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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

1OI u "ech.
Marvin G. Niles is now acting
IN the capacity of full fled ged
pharmacist at N. j. Bleser S
drug store.
Nina and Mary Morris, of Sis
seton, We're amcng the numerous
passengers bound for Mime
apolis Monday.
Miss Minnie Shannon who has
been visiting with her parents
for some time past went to An
dover Saturday.
Mrs. Fannie Rees and son
William, of Madison township,
are visiting with old friends in
ST. Paul this week.
Mrs. White, Of Montevideo, is
visiting with Mrs. Geo. Carrick
who resides with Mr.. John Hicks
in Melrose township.
Irving Ely, Lincoln Schafer
and Fred Poppe each left for
Minneapolis this week to attend
Minnesota university.
Miss Lois Schneider who is
stenographer at the Farmers
Bank, returned from a visit at
Owatonna, Mimi, Monday.
Geo. Fanset returned from
Aberdeen Wednesday night
where he had been on a hunting
trip, aud reports chickens plenti-
full.
The ladies' aid society will
meet with Mrs. Henry Schafer,
next Tuesday, Sept. 10Th. All
members are requested to at
tend.
Frank McNulty, of Sisseton,
passed through town on his way
to Minneapolis Monday, to at
tend the state university OF Min
nesota.
John Wasem, of Big Stone
City, visited with his daughters
Mrs. M. NJ. Ramer and Mrs. E.
P. Brockman the latter part of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. French,
of Gettysburg, this state. were
the guests of Mrs. Louise Hocum
day or two the latter part of
last week.
Vim. Dallman returned from
Bowbell, N. D., Wednesday
morning, and says the wheat
yield on his farm was 36 bushels
per acre.
Editor Mosher, of the Sisseton
Banner, carried over between
trains last Saturday on his way
to Aberdeen on business, return
ing Tuesday.
T.. H. Bentley and wife took
the train last Friday afternoon
for Aberdeen where Mr.. Bent
ley had legal business before
Judge Campbell.
Lewis Mcbride left Monday
morning to continue his studies
at the Minnesota state uni
versity. He completes the
course this term.
w. J. Weddell aud wife, A. ].
Partridge, wife and father, Hon.
A. L. Partridge, were among
those that went to the state fair
Wednesday night
LAND OWNERS.-Have you
land to sell in Grant or Roberts
county, S. d.? II SO, write
GAMBLE & FULLER today. Six
hundred acres wanted.
o. w. Antelman was in the
city this week and shipped his
store fixtures to Centuris, Wis,
where he has opened up a stock
of general merchandise.
Frank Whipple, of Big Stone
City, spent Monday night in
town on his way to Sisseton,
where he has purchased a half
interest in butcher shop.
Mrs. Ed Dore with her little
son, took the train for Mime
apolis Saturday morning. The
latter will be placed in a school
in that city for deaf mutes.
S. F. Radcliffe, of Big Stone
City, attended the pop con-
yention last Saturday and by all
reports caused considerable dis
turbance in that gathering.
A. G.. Merrill who has been
visiting with G. w. Hawes and
family for the past week, re-
turned to his home at Cresco,
Iowa, on the midnight train Sun.
day.
Mrs. w. J. Stevenson and
children, of Pittsburg, Pa, who
have been visiting in this city at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Healy, left Saturday forenoon
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

Nor SALE-One new Thompson gang plow
worked one season; two sets OF LAYS. VIII
sold cheap. Apply 10 Barney Lambrechi,
kIu Brooks, s. ID. or Clerk OF Courts' office,
lbsnk. 5o-u
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

and wife to work on farm
by the year. Apply ut once to g. G..
kaRNs, three miles e. ct OF Wilmot, or post
ee address ut Wilmot, s.. u. 2tf
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

UCTION SALE will offer for sale at pub
u lie auction on my farm A.. mics west of
gStone City on section 9. Big stone township,
: Thursday, August %. at 10 O'Clock a m,
efolowing personal property: Farm machin-
h, horses, cattle, household goods. etc.
THEODORE kRAMP
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

kMPTY BARRELS Il have two dozen empty
cider barrels Tint VIII sell at 5oc each. and
Ssbslf barrels at 25c j j WEsTBY.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

snrSE AND LOT FOR SALE-Or viii rent to
tamily or in rooms 10 young Indies attend
school Enquire of
h, ROBERT BUCHANAN
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

LpyIsuED FRONT ROOM FOR RENT
cn;,ahle for two persons. Inquire a22 Bird st
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

WANTED Good renters for twenty. five i'm
M proved farms IN Roberts County. SO. OAK.
5me of the farms will be stocked with good
Iie II desired For further information write
First National Bank. Sisseton, s. ID. AT
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

koR SALE OR RENT Ny dwell'Ig house
~ IN second street. Good we'll. cellar. barn
growing trees. 'o'h SUNNI.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

Iop RENT .-lIonae with seven rooms. cistrrn.
vol and barn. Inquire at HERALD Office. 81
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06
EWant Ad" Column.

,.yIAND- la0 acres 20 be let on shares.
apply at dis ohice.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-09-06

man who wishes lodging
in good comfortable room by the week or
btu apply to JOHN Tim
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
THE METHODIST ECUMENICAL

London reports deep interest in the
great gathering of representatives of the
Methodism of the world in that city next
week, in a world conference. This will
be the third conference of the kind, the
others having been held in London in 1881
and at Washington in 1891. They are
held, not for the exercise of ecclesiastical
and the stimulus of comradeship and real
ization of militant strength.
Methodism is strong in numbers and the
growth OF wealth in the communion does
not seem to have abated the vigor of the
original aggressive spirit, for Methodism,
in all its branches, is still pioneer
church, with its preachers penetrating
every new area of territory opened to civ
ilization throughout the world John
Wesley himself set an example of aggres-
sive itinerancy which has rarely been
equaled.
1t is a great religious force is Method
ism. From the gathering of eight or ten
persons, who met Wesley in London, in
1879, in spiritual conference, the Methodist
name has expanded until it covers, as is
estimated, between thirty and forty mill
lions of the worlds population. In this
country the episcoDate was retained by
the majority of the followers of Wesley,
who, with his brother Charles, lived and
died in the established church of England.
He was himself as shown in some of his
sermons, opposed to lay preachers whom
he characterized as Unauthorized intrud-
ers into the Office of the priesthood" who
had no right to administer the sacraments
without his own special ordination, al
though he had called them out to preach
and visit among the organized religious
societies. The movement of Wesley grew
out of the decline of spiritual life in the
established church of England. 1t drew
the element which had sickened with bar
rem Journalism. Whitefield had preceded
Wesley as preacher TO the hearts of men.
Whitefield had the gift of passionate ora
tory, which could stir the souls of the
most illiterate miners. Wesley had the
faculty of organization. He knew how to
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
The COURSE OF BUSINESS

Money rates have hardened consider
ably this month, but it is both interest
ing and important to note that the situa-
tion remains healthy There is a demand
for money that is leading to the use of
part Of the large surpluses that have
piled up in the banks for year or more.
A part of this demand comes from the
west, where there are crops to move, and
western banks are furnishing a good part
OF this supply as it is called for. The Chi
cago banks have made remarkable growth
in the last half dozen years and Chicago
is becoming a strong financial center.
In this connection it is just as noticeable
a fact that the smaller cities are growing
financially stronger, measured by the
bank figures. This general fact, as it
pertains to the west, emphasizes the
steady development of the western coun-
try. We are getting strong within our
selves, which makes it necessarily for the
eastern centers to look more for invest
ment in the line of foreign securities.
There. is great interest in the food situa-
tion around the globe. Some of the
closest observers compute that the world
has provided this year food for only elev-
en- months in the aggregate. Certain it is
that the United States will be called upon
to furnish more than the usual supply Of
breadstuffs and provisions to the people of
Europe. That this is true is shown al
ready by the heavy shipment of wheat to
Europe, the high price of provisions and
the almost prohibitory price of potatoes
to the masses in the cities. In Chicago
potatoes are selling for over two dol
lars bushel at retail. The country al
ways consumes it's potato crop; hence the
shortage of potatoes and other vegetables
bread as the cheapest article of food.
Meats will be high next season. The
packers estimate that prime stuff will sell
at 61a cents next year on the hoof. 1t
becomes apparent, therefore, that the food
question will be an interesting one for
some time to come.
1t is a very encouraging fact that the
people are we'll employed. The steel
strike is wavering because of the refusal
of many unions to violate their contracts
recently entered into on a basis salts
factory to the workingmen. The unions in
South Chicago have refused to leave their
work on a sympathy strike that involves
the situation in McKeesport.
1t is gratifying to find that labor in
Chicago, where there has been in the
past a good deal of harshness, has at last
stood firmly for the contract they have
made.
General business is good. Railroad
earnings are large. Bank clearings hold
above last year. The business situation
is encouraging.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
Kansas City Journal.

T. B. Murdoch. editor Of the Eldorado, Kan,
republican, has printed his long promised
story OF adventures on the plains. He says
It is true recital of an actual occurrence.
IL certainly Is romantic enough to be the
most imaginative of fiction. In one phase
IL indicates dulness of perception on the
part of Mr.. Murdock that even his intimates
had not suspected. A man who could travel
Ior month with pretty girl, camping with
her every night and driving with her every
day, and not discover her sex through the
thin masquerade of boys clothing, is too
innocent or too stupid for ordinary under
standing.
In 1860 Murdock went with his brother,
Colonel Marsh Murdock, to Pixies Peak in
search OF gold. In the fall of that year he
started to return to Kansas with an OK team
and travelling alone. When camped on the
Platte river, just below Denver, one night a
handsome youth came riding to him on a pony
and asked permission to accompany him back
to the states. Young Benton was pleased
with the appearance of the lad and readily
granted the favor asked. For weeks they
trailed together down the Platte and the
Republican, Benton doing the heavy work
and Len-the lad gave his name Len
Ridgway-doing the cooking. One day when
the caravan reached the vicinity Of Fort
Riley, in Kansas, Len mounted his pony
anu Ilou " urlNe away some DuHalO WHICH
were impeding the trail. He was charged
by bull and his pony stumbled and fell,
injuring the lad so seriously that he re-
mained unconscious for a night and a day.
Benton ran to his comrade, dashed water in
his face, tore open his shirt-and discov-
cred that Len was a girl For day and a
night the girl was carried along in the wa
gon by Benton, who thought she was dead.
Just as he was figuring on burying her in a
coffin made out of his wagon box, however,
she regained consciousness and spoke. He
took her to Fort Riley, turned her over to
the surgeons and then wended his way alone.
few months later he received a letter
from her saying that she had been taken into
the family of a captain, and that she would
soon be going back east with the captain s
wife. This closed that part Of the incident.
Benton did not let her know that he had
discovered she was a girl
In 1872 Murdoch was in Washington, the
guest of Senator S. C. Pomeroy. One night
Mrs Pomeroy gave a dinner party. Among
the guests were Miss Ames of Boston, Miss
Holiday of New York and Miss Pierrepont
Of Virginia.
Murdoch says he was somewhat annoyed,
not being much OF a ladies' man, by the
pointed attentions paid him by his vis-a-vis,
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31

The great financial panic
N Greut that has swept over this
Commercial city, in which some OF our
-, ., strongest commercial houses
CDTeCN have gone down like domi-
noes. has not attracted as much attention as
might have been expected owing to the
boom nature of the trade and to IT'S mush-
room character. Still the erect mas peeh
far-reaching.
During the early part of the spring and
summer there was great financial activity
in Boydom On many lots, especially cor
ners buildings were erected whose archl-
lecture resembled that of the Drygoodsbox
Renaissance Lemonade was one OF the
standards of trade, though Pop was not un-
known in the large emporiums. Chewing
gum and few varieties of candy, some home
made. others factory made also appeared
on the shelves. A variety of candy known
as All-Day- Suckers that is much appreciated
in Very -SmalI-Boy circles was kept in stock
in many places.
AS the stores multiplied nearly every boy
became a proprietor and there was no one
left to buy Many partners treacherously ate
and drank the stock in the absence of the
other party or even "set them up" freely
when certin of the fair sex appeared. This
resulted in many partnership quarrels and a
few fights occurred in the alley. During these
dissentions, it often happened that the busy
marts of trade were looted by Indians who
bore off the plunder and ate it in the barn.
Along about the first of August collections
became very difficult and money rates hard
ened. There was an uneasy feeling the
street that Father was likely to foreclose at
any moment. In several instances Mother
refused to furnish further lemonade. In
| these cases. cards appeared on the store
| fronts announcing Suspension pending the
taking count of stock" Whatever was left
was rapidly eaten by the partners and as a
rule the creditors into possession and
| got nothing but a memory. Assignees met
| daily and heavy and reliable firms went down
| in the crash. After the panic was once on,
| there was stopping it. Whole streets were
| closed up and the buildings often tipped
| over by Small Boy looters in search of some
| stray All-Day-Sucker that might have
! escaped the mouths of the kings Of commerce,
| now gone to their financial St. Helenas.
The commercial wreck now seems to be
complete. School begins Tuesday.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
CIRCuMPOLAR BARRIERS

dispatch from Tromsoe, Norway, notes
the return of the steamer Frithjof from
Franz Josef Land, after landing the Bald
win-Zeigler polar expedition on Alger
Island The Frithjof met the Russian ice
breaking steamer Ermak during her trip
and learned from Admiral Makaron that
he had come to the conclusion that it is
impossible to force a way through the
polar sea, even with such well-eQuipped,
ice breaking vessel as the Ermak. A.
pathetic incident of the Frithjofs trip
was the visit to the cache where
some of the unfortunate Andrees provi-
sions were stored That venturesome hero
will not be able to tell the story of his
voyage on this earth. That is one of the
dark tragedies of arctic research. The
fate of Lieutenant Peary is now some
what in doubt. He had intended to make
his dash for the pole" during the past
summer. Where is he?
Admiral Makaroff's view of the pos
sibilities Of forcing way to the pole is
undoubtedly correct. Various explorers
come back with cheerful accounts Of Wis
ions of "open water" for apparently long
distances, but nobody has yet found that
this open water reaches far enough to
carry ship to the point beneath Polaris.
Rather does it appear that it is a very
dangerous thing for a ship to get too far
in one of these water lanes, for they
have an ugly habit of closing up suddenly
and locking vessel in a deadly, icy en-
brace. Every expedition yet pushing
polewards has encountered impenetrable
masses of ice. After all the efforts of arc
tic navigators very little gain has been
made on Parrys farthest in 1927, COM
paratively speaking. The story of the
Tegetthoff, which had to be abandoned
by her crew after being held two winters
in the unyielding ice, has been often re-
peated. Her officers, like others, found
"open water but it proved to be an open
ing made by strong winds, surrounded by
old ice, within which lay masses of younger
ice rapidly getting into an unyieldng
condition. Breaking through to the pole
by steamer or by sledging expeditions
seems to be impracticable, and the world
will no doubt have to wait for a comfort
able, compact airship to reach the pole
and advance our knowledge of the
geography and physics of the circumpolar
region Then we can laugh at the icy
deserts and murby nights of the arctic
circle.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
THE DISTRICT ArToRNEYsH1p

Before the senators announce their
choice for United States district attorney
The Journal would like to call their
attention to the names Of the gentlemen
who have occupied that position in this
state since Minnesota became a judicial
district. The United States district at
torneys thus far have been:
Eugene NJ. Wilson
C. K. Davis.
w. w. Bilson.
ID. B. Searle.
George N. Baxter.
Eugene Hay.
e. C. Stringer.
Robert G. Evans
That is a list of first -class men and
able lawyers. Every one in the list will
meet that description. And it is alto
gether desirable that the man who is Sc
tain the standard. We have no candidate,
no suggestions to make as to who should
be appointed but we feel warranted in
expressing the hope that the senators will
realize the Importance of selecting for
this responsible and honorable position
man of the highest integrity, and of very
respectable legal qualifications
The Office of United States district at
torney is one which affords an opportunity
for the occupant to considerably increase
his official compensation If he is disposed
to vary in the slightest degree from the
line of strict integrity and fidelity to his
public trust. The Office has been filed
heretofore by men above suspicion, and by
men of superior legal attainments. 1t
will be very much to the credit of the ap-
pointing power if the standard is main
tained.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
AN INSTANCE

The persistent effort of certain railroads
to divert business from this city to st.
Paul finds an illustration in the experience
of one of the largest shippers in Mime
apolis-and when we say one of the largest
shippers we mean it-which he describes
in communication to The Journal
to-day.
The instance is unfortunately not rare,
and the questions which shipper" asks
should come directly home to the business
sense of every practical business man in
the city. What reason is there to expect
any business man, living on lines which
discriminate SO rankly against this city In
the matter of train service, to come here
to do business-if he can possibly avoid it.?
The reasons cited against expecting him
to do so are quite sufficient and they are:
First, the discomfort, annoyance and de-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31
OLD ROMANCE OF THE PLAINs|

Miss PierTepont After dinner, when he and
the lady had found place of secIusion, she
revealed herself as the Len Ridgway who
had been his plains companion. 1t must be
understood that the denouement did not come
about In the abrupt manner Indicated by this
recital. They dialogued with counted pur-
poses after the fashion of the most approved
hero and heroine before she sprang her great
sensation. And it would be unfair to pass
the point without letting Murdock tell in
his own language Of the artistic manner in
which he received this strange revelation
" You are Len?' Benton says he said :
great Godfrey, you don't say! and there
upon he seized her hands and drew her to
him."
And in the sweet converse which followed,
Miss Pierrepont informed Benton that she
knew after the accident that he knew she
a girl. II knew it," she said, 'be-
cause from the moment 1 regained conscious
ness until we parted, you were as kind to
me as IL I were your little sweetheart Be-
sides, you must remember that at our part
ing at the fort you put your arms around
me- drew me to you and would have kissed
me'-the young rascal!-"had not the off,
GERS been present. After you started to go
you returned, and taking a plain gold ring
from your finger, put it on mine, and your
last words We're, Keep it always-or till we
meet again. here Is the ring, ana l nave
worn 1t every hour from that day to this.
Boys don't usually kiss each other, nor does
one give a ring to. the other in parting"
And thus having fully explained the man.
ner in which she knew he knew, Miss Pierre
pont went on to still further revelations. She
had been visiting relatives in Missouri, and
they had taken her to Colorado, and would
not let her return when she wanted to. So
she ran away and started on the long trip
alone until she came up with Mr.. Murdock
and his oxen. But the really romantic eli
max is reserved by Murdock until the last.
Before they had ceased handholding in that
dim conservatory possessed by the late Sena-
tor Beans Pomeroy, it was revealed that the
two were first cousins-Murdock being a
Pierrepont on his mothers side.
However, we may amiably doubt, without
positively refusing to accept, this last com
plication. 1t sounds good deal like the
crude involution Of man who was strug-
Cling to give some acceptable reason for not
marrying the girl of his youthful adven-
lures Or, possibly, like the weird stories
a man tells his wife in account of his do
ings with maids who came before her. Still,
these objections are captious and largely r.
relevant, and do not weaken the charm of
Mr.. Murdock's narrative.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-08-31

Judge Harrison has decided that the
claim of the taxpayers committee that
the city may lay claim to the larger part
Of the money in the treasury of the police
relief association is not so much Of a joke
as the legal department of the city was
inclined to think. It would seem to be
the privilege of the legal department.
now that the taxpayers committee have
rescued the $4,000 or so in that fund
from the grand divide by the ex-members
of the defunct association,-to get a move
on itself and complete the work of trans
ferring that money to the city treasury.
That is nearly enough to pay for moving
the Jumbo pump from the lower station
and installing it at the Camden pump
house.