Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-10-12
General.

to five years penal seryitude.
General.
Democrats held a two-days' carnival
at Dallas, Texas.
Chambers has broken out among the
government stock at Fort Riley, Kan.
Yellow fever has broken out at Tam
pioo. There have been sever s. to
date.
The rubber trust is scored in a decis-
ion by the United States circuit court
of appeals.
The Norwegian Pioneer Association
Of America held its second triennial
meeting.
A rubbernose sturgeon. weighing
sixty-eight pounds was caught In the
Mississippi at Savannah, Ill.
Homer J. Beaudet, builder, has filed
a petition in bankruptcy at New York.
Liabilities, $333,G07; no assets.
Imports of dry goods and merchan-
disc at the port of New York for the
week were valued at $11, 53S, 562.
The Seventh National Bank of New
York has passed into control of a syn
dicate, headed by First Assistant Post
master General Perry s. Heath.
William Stewart, an aged farm hand
working for Edward Hamilton, near
Charlottesville, Ind, eloped with Ham
ilton's fifteen-year-old daughter.
The Worcester Spy, the eldest news
paper in Massachusetts, was sold by
William s. Walker of Chicago to
Charles Mutt of New Rochelle, N. Y.
A syndicate has purchased the Nick
erson shares Of First National bank
stock at Chicago. They number 1000
with a value estimated at 81, 0,O00.
The trial OF DR.. y. w. Smith, at Ow-
ensville, KY, on a charge of killing
Henry Craig, near Darlington, twenty
two years ago, resulted In an acquittal.
The factory OF the Peoria Rubber
and Manufacturing company, at Pc
oria, Ill, has passed into the hands or
the American company and Is now a
part of the trust.
The fourth annual convention of the
National Embalmers' Association con
vened at Chicago, with nearly loo del
egates present from all parts of the
United States.
The Sterling cycle works at Kenosha,
Wis, have been transferred to the
American bicycle company, known as
the trust. The consideration is as
sumed to be $4,000.
Negotiations are pending between
agents Of the British government n
dealers at st. Louis for 5000 of the
finest pack mules that can be secured,
to be shipped to South Africa.
The Lutheran general council decided
IN Sand nliGGfnn an Rios IN aKf pfnn xVhx
will found congregations, build church.
es and advance the work of the denom-
nation in every way possible.
The gold output for the Cripple Greek
district for September amounted to ST.
49, o0, SURPRISING all records. The the
production Of gold in this district from
the time of It's discovery in 1891 to
date, is $50, 057 ,202.
The committee of superintendent
and police of the Paramount Park com
mission of Philadelphia decided to rec
cmmend to the commission that auto
mobiles be allowed to enter the park,
being restricted TO certain drives.
The petition to place the name OF
Mayor NJ. Jones of Toledo, Ohio, on the
Australian ballot, as an independent
candidate for governor, has been filed
with the secretary Of state. The petit
ton contains about 1,4OO names.
The son Of Gen. Sanguilly and the
three other young Cubans who were ar
rested and locked up at Havana for re-
moving the Spanish flag from the
premises of the Commercial fire brig
ade and from the Spanish Clerks club,
will be released on bail.
In a decision handed down by the
United States circuit court Of appeals
at Chicago, the verdict of $57 900 for
merly given against the Worlds CO.
lumbar Exposition company in favor
of the republic Of France is reversed
and a new trial ordered.
DR.. Calvin Ellis, class of '46, who
died in 1888, and whose will has Just
been probated, left L Harvard univer-
sity, $4,000. Most Of this sum is to
be devoted to the education of his de-
scendants and also for maintaining
| three professors at the medical school.
The State League Of Republican
clubs, in annual session at Harrisburg,
Pa, adopted resolutions condemning
the civil service law as being in cppGsi-
ton to the free institutions of the gov
eminent, and requesting national and
state representatives to have 1t modi-
fed or repealed.
Saturday closed the fiscal years In
the office of the secretary OF state OK
New Jersey. The records of the Office
for the year show that 1,945 companies
were Incorporated and that $72S,O23
was paid into the state In fees. This Ia
nearly 100000 In excess OF the fees re.
ceived from the same source last year.