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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
Y NEAR DEATH.
Unmericful Attacks Held to Be Re.
sponsible for His Condition.

Washington, April 5. - Postmaster
General Henry C. Payne is desperate
ly i'll at his hotel and his close friends
it is exceedingly doubtful if he will
ecove They ascribe his present
critical condition to the unmerciful
personal attacks made on him in
congress during the past three weeks.
The postmaster generals health
has been badly undermined by the
long and trying postal investigations,
and he was in no shape to withstand
the bitter attacks occasioned by the
publication of the Bristow report. The
newspaper criticism of his official
conduct had caused him more Oh less
worry, but it was as nothing COM
pared with the effect of the
Assaults Made Upon Him
on the floor of the house. Against the
advice of his physician and friends he
insisted on reading the Congressional
Record in order to keep informed as
to what was being said about the
latest phase of the postal scandal.
Representative Clayton of Georgia
twice referred to him as a "distin-
guished imbecile, and Representative
B~urleson Of Texas called him a GRIM
inal. These and other personal cpl
thets applied to the postmaster gen.
eral o~ccasioned him great distress OF
mind. He was unable to shake 1t on,
and constant ~brooding has at last
brought on a condition
Of Nervous Prostitution.
He is described as in a state OF
collapse, suffering from nervous
troubles, govt and his old constitu-
tional complaint.
Advices from the sick room yester-
day indicated that the postmaster
general is in a critical condition.
His doctors have abandoned the idea,
for the time being, of getting him
south. Few people here expect that
Gen. Payne will resume his work in
the postofice department. Even
should he ecove his health. which is
regarded as exceedingly doubtful, it
is not thought that he will care to 60
back tt the department.
1t is we'll known that he is heartily
sick Of the whole business. and would
have resigned months ago If condi-
tions would have permitted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
Personal.

Mrs. Cornelia Grinnell Willis. widow
of the author, N. p. Willis, is dead at
| Washington.
Morton McMichael, aged sixty-eight,
a prominent banker of Philadelphia,
died suddenly of heart disease.
Henry A. Bogardus, perhaps the
most widely known telegraph operator
In America, is dead in an s%anitarium
at Chicago.
Octavius Durham Baldwin. fer
many years a conspicuous figure in
financial circles in New York. is dead
from heart disease. He began as a
poor boy.
A. Cystitch, a gas, oil and brick
Spectator of Independence, Kan, has
given SIS 900 for a fine arts depart
ment to Washburn college. Topeka,
In memory of a son and daughter who
at one time attended that institution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
OF the Week
Grimes and Criminals.

SIlTICo III SftIfItidlos
Martin Lavitski, a convicted muir
derer, has escaped from the Carbon
county pa prison.
James Lobbins, a negro, has con-
fessed at Lincoln, Neb., hat he killed
Henry White (white) at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, Sept. %, 1903.
Gus Thode. an alderman of Galena.
H., has received an Internal machine
in a box of lemons shipped from Du-
buque. 1t was exploded when tested.
An unknown young mar has been
found murdered near Humphrey. Neb.
He was well dressed, had S7.35 in his
pockets and a caro- bearing the name
of W;.liam O'Brien.
Another murder may be fastened on
n of the condemned car-barn ban
dts. as Gustav Marx fits the descrip-
ton of the murderer of A. G. Mead, a
boy of fourteen years, at West Lib
erty, Iowa.
Demurrers were sustained in the
United States court in st. Louis in
the cases charging completely in al
legged naturalization frauds against
Samuel ]. Boyd, a police captain, Ma
than LAWN. Adolph Fem and Jacob
Kahlan, former policemen.
Miss Nellie Mcguire, daughter OF
Richard Mcguire, a former ink manu-
facturer of New York, has been ar
rested and held in $4,000 bonds,
charged with forgery. at Philadelphia.
Her accuser is Mrs. Henrietta f. Cros-
by, at whose home Miss Mcguire and
her mother had apartments.
Lee Overstreet, a member of the
truck drivers union of Kansas City,
was found guilty of violating the re-
straining order which is in operation
against the union and its members 10
prevent the interruption of the bust
ness of the transfer companies, in the
federal court at Kansas City.
Timothy Sullivan, a mill worker of
McKeesport, Pa, aged Twenty-Five
years, shot and instantly killed Ce-
cilia Farrell, aged twenty-seven, and
then put the pistol to his w head,
inficting a fatal wound. Sullivan was
engaged to marry the young woman,
but she had tired of his attentions and
declined to marry him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
SPOUSE cHAsEs ELoPERS.
Music at Bottom of Wife's Flight
With Another Man.

Neenah, Wis. April Harmony of
souls, wrought through the medium
of music, is said to be the cause Of
the elopement of Noyes Hurlburt of
this city and Mrs. Henry F. Turlatt,
wife of a Chicago broker. who has
been visiting with her parents at
Green Bay. The clippers met at a
neighbours house. Mrs. Turlatt later
told her parents she was going back
to Chicago, but did not do SO. Mr..
about course adopted by the couple.
They apparently started from Milwau-
kee back to Green Bay. but there all
traces end.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
BABE UNDER WINTERS SNOW.
Tiny Corpse Found In . cuIch In
South Dakota.

Central City. s. d., April 5. - The
body OF an infant girl was discovered
In S~heeptail gulch, near here, where
IT had evidently lain all winter under
the snow and Ice. 1t was wrapped in
q woman's skirt. The coroner exam.
ined it and announced that it his
opinion 1t had been born alive. The
garment in which 1t was wrapped is
the only clew.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

~ ~ III ItoAh SAtI6Ju hA'1
very rapidly. 1t was anticipated thai
the Russians would resist this ad
vance, but they failed 10 do so. and
now it is not probable that there viii
be any further opposition south of the
Yalu river.
Easy for Japanese.
Chengju, because of its superior
natural surroundings, is the strongest
place between Pingyang and Viii,
Besides these natural advantages
there is an old Korean fort there,
which, had it been defended with
spirit. would have been hard to take.
The Japanese are gratified at the
comparative ease with which they
drove the Russians from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be
in the country east of the Pekin road,
but it is not probable that there is
any considerable force of Russians
in that section. The patrols are with
drawing gradually to the northward,
toward the Yalu.
II is reported that the ice on the
yalu is well broken up and in the flu
tnre the river must be crossed either
in junks or over pontoon bridges.
Will Not Bombard Yinkow.
st. Petersburg, April ga cores
pondent at Yinkow says the opinion
prevails there that the Japanese will
not lombard that place because SO
per cen of the population is made up
of Chinese, who are not at war with
Japan, and because a shell from the
Japanese ships would be sure to
strike the residence of the United
States consul, who is safeguarding
japanese interests.
The same correspondent humorous
ly describes the speculation among
the British correspondents there as
to whether the victorious Japanese
army will stop in China or go on to
Irkutsk.
Russ Refuses to Get Excited.
The newspapers continue to discuss
the British expedition to Tibet and
the speech Of the viceroy Of India,
Lord Curzon of K~endleston, March
80, at Calcutta when he reviewed the
last five years of Indian administra-
ton and referred to the governments
watchful policy, but most of them
write in a singularly dispassionate
tone.
The Bourse Gazette openly suggests
that King Edward is planning an
entente between Great Britain and
Russia and then says:
There is no need for alarm. We
have been accustomed since the days
of Disraeli and Salisbury to such
yelled threats referring to Lord Cur
IONS speech). Indian secretary
Brodrick's announcement of big guns
for India has broken no bones nor is
any one frightened by the forthcom-
ing British naval demonstration in
the Mediterranean. The fact is that
the British foreign policy is now in
higher hands than Lord CurZon's,
and we all know that a sincere, peace
full and loyal influence is being ex-
erted by King Edward"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

One Of the college professors claims
that people who eat apples are virtu-
GUS. Has anybody yer noticed what
a debasing effect peanuts have upon
man?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

King Edward is spending more
money on household expenses than his
mother did; still. everybody knows
how the price OF beefsteak has gone
up.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
General.

of gold next spring will be the great
est in the history of the peninsula.
The Iowa senate has passed a bill
providing a penalty of 800 for the
docking of horses tails in that state.
What is believed to be the germ of
humps has been discovered by DIR.
Samuel Darling, resident pathologist
of the Baltimore city hospital.
Frank E. Snow, a sophomore of De-
troit, has been expelled from the Uni
versity Of Michigan for the part he
took in a hair-cutting fracas.
The Commercial Trust company of
indianapolis has closed its doors in
anticipation of a suit brought in the
superior court for the appointment of
a receiver.
The Observation-Disclosures line steam
er Nebraskan has arrived at New
York from San Francisco with a large
cargo of wine. The Nebraskan burns
only oil as fuel.
Ephriam j. Dean, a pioneer of Wa
verify, Iowa, has filed a claim Of $780,
900 with the state legislature against
the State of Iowa for false imprison-
ment twenty-eight years ago.
Representatives acting for Baron
Won Sternberg leased n of the most
beautiful estates at Tenox. Mass, for
the use of the German ambassador
during the summer and autumn.
So heavy have become the importa-
tons of sugar into New Orleans since
the 20 per lent reduction in duties on
the Cuban product went into effect
that the customs service there is
swamped.
A compilation by the New York
Journal of Commerce of dividends so
far announced by industrial corpora
tons payable in April shows an in
crease of more than $4,000 0 over
the same month In 1908.
Returns have been received from
seventy-one out of seventy-ive coun-
ties In Arkansas and these show that
Gov. Jefferson Davis fifty-three and
Judge Wood eighteen counties in the
Democratic state primaries.
New legal complications promise to
tie up the legacy of $500,000 left to
Jose Seveilla to found a home for poor
girls near New York. During the six
teen years since Sevilla died the be-
quest has grown to nearly $500, 600.
The board OF trustees of the Car
negie institute at Pittsburg received
a cablegram from Rt. Hon. John Nor
ley, the distinguished British author
and statesman, accepting the invita-
ton to make the principal address at
the Founders day exercises, Nov. 3.
The Pennsylvania supreme court
has directed that an Injunction be is
sued p~erpetually restraining the Jones
& Laughlin Steel company Of Pitts
burg from such operation Of It's fur
naces a. to produce clouds Of ore dust
that would injure surrounding prop
erty.
The effort to drive the Royal Ar.
canum. q fraternal insurance order,
from Nebraska has failed, the Nebras-
Ia insurance auditor having decided
that the fraternal sections are exempt
from the reciprocal features.
The students Of the University Of
Missouri have circulated : petition
asking that foreigners y excluded
from the mems dormitory. The peti-
tion followed upon the announcement
that al Egyptian student Ct the uni
/ versity had prevailed upon several Of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Having GenIonstTat-a Ia It's own
satisfaction hat apples will cure the
liquor habit. science will now turn its
attention to finding a cure for the
slave to apples.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Some day perhaps some scientific
sharp viii walk MP to the legislature
with a proposition to cross the gypsy
moth and the silk worm and make the
moth pest useful.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Degenerate old England They are
Issuing insurance policies against
twins over there. Here we give pre-.
miums on EN-.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

They can talk more fight and do
less fighting in the Balkans thar in
n place on earth. not excepting the
headquarters OF a pugilist.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Jan Kubelik has been mobbed by
students. II is unfortunate for Jan
that he isn't over here now to get the
benit of the advertising.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

These jiu-jitsu pictures are very
pleasant to look at. but isn't The other
fellow ever to do anything but let us
twist him out Of shape?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
Casualties

Fire destroyed eleven houses at
Berkeley, Va. Louis Copen, twelve,
was killed by a falling chimney.
Fire on the eighth floor of the Coop
er building, one of the largest office
buildings in Denver, for a time threat
ened to destroy the structure.
The machine shops of the Pitts
Pa, was destroyed by fire. Thirty
buildings, including the p~ostofice,
were destroyed.
Miss Bertha vandercamp Green. a
very we'll known young m in the
cities Of central New York. was burn
ed to death in her home in Detroit.
]. Harding Davis, a wealthy Mime
apolis broker. so%journing at Ocean
Park, fell from the end of a pleasure
pier at Los Angeles and was rescued
with difficulty.
Fire In the Hotel Newcomb at Quin-
cy, Ill, resulted in the death of Rose
Mcdonald and A%ntoinett Broniski, two
employees. The guests were aroused
and poured out in their night robes.
The fourth fatality in two neighbor-
ing families at Black Jack, Mo-, re-
sulting from the use of kerosene, &C.
Cured when Barney Suffer died from
burns received while trying to light
q fire.
Evidently suffering from insanity,
Mrs. Fannie c. Watrous, a middle
aged woman, went into an clubhouse at
New Haven, Conn. and after saturat-
ing the place with Kerosene. set fire
to it. She burned to death.
-
Foreign.
The Republicans and Democrats at
Manila are organizing to elect dele
gates to the national conventions.
The Cunard steamship company's
report for 1903 shows a profit OF ST.
259, $50 and a dividend Of 4 per cent
The first Oxford scholarship to be
awarded an American under the terms
Of the win of the late Cecil Rhodes
has been awarded Chester Martin Of
st. Johns. N. B.
A settlement Of the difficulties be-
tween Servia and certain of the pow
ers. resulting from the assassination
of King Alexander and Queen Draga
will be announced soon.
The Siechle lays that M. Rouvier,
French minister OF finance. is examin'
ing Z scheme for q state monopoly OF
insurance, which will be proposed In
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
MINERS IN COAL BUSINESS.
They Open Yards and Say They Will
Reduce Prices.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 5. - Iowa
miners are secretly organizing a CO.
operative coal company with a capital
stock of $4,000 and will open coal
yards at Des Moines and elsewhere.
The object Of the organization is to
reduce the price Of coal recently ad-
vanced by the operators. They say
the operators were prompted to shut
down because they saw a chance to
advance the price Of coal under pre-
text that the commodity was scarce.
Both sides are as far apart as they
last week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

On account Of the high prices Of
-four. restsurantrkeepers are slicing
the ham In the sandwiches . little
thinner than usual, impossible a that
may seem.-Washington Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Don't spend one rloment hating an
enemy: takes just that much time
from the profitable occupation of Low
ing a friend.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Racine, Wis. April s. - Delos S
Mills, the oldest travelling man in the
United States, is dying. He was on
the road f~fty-seven years and is eigh.
ty-six years old. He is one Of the old.
est Masons in the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Shamrock l. is In process of demoli.
ton to be sold as old junk For it is
jolly good junk. which nobody can
deny.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Always lay your money on the girls
basketball team that has . girl for
referee. In case Of extremity. she can
resort 70 weeping. and the mere mar
omciating for the other side II help
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

A recent set of bankruptcies in Ken
lucky has been named for Grover
Cleveland. William J. Bryan, Mark
Hanna and TheodoreRoosevelt There's
. combination for you.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Bacteria cannot live very long on
gold coin. But this fact does not in
sure absolute immunity from disease
for most Of us.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Perhaps the Texas couple that were
married on the roof Of a skyscraper
merely wished to emphasize their be-
lief that their marriage was made In
heaven
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

The Red Cross society. is probably
the Only important organization in the
world that is sincerely anxious to lose
its job.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Man needs but little here below. A
hall pound of radium, for instance.
ought to make almost any one happy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Admiral Togo's official report is
fully as emotional as the multiplica-
ton table.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Andrew Carnegie may also have mad
grave doubts as 10 whether the AEheri-
can drama is worth eIdowing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Colombia has reduced It's army from
ll.0GO to 5000. Probably the privates
were all discharged.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Radium is now quoted at $4,000. 900
per pound. with few bidders. The
sales reported are all of small lots.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Every dog has his day. but he ought
TO cue mis- nights out. People need
sleep.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

The president of Uruguay died a nat
ural death the other day, probably
much to his surprise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Now IL the time for spring poets
to send in their achievements-to
other papers thar this.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
DurcHMEN KILL SCI.
Hollands Troops Infict Staggering
Defeat on Achinese.

Amsterdam. April 5.-A dispatch to
the Telegram from Kot Raja. Island
of Sumatra. announces that a column
of Dutch troops operating in Achin
(Northern Sumatra) engaged a
strongly ~intrenched body of Achinese
in the Gojocleas district. with the re-
sult that SCI Achinese were killed.
The Dutch lost three men killed and
twenty-five men wounded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

and the other over the Pekin road.
The advance from Chengju was made
very rapidly. 1t was anticipated that
the Russians would resist this ad-
vance. but they failed 10 do so, and
now it is not probable that there will
be any further opposition south of the
Yalu river.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
Landing Along the Anju.

Seoul, April 5.-Correspondents at
tached to the first Japanese column
will leave Chemulpo next Friday.
Their destination is unknown. There
are persistent reports that the Japan
csc are landing at ~Yongampho and
alOnp The Amin river
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
ASSAULT ON
PORT ARTHUR
ENLARGED JAPANESE FLEET
WILL ATTEMPT TO TAKE
THE CITY.
0 DETERMINED ASSAULT Ar HAND
JAPANESE CONTINUE TO AD-
VANCE IN KOREA WITHOUT
OPPOSITION.
BIG FORCE LANDS IN MANCHURIA
JAPANESE ARMY OF 1o5,ooo MEN
MARCHING NORTH AND
NORTHWEST.
BIG FORCE LANDS IN MANCHURlA

Chefu. April "a dispatch just ar
rived reports the Japanese feet, en-
larged by the addition of several
cruisers, going in the direction of
Port Arthur. 1t is predicted that a
determined assault is contemplated
by the Japanese.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-07-06

The northern wing Of the Methodist church. be It
remembered, was the pioneer Oi abolition and con-
trbuted its full share Of the spirituality that inspir
ed the Harpers Ferry raid. After the emancipa-
tionthe cOored ''mal and brother emigrated 10 the
north was pretty generally welcomed to communion
and full fellowship 10 this denomination, without
discrimination as to race color or previous condi
tiOn OF servitude he was permitted TO worship in
the "mixed" fashion dear to bis heart, with none
to mOlest or make him afraid
For generation the negro has been factor in the
membership OF the Northern Methodist church, and
it Is not therefore, surprising that be has grown In
grace and bOdness to the point Of asking represen
tation on the episcopal board The Los Angeles
conference had bishoprics to burn so to speak and
naturally the and brothers felt that the time was
opportune to advance his claims. Some 200 negro
delegates representing thousands OF negro members
Of the ehrrch, mOdesty asked for one of the eight
new bishops.
Did they get hint Not much Here was one
place where the conference felt constrained to draw
the color line, and drawn without reference to
how the man and brother might feel AbOutt. There
is no room in the Northern Methodist church for q
bishop OF color, no matter what the claims Of the
race for such recognition the attainment Of one Of
its members for the Office.
The moral is simple enough The Caucasian win
rule, whether in church or state and there are
dead lines Of public opinion end race pride, even IL
religious organizations, beyond which the children
Of Ham would better not venture.
The game principle and spirit apply to the ap-
pointment Of negroes to political Office 10 the south,
the difference being that in this instance our white
bretheren at the north are tOO.quick to favor the
foisting Of a negro official uyon southern citizenship
against the protest Of people. They either have
not the ability to put themselves IN another place,
or are destitute Of the breadth Of mind and heart
that wond scOrn to impose iBdignity OF the kind
upon person unable lawfully to prevent such hu-
initiation by the appOintiVe power
Perhaps the action Of the Los Angeles conferences
viii have wholesome nfnence upon the color
question as applied to politics as we'll as relig-
ion.