Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-16
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The new whisky trust will have $780,
100000 capital.
The district judge ut Topeka, Kas..
sustained the legality of the special
legislative session in every particular.
War officials are looking for Lieut.. j..
b. Everett, Company y, Fourth MS
cOnsin.
A family consisting of five persons
has been wiped out in the little town of
Bowman. Ark. within two days, ali
dying within a few hours Of pneumo-
mia.
Gov. Richards has written Russell
Mason, who is trying 10 locate the
next Sharkey fight in Wyoming, that
he proposes TO rigidly enforce the law
If the attempt is made to pull off the
fight in that state.
Despite reports to the contrary, no
conclusion has been reached 10y the
high joint commission for giving IAN
ada n seaport OF right of way on or
from the Alaska s%cacoast to the cana
an-Alaskan border line.
G. G. Gillett, the cattle plunger. has
decided to locate in chihuahua, Mex.
His brother and his attorney says ne
will make his home there. With ms
wife, he expects 10 return TO n
soon. temporarily, to straighten out his
tangled affairs.
The big Swedish paper mills, known
as the Munksio Paper company, at
~Jonkoping. Sweden, n Of the largest
and most important Of the European
mills, with a wide market,
decided to establish mills in America,
probably in the Eastern States.
Forty Dallas CTexas) lawyers were
placed under arrest for failure to pay
CITY occupation taxes. They are going
TO fight the constitutionality of the
law, but the police department insists
upon each giving bond before being re-
leased. The prisoners are contemplat-
ing habeas corpus proceedings.
News has reached Cincinnati Of the
purchase of the United States Cast
Iron and Foundry company by the
Addison Pipe and Steel company, Tor
S7.SOO,O0O spot cash. Cincinnati cap
italists have subscribed for SSOO,OOO or
the stock to be issued on this new ac-
QUESTION.
The cold weather Of the past few
DAYS over the entire Pacific Northwest
still continues. Reports from Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Washington show
that the thermometer ranged from lo
10 ~ degrees below zero. west oil the
Cascade mountains the thermometer
was 10 above zero.
A philadelphia company has placed
n large order with a Reading IRON
plant for the manufacture OF mosquito
bars. The Philadelphia concern has a
contract with the government TO pro
vide the bars. which will be used 10
amor netting for the soldiers DONG
garrison duty in the new island pos
sessions. The orders for the bars are
placed in 1000 lots at q time.
Cadets Beander and Lace OF the sec
ond class. the formerly or Moperi!'
Mo. and the latter of K~eosauga, iowa
cont in their designations and left the
n,iIitory academy at West Point SUD
denIv The cause of their premature
laa~ve1aking is known only by the au-
thori.ies who decline to say anythlng
about tl,e matter. Baender was a var
,,abla member Of the academy footDaii
team. playing right end In the gamcs
last fall. Both young men would nave
graduated next year.
III. Miles. president q the Fremont
Hot Springs company OF "yoihins,
hos gone East to press MS oner oa
S2OoOO for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
fight.
Tbe keel of the new battleship Maine.
The contract for the CONSTRUCTION y,
which was, a few months ago awarded
10 the Cramp ship Building company
or Philadelphia, will probably DE laiu
Z, i,ah ~. This date Will be the ami
yarsarv Of the date OF the explosion ~
Havana harbor Of the ship OF 'ha'
name.