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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21

Bates Soper, the butcher who killed
his wife and two children at Archie,
Mo-, and was arrested near Ashland,
Ore. and brought back. pleaded not
guilty when arraigned. His trial was
set for Nov. %.
Lying in a clump Of tall weeds with
a revolver by her side and a bullet
hole In her left temple. the body OF a
young woman, supposed 10 be Jennie
Oates. twenty years old. was found al
Chicago. The young woman commit
ted suicide as the result OF a lovers
quarrel.
Charles fiysaii and Bert Wines, say
a Pomeroy. Ohio. special. W mem
bers of a gang that has terrorized the
inhabitants of this county, have been
arrested. Hysall was about TO be mar
ried, and, In fact. was standing at his
brides side when the officers sudden
ly appeared. Wines was a guest %
the wedding.
The home of Francis III. Scott. pres
ident of the Century Magazine COM
pany in Orange, n. j.. was entered by
thieves and articles of wearing APP
parel and household goods amounting
10 $4,000 in value stolen. The police
arrested three persons and have recov-
cred most of the property. One or
them is a woman, Mary Rogers, alias
Chicago May"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21

p. u. Studebaker. the carriageInaker
OF South Pend, Ind, died at the SAM
tarium at Alma, Mich.
ID. G. Fairchild has been appointed
to have charge of the seed and plant
importation division of the department
of agriculture.
Capt. James r. White. ex-congress-
man, died at Fort Wayne, Ind. He
was n Of the wealth!est and most
prominent business men in Northern
Indiana.
Lieut.. Commander ID. Kennedy has
been ordered TO duty as inspector of
the Eleventh lighthouse district at De-
troit upon the detachmane of Commo-
dore Folger.
The London Post announces hat a
marriage has been arranged between
Count Charles Seilern and Miss Antoin-
cite Woerishoffer. daughter Of the late
Charles Woerisboffer of New York.
Rev. Father l.. +. Kcarney, o. u.
OF st. Thomas church. GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
has been elected provincial If the DO
minican Order in the United States.
This is the highest dignity that can be
conferred in the order.
Thomas William Adams, who was
prominent in the Tammany society A.
years ago. and who was chairman of
the committee which escorted the body
of President Monroe 10 Richmond, Va.
died at his home in Brooklyn, aged 10
years.
Thomas w. Adams, who was prom
inent in the Tammany society forty
five years ago and who was chairman
OF the committee which escorted the
body of President Monroe to Rich
mond, Va, died at his home in Brook
Ign, aged se~venty-ive years.
Horatio G.. King has been nominated
for congress by the Shepherd or Inde,
pendent Democracy of the Third dis
trict of New York. where a vacancy ex-
lists in consequence of Francis III. Will
sons resignation to accept the post
mastershp at Brooklyn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Coursing AT EInndrcnu.

Flandreau, s.. d., Special.-Flandreau
will have a coursing meet Oct. % and
%, instead of the 14th and 18th, as
has been advertised. Over 500 has
been hung up in prizes. and some of
the best dogs Of the Northwest will
be present. The stake Is limited to six
teen dogs. The purse will be divided
into three moneys-$50 for the first, $50
for the second and SO each for third
and fourth dog. j. Irwin Royce of
Minneapolis will act as judge Of the
meeting. He needs no introduction to
the coursing people. A good slipper
will also be in attendance. The best
of hotel and livery accommodations can
be had at reasonable rates. F1andreau
lies forty miles north Of Sioux Falls,
about seventy miles south of Water
town and fifteen miles west OF Pipe
stone, and can be reached by the Mil
waukee road, which makes good con
nections with all other roads. A pre-
viousd date was advertised, but, owing
TO the fact that it confiicted with the
national meet at Davenport, Iowa, the
date has been changed. Any one wish
ing entry blanks can secure them by
applying to A. j. George, secretary Of
the Flandreau Coursing club, Elan
dreau, =. ID. An entrance fee of So will
be charged.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Hack Hills Fair.

Sturgis, S. D., Special. = The Black
Hills fair has closed. There is some
question whether the association will
meet all of its obligations from the
proceeds of this years fair, because
the attendance has been unusually
small, owing to the cold weather. The
races were unusually fine, probably
the best ever held in the hills. The
fire tournament was one of the chief
attractions. On the first day Sturgis
won the hook and ladder contest, and
Deadwood hose team the wet contest.
IN the second day, in the hook and
ladder contest, Sturgis won first, Dead
wood second; wei contest, Deadwood
first, Hot Springs second; novelty O
zle contest, Deadwood first and second:
hydrant contest, Deadwood first and
second; hub and hub, Deadwood first.
Hot Springs second: ladder contest,
Sturgis first and second.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Washington Talk.

Assistant Secretary of War Mikel-
john left Washington on a tour Of IN
spection of military posts in the West.
Before returning to Washington he ex-
poets to visit all the headquarters of
the military departments of Dakota,
Platte, Columbia. California and Tex
as. and intermediate army posts and
stations.
The bureau Of foreign commerce OF
the state department is just now bust
ly engaged in the preparation for pub
LEGATION of the volume known as
Commercial Relations Of the United
States embodying annual reports
from United States consuls in every
country In the world upon the trade
conditions in their respective districts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Foreign Notes.

There is n report at London that
France will try to annex Siam.
The Reichs bank, Berlin, has raised
its rate OF discount from 4 20 5 per
cent.
The president has appointed Rafael
MaGEigal of Maryland United States
consul at Cartagena, Colombia.
The budget committee of the French
chamber of deputies has voted to in
crease the standing army by 1900.
The reichsrath censured the Ger.
man Nationalist Iro and the anti.
Semitic Gregories for insulting each
other during a debate in the house.
The sultan has appointed the minis
ter of foreign affairs, Tewik Pasha, as
the plenipotentiary of Turkey to ne
gotiate the defective peace treaty with
Greece.
The municipal expenses of London
are $70,0O0 900. The municipal ex-
penses of Paris are $65,O00,000. The
municipal expenses of New York are
$40,000.0O0.
The Bank of England has raised the
price of eagles a half-penny per ounce.
This, and it's raising of the price of
bar gold will avert ii is expected, Il
further advance on the bank rate this
week.
Attorney General McKenna has sus-
tanned the customs officials in their
contention that diamonds imported
into this country from another country
not contiguous TO Canada must pay a
discriminating duty Of 10 per cent.
The British government Will be I'M
able TO fulfill the promise of the chan
cellor Of the exchequer to give the
United States silver commissioners a
reply early during the present month.
The British want fuller details.
A deputation from the town of Cas-
tellane, in Observation-Disclosures
France, has invited Comte Boniface de
Castellane to contest it's parliamentary
sea- at the mex election against NJ.
Francois Delocie, the well known
deputy.
The transfer of the congressional
library from the capitol to the new
library building has been completed.
The library has been closed since the
LIST Of August, and it is now claimed
tnat the removal, with the incidental
displacement and packing Of books,
papers, ETC., is the quickest eve made
in so extensive a library.
A dispatch 10 the London rc'ly Mail
from Madrid says: missioned
secretary by the queen Icg,pt, Father
Co,onna, a well known Jesuit, has re-
Gently visited Barcelona and distribut-
ed gifts to the widows and children OF
anarchists executed at Montjuich fort
ress in recent years.
That the British government is at lbs
wits end to secure the additional TO-
600 men which parliament will be
asked to add to the permanent strength
Of the army. is shown by the plan
elaborated by the war Office, by which
the volunteers of Great Britain will he
liable for service abroad in case Of
a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Taking sheep Into low a.

Huron. s. d., Special.-Thomas Kim
ball of Billings. Mont. has passed
through with 5000 head Of sheep for
lie Mars, Iowa, 10 feed during the
winter. He will wiater as least 1900
head at that place. Referring TO the
sheep industry Mr.. Kimhall said the
past season had been n very prosper
II for flock owners. He says eff
forts are being made TO improve the
grades of sheep i'm Montana, and that
focks generally are being culled of in
ferior stock. He added that the in
dustfy in South Dakota is in much
better condition than for several years.
and that sheep owners had Jared well
the past year.-Dr. T. NJ. Shanafelt of
this city, superintendent Of Baptist
missions. has been directed by the
general association TO prepare q his
tory Of the Baptist church in this
state. He has already entered upon
the work. and when completed it will
be an interesting and valuable docu-
ment.-C. Il. Burtt, n bicyclist from
Decatur, ILL.,, has arrived here on his
wheel on his way to Vancouver, b. C..
and expects to complete the trip the
latter part of November. The distance
to be covered is about 1900 miles
Jacob Brown, for many years a civil
engineer in the employ of the Chicago
u Northwestern railway. has moved
his family from Volga to this city to
reside Mrs. j. s. Oliver and Mrs. J.
A. Cleaver of this city were chosen
president and secretary. respectively.
OF the Presbyterian Missionary society
at its state meeting in Madison.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Accidental Happenings.

George Conklin, a hackman. was
killed in a runaway at Mason City,
Iowa.
Wallace and Viola Sedo, aged four
and two, died at Black Creek. Wis. as
a result of eating poisonous berries in
the woods.
An explosion In n tunnel on the Mex
lean National railroad at Monterey.
Mex, killed four men and injured
ten others.
While Eli Stedman of Wrightsville,
Wis. was hunting. his gun was dis
charged and his head was blown to
fragments. He was about twenty
years old.
Roy Longley. a sixteen-year-old boy,
was fatally injured in a runaway at
Missoula. Mont. and died one hour
after the accident. He was driving a
team which became frightened at a
switch engine.
A little girl about five years old, n
daughter of Fred Hamman, a farmer
near Prescott. Wis, was burned TO
death, her clothes catching fire from n
burning straw stack around which she
was playing.
Mrs. Emma Malm of Omaha wan
dered away from home at Corning.
Iowa, and cannot be found. She was
forty three years old. The authorities
are dragging all ponds and rivers in
the vicinity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
NEW NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Bright Prospects for the IDstitution
nj SDriugneld s. ID.


Sioux Falls, s. D., Special.-The new
state normal school at Springfield has
opened with an enrolment Of forty-one
pupils, with several more to come,
which will swell the attendance to ut
least fifty In a very short time. Prof.
j. =. FraZce, formerly of the faculty of
yermiIlion university, has been APP
pointed president of the institution by
the state board of regents, n is now
occupying rooms in the building and
looking after the interests of h in
stitution. Prof. j. w. Whiting, former
ly principal of the city schools, has
been chosen to assist him, and the
future prospects of the institution are
bright. Charles Hill, cashier of the
Bank Of Springfield, has been appoint
cd custodian of the property, and rep
resents the regents locally, and Is tax
ing great interest in the work, being
determined, as also seem to be the re-
gents. that the school shall equal any
normal school In the state. Our citi-
zens justly feel proud OF the building
which has been erected by their ef-
forts. almost unaided outside of the
town and its immediate vicinity. The
portion which has been completed and
is now occupied is the left wing. The
structure is two stories and basement
and is 40x70 feet in size. 1t is built OF
the famous Sioux Falls jasper,
trimmed with Hot Springs red sand
stone, and is pronounced by the re-
gents TO be the best public building in
the state, size alone excepted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
In SOUTH DAKOTA
PROFIT IN
Charlie Hovnrd's Big Profits for II
Y~car=CattIe mt $40.

Charlie Hownrd's big Prohts for Il
Y~car-CattIe mt $40.
Huron, S. D., Special. - Fire nearly
destroyed the large barn o nthe }. D..
Robbins place, and came very near
causing great loss to neighboring prop
erty.
c. X. Howard. the veteran cattle
man of the Cheyenne river. states that
n more favorable season has not peen
experienced on the range. Cattle VIII
go into the winter in prime conuitlon,
and with an abundance of feed, wnich
insures a very small loss, niles the
winter is unusually severe. Mr.. HOW
ard is truly n cattle king, n has
amassed his fortune in less than ten
years by hard work, and, as he says,
by using lust ordinary COW sense.
He Is si~xty-three years old. His ship
ment his fall will net him $4,000.
Contrary to the usual practice of cattle
men who ship in their cattle from the
south, Mr.. Howard raises his own
stock, and has now on h range ABOUT
5000 head.
Foster & Thompson, breeders of Dur
ham cattle. turned off a bunch OF TWO
~year-olds and yearlings. The two.
year-olds averaged 1.230 pounds. n
brought $40 a head. The yeariings
weighed 900 pounds and brought $50
each. These cattle had never tasted
grain. were raised and fattened for the
market on the grasses of the Jim river
valley. Some of the yearlings were
born as late as June, 1896. Foster d
Thompson have n fine stock farm but
q few miles south of Huron.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
CHURCHES PROSPER.
Reports From the Methodist Fteid
i'm south Dakota Favorable.

Ccports From the Methodist Field
i'm south Dakot Favorable.
Mitchell. S. D., Special.-A business
session OF the state Methodist confer
cnce was held at Dakota university, a
protege of the conference. Presiding
elders from each of the five districts
made their reports on various fiocks
in their charge. and the churches all
seem TO be in n prosperous condition
despite the hard times OF the past few
years. All ministers present made re-
ports of financial receipts and ex-
penseS during the year for various
Proposes satisfactory TO the confer
ence. There is some talk among the
ministers that a change will likely oc-
cur in two of the presiding elderships,
conditions not being pleasant in the
charges. Bishop Warren and DIR.
Paine of New York addressed the con-
ference on educational matters.
Conference officers were elected as
follows; Secretary, j. u. Jenkins,
with G. l.. Watson and a. S. Shep-
herd assistants: treasurer. ID. Rifen-
back. with w. Il. Stewart and o. Ii.
Sprout assistants; statistical secretary,
A. +. Jones. with G. +. Matteson, j.
b. Dibble. \. j. Jolly, w. III. Cory and
H.. 5. Coon assistants.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Matters.

Milbank. S. d., Specialize Congre-
gationalists, who have been without Il
pastor for several months, have given
a call to Rev. Mr.. Fitch of Denver,
Colo.-A number Of Milbank's citizens,
who went away a few years ago, are
returning, among them George w.
Haws, one of the earliest settlers, will
open a grocery store.-Threshing o n
tiguous TO the city is about done and
machines are moving further out.
Wheat has been coming in lively in
the last few days.-Mortgage fcreclos-
ures, either real or chattel, are very
rare The creamery will pay its pat
rons 20 cents this month for cream
There is not a vacant house in town.
Quite a number are boarding for the
want of a house to live in.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Criminal

May Darling tried to kill Attorney
Powell at Cleveland, alleging that he
ruined her.
Fred Hicken was placed in jail at
Fond du Lac, Wis, on a charge of
having beaten his ~fiye-year-old son to
death.
In a fight between settlers and shep-
herds in Long Valley. WASH. n man
named Barber a killed and several
persons injured.
Jerry Mahoney. n dock laborer, was
found with a broken skull back of a
saloon at Marquette, Mich. A jury de-
cided that he was murdered. There Is
no clue.
John Lenning. a notorious cattle
rustler who has operated in Montana
and Idaho, was captured at French
tewn. Missoula county. Mont. by Sher-
if Mclaughlin, and lodged in jail.
1t is reported ON good authority that
Ole Bargett, a wealthy farmer nine
miles south of Glenwood, Wis. was
killed by his wife by striking him on
the head with an az.
Nicholas Burbach. an ex-United
States soldier recently h%onorably dis
charged from Fort Sheridan, COM
mitted suicide at Chicago by shooting
himself in the temple. 1t is believed
that Burbach had been dissipating
since his recent discharge.
At Four-M Mile House, a notorious re-
sort near Fort Missoula, Mont, Dick
Phillips. of Company II, Twenty-fifth
infantry, shot and fatally wounded Zoe
Moore. a prostitute. Jealousy led to
the shooting. The woman will recov-
er. Phillips is In Jail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21

The late Sir Isaac Holden, who died
recently In England at the age of nine
ty-one, had an interesting career. He
was the son of a working miner, and
began work himself at the age of ten,
but his thirst for knowledge led him
to seize every opportunity of study. He
invented the lucifer match while teach
ing in a school at Reading. Before
he was thirty he had made important
inventions in wooden machinery, and
he soon became the head of an enor-
nous manufacturing business which
now employs four thousand workmen
in It's factories in England, France and
Belgium. His habits Of life were sim
pie, and his conduct was shaped by
strong religious convictions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21

There has been a meeting of the EN-
peror of Germany and the King OF
Italy at Homburg. with the usual ac-
compartment OF barquets. toasts and
military reviews. Emperor Williams
speech was noticeable for the empha-
sis which he placed upon the Dreibund
the alliance between Germany, AUS
tria and Italy-and his declaration that
1t stands ''unshakable and firm" King
IS reply was cordial, but less
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
starts With No Incubus.

Bryant. s. d., Specialize Congre-
g%ational church of this place was
formally dedicated on Sunday. Rev.
G. Nj. Daily, state superintendent of
Sunday schools, and a number of 9th.
err visiting clergymen We're present to
assist in the service. The structure
was dedicated free from debt. Rev.
Julius Stevens is pastor, and the re.
markable financial success of the
church is due very largely to his man.
%ageinent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Otherwise.

Many farmers near Belle PLANE,
Kas., report that graSshoppers are do
ing considerable damage to growing
wheat this fall.
The Methodist conference, before
adjournment at Dubuque, Iowa. voted
almost unanimously in favor of equal
lay representation.
Miss Clara Barton, president Of the
American Red Cross society, has re-
turned from the international Red
Cross conference at Vienna.
1t is said that a party of wealthy
friends have offered to buy a 10000
hotel Mt Dawson City, Alaska, and es-
tablish Jim Corbett as manager.
Forty head of blooded cattle on
Hackerett & Fifield's ranch, near Al
ton. Kas., died from eating volunteer
growth sorghum sugar cane recently.
The Degroff Bros forty-acre lease
of lead and zinc lands, and their big
concentrating plant at Empire. Kas.,
have been sold TO a syndicate for
$4,000 cash.
Grasshoppers and chinch bugs i'm
large numbers are reported In the
south part Of Dickinson county Kan
sas, doing much damage in the fields
of new wheat.
Nebraska grain men predict that at
least 20O,000,000 bushels of the states
corn crop will be stored. and not be
placed on the market until next years
crop is assured.
A. +. Love, justice Of the peace at
Macon, Mo-, will give a solid. silver
spoon. engraved with the brides name
and date OF ceremony to each couple
married by him before New Years.
There is a great dearth of cotton
pickers in Noble, Payne and Lincoln
counties, o. Il. The farmers report
that they could furnish employment
TO 5000 cotton pickers for the next
month.
The btmetallic commissioners who
remain in Europe are enjoying a holi.
day while waiting for the reply of the
British government to their proposals.
Senator and Mrs. Wolcott are In CarIs-
bad, and ex-yice President Stevenson
and Miss Stevenson are sojourning In
Paris.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
SORROW At HURON
The Death of Sterling Causes Much
Putn There.


Putn There.
Huron, s. d., Special. The an
nouncement of the death at Omaha Of
William Il. Sterling, late of this city,
creates profound sorrow here. The
deceased was born ut Dixon, ILL.,. thir-
ty-siX years ago, and was a graduate
of the high school OF that city. He
came here with his parents i'm 1880.
His mother died a few years later.
then his sister, Mrs. George Love. He
graduated from the law department Of
the University of Wisconsin, and be-
gan his professional career here as an
attorney. He was one of the most
successful in the state, and as an ora
tor had few equals. He married Miss
Olive Underwood at Dixon, ILL.,, six
years ago, and she survives him. His
interment will probably take place in
Dixon. where his oldest sister is
buried.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21

Pierre, S. d., Special. - For some
reason not given out the prosecutions
against the auditors Office were not
commenced as expected. Gov. Lee and
Public Examiner Taylor left the city.
and 1t is not probable any action will
be taken until their return. No com
plants have been filed yet, but when
they are filed they will charge embez-
element and Justification of public rec
ords. While 1t cannot be positively
learned. 1t is generally believed that
the complaints in the case will be made
by the public examiner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Queen wilhelmina of the Neither

Queen Wilhelmina of the Neither
nds has dismissed the princeling
Sicked out by her mother, and afirms
that she means to wait until 1893
when she will be nineteen years old
and then choose a husband for herself.
What the Dutch statesmen think, is not
reported, but all young ladies of Will
helmina's age are convinced that, under
such a queen, Holland will be a good
country to live in.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21
Might Raise -.

A nouveau richie na me- 70 F.
ceeded in joining the ,Jo.,' Aasa
London, the most ero,ns,'
England. Being somewh.. y
offensive in the card u0ig
noon, Lord Cavendish V ~ one
Look here, Mason. II ra SAD %
from TINS club l will give ~ ~
Mason left the room in h., ~ Y
ton, and, meeting tho ",sa nd
Queensberry on the stajrr ma'aa1
the incident, adding. awsy Y
shall l do about thisy s syA |
ment's reflection, sand a,,ss
make it 1000" lal