Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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densed Form.
t Minister Rodriguez, representing the
Greater Republic at Washington. is in
M~anagua. Me, suffering from fever.
Proceedings have begun ut Vienna
against Herr Iro, German Nationalist
deputy, on the charge OF high treason.
Red fungus is destroying the fruit
on thousands OF coffee trees in the de-
partments of Jinotepe and Matagalpa,
In Nicaragua.
The jury i'm the libel case against j.
s. Crawford of Cherokee, returned a
verdict of not guilty after being u
twelve hours.
Edward Oakley, who claimed TO be
a doctor of divinity of Brown univer-
sity, has been arraigned on the charge
OF begging at London. Eng.
1t is announced that peace has been
concluded between Uruguay and the
U~ruguayan insurgents through the
mediation OF Dr.. Retmircz.
Richard Holt Hutton, the famous
literary critic and editor of The Lon
don Spectator since 1861. is dead. he
was in his seventy-first year.
Thomas Cottreil Of Shell City. NO.,
fell from his bicycle on Main street in
Webster City. Iowa. Conclusion Of
the brain followed, and he died.
Emperor William personally com
handed the attacking force In the
army m%anouvers, all the troops being
engaged against an imaginary army.
Attorney General McKenna viii
visit President Mckinley at Somerset
Pa.. to learn what the latter thinks oil
the opinion he is preparing on section
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Lieut.. j. G. Sobral. a naval attacne
with the Spanish legation at Washing
ton, is charged with having inspected
some of the United States coast de
feEses.
Mrs. Florence Van Setback OF New
York has sued her fa~ther-in-law, Pete
Van Setback of Chicago for 5000
for the alienation of the affections 0
her husband.
The fishing feet returned TO Dunkir
from Iceland and reports that out g
ni"ety-six boats six foundered durin
the season, resulting in the drownin
IAof thirty men and boys.
The Chattanooga Savings and Ruils
Ing association has made a voluntar
application for a receiver. The lii
bilities are S66, 000: assets 1t is believe
will pay dollar for dollar.
The provisional state committee {
the Silver Republican party or Cal
fornia has formed a permanent o.
g%anlzation and elected George w. Is.
ker OF Oakland, chairman.
The so-caIled Struble murder my
terry at Shepherd, Mich, Is developer
into a story of defalcation and suicid
1t Is known almost beyond doubt tn
Cashier Struble died by his own han
A cable from Cologne says: In
collision at Urbach between q freig
train and a passenger train two ra
oad employees were killed,
passengers were injured and mu
damage vas done.
The children of the town Of La
Forest, tw~enty-four miles from Cl
cago, will be kept away from scho
until the law has decided whether I
city council or the board of educate
of the suburb has control Oft
schools.
The Ward line steamer Niaga
Capt. Croker. from New York on Al
80. for Guantanamo, Cienfuegos, ct
10 III Oh thC COlOAA 0hOAlS -HN
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. Z
crew has been saved but 1t is fear
the vessel may be lost.
Vice President and General Manal
w. w. Peabody, OF the Baltimore
Ohio Southwestern railroad, has
pointed o. r. Mccarthy general p
senger agent vice j. nj. Cheseborou
Mr.. Mccarthy has accepted and V
assume the duties Of the Office Oct
The Democratic general conferei
committee for Greater New York r:
ied the action Of the subcommit
which set the holding OF the Del
cratic city convention for Sept. 80.
Republican convention will be b
Sept. %.
The four thousand men who h
been at work on the new undergrot
trolley line which is being built al
Madison and Fourth avenues, \
York, are on Il strike. The strike J
inaugurated because the men II
received no pay for three weeks.
The secretary of the treasury
In a letter to the collector of custt
at Plattsburg, N. Y, that stemI
leaf tobacco exported to Canada
then imported into the United st
is not a manufactured tobacco an
not subject to duty.
At st. Martin, about three n
from Ferrol. Spain. bombs were
pioded simultaneously outside the
ide..ces Of the mayor and the ms
trate of the town. Great damage
done by the explosion. In the
fusion which followed the miscre
escaped.
AT a meeting Il the National ID
ocratic state central committee at
coin. Neb., 1t was decided to no
state convention at Omaha Sept
and nominate Ii state ticket. The
provides for 600 delegates. fix-Ss
tary of Agriculture J.. Sterling No
was among those In attendance. Ns