Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-31
CURRENT EVENTS.
Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.

Army organization throughout the
United States fed million and q
half Of people on Christmas day.
The Twin City street car com
pany have adopted ruling which
forbids the carrying dogs Of all
kinds upon it's cars in the future
There were 5000 men killed end
more than 1000 injured in the coal
mines OF the United States during
the past year. The number OF men
killed in this country is from two to
four times as great as in any other
Of the coal mining countries.
W. j. Bryan in public interview
in Pennsylvania last week announced
that be hoped never again to be a
political candidate. However, he
said he wanted it understood that he
made no positive statement that he
would not be a candidate in 1912.
According to the report Of Sec.
rotary Strauss, of the United States
department OF immigration, 742,l12
foreigners came to this country
during the year ending Sept. 30,
and 717,Sl4 foreigners left this
country and returned to their former
homes.
Upon proper showing being
made to him by the ministerial
association of New York that $50
picture shows we're displaying pic
lures detrimental to the morals OF
the young of the city, Mayor Nc
Clellan last week ordered the places
closed.
At present there is no provision
for filing the vacancy in case the
president-elect should die before his
Inauguration, a bill has been intro
duced in congress providing an
amendment to the constitution cover
ing such contingency should it
ever arise.
The United States circuit court
OF appeals has decided that New
York authorities can not he CON-
PEELED to release Harry X. Thaw so
that he can be taken to Pittsburg to
testify in court. He has been
adjudged insane and his testimony
could have no weight and his proper
place is in the custody Of an asylum.
The supreme court Of the state Of
Minnesota by decision rendered
last week forbids the Standard Oil
company Of Indiana and the Repub.
lie OH company Of Missouri, two
Rockefeller companies, from doing
further business in that state and
adds fine Of $4,000. The decis-
ion was unanimous on the part OF
the seven judges who compose the
court.
Uncle Sam who has the credit OF
being about az cute as they make
them has been most outrageously
done by young Italian girl who
sneaked into this country in defiance
OF the plain provisions of the immi-
grafton act. She was run down
somewhere in the west but while
still ID the hands OF the authorities
gave birth to a son who is native
born American. Now Uncle Sam
can't deport his own flesh and blood
nor can he be ungallant enough to
deport the mother Of his nephew.
A foreigner that will treat the gent
leInan IN that sort perhaps is good
enough 20 keep.
superintendent Biddle Of the hos
pital for the insane in Kansas, in a
recent address says that insanity
was almost unknown among the
negroes during the days Of slavery,
ii those days, he says the blacks
Mad no business worries, and were
not addicted 70 the use Of drugs and
,,ouors. Freedom from bondage
Ks brought both worry and temp
,.siop, and the result is that this
nxsicalIy strong race is now con
Snsipg ~ proportionase share e
W. Insane aayloms Il i the
..,.n 81 Superintendent Biddls
kIrly I've per cent Of ths
... Il asylulns are sent there
n. - Of drugs and strong