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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Criminal

The gang of horse thieves that stole
n team and wagon at Glenwood, Wis,
were captured nine miles south of
Cumberland, Wis.
Joseph Simons, the town marshal at
Alamosa, COL, was shot and killed by
o. +. Brown, who mistook him for a
|prowler who had attempted to break
into the house Of a neighbor.
Jerry Taylor, manager of the Rocky
Mountain Telegraph company at Butte,
Mont, has disappeared. leaving q
shortage in his accounts, the extent OF
which is not known.
Bert Walker, a school teacher of De-
catur, Ind, maddened by insane jeal-
ousy, shot and instantly killed his
wife recently at Tocsin, a small vii.
.lage. The couple had been separated
for some time.
Brigandage prevails in a portion of
Spice Valley township, Lawrence
county, Indiana, and Judge Martin, of
the circuit court, has called upon the
grand jury for a rigid investigation
and an unsparing enforcement Of the
law.
Bob Jackson, a cook, didn't prepare
supper fast enough at a cowboy camp
in the Big Horn tWyo.) region fast
enough to suit Henry Morz, so he shot
and killed Jackson. A cowboy named
West demonstrated, %whereupon Morz
opened fire ON him: but West was too
quick. and killed Morz,
Jerry Taylor, manager of the Rocky
Mountain Telegraph has dis
appeared from Butte, Mont, leaving
a shortage in his accounts, the extent
of which Is not yet known. He left
Butte last Friday, but no suspicion
was attached TO him, and he was ex-
pected to return the same day. His
wife left a few days before he did.
Taylor had been playing the races and
lost.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
MURDERER LYNCHED.
Rape, However, Was the Crime for
which He Died,

Macon, Ga, Sept. ia murder was
committed in this city and the slayer
has been lynched, not for the murder,
however, but for the crime of rape.
Charley Gibson and Jim Smith, both
colored, engaged in a quarrel about
the latter accusing the former with
stealing 30 cents. Smith was not in
clined to fight and turned 10 90 away,
whereupon Gibson drew a pistol and
shot him in the back and head. killing
him instantly. Gibson then fled. The
sheriff and posse were soon in pur-
suit and the murderer was run to Gov
er and surrounded by the deputies.
The negro being well armed gave shot
for shot until brought down by three
bullets from Winchesters. The negro
had been suspected of having outraged
a Miss Chapman a few nights ago and
this suspicion was confirmed by his
confession. A large crowd soon gath
cred and lynched him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

The governor of German New
Guinea was killed by natives on Aug.
81.
At Madgeburg, Germany, a socialist
editor was arrested for speaking disre-
specially of the pantaloons worn by
the emperor.
The st. Petersburg newspapers are
full OF letters from the Province OF
lula, Moscow, Orel and Kursk. telling
OF distress caused by the drouth.
M. j. White Of st. Paul, who has
been stopping at a hotel In Baden
Baden, Germany, has had two letters
OF credit, amounting TO $4,000 and
$4,000 in cash, stolen.
Poland has lost her greatest poet in
Adam Asnyk, who has just died at
Cracow at the age Of fifty-nine years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
His reputation rests on his lyrics,
though he wrote several dramas.

His reputation rests on his lyrics,
though he wrote several dramas.
The election OF the president for rne
republic of Cuba will probably re-
suit in the election CO Gen. Bartolome
Masso to succeed President Cisneros,
who will lie president of the new con-
gress.
Vast gold fields have been discoy-
cred in the State of Miranda GuaricO,
Venezuela. The mines yield eve
ounces of gold 10 the ton. A German
English syndicate is exploring this re-
gion.
Jose ventre, the French anarchist,
who recently arrived at the City OF
Mexico from Spain, will be expelled
from the country as Q pernicions for
eigner, under the federal constitution.
He was deported from Barcelona as a
suspect.
The native rulers in all parts OF
India have offered the services of their
troops against the frontier tribes. and
the viceroy has accepted the services
Of four battalions of infantry and two
companies of Sepoys from the Punjab
rulers.
Andrew Carnegie has purchased
Skibo castle. an estate which COM
prises 2S,0G0 acres Of the best shoot
ing and fishing district of Suther-
landshire. Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie,
with a party of friends, including Ian
Maclaren, have just completed a long
cruise among the Hebrides in the
screw steamer yacht Columbia.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
THEIR FATHER FOUGHT.
go. or veterans and Ladies' Auxit-
f.y, Finish Their Work.

Jar, Finish Their Work.
I~ndiau.polis Sept. 13.-Tle national
ANN Sons of Veterans, ana
tbe ladies' auxiliary. held their con-
Guiding sessions. The Sons OF sNeter-
ans elected by ~acclamation Charles IA.
Darling of Boston commander-ih-chiei
and selected Omaha as the place ior
their next encampment. Inc IoiioW-
ing were also elected: Senior vice
commander. George Cogshal, Graild
RAPIDS. Mich: junior vice COMMANDER,
James III. Noel, Indiana; counsei-in-
CHEF. Horace Il. Hammock,
Pa. Other members Of the council, y.
BORN of Kansas City and j. r.. Hay
craft of Minnesota. The new com
mande r-in-chief appointed Fred BAL
ton of Boston as aGjutant genera.
Arthur Sphinx continues as inspector
general. The encampment adopted
the committees report that no changes
he made In the ritual. but decided that
n committee be appointed to revise Ii
and make q report at the next encanp-
ment. The encampment did what IL
considered an important thing in max
ing the use of the ritual optional to the
camps.
The ladies' auxiliary have named
the following officers: National pres
ident. Miss Kate G. Raymer of To-
ledo. Ohio: vice president, Miss Addie
Wallace. indianapolis; chaplain, Mrs.
Mary Homahor: treasurer, Mrs. Lydia
Tanner, New York, inspector, Mrs. EN-
ma Schuler. Louisville. Ky: mastering
and installing officer, Mrs. Sarah
Lyon, Minnesota; national council,
Mrs. Mary l.. Warren, Wakefield,
Mass: Miss Mamie Dorsey, Washing
ton. Md. and Mrs. Elizabeth Herrick,
lancaster. Va.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

Pretty names and a bit of silver have
been the cause of a recent investigation
by the French government. and as oft
en- happen In the social world those at
tributes have proved TO cover an insid-
ious but deadly poison. A favorite
brand of cigarettes called Bouts Ar
gentes" or Silver Tips" has the end
intended for the lips covered with a
metallic leaf claimed to be silver Anal
ysis reveals II to be a base imitation
attached to the paper by lead chro-
mate. Perchance some youths fancy
that a silver tongue is to be obtained
by a prescription compounded Of nico-
tine, white lead and mercurial salts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Personal Mention.
.he earl of Eymont is dead.

The earl of Eymont is dead.
Benjamin Brewster, president or
the Keokuk * Des Moines railroad. is
dead at his summer home in Gaze
novia, n. Y, aged sixty-nine years.
Mrs. III. l.. Spellman, mother of Mrs.
John -. Rockefeller. died at Forest
Hill. Mr., lsockefeller's Cleveland
home. aged lightweight years.
Sir Lewis William Cave, judge OF
the high court of justice, is dead at
London. He was born in 1882 and was
editor of many important legal works.
Benjamin Parker, called one of the
best writer's of prose and poetry or
the West, is dying at Newcastle. Ind,
from consumption of the stomach.
The death is announced of Charles
George Percival. seventh earl of Egg
mont. The deceased was born June
10, 1915, and succeeded his uncle, the
sixth earl, in 1874.
Egypt's pyramid builders were can
nibals, according to Flinders Petrie's
assertion. he has found bones picked
clean, and separately wrapped up in
several tombs.
The second Oldest living alumT us OF
Amherst is Rev. Elias Riggs, ID. d.,
LII. D., of Constantinople, an eminent
philologist and translator of the Bible
into the Armenian, Bulgarian and
Turkish languages.
Charles Stewart. who died in Balti-
more on Wednesday, had the distinc-
ton Of having driven the first al over
the Baltimore II Ohio railroad before
they used steam. He also assisted in
laying the corner stone of the railroad.
Mrs. Richard Mllliken, widow of the
wealthy New Orleans sugar planter,
now at Saratoga, has presented the
charity hospital with $4,000, to found
n childrens' building. which will in
clude a kindergarten and other i'm
proyements.
Capt. Samuel McConihe. of the Four
teenth infantry, died at st. Luke's hos
pitai, New York, of Bright's disease.
Capt. McConihe was n of the heroes
of the civil war and received six
brevets for gallant and meritorious
sci vice.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

1t has been proposed to celebrate the
consolidation OF the cities ar the mouth
OF the Hudson into the greater city of
New York by the erection of a steel
tower o than two thousand feet
high-twice the height of the Eiffel
tower. Such a monument would be
big" OF course, but it would be strik-
ingly ugly aud singularly inappropriate.
A city which could bring itself to erect
such a structure in honor of its crea-
tion could be remarkable for any
thing but mere size.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Casualties.

Henry Wright, a brakeman on the
Omaha railroad. was seriously hurt
while coupling cars in the yard at
Marshfield, Wis.
Charles Ashworth, a young man Of
Butte, Mont, met death in a peculiar
manner. He was standing at the head
of a short flight of stairs and accl-
dentally took a step backwards, fall
ing to the bottom. He was uncon
scious when picked up and died in a
few minutes. His neck was broken.
Fire on North Water street and Del
aware avenue, Philadelphia, caused a
property loss Of 100000. The places
damaged are: John NJ. Rowe Sons 4
Co., wicker ware factory, loss, 100000;
G. Cared. wholesale grocer, $25,-
600; J. G. Harley & Co., $4,000; Ar
mour Packing company, $4,000; n.
Fairbanks, cottolene, $4,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

"A boy can learn TO speak correctly
only at home" declared Bishop Vincent
recently; 'and parents ought to take
up the study OF English even in middle
life, SO that their children might ac-
Quire a correct habit Of speech from
them" A part of this suggestion cap
Italics Captain Mahan's merry words
at Yale about the possibilities Of ac-
complishing something worth while,
even as late in life as after forty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
PRECONsULATE.
Form Of Government In France Il
Likely to he CbDnged.

Paris, Sept. ia revision of the
French constitution will be stormily
discussed at the next session of the
chamber of deputies, and 1t may be
that the result will change the form
of h republic. The Russian alliance
has produced two factions. Though
there is no longer a fear that a mon
archy will be established. President
Faure and NJ. Honotaux, the minister
for foreign affairs, are disposed to
make the most Of the popularity grow
Ing out OF the treaty, and it is expect
ed will demand an elective proconsul-
ate through the declarations to he
made by the minister of the interior at
a banquet he will give to the Radicals
In favor OF the abolition Of the chief
m&gistracy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
FURY o FTHE TYPHooy.
Severe Floods and Damage to Shin
ping at YOKOHAMA.

Yokohama. Sept. 13.-A fierce hurri-
cane swept over the city and harbor
on Thursday night, causing severe
HOODS, doing much damage to proper
~ and followed by considerable loss
or lie. When the typhoon was at its
neight b German warship Irene, the
british ship Glenericht and the Brit
ish snip Lonsdale were driven ashore.
All three have since been fioated. The
Norwegian bark Alette fell a victim to
the fury of the gale and was wrecked
OH NichiSki. Ten Of her crew were
drowned and the six survivors were
seriously injured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy cathartie. l0c or H.
II G. G. c. fail 10 cure. druggists refund nonef
FacetiousIy Intended.

zone of Mack's bridal presents was
a lawn mower, and it made him furi'
GUS"
Furious! He ought to have been
pleased"
mo; you see he married a grass
widow."-Puck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

Owing to a bountiful growth Of
wheat in the agricultural regions and
a fine large crop of shorts in Chicago
the farmer is % in a position to reap
unusual returns for his product.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

Paris, Sept. 13.-The Matin, In an ar
.lcie on the grain supply. say IL will
pe necessary to import 30.OOO,O 600 uuin-
ais OF wheat this season on account
OF me failure OF the crop. The i'm
portation OF this quantity Of wheat
Will yield sos, DOC, 900 duty
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

e wing, Mimi. Sept. 13. - M.
VENT. an old soldier residing In Isa-
pelie. was fatally injured while lead
ing q colt from the pasture. He had
tied the rope around his waist. The
colt becoming frightened, ran away.
dragging VENT.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Profitable.

Visitor Gin the penitentiary)-l sup
pose the profits from making coune'
felt money were quite large?
Convict-Wel, yes, it was a iu1s
alive business while it lasted.-Juus"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

Carl Cronhelln, a poor Swede, who
was recently employed as a dish wash
er in Boston. has fallen heir to an in
come OF $40 zoo a year. and has also
married a Boston widow. Nice to be
so lucky, isn't it?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
willing to please.

"This is too much" he excialne
when his wife appeared in her NC"
bathing suit for his inspection. .w.r
"Do you think sou she asked. ~
I'll take off six inches more OF Wv
skirt."-Chicago Post
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
Two Hat. and a Cap.

George, have you seen papas
straw hat?"
YES; mamma wored it away on nei
wheel"
"And where's papa's capT .
Aunt Nellie wored 1t TO the tennis
match"
"And papa's plug hatY'
SISTER wored it n horseback ridin.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
An EIoauent Comment.

az would have you know, fenO"'
said Charlie Van Beet, "that ! come
down from the real KnickerDocAe'
stock"
Its a terrible come-down," saio Wv
man.-CleveIand Plain Dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

General Secretary e. v. Smalley an
nouLces that the executive committee
or the National Sound Money league.
mas appointed John ". Farwell Jr
OF Chicago vice president of the league
for Illinois. sue
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

That Is a suggestive strike story"
which comes from a western state.
whose leading industry has OF late been
eriously imperiled. One employers
lands refused to go OUT when others
Gid. mo-" they said, I'VE believe the
Joss has paid us all he could afford.
anyhow, he's always treated us as
hough we were men. His wife and
laughter have been good friends to our
yomenfolks, too. They've done the
air ching by US, all around, and we
fon't go back on EN-" Here shines
ut that spirit of brotherhood which.
permitted to have its way with men.
Fill preserve the nation. AT the
cart Of the whole social problem" a
Use writer has said, lis the quiet.
aomely personal service whereby one
selps another. No legislation. no
|aortening of hours nor frightening OF
by rolls. no Improvement of houses
Sr ~lcssening Of rents, no establishment
f the cooperative commonwealth
i'll make much better a situation
ahich sorely needs lettering, without
lis individual effort. When every
-ivileged family is ministering in
me direct way to some other family
SIS privileged. then the social millen-
UNI will begin to dawn"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Washington Talk.

Secretary Gage it as work on his an
nual report. He instructed the bureau
chiefs to make their individual reports
a month or six weeks earlier than has
been customary in the past.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

While the North is lecturing on the
legal, moral and religious phases OF
lynching. the South contents itself with
playing the horrible example role.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

II the Klondike price list may be re-
lied on a man up there ought to own
at least a mine before he can afford
to buy a drink.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

Among a score of street arabs sent
Indiana some thirty years ago by
Children's Aid Society of New York,
e "ugliest. raggedest and most
endless OF them all" was taken
me by a kindly judge and given. one
one. all the opportunities of which
chose to make use. AS Gov. John
|ady Of Alaska, this boy has recently
en- appointed executive Of a terri
by larger than Germany, France and
eat Britain combined. No boy who
Ids this paragraph can have so I'M
bpitious a beginning. How many
n climb as high?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
OF II NEWS
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK IL A
CONDENSED FORM

A General Resume OF the Most I'm
portant News OF the Week From
All Parts Of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged In Con
by busy People.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

II dog meat sells for 81 a pound in
Alaska, what do you imagine nice,
plump bologna sausages are worth?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

1t is now Mr.. Langtry's turn to sue
Tor a divorce. which he ant.cipat15
will come very easy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

Uncle Geors
your new tea tea
: Tommy--oh
her way; but
smallest part
after day she
AIRS to repeal
have been
every day 10
script.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
CsDIIl
educate Yoi
Candy Caths
100. II c. {. \

"what m
the lohs-dis
"He calle'
owes his ).
II cost Blu
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Mere

Some peeY
mere bundle
sgitates tn
runes their
born so. 81
be ameliora
U%nquestiona
Bitters. BY
and ~insurini
OF the foo
recuye, the
and very
luietude. ]
patton and
Bitters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Why I

"
snow. !
The SECOND
"can you
never set!
"Wen, i
what the
dark."-C
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Even N,

One of
at the n
his homo
man. fu
office OF
great m;
Can
she askd
"ReallI
haven't
WELL
as she |
look it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
Real

You will
better /
reading 4
afford
will put
some exd
Users are|
ADVERTISED
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

"Td lik|
they looA
age" |
Huh! |
Davle. 4
that's all
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
N


@W~
In
Uncle Geors
your Few tea
'Tommy-oh
her way; but
smallest part
after day she
srs to repeat
Say. been toll
every day TO
script.
"Would yol
s~entimentall.
snow, look
matter-of-fac
10 be %plannln
dng?'-Chic
Expert teache
8. b. BUSHES
COul
| "What's th
leading acto
| letter to shr
matter?
is 50 intern
| demands tn
from the
Press.
Educate Yo'
Candy Caths
] 100, II c. c.
4 "what mi
the Iohs-dis
"He calle'
owes his s
II cost Blu
Press.
Mere
Some peeN
mere bundle
agitates tn
rufies their
born so. b
be ameliora
Unquestiona
Bitters. B.
and ~insurini
OF the foo
rectiye, the
and very
luietude. ]
patton and
Bitters.
Sa
"No, sal
darkey lib
other color
why SC
Gaze W
dey know
lumhus 10
FITS Perms1
erst days u.s.
Send Tor FIR
DR r. II. kL
Why I
snow.
The SECOND
'can you
never setI
"Wen,
what the
dark."-C
Rea
You will
better IL
reading I
afford a
will put
some ex(
Users are
advertise
I'D Xix
they lool
age
Huh!
Davle. !
that's nj
Even N,
One OF
at the n
bis homo
man. fu
office OF
great m:
Can
she aske
REAL
haven't
We'll.
as she
lcok it.
1T W
ious wa
But n
poorest
went t
oils Jor
belle
cine Tn
n. RIOS.
II III
among
would
hsasro
10 qui
netic. IL
Hac. the
ssrong.
teed. b
Ing Re,
A fah
pulp
Leeds,
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

"No, sal
darkey lib
other color
why Sc
'Caze "
dey know
lumhus ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
"Would yo'

"Would yo1
sentimentaliy
snow, look
matter-of-fac
10 be plannln
dngY''-Chic1
Expert teache
IS. D. Busines
COu1
"What's til
leading aeto|
letter to shrI
Matter? 4
is SO infern|
demands tn
from the
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16

W.
ious wa
But n
poorest
went t
oils Jor
4 belle
cine tn
N. Ros.
=. !,
LIZ IN
among
would q
- .
-
nc. euI
nssr1,hu
MsnsI. b.
M.
fat