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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

The principal contest of the conven-
ton was yer the election of a mem
Der Of the Democratic national COM
mittee. E. J. Johnson, the present
chairman Of the Democratic state COM
mittee. who was supported by the ad-
herents of Hearst, was elected to the
position.
The convention defeated a proposed
amendment to the report of the reso-
lutions committee providing that the
delegates to st. Louis be publicly
pledged to support the nominee of the
national convention.
S. A. Ramsey of Sanborn county
was temporary chairman of the con
vention, and Chauncey l.. Wood of
Pennington county was permanent
chairman.
After declaring an intention to bolt
the national Democratic convention
il Grover Cleveland or any Democrat
like him is nominated, former United
States Senator r. f. Pettigrew was
elected chairman of the state dele
gates from South Dakota. 1t was be
fore the Democratic state convention
had adjourned and after Mr.. Petit
crews selection as a delegate that he
declared explicitly an intention to
bolt under the conditions named. Pet
tigrew's election as chairman Of the
delegation followed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
OIL TRUST
Standard Wants Injunction Against
Rejection of Product in State.


A suit has been instituted in the
United States court in Sioux Falls by
the Standard Oil company, which at
tacks the provisions of an act of the
legislature of 1903 which provides that
all oil brought into the State of South
Dakota for commercial purposes mus
stand a test of AS degrees beaume, and
must not contain more than 4 per cent
residue. Emil Brauch, as inspector of
oils for the southern district OF South
Dakota, is made defendant in the suit.
Judge Garland has issued "a tenn
porary order which restraints Oil In
spector Branch frcm branding barrels
of oil Rejected for Illuminating pur-
poses" or from commencing civil or
criminal proceeding against the COM
pany or any of its agents pending a
hearing upon the complaint of the com
pany.
1t is learned that the grounds upon
which the Standard Oil company will
seek to have the injunction made per-
manent are that the oil bill adopted
by the last Legislature is aimed at the
quality of the oil and not at the safety
or health of the people who use 1t, and
that the state Legislature had no power
to say that oil should contain a certain
number of degrees of gravity, for the
reason that gravity and residue have
nothing whatever to do with the burn.
ing quality of oil or its safety.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
NEW POINT RAISED.
Payment Of Insurance Policy involved
in Case Before JUDGE Whiting.

S. II. Wright, an attorney, argued
before Judge Whiting of the Huron-De-
Smet circuit, an insurance case which
depends upon the construction placed
on a legal point which has never been
determined by the courts. of South
Dakota.
The suit is entitled Bolte & Jansan
VS.. the Equitable Fire association, and
involves the payment of an insurance
policy covering a store and stock
which were destroyed by fire at Virgil.
The policy, in referring to other in
surance contains the following clause:
This entire policy. unless otherwise
provided by agreement Endorsed here
on or added hereto. shall be void if
the insured 20 has or shall hereafter
make or procure any other contract
for insurance, whether valid or not, on
the property covered in whole or in
part by this policy"
The defendant specially pleaded this
provision in the policy and alleged
that other insurance was obtained
upon the same property without its
knowledge or consent being obtained
therefor in the manner prescribed in
the policy, or in any other manner
The plaintiffs maintain tina attach
ed to the policy was the following pro-
viso. and insist that the same was a
waver of the uoted provision of the
policy and acquiescence in other in
surance, which they admitted taking
out without the consent of the com
pany, unless the following should be
construed as such consent:
South Dakota Standard Percentage
Value Clause-If at time of fire the
whole amount of insurance on the
property covered by this policy shall
exceed rs per cent of the actual cash
value thereof, this company, in case
of loss or damage, shall not be liable
to pay more than its pro rata share Of
said rs per cent OF the actual cash
value of such property"
1t was conceded that the provision
against other insurance was bicding
unless the percentage clause attached
to the policy waived it. 1t is this
point which will have to be decided
by Judge Whiting. who has the case
under advisement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
DEAL FOR WASP NO. 2.
Denver and Eastern Men May Make It
in Ten Days.

Denver and Eastern Men May Make IL
in Ten Days.
The bond upon the property of the
Wasp No. 2, Alder Creek and associate
groups on Yellow creek is nearing it's
expiration, and there is promise of a
large deal involving these claims in
the next ten days. Denver and East
ern men, T.. A. Wiltsee, e. G. Seelye,
G. A. Kennedy and w. G.. Brown are
here, and it is expected they will close
the transaction while in Lead. They
represent the Venture corporation of
London, the American smelter trust,
and another strong C said to be
equally aggressive in mining.
This transaction has been pending
for a year, and il it goes through it
will mean the payment of about $780,
900 to the owners of the ground. Ii
the property is purchased, it is the in
tention TO treat the ore in a mammoth
plant.
The Puritan Mining and Milling
company is employing a small force
upon it's property along Strawberry
gulch. There is a splendid shaving
in Galena ore, from which shipments
have been made to a Denver smelter.
Twenty-six sacks of this ore gave re-
turns of $22 a ton in lead and silver,
with some gold.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
IN PRAISE OF INCIDENCE.
Ezra Fox Leads Up He Voice In Fer.
vent Prayer.

1T never pays to rustic much"
said Lazy Ezra Fox, a sittin' round the
corner on an empty cracker box. IT
don't believe in stirrin' up a lot O.
noise at all, fer often too much energy
ii bring about a fall. Now, there's
the flea his energy jist gifts him
scratched to death. The hen that
works too hard for worms Is first to
lose her breath. The pig tibet fights
the hardest fer the corn throwed In
the sty is first to fatten, first to sell
an first OF all to die. The horse that
tries to do it all soon works hisself to
bones. The dog tibet does the barkin'
Is the n that gifts the stones. No.
sir, this workin' hard amt right. I
don't keer what they say. An hour err
two of works enough-say, ev'ry other
day." And then he tilted 'gainst the
wall his empty cracker box an soon
was snorin' regular like-ole Lazy Ezra
Fox.-The Pilgrim.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
LAND LAWS OBSERVED.
Special Agent Moore's Trip to Pierre
Is Not Significant.

Special Agent Moore's Trip to Pierre
Is Not Significant.
Sioux Cit papers a few days ago con
tanned an article In regard to alleged
homestead frauds west of Pierre and
Chamberlain. 1t vas to the effect that
Leroy 0. Moore. a special agent Of the
land office, was on his way to Pierre
to probe land frauds. The coming OF
Mr.. Moore to Pierre has no special
significance. The government keeps
men In the field all the time, and Mr..
Moore Is assigned to this district. He
has been here part of the time 70,
the past year, and knows just what is
going on in the Pierre district. The
laws are being more closely observed
than they were in the early settle.
ment Of any other part Of Dakota.
Land Commissioner Bach has Just
completed the selling of state lands
this year, and secured prices which 8
few year sage would have been con.
sidered impossible. The sales in
Brown county averaged 1885 an acre
for raw lands. In Sphinx county the
highest price was $32 an acre and the
lowest $50 an acre. In Kingsbury
county the high price was $25 and the
low SIS, and In Beadle county the
high was SIS and the low SIS. Only
about ten years ago the bulk Of the
state land in the sosthern part of the
state sol dior $40 per acre.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
OLD TRAGEDY RECALLED.
Temple at Miller is o nthe Spot Where
Citizens Proposed to Lynch.

Temple at Miller ls o nthe Spot Where
Citizens Proposed to Lynch.
The th~ree-seory Masonic temple at
Miller takes the place Of a building
In which a crowd early one evening
In November, 1882, discussed the sub
feet, Shall young McCumber be
hanged tonight for the killing Of d.
Wolff" The latter ran the North
western Exchange saloon and had
plenty Of money. The former was a
young friend of Wolfe. both being
from the same town in Iowa. who in
duced him to go with him in a buggy
10 the country southeast. They drove
to the washington Hills. Later q
smoke arose and settlers gathered to
investigate. The smoke came from q
0re set to consume Wolfe's body, who
had been shot In the head and left
there, but the scheme to hide the
crime only gave q quick clue to the
murder.
The slightly burned remains Of the
murdered man were taken In charge.
As the question Of guilt seemed plain.
The uestion Of lynching a brought
up in the pioneer building nov to be
removed, then the p~ostofice. The
postmaster, w. H. Miller, advised
against the idea. Just then the report
Of a pistol was heard. and in a mo-
uent the word was sen out that Nc
Gumber had sent q bullet into his
brain as the sheriff went to arrest
him, and a possible midnight hang
Rg was averted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
CENT OF INTEREST PAID
Pointer on Financial Conditions in South Dakota
l Land Department Collects Large Sum.

Land Commissioner Bach reports
that every cent Of interest due the
ltate on 1903 deferred payments has
been collected by the department.
When 1t is considered that this re
auires the collection of interest on
over a million and a half dollars, it
vhows that the citizens of the state are
n a prosperous condition.
The annual breakup of the ice on
the Missouri river occurred on the
31st. The record of the river for six
ty years shows that the ice has gone
cut more than half Of the years the
latter part of March.
Several towns where the voters
were careless in regard to the time of
holding the spring election found that
when the time arrived they had bat
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
kocER INNOCENT.
Larceny Charge Against J. kocer Did
Not Stick.

D ~
Not Stick.
The case against Joseph Kocer of
Pine Ridge Indian reservation, charg-
ed with the larcen yof a steer, has
been dismissed by C.. H.. Nelson. Unit
ed States commissioner at Deadwood.
Kocer is a well known stockman of
the reservation whose home is at Cor
don, Neb., where his family resides.
He had been arrested on a complaint
filed by Charles Marrivall alleging the
larceny o fone of Marrivall's steers,
which had been shipped to the South
Omaha market. The United States in
troduced all its evidence. and before
the introduction of any evidence by
the defense a motion for the discharge
of the defendant was sustained by the
commissioner.
The prosecution failed to show that
the steer in question ever belonged to
Marrivall. and it Is claimed that in
fact it was the property of Mr.. Kocer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
Decline Of Genius.

There is much to be said In favor
Of the theory that ature is growing
chary of geniuses, and that the race
no longer produces men of abnormal
mental stature. 1t is quite certain
that modern masterpieces in art. in
architecture. in music and in !itera-
ture are exceedingly rare. II they
exist at all. In all that pertains to
beauty-beauty of form, beauty Of
color. beauty of sound, and beauty Of
0ought-we are UNNECESSARILY behind
~ period Of the Renaissance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

n ticket. and in several cases nom
at all. In some of the towns where
but n ticket was nominated attempts
were made to write names on the bal
lots other than the printed ones. This
was held to be a mark of identified
ton On the ballot and 1t was moi
counted. The law is strict in regard
to Identification marks, and as severa,
city elections are yet to be held, vot
ers should familiarize thems elves with
1t.
Several Methodist ministers from
Iowa who went out near Hayes tc
build their houses In which they and
their families will live this summer
completed their work and have re
turned to Iowa. They will return
about the middle Of the month.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
CORN FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Fifty Bushels Of South Dakota Prod
uct Shipped to the Islands.


The first shipment of corn to be
made from this part OF the state to
the Philippine islands has just been
made by l.. X. Larson of Dell Rapids.
The shipment consisted of fifty BUSH
els of South Dakota yellow dent seed
corn, and was consigned to tAe gov
eminent purchasing agent at Manila.
The corn had to be on the cob and
packed in large, tin-lined boxes, sealed
alright. The contract price for the
corn was 50 a bushel. packed and de-
livered at the Dell Rapids depot. 1t
was shipped to San Francisco by ex-
press, and from there will be carried
to the Philippines On a transport ship.
The express charges alone amounted
to more than $500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Webster, s. d.. March 81. Mrs.
Lizzie Laten, employed as housekeep-
er by Frank Englehart, residing five
miles east of here. was fatally burned
Saturday morning by an explosion Of
gasoline used by mistake for kerosene
In starting the kitchen fire.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Bald win, Wis, April 5. - Albert
Raugh. a well known German farmer
living in the town of Baldwin, fell
from a neighbor's sixty-foot windmill
while repairing II. Death was instan.
taneous.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07

Net amount OF risks In
force ....... .S3l2, Si1 ,44S.OO
COMPANY STATEMENT OF BUSI-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
Premiums on risks written. SO. 4O4. 50
Amount ~ risks written -. 33i,s 90
Losses Incurred during the
year ........... g45.3 30
Losses paid during the year 1880
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
$1.J4.061.204.o o.

Net amount of risks In
force ........ 5000. O27 ,266.0O
COMPANY'S STATEMENT OF BUSl-
NESS TRANSACTED IN II STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
Premiums on risks written. ~. SO.36
Amount of risks written. -. SSS,3l1.OO
Losses incurred during the
year .......... .s..ss... ~-oi.0V
Losses paid during the
year iVL-1V
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-07
ANNUAL
For the year ending December 81. A. d..
1903. of the condition and affairs OF the
v. s. BRANCH PHOENIX ASSuR-
ANCE 70 Tn

or London. Organized under the laws OF
the Kingdom at Great Britain. made to
the Commissioned of Insurance of the
state of South Dakota. ia pursuance or
the laws az said State. Attorneys for
service OF process IN the State OF South
Dakota information furnished by Com
: missioner of InsurarceD. Organized or
Incorporated. january II, lIs2. Com
menced business in uuited States, Octo-
her. 1874
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

The latest styles in Ladies'
fine Slippers just received at
Sweeton & Blacks.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Thanks of Mr.. Patterson to Demo
Gratis of Tenth District.

Washington, April 22.-Repre-
sentative Patterson today expressed
himself as deeply and gratefully ap-
preciative of the action of the Tenth
district Democratic convention in
its denomination of him for con-
gress.
cit was impossible for me to at
tend the convention which has COM
%plimented me with a third unani-
nous nomination." said Mr.. Patter-
son, ''but you will oblige me by
rendering my heartfelt thanks to the
Democrats who have so honored me-"
Zone feature Of the convention
was particularly pleasing, and that
was the manifest and generous dis
position to accord me credit as a
representative of all the people of
the district. 1t has indeed been nv
earnest effort to commend myself to
the Democracy as a whole, to voice
their sentiments on the floor of the
house as l understood them, and in
all the votes that | have cast faith
fully to represent their interests"
Mr.. Patterson was prevented from
going to the convention by the Sc
we're illness of Mrs. Patterson, who
is now convalescing, but who is still
under a physicians care at the Pat
t~erson's Washington home In the
Former apartment house.--Washing-
ton Correspondence Memphis News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Camp COrinth, April s, 1862.
Published by Request

Published by Request.
This is a solemn thought when j
come to think.
That % out of SO Of Capt. Woods
Company (to which 1 belonged)
Fell on yesterday and the day before
at Shiloh.
But oh ! comrades, why need we all
this fuss and strife?
Why need we all this bother?
Why need we through the crowds
of life keep troubling n another?
Oh ! fellow men, remember then,
Whatever change may us befall,
The world is wide and beside
There's room enough for all.
In that fair region not far away,
Hardeman County's labor will find
employment,
A fair days work and a fair days
pay
And plenty of enjoyment.
Oh !! hasten then from fever den,
Where tents are cramped and small,
The world is wide and then beside
There's room enough for all.
But oh /! Jimmie Taylor, we are
soldiers, not sailors;
If we should fall before the bugle's
squall,
We have answered our last roll call.
SAMUEL TozIER.
Doris, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Mr.. BRYAN is bitterly opposed t

Mr.. BRYAN is bitterly opposed to
the platform adopted by New York
democrats (who Endorsed Judge
Parker for presldent) which he
claims is '~'dishonest, fit only for a
dishonest party" The Memphis
Morning News, heretofore on the
Bryan side of the fence, rises to re-
mark: "Mr. Bryan is a great man,
and he still has a warm place in the
hearts of the rank and file of the
Democracy, but he is not greater
than his party, and his personal
opinions and preconceived con-
illusions will not be allowed TO over
balance the c%oncensus of Democrat
ic wisdom. He has been wont to
dictate toe much. 1t is his worst
fault. He has been laying down the
platforms for the national onven
tions instead of leaving the conven-
tions frame the platforms for him.
He finds it impossible, therefore, to
understand how Judge Parker
should be willing to leave the enun-
citation of questions upon which
there is differences of opinion
among Democrats to the united wis
dom of his party in convention as
sembled. Judge Parker is willing
to abide the decision of that conven-
ton as to what the platform shall
be and to stand upon it after it has
been made. To take any other
position would be equivalent to
saying that he is greater than his
party, and that it must bend to his
views instead of his conforming to
its will. The party is weary of
dictators. 1t wants to make its
own platforms, and it wants candi-
dates who will stand on those plat
forms. 1t is because Parker does
not set himself above the will of
the organization that the body of
the Democracy everywhere is turn
ing TO him as a man upon whom all
can unite.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Bate Gets Hamilton.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April &c
In the legalized primary to day
Gen. William B. Bate swept the
county, carrying every ward, dis
trict and precinct over Benton Nc
Millin, and receiving five votes tc
every one cast for McMillin. With
seven districts not yet heard from,
his majority in the county is 1901.
lie carried the city by a majority OF
1850. The vote in the country
was light on account of the heavy
rain, but Bate showed his same
lead there The closest ward was
the Eight. One hundred and fifty
votes were cast and Bate received
twice as many as McMillin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

The announcement of Hon. HI.
E. Carter, candidate for reelection
to the Legislature from Hardeman
County, subject TO the action of the
democratic party, appears elsewhere
in to-day's BULLETIN. MI. Carter
needs no introduction at our hands,
he is we'll known to the people of
Hardeman County, and he stands
upon the record he made in the last
Legislature, and he is ready to de
TEND it. He will appreciate the
support of the democratic voters.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

There seems to be a desire on the
part of both political parties in Ten
nessee to give the whiskey men the
shake during the present campaign,
each party protesting that they have
nothing in common with them. AS
a result, the "wets" are, in the
chaste language of Col. Watterson.
''between hell and the ironworks,"
and it is very probable they will
not cut any figure in the election.
The fact that both parties repudiate
the whiskey faction Is very signiti-
cant. 1t shows that their power
is waning, and that they are not con-
sidered as important a factor as in
the past when they were usually
courted and given the glad hand
by every candidate from the Presi-
dent down to Constable. The tenn
perance flag is triumphant all over
the State, and the talk of the Adams
law being repealed by the next Leg
islature is sheer nonsense. If there
is any change it will be to extend the
Adams law so as to reach the cities,
but it is not probable there will be
any change.-Newport Plain Talk.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

When Gen. Grant was marching
through Virginia an old lady sent
her grandson out to ask him where
he was going. Said Grant: $50
tell your grandma l am going to
Petersburg or Richmond, or to
heaven or hell" In a few minutes
the boy came back to him and said:
''Grandma says you can't go to Pc
tersburg, Gen. Beauregard is there;
you can't 60 TO Richmond, Gen.
Lee is there; and you can't go to
heaven because Gen. Jackson is
there"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Clay's Will.

Richmond, KY, April "a
Judge Benton, in the Circuit
Court here, has thrown out on pre-
emptory instructions of mental in
capacity all the various wills left
by the late Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay.
This leaves the generals property
to his natural heirs and cuts off
Dora Clay Brock, who at one time
received considerable notoriety as
the youthful wife of the aged
statesman.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
The friends of Mr.. w. J. Craw.

THE friends of Mr.. W. j. Craw-
ford, of Memphis, are supporting
him for delegate to the National
Democratic Convention from the
Tenth District. Upton County has
already instructed it's delegates for
him. Hardeman's delegation, which
is composed of every democrat in
the county, is uninstructed, but in
the opinion of the BULLETIN they
could not vote for a better demo
crat or a truer man than w. J.
Crawford. He has stood the test,
has always proven loyal to his party
and to his country He is an ex
Confederate soldier, and favors Sen
ator Bates reelection.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

The different political democratic
factions in Memphis, through their
chosen representatives, have reach
ed al agreement by which the
threatened bolt in the party ranks
has been declared off for the present,
al least until November. We move
to make the temporary agreement
permanent.