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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-12

err. a Kentucky Democrat, ard If,
Pugh. il Kentucky Republican. FACE
each other from opposite sides of n
main aisle and ndulgcd In a word
duel. Mr.. rugh charged Mr.. Wheels
with misrepresenting certain fact
He was laboring under great eycit
ment Mr.. Wheeler showed admirabt
temper, and though quick TO reseI
the fancied insult. awaited the G.
PLANTATION Of Mr.. Pugh. In which 4
disclaimed any intention Of impuiin
to him personally a desire to distN
the facts. Throughout the debat
which was precipitated by MI. Borin!
the other Republican member frol
Kentucky. there was an air OF SUI
pressed excitement. 1t was the fir
time the subject had been preached !
the house. and intense interest wi
manifested. Mr.. Lacey of Iowa col
cludcd the debate with "A general d.
nunclation II the Goebel election iay
This incident overshadowed the oths
speeches yesterday on the Havana
bill. many of which were irrelevant.
The Senate
Peace was restored in the senaf
ytSttlNaN DtlOtG tut UDuN IOnSchG
and during the proceedings OF the Sc
sion there vas only II reminder Of II
harsh language used just before az
ioUrnment Tuesday. The sena
opened with Il lively and interestiI
discussion of the Quay case, in Il
course of which Mr.. Wolcott apol
gized for the language he had use
Tues day, dlsclaiming any intention 4
being offensive TO anybody, least ,
oil to his friend, Mr.. Lodge. The &c
orado senator made a vehement al
ELOQUENT appeal for early action upc
the Quay ease. He was supported I
other friends of Mr.. Quay. 1t wi
decided finally to take mp the case I
day under the unanimous conse,
agreement made March 10, In accor
ance also with that agreement II
Spooner bill was made the un1nishs
business. thereby bringing the Phil
pine question to a direct issue in Il
senate.
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The House.

Washington, April Z. The Lous
after four days OF debate, passed {
substitute for the seEate bill provide
for a territorial form of governme
for Hawaii. The bill now goes to &C
fereEce. The niost interesting featu
OF the days session was the attem
of Mr.. Hill of Connecticut to secu
the adoption of two amendments, o.
providing for a resident commission
instead Of a delegate in congress n
the other declaring that nothing in I
act should be construed as a pledge
statehood. Both were oyerwhelmir
~ defeated.
The senate.
Senator Deboe of Kentucky yests
day gave notice that he would mo
10 refer the credentials OF Former Sc
ator j. &. s. Blackburn, as a scnat
from that state. TO the committee !
privileges and elections. During I
greater part of the session the sena
had under consideration the Indian a
preparation bill. Mr.. Sullivan of Nj
sissippi delivered a speech In favor
the seating OF Hon, NJ. s. Quay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-12
n House.


Washington, April 6.-The house d
not finish the bill TO provide territorl
government for Hawaii yesterda
When the hour fixed for taking a vol
4 O'Clock, arrived. less than half 4
bill had been covered and SO mai
amendments remained that 1t
aGrte ed 10 continue the consideration
the bill under the five-minute rule u
til ii was finished. Several importa
amendments were agreed to, amoi
them the following: TO nullify all
Dor contracts in the islands: to exteT
the alien contract labor laws to Il
Islands; 10 prohibit the sale of intos
eating liquor in saloons; TO limit I.
land holdings of corporations TO 10
acres. and to substitute for the hou
provision regarding 10 the appointing
OF judges and other officers Of the
land the senate provision. The hou
provision lodged the appointing pow
in the governor; the senate placed 1t
the president.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-12
Important to Mothers.
Possible Encounter.

.r Possible Encounter.
VIII there be a fght?"
well said the pugilist, II should
not surprised. That man has threat
sned to whip me on sight il I don't
su'' oothering me with challenges"
pess ~ nair RECEIVERS It's youthful color and soft
H. NJ W tne use OF PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
oohSs, the best cure for corns. Acts.
A Vacuum.
willie can't get it through my head
snat q vacuum means.
ui'n-oh I'm afraid you don't know
~" own mind, Willie.-Judge.
wniuiWays up on time-the statue OF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-12
The Senate.

During yesterdays comparative
brief open session Of the senate N
Gallinger OF New Hampshire present
an argument against the seating
Hon. NJ. S. Quay as senator from Pen
sylvania. He devoted himself almc
entirely TO tile constitutional phase
the question. Most Of the day W
spent in executive session.
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RESUME OF THE
WEEKS PROCEEDINGS.
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Washington, April 3.-Adyoeates and
opponents of the Porto Rican tariff
and government bill waged vigorous
war In the senate yesterday for seven
hours. Long before the senate con-
vened at IL o'clock the galleries We're
crowded. aud many remained until
the senate adjourned. Those who
listened to the debate were well re-
paid. The speeches were good and
the running debate unusually bright
and lively. During the speech OF Mr..
Spooner of Wisconsin, particularly,
the chamber fairly scintillated with
sparks as he crossed arCuInentative
swords with some of the best debaters
on the Democratic side. His address,
il so 1t could be called. was devoted
almost wholly TO a discussion Of the
constitutional questions involved ia
the pending bill.
Mr.. Bate OF Tennessee opened the
discussion of the day with a carefully
prepared speech in opposition TO the
bill. He was followed by Mr.. Cullom
OF Illinois in n vigorous speech sup
porting the measure. Then came Nh.
Depew of New York, a member of the
committee which framed the bill, who
made an eloquent and forceful defense
of the measure. Mr.. Spooner, who
spoke next. was followed by Mr..
Perkins or California. also a member
of the committee on Porto Rico, who
presented a strong argument for the
hill. The closing speech was deliyered
by Mr.. Simon OF Oregon, who, in criti-
cising the measure. entered into y
brief discussion OF the political effects
Of its passage.
The final vote on the bill Will be
taken late this afternoon. 1t is ar
ranged for 4 O'Clock, but an effort VIII
be made 70 extend the time for debate
beyond that hour.
The Rouse.
A possible reduction of the war tax
was foreshadowed in a resolution
adopted by the house yesterday call
ing upon the secretary Of the treasury
FOR information as TO the probable sur
plus existing revenue laws would ere
ate during this and the coming fiscal
year. The resolution was presented by
Mr.. Payne. the floor leader Of the ma
iority.
Under suspension OF the rules bills
We're passed to open to settlement
41S.000 acres in the Fort Hall Indian
reservation and 2.500.0o0 acres in Ok
lahoma by ratifying the agreements
with the Bannock and Sh0shone In
dams and the Kiowas. Cnmanches and
ApacheS; 10 divide the Northern judi
cial district of New York into two
districts aud to appropriate 100000
for a military post al Sheridan, Wyo.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
Colonel Colson Acquitted

Frankfort. Ky, April 21.-Ex-Con
gressman David G. ColSon, who has
been on trial here for the last four days
for the murder of Lieutenant T.. Scott
and Luther w. Demaree. was acquit-
ted by the verdict of the jury which
was returned this evening The jury
was out only eighteen minutes
AS the verdict was read the crowd
arose. sent up Il wild cheer. piled over
the railings. surrounding COlson. and
insisted on shaking hands with him.
They gave an ovation to the jury and
Colonel James Andrew Scott, Colsons
chief counsel. The cheering kept up
till ColsOn left the court room, and as
he did so ii was taken up by the
Beckham soldiers in front of the court
house. to whom Colson gracefully re-
turned a salute Tonight he is re-
ceiving dozens of kilograms from all
over Kentucky and from other states
congratulating him on his acquittal.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
Beers Have at Least 10000 Men.

London. April 23.-The Lourenzo
Marques correspondent of the Times.
under Saturdays date says:
information received from RESPONSE
bic sources show that at one time tn.
two republics had 1n5.UOO men in the
field. including the colonial rebels. Ac
cording to the same Informant they
can still muster 10000. of which $4,000
are in the Free State. 10000 are in the
BigSarsberg district and 15.0O in the
district of Fourteen Streams and
klerkS dorp. 1t is now believed that
before the war the burgher lists were
deliberately falsitied in order to de-
ceive the British intelligence depart
ment''
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
sUsoNic PLAGUE IN MANILA.
Fourteen Deaths In One Week-fiithy
Chinese Section the Center of Disease.

Manila. April 23.-'rhe sudden deaths
of F'llipinos and Cinnamon in Quiapo
Market led to an investigation. show
ing that fifteen cases of the plague.
fourteen of which We're fatal. have oc
Cured within Il week. The market is
located in the center of the city In
black. rotten. wooden buildings. the
keepers of the stalls live with their
families huddled together in great filth.
Some of the victims We're stricken and
died within an hour.
There have been several deaths in
other sections of the city recently.
which have been traced to infection
from the market. After all the market
people had gathered together to-day
the health officers threw Il guard
around the buildings and will keep the
inmates quarantined there for fort
night. They will then burn the mar
ket. The total number of bubonic
deaths are 119 Cinnamon and GG Fill
pinos.
The plague elsewhere has been sup
pressed. Not one infected person has
been in the Chinese district for ten
days past.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
ROBERTS, OPERATIONS,
His Men Meeting With strong Opposition
In the X lief of Wepener.

London. April 24.-I'he strong body
of reinlorcements which Lord Roberts
sent to assist the relief of Wepenrr and
10 elldeavOr to cnvelop and cut off the
boers from Il retreat nOrthward fur
nislles further evidence that the Beers
are assembled in much larger forces
around Wepener than had hitherto
been supposed: and. rs the Times. in
an editorial this morning remarks.
whatever may be the difficulties of
roads and rains. the Beers always ap-
pear to have guns. and sometimes big
ones, where they want them.
kalriefontein, mentioned in Lord
Koberts' message to the war office. is
nfteen miles southeast of Bloemfonrein
l-eeuw kop is two miles further south
Apparently the British captured
l'aarde kraal Sunday night The Beers
evacuated l-eeuw kOp during the night.
removing the gun. and the British oc-
cupied the kOp the next morning.
Although the Beers appear to be Of
terlng stout resistance to the British
advance. their position is dangerous.
Ihey can scarcely delay further their
retreat northward without mourning
the risk of being cut off. Usually they
nave been well Informed regarding the
British plans and they are not likely to
run such risk. especially as they have
partially accomplished their object in
drawing large forces from Bloemfon-
teln on long marches and have there
by delayed the advance on Pretoria
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the Standard, discussing the operations
Mt Leeuw kop. says:
me thanking movement having
failed. General Pole-Carew. with Gen
eral Stephenson's brigade advanced
IN crescent formation from the south
and west with the object of enveloping
the kopjes. The Welsh. Warwickshire.
ESSEX and Yorkshire regiments ad-
vanced in extended line, covering the
west while the guards brigade took up
position to the SOUTH with two field
batteries and naval guns. Sheltered by
the rocks. the enemy opened a heavy
nfe from rifles and pompom.
Our men advanced over the open
ground in splendid style by a success
sion of short rnshes. falling prone
while pouring in their volleys. The APP
proach of darkness threatened to leave
the Beers in possession, but. just be-
fore sunset the Essex regiment gallant
ly pressed forward and drove the last
man of the enemy from Paarde Kraal,
bold spur of Leeuw kop.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
Expor;s of Wheat to the Orient.

Washington, April 2I.-Thc recent
large wheat shipment to Japan from a
Pacific port directs attention to the
growing demand for American bread
stuffs and manufactures in the Orient.
Nearly $6.OOO,oOO worth of our flour
Went to the Orient last year. against
about 81 100000 worth in the preceding
year, and nearly all of it to China, Ja-
pan and Asiatic Russia. the large pro-
portion of that which reached China
passing through Hongkong. Shipments
of breadstuffs in the form of wheat to
the Orient have been in the past rare
That section of the world buys annual
ly $1,000. 100000 worth of goods, taking
less than six per cent of its purchases
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

Considerable importance is attached
to the distance measuring field glass
invented by Mr.. Zeiss Of Jena. It is
simply an extension of the natural
power of the eyes to estimate the dis
tance of nearby objects. This power
depends upon the fact that the space
between the eyes serves like q base
line in surveying, the lines Of sight
converging upon a selected object from
the ends Of the base. In the telemeter
the effective distance between the eyes
Is Increased by means Of prisms, and
double images Of the objects looked at
are formed. The distance between the
images varies with the remoteness of
the objects, and scale shows what
the real distance is. Up to about two
miles the results are said to be fairly
accurate.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
CONCESSION FRoMTHEsuLrAN
He Autho lies the Rebuilding of Mission
Buildings.

Buildings.
ConstantinOple, April 23.-An i'm
perial trade has been promulgated au-
thorizing the rebuilding of the prop
erty of the American missionaries ut
Harpoot and the construction of an
annex to the Roberts college at Con-
stantinOple.
Washington, April 23.-The State
Department has no official contirma-
tion of the above dispatch but the
news was received with conSidera bic
satisfaction. being regarded by Of
ticials as n friendly act on the part
of the Sultan, and possibly an earnest
of full and final settlement of the in
demnty claim.
Turkey admits her liability for
American claims. but officials of the
State Department deny that the Sultan
promised to pay on the same conditions
as he will pay other powers. Such
conditions would not be acceptable
and the matter will be pressed.
Lloyd Griscom, United States charge
datfnires at Ccnstantinople has
cabled the State Department that the
Turkish minister for foreign affairs
has Informed the ambassadors that
the porte will not raise tariff duties
without previous agreement with the
powers
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

Population of the four greatest cit
les Of the Russian empire is given as
follows in the figures Of the recent
census: st. Petersburg, 1,132,677;
Moscow, with Its two suburbs, 98S, 1914;
Odessa, 405,041 IA great increase since
1922, and Warsaw, 626,072. Contrary
to what is observed almost universally
throughout Europe, the men outnum-
Der the women in the three hrst-nam-
q communities, while in the last.
Warsaw, the proportion OF women is
but slightly superior to that of men.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
schoo houses on Wheels

st. Louis. Mo-. April 24.-A portable
school house to relieve the overcrowd-
ed condition of several ST. Louis
schools is the odd innovation which the
school board will establish here to-
morrow. The building is of frame.
contains one room. to accommodate
nearly 100 pupils, and will he in the
same yard with the overtaxed per-
manent structure. When conditions
change the annex will simply be
moved to the point where needed. This
plan is considered an Improvement
over the old method of renting rooms.
Nine portable school houses are to be
put into operation.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
open Gambling In Kansas Citv,

Kansas City, April 24.-Gamblers
from all parts Of the country are ap-
parently making Kansas City their
Mecca. the word having gone forth
that the new city government is to tol-
crate n "wide-Open" policy. Gambling
clubs and poker rooms that have been
closed for years have been recently op-
ened and there have been constant ar
rivals of gamblers from all directions
Poker is being played. /. is said, with
a limit that has not been touched here
in twenty years.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

Among the as yet unexplored spots
on the earth which are to be scientif-
cally attacked during the coming year
is Sannikon Land, lying north of the
New Siberia Islands, about 300 miles
from the nearest point on the Siberian
coast. A Norwegian party will try to
reach the place in 1901 from the
mouth Of the Lena River, where they
propose to spend next winter. The
coming summer will be consumed in
liking the camp on the Lena.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

Chicago papers are still telling what
. great failure Rev. Sheldon made in
trying to run newspaper as Christ
probably would. The Kansas preacher
may not have come up to the standard
but II their columns are to be judged
as standard 1t would be difficult to
edit papers as the devil probably would
more perfectly than the editors Of Chi
cago's dailies are doing.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
starvation May Decide Strike.

Chicago. April 22.-Starvation has
become a factor in the building strike.
President Carroll of the Building
Trades Council estimates that 1000
workmen are in actual want. and that
with their families $500 persons are
now in the acute stages of suffering
as victims of the strike. The labor
leaders will send out three men to diff
ferent parts of the country to raise
funds from the working men of other
cities.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

In his System of Ethics" Mr.. Paul
sen says that acts are called good
when they tend to promote human well
fare; bad when they tend to disturb
and destroy it. The highest good of
an individual as we'll as of society
consists in the perfect development
and exercise Of life. He also says phil
osophical pessimism is not proved
theory whose propositions can lay
claim to universal validity, but the ex-
preston of individual feelings, and as
such can be merely subjectiyely true.
Inasmuch as we have no statistics on
the happy and unhappy lives, the sue
cesses and failures, the author says he
is for the present inclined to put as
much faith in the judgment Of plain
man of the people as in the eloquence
Of pessimistic philosopher.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
MORE FIERCE FIGHTING.
Past Week Was an Active one In tho
PhIlippines-NatlNes Destroy K.l!road


Manila, April 23-Last week was one
of the bloodiest of the war. Since the
first days fighting around Manila. All
thentic reports. mostly official. show il
total of 37S Filipinos killed. II officers
and 244 men captured. and many more
wounded. Considering that the Fill
pinos entirely lack hospital facilities,
Il great majority of the wounded will
die. Probably the weeks work fin
ished LOCO insurgents. The American
loss was nine killed and sixteen wound
ed. Two sergeants and one private
We're killed in ambushes while escort
ing provision trains.
The insurgents have been aggressive
in almost every province of LuZOn.
General Pho del Pillars band. number
ing 300. which was out of sight for
three months. the leader being report
Ell killed. has reappeared in its old field
about San Miguel
Pillar is supposed to be again in COM
nand. He gave the American garrison
at San Miguel. consisting of three
companies of the Thirty fifth infantry,
with a Gatling. Il three hours fight
during night attack. The loss of the
insurgents in this engagement is not
included in the foregoing total, as they
removed their dead and wounded, but
presumably it was considerable.
twenty-five Fflipinos in the province
of Santangas attacked Lieutenant
Wende. who. with eight men, was
scouting near San lose. The lieuten-
ant and five men We're wounded and
one private was killed.
Sergeant Ledoius of the Thirty-tifth
infantry was badly wounded in an
ambush near. Baliung. Lieutenant
Batch of the Thirty y-seventh infantry.
with seventy men. had five hours
fight with 400 insurgents in the Nueva
Cacelas district. Twenty of the ins,r-
gents We're killed
Colonel Smith of the Seventeenth in
fantry. who captured General Monten-
egro and brought him to Manila. is in
the isolated hospital. suff ering from
smallpox.
Colonel Smiths command captured
$50 officers and men with Montenegro.
Montenegro. who was formerly one of
the most dapper officers in the Fill
pino army. looks worn and haggard.
lie says he led terrible life for
months. and he has offered to return
to the north with Colonel Smith to en-
deav0r to persuade his former COM
rades of the uselessness of opposing
the Americans.
One hundred escaped Spanish prison.
ers from the province of Tayabas,
South LuZon, have arrived at Manila.
The insurgents have 400 more Span
ish prisoners In that district. Recently
the Filipin0s destroyed several rods OF
the railroad line near Paniquo, in an
unsuccessful attempt to wreck n train
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
Cut in Price of Wire and Nails.

Youngstown. Ohio. April 23.-Local
.iohbers in wire and nails this morning
received orders from John w. Gates of
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany ordering a cut of twenty per
cent. in all prices Telegrams received
here say that the cut was ordered at
midnight by the Board of Directors
and went into effect Immediately.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

1t 10 curious to note that the last
three theaters burned in Paris have
all been state or. as they are called in
France, "subsidized" houses-the
Opera (1s73), the Opera Comique
(1SSO and now the Francois. But
whereas twelve years elapsed between
the burning OF the Opera Comique and
the rebuilding, the Francais will, 1t Is
said, be reopened by the middle OF
July.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27
Spain Aiming Canary Islands.

London. April 23.-Spain is apparent
~ scared by post-bellum publications.
showing how many authorities thought
the United States would have been
well advised Immediately TO attack the
Canaries. for Premier Silvela's minis
try Is now sending to these islands a
number of heavy guns for defensive
purposes. One of the most frequent
comments heard in English naval cir
cles is that Americans should have
captured the Canaries at the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

Washington, April 22-The total re-
ceipts of the Cuban treasury for the
month of March, 1900, We're $1.67S, ,G62
divided as follows: u
Customs. $1,472,99O: postal receipts,
S13.I29; Internal revenue receipts. S4,-
:3M: miscellaneous receipts, $97 .619.
The receipts for the corresponding
month of 1899 amounted to SS63, ,O33'
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

A Kansas paper says: Judge Ny
ers pronounced Staynczstraw Baczyn-
ski citizen last week" If the judge
pronounced Staynczstraws name at
the same time he ought to go out lee
turing.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-27

from the United States. That our
sales to the Orient are rapidly growing,
however. is shown by the latest export
statistics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-04-06
Today, April 5.

Remember the sale to be given 10y the
ladies of the VI. T.. Church in the opera
hall April >, with supper and entertain-
ment. Sale to begin at , O'Clock; sup
per served from 80 to : o'clock, and
entertainment to begin at 5 o'clock.
supper ljcts entertainment 10 cents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-04-06
NOTICE.

A. tInrn yn.t,,. t, la, y,,,.,
when the water rates are due wish to
notify the takers that the rule is the
same as that adopted hy the old com
pany -scmi-annull payments. due April
- and October l. of each year. Paw
ments can he made at my house. Your
prompt attention to this matter is de-
sired. All. HALL. Collector.
An examination for tha nos;,;on If
n,,r,,. ,H... rl,l. ,,,l .1,,,,,...,.
ru.,on. Service vinha hlL ,t Nav.
NOR, y.r,,on, W.Jn..d,y Inn. ootb
1000 Nnnl;rotior thanks and irfor,,o.
tion relative. 70 the scora Of the 4xomi.