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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

the senate. The progressives do
not deny that they are spending
large sums of money. Not all OF it
can be accounted for by the "sinews"
furnished by Messrs. Richards, Way
ct al. Where, then, does the rest
come from? The stalwarts contend
that money controlled by the Nor
mon church has been sent into the
state to defeat Senator Kitttedge for
the fight which he made against the
seating of Senator Smoot. The pro-
gressixes laugh at the assertion, and
say the stalwarts have no means of
proving it. w. S Bowen, once edi-
tor of the Press and Kittredge
fighter, is now holding an editorial
position on former Senator Dubois
paper at Boise City, Idaho, and in
recent editorial comment contends
that the allegations of the Kittredge
men are well taken. The Mormon
church, he says, makes it it's business
to interfere in just such instances
and it has an abundance of money
TO spend to defeat it's political enc
mics"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

E. G. Torrey, the we'll known
special correspondent OF the Mime
apolis Journals journeying through
South Dakota engaged in writing up
the political situation for his paper.
An article from Huron was devoted to
the outlook from the insurgent stand
point, and one from Sioux Falls
treated Of the situation from a stall
wart point of view. The latest anti
Gle speaks of the hopes of the demo-
Gratis who figure they have chance
between the warning republican fac.
tions. There is much meat for
thought in this article, especially in
that portion treating of the primary
law. But there is one paragraph to
which the attention of our readers is
called which is confrmatory of the
charges Of the stalwarts as regards
the immense corruption fund at the
command of the insurgents and the
sources from which it comes. Mr..
Torrey is an unbiased observer OF
men and conditions in this state and
matter contributed by him is worthy
of the fullest consideration. He
says:
Thomas A. Way, once Warwick
in Iowa, is playing the role off and
on in South Dakota. In Iowa he
was for Cummins and in South
Dakota he is for Crawford. Mr.,
Way is said to have furnished some
Of the good money that is boosting
the Crawford regime. He helped to
buy and equip WATERFOWL daily
paper and has imported an editor
from the progressive preserves in
Iowa to run it. The Minneapolis a
st. Louis road with which Mr.. WAY
is prominently connected, and the
Chicago q Northwestern, for which
Mr.. Crawford was general attorney
from 1897 to 1904, are said to be
backing the Crawford candidacy for
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
Woman's Wit.

An emperor of Germany besieged a
city which belonged to one Of his rebel
lious noblemen. After the siege had
lasted for long time the emperor de-
termined to take 1t by storm and to de-
stroy all 1t contained by FIRE and sword.
He did not, however, wish to injure
the defenseless women: therefore, he
sent proclamation into the town. say
ing that all the women might leave
the place unhurt and carry with them
whatever they held most precious. The
nobleman's wife instantly decided to
take her husband, and the other wo
men followed her example. They soon
issued from the city gate In a long pro-
cession, each one with her husband on
her shoulders. The emperor was 30
much struck with the noble conduct Of
the women that he spared all; even the
city itself was left untouched.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCE
Catholic Celebration Held in New
York City.

New York, April 29.-Not since the
last plenary council of Baltimore has
there been such a gathering of Catho-
lie hierarchy as that which assembled
In St. Patrick's cathedral and offered
public thanksgiving for the completion
of a hundred years Of Catholicism in
New York. With two exceptions,
every archbishop in the country was
present and all of the leading bishops
and numerous heads of the various
religious orders. The archbishops
were Ryan Of Philadelphia, Ireland of
st. Paul, Glennon of st. Louis, Keane
of Dubuque, O'Connell Of Boston,
Blenk of New Orleans, Quigley of
Chicago. Moeller of Cincinnati and
Farley of New York, and Bishops
Caneyin of Pittsburg, Fitzmaurics of
Erie, Cotton of Buffalo, O'Connor of
Newark, McQuaide of Rochester,
Burke of Albany, Ludden of Syracuse,
McFaul of Trenton and others, and
at their head Americas representa-
tive Of the sacred college, Cardinal
Gibbons. Monsignore Falconio, the
apostolic delegate, represented the
Vatican,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

$92 80. They do not charge any
steal but leave you to infer that
there has been steal. The foct is
that to get one of the witnesses and
also the principal witness, he hat to
90 to Plankinton and had an order
of the court directing him to do so,
and had to t1ke him back to the
same place and the mileage and
expense on that one witness as they
could ascertain ia the Office of the
clerk of courts had they been dis
posed to be fair, was $3.50. The
treasurer's miscellaneous receipt No.
1882 dated January 80, 1908, show S
that Anton Block paid to the clerk
of courts $I79.l0 as fine and costs
in this identical case. The court
docket also shows that the fine was
only $1,000, so that the costs paid
were 1929. 10, and that those sheriff's
fees were taxed up as costs and that
Anton Block paid them all and that
the county was not out one cent.
In fact the county had the money
before the sheriff's bill was allowed.
1t would seem to us that if anyone
had kick to register it would be
Mr., Block, but he is apparently sat
isfed. Why didn't the World tell
the whole truth?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE.
Nine Persons Killed and Many Injured
in Michigan Wreck.

Detroit, April 29.-Two large inter
urban trolley cars on the Detroit,
Jackson and Chicago railway, part
of the Detroit United Railways sys-
tenn, running from Detroit to Jackson,
collided head-on while running about
forty-tive miles an hour twenty-five
miles west of here, near Ypsilanti.
Nine men were killed and about thirty
men and women injured, some of them
seriously. All of the severely injured
were taken to the university hospital
at Ann Arbor. A mistake in orders
on the part of Motorman lisa Fay Of
the limited car, who was crushed to
death beneath his vestibule, is alleged
to have caused the collision. 1t is
charged that he overran his orders.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

Williams and Frank Sears are going
before the people to resent some of
the charges made against them.
Firstly, it is a privilege of every
American citizen to take stand for
his Interpretation of what is right;
secondly, it is not only a privilege
but duty for an American citizen
to answer such charges as have been
made against these men in this cam
paign. Does the editor OF that
weekly sheet think that citizens are
to sit still and listen to such lies and
misrepresentations as have continu-
ally been made against not only
these but other men, and men who
have been chosen by voters of Day
county to represent them as officials {?
Does he think that stalwarts of the
county are going to sit still and
allow these disappointed office
seekers and soreheaded politicians
to continuously misrepresent things
show them up in light that is
intended to deceive the voters of
Day county? No, Brother Bronson,
that may be the way they do it in
Olmstead county but not in South
Dakota. Follow these gentlemen
through one of their speeches and
from it pick out one falsehood, one
thing misrepresented, then he can
with justice to the tribe he repre-
sents, use his columns to advantage.
He spends his time and space guess
ing at what they will say, he dare
not print what they do say. La the
last issue of that insurgent sheet he
publishes an article in which he
tries to represent that our sheriff
pads his accounts. An answer to
which appears in another column
This is only one of the many things
he publishes in the hope of deceiy-
ing voters. We can not help but
feel that Brother Bronson knows
better, for it would be dark spot
on the newspaper fraternity for US
to admit that an editor could be so
ignorant of the affairs of everyday
life. Would it not be just as easy
for him to examine the records and
get the facts IN the matter? Is he
so ignorant not to know that the
books are open for inspection? He
could, if only willing to exercise a
little energy and not quit SO willing
to misrepresent things, have found
out and printed that matter as it
really is; but of course it would not
be good policy from an insurgent
stand point to print the truth-if he
knows he dare not tell. But should
he do this it would be more in line
with the policy he laid out some
time ago, but from which he has
since strayed; that policy of fairness.
This decision of Fairness in all
Things" was made before he read
page Is of Crawford's handbook.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

Get copy of Senator Kittredge's
arguments against the lumber trusts
delivered in the senate more than a
year ago. Then read Congressman
Philo Halls recent speech on the
lumber trust which has been circula-
ted broadcast throughout the state.
Compare the two and see how close
copy of Senator Kittredge's
remarks Halls speech is.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

Probably Governor Crawford in
his Andover speech will defend the
action of his state treasurer in appro-
to himself the $4,000, per
year interest on the state funds.
Again, he probably will not. Let
us wait with patience.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

The World denominated the Kilt
redge meeting held in this city as a
railroad rally, yet in its local col
umns of last week can be found the
that special trains
will be run from various points in
Day county to the Crawford meeting
to be held in Andover. OF course
this will not be railroad rally, but
simply an outpouring OF the people.
How consistent are these insurgents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
BIG VESSELS COLLIDE.
Liner ST. Pau! Crashes Into British
Cruiser Gladiator.

Portsmouth, Eng, April 25.-The
American line steamer st. Paul and
the British cruiser Gladiator were in
collision off the Isle of Wight.
A heavy snow storm was raging at
the time. The Gladiator was badly
damaged and has been beached. Her
crew took to the boats and during
this operation some twenty men are
reported to have lost their lives.
The passengers and crew of the
st. Paul all are safe. The st. Paul
sustained a damaged bow She is
now standing by the disabled cruiser.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
BANK ROBBED OF $4,000
Trusted Employees Of Manila Institu-
ton Accused.

Manila. April 27.-The Banco Es-
Filipino has been the victim of
extensive frauds totaling over $4,000
pesos, or about $4,000 in gold. The
cashier says that through trusted en-
plOyes, who have been operating with
outside accomplices and honoring
checks against non-existing accounts,
altering the books to conceal the
facts. this leak has been going on for
years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
ILLINOIS FOR BRYAN.
Nebraskan Secures the Delegation
From That State.

NtUTdoNdH 0SONTSS IHU DSIcSdNIUH
From That State.
Springfield, ILL.,, April 24.-The ILL
nois Democracy adopted the unit rule
and instructed its delegates to the
national convention at Denver to vote
for William j. Bryan and to "use all
honorable means" to secure his nomi-
nation.
After q hot fight in the resolutions
committee, which was carried into the
convention, the party adopted a plat
form plank declaring In favor of the
greatest possible personal liberty" to
individuals, provided such liberty did
not infrange upon the rights Of other
DeOple.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

that the World will maintain its
assertion that the Carroll bill is a
rate bill, will it kindly inform its
readers as to the reason why the
Price bill was defeated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30
Another sampla of II

Another sample of insurgent
deception appears in the Webster
World in regard to the bill of Phillip
Gross for subpoenaing six witnesses
in which he charged mileage Of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

The editor of the World seems to
be getting worried because David
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-30

The local political ghoul was seen
at his best Tor worst) the past week.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
THE LETTER THAT KLLETH.
Trifling Errors That Have Had Big
Results In Court.

It is on record that Lord Denman
established great reputation at the bar
by securing an acquittal in a famous
case on the ground that certain firm
described in the Indictment as 'pro-
prietors of silk and cotton lace man
ufactory' should have been described
as 'proprietors Of a silk and of cot
ton lace manufactory," it having been
ascertained that they made both silk
and cotton lace.
In 1927 judge quashed an inquisi-
ton for murder because it was refer
red to the jurors as ION their oaths"
instead Of con their OATH"
In yet another case the judge held
that the omission of the word "ewe"
was sufficient to invalidate a convic-
tion because the word "ewe" as well
as "sheep" was used in the statute.
In 1S41 Lord Cardigan was indicted
for firing on Captain Tucket in a duel.
He was acquitted because the cap
.tafn's Christian names were wrongly
entered in the indictment.
In another case about the same pc
riod legal document was invalidated
because the letters A. D. were used
instead Of the words ''In the year of
our Lord" WESTMINSTER Review
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
Layinu a Ghost.

This ghost story was among those
omitted from Mr.. Stead's famous COL
lection: There was an ordinary cup
board door that always mysteriously
creaked open at five minutes before
midnight unless it was kept locked,
and when it was kept locked it groan-
ed and ratified instead precisely at the
same hour. Then came along a spook
expert, who discovered that at five
minutes before midnight the fast ex
press train passed along the highroad
a mile away from the house and set in
motion some vibratory wave that acted
upon the cupboard and scared a whole
household
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
A Perfect Chicken Pie.

Cut into pieces one chicken. Boil in
enough water until tender, adding.
when half done, one teaspoonful salf
Take out the chicken, keep warm and
thicken the liquid with one tablespoon
full each of -four and butter rubbed
together, add salt and pepper to taste
and boil five minutes. Take one quart
Of -four, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, a little salt and one cup Of
butter and mix as for biscuit. Take
half, roll a fourth of an inch and line
a dish, leaving an inch over the sides
to turn over the upper crust. Put in
the chicken, pour over gravy. cover
with the upper crust, with large hole
in the center for steam to escape. wet
the edge and fold over the upper crust
and press firmly together. Spread soft
butter over the top and bake about two
hours in moderate oven.-Boston Post
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
An Unpleasant Visitor.

A frightful shape loomed up before
the nearsighted eyes Of the frightened
professor. 1t was of heroic size, it
stopped a little, it's arms were unusu-
ally long, its forehead was retreating
and its feet were bare and very broad.
You have taken great liberties with
me-" said the shape. You refer to me
ON every possible occasion, ascribing
to me characteristics of which I know
nothing. You have a reprehensible
way of shifting to my shoulders a
great many problems that are too
much for your limited mind to grasp.
Come, now, what do you mean by it?'
"I've never seen you before" STAN
mered the professor. "Who are you"
The shape haughtily drew itself up.
Il am the primitive man" it cried in
a terrible voice.
And the professor is understood to be
running yet-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
SHOES AND STOCKINGS.
A Way by Which Their Lasting Quail
ties May Be Increased.

ties May Be Increased.
While your shoes are new or before
the soles are much worn apply with a
small brush several coats of linseed
oil, letting it dry in we'll each time be-
fore reapplying. The oil acts much
the same on the leather as it does on
wood, and if the applications Of oil
are repeated frequently the sole may
be preserved intact indefinitely.
It sounds unreasonable to talk of
preserving hosiery to any appreciable
extent, but it may be done. The Of
tener hosiery is washed the longer it
will last. By washing I do not neces-
sarily mean the ordinary laundry
method, which is calculated to fade
and rot the fiber. Really, to preserve
hosiery it must have personal super
vision Stockings should never be
worn longer than one day. They
should then be rinsed in lukewarm
water with a few drops of ammonia
in it, dried and worn without ironing.
This repeated wetting Of the fiber
keeps it so firm and strong that it will
not break at the points of greatest
distension. This treatment applies to
cotton, lisle thread and silk hosiery.
If you will treat your new hose this
way from the beginning, you need
darn but very little. OF course in time
all hosiery, however expensive or
strong, will succumb to wear, but the
above method of treatment will double
the lasting qualities. New York
World
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
REGULATING BALLOONS.
France f7ade the First Laws Govern
ing Aerial Traffic.

France f.lade the First Laws Govern
ing Aerial Traffic.
In ISL, when French balloons from
beleaguered Paris were dropping on
the sacred soil' Of Prussia. a royal
decree declared them confscate as con-
traband Of war. And on the conclu-
sion of peace a measure was passed
through the German reichstag which
forbade under penalty OF death any
future similar aerial violation of Ger
man territory during time of war.
So long ago as 1880, again, balloon
ascents we're made illegal in Turkey,
so far as regards Constantinople and
forty miles around. and in 1872 the pro-
hibition was extended to include the
entire Turkish empire. To France,
however, belongs the distinction of hav-
ing made the first laws for the regula-
ton af aerial traffic. In 1IS4 it was
solemnly decreed that nobody should
be permitted to go up in balloon 'or
any other kind of aerostatic machine"
which was worked by burning spirits
of wine or any other means of making
a fire
Later. in 1911, it was enacted in
France that hencefcrth 10 balloon.
whether free or captive. should be per
mitted to ascend with any species of
furnace or stove. that no one should
be allowed to ascend in balloon un-
less he carried parachute and that
ascents were not to be begun later
than one hour before sunset nor earlier
than an hour after sunrise. Further
more, no ascents whatever were to be
undertaken during the garnering Of the
harvest nor for six weeks prior
thereto
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11

An army of bats invaded the bed
room of rectory in Dorsetshire. and
from every part Of the room they
could be heard plunging against mir
rors and glasses, knocking against the
ceiling, while too often to be pleasant
ore would hit against the head Of the
bed The rector struck Il match and
lit candle. This served to attract
the creatures nearer to that particu-
lar part of the room in which he bed
was placed. Then the reverend gen
tleman placed the candle near an open
window, only to find that other bats
began to ccme in. so that it was i'm
possible to count how many there
were in the /, il. Another plan was
tried All the curtains were drawn
aside and the east window opened
wide. The light was put out. and the
visitors gradually dispersed.-London
Standard
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
RISE OF DIALECT.
Source of the Expressions "Stia im!"
and "Sick Emil"


and "Sick Emil"
When boy in some parts of New
England has occasion to set his dog
upon any one or anything he exclaims,
as rule: "Stig i'm! Stig 'im!" The
New York boy or the boy of the west
generally says: "Sick 'em! Sick 'em!'
To the western boy the command "Stig
1m! sounds absurd; it provokes his
laughter. But his own command is
equally amusing to the New England
boy.
This little difference illustrates the
beginning of local dialect. Probably
neither boy thinks of the exact mean
ing of what he says. He is merely
repeating words he has heardN others
use, which he is sure, from their fire.
quent repetition. that the dog will un-
derstand.
The boy who says "Sick 'em" is re-
peattng a corruption only one degree
removed of the words "Seek him.
which are very old command
"Stig 'imr' is a corruption one degree
further removed from its original than
"Sick 'em!" 1t began with "Take
himw which was varied by the use of
$50 before it-"So take him" From
this to "S' take him. was an easy
step, and the more easily pronounced
"Stig 'im!" was the next corruption
Boston Transcript
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
JELLYFiSH.
In Tropical Waters This Queer Crea-
ture Is at Its Best.

In Tropical Waters This Quser Crea-
ture Is at Its Best.
Few marine animals seem at first
glance to betray less intelligence than
the jellyfsh. Up with the tide and
down with the tide, carried along by
this or that current, moving with the
eddy of q backwater hither and thith-
er, the jellyfsh has become almost
synonym for helplessness. Scfentiical-
ly, of course the popular idea of the
iellyfish is wholly mistaken, but it is
perhaps only in tropical waters that it
is found in the perfection of intelli-
gence. In the south Pacific round the
islands of Polynesia and as far south
as the upper portion of the North is
land of New Zealand there is a jelly
fish that not only knows where it
wants to go, but is even provided with
a sail which it can and does hoist or
lower at will. The sail, like the rest
of this curious animal, is almost trans
parent: but. unlike the body of the
fish. which is of the usual gelatlnous
construction, the sail is a membrane
almost as hard as shell. Round about
the Ellice group the navigating fish is
often found with a sail measuring five
inches across, and it navigates the
shallow island waters with the skill Of
a pilot, steering in and out of shaggy
places and avoiding obstructions both
above and below the surface with un-
erring skill. Like it's cousins in home
waters, this navigating jellyfish has
the power of stinging it's natural enc
mics, and it's sting is fatal to other
fish and dangerous to man>-London
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
Called For the Author.

The Friars, an organization of the
atrical press agents, dined manager
more conspicuous for his shrewdness
than for his culture. When the menu
had been properly discussed the guest
Of honor amazed his hosts by making
q speech notable not only for its grace
and wit. but for some show of erudi-
tion He sat down at last amid loud
applause, when Augustus Thomas, at
the same time joining the handicap
ping, shouted: author! Author!'-
New York Tribune.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
The First New Womsn.

eve new women are really not so
new as we think we are" said one of
them. ''In the thirteenth century
there were lots of us. Can anything
100 years old be new? The University
Of Bologna had for professor of juris-
prudence Moveila d'Ardria She was
no more new than beautiful. Her
charms were so overpowering that the
trustees made her lecture behind
curtain. When she lectured openly
the students. their minds wholly occu-
pied with her beauty, could not attend
to what she said. Madonna Manzolina
was professor of anatomy, Matilda
Tromboni taught languages and Marie
Magnesi held the chair of mathema-
tics. This university was by no means
a second rate one. On the contrary.
it was perhaps the leading university
of Europe. 1t had 10000 students"