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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Foreign Gossip.

The Amer of AfghaniStan has or
dered the arrest OF any Afridi Jirgahs
appearing at Cabul.
The betrothal is announced Of
Princess Feodoro Of Sake einirgen
and Prince Henry Of Reuss.
The Argentine congress has just
passed a law imposing a tax of l
centvo, gold, per ton register on YES
sells entering the port of Buenos Ayres.
The Austrian budget for 1898 was
submitted to the reichsrath. 1t esti
mates the expenditures at ~715,920,S27
iorins and the revenue at 119,900,2sG
forms.
A Berlin advice says the much GOV.
eted music prize, known as the Nom
delssohn Stipendium, has been won
by Miss Leonora Jackson. au Ameri-
can competitor.
The Socialist convention was opened
ut Hamburg. Its principal object is
to decide as to the participation of the
Socialists as a party in the forthcom-
ing elections TO the diet.
The Hon. Henry Escombe. @. c.,
premier of Natal, has rendered his
resignation on the ground that the
country Is not favorable to his pro-
posed loan for railway construction.
Weetman Dickinson Pearson's COM
pany has submitted a proposal TO com
plete the canal from Ottawa to
Georgian bay on conditions which are
believed to be satisfactory to the can
adian government.
A dispatch from Melbourn says that
the expedition Of the sydney Geo
graphical Society has obtained evil
dence confirming the theory of Darwin
as to the formation OF Coral islands.
Diamond drilling in coral to the depth
of 557 feet failed To reach bottom.
Collector Milne of Victoria, Il. c.,
has received q letter from the Canadi-
an customs officer at Tagish Lake stat
ing that he was about TO forward S10.-
600, the amount of duty collected from
prospectors who took American goods
owe the Skaguay and Dyea trails.
The appointment of NJ. STREET. as min
lister OF finance has created an excel
lent impression at Athens. In an in
terview he declares that he will make
arrangements without delay with the
OLD ~bondholders and will also arrange
that the indemnity loan be issued I'M
mediately.
AS a result of consultations between
Admiral Walker, president of the
Nicaraguan canal commission. and Of
ficers of the state and war depart
ments, it has been decided that n
change shall be made in the compo-
sition of the commission, and Capt. o..
NJ. Carter will be succeeded by an
engineer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
south Dakota BaptistS.

Sioux Falls, :. d.. Special. At the
state convention of Baptist ministers
addresses were delivered by Rev. q. A.
Williams of Minneapolis, superintend-
ent of missions OF the Dakotas and
Minnesota; Rev. Frank Peterson of
Minnea. polls, of the missionary union
of the Northwestern district; Il. f..
Chivers, ID. D., of Chicago, secretary Of
the Young Peoples Union of America,
III. L. Mocrehouse, ID. d., of New York,
field secretary of the Home Mission so
ciety, and a number of other proml-
nent diy.nes. The se~cretary's report
shows that the Baptists organized this
association in n barn on the sogth
shore of Lake Madison in 1881, with a
membership of go, in what is now
South Dakota. Their statistics show n
steady increase over its predecessor.
AT their 1896 session the membership
was 5,649.-Tile woman's suffrage cam
paign is soon to open in this state i'm
earnest. Mrs. Carrie Shapman Gait
will come 10 Sioux Falls and hold a
state convention TO set the ball rolling.
and make a few speeches in the state.
State headquarters will be opened in
Sioux Falls and preparation will be
made for a vigorous campaign in 1897
under her personal direction.-The
Standard Oil company is TO have com
petition in Sioux Falls. an independent
oil company having been formed To do
business here and in the surrounding
towns. Sioux Falls people have de-
termined to help out this new company.
no matter what cuts are made by the
Standard; they have had experience.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Fire ~Precautton,.

Rapid City. S. d., Specialize di-
rectors of the Pennington County
bank met and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Stephen III. Mills; vice president.
James Nj. Woods; cashier, George r.
Snyder; assistant cashier, Paul :.
Woods.-Special Land Agent Green. OF
the Black Hills division, has been
working faithfully among the people
OF the timbered districts for some
time 10 have them be more careful to
clear up the underbrush as a safe
guard against fires. The law i'm this
respect is very stringent, there being
u heavy fine for its non-observance.
Several Of the large mining companies
who have been accustomed to cut the
timber for the heavy pieces only and
have left the tops on the ground have
been warned 10 desist. and, as a re-
suit, great quantities OF top wood are
being brought TO the cities. BY tax
ing these precautions the danger from
timber fires will be greatly lessened.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Accidental Happenings.

The Central railroad buildings at
Macon. Ga, were destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000.
William II. Weeks of Wichita, Kas.,
who was injured in n runaway acct
dent, died from his injuries.
!. The infant child of Harvey Hoax. of
I.igonier, Ind, was killed and horribly
mangled by a vicious boar.
George w. Thayer, a leading Odd
Fellow of Northern Iowa, fell down
stairs and broke his neck at Hubbard,
dying instantly.
Jessie, the infant child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Lowell Of Sioux City. Iowa.
was burned to death by gasoline, a
lighted lamp being lear the fluid.
Arthur Simpson, a dissipated farm
er living about ten miles south of
Great Bend. Kas, fell from his wag-
on while driving and his neck was
broken.
Fifty high-class horses persisted In
the stables of the Cheshire Improve
mcnt company. at Ocean Parkway.
Brooklyn, which We're burned. The
loss is $4,000.
John Mallitor, aged nineteen. fell
from q Northwestern freight train at
Fond Gu Lac, Wis. He landed under
the wheels and both legs were badly
crushed. Death followed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Personal Mention.

Mrs. Kate Hodge, authoress, is dead
at Chicago.
Tom Johnson has gone to New York
to work for Henry George.
Max Horwitz. the well known
writer, is dead in Berlin.
David Henderson has assumed the
management Of the Great Northern
theater ut Chicago.
Maj. Lewis Ginter, the millionaire
cigarette manufacturer, died at his
residence in Richmond. Va.
Prof. Francis William Newman, the
author and philosopher, is dead at Lon
don, aged ninety-three. He was a
younger brother of the late Cardinal
Newman.
Commander Darlington Booth abso-
lutely denies the report that any ne
gotiations are in progress looking to-
ward the union of the Salvation Army
and the American Volunteers.
Daniel s. Lamont has been elected
president of the Northern Pacific Ex-
press company, which is an adjunct OF
the Northern Pacific railroad, of which
he is q director and vice president.
Thomas Fielden, Conservative men,
Der of parliament for the Middleton
division of Lancashire, and n noted
sportsman, died suddenly les Dunk
ell, Scotland, while out shooting.
Mrs. Flora Greece, wife of Edward s.
Greco, a prominent lawyer of Detroit,
died at the residence of Maj. w. III.
ReXford, in the United States army
reservation in Springfield, Mass.
The car and czarira have arrived
ut Darmstadt, accompanied by Count
MCrayieff, the Russian minister for
foreign affairs. Oh a visit TO the BROTH
err Of the czarina, the grand duke of
Hesse.
Prof. Guy V. Thompson, formerly a
member of the Yale faculty and n
prominent educator, died at Boulder.
Colo, yesterday of consumption. In
1896 he went to Europe and was
ried TO Ambassador Uhrs daughter ut
Berlin.
Adolph Nufendorff. the musical con
ductor, is lying critically i'll at his resi-
dencc in New York city. He was
born in Hamburg in 1S43 and in 1864
directed the first production IN New
York of "~Lohengren." He has on
Quoted n number of operas.
The Marlborough baby VIII be
christeRed at Rlenheim toward the end
OF October. and ii is reported that the
duke and duchess of York. who will
visit the duke and duchess of MARI
borough for the shooting season, will
be the sponsors of the infant.
Capt. Frederick Chetard, an old res
ident of st. Louis and the Oldest sur
viving officer OF the Confederate army,
is dead. He was also thought to be the,
oldest surviving officer 6s re old Unit
ed States navy of ante-bellum days.
He was born in Baltimore in 1907 and.
entered the United States navy in
1924, on the vessel Old North Caro-
lima.
AT Dixon, Iowa, the dead body of
Robert Parks, a farmer. was found in
his burning house. He was living
alone, and was supposed to keep a
great deal of money in the house.
Last week his watch dog was poison
ed, and last Thursday night he fright
ened burglars from the house. 1t is
believed he was murdered and the
house set on fire to the crime.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

In an address at Ashfieia, Massachu-
sets, Prof. Charles Eliot Norton OF
Harvard University considered the
Village hoodlum" and the for
his suppression. The village hood
lum'' makes himself more conspicuous
than the ''city tough" When he be-
comes sufficiently depraved to enjoy his
bad eminence he Is o more demorali-
zing figure than his city cousin OF the
same tendencies, and he is more dan
gerous to society inasmuch as the off,
GERS of the law in rural communities
are generally less efficient than in cit
les. As q means of suppressing the
Village hoodlum," Professor Norton
suggested the organization of a body
OF ~law-abiding citizens in each village
or township to give definite support 60
the constituted authorities in suppress
sing lawlessness in all it's stages. BY
this II is evident from other parts of the
address the speaker meant particularly
the suppression of petty acts of law
lessness by youngsters who are the
children of neglectful parents and who
have In them the material of which
full-fedged village hoodlums" are
made.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Otherwise.

The relief of food sufferers cos the
nation ST., lie.
The architects of the world have
been invited to enter a competition for
the new buildings for the University
Of California.
The estimated grass earnings Of the
entire system of the Chicago. Rock
Island a. Pacific for September are
$1,S01, 691, an increase of $344,023.
Mr.. Finch, who is named as United
States minister to Uruguay and Para
quay, Is editor and proprietor of the
La Crosse Republican and Leader.
Canadian Pacific railway earnings
for the week ending Sept. 80, amount
ed to $I64 200. Earnings for the same
period last year amounted to $509,000.
This is an increase of $2o5,000.
A damage suit has been commenced
ut Iowa Falls, Iowa. against the Bur
lington road for the death of Hoke
Refs at Belmond last week, as well as
for recovery ON the destruction of the
horses and wagon the boy was driving.
A gas war in Chicago is the proba-
bic outcome Of a deal now partially
consummated by Eastern capitalists
who control the companies iuiepend-
ent of the so-called trust. Addicks is
said to be concerned.
At Portland, Or, in the suit of G. J.
Hammer against Downing, Hopkins &
Co, Chicago board of trade brokers,
with branches in Seattle and Spokane,
n jury awarded the plaintiff Judgment
for $T,S17.5o the full amoun sued for.
George b. Mclean, one of the lead
ing dry goods merchants OF Monroe,
made an assignment for the benefit OF
his creditors. j. Benkert is appointed
assignee. The assets are given at
$4,000; liabilities, $4,000.
]. III. Bissell who. some years ago,
became prominent in Chicago because
of his daring real estate speculations,
is violently insane in Toronto, Cana
da, and is locked up in Jail there. Mr..
Bissell Is a son of Col. Bissell, who or
gained the Engineers regiment of st.
Louis during the war, ard who also
served on Gen. Grants staff.
Indian Agent Wisdom at Tushaho-
ma, /. r., has telegraphed the interior
department that every sign indicates
that the war cloud in the Choctaw
tribe has passed away.
A band of cattle and hog thieves is
operating lear Nowata, /. r.. Farmers
l nthat section have lost over 100
head of cattle and almost as many
hogs within the past two weeks.
The general officers Of me National
Women's Christian Temperance Union
have requested all local unions to hold
memorial services for the late Gen.
Neal Dow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

Two men, at the points of revolvers,
stopped a cable train a mile south OF
Kansas City, Mo-, on the last run at
night, secured what small change the
conductor had, and escaped.
Judge Stillwell has granted a grand
jury for Woodson county. Kansas, 10
hol its first session about Oct. ~. IL
was in response to a petition signed
by many temperance people.
1t is reported that Max Stewart, tho
American ex-Confederate soldier VINO
shot and killed 2 policeman at Parrel,
Mex. some time ago, and was SEN
fenced TO death for the crime, Will be
shot within n few days.
A few weeks ago word was brought
to Hermosillo. Mex, that the body OF
the Apache Kid had been found In
the mountains. This Indian desperate
committed IA murder and several bold
robberies lea the place where his
dead body was said to have been dis
covered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Criminal.

Thomas Cooley was put on trial at
Mexico, Mo. charged with assaulting
his niece. May Winn, aged twelve. and
motherless. The defense is a complete
denial.
Mrs. William Watson, colored. as
saulted DIR. w. H.. Hudson, editor of
the Atchison Blade. a colored publica-
ton, on the street, belaboring him
with a buggy whip.
John Weigles OF Lexington, Mo-, and
Roy Sanders Of Kansas City, were ar
raigncd at Lexington, Mo-, and about
500 worth Of goods recovered which
they had stolen from a book store Sat
urday night.
While the Forepaugh-Sells show was
In progress at Rich Hill, Mo-, several
boys Quarreled with the show stand
men, and velly Driscoll. aged sixteen,
was struck by a Snowman and In
stantly killed. his neck being broken.
The guilty party Is supposed to be un-
der arrest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
STAND READY TO PAY.
Both Mayhem md HirpIe Say Any
Shortage Was Clerical Error.

Pierre. S. D.. Special-Auditor May
hcw, after completing Il thorough eX-
animation of all the books of his ofbCe,
has discovered that in making his set
Element with the state at the time Of
turning yer the insurance department
to the new commissioner, he was short
$3.50, which was on account of error
on the part of the boOkkecpor. who
had made two omissions in transcript
ing the accounts Of companies aud
had erred in overcharging i'll another
case. This amount he says lie is ready
TO turn over to the state whenever the
public examiner can point it out to
him or makes a failure in finding it.
EN-Auditor Nipple came in this morn
ing and takes the position that If there
is any shortage in his accounts il can
only be for the same reason, that the
bookkeeper allowed clerical errors to
creep into his work. and he stands
ready to make il good.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

A Russian journal that has recently
come under our notice calls attention
to the fact that for some twenty years
past the inhabitants Of a malarial To-
cality in the government of Kharkov
have used powdered crabs with great
success in the case of fevers. The pow
der is prepared in the following way
Live crabs are poured over with the
ordinary whisky until they get asleep;
then they are put on a bread pan in a
hot oven, thoroughly dried and pull
verified, and the powder passed through
a fine sieve. One dose, a ~teaspoonful,
is generally sufficient to cure the IL
termittent fever; in very obstinate
cases a second dose is required. Each
dose is invariably preceded by a glass
of aloe brandy cs a p~urgative. The
powder Is used in that locality in pre-
ference to quinine. So says the Jour-
mel. We will not vouch for it..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

seven Lost in "A Fire nj ihnh-
kinton. s. ID.

plankinton. s. d., Special.-ln n nre
that burned the girls cottage at the
state industrial school here. seven
people. one n teacher and six chlidreh
of from nine to sixteen years OF age,
persisted. -,
Those who were burned to death
were Tillie Hooper, in charge OF the
sewing department: Nellie Johnson Oh
Grafton, y. D.. aged 13; Mabel lohere
and Lillian West of Sioux Falls, I? ana
IL: Bessie Kirby of Hot Springs, IA,
Iva Warner of WATERFOWL. Ia, II
Christina Bergman of Yankton, IL.
All the others, numbering about
twenty-five. succeeded in escaping,
but they saved nothing and had no
time to dress, getting ou In their
night robes and with great difficulty.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
it is supposed To have caught from the
explosion of a lamp. The loss Is
something like $4,000, and includes
the printing office of the institution
and the chapel. The loss was totai,
as all were asleep and the building
was ~enveloped in flames before any
one discovered the danger.
The state school now accommodates
about 100, from young children 10
young criminals OF Is. Besides the
burned building is a boys cottage, III
which dwells Col. Alnsworth. the Of
flee: i'm charge. and there are several
barns. etc. The burned building VIII
probably be replaced at once.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
TnyIor's Grievance.

Pierre, ;. d., Special.-Public Exam
lner Taylor carries with him q scrap
book in which he has pasted a large
number OF clippings in which he was
confounded by the press of the coun-
try with w. w. Taylor, and accused
or embezzling the state funds. But
he says the worst of all was when n
chicago paper published an account
OF h Taylor affair, and dug IN an
old photo Of himself which they had
secured when he was the Democratic
nominee Tor governor, and published
1t as the dcfaulting treasurer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
Leave. a Family De.,itu,c.

Webster, :. d., Special.-Gustaye
Buechner, residing two miles west of
here, committed suicide in a tragic
manner. He arose in seemingly good
spirits, conversed lightly with his wife.
took down n shotgun and walked into
a clump of trees nea the house. Sit
ting down. he placed the muzzle OF the
gun In his mouth and pulled the trig-
ger with a carpenters square. blowing
off the top Of his head. He had prac-
ticed medicine in a small way, and on
Saturday a complaint was made and
a warrant issued for his arrest on a
charge Of practicing without a license.
This fact probably led him to take his
life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
$ GREAT ENTERPRISE
AMERICA.
APPROPRIATION ay !.
PERiAL DIET. ~
TO INFORM AMERICANS uor
MAKE TEA. :"

Several months ago. ,bo
Tea Guild sent to this country apaas'
commission, composed of Mr. sp, ~
suhashi, president Of Shizuol. = af'
turai Assembly. and Mr.. ]. oha,s .sa
Der OF japanese parliament. to ,,rs sa'
gate the condition of the JaDans.' '. \.
trade In the United States and c.r.a'
and TO cooperate with Mr.. T F.
and MI. T. Mizutany, the Ams.,.'
representatives of the japanese -
Guild, in giving publicity to tbs r..'''
OF japanese teas and the meth, !
preparing them for drinking VIVA
would insure the best results.
Mr.. Furuya and Mr.. Miyu,.,.
planning to open tea bazars in NAV.
the principal cities in tho n,,,'
States and Canada. where ladies -
enjoysa cup of fine Japanese tes MA.
by experts, and at the same fins
ceive instructions which will ,r,uJ
them to make it equally well Al han,
More than half the tea consumes !.
the United States and Canada /, n
japanese growth, yet, the majority n
Americans apparently do not und,.|
stand how to prepare It so as 70 al
velop the delicious qualities whi,h Il
contains. 1t is believed by these ,s,.|
tlemen that when Americans ara n
possession OF the secret of making gas
tea, the consumption in this eorrtr|
will fully equal that of Europe IN mai
portion. The japanese goyernusr
has appropriated a large fund 10 s3
the japanese tea growers and tea n,.
chants in prosecuting this educational
work. and 1t Is hoped that Angia,
ladies will be apt students. The uar
bureau of the japanese Tea Guild Nd
issued an official recipe for making lss
anese tea, the translation Of which y
as follows:
First-Use a small, dry and thorough
ly clean porcelain teapot.
Second-Put in one ~teaspoOniul i
tea leaves for each cup Of tea desired
Third-When using japanese TED
pour on the required quantity Of tsl
boiled water, and let stand with cOs
lid from 2 to 3 minutes. Never bll
the leaves. In order to retain The rE
ural flavor, japanese tea leaves shoul
be kept in tight can or jar, free tn5
moisture.
Note.-To thoroughly enjoy the ns]
ural, delicate. and sweet flavor Of JAP
anese teas. neither sugar nor cei1
should be used.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

While the state legislatures of this
country have been coping with MILL
merry matters In the way Of theatre
hats and feather trimmings the French
government has recommended that its
horses be put into sunbonnets. The
straw manufacturers have been doing
a large business in consequence, and
summer mortality among horces has
largely decreased. The amusement
awakened in the beholder at this odd
gear is but an echo of that a century
ago when men first appeared carrying
umbrellas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

1t Is painful to read in the New York
Evening Post (owned in England) day
after day that the people Of Europe
look with unutterable scorn upon ev-
erything the people OF this country do,
themselves or through their represent
t~atives. and with ELUSIVE affection up
on everything they unhappily omit;
and the more so because the only pos
sible remedy is the impossible one OF
Immediately dying in the vain hope Of
getting themselves born again in some
the many European styles all OF
which are the only orthodox things.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14
According to reliable statisticlans,

According to reliable statisticians,
since 1873 there have been cut in Mich
igan, Wisconsin and Minnesota alone,
154, 600, 000, 900 feet of lumber, board
measure. besides SO, 200. 0OO. 900 shingles
and in the last three-fourths of that
period about 200. 600. 000, 600 feet, TAX
ing the whole country together. New
York and Pennsylvania have, next to
the three states just mentioned. large
quantities Of standing coniferous TIM
Der. and the amount left in the north.
erp states 10 estimated at about 10o..
000, 600, 900 feet, or half as much as has
sssn cut since about 1873. In the whole
country, and yet there are persons who
profess to see no reason fer national
forest protection and forest reserves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-14

IN THE BLACIx HILLS.
Construction of Indian school
buildings Is Begun

Rapid City. $. d., Special. Work
has been commenced on the Indian
school buildings in this city. Con-
tractor j. $. Kltterman and j. {.
Steyent. supervisor of instruction,
have sub-contracts. The buildings are
to be completed by April | next. All
home material is to be used in con
struction. and as far as possible home
workmen employed. 1t is expected
that the superintendent of the school
will be appointed in two weeks. 1t is
the plan to have the greater part of
the work done before cold weather.
The school of mines has opened for
the year. The present faculty consists
OF DR.. VT. McGillycuddy. dean; III.
l.. McI.aury, mathematics and
physics: +. NJ. McCormic, assaying;
Il. l.. Slagle, chemistry, and James L.
Boyd. geology and ~minerology. There
is a large enrolment of students.