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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
PETTIGREW DIsTORTs THE
FACTS.

IN MS recent speech In Mitchell fol
lowing Bryan's visit there, Pettigrew
mace some statements disnutinp tbo
existence of real prosperity in tbiS
state which statements he has sine
embodied in a circular for general d;so
tribution. In this circular he attamnto
.he apparently impossible feat of rid
!ns TWO horses going in opposite direc-
eions at the same time. He furnishes
a lapuiated statement in a futile effort
10 snow that prices of agricultural r O
ructs are lower under the MCKINLEY
administration than during the Cleye-
iand administration. On the other
hand, he attempts to show that The
prosperity which we are ENJOYING in
this country is due to higher prices
caused by the increased production of
gold n h increase in our circulat-
Ing medium per capita, but adds:
owing TO the vast expenses of
the spanish, Philippine and Chi
nese wars, this gold has not ac-
cumulated in the treasury but is
pald out and is now in circulation:
the amount in the treasury being
much less than it was in 1896"
Inc latter statement is incorrect, as
VIII be shown by the following, which
Is taken from the report of the secre-
tary of the treasury for 1899, pages 1&9
and 40:
July list, 1896: Gold coin. including
bullion in treasury, S144. 692, 900. 100; in
circulation, $454, 905. O64. 90.
July LIST, 1897: Gold coin, including
bullion in treasury, $17S, $40, 1928 90; in
circulation, s517, $50, 6SS!0O.
July list, 1898: Gold coin, including
bullion, in treasury, $203 .564, 81. C0; in
circulation, 1857, $50, Asa. 90.
July LIST, 1899: Gold coin including
bullion in treasury, 1888, Pei, 634; in CT
culation $757, O68, 666.
Not only has there been a continual
increase in the amount in treasury. but
a marked increase in mount In circu-
lation.
1t may be interesting to note the per
capita circulation, in 1896 and subse-
quently. 1896, S21.10; 1897, $22.49;
1898, $24.66; 1899, $500; 1900, esti-
mated, $27.00. Not only have we the
largest per capita circulation that we
ever had in the history of this country,
but we have a larger per capita circu-
lation than any commercial nations in
the world, except France and Belgium.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
A PRECIOUS PAIR OF PATRIOTS


Ex-senator Marion Butler of North
Carolina, who as a member of the Pop
ulist convention in Sioux Falls fought
hard for the nomination of Towne,
and who, as a member of the Populist
national committee, refused to fill
Towne's place with a Populist, but
sanctioned the endorsement of Steven
son, has been in the state for the past
few weeks urging the Populists who
have been so basely betrayed, to stand
by Bryan and Pettigrew, both of whom
were parties to their undoing. Butler,
however, did not direct many appeals
to the Democrats Of whom he said, in
an article in the New York Independ-
ent, on August 10th last, just after he
had been slaughtered for reelection by
the methods for which Tillman stands:
The law-abiding people of the
United States must face the ques-
ton whether the Fifteenth amend
ment to the constitution of the
United States can De nullified by
a state or shall stand as the SUI
preme law.
The Declaration OF Independence
was read on July 4 at the conven-
ton in Kansas City, and made a
part Of the Democratic platform;
but by North Carolina Democracy
it is not considered to apply to ne
groes nor to white men who do not
vote the machine ticket.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina is
the man who read the Declaration or
independence in the Kansas City con-
vention and he, too, has made a trip
through South Dakota IN PettiSreW S
interest. 1t is a pity these two South
ern statesmen, one as an advocate or
Democratic methods and the other as
a frightful example of their effects,
could not have travelled together. iii
man is the man who stood up IN n
Senate of the United States on the zoth
of last February and said, referring TO
negroes voting in his state:
when that happened, we took
the government away. We stuffed
ballot boxes. We shot them. we
are not ashamed of it. With that
system-force, tissue ballots, etc
we got tired ourselves. So we called
a constitutional convention u we
eliminated, as I said, all OF the col
ored people whom we could under
the fourteenth and nfteenth
amendments.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
HEADQUARTERS AT DULUTH.
The south shore May Make an Inn.
p%ortant Move.

Duluth, Oct. Il. - In well-informed
raildoad circles here it is said that
the Duluth, South Shore e. Atlantic may
remove its headquarters from Marquette,
Mich, TO Duluth. The road has been re-
Ported as dissatisfied with the treatment
it has received in Marquette and IT is aG-
thorltatively given out that 1t has con-
templated a change for some time. Du-
luth's growing through traffic and other
considerations have long commended
themselves In making Dulut the roads
logical headquarters. Vice President
Fitch was in the city to-day, and his visit
Is believed to be of special significance in
this matter, although nothing would be
given out for publication.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
FOR STARTING TIMBER FIRES.
Two Men Are Convicted in the
United states Court.

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 21.-C. F. Selye
and Harry Shearer were found guilty
in the United States court here of
starting fires among the timber on
the Chippewa Indian reservation in
Itasca county. 1t was alleged that
the defendants set the fires in order
to damage the timber on the reserva-
ton, which. under the dead and down
timber act, the Indians are permitted
TIC sell. The principal witnesses for
the prosecution were Chippewa In
dams. Both Seleye and Shearer are
well known in this section, the former
having for several years past been a
prominent lumberman. This is the
first case of its kind that has ever
been tried in this district and has Gre
ated considerable interest among
lumbermen. The penalty is three
years imprisonment or a fine of $5,-
600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
PETTlGREW ON CUBA.

nom an interview in the Chicago
Y News of April s, 1900:
We can't hold Cuba for more than
eE years without bloodshed. The
Sence OF our soldiers is already more
. the people can bear"
ia yet In spite of the palpable at
IEpS OF men like Pettigrew to stir
afeVolt In Cuba, it is both peaceful
prosperous to a degree hitherto
Efeamed of.
q banquet given to Gov. Gen.
% IN Santiago on August 26 the
slor generals banquet speech was
feature ca the evening. On rising
was greeted with shouts of approba-
ana "YiVas," which were taken up
@ne 5000 people assembled outside
uuOnouse on the Parque de Cespe-
: spoke in part as follows:
am here as your friend and in no
Y capacity. Only those who re-
aoer The ten years war can have
lul knowledge of the conditions of
province as | have myself. In the
.o'eihent one sees everywhere we
proof of the friendly interest
va Dy the American people.
l,ery0ody in the United States was
asled at the satisfactory way in
me municipal elections passed
resident Mckinley personally as
y lhat he thought the time for
next step had come. Whatever
uunaate destiny of Cuba may be,
immediate future is independence.
= no political move on the part
" united States, but a sincere de-
y 10 What is right. Therefore I
!ou, as a personal favor to me and
~ United States government, to
sour political differences and pas
and TO send men to the conven-
ano are renowned for honor and
10y SO that the convention may
kcipate.
want liberty for all and for no
uiar party. The United States
~ uat you shall have it. This is
I've, and easily possible. We have
i. 70 The world. 1t lies with you
nv Us make our word good. Your
I'M predict failure. The people Of
hea states and their representa-
or rope 10 e you defeat these pre-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
INDIANS F~EAsTENG.
Pow-wow mt Turtle Lake on the
Close of a. Successful season.

la Crosse. Wis, Oct. 21.-Hundreds
of Indians are holding a monster war
dance and feast near Turtle Lake,
Wis, in the vicinity of the cranberry
marshes, which form a means Of
livelihood for the Indians. The pow
WOW is held in celebration of the end
of a successful cranberry ason and
other events known only to those who
participate in 1t. For several days
past many Indians have passed
through this city on their way from
Iowa, Nebraska. the Dakotas and 9TH
er Western states to attend the dance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
SUICIDE OF A PREACHER.
Coiored Who Sho "A Girl
of Fourteen YePrs.

Chicago, Oct. 20. s. $. Bandy, a
colored Baptist preacher, under arrest
as a fugitive from Arkansas City.
Kan, cut his throat in a cell and will
die. He was arrested on a telegram
saying that he was wanted for shoot
ing a fourSeen-year-old girl. He prac-
tically conceded his guilt and said he
was afraid he would be lynched IL
taken back 10 Kansas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
woman restrained From Talking.

MilWaukee, Oct. Il. = Judge Lud-
wig, of the superior court of this city.
has issued an injunction restraining a
woman from talking. The order was
issued I'm the suit of Emile Koerner
against Herman Koerner, the pro-
prietor of g grocery store on the South
side. In an 8fidavit the defendant
charges his wife with coming to the
store and talking necessarily. The
court accordingly issued an injunction
restraining Mrs. Koerner from going
to the store and talking to the injury
of said Koerner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

Secretary Long has ordered that
there be no further proceedings
against Capt. Wilde Of the Oregon.
who was being investigated by a
court OF inquiry TO determine the re-
sponsibility for the grounding Of the
~battleship in the Gulf Of Pechili last
summer while h~urrying to Taku from
Shanghai. This action finally ais
poses OF the matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
settler. win Their co.e.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Oct. q. - Judge
Garland decided in favor of the plain
tiffs in a suit brought to eject occu-
pants of outlying town lots in the
town of Chamberlain. Suit was
brought by the owner of the govern
ment patent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
Hotel Man Dead.

Sandstone, Mimi, Oct. 81. - r. A.
Smith, proprietor Of the Northern
hotel here. died of typhoid fever. He
was one of the first settlers in Pine
county and always a prominent bust
ness man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
Bismarck Last Prayer.

Berlin, Oct. 10. = Prof. Wilhelm
Oncken. of the University of Giessen
(Hesse). who was intimately acquaint-
ed with the late Prince Bismarck,
writes TO a Dresden journal that
Prince Bismarck's asst prayer was:
Lord. I believe. Help thou mine un-
belief"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
SENATOR PETTIGREW'S
RECORD OF SHAME

Has Repeatedly Said He Was Ashamed of His Country.
us Futile Attempt to Disown His Infamous Woonsocket
raerance--He Has No Reverence for the Red, White and
Rue- He Repeated His Expression of Shame at Hitchcock
n 1899 and at East Sioux Falls in 19OO-.Some Of the
Things for Which the Flag Stands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

Frost, Mimi. Oct. 21.-John Thomp-
son. aged twenty-five. living on the
old homestead with his mother seven
miles southwest Of this place. died
after a few days severe sickness Of
typhoid fever.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

Berne, Oct. Glowing to the fall
ures TO agree to a new commercial
treaty United States products will
henceforth be subject to the Swiss
general tariff instead of the most ia
vored nation treatment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

n Said mat MI. Cleveland will not
~ niger for the Kansas City tick
bhs.a % not so obliging as those
I his cabinet who propose
'neir noses while voting for it.
Won o.ed Tor prosperity and got 1t.
9 going to vote against II?
|arv OF Governor Roosevelt's
n career In the interest of Mr..
Adiai Stevenson will be sure
'ne country as q decided bit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25


4 am ashamed of my !:
country. That flag must ::
come down. | would cease a:
hostil!ties, and say to Agui- {:
naldo that you may set up a !:
government for the Phil {.
ipinos, and We will say to {:
other nations keep Off If :
/ had the power | would turn ::
back the recent pages of ::
American history. =.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

The declaration against trusts In the
Republican platform is far more i'm
nortant than anything Mr.. Bryan can
sav on the subject. 1t is the voice of
the party In power that carries its
platform pledges into action.
Mr.. Bryan declares that "the poor
men will furnish sons for the army"
They will. So will the rich man, and
60 will all good American citizens.
each in his proper proportion; and all
these proper proportions will be the
same.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
Infurie. Prove Eat.L.

willmar. Mimi, Oct. 1s.-Mr. Dew
ey. who was injured in a runaway
last week, mas died from the effects OF
his injuries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

The Populist candidate for President
makes great fun of his own unsuco. Mr
fuI efforts to practice law. But MI
Rryan would be a great fool 10 pra =
t,ca law when he can make $ooo an
hour featuring to lyceums-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

Yet Mr.. Pettigrew is going over the
state telling the farmers they have no
share in existing prosperity, and that
everything they have to buy is higher
than what they have to sell. Each
farmer can sit down and do his own
figuring on this proposition. and find
out where the truth lies.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

bttigrew's personal organ has had
.,aorable to say of late of alleged
ITS 70 misrepresent him as to his
smoos Woonsocket utterance in
and the senator himself in a
= in East Sioux Falls on Septem-
Il. said:
nayer said | was ashamed OF
country and my flag, but | have
IA was ashamed of the use to
Ebch ii had been put.
p.tigrew is relying on the fact that
tenographic report waS made OF
Eoonsocket utterance, which, how
, has been youched for time and
h, nv reputable citizens Of that
and tries to confuse the pubic
N nv references to a speech at
E,,bcoek that same year, which he
smates has been garbled. Let us
What he did say at Hitchcock, ac-
atpg to a ste%nographic report which
will not dispute. He said:
That is not my flag. Do / rever-
,,ce N. red, white and blue cloth?
Eo al all. - | say | feel
I.hamed to meet and face the peo-
Le Of the old world.
These statements are bad enough but
C~mnately for the accuracy of history
original record of the W~oonsocket
Esch on Sept. "a, 1899, is at hand
q in the shape of the note book in
I'm N. B. Reed, then editor Of the
musocket Times, took down the I'M
rrotic ~utterance, which he after
(rs printed in his paper and to
Icb he will make affidavit, corrobo-
Ed by other reputable citizens who
10 present at the same meeting.
br. Pettigrew said:
Il hate the very name of :
Republican | object to the :
name of Silver Republican :
and refuse to be called one. :
am not in favor of, and ;
will not support n prin- :
ciple that the Republican :
party stands for"
BE then took up the Philippine ques-
D. He spoke against the acquisition
The Philippines. He referred to the
ID Islands, and the contract between
b. Bates, and the Sultan of the Sulu
binds. He said that our flag when it
kted over those islands was not his
& that it floated there as a flag of
preston, and over a Sultan with
lres. Then he uttered the words
now trouble him. They were ut
ed as a simple sentence, and with
modifying words. He paused a mo-
ut for effect, and then said with an
preston Of disgust:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

The above is a Photographic reproduction of the addition to the Yank-
ton Hospital. for the Insane for which the legislature of 1899 made al ap-
preparation of $4,000. Work upon this building was begun under the direc-
ton Of the former Republican superintendent, and when he was removed on
August LIST, 1899 to make room for Dr. Ross, the present fusion supennten-
dent, he had expended $4S27. This expenditure represented the purchasa of
all the brick needed to line the walls, all the steel and iron for the build
of the building
This left a balance of $3O173 in cash for the completion of the building
OF this amount the records show that $4,000 was paid out for labor and
that the remainder al paid for material - ST. 0OO - although s above
shown all the brick, steel and iron had been provided by the former superin-
tendent and the stone is supposed TO have been furnished free b h ouarries
at the state pententiary in Sioux Falls
The building stands today a shown by the picture, with the construction
fund exhausted and a debt of $4,000 additional
How do the taxpayers of the state like this object lesson in business
like and economical management by Gov Lee and 1. II. Lien, president OF
the state board of charities and corrections. and candidate for governor IN
the fusion ticket?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

The increase in the price OF cotton Is
encouraging 10 Chairman
Jones round bale trust.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

George Fred Williams has figured
out the election of the Kansas CITY
ticket from the returns from vernon.
and Maine. George Fred Is every y.
as good on election returns as ne Is on
finance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
INCREASE IN VALUE OF FARM
PRODUCTS.

The following quotations are taken
from the files of the Sioux Falls Daily
Press for July LIST of each year and are
Chicago cash prices. The year 1899,
however, is taken from other sources,
the files of the Press not being availa-
bic for that year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

There is rivalry between New York's
leading Democratic newspapers for the
honor" of producing the coal miners
strike.
President McKinley's instructions to
the Philippine Commission take tho
center pin out Of the arguments Of
the Democratic campaign orators.
Boss Croker declares that only 70
publicans are responsible for the wick
edness of the Tammany Ice Trust. Gro
ker is somewhat of q joker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

From a nation of borrowers we have
become a lending nation, and interest
rates are cheaper today In the United
States than anywhere else on earth.
In place Of selling bonds In time Of
peace we are paying bonds in time OF
war, all of which proves that the claim
of national prosperity is based on sub
stantial facts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

polltical party that promotes
uoesn't produce prosperity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

The Democratic issue of contraction
is one which doesn't appeal strongly
to the voters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25

Il hate the very name of
Republican l object to the
name of Silver Republican
and refuse to be called one.
am not in favor of, and
will not support one prin-
ciple that the Republican
party stands for"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-03-17
FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE.
Fire In n Doathtrap at Newark Causes the
Loss OF Fourteen People, Mostly
Children,


Newark, n. j.. March l3.-Fourteen
persons, majority OF whom were
children, were burned to death at a
tenement house at Morris and Four
teenth avenues about five o'clock Mon
day morning. Thirteen bodies were
recovered from the ruins within three
hours after the flames had been ex-
tinguished. The building was three
story frame structure, formerly used
as a church, but transformed into a
tenement house with small rooms,
scarcely sxlO feet in dimensions, open
ing into narrow hallway on both
the second and third floors, forming
a veritable iiretrap. This is right In
the heart of the Italian district and
the greatest excitement prevailed.
Vito Credavo Is locked up on sus-
picion Of having set fire to the build
ing. Credayo with his wife and two
children occupied the rear portion
Of one of the upper stories. He was
arrested on statement made by Vir-
ginia Di Prula, who was boarder in
the'house. Di PrtIla said when he was
awakened by the smoke he found Gre
dayo aud his family fully dressed and
ready to leave the burning building.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-03-17
THE NEW ELDORAD0.


Washington, March tl.-Under date
Of Dawson City, January IA, Vice Con-
sui Morrison reports that 10 expedi-
tions have left Dawson for Cape Nome
since December 4 last, and as soon
as the weather moderates many more
will start The population of Dawson
Ia 5000 less than last year. Late news
from Nome confirms the reports of
the richness of the district and an
nounces new finds in the interior, but
lack of fuel prohibits these being
worked in winter. Typhoid fever has
appeared with increasing mortality.
In Dawson the revenue from liquor
permits for the year is placed at $780,
00O Saloon licenses are worth $500
per aDnum. Prices still up. The
profits on drugs are placed at 300 per
cent, groceries 200 per cent, hard
ware 400 per cent Beer is worth 500
barrel and whisky from $40 to 500
per per gallon. Owing TO flooding of
the mines the gold output may be
kept down. 1t is estimated that be-
tween S2j,OOO,OOO and S3O,OOO,OO0 will
comprise the output for the Dawson
district
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-03-17

rHE GROWTH PHENOMENAL.
In 1899 Hut az Per Cent OF the Worlds
sagar supply was from Cans and
90 from Beets.

Washington, March 13.--rhe trans
fer Of sugar production from the plan
tations Of the tropics to the farms of
the temperate zone is Illustrated by
some figures just published by the
treasury bureau of statistics. They
show that IS per cent. Of the
sugar crop Of the world was, in
ls4O, supplied by sugar cane, a
tropical product, and but five per
cent. from beets. product of the
temperate zone; while in 1899 but "a
per cent. of the worlds sugar supply
was from cane and &C per cent. from
beets. How much of this is due to
the disappearance of slave-labor,
which existed in all cane-producing
territory at the beginning of the period
under review, is left to the considera-
tion Of economists and sociologists;
but II is fact that the worlds cane
sugar crop of 1899 would little more
than supply the demands of the
United States alone, after deducting
the home consumption Of the coun-
tries In which it is produced.