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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-15
Webster Market.
tied every Thursday BY j. " Abbott,
HOME NEWS.
All About Webster, Her People
And Her Visitors.
Pay your subscription.
Horse blankets s4sdins's.

Pay your subscription.[
Horse blankets sks ding's.
Apples for sale at the car
Plenty Seoannal coala Forbes Fue'
oompanN
Ole Akerson, of Bristol, is in the city
today.
. :. ! :s,t'ls', = title can :" car
The eyes afted free Of charge by NJ
Weinsteip.
Get ySDf pictures taken at the Sta,
gallery
National bahE
Price Graham was a visitor from
Waubay yesterday.
Hunters all go /Knapp's hotel fol
meals and lunches
A.. A. Sandvig was in from his Sisse.
ton RAJ: III Wednesday.
Spring chickens/H finest style a,
Keating's restaurfRt.
s. L. Purdum was up from Wa ubay
on business Saturday.
The best place to <get a meal is a,
Keating's restazra6E
4 L. Eordness, Of Waubay, was a
Webster visitor Tuesday.
wanted-5oe spfing chickens al
Knapp's European hotel
Claude Stewart was a sufferer with
the grip this week.
For Sale-A good base burner heating
stove. Mrs. j. s. Goodmanson.
". w. Roberts, Of Wsubay was a
visitor in Webster Wednesday.
Fresh fruits and bakery goods
ct Walkers place.
=. w. Taylor was called to Britton
on legal matters Thursday.
Horses, yes, We shpef them and do il
right, VIM. Magnus
Robt Effnor and family are moving
INTO the Mrs. Hainess property.
Do you want a square meal? Drop
INTO Keating's restauArAt.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31

al attempt at rape. has light hair, light
complexion, smooth face, is five feet,
seven inches tall, and weighs about l60
pounds.
When Payne was brought before
Justice Chadwick last Monday, he
waived examination and was bound
over to the circuit court, his bail being
fixed at $500, which he was unable to
furnish and he was committed to the
county Jail for trial. He had employed
JAS. G.. Kress, Of Alma, and Kelly S.
Searl, Of Ithaca, as attorneys to defend
him.
When interviewed by The Record
Monday, he seemed TO take the matter
very lightly and persisted in the state.
ment that the girl had insisted on his
staying in the room with her on ac-
count Of fright over the alleged robbery.
That he INDUCED in the familiarity he
did, made the proposals and used the
chloroform for the purpose of ascertain
ing if his stepdaugter was a pure girl.
That he became satisfied she was and
the matter ended there, as he did not
mean her any harm.
The bottle Of chloroform with the
sponge and letter found in his room.
addressed to his wife, were taken in
custody by Undersheriff Button Mon.
day, the articles having been locked up
in Tracys safe previous to that time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31
ANOTHER ELECTRIC ROAD PROJECT
A Line from Ionia to Crystal is now FRO
posed with Possible Extension
Further south

Detroit capitalists are figuring on
a proposition to build an electric road
from Ionia to Crystal, with the possibil.
ity Of extending the line south to Lake
Odessa. Delegations from Muir, HUB
bardston and Carson City recently met
in Ionia to consider the proposition and
it really looks as though the project
might be a sure thing. Hubbardston
people have been up against railroad
propositions several times and are ready
for anything in that line, therefore the
people Of that burg are the first to come
forward with proposed for a reason.
able bonus. 1t is proposed to make
Crystal the terminus of the road, but
several other places, Howard City being
the most prominent. are hoping that the
line, If built, will extend further north
and strike them. Such being the case
Alma's chances seem to be about as good
as any, chiefly on account Of our sugar
factory.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31
CAUSED A RUNAWAY.
Young Man on Bicycle Collided with
Horse with serious Results.

Last Wednesday night as Verne Roc X
young lad about fifteen years of age,
was starting out of town for his hom G
seven miles northwest of Alma, he col
lided with horse and buggy in which
were Claude Watson and two young
ladies, with the result that he was
dragged under the buggy for several
rods and sustained some quite severe
injuries. In addition the horse took
fright and ran away, throwing the oc-
cupants out and injuring Mr.. Watson
slightly besides damaging the buggy
and harness. Mr.. Rock was taken into
VIM. Latimer's residence where his in.
juries were dressed by DR.. Lamb, and
on Thursday morning he was removed
to his home. The young man was try
ing to avoid dog that was barking
along by the side Of his bicycle and did
not see the rig coming until the collision
occurred.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31
PINE RIVER CLUB.

The Pine River Farmers Club will
meet with Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Daven.
port, August 6, 1908. Following is the
the program: Music, by the Club
Prayer, by the Chaplain Music. by the
Club; Dinner; Music, by the Club;
Selection. Mrs Cass Curtis; Reading,
Arnold Walls Recitation, Miss Madge
Davenport Selection, Mrs. Balch I;
Reading, Miss May Davenport Recita.
tion, Mrs. J. Holmes; Selection, Mrs.
@. w. Abbott; Question Box.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31
They Overpowered the Turnkey
and Quietly Walked to
Liberty.
THEIR NAMES ARE
PAYNE, z|MMER, TAYLOR
II Was Evidently Premeditated Affair
and Had Been Planned for
Several Days.

Harry Payne, Frank thinner and
Frank Taylor will now have the charge
of Jail breaking to add to the other
charges against them. that is if they are
apprehended, as the three named Iris-
oners made good their escape from the
county Jail last Wednesday night at
at about 8 o'clock by overpowering the
turnkey as he went TO lock them in their
cells for the night, and then coolly
walked away without being seen, except
by one person. when they were few
blocks from the Jail.
In entering the Jail, it is impossible
for person TO obtain full view Of the
corridor, as there is slight turn in the
wall at the left, and it was here that
Taylor and thinner were waiting for
their chance TO assault Mr.. Oakes, the
turnkey, who was alone that night,
Sheriff Parrish having gone TO Port
Huron to attend the state sheriffs' con-
vention
They did not attempt TO strike Mr.
Oakes and he was keeping them busy
when Payne spraDg upon him from the
rear. He was not seen by the turnkey
before this time and Mr.. Cakes does not
know where he sprang from, but the
three of them soon tripped him and in
falling carrying Payne with him, he
struck his side on a projection to the
inside cage door, injuring himself quite
badly. The prisoners did not stop for
further parley but quietly walked ont
into the office and then by side door TO
liberty.
AS soon as Mr.. Oakes was able he
staggered into the office and gaze the
alarm but his birds had been given quite
little start and the darkness Of the
night assisted them in making good
their escape, although the telegraph
wires were Immediately put into COM
mission and were kept hot for a short
time conveying the news Of the escape
and description of the men to all the
police and sherlffs about the state.
1t is thought that they are still in
hiding in the woods with the intention
of making for Canada at their earliest
opportunity, but up to the time of our
going TO press no clew has been obtained
Of their whereabouts, although the
country is being secured by the officers
in search Of them.
It.is very evident that the escape had
been planned for several days, although
they left more hurredly than originally
intended and were obliged by so doing
to go hatless, small package Of food
done up in bundle also being left be-
hind. When Payne was in Alma Mon
day for his examination, his wife tele-
phoned from here to watch the jail as
an escape had been planned, but the
authorities were Of the opinion that it
had been done by Payne to make them
think he was good fellow.
Taylor was waiting for his trial on
the charge Of forgery and is supposed to
have relatives in Saginaw. He is
stone mason by trade, about 22 years Of
age, dark complexion, weight about 130
pounds.
Zimmer is wanted for rape, is about
five feet, eight inches tall, has dark com.
plexion, heavy mustache and weighs
about 175 pounds.
Payne, who was bound over to the
circuit court last Monday on the charge
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31
AUGUST IS AND "A.

The next teachers examination will
be held in the high school room, Ithaca.
August 18th and l4th, 1908, beginning
at $3.50 a. m. Certificates of all grades
granted at this time. Reading will be
on "The American Scholar" by Emer.
son. Institute will be held at Ithaca the
week beginning August 24th
@. +. PIKE,
1926 Commissioner of Schools.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-31
W. Take the Chances.

II you have neuralgia of the stom-
ach, gastritis, nausea, furred tongue,
or a constant pain in the stomach, try
Majors Neural Pills. We guarantee
and recommend them. Bivins 4
Rhodes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
The New Incomers.

Commissioner General Of immigration
Sargent states that a gratifying feature of
the unusually large immigration this year
is that there is decreasing number OF
immigrants from southern European
countries and a decided gain in the mum.
Der coming from north Germany and the
Scandinavian countries. These latter are
well equipped and bring from 500 to $500
each and do not stay in the ports at which
they land, but take the first trains for the
west and northwest
The new immigration law is stronger
than any previous law of the kind in the
restrictions placed upon incapables, dis
eased and pauper immigrants. The Cam
adian law is also strict as to such immi-
grants, but several of them,N afflicted with
a communicable eye disease. recently es-
capped from the Canadian officials upon
landing and probably came into this
country. It is estimated that the close OF
this fiscal year will witness record OF
over 500, 900 immigrants, which will ex-
ceed the immigration of 1889, which was
7S8,992.
+ The extraordinary increase of the move,
ment from Europe is due largely to the
depression in Germany, unfayorable croI
conditions in "a considerable section O
Sweden, and the severe repressions q
popular liberty by Russia in Finland.
| Generally speaking, the continued pros
Iperity of this countEy has stimulated ths
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
THE MAGAZINES


The Bookman (New York: Dodd, Mead
e Co.. introduces a brilliant number with
some very -appetizing 'Chronicle and Com
ment," with many illustrations. The third
instalment of Famous Novels and Their
Contemporary Criticisms by Mr. Maurice
is devoted to Dickins' Martin 'ChuZzle-
wit" American Notes. and "a Tale of
Two Cities" with illustrations. Thacke-
ray and Ouida are the subjects of some re-
number is the second paper by f. Z.
Cooper and A. B. Maurice on the History
Of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature,' .
the period covered being from 1915 to 1S4S.
The reproduction Of cartoons are exceed
ingly interesting.
The Lamp (New York: Charles Scrib
ners' Sons) contains a fine paper on "A
Weakness in the American College," by
President Thwing Of the Western Reserve
rlieves that the weak point is the in
adequacy Of the teaching power. There
ist a notable illustrated interview with
Sarah Bernhardt by Arsene Alexandra on
the tyranny of the society Of dramatic au-
thors, which forbids the playing Of ones
own drama in ones own theater. There
are some interesting "reminiscences OF
Robert Louis Stevenson and John Ad-
dington Symonds, with illustrations
touching their sojourn in doublets in the
heart of the Grisons, in the higher Alps
The number is bright and informing, the
correspondence being a pleasant feature.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
MOUTHS OF BABES
Pittsburg DISPATCH.


When ewasaid he remar
bowie second
in Of 'too
Baby
plor
Nam with Pops
am glad that
Jesus oveseve
fell
if the his
the matter
edontu me little
Whod you!
meta
Yousa t in he
called the
andmakeB Buddy
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.

running on Jefersonn SIM
Declaration nsouy t0d-
die his thumbs uneashy under his 'nnosy marble
@ o 3
re 5Dssmer Of the German navy who killed
failing books be tried by
to be reprnandd for causing ing the @ man m e why
at 1Iussener and say tut u
Partisan ladies being 1va a for % appenae @ n Ts
vermifom, like the wom-form turns when rodden on
o q
the estate but the LAWYERS ] took away IRON from
him would so much
friend of the family
O. o o o o
quite resigned to remain ng hu
o
Sunday afternoon and he not
but to add to various little incidents OF interest as the
years .r-~ - -
came down It caugne g nun a. M and he wound freey have given
inanie form taken out ne came TO
his head over him. The
,,
remarkable one 1t does not seem n possible @
of house could rest on man without Killing a @ nn
that the weight and ae
badly shaken up cannot see that ne any worse " "
exprien .:@~ : -
bring down the the house. 3pa non but m % n m n
elastic temperament " o e o 'p ~ ~
PERSONAL it
= ha ever was cheerful joy old optmi
sian daast is he While in ST. pese I opeahouse the
the hero tries to break all the
ana comnicaed
acts scenes in each Of which the a
it possible to be done by
morphine homicdal Eighteen or
s @ nh eorrem,s exactness and
its members are charged full OF WOOD ao ana ~
in been reduced by murder and giebeng
lying around on the stage WINE the me % h % the % angel Of JUSTICE
scales She says calmly:
Away meight the striking
hopefully surveying the cory scene 10 h
m fault" -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
MASTERS IN ART,

Anew musical work Of more than ordi-
nary importances is: being issued in the
form of a monthly magazine from the
press of Bates & Guild, company of Bos-
ton. The. work is entitled Masters in
Music,,'' and SO. far Mozart, Chopin and
Mendelssohn have been considered. Each
month different: master is selected and
the subject treated both from biograph-
ical as we'll as musical and artistic stand
point. In addition there are reproduced
a number of each composers important
works. The result is a work sure to be
of great interest to musicians in general
and to the well-read public. While, OF
course, within the scope Of single mag
azine, it will be impossible to deal with
each composer. at great length, still in
the numbers thus far completed, the pub
fishers have succeeded admirably in pre-
senting the composer in a clear and com
prehensive light, enlisting the intelligent
appreciation of the reader. The musical
selections will form a welcome addition
to the musicians library. @ss@s4 =
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Death of Peter Schotzka.
ha Editor of Tho Journal. -. =

70 the Editor of The Journal.
The article appearing in yesterdays
urn a relative to the supposed sui
eide of Peter P. Schotzka of the Mime
sofa Soldiers Home, states in part only
the facts in the premises. The old man
was a pensioner of -our national govern
ment for services rendered in the civil
war. AS it is the practice at the Min
nesota Soldiers Home to take all of the
pension money Of each pensioner, in ex-
cess Of 81 per- month, this old man with
many other pensioners there, expected
and had confidence that the late Mime
sofa legislature would by proper legisla-
ton put a stop to the practice mentioned
With others he felt deeply grieved that
the Legislature did not do SO, and the
neglect of this has cast a deep gloom
over the home. Many are leaving the
home rather than suffer the wrong they
are compelled to suffer. Some go to the
national home and others to other state
homes, where they are allowed their pen-
sion money. Others live in hope that
President Roosevelt and our national
congress will remedy this. There is lit
tie doubt that Comrade Sehotzka was
deeply depressed, being an old man, by
the cause mentioned His kindly old face
and gentlemanly department. will be
missed by the veterans at the home.
Close his eyes: his work is done; what cares he
for friend or foeman,
Rise of man set Of sun, hand of man 0,
kiss of woman.
Lay him low, lay him low, in the clover or the
| snow;
| What cares he; he cannot know--lay him low
| lay him low.
Allen Gibson Sexton.
April %, 1903.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
incorporation of Labor Unions.

"Shall Unions incorporated" is the title
Of very extensive symposium on the
labor question in the first number of the
Monthly Review of the National Civic
Federation Of New York. Employers gen
orally, altho not invariably, seem to favor
incorporation. Employees and their rep
resentatives speaking as officers of trade
opposed. The general opinion has been
heretofore that Incorporation would be a
good thing for the unions as well as for
the public, and in a symposium collected
by T h e journal some years ago, a
number Of the labor leaders expressed
themselves rather favorably to incorpora-
tion. To-day, however, the sentiment
the ground, apparently, that incorpora-
tion would make the organization respon-
sible for the acts of individuals and would
prove source Of embarrassment to them
On the otheri hand, it is urged that incorpo-
ration of the labor union would in certain
directions relieve individuals of respon-
sibility for their personal acts, just as
incorporation relieves the members OF a
business corporation of a responsibility
which they would be obliged to bear if
acting as individuals or. firms.
| The question is an open one, but, un-
doubtedly, the incorporation would have
a deterrent effect often upon hot-headed
labor leaders and make them more sensi-
BILE of their obligations to the public, as
we'll as of the interests of those whom they
represent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
City Government Conference.

The eleventh annual conference for good
city government and the ninth annual
of the National Municipal League
began at Detroit to-day. The first inn
portant item on the program is the review
of the years work by Secretary Clinton
Rogers Woodruff. J. Horace MacFarland
of Harrisburg, Pa, president Of the
American League for Civic Improvement,
discusses ''The Federation of Civic !,
Forces, City, State and National. Other
important topics for the three days ses-
James l.. Blair, general counsel for the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition; The
Recent Experience In Minneapolis by
William A. Frisbie, city editor of T e
Journ al; and the municipal situations,
respectively In. Ohio" by. Henry Gar
field; .In Chicago by Frank II. Scott;
I'm Detroit by S. D. Calender; In Wis
consin,' by DR.. A. P. White, editor Of the
Wisconsin State Journal; and In Cali
fornia," by Frank j. Synmes, president
Of the San Francisco Merchants associa-
tion. One half day session will be given
up to Unl1orm ana Munlclpdl 4ceouill-
ing DR.. Paul s. Reinsch will discuss
the municipal situation in. the Philippines.
{ The National Municipal League is an
educat tional institution designed to be
an active promoter OF any particular
feature Of the municipal program, but an
educator along various lines.
The agitation Of municipal questions and
the discussions Of problems in good cit,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
PATIENT
Philadelphia Ledger.

.lACuSSl'
An eccentric old deacon in a New Eng
land town was approached some time ago
by a young man who sought his daugh-
ter's hand in marriage,
.'You can't have my daughter" said the
deacon.
But love her dearly and she loves me, -
pleaded the youth. n
'sNo matter, you can't have her.
.'ss''You know, sir, that am amply able
to support a wife, and you know, also,
that my reputation is without a blemish. y
II could not ask for a more thrifty Or a
more upright man-but for all that, you
can't have my daughter"
well, since you seem to find no fault
with me, please explain your objection to
my marriage with your daughter"
ct is simply that she has an ungoAern-
able temper.
s.But Sarah is a devoted Christian, .
pleaded the youth =
.That may be true said the deacon.
s"But see here, young man, you will come
to know, before you are as old as am
that the Lord can get along with many
persons thai. you couldn't get along with. !
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22

The single tax papers are tireless in re-
the public Of the fact that a
single-tax law came, within thirteen votes
of passing the house Of commons a few
weeks ago., There is no doubt that the
adherents of. this economic system are
rapidly gaining in numbers. Certainly
they have been wiser than most reformers
They have not tried to create a one idea
political party, and they have not been
ready to give up after every backset
They have steadily kept at work pound
ing their idea into thinking minds, con-
fident that if it is right it will ultimately
become a majority view.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
Vanity of Title and Dress.

A picture in an illustrated paper OF
President Roosevelt and the president Of
western university (not Minnesota's)
standing side by side is enough to I'M
press the public with the Stiffness OF
dressing American college presidents, pro-
fessors and students up in old world robes
with new sash or hood Of a different
color for every additional initial letter
the scholar may chose to add to the rear
of his own name.
The president of nation of 80,000,OOO
people, the occupant of the highest gov
erning office in the world, appears, as ne
ordinary citizen. The dress becomes him
and detracts nothing from the dignity of
his office. The distinguished university
president wears a mortar board cap ana
a flowing silk robe that makes him look
like some appanage Of a sideshow.
In the last few years the cap-and-goWn
idea has stormed even our most radical
western universities. With it has gone
an increasing reverence for degrees that
is as amusing and as absurd as the adora-
ton felt by some Of our Americans for a,
title. -.
The college men of a republic should be
especially free from these vanities of dress
and distinction. If it is necessary in
pursuing certain lines of study to receive
a certain scholastic title, it would be just
as we'll if the recipient should never think
of the title thereafter. Some of the reci-
pients, however, are as proud of their
titles as peacocks. The Phi. DIS insist
on being called '.doctor";; plain mister
| will not do for them. They forget that
such title often detracts from the worth
of man of reputation and deeds. Take
Hamilton w. Mabie. Does it add anything
| to him to call him DR.. Mabie? Which
sounds the better, plain Woodrow Wilson
or Dr. Woodrow Wilson? The college mar
who is forever Haunting his degrees is in.
dulging form of advertising that would
cause him to be ostracized in the medica
profession. To insist on attaching the
letters indicating degree to your name is
to be telling everybody that you have
presumably accomplished certain
amount of study But that won't help 70,
1oany if you are unable to show the result:
of that study, and if you are, it is super
1 f1uOuS. s.. ~ x ; - =
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
Books and Authors
NEW BOOKS

RoDER1cK TALIAFERRo. a Story of Maxi
inilian's Empire. BY George aCrarn Cook. II
s lustrated. New York: The Macmillan COM
pany. Price $l.50.
The author introduces the reader to the
brilliant scenes in the City of Mexico not
long before the collapse Of the empire Of
Maximilian, which France was trying to
prop up by her bayonets. Roderick Talia-
ferro, the hero of the story, was a south.
errer, who, on the collapse Of the south-s
ern confederacy, had gone to Mexico: as
he said, because he would not live under.
the heel of tyrants,"g but preferred to
identify himself with the imperium which
had been set up in Mexico. In the Pasco
he sees a genuine Spanish beauty, Senorita
.Felise, and falls in love with her and in
ours the wrath and jealousy of rival, Don
Jose de Castro, who declared war against
him at the outset. On this interesting
basis the story is constructed. deepening
in interest on every page Incidentally the
author gives some details of JuareZs COM
paign against the frail empire, the trial
of Macmillan and his execution. The
story is fascinating and vivid. The author
is quite out Of the trail Of the average
romancist. He has chosen rich field and
he has made the most of his opportunities
and fine discrimination. -