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REPUBLICANS WIN OUT.
south Dakota Election Figures Fla.

South Dakota Election Figures Fla.
o Republicans.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Nov. s.-Reason-
ably full returns from South Dakota
indicate the election of the republic
an candidates for the supreme bench
by handsome majorities. From wide
,ly separated portions of the state the
same news comes. The "union re-
form" party is defeated and the state
is redeemed.
The city of Sioux Falls complete
returns give a republican majority of
25s; net republican gain, 1876.
Mitchell. S. D., Nov. s.-The election
was quiet and a full vote was not
polled. Republicans carried the city.
Haney's majority, 163; Fuller, 1873;
Corson, $50.
Alexandria, S. d., Nov. s.-Hanson
county. five precincts complete, give
republican candidates co majority.
The vote was very light. Republicans
cast a much greater per cent OF their
vote than the fusionists. The same
ratio throughout the county will give
republicans so to 100 majority.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. s.-Hughes
county, Pierre City: For supreme
court, Corson, republican, 274; Haney,
republican, 262; Fuller, republican,
PSI; Smith, fusion, "a; Kennedy, flu
sion, So; Barrett, fusion, 30.
Flandreau. S. d.. Nov. s. Moody
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THORN IN ENGLAND's SIDE.
Transvaal Minister Declares Bocr
- q, Tl1.F & NNyII, E---.s -. 4HHyN.

T%rahsvaal Minister Declares Beers
VIII Never Forget.
London, Nov. 1.-THE following dis
patch has came to hand from Bennett
Burieigh, the war correspondent of
the London Daily Telegraph:
"Ladysmith, Oct. 6.-The primal
ground of the Beers is that the coun-
try is theirs by right of grant, con-
quest and occupation and only with
the unbidden consent of the burghers
shall anybody else have a voice or the
right to rule in the land.
"As intelligent men, though they de-
such forces as England can send
against them for a season, yet should
Britain put forth her whole strength
and no European powers intervene to
aid the Transvaal, thAy admit they
must be overpowcred.
But said Mr.. SHUTS, the state at
torney, to me, with the approval of
Mr.. ReitZ and others, when you have
conquered the Transyaal it won't be
another Ireland to England, l prom
Use you. ireland shall be as a peaceful
country compared with what we shall
~ W lIllS lslilA. m...
1T will be a hell on earth to you of
shooting and unrest. Only the biggest
armies will maintain you in the u
try"
The rear guard of the English repre-
the rand has struggled into London by
the last steamship arriving from Cape
Town. Its leaders give fantastic and
ri no y, ~ fSf, g. ~ r. ~ ~ 4l,N 1o.s~
scenes at Johannesburg when the
mining camps, crushing mills and the
gold hunters city We're abandoned by
the English residents. Evacuation
had been in progress for weeks before
the final signal for war, and then the
English rear guard of confidential adj
yisers and trusted employees of every
great mining corporation was ordered
to go. The richest gold fields in the
world, with the costliest mechanism
for crushing and most complete chem
ical plants were left under charge of
foreigners and native servants. Pala-
tial residences were turned over to
caretakers, and their occupants locked
and barred front doors and drove to
the station, convinced that their fur
niture and art treasures would be
ioolSd pSlOit LIE cuu OI tHC WIFI.
Strange as had been the mushroom
growth of this English mining city
with its tawdry splendor, its sudden
desertion was n grotcsque marvel
among the yicissitudes of human for
tune.
The tolerance with which these re-
turning pilgrims from Johannesburg
speak of President Kruc9er astonishes
their London friends. lie is credited
by them with Il clear perception of the
inevitable outcome of the war, what
ever may be the earliest results of the
conflict. President Stcyn is described
by them as the evil genius of South
Africa, as a shrewd, intelligent, ambi-
tious man; over educated in some re-
spects, but half trained in other
points, and essentially i'll balanced.
The rear guard came away from jos
hannesburg with the conviction that
President Krueger had been dragged
into the war against his will and
Judgment, and that Steyn had in
volped the Orange Free States in
fatal struggle, in which it had every
thing to lose and nothing to gain, and
that he had no other incentive than a
dream Of a powerful Dutch republic.
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|IHE PARD0NlNG OF
CLYDE kEPAART
Recalls One Of the Most Interesting
Cases in the Criminal Annals
of South Dakota.
kepHAR1 CONFESSED HIS CRIME
Testimony Also Convicted James
Smith, Sent Up for 10 Years.
Robbed a Farmer--Thcn
Shot Him and Son.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Nov. s.-The par
doning by Governor Lee of Clyde KEEP
hart, who was sentenced October .,
1897, to ten years imprisonment In
the Sioux Falls p~enitentiary, recalls
one of the most interesting cases in
the criminal annals of South Dakota,
Of which it is the closing chapter.
On the night of January %, 1896,
masked men entered the home Of An-
drew Erickson, a farmer living four
teen miles from Flandreau, Moody
! county, and robbed it of considerable
money, after having shot and badly
wounded both Erickson and his son
Joseph. James Smith, Gust Kroening
and Clyde kcphart were arrested for.
the crime. Kcphart confessed that he
and the other parties committed the
robbery and did the shooting. On
his testimony and co~rroborative cir
cumstantial evidence James Smith was
convicted and sentenced to the Sioux
Falls ~penitentiary for n term of ifs
teen years. He died in prison in h
spring of 1897. Joseph Smith was also
tried and convicted; but the verdict
wns set aside and a new trial granted
on technical grounds.
1AS pANA A
Subsequent developments proved
conclusively that the Smith boys and
Kroening had nothing whatever to do
with the crime. 1t was ascertainedg
/ beyond doubt that they were entirely
Innocent. In the case against the ac-
cuscd the confession of kephart had
the greatest effect against them.
1t was afterwards discovered
that Kanbor ri yas tennorarilv mem
tally unbalanced, and the story of tho
alleged crime of the Smith boys and
Kroening was purely a connection OF
his disordered brain.
Soon after the Erickson robbery an
old man named Bjorgan was also
robbed. This SO aroused the farmers
in the vicinity hat they raised money
and engaged the services of John
Strong. q Minneapolis detective, who
was commissioned by them to hunt
down the robbers. Strong arrested
Peter Nesby and q man named Esten-
son as the authors of the later crime.
Little evidence was produced against
them and they were discharged as the
result of a preliminary hearing.
Nelson, Soren Stangland, a young
man manned Smith (not related to the
Smith boys before mentioned), and
John Dive alias Andrew Ralston were,
according to a confession made by
Andrew Stangland and wife, impli-
Gated in the Erickson robbery, and
Nelson and c. I. w. Smith were ar
rested for the crime. The cases
against them dragged along in the cir
cult court of Moody county until q re-
cent term, when they were dismissed.
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SAMOAN SETTLEMENT.
United states to Get tho Island OF
Tutuila.

London. Nov. although the exact
terms of the agreement are still carefully
guarded, the Associated Press is able to
say that the Samoan question Is prac-
t!cally settled, and that the tinnlilics will
take place within a few days. unless some
most unexpected hitch u
II Is said that the American control of
the Trtuila island is confirmed n
agreed to, while the Unftcd States has, 1t
Is understood, sigIiiied its approval of the
projected arrangements between Ger
many and Great Britain. Regarding the
office remains mute. except to authorize
the statement that lone of the recent
surmiSes of the German press have cor
rectly outlined the plaf now apparently
sure OF acceptance. 1t is also emphatical-
~ denied that the United Suites has been
It is pointed out that the. United States,
having secured Tutuila island. has NIL
she expected or desired.
Last week the diplomats were inclined
to fear that no settlement was nttafilable
In the near future. The sudden turn in
the negotiations and the overcoming of
the apparently i"nsurmountable obstacles
ihcation. OF course, 1t is still within the
limit of possibility that another and en-
tirelE unexpected contingency may arise
during the interim OF the drawing up of
the papers and signing of them.
Washington, Nov. 7.-Assistant Sec
rotary Hill and representatives OF
Great Britain and Germany today
signed n convention for the adjust
ment by arbitration of the claims Of
inhabitants of Samoa for damages re-
sulting from naval and military oper-
rations there last spring.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11
DEWEY GOES SHOPPING.
Admiral md His I'inncce Make
purrh,scs Tn Nav York.

Admiral and His Iifnncce Make
Purchases In New York.
New York, Nov. 7.-Admiral Dewey ac-
companted Mrs. Mildred Hazen. to whom
he is engaged to b. married. on q shop
ping tour yesterday. While walking on
Fifth avenue the admiral saw u little boy
in charge of a nurse with a admiral's
flag in his hand. Hello" said the ad-
miral. II, cannot pass that flag" He
shook the little fellow by the and and
chattcd with him for a few moments.
The admiral and Mrs. Hazen walke to
the Dewey arch. Here the admiral pointed
out the figures to Mrs. Hazen and ex-
planned their Significance. The admiral
was recognized and a crowd collected.
He was salutcd by a umbe of persons
and bowed pleasantly to their saluta-
tions.
The. admiral was asked by q reporter
when he would return to Washington.
II nave no plans,'' replied the admiral.
~ shall return 20 the hotel this even
ing"
Admiral Dewey, his bride-elect. Mrs.
Hazen. and her mother. Mrs. Mclean. re-
manned in their apartments at the Hotel
Cambridge last night. 1t vas said on
good authority that the admiral, Mrs,
Washington today. Mrs. Mclean is
anxious. to return to Washington so that
she can receive the election returns from
Ohio. ~
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TOM REEDS SUCCESSOR.

Amos l.. Allen Elected in First
Maine District.
Portland, Me-, Nov. Amos l.. Allen,
republican candidate for congress in the
First Maine district, was elected yestcr-
day by n majority of more than 1900 votes
over Luther r. Mckinney, the democratic
candidate, with the town of Dayton, in
York county, to hear from, Mr.. Aliens
majority is 1867. Dayton will doubtless
reduce 1t, but not enough to bring It be-
low LOO. The First Maine district was
Speaker Reeds district last year. At
time Mr.. Reeds plurality was 5.556
over Mckinney, but there was n prohibits
ton candidate, who polled 6S7 votes, thus
reducing his majority.
There were only two candidates this
year, but it is evident from spoiled ballots
thai d considerable number of prohibition
voters made their mark on the prohibition
square in the official ballot, although
they, had no candidate. Last year the
1t amounted to less than 10000.
Congrcssman-IGlect Allen Is known In
national life as Speaker Reeds secretary
for many years. Otherwise he was not n
prominent figure. even In his own state
and n"eighborhood,
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HOLLANDS BOAT A SUCCESS.

Inventor Overcome by Congratnla-
tions of Naval Omcers.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE submarine
torpedo Holland was successfully test
ed in Peconic bay, L. T., yesterday. At
the close of4the test the members OF
the board of inspection, Rear Admiral
Rogers, Commander Emory and Chas.
Fl. Rollicker and Naval Constructor
Washington L. Capps, shook hands
with John p Holland, the inventor,
and congratulated him on his sue
cess. He has waited twenty-five years
for this victory and tcars streamed
down his cheeks when the naval Off
GERS greeted him,
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GERMAN ARBITRATION DENIAL.

scmi-oMcinl Contradiction of a
Mediation Report.
Berlin, Nov. 7.-Regarding an al
legged scheme for arbitrating the
Transvaal question n semi-oficial
statement has been issued as follows:
Nothing whatever is known here of
any common plan of action upon the
part of Prussia, France or Spain in the
Transvaal question. In any east it
may be most positively stated that no
such plans have been brought to the
knowledge of the German government
from any quarter whatever. There
fore it has never been in a position to
reject any such or similar proposals"
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NEW YORK

Assembly Mazot doses His Scat
ut the Hands OF Ta,mmany.
New York, Nov. s.-Tammany claims
the election of its whole county ticket
by 10000 plurality and the defeat of
Assemblyman Mazet by 500.
Buffalo, N. ", Nov. s.-The Stand
ard voting machine was used in this
city yesterday for the first time and
accomplished all that was expected of
It. The result in the city was known
forty-fire minutes after the polls
closed. On the head of the ticket,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

According to our present. notions,
some Of the dishes in vogue in the
days of Elizabeth were quite quaint.
6eagIlls then were eaten, and among
the dainties we find picked goose,
with cloves and ginger, and soused
turkey, boiled in white wine and vine
gar and baked for q month! Pear
Puddings were also esteemed. These
contained no pears, hut were made
Of chopped up fowl or turkey, mixed
with flour. and made savory with the
addition Of currants, eggs, cream, etc.
The mass was moulded into the form
Of . pear and then baked. Hartshorn
jelly, cnndied fruit and ounce cheese
were among the delicacies of the age.
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Popults,s Lose strenpth,

Jackson, Miss, Nov. s.-The entire
democratic state ticket is elected by
a majority conservatively estimated
at 10000. The official count will not
greatly vary these figures. The pop
ulist vote shows a decided falling off,
which will probably amount to 30 per
cent. Not over $4,000 votes were
polled during the day. The vote on
the Noel amendment providing for an
elective Judiciary will require an of
fetal count to determine the result.
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New u. r. runuel.

Deadwood, SD, Nov. 81. C. Tuck.
or, of this city, who has charge of the
the Union Pacific railroad in Wyom-
ing, "a Tapioca, states that the tun-
mel is to be 6,00o feet long: 1t is cal
culated that a year is required for its
completion. At this point of the road
a thirty-one mile strip is being short
cned ten miles. The tunnel will cost
about 81, 1000, 900.
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companies already formed will be
participants. Messrs. Seidbaker and
Kicker, who " numerous patents
are said to be parties to the arrange
ment and they are also mentioned Al
largely interested in the nutomobif
company Incorporated ut Wilmington
Del, Saturday.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

It is reported that o meteor which
fell recently in British Central Africa
on the east side Of Mt. Momba, ex-
ploded with A. noise that was heard
for at least seventy miles to the north
and south. The fragments were scat
tered over On area Of nine miles by
three, and some of them weighed over
five pounds.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

Kloof engaged n company of the
Royal Irish fusileers and brisk firing
occurred on both sides. An arnored
train.with sixty infantrymen on board
ene1ny's fire, enabling the
volunteers to make headquarters safe
sly. The military are eulogized for
their timely help to the volunteers.
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After his sons great success with

After his sons great success with
the Dame aux Cnmelias" Alexander
Dumas wrote to him as though q
stranger, congratulating him OH the
book and expressing a desire to make
the authors acquaintance. 81 myself
am Q literary man." he said in con
lclnsion, "and you may have heard my
name rs the author of Monte Chris
to-" Dumas fills was equal to the oc-
casien. He wrote Immediately in re-
ply, expressing the great pleasure he
would have in making his correspond
ent's acquaintance, principally on ac-
count Of the high terms he had al
ways heard his father use in speaking
of the author Of Monte Christie"
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Corn GOING us.

Tobias, Neb., Nov. 6.-The Omaha
World-Herald, through its various cor
respondents makes the statement that
corn is selling at the same price that
it did three years ago. In Tobias in
the fall of 1896 there was cribbed u
very large amount of corn. Tie price
paid was 1912 cents per bushcl. This
fall corn is selling from IS to 81 cents
per bushel. Persons who are buying
to hold 1t for speculative purposes ara
paying the latter figure.
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A s2OO,0OO,O0O COMBINE.

Rubber, Bicycle and Automobile
Trust Proposed.
New York, Nov.57.-The Times says:
A 500, ooO, 900 combination is project
ed. An informal meeting to perfect
this great organization will be held at
the Waldorf-Astoria today or tomor-
row. II is intended to combine all tho
rubber, bicycle and automobile COM
paries into one great concern. which
will control the production of every
article entering into the manufacture
OF bicycles or automobiles. In the
proposed company II is said all Of the
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11
FIFTY PERSONS Persisted.
Thcntcr in Canton, China, DESTROYED
by Miro.

Thentcr in Canton, China, DESTROYED
Ivy Fire.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. Thong
Kong papers of October Q, received by
the steamer Doric, give details Of a
great fire in Canton at midnight on
the I'd, by which vel fifty persons lost
their lives. It seems u mat-shed theater
had been built by the riverside and
around about 100 flower boats were
anchored. While a theatrical perform
ance was going on fire broke out in
the sheds and it spread rapidly
through the inflammable material Of
the theater. There was a wild rush
among the audience and many boats
capsized. Over fifty people were
burned or drowned.
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MARYLAND.

Appears to Tie No Doubt Expressed
as to tho Outcome.
Baltimore, Nov. S.-Thomas j. Shy
rock, chairman of the republican state
central committee, at 10 O'Clock last
night conceded the election of John.
Walter Smith, democrat, for governor,
by 1900 majority.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

The vicar of South London church
school, having finished his scripture
lesson the other day, congratulated
the top class on a coming holiday, fin
fishing with an expression of hope
that each boy would return with
clearer and better brains" lie was
somewhat taken aback with the uni-
versal response of Same to you, sir!"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

A Chicago gas company has put its
collectors in uniforms. The distinct
i've feature about the dress is the vest
which is of brilliant yellow. with the
company's name in black letters
across It. The visitation of the gas
collector is generally disturbing
enough without the addition of this
horrible detail.
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Burned 10 Death.

Plainvicw, Neb., Nov. 6.-Tlle little
daughter Of Section Foreman Moran,
of the Pacific Short Line, died Of burns
received here Saturday afternoon
while playing with her mates about a
straw stack. The children had some
matches. About $ O'Clock they set
fire to the straw and the blazing straw
ignited the little girls dress. She,
was terribly burned before help came,
all her clothing being burned from her
blistered little body. Death came az
a relief at S:45 o'clock.
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GRAPHIC

An English newspaper TELLS 4 story
of police inspector who, being in
formed that's hotelkeeper was serv-
Ing game out Of season, visited the
restaurant In plain clothes and or
dered dinner: Waiter, partridge for
me. The fspector finished his din
ner lefsurely and then said to the walt
q: ASK the proprietor to step this
way a minute what for??" Il wish
20 notify him to appear in court to-
morrow and answerfo selling part
ridge out Of season. I am a police of
ncer and have secured the necessary
evidence against him. Waiter--It
wasn't partridge you had. Police In
sPector (nneasily)-Whnt was it,
then? Waiter (cheerfully)-Cnow.
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Sir William Turner. f. r.. s., the
new president of the British Associa.
ton for the Advancement of Science
Is ranked by Lord Lister as the fore.
most human anatomist in Great Brit.
tain. He is also noted as an anthro.
NNlopis
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

Sir Robert Peel is at present regard.
ed as q fashion leader in London. He
is credited with an ambition to MS.
cend to- the head professorship Of
masculine fashion, the prince Of
Wales being ready to resign that
morefor less exalted position.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11
HOBART GROWING WEAKER.
ltfe of the Vice President Slowly
Ekh5Np "A Vvnv.

A1sIe 0I5the Vice President Slowly
EbbinE Away. II
Paterson, N. j., Nov. s.-Hobart is
growing weaker. DR.. Newton Mt S
o'clock said the vice president passed
n night Of ~restlessness. His restless
ness and lack of sleep during the crit
icai hour of the night offset the good
effect of yesterday, which was the
best in the week. The doctor added
that the vice presidents heart was
growing weaker gradually. He has
taken very little nourishment, but his
mind is in fairly good condition. He
said 1t was impossible to say how long
he would live.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

The most famous gem extant is,
perhaps, the Comma Augestea, in vi
enna, q sardoyx nearly a quarter of a
yard long, on which the triumph Of
Augustus Is cut in the rarest work
manahip by Dioscorides of Rome.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

To demonstrate the comparative
h~armlessness OF beer, statistics have
been gathered in thirteen large cities
OF Sweden. 1t was found that brandy.
was responsible for 81 per cent OF
all cases Of i~ntoxication and beer for
only els per cent.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11

Contrary to the prevalent opinion,
corporal punishment is not allowed in
russia except in the case of unrnly
peasants. In schools the rod is quite
unknown and the use of it would ere.
ate a riot. Il
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-11
GAGGED AND ROBBED.


Appollo. Pa, Nov. 7.-Five masked men
forced their way Into the home Of Daniel
Wilson, an aged rural farmer of a rural
Village, late last night. and binding and
gasging Wilson and his four sisters, took
1900 which Wilson had concealed. Tho
robbers then departed, leaving the VIC
tins bound. It was several hours before
they were able to give the alarm. Mean
while the robbers made good their es-
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FRENCH VESSEL LOST.
Madeline Wrecked on Patagonia.
Cannibnis CAPTURE Crew.

Canntbnis Capture Crew.
Philadelphia, Nov. 7.-Captain Little
halcs. of the steamship Kurdistan, from
west South Africa. brings information re-
garding the probable fate Of the missing
from Valparaiso last August for Havre
and disappeared completely. From infor-
nation gathered at the Kurdistan's stop
ping places there appears to be little
doubt that the Madeline was wrecked
near the Pacific side of the entrance OF
the straits of Magellan, and that the
crew was captured by Patagoniantcannl.