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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
THREE HUNDRED ARE HOMELESS

Fort Scott, Kan, April &c. - Fort
Scott is experiencing the most seri-
Gus flood in it's history. Marmaton
river and Mill creek, which uns into
the former stream here, has risen ten
feet in the past twenty-four hours. the
result of heavy rains. Several hun
dreds of persons have been rescued
nave been lost. The estimated loss to
live stock drowned and property dam
aged is $100, 900.
The two streams began to rise at 10
o'clock Saturday night, and yesterday
the city was divided into three sec.
tons and almost completely isolated.
Normally mill creek runs into the
Marmaton river northeast of the city
but because of the rapid rise they
formed a new channel that cut GRO
one ende of the city. Last night the
entire northern part of the city was
cut of, and part of the
City Was Inundated.
Ten feet of water is rushing through
lhS CllCClS III ludI pdlt VI lhC Cilyt
and several hundred persons in wha,
s known as Belltown have been
forced to leave their homes. Many
were taken away in boats. There
were several narrow escapes from
drowning. Late yesterday an aged
couple named Lemore, living a mile
north of the city, near the river, were
rescued in boats. They were COM
pletely hemmed in. Rescuers were
nut all day under the direction of Fire
Chief Ausman, Mayor Congdon and
Chief of Police Mendenhall, and they
succeeded in saving thousands of
dollars worth of property as well as
the hundreds of inhabitants of that
district. Many who refused to leave
Belltown will still have to be taken
away in boats, as all n of es-
cape
Have Been Cut Of.
The Wholesale district is complete
ly surrounded and the water in East
Wall street is within an inch or two
Of the business houses. Merchants
are removing their stocks to higher
places. All the railroads are tied up.
Bridges on both roads over the
Marmaton are threatened, as is the
street bridge that divides the north
and south portions of town. Wash
outs are reported in all directions
from Fort Scott. Much damage has
been done to farm property and there
will be heavy loss by drowning Of
stock in the low lands near the city,
which are from five to ten feet under
water. 1t is estimated that 300 per-
SON are homeless.
One Drowning Reported.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 26. - IN
usually heavy rain and wind storms,
causing more or less damage, pre-
vailed in Western Missouri and East
ern and Central Kansas yesterday,
with a blizzard in Western Kansas.
Small streams in . Kansas are over
their banks and many telephone and
telegraph poles have been blown
down. One drowning is reported.
Many trains are late on account of
washouts.
Residence Streets Flooded.
Sedalia, NO, April &c. - An almost
steady rain of thirty-six hours was
followed last evening by a two-hours'
downpour that is said to have beer
the heaviest precipitation in the city's
history. Many of the residence
streets were CODED to a depth of two
~ 49,
feet and piles OF building material
were swept along the thoroughfares.
Every stream in the county is out of
It's banks and several bridges have
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
r.wnev win orats.

st. Louis, April 26.-Representative
James A. Tawney of Minnesota has
been selected to deliver the address
on behalf of the committee Of the
house OF representatives at the open
ing ceremonies Of the worlds fair.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
Foreign.

Not a single newspaper Is being
published at Lisbon in consequence OF
a printers strike. The trouble IS like
ly to continue for some days.
The strike of railway men on the
Hungarian Western railway has be-
come general and on all the Hnngar-
ian state railways traffic Is at a com
plete standstill.
Owing to the obstructive tactics
adopted by the opposition party in
the matter OF the budget and the army
recruiting bill, King Carlos Of Pcrtll-
gal has dissolved parliament
Emil Paur, the musical conductor
of Dresden, has signed a contract to
Greet the Pittsburg orchestra for the
next three seasons, in consideration
of $4,000 per season of twenty-five
weeks beginning in October.
A train on the Trans-caucasion
railway was held up between Novo-
enaki and Abascha by four armed
men who entered the mail car and
after binding the officials escaped with
registered letters and valuables worth
$4,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
MAY Pc CLUE TO MURDER.
Little Falls (Minn.) Man Is Arrested
in Connection With KiIIjno.

Littic FdiS tWInn.) Mar is Arrcsteo
in Connection With Killing.
Livingston, Mont, April PA man
has been arrested here in connection
with the murder of Michael Ries, who
was found dead on a freight train be-
tween Bozeman and Livingston on
Wednesday. The man gave his name
as Harry Erickson, and it is said he
was overheard telling a friend in
Livingston that he had killed one man
on a railroad. 1t is said he formerly
resided in Little Falls. MINI. Erick-
Sol is now in the county Jail at Boze-
man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
The State of South Dakota.
Department of Insurance

Cor. -pany's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. The German Alliance Insur-
ance Company, II corporation organized
under the laws of New York. has filed in
this office a sworn statement exhibiting
its condition and business for the year
ending December 81, 1903. conformable to
the requirements of the laws of this
State regulating the business of insur-
ance. and.
Whereas, The said Company has filed
in this Office n duly certified copy OF its
charter. with certificate of organization
in compliance with the requirements of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now. therefore. i, John c. Perkins,
Commissioners OF Insurance of the State
OF South Dakots, pursuant to the provis-
ions OF said laws. do hereby certify that
the above named Company is fully en-
powered. through it's authorized agents,
to ransact It's appropriate business OF
Fire Insurance In this State, according
to laws thereof. until the 31st day OF
Decembci, A. ID 1904.
In testimony whereof. I have h~ereunts
set my hand and oficial seal at Pierre.
this 10th day Of rsorusry. A. ID. 1904.
(Ssal) JOHN c. PERKINS,
Commissioner OF Insurance.
~ e. Hendriksen, Chief Clerk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28

Spring Valley, MINI. April "A. -
Roiiin Russell. aged fifteen years, was
arrested yesterday charged with steal.
ing from c. B. Egle q watch valued at
500. He vas bound over to the dis
trict court.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
GIRL HAS HYDRoPHoslA.
Either That Disease or a Bad Case Of
Hysteria.

Hysteria.
Milwaukee. April 24.-Freda Strue-
big, aged twenty-seven, a domestic at
1928 Twelfth street, has been brought
to the Emergency hospital while suf-
fering with the symptoms Of hydro
phobia. Physicians are inclined to
believe she is not suffering from n.y.
drophobia, but from a rare form of
hysteria, known as lyffophobia, which
is not necessarily fatal The girl says
she was bitten by a dog about two
years ago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
TO STRENGTHEN THE EYE.


S8 - ~
Much Benefit.
That there should be special exer-
cises for the eyes IL perhaps . novel
idea to many. But II IL said thet
~ way to strengthen the eyes is to
turn them alternately upward ana
downward ~ far Is possible twenty
dimes In succession. Do this slowly.
Next turn the eyes on the level from
right to left. repeating as before. Turn
them TO the upper left corner and
then 20 logger right corner. Then al
ternate the motion from the upper
right corner to the lower left corner
and repeat. Conclude these exercises
~ rolling the eyes around. first to
the right. then to the left. IN the e.
treme limit Of the muscular extern.
HOO. De very careful when perform.
Ing the exercise not 70 strain the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
Accidental Happenings.

BY the explosion of a small pro-
jectile in the magazine of the French
cruiser Forbin, five members of the
crew were injured.
A mine explosion caused by the ig-
milton of dust at Stearns, thirty miles
north of Somerset, Pa, has killed five
negroes and fatally injured another.
Philip Rudolph, a Philadelphia sa'
loonkeeper, saved the lives OF ten
women and children who were i'm
prisoned in a burning house.
James H. Johnson, a railway
switchman, and Mrs. Mary McGrath,
said to have come from st. Louis,
were killed by gas in bed in a cheap
hotel in Archer avenue. Chicago.
Two women and four children were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the home of a miner named
Meyers, at Garrett, Pa, during a clash
between union and non-union miners.
At the village of Charne, Russia,
Sunday, a woman went to church,
leaving three small children alone at
home. The children got in a large
trunk, whose heavy lid fell and suf-
located them.
Fire broke out in the smelling
works of the st. Louis Smelling and
Refining company at Howard station
near st. Louis and was not extin-
guished until the plant had been
damaged to the extent of $4,000 and
a number Of railroad freight cars and
adjoining property had been con-
sumed, increasing the total estimate
of damage to $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Injured by Gasoline Explosion.

Philadelphia, May 5.-Twelve firemen
were injured early this morning by the
explosion of gasoline stored under
ground By the Pennsylvania Railroad,
near its West Philadelphia station. The
fire broke out shortly before midnight In
the gasoline vault, which held probably
80 gallons of the dangerous fluid. This
fire was supposed to have been extin-
guished. but about an hour later fire.
man, to make sure the danger was over,
went to the door of the vault with a
lighted lantern. A terrific explosion
followed, and the fireman and his com
panions, who were close at hand, seemed
10 be enyeloped in sheet of waving
fame. The blaze died down as quickly
as it had burst out. While the excite
ment was at its height, two Italians en-
deavored to enter the railroad freight
yard. They were halted, but insisted
upon entering, and were arrested. One
OF them started to struggle for freedom
with Detective Conner, but finding that
he was no match for his captor, he pulled
revolver from his pocket and shot the
detective in the abdomen. Common 5
wound is not considered serious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
News of the Day.

The visit of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra to Ireland will end today.
The Pine Mountain tunnel, on the
Southern Railway, between Columbus,
Ga, and Atlanta, was burned yesterday.
All the woodwork was consumed and
through trains had to be stopped.
The storm which has practically sus-
pended railroad traffic in the Buena
Vista, COL, section, broke out anew
with added force Tuesday night. Six
feet of snow has fallen in the mountains.
Returns from municipal elections held
throughout Indiana have been received
from AZ towns. In Is of these the DEM
ocrats elected the mayor and the major
ity of the municipal officers. The re-
pubIicaDs won in % cities, making a
clean sweep in FIVE.
William r. Hearst yesterday carried
the Iowa democratic convention by ma
iority of more than $50 votes. Hearst
resolutions we're adopted. The unit
rule was adopted and complete Hearst
delegation was elected. The platform
lauds him as the antitrust champion.
w. J. Bryan controlled the democra-
tic convention in his home county yes
terday, and a platform reaffirming the
Kansas City platform was adopted
No names for the presidential nooni1iation
we're mentioned, the convention voting
+, iopt the unit rule and practically
agreeing to act as Mr.. Bryan thinks best
in the national convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs

While attempting to board train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad as it was
leaving the station at New Brunswick
this morning Michael Doran fell under
the cars and both legs were cut of.
John Comstock, aged 26, was shot in
the stomach by William DOnnelly, aged
SO. early this morning, in saloon in
New York. The men quarreled over a
trivial matter, and the shooting followed.
Comstock was taken to Roosevelt hos
pital in a dying condition.
In Dover, Del, today in the trial OF
Mrs. Powell for murder, the defendant
told her story of the killing of her
adopted daughter. She said Elsie first
attacked her in the garrett and then she
killed the girl, striking her with bottle
and cutting her throat with knife.
Mrs. Jennie Louise Woodend, wife of
DIR. w. f. Woodend, whose brokerage
firm was recently declared bankrupt,
brought suit in New York today to have
declared null and void the mortgage for
50. 800 given by her in April on her
house to Sanford B. Evans and an
other creditor of the bankrupt firm.
Forest fires are destroying houses of
settlers. and Eland, in the northern
part of Wisconsin is in danger OF de-
struction. A fire engine was sent from
Wittenburg to the relief of Eldren,
village southwest of Eland. Bush
grass and timber are as dry as finder
and forest fires at Tomahawk and Aling
on the 500 railroad are reported spread
ing rapidly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Social Clubs.

''The Mann liquor law has pretty
we'll muddled up things" was the opin-
ion expressed by Comm onwealth's At
torney Richardson in Richmond yester-
day after consulting with the police
Justice to find a way to punish John
Munroe, charged with selling liquor to
a nonmember of his social club, and on
Sunday, too. Munroe produced re-
gularly issued charter for social and
athletic club, and the only punishment
provided by the Mann law is the revok-
ing of the license, and the police justice
could find no way to punish him. He
was doubtful of reyoking the license him.
self, as the accused mightsustain an ap-
peal to the higher court on the ground
of nonjurisdiction.
The Commonwealth Attorney, how
ever, took the papers in hand and prom
ised that the revocation should come.
There are scores Of SIMILAR clubs in the
State, and it looks as if their liability to
punishment is minimized when they
have secured charter under the Mann
law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
ExpelIed From Stock Exchange.

New York, May 5-The chairman Of
the Consolidated Stock Exchange an
nounced this morning the expulsion, for
alleged fraud and acts detrimental to the
exchange, of 7. Hill Leary, of T. H.
Leary & Co., of Al Wall street, and j..
Frank Hale, of Longley, Hale & Co,
of Boston and New York. Hale was ar
rested last night charged with larceny of
a customers securities but his expulsion
today was not in relation to that charge.
1t is understood that charges are pending
against other members of the exchange
and that they will be acted on in the near
future.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Three Hanged.

Winchester, Tenn, May 5.-Henry
Judge, Joe Delp and John Evans were
hanged here at 5,45 this morning for the
murder of Simon Butcher and his wife,
last August. Judge planned the deed,
and his motive is said to have been
prompted by desire to get rid OF Bucher
because he owned some mountain land
upon which Judge wanted to trespass for
the purpose of stealing timber. Delp
made full confession on the witness
stand. He said that he and Evans had
been hired by Judge to put Butcher and
his wife to death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05

FURTHER DETAILS of the battle OF
Kulien Cheng Sunday are constantly
coming to light. 4 report from General
Kashtalinsky, made public in St
Petersburg last night, states that the
conflict was "grievous and yet glorious"
for Russia and the latter country IS en-
deayoring to solace itself with the fact
that the Muscovite fought braVely.
Many Russians are persuading them
selves to believe that the battleof Kullen
Cheng was moral victory for them.
Tbey aver that about 5000 raw Russian
troops fought bravely between 80, 900
and 10000 men, the flower OF the
Mikado's army, and inflicted heavy
loss. At Toxic it is stated that the at
tempt to block Port Arthur harbor
Monday was completely successful.
At Port Arthur it is declared that the
harbor is clear. The report that the
Japanese have captured Niuchwang is
unconfrmed, and is discredited in all
quarters. Notwithstanding the uncer-
tain condition, the japanese engaged
in great exultatiOn in Toxic last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
FOREIGN NEWS

King Edward and Queen Alexandra
returning from their visit to Ireland land
ed at Holyhead this morning and pro-
ceeded at once to London.
The German mail liner Kurfurst, from
Zanzibar is ashore four miles north OF
Sagres, Portugal. The Kurfuerst is a
steamer of 3, $50 tons register.
Plague has broken out among the
Chinese collected at Hong-Kong, for send-
ing to South Africa Consequently the
dispatching of the Cinnamon has been
postponed indefinitely.
Former Premier Waldeck- Rousseau
underwent an operation at Paris this
morning for liver trouble The result
of the operation appears to be favorable,
and no complications are looked for.
The express from Calais, France, for
Basle, Switzerland, was derailed near
Nesle today. There were forty passen-
gers, mostly English, aboard. Five of
the passengers and train guard were
badly injured.
The Manchester, England, Dispatch
prints report that John Morley, the
eminent liberal member of Parliament,
has become a Catholic. Morley has
hitherto been thought to have decided
leaning toward the philosophy of Voltaire
on which he has written a sympathetic
treatise.
The japanese loan for $50, 900, 900
will be brought out next week. OF this
amount $35, 900, 900 will be taken in
London and SO, 900, 600 at New York.
The proceeds of the loan taken in the
United States, will be allowed to remain
in New York to pay for supplies pur-
chased in America.
The Turkish cruiser Abdul Madiid,
which was builtby the Cramps, at Phila-
delphia, and which recently arrived at
Constantinople from America, has been
run ashore while en- route for Smyrna.
The accident was due to the incompetence
of the Turkish officers who were in charge.
None of the American officers who
brought the vessel from Philadelphia
we're aboard, as the Sultan wished to
test Turkish seananship.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
The MetropoIitan Handicap.

New York, May 5.-Sixteen horses
have been named for the Metropolitan
handicap at mile, to be run at Morris
Park this afternoon. The weather con-
ditions are perfect, and record break
ing race is looked for. The great four
year old, Irish Lad, with top weight up,
will be a fayorite. Highball is second
choice in the betting, with Beldame a
close third choice. Rostand, Lux Cssta
and Mamie Worth, are held at fairly
liberal prices. while Stalwart, Eugenia
Burch, Red Knight, and Dazzling will
be well backed for the rich event. The
Others carded to start, and who will be at
long odds, are Orthodox, Pulsus, Lord
Badge, Damon, Illyria and Ingold. The
race will be worth about sl5, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Scarecrow a FotefuI Boey.

Norristown, Pa, May 5.-While Jo-
mas Drissel was driving in Lower Saldfor
his horse took fright at a scarecrow,
reared and fell back on the carriage.
In the vehicle beside Drissel, his wife
and four children, we're Richard Meyer
and wife. All were injured, and aged
Abraham Ziegler, who came to the res
cue, was knocked down by the strug,
Cling horse, the wagon passing over his
stomach and inficting probably fatal in
juries. The horse in the mix-up was
fatally stabbed by broken shaft, death
alone subduing him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05

SENATOR ALDRIoH, of Rhode Island,
chairman of the Senate finance commit
tee, in an interview in Washington yes
terday said
The republican party is welded to no
set of tariff schedules, and will cheerfully
readjust the present duties whenever the
conditions warrant and the welfare of
the country requires it.
The republican leaders are beginning
to see that there is a growing demand
for tariff revision, so Mr.. Aldrich, here
tofore high priest of protection and
high tariff, as a blind to the unthinking,
gives out the above as "official." But
after the election Mr.. Aldrich and his
friends will still say that conditions dc
not warrant and the country does not
require tariff revision.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Echo Of SHOOTING.

Louisville, KY, May 5.--Suit for
divorce was brought this afternoon by
Anne Tarlton Barbour Duncan against
DIR. Ellis Duncan, asking divorce on the
grounds of abandonment. Mrs. Dun
can is living inst. Louis with her mother
and brother. This suit is the outcome
of the sensational shooting Of Bruce
Head by DR.. Duncan near Pittsburg
October 81, 1902. DR.. Duncan, who
was superintendent of the Louisville
City Hospital, suspected the relations
between Head and Mrs. Duncan, and
went to Pittsburg to confront Head with
a letter that he had intercepted. The
result of the meeting was the shooting
of Head. Mrs. Duncan, soon after her
husbands acquittal on the charge of
shooting, removed to st. Louis. DIR.
Duncan is now practicing his profession
in Louisville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Dog Led Them TO the Corpse.

Oil City, Pa, May 5.-Aroused by the
continued barking and peculiar actions
of the family dog Tuesday night, Peter
Berry, a prominent oil producer of this
county, and his hired man followed the
animal TO where the horse and carriage
in which his wife had driven from home
during the afternoon stood on the road
side. A further search in the darkness
revealed the body Of Mrs. Berry lying
near spring. She had left her home
alone to visit friend, and, being subject
to heart trouble, tits thought she alight-
ed from the carriage and tried to reach
the spring to revive herself, when death
overlook her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
Connecticut Democrats.

Hartford, Conn, May 5.-All indica-
tons point today to a test of the relative
strength of the Hearst and Parker forces
as soon as the democratic State conyen-
ton convenes in preliminary session at
the Auditorium tonight. The Parker
men are said to be a unit on the selection
of Judge De Forest as temporary chair
man, and when his name is presented to
the convention it is predicted that the
Hearst faction will show immediate oppo-
sition, and name a candidate of their
choice. Just who this will be cannot be
ascertained today, because the Hearst
men are making no claims and carrying
on all their work in aquiet but determined
manner
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-05
snubbed the American Fleet.

Havana, May 5.-The Spanish press
in Cuba is elated over President Palma 5
refusal to participate in, and the NUM-
cipality's refusal to contribute to, the
entertainment of the American feet
while it is in Cuban waters. European
lobbyists also express satisfaction over
the matter. President Palma, with his
family and cabinet, the Grovernor
of Havana, and the wives and daughters
of the different European diplomats,
left the capital this morning to partici-
pate in fiesta in honor of the Chief
Executive and the Spanish Minister,
given by Senior Juan Pedro, wealthy
Spanish planter. The fiesta is to be
given on Senior Pedro's estate near
Havana.