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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

There are now 161 high schools on
the accredited list of the University
OF Illinois. A large number OF these
are to be re-examined this year. and
the high school visitor is crowded
with work as never before. Schools
are being accredited for whatever work
is well done. There has thus been
added the work of considering the
claims OF high school graduates to adj
vanced standing. There are many
high schools in the state that do more
work than that required for admis-
sion to the university, ard the univer-
gity is anxious to recognize that fact
and to encourage as much az possible
such advanced woek in the high
schools. The university is careful also
not to constrain small high schools
to undertake more than can be well ac-
complished, and hence would prefer to
accfedit a small high school with less
than the mount required for admis-
sion to the university than with the
full amount less thoroughly done.
While stimulating every high school
10 do all that 1t ought to do. the uni
rersity at the same time desires that
the high school shall work out its own
problem spontaneously, rather than be
constrained to external standards.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

An actor is naturally spiritless when
the ghost fails to walk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Fools ofttimes rush in where wise
men would be afraid of the police.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

1t will be some years, perhaps. before
the merits ard defects OF the city sky
scrapers" will all be known. Thus far
they have withstood sever tests ex-
tremely we'll. Not long ago a gale that
swept over Chicago stopped many of
the clocks in the upper stories Of such
buildings, but did not injure the build
ings. Trey are Ugly. they cut OF
light from the streets and are otherwise
objectionable. Nevertheless. thus Tar
they have showr all needed strength
What earthquakes and the corroding
teeth of the atmosphere will do to
them is yet to be made manifest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

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was supported in debate yesterday by
Messrs. Brosius, Adams, Lacy and
Walker, Reps, and opposed by Messrs.
Jenkins, Rep, and Cox, briggs, and
Bartlett, Dems.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

The Office of sergeant-atarms OF \
house has practically been awarded q
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state central committee. who ~,
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Aberdeen will ask the leglslalur
provide for a state normal schoos 70
located at that town. The News ueS.s
that a necessity exists for a sta'e ~,
in the northern part OF the state. anp !
find no more appropriate place forh =
at Aberdeen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Attorney General-elect John NJ
announces thar as soon as ne oecomss
stalled in office he will commen.s
acton against the express eomp4M~
compel them 10 aftix revenue s.slas /
their receipts instead OF obliging inc :
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excellent appointment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04

and it is but too apparent that only the most important developments could have led the Emperor to act at such a time.
 The truth of the matter is the En- peror acted at the moment he was as- sured that certain suspicious were cor rect. Briefly he found out that the two guardians of Prince Alfred were not true to their trust. Instead of guid- ing the young man in the right direc- tion they devoted all their own well-de- veloped energies to showing him the town"
 The facts that have already become public property show that the young member of royalty is one of the great est scrapegraces of the last decade. He has dipped into all sorts of dissipation, almost ruined his health and consider ably diminished his finances. But at present he is in disgrace and will have to spend at least two years in a dreary castle on the borders of Russia.
 Prince Alfred is the youthful heir to the famous German duchy of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha. He is the son of Alfred
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were an almost insupportable drain on his income.
 Immediately before the coronation of Wilhelmina, the young Queen of Hol- land. Alfred was mentioned as the most likely aspirant for her hand. There is but little doubt that he would have been an accepted suitor but for his vicious life and the publicity given to scandals in which he figured.
 AS he grew older, instead of sobering. Alfred became more reckless. The friends with whom he associated were. although of privileged blood, of most daring character, to whom excitement was as necessary as air. Escapades in- numerable began to make the clique of young nobles notorious. The names of actresses began to be unpleasantly commingled with theirs. They became the town talk.
 Finally, Alfred, to keep up his supply or funds, began to resort to Jewish money lenders. Among these was a certain banker of Gotha by the name of Levy Goldschmidt. After advancing large amounts to the young prince on such security as he could obtain Gold schmidt began to feel shady about the
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transaction. Having requested the payment of several large notes which were due, and, meeting with no satis- faction, he instituted proceedings for the recovery of his money. This law suit was the bombshell which startled the nobility and especially the Emperor William.
 Of course the parents hastened to the rescue of their heir and made good his numerous borrowings. The Emperor, however, was greatly aroused by the scandal and immediately ordered the dishonorable dismissal of Alfred's in- structor, Captain von Ruexleben, and of gay Count von Hopffgarten. The young scapegrace was transferred to the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regi- ment of Infantry at Darnstadt. Such transfer is very significant in the German army and is only another mode of expressing great imperial dis pleasure.
 Before assuming active duties Alfred, as has been said, has been taken to Hamburg, where he will pass a season of reform under his parents eyes. In this retirement he will also be safe from the gossip of the newspapers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04
NEW YORK PASSES LONDON The Greatest Shipping City in the World
After Three Centuries Great London Town Obliged to Yield
  Biggest Championship Worlds Contest

our manufacturing resources. In thls field there will be a gradual, constant and healthy progression. In the grow ing markets of the world, the far East, Africa the Pacific islands, South Amer ica and the West Indies, America pos sesses decided advantages over other manufacturing nations, and these coun- tries will afford a steady outlet for our increasing production of finished pro- ducts Now that the United States has the lead, everything is in her favor, and nothing but decline in the enterprise of her people can force her again into second place. Of such a decline l see no present evidence"
 Englishmen, not excepting those we'll informed in trade affairs, express sur prise at New York's rapid growth in commerce during the past two years. They have recognized in New York a rival for trade supremacy, who might prove dangerous; but they had no idea that she would so soon wrest the com mercial supremacy from their famous city. Some of them affect to see in the present state of affairs only a tenn porary condition. Others frankly ad- be recognized as the worlds greatest seaport.
 Lord Herschel says in regard to the matter.
 1T was greatly surprised on the occa- sion of my recent visit to New York at the time of the Chamber of Commerce dinner to hear it said that that city now had a greater volume of ocean com merce than London. If this information is correct, it must be reckoned great achievement for America, a double vic- tory, when one considers that it comes in year when she has been at war.
 Yet when one has learned by actual contact something of the greatness of your country, this matter is not so sur prising after all. When one looks upon your wonderful harbor and sees the lavish provision which nature has made for civic greatness he cannot doubt that New York is destined to be, if she is not now, the metropolis of the world S commerce.
 T can only say that if London is to be passed in the race we shall be glad to see the first prize go to the United States rather than to any other nation. We admire American pluck and enter prise as qualities kindred to our own, and we salute your victories whether they be those of war or peace. Instead of discussing the question of suprem- acy I shall prefer to think of New York and London sharing between them the domination of the worlds commerce. Certainly the greatness of one cannot detract from the glory of the other. May they both remain great, in spirit as in achievement, and may the citizens of both ever feel toward each other the good will and brotherly affection which they now hold"
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04
Estimated from monthly returns.


 The total value of Londons trade ir 1895 was $1,123,591, ,63O. New Works showing for the same period was $SO3,- 321, ,190. In the following year New York gained $137, ,9S0, ,33S, while London advanced only about $27 100000. In 1897 the figures for New York were $9T6, ,S98,- 235, decrease from the preceding year while London showed another slight gain. But 1898 has proved a v banner year Exports of merchandise have advanced fully $450,000,000, a greater gain than has been shown by any pre- ceding twelvemonth. Imports of mer- chandise have not advanced, but there have been heavy imports of gold to put the figures up Altogether New York foreign trade for 1898 will not be less than 1,300, 100000, while that of London is computed at $1,202, POT, SAT.
 Another significant factor is to be found in the rapid development ot South Africa, Australia, China and Japan. In the competition for this trade the United States has come off with her full share of honors. American machinery can be put down in all these countries at prices which other man. ufacturing countries cannot meet, and as they grow American commerce Is bound to increase in steady ratio.
 All these things promise well for the continuation of American supremacy.
 Henry w. Edye of the American Shipping Company, who is an expert on matters of foreign trade, says:
 Tn my estimation New York is safe to maintain her lead To begin with there are the inroads of nations like Germany on trade which Great Britain has heretofore had to herself. This is a condition to which Englishmen must reconcile themselves, and it may be called a negative factor in assisting New York to hold her present position. But aside from this consideration, there are positive factors which are decided ly encouraging.
 means reached the limit of their pro- ductiveness, and we may look to see even the phenomenal crops of last year surpassed in the future More import ant still, we have only begun to develop
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him that this charm could not possibly af1ect his fortunes would be useless; he would tell you of a hundred occasions on which the button changed his luck, and finally inform you that it had, when he was a child, saved his life by catching in the upholstery of a railway carriage when he fell out of the i'm properly closed door.
 How he gets over the fact that he al- ways carries the button when racing, but does not always get his horse a place, we do not know. Probably he believes 1t saves him a fall even when 1t does not carry him to victory, and he has certainly been remarkably lucky in the matter of accidents
 A leading light of London society, who is frequent visitor to the gaming palaces at Monte Carlo and Ostend. when gambling wears on her wrist part of broken clock-spring, to which she attaches the greatest importance. It is said that on the occasion of one Of her visits to Monte Carlo a friend persuaded her to leave her strange looking bracelet at her hotel and to play without it. and the result was that, unable to resist the fascination of gambling, even when losing. she lost between e7000 and GS0O0, not thinking how the money was goinf. until 1t had actually gone.
 OiliCC tllcll oilt ldS never RanDleQ un- less wearing her famous clock-spring. and she has often surprised the com pany at her table by her wonderful runs of luck. She is perfectly calm when gambling with the bracelet on her wrist, while without it she always lost her head at the first loss of money and then plunged.
 Every one knows how superstitious racing men are concerning dreams, but We came across a case short time since which appears so novel that we include it in this article, although the actual subject is so hackneyed
 The superstitious gentleman is one with whose name every sporting man Is acquainted, and relies absolutely upon suggestions made to him in dreams for every move he makes upon the turf and since he made it his habit to do so he has never lost a penny upon a race, or lost race in which one of his horses was runningl
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04
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STRANGE ELOPFMENTS.

TNHE mental equilibrium f the resi-
 dential part of certain provincial
 l town was recently sadly disturbed by the daring elopement of the daugh- ter of @ highly respected townsman with 8 well known local cyclist The vibration r;sulting from the shock has not yet ceased.
 It appears that the charming daugh- ter Gall unmarried daughters are charming) had been clandestinely courted by the cyclist, who had the honor of making her machine, he being cycle maker, for some time ere her 'stern parents discovered the fact High words followed as a natural con- sequence, and arrangements were made to transport the infatuated young woman to a spot where she would not meet her secret suitor. But these ar engagements were made without due reckoning of the age of the young woman or of her wishes. She had been deprived of her cycle and of her permit to walk out alone pending her transpor- tation.
 Nevertheless, by some means the lov- CTS managed to communicate, and in the dark of one evening, while the fam fly were sitting out in the cold air, a man rode up to the garden gate on tandem bicycle, ringing his bell. At the sound of the bell up sprang the young woman, and taking her parents and brothers completely by surprise, she flew to the gate, mounted behind the cyclist, and off they sped together in the most correct elopement style.
 week later the happy pair return cd ma n nd VrifQ T6eI of cycle making, which had been left in the hands of a manager, and there they remained thorn in the side of the dignity and authority of the baffled parents. It Is understood that they have found their elopement most val uable fillip to the business.
 Runaway marriages are not so un- common nowadays as is generally be- lieved, but reports of them do not gen. orally get beyond the papers published
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04
ELY CAREER OF 4 YOUNG, NOBLE SCAPEGRACE
Brouqbt to Sudden termination by
 Emperor William.

show him to be. The only son of his parents, he was petted to a consider able degree. The rigid discipline that the Duchess, his mother, imposed on the entire household, her husband in cluded, was greatly relaxed where the young son was concerned. Consequent ly, as he neared his majority, his many passions, feeling no restraint, found ex- cellent opportunities to display them selves.
 At about this time his residence was changed to Berlin He received his mill itary appointment from the Emperor himself, with whom he soon became a great favorite Captain von Ruexleben, a well-known figure at the capital. was
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in the localities in which the parties reside; and the cycle certainly lends it. self to successful elopements. We have indeed before us reports Of no fewer than eight elopements upon cycles which have occurred within the com paratively short period of thirteen months, and there have probably been as many more of which we possess no information.
 A highly exciting chase occurred in- cidentally to one elopement The de- signing couple had managed to get away without creating any suspicion, having met by arrangement and place where everything was arranged for the marriage.
 The young woman was the daughter of farmer, and it might have been un- fortunate for her that she was recog- niZed by one of the farm hands when scorching away with her lover through the small town. The alarm was given. and the farmer and his son, both vota- r1es of the wheel, set out at once in hot pursuit. However, the runaway couple had had more than twenty minutes start, so 1t was necessary for the son to scorch in way the farmer could not follow, and the pursuing party was soon reduced to one
 AS this son was an amateur cyclist of no small power it Is probable that the elopement would have ended sadly for the pursued had not the pursuer taken a wrong turning, with the depressing result that he scorched for many hours in direction quite contrary to that taken by the runaways, who were able to be married nicely and quietly, while the brother was murmuring sweet things about his mistake some thirty miles away.
 There can be no disputing that 1t is as vain to attempt to thwart woman who has determined to marry and de- cided on the man selected as to at tempt to open sardine tin with but ter pat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04

commercial city of the world. Like many another trophy of old-world power and influence, this distinction has at last crossed the Atlantic to America, and now rests with the city of New York. Although London had a large population and a wide commerce when the first settlers built their log houses on Manhattan Island, 1t has taken the new world city little more than a century to catch up with her venerable rival. New York scarcely be- gan to have commercial importance un- til after the close of the revolution, and even at the beginning of the nineteenth century her trade was only one-tenth that of the British metropolis.
 Not even the most sanguine of Ameri- cans dared to prophecy fifty years ago that before the close of the nineteenth century New York would replace Lon- don as the most important seaport in the world. Even so recently as ten years ago, the struggle between New York and Hamburg for second place was much more close than the race between the American city and the British metropolis. But in the year 1898, which is likely to be remembered as a momentous one in the history of the United States, the port which Hen- dirk Hudson discovered 289 years ago, not only drew safely away from the busy town at the mouth of the Elbe, but surpassed the lordly city of the Thames as well.
 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip is authority for the state ment- that Ne York Is now in a posi- tion of supremacy among the commer- cial cities ofNthe world. MT. Vanderlip says:
 T am glad to be able to announce that the forthcoming annual report of the commissioner of navigation con- tains the statement that New York is, or at least is about to become, the first seaport of the world. The figures on which this statement Is based are those giving the tonnages of vessels reported as entering and clearing from the port of New York in the foreign trade only, since no record of coastwise trade is kept in American ports. The tonnage figures for the last fiscal year for the port of London are not available as yet, but in the preceding year London gained 215,0 900 tons to New York's in- crease of 1,131, ,727. The monthly re- ports for the present year thus far in- dicate that New York has maintained her advance, while London certainly has not increased hers. This puts New York into the first place, so far as ocean comme, Is concerned"
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the First, the present Duke, and was born in 1872 at Buckingham palace when his father was merely the Duke of Edinburgh. The young man is also the grandson of Queen Victoria, and he seems to have a touch of that strain which has been so noticeable in the Prince of Wales. Besides his numerous princely titles he bears the honor of a captaincy in the Second Devonshire Prince of Wales) Regiment and a lieu tenancy in the First Regiment of the Royal Prussian Guards, a corps which contains the flower of the German mo- bility.
 In this, his twenty sixth year, the young noble is in disgrace and has been
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EhI4NG that gambling IS nearly
 always matter of luck or i'll luck
 it seems consistent with the eter- N nal fitness of things that habitual
 gamblers should be superstitious and place certain amount of reliance upon charms and presentiments; but nevertheless, 1t is truly extraordinary how much importance many gamblers attach to trivial things and occur rences such as any one else would sim ply ignore
 One of the most notorious gamblers in the British s-is.ocracy is an implicit believer in the luck bringing DOW CTS of a small kidney potato, without which he rarely plays at any game at the risk of losing large sums of money. The history of his extraordinary charm is wrapped in mystery" and no one has been able to drag out of the noble lord (for he is a member of the House of Peers) in what way he became pos Sessed of his plebeian potato. But he stoutly asserts that but for his talisman he would have been ruined years ago by his gambling habits.
 He is one of the luckiest men who ever cast dice or cut pack, and it is notorious that an evenings play at his favorite club has more than once put e1O00 into his pocket, and it really seems that the superstition attached to his potato has solid basis, for, on one occasion, when by a chance he left his charm at home-a very rare thing for him to do-he lost heavily; whereas it is a most exceptional thing for him to rise from a card table a penny the poorer, for long evenings reckless gambling.
 A well-known jockey who is reputed to have won ten times as much in bet ting as he has by his profession, al- though he has been wonderfully suc- eessful, never rides in race or backs a horse for a half penny if he has not on his person at the time smoked pearl button, and to attempt to argue with