Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-09-22
General.

General.
Another week will see Camp Wikoff
practically abandoned.
The American Federation of Labor
is to be divided into geographical Sec
tons.
Charles DENLY. former minister 10
| Spain, says the PhiliI pines should be
retained by the United States.
Aside from the loss of her colonies
and the ships destroyed in battle, the
war has cost Spain abdMa S340,oOo,Ooo.
Seven hundred weayers at Fall Riv-
er. Mass, quit work because wages
were cut.
I'll Urbabo mine, near Torres, Mex,
is producing orc which runs 1000
ounces in silver and $50 TO $40 per ton
in gold.
The third annual convention of the
Ohio River improvement Association
was held ut Wheeling, w. Va, recent
ly.
The Populist. Democrat and Silver
Republican conventions, representing
the silver forces of the State of Wash
ingtOn, have agreed TO fuse.
Admiral Ceryera and staff, and some
LOO Spanish prisoners sailed in the
City of Rome recently for Santander,
Spain.
Gen. Gomez has resigned as com
| mander-in-chief of the Cuban army,
because the control of affairs has been
giver. to the Americans.
Rumors of yellow fever ut Jackson
vile are emphatically denied. The
health of the city was never better
than at present.
The Methodist ministers OF Chicago
have decided to send TO the prime
minister of Russia "A letter expressing
their approval of the cxar's d~isar1na-
ment proposition.
The contract for carrying the mail
between Chamberlain and Castalia, :.
D., was awarded to A. A. Call at $91T
a year. Also between Centerville and
Lodi, s. d., to G.. Cowles at 1866.
Hawkins Taylor of st. Paul. assist
ant clerk to the senate committee on
foreign affairs, will accompany Sena.
tor Davis to Paris, in the capacity Of
private secretary.
Ferdinand w. Peck. the United
Stat ties commissioner to the Paris expo
sition of 1900, with his family and
staff, has taken up quarters ut the
Continental hotel, Paris, until he can
find suitable offices.
The ffty-second annual convention
of tho national council of the Order of
United American Mechanics was held
at Cleveland. About 150 delegates
We're present, representing twenty
states.
The United States Supreme Council
Of the A. A. :. Rite. thirty-third de-
gree colored Masons of the United
States held it's twenty-ninth annual
session i'm Richmond, Va. The next
session will be held in Cleveland.
The delay of the military commits
sioners in Porto Rico i'm arranging for
the evacuation of the island is depre
Gated by the medical officers, because
of the danger to which it exposes the
United States troops OF the island.
Michael Buchler of Red Oak harvest
cd tifty-three bushels Of apricots from
his own grove this season. for which
he received $106, net. This is said to
break the record for this sort of thing
in Iowa.
a Missoula (Mont.) cowboy who is
the worst gun-fighter in the state,
speaks thirteen different languages,
and is said to be the son of a famous
French family. He goes by the name
of Bill Smith.
The third pool miners strike sipa-
tion at Monongahela City, Pa, Is
quiet. but an outbreak may occur at
any time. The strikers dispersed with
the usual march to the Jones mines
and a number of men went to work.
The German bark Amazon. Capt.
Morriss, which arrived at East Lon
don, Sept. Il, from Portland, Ore, jet
tisoned a portion of her cargo during
n hurricane which she encountered on
the voyage.
The steamer Rosalie has arrived at
Seattle from Skaguay. Alaska, with
sixty passengers from Dawson. who
brought out about half n million dol.
lars In gold dust and drafts. William
Stanley OF Seattle had about 100000
In drafts.
The Republican central committee
OF Maryland has elected United States
Senator Wellington chairman, to sue
coed State senator n. II. Scott, re-
signed. IL was the result of n COM
promise between the opposing factions
! Of the party in MARYLAND