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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Detailed Figures Are Given for the
Nenr Ended Lnne 30. IoO

Washington, July IS. - The detailed
figures Of the foreign m OF the
United States in the year ended June
30, 1901. were completed by the treas
ury bureau of statistics yesterday.
They show total imports Of 1922, STOOLS:
total exports, S1,4s7. 755. 557: exports Of
domestic products. 81. $50. 453. 500.
The imports by great classes in the
fiscal year 1901. compared with the pre-
vious year. are as follows:
Articles of food and animals, 1906,
S2lS, SO, 09S; 1901, s222. 227, SOS. Articles
in crude condition for use in domestic
industry, 1900, $500. 426, 74S; 1901. $685.
T69. 4oi. Articles wholly or partially
manufactured for use in manufactures
and mechanical arts, 1900, SIS, 43S, SAG;
1901. S79.0S0, 7l6. Articles manufactured
ready for consumption, 1900, SIPS, $780,
5s7; 1901. S1S0, 552. s0S. Articles of VOL
untary use. Injuries, etc, 1900, SILL
070.09 1901, $3.50, 1856. 0S5. The reduction
in value of imports occurred chiefly in
raw silk. hides and skins. wool, and
India rubber. and in most of these the
reduced value is partially due to re-
ouction of price rather than quantity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

A cas- was recently before Judge
Case of Hartford. in which a bicycle
rider brought suit to recover damage:
for injuries sustained by being thrown
from his machine by the attack OF the
defendants dog. Judge Case found fol
the plaintiff. but as the latter hae
been riding on the sidewalk at the
time of the injury, he had this to say
in his memorandum: THE question
here is whether the dog was really re
sponsible for the mischief and directly
caused II. / think he was and did
and that under our statute, which
throws a considerable responsible,
upon dog owners, the defendant is liza
BILE. My personal sympathies are with
any self-respecting dog In his effort:
to keep bicycle riders where they be
long, in the street, and / believe he
should be accorded some latitude in hiE
methods but Mr.. Hulburt's dog went
too far"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
Peopiy "niked About.

The French z~ooiogist. Heiry LaCaze
Luther is dead. He was born in
1871.
DIR. Aston Ellis of Hamilton, Ohio,
has been elected president of the Ohio
university.
DR.. Edward Morley. brother of the
Rt. Hon John Morley, the well known
Liberal member OF the house of COM
mons. Is dead.
Former Congressman Simon j. Scher-
merhorn died at his home in RotteT-
dam. n. Y. from apoplexy. He was
seventy-three years old.
]. d. Eckman, manager of the joint
rate inspection bureau in indianapolis,
is dead. He was known among rail-
road men all over the country.
Henry King Elkins. a pioneer lumber
merchant OF Chicago and one of the
first directors OF the board Of trade. Is
dead, after an illness OF nearly a year.
John Downer, the builder Of many OF
New York's famous structures n
master builder for the last twenty-five
years for the Aston estate, died sudden
ly of heart disease in New York.
Robert Folger westcott, father-in-
law of ex-Capt. o. NJ. Carter, u. S. A,
and head of the Westcott Express COM
pany died suddenly at Rich1eld
Springs, n. Y.
Sybil Sanderson. the singer. has made
a contract with Maurice Grau for a
o of the United States. She will sail
from London for New York on Sept. 20,
and will make her first appearance in
San Francisco.
The Hungarian violinist, Kubelik, has
been engaged by Daniel Frohman for
an American tour, commencing in New
York in December next. Mr.. Frohman
has guaranteed that Kubelik's share or
the proceeds OF the our shall not be
less than S100, 900.
Frederick S. Williams. city editor and
founder of the Sunday Times and a
we'll known Indiana politician. died at
Lafayette. Ind. aged f~fty-three. He
served as chief clerk in tie office of he
third auditor Of the United States treas
ury during President Cleveland's adj
ministration.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
Crimes and CrimInnIx.

A mob t Elkins, w. Va, lynched a
negro who had MORALLY wounded the
chief of police.
Joe Benish OF Walker, Iowa, shot his
sweetheart, Miss Fannie Giersha, and
then shot himselg. He will die. The
girl will recover.
Mrs. Selma Breier of Milwaukee, ac-
cording to the ]coroner's jury, came TO
her death from injuries a the hands
of her husband, John Breier. He is
held on a charge OF murder.
John, alias Louis, Mcdowell, arrested
for alleged fraudulent attempt to secure
jewelry from several firms, claiming to
he Senator Hanna's son, was turned
over TO the st. Louis authorities on
requisition and sent I st. Louis.
Rev. ]. B. Dusman, postmaster at
Goshen, Ohio. attempted suicide by
shooting, and probably fatally wounded
himself. He formerly was active as a
minister in the United Brethren church.
1t is supposed he became unbalanced
during the recent intensely hot weather.
Chief wilkie of the secret service has
received a number of bank notes print
ed from the original plates from the
State Bank of New Brunswick, N. j.,
over fifty years ago A bank went out
of existence some time in the SOS, and
il was supposed that the steel plates
from which its notes were printed Were
destroyed.
Greek and Austrian railway graders
met In Sydney, Neb., in deadly combat.
Six Greeks were wounded M n Aus
trian was killed. After a drunken row
the Austrians attacked the Greeks with
knives, revolvers and clubs n COM
pletely routed them, after severely
wounding six of their number. Rabe
Lubovic, an Austrian. was killed.
Mary Schufhizer, wife of Michael
Schufhizer, a farmer living west of In
dianapolis, was o and seriously
wounded by Herbert S~ickinger, a farm
hand, who then turned his revolver on
Schufhizer, infiictnig a slight wound.
An old grudge is supposed to have led
TO the shooting. Farmers turned out
in large numbers. but Sickinger is still
at large.
Clarence Davis. aged seventeen years,
In Cincinnati shot and seriously wound
e6 his stepfather. William Weideburch.
| Davis had separated from his young
wife, and. after having attempted sui
eide on three different occasions, yes
terday shot at his stepfather four times.
He was disarmed and arrested before
he could shoot at other members OF the
family.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
Resume Of the neWS.
Washington Notes.

Fred c. Squires, confidential clerk TO
the secretary of war, has resigned to
accept a position with the National
Asphalt company. He came to Wash
ington with Gen. Aiger and served the
secretary in a confidential and respon-
sible capacity during the Spanish war.
The secretary of war has approved
the Recommendation OF Gen. Chaffee
looking TO the division OF troops of
the army into brigades wherever they
are assembled in sufficient numbers
TO permit this style of formation. The
tendency OF the ne worder is 10 place
the army on a much better basis for
operations IN a large scale b under
the present system.
Assistant Secretary Spalding has
taken steps TO refund Immediately the
duties collected on goods imported from
Porto Rico from the date of the ratii-
cation OF the Spanish treaty and the
approval OF the Foraker act. II is ex-
pected that warrants covering the
amounts thus far proved will be issued
within a day or two. These aggregate
about sl3S,000.
Secretary Root has directed the pro-
HiaASSAlSh Vi an oTAtE Nttatlus a pVaAN
Of army officers to investigate the
whole subject OF changes in the mill
tary posts throughout the country. This
board will consider proposed changes
in headquarters, the establishment Of
military posts and also the proposed
establishment OF four permanent posts
for military
A United States general committee
to promote interest in and to pass on
exhibits for the international exhibit
ton OF modern decorative art TO be
held in Turin mex year under the
presidency of the duke of Aotsa, has
been formed at New York. and IL ex-
tends an invitation to communicate
with ii TO architects, artists and man
ufacturers who desire TO exhibit their
work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

Jewelry stealing under cover Of ac-
.complished skill in dentistry is the lat
est device OF Partisan rascaldom. Its
practitioner is an ingenious and ele.
CANT young man of 26 named Pasteur
who operated by preference among
ladies of a certain class. One OF these
whom he met some weeks g com
planned OF toothache, which he under
took to cure. and did so effectually
This cure obtained him many patients
upon whom he operated at their own
residences. After his visits articles Of
iewelry were missed. and complaints
were made to the police. but they were
quite unable to obtain any clue to the
culprit, until the other day n OF his
victims accidentally saw him in a cafe
and promptly gave information which
secured his arrest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
CROPS ALL RIGHT
ALL DOUBTS As TO EXISTING con-
DITIoNs OF GRAIN CROPS SET
AT REST.
CORN FAILURE OFFSET BY WHEAT
TeIegraphic Reports From Three
Hundred Points I'm the Corn aud
wheat - Producing states OF the
Great West Dispel OF
Disasters-Wheat Grade Higher
Than Expected.

Chicago, July 30.-All doubts as to
the existing condition OF the great
Western grain crops on which the gen.
eral prosperity of the entire country
during the coming year will largely
depend are set at rest by the following
telegl aphic reports from the largest
producing states.
Each correspondent at 300 points in
the corn and wheat belts was instruct
ed to ignore all reports or rumors or
disasters in other districts, but to send
an accurate estimate OF the percent
age of a full crop of corn and wheat
likely TO be harvested in his own i'm
mediate district.
AS to corn, the most important single
crop in the country. the results are
summarized below. Table showing in
Dictated average percentage of corn
yield in 300 districts OF h eight prin-
cipal corn-producing states, based on
accurate reports of special cores
%pondents:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

Two men lost their lives in the grand
rush to get homes in Oklahoma.
A. B. Cummins. candidate for nomi-
nation for governor of Iowa, had his
shoulder dislocated in an accident.
The Wilcox handle factory at Leban-
on. Ind. N of the largest industries
Of b kind in the state, was totally de-
strcyed by fire, involving a loss of SO,
O00.
Destruction by forest and prairie
fires is reported at Denver from differ
ent points, directly attributable to dry
condition of grass and timber from the
long dry spell. Cattle men are becom-
ing alarmed ar the shortage of water
in the streams.
Fire in the Union block in Taunton,
Mass, caused a loss OF sl50,00e Among
those damaged are Hacks Publishing
company, H. Dryers Hardware com
pany, II. Haskell, jewellers; II. Hep
burn, undertaken; A. A. Barker, drug
gist, and Charles Barnard, tailor.
While seven boys, ranging in age
from fifteen to eighteen. were sitting or
the track in the shadow of a box car
dN iAdAdlldPoiS a SNiAIh NhSAhN VAN "a
cut of cars struck the car, which dashed
into the group. Two Of the boys were
killed and three others injured.
Frank Hanoi of Escanaba, Mr.. Mos
lock OF Milwaukee and lin Woodin'
ne latter aged thirteen, were drowned
IN Doan lake at Floodwood, eight miles
south of Republic. Mich. Details are
meager, but it appears they were fish
ing on a raft. The bodies were recoy-
cred.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
Foreign.

a Paris doctor claims the height of a
person may be increased by the proper
application OF electricity.
Emperor Francis Joseph will return
a royal visit to the king OF Italy after a
period of eighteen years.
Queen Victories portrait by Benja-
min Constant Is refused admission 10
any OF the royal collections.
Prof. Koch and others OF the tuber-
culosis congress cite American methods
as models for the rest Of the world TO
follow.
The British congress on tuberculosis.
for the prevention OF consumption, has
opened in London with the duke OF
Cambridge as president of the associa-
tioE.
The University of Berlin receives
10000 marks for benevolent purposes
undo the will OF DIR. Virlind. the Ber-
lin composer. who died in Wiesbaden
last month.
BENJAMIN Baldwin. who claims he
was chief constable for California" for
twenty-five years. has been arrested in
London on a charge Of begging. lie
was discharged.
The London county council has voted
TO send a tramway manager and an
electrical engineer 10 the United States
to investigate street railways. espe-
cially the shallow" underground lines
OF the Boston system. which IL is pro-
posed 10 construct there.
A sensation has been caused in Rome
by the alleged theft of a painting OF the
Raphael school from the Church of
Santa Sabina. The picture represents
the Madonna OF the Rosary. II was
painted by Sxssoferrato. IL is ru-
mored that the theft was ~instigated by
an American woman, WHO had vainly
offered to buy the picture at any price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

The loss to the country by forest
fires, largely preventable. has been es-
timated at $4,000. 900 every year. In
regions where wood and water are
abundant the tendency is to take them
for granted and forget all about them.
But without cheap lumber our indus
trial development would have been Sc
riously retarded. And agriculture de-
mands wster. All through great parts
of the West the people are coming to
see that on forestry and irrigation to-
gether depends their future prosperity
Vice President Roosevelt has called
this the greatest internal question Of
the day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
Is FREE.
.Not Guilty" the Verde of the Jury
by Direction of the Court.

Preston, Mimi, July IS. The hot
burg trial has ended. Robert Stewart
Fosburg, accused OF numbering his sis
ter May. has been declared not guilty
by a jury of twelve men. on an order
from h court. The proceedings &C.
cupied just eight minutes from the
converting of the court. -Four minutes
Of that time was occupied by the
court in telling h jury that the
state had not sustained its case and in
instructing them to return a verdict
of not guilty. Two minutes afterward
young Fosburg had been ordered to
stand up and was formally discharged.
Immediately there was a demonstra-
ton which was quickly quieted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
e

Dun's weekly trade review reports
business about normal.
A young girl afflicted with diphtheria
died while under treatment by Dowie.
The Wisconsin pension list shows a
gain of nearly 200 over that of a year
ago
Relics of st. Anne, on exhibition in
New York. are credited with miracu-
lous cures.
Reports show that during the present
year Cuba's exports have exceeded her
imports by SS,6S7,lS5.
A famous painting. The Birth of
Liberty" was bought for SLIGO in a sale
Of unclaimed goods.
The Iowa corn crop will amount to
over IA, o0o,0 900 bushels IL no further
damage is done.
An operation on the stomach of a
New Jersey farmer relieved him of a
frog five inches long.
A New York doctor has left a will
providing for tests TO determine wheth-
er death las actually occurred.
Fifty million feet of standing timber
has been sold at the La Pointe agency,
wisconsin. AZ an everage of 81 per 1000
feet
Practically an official admission has
been made that the First National
Bank OF New York proposed to absorb
the National Bank Of the Republic.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco for Manila, via Honolu-
lu, with the 500 teachers who are going
TO accept positions in the schools in the
Philippines.
III. Phelps Whitmarsh, civil governor
of Benguet province, Luzon, has been
exonerated of the charges against him
by the civil commission. On account OF
the lmpossihility of continuing togeth-
er, the resignation of Sheerer. secretary
to Gov. Whitmarsh. has been accepted.
The Wisconsin Traction, Light. Heat
ard Power company has filed. at APP
pleton, Wis. a $4,000. 600 first mortgage
on all it's properties. in favor of the
Milwaukee Trust company. The mort
gage is for the Acquisition of various
properties at Appleton and TO make
improvements and extensions
An official mandate has been handed
down by the Kentucky court OF appeals
ordering a new trial for Former Secre-
tary of State Caleb Powers, convicted
OF completely In The shooting OF Gov.
William Goebel. IL is probable the trial
will come w at the October term.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

According to a Cairo correspondent
the directors OF the great French COM
pany enjoying the practical monopoly
OF the Egyptian sugar and molasses
industry nave just completed arrange
ments by which they become conces-
sionaires for a number OF years OF
some 10000 acres Of land In the vicin-
ity OF their great works at Nag
Hamadi, in upper Egypt. These lands
will be devoted principally to the cul-
ture of beetroot. The company al
ready possesses extensive fields OF
canes. Egypt is now not only able to
cater for herself as far as sugar is
concerned. bat has begun to success
fully compete with French and Aus
trian sugar In the Levant markets.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

Captain Smiley, of the Fifteenth
regiment, U. S. A, returnedsrecently
from the Philippines. where he was on
the staff CT General ]. C. Bates, was
recently telling OF his visit to the sui
tan of the Sulus at his island capital.
THE sultan, the day / saw him." said
the captain, wore a dress suit with
out collar or cuffs. For headgear, he
had a skull cap. on the front OF which
was set an enormous diamond. He
Is a little man. with a no more strik-
ing personality than is given him by
his costume. When standing he hard
ly comes above the elbow Of the aver
age American"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

Prince zu Loewenstein, president OF
the German Catholic Union. has un-
dertaken a systematic campaign
against duelling. He has therefore
drawn up a statement, TO which he
has obtained lis signatures among his
Own friends and acquaintance. The
prince declares that the number OF sig
natures would already be incompar-
ably larger IL officers of the active
army thought they could publish their
resi- views without imperilling their
military position.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
BREA KIN THE DROuTH.
General Rains Reported Through
ont Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, July 2s.-General rains
throughout Kansas yesterday caused
an effectual break in the drouth. The
rains came too late to be of material
benefit TO the corn, but will result in
plenty of stock water and giving new
life to the pastures. The rain in To-
peka lasted an hour. Among the
towns reporting rains are Pittsburg,
Lawrence, Leavenworth, Eureka,
Usage City, Burlingame, Emporia,
Parsons, lola and Lyndon. These To-
calities report precipitations from light
showers up to heavy rains of two and
a half inches fall. In many places rain
is still falling and indications are for
more rain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
PATCH UP srRrr.
Fisht Between s,e., =,
Employers M.v "orken

Fisht between Steer w.
.,%ploser. May n. ss,s'
pi,tsourg. July so.-The s, ,alst|
steel and tinworkers !, sa'ts I
mated association against ~
States Steel corporation .e U
be settled this week. III. - D,a|
held in New York s@atnrs c0l's]
the officials of the United -, ~
corporation and Presiden. : states
and Secretary John WINS
workers organization las II
paving the way for a resultd
gotiations between the eoes II
terests. eonriciw
1t Is said that a bas,.
conference has been arrived "
pass is still locked up in tba :
the officials of the two s nm
and Will not be divulged un ssll =
the week. If the basis .sal w
satisfactory to the gener., uaa y
committee OF the AmaIaaa eIse(
citation the conference betwaa0 !
ISOLATION and the manufaoa' y
proceed at once. II. on tn
the basis is not what the AmslsI
association will permit r.
cred as negotiable ground.
VIII be continued with the 81.
as at present, and with indss.s. J
Tor It's ending. Presiden, a..
Secretary Williams Of the am
ed association returned ,-na
York yesterday. They sns
hours in conference with H.
officials of the steel trus, has
all New York reporters ana Gov
with hopes for
An Early Ending
or the present contest. i, nh
little was known of the confa,s,.s
the greatest interest In ,ba j..
was shown among the naru,,.s
Secretary Williams was found !.
nome last evening. He promnsr
mitted that he had been WITH 81
dent Shaffer In New York ,s
seen j. p. Morgan, but as TO vh.,
taken place there he said win 4
ness that he was pledged 10 :
and could not talk. AddItoD.I
formation regarding the New
meeting of the industrial Leaders
Rfterward gathered frem IA
sources. II was stated that N.
Amalgamated officials left pittsj
Friday night, and reaching New
they went direct TO the prics.
Of Ar. Morgan. The meeting bseJ
the PittsbCrg men and Mr.. MA
lasted five hours. During the al
ence President G. NJ. Schwab
Judge i. II. Gray were present \
Of the time. Another conferee Wa
Dawkins, one of Mr.. H9rgans I
ners. The Amalgamated officials d
almost entirely with MI. Morgan
President Schwab. They went
the grounds on which the STRIKE
gan and discussed a settlement u
IL is believed that before the ed
the week the mills will all be read
run again, providing repairs sda
completed that have been undeil
since the strike began. Should
whole project fail Of coming d
amicable end, however, the fight y
ises to be more bitter than ever.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01
TO cHECKMATE STRIKERS.
Move Made by the Ma
tfonaI Tube Works.

utonaI tune "orN
Pittsburg. July rs. The National
Tube Works company at Mckeesport
has made an unexpected move inteno-
ed to checkmate the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION, Their skilled nave
been asked TO sign individual contracts
TO practically repudiate any union Ia
t,nr and they have been given out d
short time TO think h matter over.
II is understood that should they not
sign the contracts they Will IND their
positions vacant. and the x Is ex-
pected to fall to-day.
II trapspired yesterday that late on
Thursday evening the COO weldsrs OF
the mills were paid off and then
into the office of h general superin-
tendent, wher they were presented
with individual contracts TO be signe
for at least a year Some denlurreo'
while others signed the contracts.
The movement of fighting fire with
FIRE carried CONSERVATION Into the
ranks Of the strikers. The welders are
highly skilled workmen, and with their
cooperation the big plant might De
closed down. With them in line the
plant will probably keep on running as
though nothing had happened. 1t was
intimated by friends Of the welders
that they would all sign the contract.
Definite announcement that the officers
OF the American Sheet Steel company
would start III W. Deweese wood mil
in McKeesport as a union plant on
Monday reached the headquarters or
the Amalgamated association yester-
day. The news was received in silence.
That the move would not be permit
ted TO be made without a decided at
tempt to check il, was shown by long
and earnest conferences during the
afternoon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-01

The coal mines in japan now yield
some 1900. 900 tons annually. OF which
more than t~hree-fourths hail from the
mines at the island Of Kiau-siu. In
the year 1899 the exports of coal from
Japan amounted to $500. 900 tons, the
rest being consumed at home for rail-
ways, steamers and factories. Private
individuals hardly use coal at all in
Japan. From the harbors OF Kiau-siu
the exports during 1899 were about
double what they had been four years
previously. Most OF the Goals go &c