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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
Snow AND RAIN. QuEsca IAE FIRE.
Colorado tFarest Hires i,ytns Out b
Power e sise cppasiax

colorado F0resE ftfee Ilgtn8 Out 81
Power u eise Opposing
Elements. T
Denver, Oct. B.-Reports received to.
day from various points in the regions
where the forest fires have been
spreading for q week or two past, are
to the effect that the fires have been
stopped in many places by snow and
rain. In the vicinity of Glenwood the
fires are almost entirely extinguished.
Idaho Springs reports the fires on
the west slope of the divide pretty
nearly under control and there is not
now much danger of their reaching
the eastern slope. However, the fires
will shoulder for months and another
dry spell followed by high winds
might rouse the flames. Hundreds OF
miles OF fine timber is laid to waste in
the range mountains to the west and
on the middle part some ranches are
destroyed.
A Leafville dispatch says: Eight
snow appears to have somewhat
checked the forest fires that were
threatening some of the mining sec
tons of this country. The snow was
entirely too light to eNtinguish the
flames and unless another storm
ONE within the next forty-eignt
hours it Is feared much damage will
be done at Lake park and vicinity.
Superintendent Julian IF the United
States fish commission at Leadville,
says it is criminal carelessness and in.
excnsable negligence on the part of
campers that is responsible for nine
tenths of the present forest fires.
The town Of Kokomo is no longer
endangered.
naid Mountain Fires Out.
Cheyenne, Oct. Especial Agent
Cabbott of the interior department
has returned from Carlton county.
where he was engaged three weeks in
fighting forest fires along the west
side of Bald mountain, the west side
of the Platte valley near Bennett, on
the head of Spring creek forks of En-
campment river and around Battle
lake.
Mr.. Ahbott's force consisted Of a
large number of ranchmen who volun-
teered for the work and twenty men
he hired. The country where some of
the fires are burning is rough and
mountainous and it is necessary to
usG pdCA AAAAllulS W 7IeuSl III.
With great difficulty the various
fires were put out and their ravages
confined to a comparatively small
area. Had the fire on Bald mountain.
crossed to the east side of the noun
tain q track of magnificent timber
twenty-five miles long would have
been destroyed. The department Of
the interior authorized Mr.. Abbott to
spare no expense in extinguishing the
fires. From whore he was working
Mr.. Abbott states that the immense
fires around Hans Peak, Colo, could
be palinly seen. Colorado fires are
driving large numbers of deer and an
telope into Wyoming. Word has been
received that the big forest of North
Unita county, south of Yellowstone
National Park, is burning. These
fires will be put out by forest rangers
stationed in the government timber
reserves of that region.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
|K1llBAIL GRAPHIC
g B THAN. Pabnsher.
KIMRAl.L SOUTH DAKOTA

Sulz, . Swiss town in the CANTON 81
sAargap, 4 nun ering from y peculiar
boycott. The town recently dismissed
its school teacher, after fifty yenrss
seryice without giving him a pension,
and advertised for . new teacher.
ThafssWere Eo applicants Tor the place
the Aargau Teachers league having
put the town on its blacklist and de-
dared that 1t would not remove the
ban till the discharged teacher re-
sceived q pension. The town decidedsto
y the tenchers, but no lawyer in the
canton could be found to take up the
case. Other professional men have
also decided to have nothing to do
with Sulx.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

II figures r needed to convince
any mar that woman is better than he
is, here they re: A statistical in
quirer has discovered that women are
less criminal than men. In England
and Wales only 18 per cent of conyic-
tons are OF women, III RUSSIA 0 per
cent, in the United States 8 per cent.
Other countries show equally low per-
3ccnfapes Of female crime.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Melbourne, which consisted of thir.
teen huts and WAS known ms Bear.
grass at the time Of Queen Victoria's
accession, is row clnssed as the sew.
enth city Of the British empire, COM
ing in after London. Liverpool, Glas.
gov, Manchester, Birmingham and
Calcutta.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
SENTENCED 10 FIVE YEARS, LABOR
lawyer E. &. Clark of Hutchinson,
Knnsas, Gets the Limit or
the law.

Hutchinson. Kas.. Oct. 5.-Jndge
Simpson has sentenced Lawyer Il. q.
Clark to five years hard lnbor in the
penitentiary for completely in the
murder of w. G. Boyd over d month
ago. Before receiving his sentence,
which was the highest that could be
imposed for the crime, Clark made u
long speech to the judge. 1t was a.
striking scene, the gray headed de-
PENDANT pleading for %leniency from
the Judge, before whom he had but
recently been practicing. A week ago
n verdict of manslaughter in the Sec
und degree had been rendered. Mrs.
A. L. Postlewaite. an accomplish in
the murder. and her son. who con-
fcssed to the killing, are yet to be
tried.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE MEETING

Annual Convention to He Held iu
New York, Commencing
Next Friday.
New York, Oct. 5.-The animal ron.
vention OF the Christian and mission
airy alliance will be held in this city,
beginning Friday. Sunday services
will be held in Carnegie hall and week
day meetings. in Goshen tabernacle,
corner Eighth Avenue and Sixty
fourth street Among those who IRE
expected to address the convention
are DR.. JaRes NJ. Bray and Rev. DIR.
Chapel Of Boston, Henry Marley OF
London, Reys%sD. John Robertson of
Scotland, Robert Spear Of the Presby-
teridn board 81 foreign missions. and
Luther D. WisEard Of the same board,
Rev. Salmons nf Ioronto and several
missionaries asts the alliance now in the
county. During ahe short history Of
the alliance oEer 800 missionaries have
been sent ont TO foreign fields.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Magdeburg-Neustadt's police had
the Salvation army and a newspaper
publisher in that town fined for an
nouncing that the greatest liar in
Neustadt'' would be disclosed at one
of its meetings. The Salvation army
asserted that by this the devil was
meant. The police, however, insisted
that a great many respectable citizens
had been made uneasy by the threat.
The couFt of appeal has decided that
the sentences were unjust, as the po-
lice had nj right to interfere.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

A most unreasonable correspondent
asks: Now that the war with Spain
Tor humanity is ended, why should
our %victrious fleets and armies come
home while one of:the grossest crimes
against civilization is being enacted
by France in the shameful treatment
of D%reyfus??'
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
CANADA WILL TRY PROHIBITION

All of the Provinces Except Quebec
Voted for Cold. Wntcr:-Gen-
ernl- Mnjo,hty, 5000.
Toronto, Oct. 3.-The majority for
prohibition throughout the entire do
minion will not exceed $4,000. All of
the provinces except Quebec voted for
prohibition.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

! The Boston board of police has for
hidden liquor dealers to put alluring
signs in their windows setting forth
the prices of their bottled goods. The
board says they are liable to tempt the
wayering wayfarer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Battalion drills are not relished by
the boys in camp, principally because
such mean hours of mo-
notonous work in the hot ssun-mo-
.notonous because between movements
there are long waits from which com
pany drills are free. A Kansas pri-
vate has this to say on the subject:
"The real object Of the battalion drill
lis to yank the men over the field and
wear them out in order that some
thick headed captains may learn some
thing,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

One Of Uncle Sans returned SOL
diers boarded q street cidr III New
York the other day and fsdiscovered.
when the conductor characterization
his fare that he was penniless. The
conductor snid it WASH cnse of pay or
walk, and this aroused the passengers.
II Of whom passed the Int, himself
setting an example by putting in n SIS
note. The soldier, who protested was
soon rolling in wealth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Mrs. Langtry is o beneficiary by the
will of Prince Paul Esterhazy, who
has just died. The Lily came very
near being the Princess Esterhazy,
but because of newspaper talk which
sprang; up about that time the prince
brokeli it off and denied that there had
ever been an engagement.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
RACE WAR AMONG COAL MINERS
Union Miners ia Indiana Arc Bound
the Negroes Shall Get Out of
the Cuuutry.

vi H C1e Sabuntry. 81.
Cincinnati, Oct. 5.-Advices from
Washington, Ind, today nrc to the eff
feet that no renewal of last nights
riotous proceedings has occurred. 1t
is understood that the men who drove
the negro miners from their homes
last night were mostly miners who
were discharged from these mines
ONE time ago and had been since en-
ployed at Pana, Ill, and elsewhere.
There is no confirmation today of loss
of life in last nights proceedings.
A Times-Star special says: "The
houses III which the negroes resided
arc badly wrecked. Several imported
laborers were seen upon the streets
today and it is thought the whites will
make another raid upon them tonight,
as they are determined to rid the coun.
try of negro miners. Public sympathy
is with the strikers"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

A London specialist says the most
expensive drug is called %physostig-
mine, MI of which would cost
nearly 81 100000. 1t is prepared from
the Calabnr bean, ard is used in dis
eases of The eye.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

The Liverpool docks, one Of the Q
ders of modern commerce, extend
along the Mersey a distance of six and
one-half miles.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

There was enough Of our army left
TO form the basis of q IN investigation
which ID more than al be said d
Spain.s.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
NEW PERMANENT ARMY HOSPITAL
One Will BE Built at Snn Francisco
D the Pacific Coast

San Francisco, Oct. IA general
military hospital will be erected on
Angel island shortly. The authority
to proceed with the work was received
from Washington by telegraph. The
hospital will have 400 beds and be ac-
cording to the most modern ideas.
Every facility afforded by modern
science and skill will be employed to
render the hospital the best of it's
character.
The hospital will be for the use of
the entire Pacific jurisdiction of the
army, including the Hawaiian and
Philippine islands.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
WRECK on THE sPIRT LAKE ROAD.

n Bridge and ltoadHmnstcr
Wood II Killed.
Spencer, Ia, Oct. "A serious
wreck occurred on The Spirit Lake
branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee and:
st. Paul railroad, one mile north of
Fostoria, this afternoon, in which A..
P. Wood, road master, of Mason City,
was killed.
An engine and two cars of a freight
train was crossing u bridge when tho
structure gave way. The engineer and
fireman escaped, but Mr.. Wood was
killed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Heinrich Heine: As the stars are
the glory of the sky, SO great men are
the glory Of their country, yen, of the
whole earth The hearts of5great men
are the stars of earth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

The reportof the New York aqueduct
commission shows that the cost Of
the new nqueduct up to date is s37.-
1922.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
FLEET AT TEN Tslh

son,c OF tho Foreign Ministers Nj
Pckin Are Ortierin. Marines 10
Guard the I~Gattons.
Washington, Oct. 3.--The state de.
partmcnt has received the following
from Minister Conger:
fekin, Oct. 3.-There is no serious
danger yet, but considerable anxiety
for the future. The foreign feet ID
assembling at Tien Tsin. Some of the
foreign ministers are ordering ma.
4rines to Pekin for a legation gunrd.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

In Paris the thousands of sardine.
md other tin boxes that are thrown
awny every month nre stamped by
machinery into tin soldiers, and sold
SO chenp1y that the poorest children
can buy them, while the manufacturer
makes a fair profit.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Boston Transcript: He-NiH you be
my wife?
She--The idea! Don't he ridiculous.
SHe-Yes, i know it sounds ridica-
5loun; but then I'm not 10 particular.
us some men are,s
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Rev. Sam Smail's daughter anioun-
ces that she Is going tosthe stage and
will wear tights il necessary.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

A Des Moines colored man narrowly
escaped lynching at the hands of his
own race for indignities offered n lit
tie girl. The authorities interfered in
time.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

+ Dttnmwa draws the line on any
thing SO common as carnival or
street fair. It will have nothing less
than a %thrce-ring saw dust affair with
society" leaders in the trapeze.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

development of ths4fght be-
tveea-tnesHnglish lei firms has been
their taking up the sale Of wines and
liquors as part of the business. Now
IN OF the chief contestants announces
TINT newspapers, books and magazines
will be sold in all its tea stores.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

They are talking Of reducing the
smoke nuisance nSPittsburg by the
erection Of electric power plants
where steam is converted into cleo
tricity and used for dynamic purposes.
Pittsburg without its smoke would be
like the s without a thorn.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Melbourne, which consisted of thir-
& teen hints andsw known MS Bear
grass ut the time Of Queen yietorfn's
accession, is now classed MS the sew
enth city pf the British empire, com-5
ing, in after London, Liverpool, Glas-
gosss Manchester, Birmingham and
! Calcutta.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
Turks AND ARMENlaNs Fight
About Fifty of the Arlnenians Ar.
Killed la Battle Near

Constantinople, Oct. 3.-Adyices
from Van say that fighting has oc-
CURED at Alashgore, between the
Turks and n number of Armenians
from Russia. About fifty Armenians
were killed,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

have to leave the Indian Territory,
Indian Agent Wisdom will comply
with the orders of the commission.
His mounted police are under orders
to eject the intruders.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
TIRE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF figs
Is due not only to the originality and
simplicity IL the combination, but also
TO n care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA Fia SYRUP
: 9: only, and we4wish to impress upon
All the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup Of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP Co.
only, a knowledge Of that fact will
assist u in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured BY other par
ties; The high standing Of the CALI.
FoRNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
G q profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup CT Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name q 'the Company q guaranty
OF the excellence Of its remedy. 1t Is
in advance of all other laxatiyes,
as It acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels witAont irritating or weaken.
ing them, and it docs not grippe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
eftects, please remember the name OF
The Company
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
! CHAPLAIN clMMlIs SUICIDE

ttev. rFecfHHH' CHHptatH
Of tho Baltimore, Takes His
Own Life.
San Francisco, Oct. 3.-The latest
advices from Japan indicate the death
Of Rev. Thaddeus Freeman, chaplain
Of the cruiser Baltimore, at Nagasaki,
was suicide while in n state of mental
depression consequent upon failing
health.
He jumped from the Zealandia and
was drowned before assistance could
be rendered him. The remains will
lie brought to this country.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
Whnl,s III N Nnm.2

tHarper's Magazine: From Kansas
City she wrote to her English cousins
as follows: "Of purse il, is IL great
change to us; but George likes the
place, the people, the climate and the
work; and we will remain all winter
in Missouri providence permitting).
Note the address," And they did!
More or less familiar with the occa-
sional ecccntricitics of local nomen-
clature in the new world, "ltubn
DAM Dead Mans Gulch," Poker
Flats" Hell fer Sartin Creek" and
the like, the reply from Noting Hill
came in due season, in an envelope
bearing this inscription:
.........-.... ........t. ...........
4:
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07
THE sQuAws DoN,T SAVE THEM

Twenty Thousand White Men Mar
iiedE to Indians Must Leave
the Territory.
Wichita, Kas., Octo. 1.-Twenty
thousand white who have mar
rid into the F We Civilized Tribes Of
Indians, have been ordered TO leave
the 1ndinn Territory.
The Dawes commission, now in scs-
sion in Ardmore, I. n. created q sem
Ention throughout the territory ny
issuing orders that all intermarriGGl
white men were intruders and would
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Coal is mined in twenty-five counties
in Iowa. and the total coal area in-
cludes 10000 square miles.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

Russia ranks fourth among the gold
producing countries of the world,
with an annual output of about S33,-
600. 900.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

In the United Kingdom II, 100000
pounds Of foreign butter are con
sumed yearly. Evidently the home
cows are Sinking their responsibility.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

When a4yoIng man squeezes an heir
ess she often finds herself pressed for
money.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-10-07

A twenty dollar gold piece is a good
round sum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
IRON MEN KEEP Att
Project For a Grand COnsOIid alton
Not Yet Abandoned

Cleveland Ohio, March 17.-Concernfng
the result of the two meetings of the
Bessemer furnace operators which has
just closed here. the Iron Trade Review
in its issue Of this week will say: THE
merchant makers Of Besemer iron in the
central west are perfecting an organiza-
ton somewhat on the lines Of the Bess-
emer Ore association. The objects are
to reduce selling costs. eliminate the
manipulation of middlemen and get 4
margin over the increased cost Of their
ore. The meeting here this week made
progress on the plan. The announcement
Of the probable failure of the wire con-
solidatiOn, based on the development Of
irreconciliable differences at New York.
was followed quickly by the giving out
a Chicago Of information concerning a
consolidation taking in part OF the plants
originally under consideration. Il is now
stated, however, that efforts are still
being made at the eastern end If the
line to accomplish something in the or
isinal plan before the expiration OF op-
tions. April 4. and while there Is believed
to be little chance OF agreement. the an
nounceme1t OF the limited consolidation
may haveits influence in securing conces-
SONS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
TORPEDO BOAT PROPOSITIONS
'use Committee OuthoriZes
Dozen Of such Craft

| Washington March 1.-THE house COM
| mittee on naval affairs has disposed of
/ the question of increases in the vessels of
| the navy, unless there is some change Of
| disposition among the members. The
committee by unanimous vote adopted the
| motion of Representative Foss of Illinois.
| to authorize the construction of six new
torpedo boat destroyers and the provision
| for this has been incorporated in the
naval bill. It has not been decided what
appropriation will be made for this pur-
pose. 1t is said to be likely that the tor
| pedo boats viii cost in the neighborhood
/ of 100000 each. though it Is possible the
sum given may exceed that. member
of the committee stated that the torpedo
| boat destroyers may cost between $500. 900
and s250000 each There has been no con-
clusion TO the amount to be given for
the construction of the five new dry docks
about which, however. 1t is significant as
showing economy that all Of them except
that at Algiers Is to be built of timber
1t is now improbable that the bill will be
In shape to report 10 the house before
Saturday or Monday next
New York. March 1.-THE navy depart
ment in few days will be in possession
of a torpedo boat OF the latest and most
formidable construction which is nearly
completed. The boat Is the property of
Charles r. Flint OF this city. Negotiations
have been practically completed for IT'S
transfer TO the government. A few
months ago Mr.. Flint placed an order
yacht much larger than private boats
and 10 possess unusual speed Suisse
qUently Mr.. Flint bargained with the
Argentine Republic 70 let that govern
ment have the craft for a torpedo boat
The plans were altered to suit her now
mission and the work was continued.
Argentine decided later that she did not
want the boat and Mr.. Flint again be
came its owner. The boat will be twin
screw with two engines OF 1900 horse pow
er each. She will he 80 feet long. feet
draught and capable OF a speed Of n
knots. She will have accommodation
for "a men.
London, March i7-Accordinr 70 spe-
cial dispatch from Sunderland. the United
States has purchased a torpedo boat de-
stroyer from ship builder named DoT-
ford Of that place. It is further said that
the boat IS TO have n speed Of 20 knots
an hour. Men are reported 70 be working
nights TO complete the work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18
COTTON.

New York, March 1.-THE cotton mar
ket opened quiet and steady at an adj
vance of l 10 points on light local buy
ing. inspired by steady English cables and
promise of small port receipts Prices
soon sagged off 8 TO points. however.
under scattered selling and sheer lack Ct
support. Total transactions during the
first hour of Is, 500 bales represented the
smallest market in weeks, if not in
months. Commission houses were con-
spicuous by their absence. At II o'clock
the market was dull and barely steady at
net loss of 2 to points. Spot closed
dull; muddling, uplands 61s; muddling gulf
Csc; sales, los bales. FutuzHs closed
steady and quiet; sales. 1900 bales.
March. 5.94; May. 5,97; June, SOS; July, coo;
August, 6.04; September, sol; October $50;
November, 900; December. SOB; January.
Cos.
Galveston. March 17-Cotton-Spot quiet :
prices dull. American middling, 1882
pence. Futures quiet and steady