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®Jtc WeeMi} (Capital. 3 MITCHELL, S. D. Ltv MTTCHK l.Tj )MMNTlN(.r CO., Prni.isnER MILITIA NOT NKKDK1) ALL IS QUIET NOW AT SPRING VALLEY. Minors Agree Let the Nr«r(iiv Hot II rii- 'l ucnt y-li It li A mmal volition Ii' j: lnl I- Abstin ence liiion nl' Ann'i'ii a. IMililiu Won't Ho Needed. .Spring Valley, 111.. special: State troops for tli»i jirvscn 1 at loasl will not be iirtK*tt-«i to this turbulent town. i'eaoc 1i=IS boon declared. AH this was brought. about through theolV.irts of Col. Hugh L. Hayle, sent here under iiHtniotions by Gov. A11 geld to investigate tin 1 trouble and restore peace. if possible. lie was success! ul aid tlio minors of Spring alloy have adopted resolutions declaring lhal al! men weir free and equal and that tlio ncurnes ootild rot urn. Col. llayle reached horo at 1 o'clock and was mi'! al th' 1 hold by Shcrill lark. Judge I' t' 11 t'! and other officials and promii!!*nt cili/eiis. A short conlerence Was he'd in which Col. liaylo outlined the policy of Gov. A lipoid regarding the trouble. CATIli 1,1 TOTAL A!!S'i'.V!M'.llS. Tv.eiity-t'inii Annual «'onvent ion of ttio Association. Now Yi'i'l special: Tlio twonty-til'lh annual coiive i'iioii cl the alholio .1 tit a I Abstinence I'niou If A ineiica has begun here. l!i. l!o\. .iaiues M. ('l"ary of Min neapolis, president tlK- sooioly. called tlio convention to order. Tin' businoss ot tlio inoi'l ing a.= pivl'iciil b\ a prayer do livorod 11\ l!f\ Father )'('all:ihan of Now Tori The usual committees were then appointed. At the afternoon session it was votod in 3 solid a telegram ot :-tiuu to his grace, 5 Archbishop .iohn Ireland, and a similar '.j greeting was cabled to his holiness, l'ope 1,00 XII. First Vice I'resid"iit l.ogue then road his roport. Aooordinu 1 to .Mr. 1 .o^uo's re port tin* union iias never been in a more nourishing condition. In tlio last your there has been more activity among tlio lo cal unions !h:ri over before. JIov. Father Cleary next road his roport as president of the union. The roport was j!, more in the shape ol' a temperance lecture. The cablegram to the pope read as fol lows: "To His Holiness, l'ope Loo XIII.. Koine, Italy: The Catholic Total Absti nenee I'nion of America sends filial greet ings for lhe presence of the papal delegate ami for apo.-lolic benediction." The report of Secretary K. 1'. lloyle was then road, lie said that during the past year nearly lo.uoij now members joined the union. There are al. present St'd so cieties in the union, and the total member ship is lio.N.il persons. During the year 17'.l societies joined the national union anil IS wore withdrawn. During the past year the greatest gain in membership was in towns in Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Yuri-:. rUOTIiCTIOX I'Oll AMKK1CAXS. Minister Denliy's Demands on C'lii iiess Authorities. AVashington special: L'nitod States Min ister Den by, at I'ekin. has taken prompt and energetic steps for the protection of the American missionaries. Mail advices from him toward the close of June show that he made a sweeping and peremptory demand on China for the fullest protection to all Americans in China, redress for if "depredations on their property and for capital punishment for the perpetrators. What answer he received is not known, I Advices to the department indicate that 8, no Americans were killed or injured the recent outrages. Admiral Carpenter, commander of the ii naval force in the Chinese waters, has been instructed to assist in the protection ol' Americans. .•j{ It is believed among Chinese otliciais here tiiat the S'.'civi societies ot southern China are al the hollo',a of the pre.scnl trouble. 1 lie IVkiu tor.eminent is said v-Kl to liavo been air, is l..ee]i ihese secret societle.- in cheek, bill llie dlliicully ill dealing Willi ih- oi ounm to their re S !Sj* liuiteuo'ss from ihe ro!iicr of govcni- Bt 1111*111. If it is OMabiished that any ollicial. I? have connived al the Mpri.-iug they will be dealt Willi very severely. l're:iol:ei» oi tin* liest It. Los A n^eles special: Durum :l,e !at Jllollth ail bu on.' ::ii-ni:n• ol llie poiice coinniissiou o! thi., cily ha\" handed in their lesignalinns. Tin.- council lia laliled the whole bunch. The mini.-o-nal held and newspaper* ha\e Il .iin- ihe cominis.,ion on aeeounl ..f its Jtandiiiu of the social evil. .\il.i,,imh eaeli one has )'!'esented a plaunahle e\eiie, believed that the iniuisler- have been too much for the coliimi.ssioner.- and virtually forced sett them out. 9 jiivw. i]\tornii:iatilly tlio Souls. Seattle special: News has reached this city from the Kehriim ^e ti,-,.t io ihe eil'ect, S that seallife in Ihe ,-,'a i- iein^ iie-t roved very last bv the ve-seb en-a-ed in taking the seals oulside ihe sivty-niiie,ne. in short time there will lu- no se.tls lo prolecl iu American waters, il is ,-ain. uiilosn sonu moans can be reached lo prohibit the sen. Halting by sea. I Hold Up :i St i^i Coaoh. Merced. Cal., special: The Cuulterv ille 1 .stage was hold up six miles fricn here by a masked robber. lie secured the Wells Fargo treasure box with valuable' contents. Imprisoned Minors IteMouocl. Glasirow special: Five ol the miners imprisoned by the llnod of Allien Harvey' Colliery at Sail Coats have been rescued alive. Ohio: Negroes D.vi'itoil. Chicago sjiecial: some of the colored 1'QsidouU of Chicago have been wrought lip Into a dangerous condition by the re port of the outrages committed against their brethren at Spring Valley. Some of the more radical have openly threatened to inarch against the foreigners tlioro with an armed force. A call to arms was issued and circulated in the colored community of the south side. A mass meeting was held at which speeches wore made by Mrs. Ida B. Wells Harnett and others. A telegram was sent liov. Altgeld asking him to see that the colored minors are protected, and it was decided to hold another meeting Wednes day night, and by that time if no action has been taken by the (Jovernor] arrangenientswill lie made to send nurses and other assistance to Spring Valley. Several members of a colored military organization who were present declare that if the state would not protect tlio col ored men at Spring Valley they would go down there and give the ltallians all the light they wanted. The older men, how over, frowned upon the young moil saying that il had not come lo that as vet. GOVKIINMKXT CHOP RF PORT. Outlook I'or an Kxeopt ionally I'iiit! Coin Yield. Washington special: The weekly crop report of the weather bureau says: The general outlook for an exceptionally tine corn crop continues. Kxcopt in the Dakotas and Minnesota, whore it is some what late, and in Indiana, where it is ma turing slowly. The crop is generally in advance of the season and early corn is now practically made over the southern portion of the corn belt. Kansas and Mis souri report much of the crop made, and in Missouri the largest crop ever raised in tliat state is promised. Six hundred Iowa reports, all counties being reported, show the condition of corn as much above the average in sixty-one counties, also the av erage in eight counties, while thirty coun ties promise a crop below the average. In Nebraska corn is in excellent condi tion in the southwestern part of the state, and in the counties along the Missouri Kiver. but has boon much injured in the southeastern section, except in the river count ios. In Indiana, while corn is maturing slowly, it is in good condition, in Ohio the outlook is loss favorable, being poor in the uplands and on clay soils. No unfavorable reports respecting corn are received from the southern states. The spring wheat harvest has begun in North Dakota and continues elsewhere in the spring wheat belt. FA THICK ANX SOX SHOT. Versailles, liy., Hotel the Scene ol a Double Trafjedy. Versailles, Ivy., special: Slurtly after 4 o'clock W. N. Lane a fence dealer of Lex ington, Ky., shot and killed James Koden baugh and mortally wounded 11. C. Kod enbangh, lather of James, at the Hotel Woodford. Lane, who had boon drinking heavily during the day, had occupied a room at the Woodford Hotel, of which Kodcnbaugh is the proprietor. Late in the afternoon Lane entered the hotel of fice, anil after complaining of the room as signed him. coin.iioncod a tirade of abuse against Mr. Kodcnbaugh, which was in terrupted by the entrance of the latter's son, James, who ordered Lane from the premises. This so enraged Lane that he drew Ins revolver and tired, sending a ball through tlio young mail's neck, cutting the jugular vein. As James Iiodenbaugh fell he tired at Lane. His aim was unsteady and the ball barely grazed Lane's left breast, plowing along the side. Lane then rushed upon the father and sent a bullet through his mouth into his brain and still another into his spine, as he fell by the dead boy. Lane was immediately jailed. lit' CHENG OUTKAGIOS. Plot to Kill 31 issionaries Carefully Plan tied. Hong Kong special: The survivors of the Ku Cheng massacre declare the out rages were perpetrated in most diabolical manner, entirely unprovoked, evidently premeditated and carefully arranged. The bodies of the victims wore burned at Fu Chow. There arc rumors of further riots near Fu Chow. London special: The last letter dated April s, from the murdered Fnglish mis siomt. v, Uev. Mr. Stewart, has been re vived. It describes the critical situation .1 Ku Cheng. Ho said that ten days be iore the Yegetariain rebels were preparing lo storm Ku Cheng at daylight. The city was barricaded, and hundreds of men. women and children in the mission sta tion outside the town taken within for safety. A heavy rain, however, prevented tin.- aitack. Concluding Stewart says preparations were being made to send all v.oinen ami children To the coast. Negroes J- leoiny in Terror. I a Texas, special: News reached here of a bad .slate of affairs prevailing in Delta County. One night last week every ne-ro as nmiiiod that he must leave at one" or b- taken out and banned. This caused a slampede among 1 he negroes, who. beiirj thoroughly alarmed, began to aioveont of llie county at once, although uood citizens trie I to dissuade them, and i-Iforod them every protection. Valuable property has been abandoned and the loan- continues. Republic ol' Central America. Now York special: A dispatch to the World from .Mexico City says: The new republic proposed to be formed by Nicar agua, Salvador and Honduras is named llepublica Mayor do Centro America, or the Croat ilopublie of Central America. .Many people conversant with Central iiierican affairs look to a partition of iaaiemala, her northern provinces see-ed in.u to join Mexico and her southern prov inces joining the new republic. Comment on Socialist Defeat. London special• The Times will print a dispatch from Fans, iu which its corres pondent comments on the complete defeat of the socialists in the council election as a victory for the government. Turkey Decides to Reform. Constantinople special: At a cabinet council just held a scheme of reforms, not only for Armenia, but for the whole of the Turkish ciupiru was decided upon. i- »j CATCH or cot M'KKFIOITICKS. Secret Service Ollicials lircak Up Dangerous Gang. Now York special: The expert coun terfeiters who for two years past have been engraving and printing $500 and $100 United States gold certificates and flooding Canada with notes of smaller denomina tions have been discovered by Secret Service detectives and four of the gang are now locked up in Jersey City. The fifth member, the backer of the plant, was arrested, but escaped from the ollicers. lirock way, the most expert forger and counterfeiter in this country, is prob ably the principal of the gang. lie is now "8 years old. When caught he had in his possession a $500 gold certificate and $390 in Canada money supposed to be counter feit. The man who supplied the funds for the plant was Dr. O. K. Bradford, who heretofore has managed to escape suspi cion. The other members of the gang are Libbie Smith, a cousin of Bradford, Sid ney Smith, the engraver of the party, and Wm. S. Wagner. Smith, when arrested, had counterfeit plates in his possession. The plates and paper captured by the detectives show this to be the most skill ful gang that lias operated in this country for years. Besides valuable plates for both United States and Canadian notes, $200,000 in Canadian money, with the re verse side all printed, was discovered. A sutlicient amount of paper to print $400, 000 more of Canadian notes was also lo cated in a closet. Bradford was arrested at his olliec in this city by Chief llazen. XO AMERICAN'S WERE SIjAIN. Massacre of Missionaries in Chinn Coiilined to Uritisli Subjects. Washington special: The state depart ment has received later intelligence of the killing of missionaries in Ku Cheng, China. The dispatch was from Consul General Jermgan and shows that no Americans sulTored. The dispatch is as follows: "Americans all safe none hurt. Ten British killed." Although Mr. Jernigan does not use the word missionaries in his dispatch, there is no doubt felt by the ollicers of the State Department that lie refers to them and that his dispatch is intended as supple mentary to that sent the day before. Much' gratitication is expressed that the Ameri cans have not suffered, as the dispatch appears to leave no doubt on that point. Up to this time, so far as ascertained, no steps have been taken by the navy depart ment toward sending any naval force to the district where the reported massacre has occurred. Admiral Carpenter is in command of the Chinese station, and he has authority to use the vessels and men under his charge to assist in affording any pro tection that may be regarded as necessary. ANOTHER HAWAIIAN' PLOT, Alleged Scheme to Overthrow the Republic and Restore LU. San Francisco special: The Chronicle prints a story exposing an alleged plot to restore Queen Lilioukalani and loot Hon olulu. Kudolph Spreckles, youngest son of Claus Spreckles, is said to be backing the scheme. The Chronicle says: "One of the most dangerous filibustering expeditions ever fitted out on American soil was uncovered in San Francisco. Its objects is—or was—to take the Hawaiian1 republic by force of arms, restore to the! throne, ex-Queen Lilioukalani and divide lands, money and goods worth approxi mately $27,000,000. The expedition com prised some 250 freebooters, picked up by ones and twos in western America. The active agent of the conspirators is W. Pi Morrow. "The headquarters of the filibusters liavo been at 711 Bush Street. There the agents of the conspirators have been receiving daily and nightly a motely crowd of men who respond to his cautiously worded advertisements, published iu this city and elsewhere. Morrow admitted that he had boon engaging men to go to Hawaii and overturn the republic." Quarantine the Negroes. Fagle Fass, Texas, special: Fourteen! negro colonists have arrived from Mexictj and were immediately placed in strict] quarantine. Two hundred and fifty-eigh!i are now at the quarantine station and' twenty-live cases of smallpox have fully developed. Two hundred more negro colonists are expected to arrive within a dav or two. Bakers "Win Their Strike. City of Mexico special: The bakers strike is practically ended. The journey men gained the right to sleep at home, but on the other hand, they will no longer be paid in advance each fortnight, nor will any failure to appear for work be excused. Throngs of journeymen are here out ol work. Two Men Meet Death in a AVell. Chiilicothe, Ohio, special: While dig ging a well at South Ferry, Joseph Bing ham was suffocated to death by poisonous gases. His brother-in-law, Oliver Ben way, tried to rescue him and shared his fate. Bath men leave largo families. Issued Another 1'Yaud Order. Washington special: The I'ostoflice de partmont has issued a fraud order against Francis K. Lanon of Hammond, 111. She is the proprietress of a toilet, concern re cently debarred the use of the mails. Lumber Mills Burned. Williamsburg, Ky., special: The Ken tucky Lumber Company's mills have burned. The origin of the lire is unknown. Loss, $50,000. MARKKT (,lIIOTATIONS. Sioux City—Cattle, $2.75 to $1.25 hogs, 5'd.so to $1.50: sheep, $3.00 to $5.50 wheat, now, 51c to 53c old, Silc lo fHe: corn, !(5e to lie: oats, new, 15c old, Ihe rye, liUc to 35c: tlax, !»5e:- old hay, $ti.00 to $7.00 new, $5.50 to $ti.50: butter, He to 11c eggs, 7c to lie. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.(10: hogs, shipping grades, $4.00 to $5.10: sheep, fair to choice, $8.50 to $1.50: wheat, No. 2 red, 07c to tiSc corn, No. 2, 11c to 12c: oats, No. 2, 25c to 20c rye, No. 2. 44c. Kansas City—Cattle, $1.00 to $5.50 hogs, $4.10 to $4.00 sheep, $3.50 to $5.00. South Omaha—Cattle, $3.25 to$4.05: hogs, $1.53 to $1.8U sbeeii, $2.50 to $5.50. THE WHEAT OUTPUT IN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BE ENORMOUS. Indications "-Arc That the Wheat Crop Will Be Sev«n Times as Large as Last Year's—Secretary Hoke Smith Decides a Land Case in Favor of Aberdeen. The Wheat Output Enormous* While the crop prospects of early sum mer were, as usual, cut down by the dry weather of the latter summer, South Da kota will, in spite of that, harvest her greatest crop for years. To get a correct estimate of acreage devoted to different crops is not possible, as neither the census nor assessors' returns give any ligures and returns can only be based upon estimates of those who have traveled over the state and have a personal interest in the returns on any one crop. On this basis the wheat crop is placed at 2,400,000 acres and the yield at about twelve bushels per acre, or a total of from 2S,000, 00J to 31,000,000. This estimate was made before threshers got to work, and on a basis of fifteen to eighteen bushels per acre in the southern and eastern counties. But since the actual test is being made, the yield in that section is going beyond the average, some lields threshed out as high as thirty-live bushels per acre, while trom twenty to twenty-live is common. This may bring Ihe total up to 35,000,000 bushels, while there was not over 7,000,000 or 8,0OO,tKO bushels raised last year. The yield will be cut in the northeastern part of the state, where the prospects were good, by a heavy hail storm, which de stroyed 20,000 acres. Some smut is report ed in the eastern part of the state, but not enough to do any great damage. The acreage devoted to .he oat crop is probably about the same as in former years, or 80.0l 0 acres, and the yield is re ported far above the average—twenty-five bushels per acre. Wherever the crop lias Tieen threshed some fields go as high as eight bushels per acre. Iu the southeast ern part of the state, where all crops are ihe heaviest, the average may be safely put at thirty bushels per acre, or a total yield for the state of 25.000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels. The barley crop is reported to fall below expectations, the grain being light and chaliy, the fields looking well, but not shelling out when put to the machine test. The corn acreage has been largely in creased over past years, and this year, probably 1,250,000 acres have been devoted to that crop. The average yield for the stale is put at about twenty-one bushels per acre, the southern counties going above that: but it is not a sure crop in the northern counties, and this cuts the aver age. The total yield will probably be be tween 26,000,000 and SO,000,(XX) bushels. lleKeucy Trouble Acaiu. J. W. Shannon and Secretary Hale of the state board of regents, accompanied by Judge Palmer, have gone to Pierre, where l'almer will present their answer to the restraining order from the supreme court against them as members of the State Board of Iiegents and Gov. Sheldon's order removing them from the board. Their an swer covers the entire history of the re gency trouble. It has beeu agreed that no further proceedings will be instituted fol lowing the supreme court's decision, and .Shannon is not to prosecute his case against the Governor for contempt in dis obeying the order lrom Judge Campbell restraining him from removing Shannon as president of the board. Taylor Settles Up. W. W. Taylor and wife have arrived at Pierre from Kedtield, accompanied by C. T. McCoy of Aberdeen. Taylor will re main until after his trial, on the 13th. Mc Coy is there to place in the hands of the state authorities the $100,000 cash and other property which is to reimburse the state for losses by Taylor's defalcation. The money was paid Treasurer Phillips and a list of the property transferred to the staty filed in the commissioner's office. City of Aberdeen Wius. Secretary Iloko Smith has decided the land contest of the town of Aberdeen vs. J. S. McC'hesney and J. C. McAllister in favor of the town. McC'hesney wished tc locate the land in question with Porter field scrip. McAllister wished to file il under the pre-emption law and the town wanted it as a town site. To Start a Cuttle Ranch. O. A. Turner of Chicago is looking over Hand County with the view of buying several quartet's of land, sinking an artes ian well and starting an'extensive cattle ranch. They Are All Cutc-hing On. II. W. Sawyer has recently disposed of 4S0 acres of Hand County laud to parties living in Iowa. To lianquet Sterling' Arrangements are nearly complete for the farewell reception to Hon. Wm. B. Sterling to be given in the Grand Opera Wouse at Huron. F.H.Kent of the De pot Hotel has the supervision of the af fair. The hall decorations will be very elaborate. Boy Killed and Man Hurt. A 0-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cross of Pukawana was instantly killed by be ing thrown from a wagon by a running team. The young man who was also se riously hurt and has been in an uncon scious condition for the last few days. Farmers' Alliance at Sioux FallH. The annual meeting of the State Farm ers' Alliance convened in Sioux Falls. A good attendance was present from the sur rounding country. A great crowd filled Germania Hall to listen to a speech by Jerry Simpson of Kansas. Cuttle Thieves in Jail* rnitod States Marshals Lewis and Oaks are at Chamberlain with Joe Laerolx and William Hoy, who wore arrested for steal ing issue cattle at Crow Creek agency. This is the second offense of the kind. UeurrrHteU for Cattle Stealing. William Hoy, tinder indictinonl in the l'nitod States Court for cattle stealing, was rearrested for a similar offense and taken to Chamberlain for a hearing before the court commissioner. Shipments of Stoek. Six hundred head of cattle and 300 head of sheep were started out of Pierre one day last week for the Chicago market. •Prices are up at present and stoek is being rushed in. Tlio IVuirio Lilii'S, Kimball lias a ball nine composed of girls. They call themselves the Prairie Lilies. ChumWerliiiu Laud Casts A very important and interesting con test case has been before the United States land oflice in Chamberlain for the past A three weeks. It involves 230 acres of land adjoining Oacoma. By the act of Congress opening the great Sioux Indiau l.'e.-orvtv tioii to settlement in ls8!i this land was granted to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul liailroad Company upon condi tion that they build their road within throe years of the date of the grant. Three years passed, no railroad was built and immediately it became an open question as to what would be the disposition of the land. Capitalists wanted it on account of its value as a town site. The new town of Oacoma looked down upon the beautiful fiat with jeaious eye. Those desiring it. as homesteads sent settlors (squatters.) to live Upon it and claim it others claimed it for a town site. A proclamation of President Cleveland declared it open to settlement April 15, lSt'S. On that date it was claimed by two oi the homestead claimants, P. J. Gerln and I. X. Auld. in conlliet with town site claimants, mini boring between 00 and 100. A hearing was ordered by the local office to determine who was entitled to make the entry. The case lias been vigorously contested by able land attorneys. The people of Lyman County arc anxiously wailing lor the decision of the local land otlice. The land is very valuable, Vicing a natural lo cation for a city, and surrounded by a splendid stock country. If entered by the town site it will be proved up under tho town site laws. llipple'R View of the llegency Trouble. •Slate Auditor IIipple, who is familiar with the inside workings of the Brookings Agricultural College, thus tersely explains the reason which actuates the present dis turbances. Ho says: "For years this Col lege has been the cause of disgraceful quarrels and frequent sensations, and onG whitewash investigation. At the bottom of the whole trouble is money. During the past year that institution has Ijad ovet $42,000 to expend, $7,700 being a state ap propriation. The balance was reeoived from the genoral government and remain ed in the hands of the regents to spend as they saw fit. The state appropriation was divided into various items and had to bo used for such purposes only. The other $35,000 was spent as the regents directed. Out of this sum the expenditures were: Salaries $24,005.05 Agricultural department 475.2t.' Dairy 314.84 'Horticultural 457.25 Veterinary 103.03 Industrial art 09.01 Of the balance $5,000 was spent for labor and printing. Hesides the $24,000 paid foi salaries fro the government fund there was $2,000 lid from the state treasury for .salaries, making $20,000 for salaries in a school with 144 students enrolled—$181 per capita for structors." Taylor Raises the Money. W. W. Taylor, the defaulting treasurer of South 'Dakota, passed through Sious City on his way from Chicago to Pierre, lie appeared in a cheerful mood and said he was very glad he had things all fixed up now. Mr. Taylor has beon In Chicago tlio past three weeks. The purpose of his visit was to collect the $100,000 which, besides hit property, he will turn over to the state ol South Dakota. He said ho had been en Itirely successful in his mission and the money now was in hand, ready to be paid into the treasury. It had been a question of considerable doubt in the minds of tho citizens of South Dakota whether Mr. Taylor would be able to raise this $100,000, and now that ho hai raised it, a much easier feeling will pre vail. "I am going to Pierre, to plead guilty and be sentenced," said .Mr. Taylor, with an attempt at a smile, "and I am anxioui to begin serving it." The sentence will be passed August 13. Mr. Taylor was accompanied by Charles T. McCoy, who had charge of tho default ling treasurer's business during the time ol that gentleman's lliglit from justice. Sunday «ood Knoui ti Tor lliui. A new ground has been discovered upon which divorce may be granted in South Dakota. Dr. L. C. Smith of Armour has just secured a decree on his representation that his wife, Nellie M. Smith, is a Seventh Day Adventist, and that ever since theii marriage she has made his life a burden by her efforts to convert him. She lias even gone so far on some occasions, the doctor averred, as to wake him up in the middle of the night to deliver sermons. |In addition to this, he remarks, incidentally, .that she is of a very jealous disposition. The combination was more than the doc tor could stand, and the aid of the divorce courts was invoked. Annulg Its Waterworks Contract. A committee of the council at Pierre a few days ago made a test of the pressure of the water mains and found that it was only about half that required by contract between the company and the" city. On the grounds of this test the council at a meeting passed a resolution virtually an nulling the contract between the city and the company. The agent of the company says he does not know what action the officers in St. Paul will take in the matter. Sioux Falls School Levy Short. The Sioux Falls School Hoard 1ms lixed the school levy at ti1 mills which will produce, under the valuation $3,002,780. about $24,300. The state and county tax will raise this amount to $35,000. There has already been appropriated $35,500, and Die only way to raise the amount will Vie by the State Kqualizing Board raising the levy, which is now one-half of 1 mil higher than last year. Arrested for Assault. State's Attorney Kudolph was called tc Lennox to appear in the case of Christ Al bot, arrested for assaulting \V. II. Woltt, Albot is a renter of one of Wolff's farm! near Lennox. When the latter was at the farm he was badly beaten with a pitch fork by Albot. A third party interfered and Wolff escaped with a few flesh wounds, Albot was bound over in tho sum of $40 to await the action of the grand jury. I ppcr Missouri Turn IJezirlc. The fifth annual turn fest of tho Uppei Missouri Turn lic/.irk will bo held al Yankton, Sunday. Auirust is, ISM. Th« programme of ihe fos-l will consist ol spjaking, singing, athelotic exercises, goot,1 music and dancing. This gathering wil bo under the control of the Turner societic ot Sioux Falls and Yankton. Island Saloon I'lille ), James Brock way, who has been run ning a saloon on the island at. Vermillion, was arrested on the charge of sellinc liquor against tho law, and was put undcj bonds to appear at the next term of court, Being unable to furnish them he was pul in jail. I.ittle Girl Kun Over. A little girl, one of the orphans taken to Beresford from Boston by Rev. Dean Sheelian, was run over by a wagon loaded with gram at the farm of Otto Mellahdprt, and fatally injured. Mr. Mellancort nad adopted the child. TWO MOBS IN A RI0TJ DESPERATE RACE RIOT SPRING VALLEY, ILL. AT Italians Co«7iinit Brutal Crime Un der the 7,'lca of Avenging a Com rade's Mnrder-Mcu, Women untt Children Are Shot and Clubbed. Fend of Long Standing. A settlement of 200 negroes, who livo in what is called the "Location," near No. .'5 shaft, two miles west of Spring Valley, 111., was attacked by 500 white miners. Many shots woro iired and bricks and mis silos of every description were used by tho combatants. Forty of the negroes woro wounded and several of them may die. The uprising was caused by a white man, an inoffensive and popular young Italian, being held up, robbed, and al most murdered by a gang of five negroes, between the city and tho "Location." Harney Hole, tho mini who was assailed, was coming from Spring Valley on his way home tvhon lie was suddenly ordered to halt by four or five negroes, who mado him throw up his hands wliilo they robbed him of $50 and his watch. After robbing Hole the negroes fired five shots into his body, throe taking effect. The wounded man could give no description of the men except that they were negroes whom ho had frequently seen around the "Loca tion." This robbery and attempt at murder happened at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The police were at once notified, and a force of twelve extra men was put on to hunt the murderers down. At 7 o'clock in the morning five colored men were ar rested and brought to the jail. By this time the affair was pretty well known throughout tho city and a big crowd gathered around tho city bastile. There were cries of lynching. Some ono rang the lire bell, augmenting tho crowd still more, until the police were com pelled to remove the prisoners and bring them to a better place of safety. As the mob became greater it became bolder. A brass band was got out and about f00 men marched to Genoral Manager Dal zell's house. A committee went in to see tho manager and told him the whites wanted him to discharge every colored man or they would run them out of town tli em solves. Manager Dalzeli refused to submit lo their demands, lie was jeered, and the mob struck out on its march to tho "Location." When they were about half way there Manager Dalzoll, by tak ing a circuitous route, headed oil the en raged whites. Mayor Delmorga, who is an Italian, was in tho buggy with him. The Mayor stepped out of the buggy and addressed the crowd, lie counseled.peace, but they brushed him aside, saying if Dalzell would not run such a murderous set of negroes out of town they could. They continued the march. A little way further they met Chief of Police Ilicks and a few deputies. The ollicers were unable to check the progress of the march. Mob Makes the Attack. The mob, headed by the Italian band, with music playing, then went direct to the negro village. Tho column proceeded slowly and tho band rendered several na tional anthems. About fifty members of the mob were armed with shotguns, rifles, and revolvers, and flio others carried clubs and sharpened sticks. The men wanted blood, and tho constant warcry, given in.Italian, was: "Kill the niggers! Drive them out! Blood for blood!" The negroes had been warned of the in tended onslaught of tho Italians, but were deceived by the appearance of the brass band. As houses were reached the rioters struck out the windows and where doors wore locked broke them down. The in terior was ransacked, the women insulted, and the men dragged forth and clubbed and shot. That there was not a large number of immediate fatalities was not the fault of the rioters, as they used every endeavor in their power to kill the men outright. Ono reason many negroes escaped was that tho weapons of the rioters were most ly old, rusty guns that had not been used for many years, and in addition the men were not skilled in the use of them. Had modern rifles been discharged in the same manner as the old shotguns and muzzle loading riiles tho list of dead would have been enormous. The raid of the Italian miners upon the negroes had boon contemplated for several weeks. In fact, ever since tho negroes were imported into Spring Valley at the close of the three months' strike last summer the miners speaking a foreign tongue have boon laying plans to drive them out. News of Minor Note. Comedian Edward Leslie stopped a run away team at New York and saved four lives. A. C. Cade was shot and killed at Sparta, 0. T., by Bud Iiay, marshal of the town. As a result of a feud a dynamite bomb was thrown in the hamlet of Mart, Texas, and live members of the Phillips family were killed outright. lloctor Louis Francois Pessard, well-known publicist, died at Paris. Ho was at different times connected with a number of Paris papers. At Atlanta, Ga., Dr. Ilawthorno preached a red-hot sermon against bi cycling. declaring that a personal devil was responsible for the evil. 1 ho Omaha Hoard of Education elect ed 1 iof. 1' rank li. Cooper, of Dos Moines, superintendent of the Omaha public schools for the coming year. Messrs. Dudley, Tatro, Troche and rudas, of North Adams, Mass., woro killed at a railroad crossing near Will ianistown. Their carriage was struck by a train. Porter Jones, a nephew of Sam Jones tlio evangelist, committed suicide at At lanta, Ga., in the penitentiary camp, whore he was serving a five-year sentence lor Killing ji man. II. M. Saunders, a passenger, and Con ductor L.ninotr Hurdick were slightly inv jured in a railway collision on the West ern Now York and Pennsylvania lioad near Southport, I'a. In'' 0 ", 1 Vn 35, and Charles Church, aged 32, she a mother of four children, and ho tho father of three eloped from Boston, Ind. They are sup posed to liavo gone to St. Louis. Thomas II. Peterson, agent for tho Hocking A alloy liailroad and merchant at Longley, Ohio, was found on the track with his head severed from his body. He ieh lrom un excursion train. 3