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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
AFTER THE DISTILLERlES
Standard Oil Company Said to Be
Ready to Buy.


Chicago, Aug. 27.-The Standard Oil
company has taken steps toward &c
curing ownership of all the principal
distilling plants in the United States.
according to special dispatch from
Peoria, ILL.,. to the Tribune. A confer
ence was held Friday last In Chicago
between representatives of the distil-
ling interests and the Standard Oil
company.
A price has been set on every dis
tillery In Peoria and indications are
that a deal will be effected and the
plants will pass into the hands of the
Standard soon.
1t is said the price asked was con-
sidered too high by the Standard Oil
people and the latter threatened If
suitable terms could not be reached to
build distilling houses Of their own.
The chief reason of this action on
the part of the Standard Oil company
was the recent passage Of the alcohol
bill by congress. Experts employed by
the Rockefeller interests, after expert.
menting. reported their product cannot
be manufactured oheaply enough to
make It q serious competitor Of gaso-
line, but that II could be used in the
manufacture Of mercerizsd cotton and
ether fabrics and would be an extreme
u favorable product to control.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
THIRD ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS.
General Min Slain by Young Girl al
Peterhof.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 27.-General
Min, commander Of the Seminovsky
guard regiment, and who, since his
promotion to be general. has been
attached as a personal adjutant to the
suite Of the emperor. was killed on the
station platform at Peterhof by q
young woman, who fired five shots into
his body from an automatic revolver
and then, without resistance. submit
ted to arrest. The capture of the girl
was effected by General Minis wife,
who held her until the arrival of an
officer.
This was the third successive at
tempt on the life Of General Min, who
was condemned to death by the ter
rorists Immediately after the Moscow
revolt last December, on account Of
stern repression practiced by q bat
TALON under his command. and es-
pecially for the Wholesale execution
Of persons condemned to drumhead
courtmartial for being caught with
arms in their hands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
----------~s~--4.
LAND is DISTRIBUTED.
Russian Government Takes Step 70.
ward Placating Peasants.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 28.-The distri-
button of crown appanages. the first
part of the administrations agrarian
programme, by which it is hoped to
win the peasantry to the support Of
the government at the coming cleo
lions, was put in effect Monday, when
q ukase was published transferring the
100000 acres of appanage lands men,
toned In the Associated Press dis
patches Aug. % to the Peasants bank
for distribution to the peasants. The
urgency of the situation is such that
the ukase, which was signed the day
of the attempt on the life of Premier
Stolypin, was gazetted without wait
ing for final decision as to the method
and terms of payment. The principal
question. whether the latter shall be
thirty-three or sixty years, has not yet
been decided. The announcement on
this point and of the transfer of TO-
100000 acres of crown lands will be
made later.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
to pull the next lever.


A well groomed form appeared
and said, 81 am republican, / was
a democrat last June. | attended
the democratic convention at Yank.
ton. | am a member of the board of
education and am going to expose
their crookedness-so some time" In
went the lever.
"Say, Jens, here is another little
lever, see what that is" "All right,
Fred" Jens pulled the lever and a
diminutive Snowfall" appeared,
bowed and smiled 1.-The smile that
wont come off," and said, "Oi
course" Jens was plainly disguised
He said to Fred. swell, Fred, l
guess there is something wrong with
the critter. l guess we will have to
take it back and give it thorough
overhauling so that it will be in
shape to exhibit September 18th. |
wonder who could have monkeyed
with it. May be it was Ross E.
Parks"
"Say, Jens," said Fred, "that was
about the grandest fizzle ever saw.
You'd better stick to your old light
ming rod machine. You understand
n halter
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
STANDARD OIL INDICTED.
Accused Of Accepting Rebates From
Railroads.

Chicago. Aug. 2S.-Ten indictments.
containing In all GAPS separate counts,
were returned against the Standard
Oil company Monday by the two grand
juries that for several weeks have
been investigating In Chicago the rela-
lions between the oil company and
the railroads Of the country.
Each of the GAPS counts covers an
alleged offense and Is based on tank
car shipment of petroleum products
from the refineries at Whiting. Ind.
According to statement, issued after
the indictments had been returned,
from the Office Of the United States
district attorney, these shipments
were carried by the following roads:
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
Chicago and Alton, Chicago and East
ern Illinois, Evansville and Terre
Haute, Illinois Central. Southern and
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30

NSchOol begins. September 10th,
1906, and we again wish to call
your attention to the school
book credit. This year we posi-
lively refuse to give credit even
to mi1liOnaries. We are simply
county agants and must settle
with the county the first of each
month. Ha1bkat & Co.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
Hunters Take Notice.

The voters and property owners Of
Grenville township at the annual cleo.
ton held in March 1876. by majority
vote decided to allow no hunting on the
farms of that township during the fall
of 1906, and all persons are hereby
varied if they are caught afield with a
gun and dog in Grenville township
they will be prosecuted according to
law.
V. Kampa,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
NOTICE..

The Webster public schools will open
Monday, September 10th, 1906. AL
pupils are urged to be in their respec-
tive places at the opening of school
Pupils who come in late will have much
difficulty in making up back work, and
in making their grades. This is true
of pupils in the grades, as well as in the
high school.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
COLONEL RIEMAN KILLED.
Assassinated at Luga While on His
Way to Warsaw.

st. Petersburg, Aug. PA report
has reached here that Colonel Rieman
Of the Seminovsky guard regiment had
been assassinated at Luga, where he
stopped while on his way to Warsaw
to take up position on the staff of
General Skallon, governor general of
Warsaw. The report has not yet been
confirmed, though four officers Of the
Seminovsky regiment are said to have
left st. Petersburg to identify the body.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
ON ACCOUNT OF BOYCOTT.
Racine (Wis.) Baker Secures Heav,
Verdict for Damages.

Racine, Wis. Aug. 2S.-Judge Fow-
Ter Of Fond du Lac has awarded Otto
B. Schulz, a prominent baker Of this
city, $4,000 damages in his suit against
some eighty members Of the trades
and labor council for boycotting his
business and placing his name on the
unfair list some two years ago because
he refused to put the union label on
his products. The decision was hand
ed down in the circuit court at Fond
Au Lao.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Disastrous Floods Sweep Over Large
Part Of Mexico.

Mazatlan, Mex. Aug. 27.-Several
hundred people have been rendered
homeless by the disastrous foods
which have swept over this region for
the past few days.
Twenty days of incessant rain
throughout this region of the Pacific
coast has made the whole lower coun-
try a vast sea of water. The waters
Of the bay have been supplemented
by torrents which have poured down
from inland. Scores Of houses located
on the beach were swept away. A
broad boulevard which connected the
city with the sea has been destroyed.
The losses to sugar planters will be
very heavy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
PREMIER THE WORK OF
REvOLUTIONISTS.
rerrorists Explode Bomb in Residence
Of Russian Minister With Result
That Thirty-two People Were Killed
and Seventy-eight injured-Stolypin,
Being in an Adjoining Room, Es-
capped Injury.


st. Petersburg. Aug 25.-Thirty-two
killed and seventy eight injured is the
appalling casualty list as the result of
the attempt made during the after
noon by terrorist bomb throwers to
kill Premier Stolypin in his own home.
Premier Stolypin's daughter had
both legs broken by the explosion.
Among the dead are the governor Of
Penza, General Zameatin, who was
chief Of communication during the Rus
so-Japanese war, and Colonel Stein,
who commanded the police at Tauride,
where the douma met during Its brief
session.
Many of those who were killed by
the bomb are unacceptable, their
bodies being blown to fragments.
The three-year-old son of Premier
Stolypin is among those most serious
ly injured. Like his sister, he was
struck by piece of flying wreckage.
Premier Stolypin, however. escaped
for the reason that the terrorists had
not been able to force their way into
his presence when one of the bombs
with which they were armed accident
ally was exploded.
The plot against M. Stolypin was
one OF the boldest ever Matched by the
tsrrorists and 1t nearly succeeded.
Drop Bomb Fighting Guards.
-Four rsvolutionists dressed as gen.
darmes were able to secure admittance
ct the regular Saturday reception held
by tho premier at his villa on Apte.
karsky island. Once inside the house
the terrorists attempted TO force their
way into M. Stolypin's private office.
They were stopped in an ants-cham-
Der, however. by Q waiter.
A fight ensued with the guard who
rushed to the assistance Of the waiter.
During the struggle. bomb which
was concealed In the clothes OF the
mock genGarmes fell to the floor and
burst.
The explosion caused terrible de-
struction in the room. Every person
in the chamber was killed except one
of the perpetrators of the outrage, and
he was promptly placed under arrest
by soldiers who rushed into the house.
Ceilings and walls fell In, crushing
several persons under their weight
The force of the explosion was so
great that many persons in the adjoin-
ing rooms were seriously injured.
Premier Stolypin's escape was due
to the fact that the wall of the room
protected him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
PuLAJANE BAND BROKEN.
Main Force Of Insurgents Split Up In.
to Smaller Bodies.

Manila, Aug. 27.-It Is officially re-
ported that the main band of the
Pulajanes has broken into smaller
bodies.
A general movement of 1000 troops
and 800 constabulary through all parts
OF the disaffected region is planned. A
part of the province Of Leyte, south of
Buyog bay, has been cleared Of Pula-
James. There Is no disaffection on the
west coast except few bands, which
have escaped the soldiers. On the
east coast native volunteers are bring
ing In prisoners. Governor veyra re-
ports that hundreds Of natives have
volunteered to help the troops.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30

ter Being of Doubtful value-FaiI.
ure Follows Sudden and Suspicious
Death Of President Nipple.
Philadelphia, Aug. 29.-Unable to
meet its obligations because of large
amount of money loaned on INSULT
Client securities by its president, now
dead, the Real Estate Trust company
of Philadelphia, which up to last Sat
urday was considered one of the
strongest financial institutions in the
city, closed its doors Tuesday. Soon
afterwards George H. Earle, Jr., was
appointed receiver. The liabilities are
placed at s10,000.000. against which
there are quick assets Of about $780,
900 and collateral of about $S,000,000
which is not negotiable or readily con-
veEtible This doubtful collateral Is
held as security for loans Of about
$5.300.O00 made to Adolf Segal. a pro-
moter of this city.
The man responsible for the failure
was Frank X Nipple, one of Philadel-
phia's best known citizens, who died
suddenly last Friday morning in his
country home at Bryn Mawr, near
here. under circumstances which, In
the light Of Tuesdays developments,
lead to the suspicion that he may have
committed suicide. Mr.. Nipple, In ad-
dition to being president of the Real
Estate Trust company. was the treas
urer of the board Of trustees of the
general assembly Of the Presbyterian
church In the United States and Of
several other church funds, and was q
director of the Franklin National bank.
Recently Mr.. Nipples accounts Of the
Presbyterian church were examined
by certified accountants and were
stated positively whether those be-
longing to the general assembly are
intact, although 1t Is hoped they are.
For the loans to Adolf Segal, Nipple
accepted as collateral securities of the
Majestic hotel, the Swedish Steel COM
pany Of Lancaster, Pa, and the Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining company Of
this city. The steel company and the
sugar refining concern have never
been placed In operation. Segal
claims the collateral he gave is good
and that he will meet all his obliga-
tions.
There are others to whom Nipple
loaned money on insufficient security,
but these names have not been made
public and the sums are not believed
to be large. How far Nipple bnefitted
In the loans made or whether he was
merely the tool of others Is yet to be
determined.
Persistent rumors that President
Nipple committed suicide were borne
out Tuesday night when II was au-
thoritatively stated that he took his
life at his home last Friday morning
Mr.. Nipple Is said to have taken a dose
of laudanum with suicidal intent.
While still conscious he filled his bath
tug with water and later was found
apparently drowned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30

S may be fully acquainted witt
e citizens who comprise this terri
e machine, we append their name
ID ask you if you believe for al
slant that these men exercise an,
the Gear like tendencies ascribe,
them by the newly converted
publicans whose headquarters ar
tablished in the Office of Franz
nderson.
Central Point.
Rukolph Rather,
j. w. Dilley.
Webster.
Jas. E. McFadden,
G.. Z. Wheeler.
Bristol.
Geo. Chamberlain,
n. j. Serum.
Lynn.
G. E. Blegen,
A. g. Paulson.
Raritan.
F. c. Moore,
Abel Hellevang.
Grenville.
Frank Miotke,
Frank Dolney.
Pennington.
l.. A. Hastings,
G. V. n. Perry.
Waubay.
Herman Zubke,
Chas. Zubke.
Scotland.
E. j. Bjerke.
w. L. Cornell.
Andover.
Jas. Hall,
w. H. Goodrich.
Rusk.
D. |. Williams.
B. D. Fish.
Kidder.
Henry Mahrenholtz,
d. G. Kidder.
Butler.
l.. C. Goodell,
j. G. Nichols.
Valley.
Thos. Conley,
Iver Bergeson.
Nutley.
Ingebret Nelson,
A. S. Hazelden.
Racine.
G. j. Schultz,
Jas. Hamilton.
Kosciusko.
j. S. Wyganowski,
Frank Mundry.
Union.
Geo. F. Fossum,
Hans Wohl.
Homer.
j. L. Bullock,
Andrew Ottum.
Independence.
Ole Swenson,
John Mahlan.
Morton.
Chas. Ebert,
o. l.. Williams.
Liberty.
A. Il. Herman,
John MonshaugeD.
Egeland.
Henry Bremen,
Hans j. jacobson.
Wheatland.
G. C. Kohlhase,
j. j. Fossee.
Highland.
H. w. Rowlee,
L. j. Langland.
York.
Frank Johnson,
Myron Corbin.
Troy.
Isaac Paulson.
Oak Gulch.
G. c. Wade,
VIM. Shannon.
Waubay Village.
H. w. Wayland,
G. G. Bush.
Bristol Village.
w. w. Knott,
H. A. Whiting.
Andover Village.
A. E. Raynes,
j. Wander Meide.
Pierpont Village.
John Ewald,
o. j. Sletten.
Webster City.
j. w. Arthur, LIST ward,
z
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
SCHOOL NOTICE.

Superintendent of City schools
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
FAILS FOR MILLIONS
REAL ESTATE TRUST COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA UNABLE
TO MEET OBLIGATIONS.

Liabilities of the Concern Placed at
Ten Million Dollars and Assets at
Eleven Million, the Bulk Of the Lat.
ter Being of Doubtful value-Fail.
ure Follows Sudden and Suspicious
Death of President Nipple.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30

V. Kampa,
Township Clerk
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wrong, or in the hands of those that
believe the prosperity of the country
will be best conserved by an adher-
ence to the principles as laid down
by Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and
Roosevelt. In order that our read
ers may be fully acquainted with
the citizens who comprise this terri
BILE machine, we append their names
and ask you if you believe for an
instant that these men exercise any
of the Car like tendencies ascribed
to them by the newly converted"
republicans whose headquarters are
established in the Office of Frank
Anderson.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
MEANING OF RUSSIAN TERMS.

PROLETARIAT.--Instead Of calling
themselves workmen, the Russian la
borers refer to themselves as the pro
letariat.
BLACK HUNDRED are the loyalists
among the workmen. They want re-
forms, but at the same time they have
not lost their Unborn respect for the
Gar and for religion. They regard
as enemies all those who attack the
Gar and religion.
REACTIONARIES are those who OPP
pose the granting Of liberal govern
ment. They are the large class of
superior Office holders and mobiles who
realize that when Russia is free they
will lose their jobs,
INTELLECTUALS general term
applied to the Russian people apart
from the proletariat and reactionaries
They are educated Russians who are
trying to libcralize the government and
are split up into innumerable parties
who have great difficulty in working
together.
CONSTITUTIONAL arc n small
body who are opposed to violent means
for securing freedom for Russia. They
WANT ill ltIpIIliN W N'lll' llpili wv
douma. the new Russian parliament.
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS are fol-
lowers of Tolstoi, who oppose all re-
sistance to the bureaucracy and who
want the establishment Of coop
eratve community through the aholi
ton Of private ownership Of land.
BUND.-The Jewish revolutionary or
ganization, which is working for the
establishment OF full local government
for Poland. 1t is the best organized
revolutionary force in Russia and Its
work in Warsaw has completely ter
rorzed the local authorities there.
ZEMSTVOISTS are the members OF
the various municipal governments Of
Russia who were the first to begin D
systematic agitation this year for the
granting Of constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
EXILED FOR CLOSING LID.
Reform Mayor of St. Cloud (Minn) Is
Driven Out of Town Because of
His mo Beer" Rule.

ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Jan. S.-As re-
suit of Mayor John \. Bensen's effort to
close the saloons on week days at II
p. m. and all day Sunday, the atmosphere
of this German town has become too hot
for him, and he left for Mexico. The
agitation began in an evangelistiC cru
SADIE last fall led 10y Rev. Robert T..
Johnson.
\ secret meeting was held by the sa-
loon keepers and their patrons, at which
Il commlttc was appointed To visit the
mayor and ask him to rcsCind his order.
1t was urged that all good Germans
wanted beer on their way To and from
mass on Sundays. This had great weight
with the mayor, who is Il German, but
he refused to back up. \ more subtle
scheme was then formulated. 1t was
suggested that the mayor should go to
Mexico and look after his cattle inter
ests there. He resisted.
Two days ago Theodore Bruner, Ger
man lawyer and politician, stated in be
half of the saloon element that Mayor
Benson would be given until shutdown
Saturday night to leave the city.
Half nm hour before this statement
was made public Mayor Benson said his
extensive rauching interests Ill Mexico
demanded his presence.
4 local German cwspaper printed yes
terday n rabid attack on the mayor be
cause it was said he was Il disgrace &c
the German race, and that he had
stained his good llanoverian name.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
HYPNOTIC TRANCE is FAKE.
Man Buried for Days Has Food, Drink
and Air

George Hausman, who attracted much
attention in st. Louis by allowing HIM
self to be buried n week at time on
several occasions, supposedly under the
influence Of hypnotic trance, is in FoQx
Courts hold-over on the charge Of steal
ing. The method by which Hausmeo
was able to delude hundreds of specta8
tors into the belief that he was in =
trance and remained in the coffin a weey
without food, was exposed by him al
-Four Courts. The coffin was padded a
as to make it comfortable resting place,
and was unusually large. At the head Of
the grave a finch tube was placed, sd
that the spectators could see the face Of
~ supposedly tranced man. AT the bots
tom of this tube was a plate of glass
which from above appeared to be, part
of the lid Of the coffin and to fit closely
against the bottom Of the tube, but
which in reality, Hausman says, was
held in wire loop strung across the boz
inclosing the coffin, and hung half an
inch from the bottom of the tube, so az
to allow the imprisoned man abundance
of air. The plate Of glass could be
slipped out OF the loop at will. At nlght
Hausman says, food and drink would ~
brought to him when no outsider could
sce and lowered to him through the
tube. With abundance of air and plenty
to eat and drink Hausman says. there
was no especial danger in the fake, ali
though it was uncomfortable and re-
Quired endurance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

playwright Siberia, that is to say,
the Asiatic portion Of the Russian en-
pirc, is divided for administrative pur-
poses into ~ governments, or prov
inces, which form Eastern Siberia,
Central Siberia and the provinces Of
the Amour River. The Russian penal
code, as has already been told. places
the punishments which are followed
by civil death in two classes.
The victims Of these punlshments arc
transported to Siberia with hard labor
for long terms or for life Some of the
convicts go to Central SiberiN, where
they are not condemned to obligatory
labor. In the provinces Of the Amour
River, where all transportation is cen
tralized. convlcts are only sent to dc
forced labor Those who have com
pleted their punishment can remain
where they are sent as coIonists.
Eastern Central Siberia is used fol
second-clas convicts. But this system
Of transportation should not be con
founded with the French system. II
is applied to criminals at common law
and consists Of exile without forced Ia
Dor, but change of residence is pro
hibited. In the provinces Of Eastern
Siberia, which reach to the Ural Noun
ta,ns, transportation is concentrated
But this punishment is not pronounced
| by the courts.
It Is applied by the councils Of the
communes, which form fiscal union
! Thus, when q member of tbs rura
commune has been condemned to I'M
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
QUAKE SHAKES THE WEST
Distinct Shock Felt in Western Missouri,
Eastern Kansas and Southern Ne
braSka Sunday Evening.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. S.-A dis
tinct earthquake shock with motion
from north to south, lasting twenty three
seconds to one minute. was felt III west
ern Missouri. eastern Kansas anG south
ern Nebraska about G:17 O'Clock last
evening.
The territory affected extends from
Nebraska on the north nearly to the
Oklahoma and Indian territory line on
the south. and from Salina, Kan, on
the west. to Kansas City, St Joseph,
and Joplin, Mo-, on the east.
With the exception of the knocking of
plaster from walls at some points in
Kansas. no damage was reported, al
though persons ran to the streets AT
some places in fear that their houses
would tumble in.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. S-Tho
Masaya earthquakes began the night of
December 81 with slight shocks, ipcrcas-
ing gradually at short intervals, shaking
Masaya City and cracking almost every
wall in the town. The people are panic
stricken now in the fear that the vol
Cano may bury the city.