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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
FRIpAY,s

Pierre, Jan. @.-In the senate yesterday
\ resolution was introduced f%ovorably re-
porting an appropriation of $4,000 for the
construction of a sewer from the state in
referred to a committee to be appointed
tor that purpose to visit the ground.
The bill to prevent appeals to the sn.
judgment is less than SIS passed both
houses.
The bill providing for the safe keeping of
the county funds, making banks give Sc
;urity and releasing treasurers, passed the
house.
The bill making the legal interest OH
per cent. and providing for the forfeiture
of the principal and interest in case of
usury, was reported fayorably by the COM
A bill was passed by the senate abolish
ing the officers of quartermaster and as
sistants and inspector and assistants and
transferring their duties to the adjutant
general.
Senator King introduced a bill making it
unlawful for any Judge. state officer or
member of the legislature to solicit rail-
road passes for himself and family. There
is nothing in this bill prohibiting a Judge
from accepting a pass if it is rendered
Representative Sweet introduced i'll the
house a bill providing for the assessment
B 81 nhlh HIS p pre sssed In ne IN nas and 11 ne {he
big stamp mills, reduction works and.
smelters are now listed as machinery. 1t
mas peen estimated tflat the Hltle square
covering the great Homestead mine
should pay as great an amount of taxes as
the most %popuious agricultural count in
the state and the method of making as
easements will be revised. A we'll known
Black Hills miner declares that the min
Ing companies nave fought against such
a measure for years and that this move
ment will be the means of bringing to
Pierre all the mining corporations attor,
neys in efforts to defeat the proposed
plan.
The Milwaukee brewers and the state
brewers are at war. Representatives from
p musMauke Of d the 1 Ranff Mho ei bil VIII 5has ke eee
them out Of the state and that the people
will be obliged to drink Sioux Falls beer.
They regard the Kaufman bill as drawn
particularly with a view to home protec-
ton.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
RECALLS REIGN OF TERROR
Promise OF Marriage Between Miss
Marat and Ferdinand Dnnton.

New York, Feb. 3.-There is promise
of marriage, as the stately bans in the
Church of st. German l.Auxerois ex.
press it, between Mile. Viviane Marai
of Paris and Ferdinand>Danton il, OF
New York. Thus are to be united after
the lapse of 100 years and more tbs
lanes of two heroes of the reign of ter.
ror who were enemies in life.
Miss Viviane's father is a millionaire
and She is a graceful woman, whose por.
trait. painted by Lefevre, was IN the sa.
Ion last year.. The Danton family is not
wealthy and Ferdinand is a portrait
painter. He lives with his father at No.
219 West Fifty-third street.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

A curious department is run n the
tfosston papers in connection with no
t.ces OF births. marriages and deaths.
y is called Marriage Intentions" and
yr1der that heard are printed the names
pfss engaged couples who, by the way,
;Nrve to file the notice of their betrothal
At the city registers Office.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

A case that has bafied physicipns in
New Jersey is that OF Miss Anna Carl
son OF Lower Alloway. a small settle
ment in Salem county. Her affection
. with her eyes. While she sees all OBJ
jects readily and clearly, in taking up
leading matter Of any kind the letters
become inverted. az
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
BENIN MAssAcRE's ORIGIN
King Did Not Wish the Whites te
Witness n Butchery OF Slaves.


London, Feb. 3.-A dispatch from
Brass, West Africa, says that it hal,
been learned that the origin of the re
cent massacre by the King of Benin o'
the British expedition under Consul
General j.. r. Phillips is found in tn,
fact that the king was performing 3
ceremony involving the annual butch,
cry OF slaves, and that he did not wan,
any white men present at the time.
On this account Consul General Phil.
lips and the officers accompanying him
were slaughtered without mercy. Thi.
annual killing of slaves is a custom
which has prevailed for any years ir
Benin City. The King of Benin calls II
making his father" On account of thf.
custom and other murderous habits OF
the natives, Benin City has been called
1.-The City of Blood
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
Pensions Gran.ed.

Washington. Feb. s.-Pensions were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa: Original-Charles r. Anderson.
Farley; Alfred Brooke, West Liberty;
Francis L. Scott. Mt. Ayr. Increase
Alonzo johnson. Widow-Alice NJ. Cress,
Colfax.
South Dakota: original-Thomas II.
Black, Hot Springs.
Nebraska: Original-John Thorpe, We
roma; Alvap Copper, Lexington.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

San Francisco is soon to have the
largest plant in the world for disposing
OF city refuse by fire. The building will
be Of brick and iron, with a huge CHM
ney 200 fest high for its mos striking
feature. There are to be thirty-two
furnaces, with a combined capacity for
reducing to ashes 400 tons a day OF ma
terial gathered by the municipal scav-
engers. The plant Is to be constructed,
operated and owned by a private cor
poration.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

A product called wire glass; which,
Vt is asserted, presents and effective
barrier against fire. consists simply of
y meshwork of wire embedded In a
glass plate. Even when licked by
lanes and raised to q red heat 1t does
not fall to pieces, n 1t moi only resists
the heat OF fire. but also the s%hattering
effects of cold water poured over it
while 1t is yet glowing hot.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 2.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. $500: market slow, 5QI0c lower.
Light and medium. sa.S5Qs.A; heavy, ss.&
Cattle-Receipts, 5000: market steady.
Native \ ! steers, best $. so94.1S. fair to g9ol
$50, fair to good s1.sS0s.00: bulls. SS.SSGa
300; stockers and feeders, SO. 2oa4 .05; Tex
ans and westerns, s2.7Da8.90; calves $1,000
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

Liberty tree, which stands at the
northern end OF Thames street, New
aort, r. l., has been transferred by the
leirs of the original owner to the New
port Historical society. The tree dates
nack to 1865, and commentaries New
Iort's opposition to the stamp act.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

A citizen Of Denver, Colo, has passed
through many exciting experiences with
indians. desperadoes, highwaymen and
gamblers and shows but one scar, a
Jagged mark ON his forehead, and that,
he says. is from a hurt ME received
when a boy at a Sunday school picnic
In Springfield, Mass.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

A list of persons in Philadelphia
wsrth over $4,000. published in 1s45,
contained 718 names. There were only
tel m~illtonaires. The Stephen Girard
.s ate leads with $4,000, 900, nearly one-
seyenth Of the wealth of the whole list.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
ClevcInnd n New york.

Washington, Jan. 2s.-President Cleve-
land. accompanied by Secretary La
mont. left Washington on the II a. m.
Pennsylvania train for New York. He,
will attend the annual diDner OF the
New York Academy of Medicine at Car
negie hall this evening: The president
will be the guest Of DR.. Bryant during
his stay in New York and will return to
Washington tomorrow.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

- = fSo&I1fSi7i4N'D. .
Pierre, Feb. mo lew business was
transacted in either branch of the legis-
iature Saturday. Many of'the members
were absent.
A joint committee to visit the penal
and charitab BILE Institutions was appoint.
ed, consisting of Representatives
Wright. Williamson. Storlie, Anderson
of k~ingsbury, and Senator's Jackson,
B~urlingame and King.
Senator Kyle has appointed NJ. w.
Sheafe. colonel. and Fl. S. Volkmar, cap
tain. representatives of the state Ma
tional Guard to participate in the in
sugural exercises of President McKin.
is1- - ---.-.-- ------
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
south Omaha.

South Omaha, Feb. 2.--Hogs-Receints
$500: official yesterday. 1873; shipmennts''
none; market slow and weak. Quotations:
Heavy, $3.10G3.25; mixed and light, S3.I51
$50. @
Cattle-Receipts. $500: official yesterday.
1851; shipments, 3O7; market steady.
Sheep--Receipts, 1900; official yesterday.
2,0o8; shipments, 1888; market steady.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

"A few weeks ago Mrs. Mary Moore OF
Muncie, Ind, was smoking a pipe in
led and set fire to the clothes over her,
almost losing her life. The new skin
growing on the burned places is as soft
as a child's. The family say Mrs.
Moore's silver locks are turning the
Jet black they were forty years ago.
The old lady says she is recovering her
youth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

Medical students in Vermont who,
according to their own confession, were
guilty OF grave robbing have been made
IN example OF. Before Judge Munson
Of the supreme court one was fined
E,5O0 and the other 81, 900, and in default
nf payment the former was committed
10 tail
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
The II Rurst.

The meeting of the billet pool ended
in a dissolution of the pool at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. The matter Of settling
n financial matters was referred to the
executive committee which will refund
all moneys this coming week.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Feb. Wheat was
weak aud sold down ne in the mornIng.
February, 7lEe: May. 71ae: July. IKE;
September, 6ssse. On traok. No. hard.
73ssac.. No. northern, 7llMc: No. 2 northern,
1850 bushels.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
Created y scnsatiun.

Pierre. Feb. 2.-,rhere was a full-sized
sensation here last night over the claim
made by the republicans and admitted
by Kyle that Picker had been legally
elected United States senator from
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

Irhe agricultural department officially
states that the effect OF the Raines law
IN New York, which forbids the saloons
20 Offer free lunches, closes an annual
s1arfket for about Is milton pounds of
.heesNe.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

Popea Leo is moi likely to live much
tonger.SS He is SO years old and i n a very
feeble condition His daily diet now is
egg AID old wine, which, however,
n1e very sustaining and nutritious
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
Chicago.

Chicago. Feb. 2.-Hogs-Receipts, $1,000,
markets slow at yesterdays close. QUO,
%tations:, Heavy. 8. 354s.47lia; mixed, $s.SOa
500: light, S.SOG3.521s; rough heavy, $S.%
Cattle-Receipts, $500; market steady.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900: market easy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
Advised TO Keep Away.

London, Feb. 3.-The, emigration office
acting upon information furnished by A
J. Van Sittart, British consul at Chicago
has issued . warning advising English
anen aHainet emigration to South Dakota
under conditions involving payments to
colonizing axentD or companies.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
BILLET POOL.
A Complete Disorganizatlons Now
Expected.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 29.-The Ameri-
can Bessemer association, or billet pool,
went into session this morning. The
special committee appointed to concilf-
ate dissatisfied members reported that
they had seen all firms; some refused to
enter any agreement whatever, while
others would entertain no proposition,
except that Of selling their tonnage to a
new pool. The report was discussed in
a heated manner, but no final action
will be taken until late in the day. A
complete Reorganization is expected by
some Of the participating manufacture
arc EE.HH .- eaH- s2H nrE E
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
THE MARKETS.
sioux O,y Live stupl.

Sioux City. Feb. 2.-sioux City Stock
Observation-Disclosures: Heavy, s.. 12,a
S.25: mixed and light, s.. 9093.s 5.
Cattie-Quotations: Cows and heifers.
81 .OG@3. 40; stoclers and feeders, 81. Coal. Id.
calves and y%earlings, 81. ONGM 90; bulls. sisH
M3.45; veals, 50. GOAT 100.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
THURsDAY's ~PRoCEEpINGs.

IfiUft5DA1 5
Pierre. jan. 29.-The Palmer railroad bill
debate on passenger and freight rates.
The populists are on record as voting for a
maximum passenger rate and against a
maximum freight rate, which more direct
ly affects the farmers.
A bill was introduced to license travelling
men.
A memorial to congress asking that Fort
Meade be made a permanent military post
was passed.
A commission to inquire into the respec-
tive merits of the supervisor and commits
bioner eystem of county government was
provided for in the senate.
s.. II. Goodfellow was appointed to a
nlerkshfp.
The state dispensary law was reported
adversely and will be defeated today.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

This plaeard is displayed in a Phila-
delphia barber shop: ''For the conven
Of patrons, brush and comb are
provided for each. No brush and comb
will be used twice without washing.
Our barber will mot receive any extras.
Please do not offer any" Outside the
shop a colored mar has q boot black
ing stand, over which Is the sign:
Pedal teguments artistically illumin-
Ated and fabricated for the 8inin.teslmal
compensation Of 5 cent? per operation
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
A sharp Trick.

LL .EL m+E = !. b1H
Vermillion, Feb. 2.-Another whisky
joint was opened III in this city this
week in a livery stable. Som time ago
a raid was made on the same place by
the officers of the county assisted by
several of h students of the university
and enough wet goods We're found to
place the building under temporary In
junction. The building has been closed
since that time. One day this week the
owner Of the stable Went to the consta-
bic and asked for the keys to the build
ing IN order that he might mix some
medicine In, his Office. AS a result the
same gang of whisky sellers are running
another joint in the same room. Two
prominent attorneys OF Yankton have
given 1t as their opinion that their pos
session will hold good, since the keys
were handed over by the constable and
possession given the owner OF the place.
Every precaution Is taken against an
kept in small quantities in a back room.
Heavy doors and partitions have been
constructed which make Ii almost i'm
possible for a raid to he made success
fully. Confederates there are by the
score, who, at the first report of any
thing suspicious. inform the proprietors
within, and in short order every bottle,
jug and beer key is broken and the con-
tents thrown away. When the officers
finally force their entrance there is not
much bottled goods to be seen. The
last raid was planned and successfully
carried into execution by several OF the
university students.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE

WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, Jan 2,-The railroad bill It's
second reading and will come up for final
s ser;ons 'o ob1se,,o msn q q thl 81 iii a % an n at,
tempt Will be made to substitute the orig
NAL Wheeler bill.
funds IN banks Secured to lie county was
made q special order for today.
The house decided to increase the SAL
aries of mine inspectors from S,0M to
Tine resolution to prohibit the introduce
ton OF bills after the fortieth day of the
sion will run the full sixty days.
The following important new billh were
introduced:
BY Dollard, amending the law govern
ing the state canyassinE board.
By Anderson of Pennington, that a GER
dflcate that articles of Incorporation had
been filed with the secretary of state be
legal evidence of such corporate existence.
BY Wright. appropriating money to pay
territorial warrants issued sin ls62 for
militia purpose.
BY F!orlie, to amend the constitution by
providing a manner of investing the
school funds.
legislative membership to the lowest CON
stltutionsl limit, providing for the report
of the committee on ap"portionment not
later than the fortieth day.
The house passed Benson's resolution
tor an amendment to the constitution pro-
viding for the initiative and referendum.
I'll Legislative GlacIIneuts 10 De submitted
to the people for ratification before be-
coming laws.
A number of republicans voted for this
resolution.
The valued policy insurance policy bill
was reported favorable and will be finally
acted upon today.
judicial district was defeated by three
votes.
The joint resolution introduced by Sen
ator Chase, reafflrming allegiance to the
doctrine Of protection was defeated, and
the %populists offered a substitute, declar,
Ing for bimetallisln, a non-partisan board
to fx a tariff and reciprocity with BIZ
metallic nations. h substitute was
adopted.
These bills were introduced:
BY Sage. to reimburse Public Examiner
Hemingway, Sl3G.
BY Stewart, defining the liability of tele-
graph companies.
BY Sickler, extending the time when
taxes for 1886 shall be delinquent to July l.
The bill fixing the amount of the treas
urer's bond at 500 600 pa ssed rhe senate.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
a Natural Query.

7 ITutH.
Brown see that Congressman Smith
died the other day.
Jones-Was there any death-bed repent,
| anreD E-FEE
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

To a young lady who declared that
Kentucky produced the handsomest
women, h fastest horses and the best
whisky on earth, General Grant once
made reply: 81 unequivocally indorse
The first part OF your statement. Az TO
the horses, l admit that also. for / own
come OF them myself. and I am consid-
Fred a good judge OF horsefiesh. But
vs. to the whisky, you vii pardon me If
! doubt your position. Whisky, in or
der to be good must be old. and your
Kentucky men drink 1t up SO fast that
1t doesn't have time to get old"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06

charleAs W. Fairbanks, Indiana's
Z new se1laASor. WAS the Associated Press
agent at FNetsburg in 1873.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
His ph,rd Victim.

~Larchmont. N. Y, Jan. 29.-Gertrud+
Palmer, the third victim of the murder
frenzy OF Arthur Palmer, her broth
81. 2ied at / o'clock this morning.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-06
KIM AIaL GRAPHIC
/. Ii. TINAN Publisher,
zlMBALL, SOUTH DAkoTA

NyAr~tE FsSAENE ManHfEFI sHeEg
Among other pretty myths and ira
aitions / fear We will have to give up
that OF Grub street. says Sir Walter
Besant In the Queen. My friends there
neyer was any Grub street. The ragged
poets did NOT take garrets in Grub
street. That street is now called Nil
ton street; until quite recently there
Was q little square cour opening out OF
Grub street In which it would have been
u pleasure to live at any time. Well.
but how did that legend arise? Pope
invented It Pope delighted to heap
corn upon the minor bardes, and, since
nothing is easiez. than to put on an ap-
peaiaiiee and air Of scorn, he has been
initiated ever since. At the present day
u Is a distinguishing mark or sign Of
= minor poet that he nus an
attitude of scorn towards other minor
iuets witt as lofty a superiority as Pope
himself."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-09

The true story of the visit Of little
Dorothy Drew, Mr.. Gladstone's favor
ite grandchild, to the Queen of Eng
land, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
has never been told in detail. 1t is
known that the little maiden was sent
for by royalty and royalty entertained,
that she lunched with the Queen,
and that her parents and her grand
father were duly delighted, but as to
the details themselves nothing is
known. 1t will therefore be of inter
est to give the conversation which en-
sued between the Queen and Dorothy
just as it took place:
81 hope you are always good little
girl Dorothy"
eyes, ma'am, always-though
sometimes l squint.
That ism very nice habit.
mo, ma am, an I amt goin' to
squirt today, cause Tommy Kitchens
said that Queens always cures little
girls of squintin' by cuttin' off their
heads. Doesn't your crown hurt you,
ma ann"
mo, dear, 1 only wear it once in a
long time.
Tommy Hichens said you KEEP it
in bandbox under the head OF the
bed. Mamma told NE mustn't ask
for more mullins"
won't you have another dear?"
Eyes, ma am. Tommy said if /
sing'd God Save the Queen for you,
mebbe you'd give me two dishes of
ice-cream. Grandpa says l talk too
much. You're pretty stout for a
queen, amt you ma amp"
why, what is your idea Of a
queen, my dear''
Grandpa reads to me about queens,
but they seem like dreadful old frumps
Bella, the housemaid, told me that
woodland / guess l like the queens
on the playin' cards good deal bet
ter. How long have you kept your
present place, ma'am?"
ooh, have been a queen a great
many years, my dear"
eve had a girl that come to us and
said she'd been in her former place
six years, and we didn't keep her a
week. She used grandpa's best razor
to open sardine boxes and when
gandpa found it out he said some aw-