thougllr il would be q good Joke t.
register ar rho Washington monument
instead OF at Il hotel hut was promptly
arrested for defacin- the memorial
William lark Na3.e. a jewellery Ge-
signer Of wide reputation. WAS aFres;
eel at New York ON a charge OF lar
ceny. brought against him by Julia
AtIeiaide-P Price. IN of his models, wllc
asserts that under a promise ~ nIaT,
riage. be. during the hitter portion OK
the year 1896. wheetlltsl $1,000, all bet
savings, from her.
Harry Ferguson, postmaster. ard +,
T. Hoop, money order clerk. have been
arrested at Colorado Springs. Col,
charged with the eInhczsieInent OF gov
eminent money. X is claimed the en-
heZ2lement has been s1nag ON for three
years. and that Ferguson is short
5000 and Hoop $4,000.
The dead body OF William Brice Of
Peru. Ind. was found lying by the side
OF the Missouri Pacitic main lin. track
near Se6alia- Mo. with his SkuE crush
III y - EDtNH-LL iG.Ih DE+t N1N sAai-
dercri and robbed and his body IlaCed
on the track with the expectation thar
X would be so manaled by q passing
train ina the crime woaid be cpu-
gEaicd.
William Leiboid- II years old. until
rt~pntiy q messenger boy for a tele-
graph company Ut Lancaster. Pa, has
spent $1,000 stGlen money since last
Oetober in gambling and fast living.
aBd to-day is in jail with barely q
penny left. He procured th. cash
through inBumerable forgprics 81 the
name OF Charles r. Grubh, tire Wei
known iron and furnace MASTER.
William Divine, a highly respected
farmer. went to his home near Shaker
town. Ky. after an absence Of several
hours. ana fOpnd his youn. WIFI Gca,i
and cold on the door, hc- Two infant
children lying ON her breast. crying bit
ttriy- Finger marks on her throat. hsr
clothing and all The furniture disnr-
derrd and other signs OF 4 desperate
struggle were appa-emL- The murderer
kaS escaped.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
Frsm Fnretsn shares.

The queen has donated 500 10 fhr
India famine fund, which has been
opened by the lord mayor of l6JiId0n.
The RUSSIAN academy has elected a.
honorary members Lord Kelvin and
DIR. Simon Ncwcomb of Washington.
Cardinal Richard OF Paris has for
hidden the priests Of his diocese 20 IT
tend dramatic performances.
IT Is reported that The Casino ~
MdRtTeato refused admission ~rUccn.iy
TO Ellen Terry on the ground that she
was addressed.
Ii is stared that baroness Hirsch
VIII give another 2600,e9o francs
gSIla.G0N1 10 build n hospital or cen
sunptive children on The Riviera.
At q meeting Of The Royal Astro-
noFnicai society held in LONDON, Prof.
r.. E. Barnard Of Yerkes observatory
WIS awarded the socicty's geld medal.
The Paris Eclaire says hat the
United States and Great Britain. Ivy
treaty OF arbitration, ''presenr a noble
example which deserves to bC fciloa I'd
by Europe"
The Argentine Republic senate naS
adopted a, scheme pe3viding for tbs IS
suance OF SI0.0o1,000 OF ccdulas for The
purpose OF advancing loans and pro
noting agriculture.
George A. Kirkpatrick lieutenant
governor OF Ontario, who has been
lying III for some time past in n Lon
don hospital, was successfully operated
upon Sir Charles Topper was pres
on at the operation.
Word has been received from Toxic
that twenty German firms OF engineers
and shiphuilders in Japan have formed
n syndicate 10 contract for the work
81 the military AMI naval equipment
10 which Japan viii devote the war in
demnity.
Mr.. Reid, the Montreal contractor.
who il now in England, is Believed -
be making arrangements for the ron
strTction Of a powerful vessel Il be
used In a proposed fast service. which
win expedite passage from Great Brit
ain via Canada 10 the extreme wesicIn
ports of America.
Capt. Peterson, Of the Norwegian
ship Telephone, reports that on Dec. Is
he picked up a small boat containing
two men, che of whom was dead. The
other was alive, but when food was
brought to aim he became unconscious
and after raving in dclirium for two
days, died and vas buried az sea.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
ResTield mas passed a license Law
an,t xx-,f1 comment frnfn tho saI11uG.

RatIfieId mas passed a license Law,
and viii connect from the saloons.
A farm machinery collector says he
has not had q note OF q South DaKoca
farmer 70 To protest hfs year, put
when he gets 20G niles cast, in Iowa,
nearly every Turner is asking for q
continuance of time. South Dakota
takes care of her sons
The W. II. Stearns roundup has
come In. The hay about .S head for
shipment aud they were III splendid
shane. The boys Cid not ttnd a dead
carcass on the raage, CiG there was Z
territory 100 miles long and 80 miles
wide worked by the entire roundup
crew III the north country.
A Chlcacu gr,s>'ry firm has been get
ting orders for groceries with what
purpOrts 10 he q contract. but is really
a Ecgotiahlc note when detached on
the end. The groceries are poor. Ii
are generally refused. but the rotas
have been sold 10 innocent parties and
must be paid. Deal with your home
tirnps.
Word was received ~ Fix Point that
Charles Nash. Wau was sentenced TO
one year in the penltentiary at SiouX
Fans az tho APRIL term of court held
AZ FIX Point. Tor running a blind pig NJ
Aicester. had tallea heir to $4,000
through the death of q relative In Eng
land His term ~ Imprisonment will
eypire ApriI > but il allowed good
time he viii be- discharged Feb. =
Perry OFT. m engineer snd black
smith living In Iankton, attempted
suicide az the home OF his wife's faith
or. Joseph Muiiet, using a knife rs the
Instrument for taking his life. Phe
blade penetrated his left side but the
striking of a ND prevented fatal re-
suits rs he was no. found until some
time after the attempt.
George niNun. a teacher, was bound
over 10 tire aircrit court ~ Watertown,
chorgel with criminal assault upon a
former student. Dixon stands Well so
c!ally AMI IN educational work in Ihis
county. having formerly been presi-
dent OF the county TEACHERS aSSocia-
ton. The girl is 3 pretty miss, thir-
teen years AhE TBS main witness of
the state admitted willing submission.
Dixon claims malicious prosecution be
carse he wuG!d not lend her money 10
u aWr- 70 - On thr stage. He put
IN ln rv 62I>e. re j. married and has
. gansiiy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

Henry Miller, believed { o have come
from Chicago, committed suicide at
San Francisco.
George X. Landers, the postmaster
1t Newbcrry, Pa, shot and fatally IN
jured Seth r. Foresman, Que of BE
most prominent men Of W:nianlsuurr.
Joseph B~urkhardt, n weii-fo-do ed
w~ardsvifie In.) contractor and builder
shot and killed his wife and them ON.
United suicide.
Rev. DR.. Kirkpatrick, pastor OF tfln
second Universelist churcf Of Roch.4
ter, ". T., who was arrested, charged
with impersonatIng an officer, has been
unanimously acquitted by Jury trial.
In n colored Baptist church NJ Vel
low Bayou, in Chicot county, Ark, one
n was killed another fatally wound
ed and several others badly hurt. a re-
uvai was in progress at the church.
Becausc he was out Of money and
had nothing to live for. Henry Miller
also spelled Mueiler), who was former
~ a prosperous butcher in Chicago.
shot himself In the left lung at san
francisco and Is now dying.
Harry Aymes, son Oh n wealthy cor
ton manufacturer Of Galveston, who
was serving a term In the Arkansas
2enitentiary for a diamond robbery. g.
capped from the convict Gang AT
Wrightsville. He was pursued with
o~loodhounds and r~ecaptured.
Mrs. August Buerman was arrested
It Lawrence. Kan, on a charge of mur.
fering her husband. The warrant was
sworn out by a brother OF the murder
"a nan. Mrs. Beurman had previously
been released. the coroners jn y no,d-
ng the woman was insane. She viii
aow doubtless be tried for her lie.
In the Missouri state senate. Sen
ator Lyons of Jackson county, intro
nuced a sensational resolution, making
serious charges against the Kansas
CITY police department and asking for
the appointment OF q committee of
three TO make an investigation.
!" "nss Willie m wiss~~ -s p.- n;.~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
uisceiInneous.

j. Pierpont Morgan has Offered 10
erect a new building for the New YORK
layiDg-in hospital to cost S1,OG0,0G0
A bin has been introduced I'm the
Missouri legislature to make lobbying
o felony.
The United Mine Workers expelled
ex-President Gaines OF tie Pittsburg
district, for circulating an attack or
the officers.
w g. Markham, secretary Of the Ma
tional Wool Growers association, has
Issued q call for a meeting to be held
at Washington Feb. o to consider a
tariff schedule.
There promises 80 he a split IN the
National Reform Press association, n
national organization Of PopuIist pa
pers, Of which Paul yandervort OF
Omaha is president and A. Roaelle OF
Missouri is secretary and treasurer.
The celebration of the beginning OF
the transmission of electric power into
Buffalo took place in the banquet hall
OF the Elllcctt club at Buffalo. 1t took
the form Of a banquet, attended by
about 100 gentlemen.
William Y. Atkinson, governor OF the
state OF Georgia, accompanied by his
family and a party OF friends, have ar
ryed at a Francisco from the East
on a junketing tour. The governor and
his party came West in a private ar.
The Ohio Photograph company. cap-
italized at $1,000. COO, went into the
hands Of James l.. Adams, as receiver.
at Cincinnati. There are 100 stockho \
ers, the largest being the New York
Central Trust company. for $500, 600.
The assignment Is for liquidation and
dissolution, rs the liabilities are tri-
fling.
Prof. Brooks Of the Geneva Cc. VI
observatory announces observations OF
an enormous suI-pot now on the suns
face and visible TO the naked eve
through a smoked glass. 1t Ia a re-
mskabie solar disturbance, coming AT
a minimum period OF sun-spots.
Prsf. Brooks lis photographing the phe
nonena with the Urge telescope.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
Washington Talk

The president sent 10 the house hs
veto of n bill TO establish n new d.
vision of the eastern judicial district
Of Texas.
Maj. A Kramer. Sixth cavalry, 4
Maj. W.B. Kennedy, Fourth cavalry.
have been retired on their own appA-
cation, after thirty years service.
First Lieut.. 7. G.. Waterman. of tie
Eighth United States cavalry, bias been
detniled as professor or military tar
tics at Cornell college.
The senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations. PosfmsSserx-Wis.
Falls; James Devereauy, Shell Lake.
South Dakota: n. r. Bowler. Gro-oE.
After thorough test in the field OF Ihe.
new carbine case the war department..
by order, has substituted il entirely
for what is known as the carbinc boor
for carrying thar weapon on horsebaek
The Pawnee Indian delegation eailetI
on Secretary Francis and talked Cyer
the need Of the tribe for . cash paw
ment- They want congress To alloT
them $5O,ut0 Immediately.
Commander J. B. CoghIan has been
detached from duty as inspector o. the
Eighth light house district at New pr-
leans. and ordered 20 command the
Richmond.
Secretary Herbert has received =
numerously signed application from
leading citizens Of New Orleans TO
have the United States navy represent
ed at that city by the North Atlantic
squadron during the Mardi GrGs in
March.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
Casuafsfe.

Miss Theresa Weinhaadler OF ST.
Paul Is dead as a result of blowing cut
the gas.
The body OF an unknown man has
been found on the Harris farm. near
Minor, N. ID. He persisted during the
late storm.
At st. Louis n crowd OF children
were skating on the lee in an old
quarry. The ice suddenly gave way
and five children were drowned.
Daniei UHearn, Sr., was SHOT al
Fort Dodge, Iowa. His SOD had Load
ed his gun and was passing OUT of
the door when the gun was discharged.
the load striking O1Hearn and tearing
it's way through his lungs.
Bert Branstetter, who was riding the
blind baggage, fen beneath the wheels
as the train pulled into the yards at
Livingston Mont, and had his foot so
badly crushed that amputation was
necessary above the ankle. He is not
a hobo, but an unfortunate out OF
work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
WITH SIAN.
United states Gunb0at Orders
Proceed to Hanjkok.

washington, Jan. IS. - AT p
stance Of the state department III
rotary of the navy has ORDERED
gunbOat Machias 10 Bangkok, tts|
itai OF Siam, and she has sals1
ready from Canton. China, for
place. The mission OF the shiR
cording to the records OF the na1
partment, is to protect America]
terests," but the more definite =
FOR the trip is to afford Mr.. Barred
United States minister and q
general at Bangkok, moral supps
certain representations he has J
to the Siamese government In 7,
to the treatment Of Edward v. ~
the vice consul general there. Is
believed that any conflict VIII J
but it is deemed best TO have q
ship at Bangkok. according to hi1
Barrett, TO afford him moral supp
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

Sacramento now receives a 5000
volt current of electricity from a plant
thirty miles distant, and had previ-
ously secured a partial supply over
twenty-four miles Of wire. The Cali
fornia city has apparently demonstrat-
ed that a long-distance supply of the
current Is practicable In every way,
and also economical.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

A Fyenchnian has written to the
newspapers to say that he has invented
a paper which will destroy the lead
pencil industry. And yet we venture
10 say that his letter was very prosy,
and that when he read it afterward In
print he found that he had not destroy
ed the blue pencil industry. The wise
editor will always s that Weapon of
defense in spite of the progress of in
vention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Several People Injured In Q :
road Wreck.


road Wreck.
Texarkana, Ark. Jan. 1S.-NeMl
reached here of a serious aecidsu]
the Texas & Pacific railroad at III
fifteen miles west of here. AS y
passenger train for FL Paso was :
ing the station ii struck an iOp
that had been placed across the u
the engine was turned over aDu
down a slight enibaDkment- Eas'
M. /. ClcmInons jumped from =.
CINE the moment he felt the oDs.
ton, but landed too near the !
and was caught by the engine, I,
Ing both legs. He has since dlsu,
fireman received q broken sholus'
and was otherwise bruised. INV
clerk and express messense' :
badly shaken up.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

1t has remained for Cen Horace For
ter to place on record n of Grants
best expressions. When Gen. Hancock
made his assault u Spotssylyania and
captured a Confederate division Burn
side reported that his right had lost Its
connection with Hancock's corps. Gen.
Grant replied in n note: Push the
enemy with all your might; that's the
way to connect"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

During 1896 the railroad construction
In the country amounted to only 1902
miles, mostly in California and the
South. The country appears to have
about as many railroads as 1t needs,
md new ones are not likely to he con
strsctea very rapidly in REV OF tie
fact that the business pays nothing on
over 10 PER cent OF It's capital and IL
per cent of it's bonded debt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

A winoBn Man IL Now Mourning III.
Loss of 200.

Winonl. Mimi, Jan. 15.-The police
are at work On a strange case that in
wolves the disappearance of $500.
George Zislsperger last Monday drew
out $500 from the bank mortgaged
his home for 81, 200. and placed the
money, with 5000 additional, in a box
under the. potatoes in the cellar. He
left the same day for a trip to MIME
apoliS Faribault and Owatonna. On
Tuesday his wife reported to the po-
lice that the cellar had been entered
and the money taken. ZislsperEpr
AYERS that the money was hidden in
such q manner that no one but himself
and y-tfa could have known OF It.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

The duke OF Orleans has written a
letter In which he rays that he does not
wish to canse any internal difficulties
IN France az present fhe good thing
about all these royal ~pretenders is that
they only pretend. II n just their fun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
WY Come r,n arntn

Washington, Jan -. - The course
taken by The house committee on Pa
en-" roads rakes IL probable that the
railroad question wifi he brought before
congress again this session in the form
of a proposition TO adopt The plan of
Representative Harrison of Alabama
Tor a government commission to make
a settlement with the roads.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

The Canadian premier has followed
the example of two Of his predecessors
In Office and declined the honor of
knightbood which was offered to him
last week by Queen Victoria His rea-
sons we're that the tendencies were
democratic and hence In opposition to
nfsnors OF that kind. There used to be
Q notion that every English subject was
had mad for titles. but II has received
many severe setbacks In recent years.
kcnae 10 as noble does Ia the broader
view 81 to-day. and titles do not add
mueh real nobility
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
Efe Not Brft,e.

81 Cloud, Mimi. Jan. 1.-THE al
legged sensational testimony which n
was supposed would be forthcoming
against j. III. Coates In the now cele.
Drated Coates-Han legislative contest
q thus far developed nothing more
tnan a few facts that Coates was lib
era with ms money, but nothing Of a
damaging nature has developed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21

However disgraeefuIIy the American
wives Of foreign noblemen may con
duct themselves, little sympathy VIII
be felt On this side Of the water for the
selfish weaklipgs who married them
for their money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-21
Sax Months I'm Hail.

st. Paul. Jan. 15.-Elmer n How,
e~x-postoffice clerk of Faribault WIZ
pieaded guilty 0 the unlawful dlsposi-
.Ion or lo,OoO 2-cent postage stamrs.
IN the united States district court was
sentenced TO six months Imprisonment
In the county jail at Faribanlt.