Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-16
General.

The Democratic state committee IA
vors John Mitchell for governor Of Illi-
nois.
-four inches of snow are reported
from the north end OF the Panhandle,
in Texas.
A merger OF tina lake passenger and
freight steamship companies Is very
probable in the near future.
The quarters exports for all Ger
many except Munich TO the United
States were s31, 527, 1928, an increase Of
$7,107.953.
Gov. Odell Of New York has ordered
out the entire Second regiment to pro-
tect the Hudson Valley Railroad COM
pany's property.
Tom MeCune Of Detroit knocked out
Bobby Thompsvn of Toronto in the
second round before the Crescent Ath-
letic club at Toronto.
Judge Lacombe, of the United States
district court of New York, has de-
cided that a native woman Of Porto
Rico was not a citizen of the United
States.
The jury in the Luke Wheeler case
at Chicago, tried for the alleged forg-
cry Of q business firms note, with a
bearing on the tax-dodging cases, were
discharged, being unable to agree.
Toll mousse raiders blew up the
Brooklyn bridge toll house at Harrods-
burg, Ky, badly injuring Mrs. Richard
Rue, wife of the gatekeeper. The
bridge spans the Kentucky river on the
pike.
Edward G. Carter, athlete and stu
dent, of Cambridge, Mass, has started
on his journey to begin Christian work
among the students of India. Carter
was graduated from Harvard In 1900,
and will be supported by the students
of Harvard.
ty-four, sister of Rem milford. Jr., a
sporting writer, committed suicide at
Cincinnati by jumping into the vault
in the rear of her home. Desponden-
cy, due to the death of a child, a few
months ago, was the use.
Rev. G. w. Littlefield of Alexandria,
Ind, with the aid of q powder, the
basis of which is salt, claims he can
restore the dead to life where the
cause of death has not impaired the
tissue formation or torn down the
structure Of the vital organs.
The Duchess of Manchestr, who was
Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati, and
who recently gave birth to a son and
heir, is making marvellous progress
towards recovery. Already arrange
ments are well forward for a big party
at Tanderagee Castle, the Manchester
Irish seat.
The friends of Chester A. Richard.
son, a civil engineer, who has recently
been employed at the Munising Paper
company's plant, at Munising, Mich,
are worried over his disappearance,
and have requested the police to make
a search for him. He left Munising
Saturday, Sept. 20.
The executive council OF Porto Rico
has issued an arbitrary election order,
which concededly renders a federal
victory of federal legislative repre-
sentation impossible. The order pro-
vides that the registration and election
judges shall consist of one federal and
two Republicans. It will make trou-
BILE.
Mrs. Kate Houston and her four lit
tie girls mysteriously disappeared
from their home at Keukuk, Iowa.
William Houston and family came to
Keokuk from La Crosse a week before.
He opened a feed store there. When
he came home from business last Fri
day night his family was gone. Mrs.
Houston is thought to have become in
sane and done away with herself and
children.
Francis Burton Harrison, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, the play
wright and novelist, was nominated by
Tammany, in the Thirteenth district,
for congress. Big Bill Dever's dele
gates voted for him.
A claim of $50, 1000 made against the
estate Of the late Marcus DAILY, the
copper magnate, by the Confederate
Memorial association, has been com
promised. The heirs of the millionaire
have agreed upon $4,000, and the suit
has been discontinued. Mr.. DAILY, in
October, 1899, subscribed $4,000 to
the Confederate Memorial association.
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