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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
ATONE.
Chinese Give Christians
a Remarkable Funeral.

ththSSS etNe
N Remarkable Funeral.
Pekin, Dec. 22.-The officials of Tung
Chow have given a number OF native
Christians who were massacred last
year a remarkable funeral. h action
was taken in accordance with an
agreement between the missionaries
land the officials, by which the mission
aries we're to refrain from demanding
the punishment of those guilty OF
numbering the Christians If the officials
would make public atonement for the
crimes and impress the people with
respect for missi anaries and converts.
The funeral procession ~traversed the
| principal streets of the walled city OF
Tung Chow. There were seventy cof-
fins to be buried, and these were fol-
lowed by hundreds of relatives of the
victims The procession was composed
Of a Of Chinese cavalry, a
company of infantry, several bands
and hundreds of men cGrrying gaudy
funeral emblems. The procession took
two hours to pass the reviewing stand
where were gathered the city officials,
Gen. Ma, commander Of the Chinese
trops who besieged Tien-tsin; Mr..
Conger, American minister TO China,
and many American and English mis-
sionaries.
An immense crowd witnessed the
funeral services at the cemetery. The
Chinese troops, the police and the
funeral attendants formed in a square,
with the officials, the missionaries and
the whitehead mourners in the center,
near the graves Chinese officials from
fifty villages where the Christian con-
verts had been massaCred attended the
funeral, and bowed before banners, as
they ~euIogized the Christians for hav-.
Ing died in defense of their faith.
These officials subsequently signed doc
uments guaranteeing protection to the
Chinese Christians If they would re-
turn TO their homes.
The missionaries and the Chinese
Christians travelled In a special train
from Pekin TO Tung Chow. After the
funeral services IN the temple the Chi
nese officials rendered a banquet to the
missionaries Inc the converts. Similar
funerals will be held in other towns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
WRIGHT CASE IN COURT.
Charged with EmbezzIinG Money
From and Approrriating the Lii
brary of n Client.

Charged with EmbexzIing Money
From and ApprOpriating the Lii
brary of n Client.
After having been pending for over a
year, the trial Of S. H. Wright. a prom
inent Centeryille attorney, who is
charged with embeZzling, is now in
progress in the state circuit court at
Sioux Falls. Judge L. K. Gaffy, of the
Pierre court, is presiding. When the
case was called for trial, the attorneys
for the defense ttacked the informa-
ton under which Wright was originally
arrested, and moved for the discharge
of the defendant on the ground that the
records do not show hat the defendant
was properly bound owe by a justice OF
the peace, as provided by the statutes.
The papers referred to, as was stated
in these dispatches a Few days ago,
mysteriously disappeared from the rec
ords in the office of the clerk of the
courts. Judge Gaffy overruled the mo-
ton, holding that the time to have
made the motion was before the de-
PENDANT had submitted his plea. The
case is attracting unusua interest, ow-
ing to the prominence OF MIR. Wright.
Every point is being bitterly contested.
The complaining witness is Mrs.
Charles Colvin of Chamberlain, former
ly superintendent of schools Of Brule
| county. She charges that the defend
ant embezzled sums OF money belong
ing to her, which she la placed in his
hands for a certain purpose; further,
that he sold a law library belonging to
her, and made no accounting of the
| money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
STATE LANDS.
III Commissioners Now Sending Out
Statements.

- III.
The Commissioners Now Sending Out
Statements.
Land Commissioner Eastman has be-
gun sending out statements of deferred
payments, interest on deferred pay
ments and lease money due OF deferred
payments, and in these cases Commits
sioner Eastman requests the county
officials to whom the. statements are
sent, to extend all deferred payments
to 1908, at the option of the holder of
contract, on the payment of interest 10
that date.
The principal object of this instruc-
ton is that the department prefers to
secure interest on the deferred pay
ments rather than the cash. as it is a
hard matter to place the cash so that 1t
viii return n revenue TO the school
find: while, If the holders Of contracts
from the state prefer to pay the 6 per
cent called for rathe- han the amount
due, the department would prefer the
interest to the principal
But little cash is being called for by
the counties at the present time, only
81, 500 being called out last week, and
but little more the week before. Such
calls, or, rather. the lack of them, al
lows the permanent fund to accumu-
late rapidly in the treasury. and caves
1t a non-revenue-bearing fund.
The department has been very busy
for several weeks IN making out over
10. 900 term leases and gale contracts,
all of which had to be put out in dupli-
cate,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,.
Close of Fair Term and Arrange
mcnts for the Future.

mcnts for the Future.
The fall term of h agricultural coli
lege at Brookings has closed.
The terms work has been very salts
factory in every respect. The enroll
ment has been about 20 per cent larger
than that of last fall, and good work
has been one in all departments.
In athletics a great deal has been
accomplished, in spite Of the fact that
there was no trainer in charge. Sever
al of the track team have been doing
regular work, and the football team
probably has the best record yet made
by a South Dakota athletic college
team. Five games were played with
other teams, three of which were Won
and a very creditable showing made in
the others. Al trainer has been ar
ranged for TO take charge of the ath-
letes for the rest OF the year, and with
an excellent gymnasium for indoor
training and good material TO work
with, the prospects are good for retain
ing the athletic cup won at the state
meet last spring.
An intercollegiate debate is being
arranged with the state university, to
occur some time next spring. The jun
Tor class has decided to publish an an
nual. which will be the first to be pub
lished by the college, and the different
literary societies and other student or
CARNATIONS have met with fair success
So that, while the college is, in It's ma
ture, a technical school and offers many
advantages along those lines, yet the
endeavor of the state to give a broad
foundation for such studies, and to
make culture as well as technical know
ledge possible, is meeting with de-
served success.
A large enrolment is looked for next
term. Besides the work offered in the
regular departments, special short
courses, beginning Jan. 2, will be Of
fered in the following departments:
Agriculture, horticulture, dairying, do
nestle science and practical steam en-
g,neering. ...
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
TO TAFT.
Four Thousand FfIipinos Wish Him
Safe Journey and Quick return

Four Thousand FfIipinos Wish Him
Safe Journey and Quick etur
Manila, Dec. Power 1000 members
of the Federal party called on Gov.
Taft yesterday to bid him farewell and
to wish him a safe return. The gov
ernor addressed $50 of the most prom
Inent of his visitors, saying that he was
touched and honored by their pres
ence. The organization, he added, had
done so much toward bringing about
peace and giving the country a stable
party that it argues more for the sue
cess of American labor thar anything
else during the recent critical times.
The reports circulated in the United
States, founded on incidents connected
with the war in Batangas province and
the Island of Samar. the governor said,
tend to convey a wrong impression of
the situation, which is really hopeful.
The military disaster in Samar had, he
said, created an unfounded feeling of
uneasiness concerning the condition Of
the people OF the rest of the archipela-
go. The war in Batangas and Samar,
kept up by misguided men. furnishes
the only obstacle TO obtaining liberal
legislation on the part of congress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
HAY WILL REMAIN.
President Urges the secr.,.x-
to Resign, and No. s.ars

President Urges the seoro
to Resign, and Not In VIZ
Washington, Dec. 22.-In viaw !,
repeated publications Of lata =
general effect that Secretary h,
about to retire from the csbiDa,
statement is given with fun antso,
that Secretary Hay does not now .
template retirement. This staten,
applies not only to the present ~
that indefinite period fixed by Inc /
clusion of the negotiations neeesa
to the construction of an istbuI
canal. Also it is stated with "a
positiveness and authority that Pr
dent Roosevelt has in the strons
terms expressed to Secretary Hav
earnest desire that he shall rem.ds
the cabinet, Of which he forms one
thu principal props. Thus. accord
to the statement, the secretarys
clination and the presidents des5
run together and there is no foundsd
for the reports that Secretary HaY
to leave his post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
SIMPSONS How,
Fi,edA Eainst Minor,,.

f,r0tests Against NJ.
FILED BY Admirnnority n.
washington, Dec. ~ Dewey.
OK Admiral w. T. Sarne obiec4
portion tsr Of Admiral Dewa psoA = /
the schley court of INQUIRY reDsa
says Admiral schley WA. q Which
at the battle off santiaa IN conn,
r % she credit of the vietor sna eaal
WIN Secretary Long yestas was /
document was brougbt s.efday i
Admiral Sampson, and ~ = s%0unss
secretary. handed d
Ihe department is rac,,
OUT or specifically disapnro'esd 70 81
non OF Admiral Dewey's That ]
IN connection with the ns Uplnloa q
the Schley court OF innn proceeding
states his views to be thai y Which
schiey was in absolute oOmnod
naval battle off SANTIAGO aand &
ffrst-Commodore Sehlev
command at that battle was not
second-The president :,
states and the navy dana me unH
decided that Admiral s amntnent !
command at that battle oh vas
dore schley second in cona
Third--The question as -
manded at Santiago was VINO q
to the court for consideratiO ~ feferI
oence upon the point was aaa 4
Each of these s~peciication acludsd
up in detail and exhaustive Is 'a9
are presented to support All :. tsutn7
tentions upon which thew .ae 4
mlral Simpsons claims to ina 4
having commanded in tha u0no1
Santiago. battle
capt. Lemly, judge advoeat.
Yesterday handed to Secrets sIe]
his answer to the bill ~ q
fled by Admiral schIev pu1
findings of the majority Of ~
All the points made by Schlav a.
batted by the Judge adyoco,e J
recommends that the fipdinss = ]
court be approved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

Edward John Eyre, who died recent
ly in London unknown to current fame,
was the largest figure in British poll
tics ~thirty-five years CO.. John Stuart
Mill leading one side and Thomas Car
lyle the other. a fierce and prolonged
national contest was fought e the
question whether Eyre, as governor of
Jamaica, had not suppressed a negro
insurrection in that island with need
less and shameful cruelties. Eyre was
formally exenerated, but retired at
once and forever from public life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
MnNinn CnufinnkIY.

st. Paul, Minn.-It is semi-ofiicially
given suit thai the Minnesota Attorney
General will not take any action con-
corning the so-called merger until after
Christmas, and perhaps not until after
New Years. He says no new legislation
is needed and hence he wants to take
time enough to investigate and ascer-
tain what existing laws, if any, are in
danger of being violated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
EnnIed mn Ola Nan

Sioux City. Iowa, Dec. %. - Patrick
Warren Of West Superior, an old man.
slept in the police station. He is walk
ing from Deadwood, s.. ID. II was sent
out By an employment agency he
said, ito work on a railroad. Three
hundred and seventy-five men is the
greatest number employed there, and
over 5000 have been shipped there by
the agencies. Many have been forced
to walk back home"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

A New Yorker has promised a job to
Johan Beck, the man who crossed the
ocean I'm a box in the hold of the Ham
burg-American steamer Palatia In the
hope of finding work here. Beck had
been in the box about fifteen days when
he was discovered and was nearly dead
from cold. hunger and terror. A man
who has the nerve and the endurance
to survive such an ordeal should GER
tainly be taken care of.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
Favors Minnesota plan.

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 2l.-Judge G.
S. Robinson of Sioux City. member of
the state board of control, yesterday
read before the state conference of
heads of state institutions. an impor-
tant paper in which he took advanced
ground in favor of a law in Iowa SINH
lar to the Minnesota law providing for
a state agent to investigate cases of
dependents shipped into the state and
those where it IS claimed dependent
persons belong in this state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
FROZEN sTAxprNG UP.
UnInown Man Found Stin in DEAN
Leaning Against a Building.

Hibbing, Mimi, Dec. u. AS the
night Waterman at the Clark mine was
attending to his duties he came upon
a man leaning against the side OF the
power house. Giving him a gentle push
and telling him to move on or he wouiu
freeze, the Waterman was surprised 10
see the man fall and TO discover -that
he was already frozen and dead 30
far as can be learned no one mere
knows the man or had ever seen him
before. A $40 bill was found In ms
pocket. but nothing by which he could
be identified.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
THAT AMBLE.
puzxlfnG Problem for Solution
ChIcngo Schonl Eoard.

puzzlfnG Problem for Solution
Chicago school Board.
Chicago, Dec. %. - Movable sd
buildings may be the expedient
upon by the board OF education In y
ing the problem of adapting school
commodations to the fluctuations
population in various parts Of the
Supt. Cooley, in his Forthcoming ana
report to the board, will recOmn'
that 1t adopt a policy Of erecting
now schools in localities in which
demand for accommodations has
become fixed and which the school I
ulation has become indefinite. Ind
cities experiments have been n
with small frame structures which
movable. They contain from I've
eight rooms, and can be removes
other cities as the population an]
ates.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
Aged womnn ,Iissing.

WinGna, MINI, Dec. 81. Diligent
search is being made for Mrs. Augusta
Schultz, who disappeared from her
home on East King street a short time
since. 1t was supposed she had gone
to the home of her son-in-law. Albert
Beck, at Utica, but this proves to be
AS she was seventy-one
years old, fears for her safety are en-
tertained. 1t is thought she may have
wandered into the country and have
been frozen to death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
BLEW OUT THE GAS.
Two North Dakotans Found Des'
m Chicago Hotel.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-John +. Weoa
Stephen Hinsterger, two farmers !
Valley City, N. D., were founa !
from gas poisoning in a room .
st. James hotel yesterday. The y
of the men lay side by side ana
gas jets in the room were turna
1t is supposed that they were Y
miliar with the use Of gas, anu
they blew out the jets. From y
found upon the men IL was sau,
that they were on their way I
way, Ont, from Valley Guy, !.
was known about them al tns 7
They came there THURSDAY alis.s
engaged and paid for a room -,
tired early. The police believe % ~
of the victims. ignorant as 70 =. \.
of Illuminating gas, blew II ou' /
retiring.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
JACKsONs FOUND

London, Dec. ~ .tsr best 70
Laura Jackson, the lal's re nsGs
in the United states BY ,a,a : found 1
odelia Diss De Barr, pa,ley yess
by a jury in the Old ban, prsctias
fraud. The judge a. ,n,,en years 7
tence Of fifteen and ss and bis rtp,'
wife. respectively. sentence y
ened to the passing q M mai''''
dent astorishmehs
silence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

II all the crown diamonds in the
coronation of King Edward the COM
mon people will have to wear smoked
glasses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
AIR CARS.
Minneapolis and AnoEa Cars to Have
Up-tO-Date Equipment.

Anoka, Mimi, Dec. 21.-The Mime
apolis & Anoka Railway company,
with trackagc rights over the Twin
City Rapid Transit company's tracks
in Minneapolis, has closed a contract
with the Rome Compressed Air Com
pany Of Rome, N. Y, for a complete
COMPRISING plant and eight air motor
street cars. The line will probably be
in operation next summer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
BATTLE WITH WOLVES.
Cook i'm "A Lumber Camp Has - Run
ming Fibht With "a Dozen Wolves.

MarfAette, Wis, Dec. %. - Claude
Frackleton, cook for the Sawyer-Good-
man company, was attacked by a pack
of wolves at Floodwood, Mich, last
night. For two miles he kept up a
running fight with a dozen of the
brutes, which did not cease to attack
him until his cries on nearing camp
brought some of the other men at the
camp with guns, who drove the wolves
back. Frackleton had been out to a
party, and was returning when the
wolves found his scent. He started TO
run for camp, but had not gone far
when the brutes overlook him. He
kept at the yelping pack with a club
and killed one before aid came.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
LIQUOR FOR JURORS.

New Trial Granted Because of
Charge of Illegal Indulgence.
Duluth, Dec. 22.-News reached Du-
luth las night that Bill Randolph, re-
Gently convicted of manslaughter in
the first degree at Grand Rapids for
killing one-armed Frank Sullivan, has
been granted a new trial. Newly dis
covered evidence and the charge that
liquor was used in the jury room dur
ing the consideration of the case, are
the grounds given.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
Diea nj Ninetx-Eopr.

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 21.-Mrs. Christie
pherson. the second eldest woman in
Fargo, died of old age. She was nine
ty-four years old and had lived in
Fargo for nearly a quarter of a GEN.
fury. She had two daughters, Mrs.
Scott and Mrs. Anderson, in Fargo,
and a son In FaCibault, Mimi.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
VIII Rely ON Exi.tinr LAW.

st. Paul, Minn.-While there does not
seem TO be much doubt that there will
be an extra session of the Minnesota
Legislature this winter for considering
the tax laws, the talk Of calling It for
anti-merger legislation is subsiding
since the Attornew General has an
nounced that he finds that present laws
only need to be enforced to give the
public all required protection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
In Crosses Big Thirst.

La Crosse. Wis, Dec Il. = Rev.
Guido Bossard of the First Presby-
terrain church has spent considerable
time figuring out what the people OF
La Crosse spend in a year and what
for. and charges up 5000. 600 a year TO
whisky and beer drinking and $500, 900
to churches and the cause Of education.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
LAWYER "sAssEs" THE COURT.
Judge Throws Him i'm the Bastile for
Contempt and He Appeals. 4.

Cando, N. D., Dec. 22.-At the trial
of the case Of Irene c. King against
Mary D. Hanson, John NJ. Cochrane Of
Grand Forks, representing the defend
AIT, found objection to the presiding
Judge. J.. F. Cowaa, stating the same
In his characteristic, forceful way. The
court fined Mr.. Cochrane 500 for con
tempt and caused him to be taken to
Jail upon the latter's refusal to pay the
fine. Mr.. Cochrane remained in Jail
from A p. M. to 9 p. m, when bail was
offered by d. f. Mclaughlin. The case
was appealed to the supreme court,
tereSt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

Hibbing, Mimi. Dec. p. edward
Nelson met instant death at Dents
lumber camp a few miles north of Hib-
bling. a tree which the men had lust
cut had fallen and lodged in an old
dry stub. As they stood considering
what to do the stub broke and the tree
fell, striking Nelson on the head.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

An anarchist orator in Chicago has
Just said that he bows down to the
assassin of presidents and ranks him
as a superior. Congress will shortly
provide a place for these promoters OF
murder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
Meetings Forbidden.

Winnebago City, Mimi, Dec. 21.-At
a meeting of the board of health all
places of amusement, also churches,
Sunday schools, day schools. lodges
and public gatherings of whatever ma
ture were forbidden until further no.
tice because Of prevalence of smallpox
in this place. There are about a dozen
cases in town.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
nlg Communication Awnraea.

Deadwood. s.. d., Dec. 21. - In the
case of p. J, Miniter @d w. J. Thorn
by against Frank A. Waters, suit for
commission on a mining sale. the jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiffs
awarding them $4,000 with interest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

We earth people are not awake; we
are asleep. We are dreaming now; we
are just Gods dreams. Wait till we
awake, and then watch our smoke
sweep up and smother Mars and a few
million of the other peopled planets!
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
MET A HoRnIsLE DEATH.
Girls Nude Body, Covered with Al
cohol, Catches Fire.

Philadelphia. Dec, 22. - Miss Lillian
Vickers, q young student at Bryn
Mawr college, met death in a horrible
form. Her nude body. covered with
alcohol. caught fire in some unex-
planned manner and she roasted alive
before a number OF her companions.
Whether the girl was mentally un-
sound and set fire to herself. or wheth-
er the alcohol was ignited accidentally
IL not known.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26
Initiates Carnegie

son Oliver. father of Judge John f.
Oliver of the DISCREET court. yesterday
proposed a free public library for On
ava, giving a building, two lots and
$4,000 on condition that the town pay
$1,000 yearly for its support
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

1t is not given to everyone to enjoy
music. Like Goldsmith's schoolboys
with their ''counterfeited glee," the
music critic must run across many peo-
pie with counterfeited ecstasy. At the
same time. even the bitterest scoffer
against music and musicians must rub
his eyes when he reads that a young
fiddler just come to America win re-
ceive 100000 for 100 concerts. A thou
sand dollars a concertl Well, we sup
pos he is worth the price, for, as a
rule, managers are not Carnegies. A
genius 10 cheap at any price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-26

SITS a hard job" says a Yoakum
(Tex.) editor. 'for a fellow to grind out
poetry, collect subscriptions, run the
Job press and manage a paper, all at
the same time" So 1t is, brother.
Quit grinding out the poetry.