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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10

and calling: Elsie. there's a man come
for you. Elsie. run quickr' i thoGght the
child had gone crazy and hurried into the
kitchen. We were all about crazy, too, and
when l showed Mr.. Wilson letters from
Uncle James he go, white, and he was just
as crazy as the rest of US. started with
him that very afternoon, and | never have
seen any of them since. Now ] am going
back for awhile.
l am going back to Scotland and am to
have fathers old home. where he and
Uncle James and all OF us We're born. /
cannot buy II. but | can get lease for
ninety-nine years.
i nave given away great deal of money.
but, do you know. think 1t is "A very seri-
Gus matter TO give people money and alter
their lives when God planned them as he
thought best? / am going To adopt two lit
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10

tie children. orphans. whose mother was
very kind to my mother. and there Is a
girl in Evanston who was very fond of me
when We We're both poor and she will go
10 Scotland with me and We will try to
have some good times.
l suppose | ought to give money to minis
ters and missions and all that. but / don't
believe much In them. The ministers have
been so awfully attentive to me now, but
when mother was sick they hardly noticed
her. and she was very religious. i shall
try and do my very best with the money
and have made the people l lived with
quite rich already, and If only mother or
father or any Of the children We're alive
would be so happy. But they are all dead
and We're always so poor. and now l have
50 much money il Is a burden. Life Is
lueer
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
M'KENDREE COLLEGE,
Defamation Contest and PhiIO-
sophian Society Exhibition.

REPC BLIC SPECIAL.
Lebanon. ILL.,. June 9-The annual decla-
nation contest at McHendree College took
place last evening. There were six con-
testants. +. r. Glatfelty of Elkville Ill
4. j, Cawood. Palestine. ILL.,: John A. Rury.
Steelviie. H.: Miss Sadie jackson. Nc
i.eanSboro: ILL.,: Fred W. Reinhardt Leban-
on III; Miss Myrtle Griffen. Grassland
III The FIRST prize was awarded to Miss
GTiffen and the second TO Miss Jackson.
The annual exhibition of the Philosopher II
Literary Society took place this evening
II was participated In by Miss Lulu Earth
ing. Odin, H.. Marshall Wallis, Effingham
III; H. =. Barnes. Harrisburg, nj; Lotus
quartet. Mrs. "A. G. TuxhOrn and Misses
Nora Burroughs. Mona Barnsback ard
Josephine Springer of Edwardsviile, Ill
George W. Baldwin OF lrvington. ILL.,; VIII
liam Bunsen. OFallon. ILL.,: William r..
ridge. Centralia. H.: w. Dun Piercy. Mount
vernon; ILL.,: j. c. Herbstman of summer
field Ill.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10

ELSIE TYSON, CINDERELLA. TELLS Her STORY

i a n REALM II is herself
a alop horsba to
a
the Gin
a cir She was
OF a firm of and
the tforu
storyo
the East from
the West when he "a
is to
think She jus
WHIT
o and
simplicity In
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
LARGEST OF ALL EXCURSION PARTIES.
Four Great Steamships Will Be Needed to Carry the Christian
EndeavOrers to England

gates are women. Only about Ii per cent
are men.
This being the year when the Pope has
especially invited pilsrimages to Rome. and
when the Passion Play" at Oberammersau
is said to be being produced for the last
time ami the Paris Exposition is in prog
ress. IL has been necessary to organize and
systematize the transportation of the En-
deavorcrs in the most able manner.
After the convention the Christian En-
deavor pilgrims will divide up into excur-
sion parties and visit these places and
others In Europe, such as the Swiss Alps.
Germany and the picturesque cities of Hol-
land and Belgium.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED.
Invalid Army Surgeon Ended His
Life in San Francisco.

San Francisco. Cal. June 9--Doctor Rob-
ert Locke. son OF the Reverend Doctor
Locke of Chicago. committed suicide at
the Occidental Hotel this morning. Young
Locke. who was a physician. returned from
Manila last month and has been in San
Francisco since then. He had been in poor
health. 80:
Locket shot himself through the heart in
his room at the hotel some time during
the night. with an army pistol. He was
found in bed. Locke was about 10 years of
age and leaves q widow, who is believed
to be in Paris.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
Ira mn ps In Kansas,

Wichita. Kas.. June 9-As result of re-
duced rates to harvest hands and the pub
lished announcements of the need of saOp)
such hands. tramps by the thousand are
passing through Wichita en- route TO The
harvest fields. In the southern part of the
state. Some are stopping off here, as they
viii be needed. The farmers say they will
need many more men than they can secure
In the towns. An insect. similar to tn. Hes
sian fly. has made its appearance in many
OF the wheat fields In this section and the
farmers are very much alarmed. II has
done little damage SO far. Some OF the
fields of wheat are now being cut
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
SUSPECTED OF WISE MURDERS,
Dramatic Scene Between the Ac-
cused and Accuser.

Anoka. Minn., June 9.-Ben Johnson gen.
eral storekeeper at Constance. near here,
was arrested to-day on the charge Of hav-
ing fired the shots that killed the members
of the Wise family recently.
The alleged motive was revenge. John
son was taken before william Wise who
was badly wounded. and there was a dra-
matte scene, but johnson declared his in
nocence.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
new BISHOP OF COLUMBUS.
Reverend Doctor Henry MOeller of
Cincinnati Chosen.

Rome, June 9.-The Reverend Doctor
Henry Moeller. secretary and chancellor Of
the archdiocese OF Cincinnati. O.. has been
appointed Bishop of Columbus, o.
The Reverend Henry Moeller was born i'm
Cincinnati. in 1919. and was one Of the first
students in the American College at Rome
He was formerly pastor at Bellefontaine
o.. and professor at St. Mary's Seminary
In 1879 he was secretary to Bishop Chatard
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
Peoria District c. f. Meeips.

Pekin. ILL.,. June 9-The Christian Endeav-
or Union. Peoria District. after a very IN
teresting and instructive session of three
days at Pekin, elected the following officers
this afternoon for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent. w. A. Potts. Pekin: vice presidents,
Mrs. Elizabeth Monser. Marshall County:
Miss kittie Feger Mason County: Miss Ava
Arnold. Peoria County: Miss Helen NJ. Lig-
gett, Woodford County: Mrs. Anna s. Les
ter. Tazewell County; treasurer W. f.
Monser of WenOna; secretary, Chares A.
Stratham. Peoria. The next convention will
be held at Washington. this county. In
May next.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
Her Plans.

That day when Mr.. Wilson came it had
been raining and quite few of my tur-
keys had got cold. and I was out doctoring
them. when little Alice came running out
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Then my rescuer came III thc Shepc "
a woman an elderly. kind-faced woman
with a great deal Of determination In her
expression She ran upon the landing and
stood by my side. Men, stop this she
cried. II you be men. stop hurting this
woman. You shall not touch her again.
1 will not allow q woman to be hurt o.
shamej by such hoodlums as ye are!
Her voice was loud and trembled with
her Indignation Much to nay astonish-
ment the crowd withdrew. They had evi-
IDENTIFY had all the pleasure out Of me they
wished for. Then my young protector ap-
peared and expressed his deep regret for
the occurrence and his own Inability to pro-
tect me- The lady who defended me from
the mob took me into a room upstairs,
where 1 remained until the police CAME.
Then / went to the Third District Station,
where I remained until my brother-fn-law,
Mr. Kramer came for me. He took me to
the home of Miss Alma Sorg, a friend Of
m:ne who lives at No. aA Barry street.
There / spent the night, returning 70 ny
home hsge next Woy1an%
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
TEACHERS CERTIFICATES.

Papers show Much Improvement
Over Those Submitted Last Year.
The department of public instruction
has issued 1855 teachers certificates as
a result of the August examinations.
In comparison with the examination in
August a year ago, the papers show
considerable Improvement in scholar
ship. TIL total cost of conducting h
examination, met by the state, was
81, 1865. During it's progress 31,354
papers were examined by the markers.
The examination was held at the close
of the summer sessions In the teachers
institutes and state summer schools.
The applicants were those who wished
to qualify for first and second grade
teachers certificates. Each applicant
for second grade standing submitted
papers on nine different subjects, and
those who sought to qualify for first
grade teachers submitted papers in six
teen subjects. The number Who took
the examination was $500, of whom
1850 had not previously applied for
certificates. Five hundred and seven
had previously applied for certificates.
While the markers were examining
the papers it was discovered that a
number of persons under seventeen
years old n not eligible for certif-
Gates, had taken the examination.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
BAD FOR CHEESE INDUSTRY.
Creameries Use All the M~iIk-Seport
of the State Dairy and Food Com
mission

A special report on the cheese in
dustry in Minnesota, issued by the
dairy and food commission, states that
Minnesota can never be a great cheese
producing state so long as the price of
beef remains at the present figure. The
increase In the number OF cheese factories
in the state commented on as being in
adequate TO meet the growing consump-
ton of the product at home.
A. j. Glover, the commissions cheese
expert, bases his conclusions upon a re-
cent investigation during which he visited
each of the fifty factories in the state.
lie finds that cows bring better prices
for beef h for dairy stock, Where
creameries are numerous they take all
the available milk product in the terri
tory tributary to them. In some cases
even the creameries are pushed to obtain
enough milk. These conditions limit the
field of cheese factories. The opinion Is
dvanced hat there is still opportunity
to extend the cheese business by operat-
ing factories in localities where the milk
supply Is insufficient for a creamery.
The reports calls attention to the I'M
equal competition which Minnesota fac
tories are forced to meet in the ship.
ments of poor cheese from ~neighboring
states. sold here as home product.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
MINNESOTA MINES.
Reauire Nearly a More
Men Than Last Year.

A sheet of statistics which has just
been completed in the office or the state
labor commissioner shows thai mining
in Minnesota is becoming a very prom
inent industry. Nearly a thousand
more miners are employed h a year
ago. and the acreage is largely IN
creased. The mines now in operation
on the ranges in the northern part OF
the state an aggregate OF o'4'9
acres.
The number of miners employed IN
the state is 1856. A year ago there
were 6.ei5. an increase during the year
of 941, which, in view of the fact that
mining is comparatively a restricted
employment in the state, Indicates a
considerable growth in the industry
Fifty-six mines are now in operation
All but three of these have been opened
in the past nine years. The average
daily wage which employees in these
mines receive is $2.07 this year. Last
year IL was but $l.S9.
An interesting fact is brought to light
in figures which show that the State
of Minnesota is the owner of as much
mining land ana mines as any other
individual holder. The value of this
item of state property is enormous
though il is not computed in figures on
the records since the states mines n
mining lands are without exception
leased out, and there is no occasion for
a valuation. because no taxes, but
royalties. are collected.
Minnesota's mining properties are
located on about I2.000 acres OF school
lands that are leased under differing
forms of contract TO private parties.
For every ton of ore mined the state
receives a royalty of 25 cents. on GER
tain lands which are non-producers,
leased for development purposes, the
state requires the same annual pay
ment as If they were producing 5000
tons under each contract. An excep-
ton is made, however, for the period
previous to the removal of the first
/ 900 tons, during which the state ex-
acts 500 a year. This does not hold
thereafter. A license to prospect on
state lands is granted for one year for
the sum of SIS.
The state owns the Minnewas mine,
forty acres OF the Lake Superior Con-
solidated mine. and one Of the Biwabik
properties. The most productive prop
erty is that operated by the Oliver
Mining company on section s, township
5S, range II. opened in 1893. During
1898 349, 100 tons were shipped from it.
The royalty paid the state on this ac-
count was s174,550. No shipments were
made in 1899, but during the present
rear the state has received a consid-
cradle amount in royalty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
IS STRICKEN A
Texas visited by n Terrific Fiood
with Loss of Life.

DALLAS. Tex, Sept. 25.-A cloudburst
in the Neuces river country. ninety
miles west of the Southern Pacific a
resulting In a terrific flood n inuch
loss OF life is reported. Meager details
have beer received. but IT is cialtheu
that from thirty to forty ltailans EN-
ployed on the sheep ranches were
drowned andd all the ranches were
ANN Many flocks of sheep nave
been lost and a large amount OF prop
erty destroyed. From the most reiiapie
information obtainable last night eH-
tensive storm damage has been IN
nicted on the upper Colorado and the
Chonco river valleys, particularly al
and near Brownwood. Blanket and san
Angelo. Wire communication with all
these places are cut off n the ram
road lines damaged so that no trains
can reach them. Reports indicate that
the heaviest damage Is at San Angelo,
although many bridges in Brownwooo
have been
wrecked or Injured.
1t is also feared many lives have been
lost. The last telegram sent out from
Brownwood was at about 10 a. m. yes
terday. and stated that the town was
flooded and entirely surrounded by
water and that people and goods were
being removed ito places of safety IN
rowboats and RATS. Bulletins from
Temple state that the tracks or the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad are
under water to the depth of hfteen
feet south of Brownwood, and that
nothing can be heard from places up
the line. The rain is pouring down and
streams still rising. The country dis
tricts cannot be heard from. 1t Is
raining hard for approximately 100
miles in all directions from Brown
wood. and as the stream in that part
of Texas are now very t~reacherous IN
the matter of sudden rises, a disaster
is feared.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
CLASH LOOKED FOR.
Attempt to start the Golfers Under
Military Protection.


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. %. - The second
week of the great anthracite coal
miners strike opens to-day and de-
velopments having an important bear
ing on the outcome of the struggle are
looked for. An effort will be made to
start work in collieries located in
Schuylkill county with the protection
of three regiments Of the state national
guard, in all numbering about 1000
men. Some of these mines were volun-
tarily closed Saturday by the operators
at the request of the county sheriff,
with the object of checking the disorder
in and about Shenandoah, where the
riot occurI ed Friday which resulted
In the killing
of one of the rioters by the sheriff's
posse. The operators and mine owners
claim that a sufficient number of hands
to run many of the collieries are de-
sirous of returning TO work If they "a
be protected from assaults from the
disorderly element. The sheriff found
himself unable to control this element
and hence his request for troops was
complied with by the government. No
estimates of the number of mine
workers likely to return to work this
morning was made by either side, but
Gen. Goblin, in charge of the militia
men, has issued detailed orders to the
collferies and about the mines in a
manner which without doubt will fully
insur the safety of all who may de-
eide to work. The strikers have given
no intimation as to their view of
This New Method
on the part of the mine owners, beyond
the general calm determination of the
men thai they will o return to the
mines. Whether there will be a clash
with the troops cannot be c~onjectured.
Quietness prevailed yesterday through
out the entire region. Some mass meet
ings were held which We're addressed
by the strike leaders, but all the meet
ings were conducted in an orderly
manner. The churches throughout the
region were well attended. The pastors
all counselled good behavior on the
part of the strikers, and especially adj
vised against the use of Intoxicating
liquors. Some of the preachers sided
with the strikers In their contest,
while a few of them expressed the be-
lief that the men and their families
would be better off If they would re-
turn to work at once.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

Man who Captured Santa Ana Still
Living I'm the Town Of San Saba.

Man Who Captured Santa Ana Still
Living I'm the Town OF San saba.
There is still living in the town OF
San Saba, Texas, an old man, union
pred and unsung, who, at the g OF
sixteen, captured, with the assistance
Of two comrades. the Mexican general,
Santa Ana, and so largely assisted in
gaining the independence of Texas.
In 1919 Sion r. Bostwick was born In
Alabama. A few years later his pa
rents moved to Texas, taking the fam
lily with them. Young Sion grew up on
the Texas frontier and became an ex-
pert horseman and rifle shot. When,
in 1885. the Texans reyolted against the
tyranny Of the Mexican dictator, Santa
Ana, young Bostwick became q mem
Der of one of the companies of Texas
Rangers. and saw hard fighting. The
next year after the fall of the Alamo,
he TOOK the field again, and IL was on
this expedition, while serving as a
mounted scout, that he, with w other
soldiers, had the good fortune to cap
ture the Mexican general, who was ar
rayed at the time in the uniform of a
private soldier. Their prisoner was
taken before Gen. Sam Houston, who
spared his life, and persuaded him, a
few weeks later, to sign a treaty of
peace. in which the independence Of
Texas was conceded.
At the age of eighty-one Mr.. Bost-
wick is still strong and in robust
health, although the first fifty years Of
his life were largely spant in fighting
either Mexicans or Indians.-Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
A WAITING ATTITUDE.
General Relaxation of Anxiety mt
Washington Apparent.

Washington, Sept. 25.-With the three
pending diplomatic notes bearing on
the Chinese situation disposed of by
answers to the respective powers, the
attitude Of the United States now is a
waiting one. There was a general re-
taxation of anxiety apparent yesterday,
and the day passed without any devel-
opmcnts in the way of important dis
patches. Now that the notes are acted
upon. the question of the commission TO
negotiate peace is again revived.
Among others whose names were sug-
gested last night as one of the COM
missioners was Judge William r. Day
OF Canton, the former secretary of
state. Judge Day served with the
American Spanish peace commission,
and in all probability will be persona
grata to China. His i'll health, how
ever, is o serious consideration which
might lead him to decline il offered a
commissionership.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
A Sherlock of Rng n.

A rag-man who was pa,Sa.,.
worn out clothing in the count
chased a pair Of discarded tro.'
a farmhouse, and remarked Il u
of the house. as he paid for n. :
had bought:
Il see that you are about !,
your land on a mortgage, '
Guess you are right" sa,a =,
couraged-looking farmer. Chr, =,
tell me how the Sam HIN yon
that out?"
Easy enough" said the cbee,,r
man, as he settled back in tba !.
his peddling wagon. "I not,.s
these old pants are completAlv /,
out, so far as the part Of 'em !
down on is concerned. but th0r
mighty little wear anywhere !
Buffalo News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

The modern craze. or vice. Of syn
dicatization is this year the correct
thing for the shooting party in Eng
land. Ii infallibly brings out the bad
in ones friends. One shareholder
proves to be a hitherto unsupported
dipsomaniac with homicidal tenden-
cies. The next decamps, leaving his
liabilities to his fellow directors, The
third is awkward with his hands, kills
a gamekeeper Or two and burns down
the shooting box. No. 4 pushes an
insurance system among ones aristo-
cratic guests, Holiday housekeeping
is also conducted this year Oh the CO.
operative plan and is said to be quite
as successful in destroying faith in
human nature.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
nig OIL

In the shops of the sae
railway, at Ogden. TT,as southern
stalled last week J there Y
power Diesel motor 4rty-st
which 1t is expected = " Me-
for a machine shop tbron supply
crude California petroIeums The
or this type of motor Il J, A.
novel, much interest is beio .as y
the trial, for the oil felS. excl
provide much reason for y ~. css
success. The Diesel moto, aesiri
ly a gasoline engine, aS.a : sSs
crude petroleum or othsr
1t operates on the fopr~s OILS
cycle but differs from othas !!
combustion motors in er u
fun charge of air to a poin. Drss'
igniting point of the fuel aOo
ing this fuel for a certa,n enen
this red-hot air, where Il h',s
limits of pressure and temns. s,a'
der perfect control. Tbarn
plosions but steady comhnaa
predetermined much lower ta.aon
and without essential increase 1
sure, the combustion line hsI, !
tically an isothermal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

A negro conference in Charlottes-
vile, Va. adopted what they call "a
prayer to the intelligent white peo-
pie of Virginia" not to disfranchise the
colored people of the state, and asks,
IL a measure OF Acknowledgement is TO
be passed, that it apply to both races
alike. The appeal, which is described
as non-partisan, goes further, and asks
the white races aid in the matter OF
education, the uplifting of the colored
race morally, and its advancement
generally.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
waIsch Convicted.

lie Sueur Center. Mimi, Sept. %. -
Taller Walsch was convicted of as
sault with attempt to commit rape.
The other prisoners will be tried al the
October term, at which time Welsch
will ask for a new trial. The charge
on which Walsch was tried was an as
sault on Edith Watson early in August.
She went from Minneapolis to Man
kato by appointment, was taken to the
country In a hack and assaulted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

variot OF Paris. according to a Lis
bon paper, has discovered a process
for embalming bodies which it is
thought will prove a great success.
He not only embalms but metallics
the bodies by the Roult process, just
as it is done with a fork OF a spoon.
In this manner they can be preserved
indefinitely and in such perfection that
the most imperceptible wrinkles and
lines are reproduced. and the en-
balmed body has the appearance Of a
metal statue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

There is such a thing as too much
realism. They are trying to have a
David Harum Day" at Tullay Lake
Park, near Syracuse, where the ia
nous "hoss trade scene is to be read
by a professional impersonator. But
the farmers in hat region who were
buncoed by the real David, and who
have never seen the humor or the
merit in the book, are vigorously pro-
testing. and the chances are the day
will not be held.