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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
a IS SORRY.
Expresses Regret for the de LONE
Incident and Hopes That the
Friendly Relation. Will Not He
ua.

Expresses Regret for the de LONE
Incident and Hopes That the
Friendly Relations VIII Not He
Impaired.
New York. Feb. ia dispatch to
the World from Madrid says: N
formal statement Of regret and ensure
of Dupuy de Lome's conduct, coupled
with an expression Of sincere dccire
that the Canalejas letter incident shall
not impair the present friendly rela-
tons between the governments OF
Spain and the United States or inter.
rupt the negotiations for a commercial
treaty. will be made by Foreign Min
lister Gullon Immediately following the
.gazetting Of the royal decree accepting
Senior de I4ome's resignation and APP
pointing his successor ms SPANS rep
r~csentatiye at Washington.
On the other hand the Washington
correspondent OF the World say that
Spain has not disavowed responsibility
for the utteTances of Senior de LONE,
and does not consider that any dis
claimer of that character is necessary.
From SPANS point OF view the Incl
dent is closed. not only rs TO De
Lome's reflections upon the president
aud the American people, but as To his
declaration autonomy Is a mockery
and reciprocity a fraud. Such is the
unsatisfactory information contained
In the long expected statement from
MIR. Woodford.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Concealment and Evasion.

The depression Of the cotton manu-
featuring industry in New England
has been seized upon by the free trade
press as a sweet morsel to roll under
the tongue. With one accord they
gleefully point to the fact that protec-
ton has not proved potent enough to
prevent the lowering Of wages in the
hence protection is a failure"
The fact of oyerproduction and the
competition of southern factories
where wages are lower and the hours
of labor longer than in the mills OF
New England are factors in the prob
lem which obtain no recognition: and
you will search in vain for any ac-
kowledgment of the obvious fact that
it is directly due to protection that the
cotton manufacturing industry OF the
United States has reached a stage OF
development where competition lowers
prices.
Such has been the invariable history
of protection; 1t has in no case failed
to stimulate competition and cheaper
the cost Of production through the in
PRODUCTION of improved mechanical ap-
planes and through the develop
ment of a higher degree of efficiency
in labor.
1t is only by %concealing the facts
and ignoring the logic of the case that
the present condition of the trade in
manufactured cotton can be used AS
an argument against protection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

ITS SUPERIORITY RECOGNIZED
BY ENGLISH SHIPBuILDER.
Alfred Yarr0w Predicts That America
win Soon AXE First Place In tho
Worlds Struggle for Trade Supremacy
Uniess England Rsstirs Herself.

Another English tribute to the SUI
priority OF the protected labor of
America to the labor Of free trade
Great Britain is found in the re-
marks of Mr.. Alfred F.. Yarrow of
Yarrow a Co. OF Poplar, England. who
Is Just completing a three months
stay in the United States. Mr.. Yarrow
the largest iron and steel working
plants in this country and has been
greatly impressed by the American
methods of work and their results.
Some time ago he wrote to the London
Times that IL the striking engineers
in England would select a committee
OF three or four men to visit America.
inspect the plants here. and max a
report TO the strikers, he would gladly
defray the expenses OF the trip.
American iron and steel workers,
said Mr.. Yarrow, "are better paid than
English, but they do far more than
proportionately better work. They
have superior diligence. application,
and ingenuity, and take more inter-
est in their work. 1t seems to be the
rule for each mar to do as much as
he can, while al home every n Is
afraid of injuring his fellow workman,
and does no more than he has to. One
noticeable thing in connection with
this is the tending of automatic ma
chimes. I have seen one man in
charge of several machines here. while
at home it is against the rules OF the
union for a man to tend to more than
one. Consequently he is idle a con-
siderable part Of the time. When a
new machine is introduced into an
English shop the union decides the
rating OF a man to tend it, instead OF
allowing a man who is doing similar
work to take charge of the new tool.
THE lowered prices of raw ma
terial in this country have put Ameri-
can engineers into direct competition
with their English contemporaries,
and | believe this competition will
continue and grow keener. The ma
~terials. etc, for the Central railway in
London, are being supplied by Ameri-
cans, who are also shipping steel bill
let's to England, boiler plates to Hol-
land, and deck beams to Belgium.
These are all centers of the various in
dustries using those materials, and
England formerly supplied them. |
foresee that America will soon take
the first place in the world unless
England bestirs herself and shakes of
the attitude OF indifference assumed
thirty years ago. when she was at the
head in engineering industries.
During my visit here | have pur-
chased a quantity of small machine
tools which are superior to the Eng
lish makes. With such tools the price
is of small moment; the best is want
ed, no matter what the cost. though
prices here compare favorabiy with
those at home"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Under Happy Auspices.

The new tariff act has successfully
passed the crucial period. 1t is restor-
ing the industries OF the country to
prosperity, is giving work to idle labor,
is giving the American markets to
American products. and last, but not
least, it IL replenishing the national
treasury and putting an end 20 the
~ruinous bond sales that marked and
marred the administration of President
Cleveland. Let us all rejoice. The new
year opens under the most happy au-
Observation-Disclosures Record"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
INHERITANCE TAX.
iowa Law Authorizing 1t Declared
Unconstitutional.


iowa Law Authorizing 1t Declared
Unconstitutional.
Council Bluffs. Iowa, Feb. 15.-Judge
Thornell, Of the district court, has de-
cided the law taxing collateral inner
itances to be unconstitutional. The
law was passed at the last session of
the legislature, becoming effective Oct.
i last. 1t provides for a 5 per cent
tax on all requests other than to di-
rect heirs. The law was attacked on
the ground that 1t was in c%ontraven-
ton Of the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution Of the United States In
that 1t took property without due pro-
cess of law. Judge Thornell rendered
q verbal opinion declaring the law un-
constitutional OF the ground taken by
the plaintiff. as well as because the
law contained no provision for annui-
ties. An appeal will be taken by the
state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
VERY SMOOTH rILIBUsrERERs.
They Get Away with N Big Expedi-
ton Right Under the Noses of

Get Away with N Big Expedi-
ton Right Under the Noses of
Pinkertons
Tampa. Fla. Feb. 15.-AlmoSt under
the nose Of Edward GayIor. superin-
tendent of Pinkerton's Spanish spies.
a large Cuban expedition left here
Saturday night and last night sailed
from a point on Peace river. The men,
about seventy In number, walked
through the streets of Tampa about :
o'clock yesterday morning and board
eel a special train which quickly bore
them TO a point near where they were
TO embark. and there they remained ia
hiding until last night, when a tug
took them out to the steamer which
lore them away to Caba. 1t is sail
Gen. Sangullly is the real commander
Of Tie expedition. Supt. Gaylor, his
son and another Pinkerton man have
been here looking for Sanguilly, they
believing he was somewhere near.
The detectives are totally ignorant of
the departure of this expedition. Ii is
understood 5000 rifles. 5000 pounds of
dynamite, 200, 900 rounds OF cartridges
and n heavy lot Of supplies made M
the cargo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

A. glance at the list of manufactured
articles which we export Is well calcu-
lated to create the impression that our
manufacturing resources are being de-
veloped at a remarkable rate and that
the statement that we shall have con-
troll. virtually. Of the markets Of the
world before many years is mol an ex-
travagant one.-Savannah (Ga.y News.
free trade.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
VIII Adop. Protection.

With less than half a century OF
free trade Great Britain is losing her
hold, and her great thinkers are al
ready casting about for some means or
maintaining the status she reached SUI
preme in the world of commerce. Five
hundred years Of the strongest protec-
ton in the history Of a world OF pro-
tected countries placed her in the pre-
eminent position, the credit for which
is claimed by free traders for the few
years of free trade. The principle or
protection to her own industries is the
cornerstone of British diplomacy all
over the world today. There is many
an indirect way OF protecting her
manufactures and she has made good
use of them all, but every day
strengthens the proof that a tariff Is
the best protective engine, and II Is
but a matter of a short time until the
British protective system will be ex-
tended into a harmonious tariff wall
about the whole empire-Canadian
Manufacturer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Youthful kIondtker.

Barnesville, Mimi, Feb. ia six
year-old boy took the blind baggage Of
the coast train and was not discovered
until the train reached Sabin, sixteen
miles north of here. The child was
left with the agent, and the conductor
wired back to send after him. He had
heard so much talk about Klondike
that he decided to go. His stock OF
food consisted of Il quarters worth OF
crackers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

why" it may be asked, sis u cum
merce with Venezuela SO much larger
and more profitable than 1t is with 9TH
er South American countries, where. az
a rule, we are ~scantily represented"
The answer is not far to seek-there
Is an American steamship line to Ven
ezuela while there is nom to Brazil,
10 Argentine. to Uruguay or to Chill.
That trade follows the flag" has never
been more brilliantly exempliied than
in our relations with Venezuela. In 20
years our commerce with that country
has increased more than five-fold. and
under reciprocity it is capable. of
course, of even further expansion
Boston Journal"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Ha. confoanaed It's Enemies.

The enemies of protection and OF the
Republican party have pursued the
Dingley tariff bill with a maiignity
that was born Of hate and the disap-
pointment growing out Of bafied
schemes. But the Dingley tariff has
justified the confidence its trainers
have reposed in it. 1t has surprised
its friends and COMPOUNDED its enemies.
Buffalo News"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

(ui I'm prlnA Of EaA

Sioux Falls, S. d., Feb. 13.-The city
council has granted a franchise to a
new gas company upon the guarantee
that gas will be furnished for 81 per
thousand. There Is another gas com
pany here which has been getting
$3.50 a thousand. The council also
granted a franchise to a new telephone
line and rates are expected to take u
tumble
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
NO BIBLEs IN SCHOOLS.

Reading and the Recitation
of the Lords Prayer Illegal.
Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 15.-Attor.
ney General Crow has rendered an
opinion In which he holds that 1t is a
violation of the state law to have
pupils recite the Lords prayer, or for
the teacher to read the Bible as a part
of the opening gexercises In the pub
lie schools of the state. He holds that
these exercises are forms OF religious
worship and, hence. are forbidden to
be done in a public school house dur
ing school hours.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Arrested for Grand Larceny.

Iankton, =. d., Feb. 13. Frank Cul.
liggan, living twelve miles northwest
OF here, was arrested at his home by
the sheriff Of Yankton county on a
charge of grand larceny. II. J. Wiley,
a wholesale dealer in furnishing goods
at Sioux City, was the complainant.
Culligan is charged with having stolen
a case Of furnishing goods from the
platform of a small station neal here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
DEATH RESULTS.
Robbers at Portland, Ind, Leave a
Victim and Hound and Gagged.

Victim and Hound and GnHeed.
Portland, Ind, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Louisa
Stolz, a wealthy widow, was not seen
about her house Friday and neighbors
finally forced an entrance. They found
her lying on the floor, bound hand and
foot with twine used for tying slaves
in bundles and her mouth stuffed with
cotton and bound with a bandana
handkerchief and a piece OF window
curtain, cold In death. The murderers
wrote on u postal card addressed 70
the city marshal. the following mes
sage: Go to the lady's house who
lives next to the heading factory; she's
been robbed. Please GO" Bloodhounds
tracked the murderers to the railway
ed the cars there.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
~aGaRTETTE OF MURDERs.
s Mining Towns with
IN some HIoodshed

4 naae haute, Ind, Feb. 15.-During
ln,niaH's In a saloon at Grant, a coal
Carr,us town north Of this city, John
Mac shot and killed Wesley
,yho ne also shot Bayless Niece.
At WIN Ole. The murderer escaped.
SIord another mining town, the
man .er. John Gilfoy, shot Joe Hoff-
lts,is VINO Will die. John Besete, an
mInas.. was struck in the neck with a
20 puck and killed. The last MUIR
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

Among the exports not diminished
by the operation Of the Dingley tariff
may be mentioned American horses.
Recent auction sales In New York.
Cleveland and Chicago Indicate a
much larger foreign demand FOX horses
of speed, style and finish than ever be-
fore known. 1t Ia also noticeable that
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
woODFORD HEARD FROM.
Cipher Dispatch Received. hut the
Officials VIII Not DivuIgc Its Con-

Washington. Feb. ia three hun.
dred-word cipher dispatch received
from Minister Woodford Saturday
night has been translated at the state
department, but no intimation of its
import could be secured from official
sources Assistant Secretary of State
Day, who has been entrusted with
the whole correspondence by the pres
ident, refused to discuss the message.
He said merely that there was no de-
velcpment in the case which properly
could be made public at this time. In
one instance he supplemented this
statement by the remark that the
mere fact Of information being with
held is not to be taken as a serious in
dication.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
ar,pinnl

Washington, Feb. 13. = The house
committee on has killed the
senate bill to permit the State OF
south Carolina to control liquors
brought into the state In original PACK
ages. The motion to report IL '
bly was lost on a tie vote.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
stroek Inv n Coupl,n. Link.

Lea Crosse, Wis, Feb. 13.-.At Savan-
nah George Grover, son OF ex-Ald.
Grover Of this city, while walking
through the Milwaukee railway yards,
was struck on the head by a coupling
link thrown by Q brakeman, and died
without regainilg consciousness. 1t
is believed to have been an accident.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Canadn,. Tariff Inv

Ottawa, Ont. Feb. 15.-It is officially
ing to ask parliament to change the
customs law by abolishing the recipro-
cal clause and making the minimum
tariff apply solely to Great Britain and
possibly the colonies. This has become
Necessary by the discovery that even
with the German and Belgian treaties
out of the way the preferential tariff
would apply to nearly all the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
c,.paer. mt Park Rapids.

Park Rapids, Mimi, Feb. 13.-Glan-
ders has been discovered among the
horses I'm this section, and two be-
iono,np TO Dan Petrie have been con-
demned and shot. A determined ef'
fort will be made to stamp out the dis.
ease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
FAMILY FED ON MORPHINE.
Horrible Case Comes TO Light mt
Red Wing

Red Wing, Mimi, Feb. ia mos.
horrible case has just come to light
here. j.. l.. Brown, a veterinary sur
geon, Is said to have been giving his
entire family morphine and cocaine.
Children ranging from ten to twenty
years old We're found in q stupor.
They often remained without food for
several days. The whole family was
arrested. The body of one boy, eigh-
tee years old. was found TO be one
mass of raw flesh, owing to injections.
Two girls We're found In nearly the
same condition. The family was ex-
amined In probate court and an at
tempt will be made to send the doctor
to an insane asylum and the children
to the state school.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Gen. Jones Dead.

st. Paul, Feb. 13.-Reports just re-
ceiyed by steamer confirm the previous
announcement that Gen. Alexander G.
Jones, first adjutant general of Min
nesota, died at Shanghai. China, Jan.
IA. Gen. Jones was on mis- way home
from Chin Kiang, where he had been
until recently United States consul.
He died Of Bright's disease. He was
seventy-two years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

Barcelona, Feb. 15.-Thirty thousand
people. mostly wOrkmen and orderly,
demonstrated here against the torture
of the anarchists at Mont Julch fort
ress. Resolutions Of protest and de-
manding the punishment OF the tor
turers and a revision Of the trial were
adopted and will be forwarded to the
government.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

Earnings Of 1921 miles of railroad
In the United States for 1897 are re-
ported by Dun's Review at 1858, 442.-
095. being AZ per cent larger than
last year. and only AZ per cent less
than In 1892. with some Of the best
roads yet to come in. Every month
since August has shown larger earn
ings than In any previous year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
count.rf.,ters in Custody.

!, West Superior, Wis. Feb. 13.-Three
members of the counterfeiters who adj
NIT that they have been working
Grand Rapids, Mimi. n the Range
towns for several years, were brought
down from Hibbing and held for tr,al
I'm the sum of $1,000 each.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
C0NCILIATORY
Spanish Cabinet Officers Tries 10 Say
OynethinR Nice.

Madrid. Feb. Is. - The Associated
Press correspondent obtained inter
views with Senior Cullen. the foreign
minister. and Senior Moret. the minis
ter for the colonies. Senior Gullon said
the De LONE letter incident was re-
gagrded both at Madrid and Washing
ton as absolutely ended from the mo-
ment when Assistant Secretary of
State Day conferred with Senior du
bose. Senior Moret said: Although
there exists in the United States a
party eager for war and which strives
to provoke a conflict. President Me
Kinley will try to avoid one, and the
Spanish government also will do its
utmost to avoid any fresh friction
which would make the relations be-
tween the two countries more strained.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
New Man Takes Hold.

Huron, s. d., Feb. 13.-The last fed
eral office here TO go into the hands of
new ap~pointees was thai OF the sur
veyor general. Gen. Hughes has just
turned over to his successor, Frank A.
Morris, the surveyor generals office,
which he had filled for the past -four
wears.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
D~e.tro,.d NV Fire

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Fire destroyed the
plant of the Chicago Portland Cement
company at Hawthorne. The loss
amounts to $iaa.000; insurance $4,000.
The fire originated In the drying
rooms and consumed everything on
the premises.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Another Busted Cradle

Trenton, n. j., Feb. 13.-Chancellor
McGill appointed a receiver for the
Edpemont and Urfion Hill Smelling
This is one Of the com
panies in which II. C. Cradle is inter
ested. The application for a receiver
was made by David Jones.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
FATALLY Burned.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Feb. 13. Tho
three.year-old daughter OF Andrew
Anderson Of Henning was fatally
burned by her clothes catching nre
while her parents were outside the
house.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
Lo.t Two Fingers.

staples. Mimi, Feb. ID. - William
smaIiey. a fireman employed on the
Northern Pacific, lost two fingers
while making a coupling.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
LOST HIS JOB.

Down by the Council, Takes Hts
own Life
Pittsburg, Feb. 10. - Henry Kline,
chief of police of McKeesport, Pa,
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head. Mayor Caroth
ers appointed him chief of police a few
months ago but the council refused to
confirm the appointment and rejected
his claim of $500 for services. He left
a note assigning this as the reason for
the deed. Kline was twenty-eight
years of age and vas married in De-
cember.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
sa.pyard Laborers ylctorious.

NOM c',y, Mich, Feb. 15.-An agree
uas been reached between the
shin u.ative OF Wheeler 4 Co.'s
hy wn a1as a the locked-out laborers.
bscr "alch all but the riveters viii 90
adyan~a work at once. The pay was
ahced TO a shilling an hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
outlook for Creditors.

Sank Center, Mimi, Feb. 13.-Ihe
statement of the condition Of Banker
smiths affairs Is not as encouraging
TO the creditors as expected The la
hrities are $56, 1889, and assets,
S112,717.5O.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
NEGROES WIN.

In Their Fight for Admission 20 the
Schools of Altoh.
Springfield. ILL.,, Feb. Is. The SUI
preme court In the Alton public school
case has sustained the demurrer filed
by counsel for the negroes to the ON
tention Of the mayor and others OF
Alton concerning the rights OF the lat
ter over the local schools. A peremp-
tory writ will now be asked to compel
the admission OF negro children to the
schc OILS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
so, 90 strtLe.

Calumet, Mich. Feb. 13.-The cigar
makers of this city who went on a
strike are still out. Both sides are de-
tarmIned and a long fight Is ooked Tor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
BY A CUBAN
~, sroRY or THE ACQUISITION
or DIE LONGS LETTER.

from the Envelope I'm the
..,a p~ostofice by a Clerk,
n. "a secret Agent OF the Gu
saas-white Paper substituted
- the Letter Properly Delivered
Lrnbnn officials Had Been Adj
x,.ed Of ID Existence of the Let
ter by a symgnshsxer In the Lee
o.,ion once at Washington.