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mmmmmmm, TODAYSMELEGRAPHIG NEWSS0F^HEfNORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA PERSONAL TAI MOST BE PAID DECISION OF SUPREME COURT AFFECTS REAIiTX HOIiDERS. All tlie Back Personal Taxes of Prior Owners of Land Wust Be Cleared Away or the Treasurer Can Sell to tho Loss oX Present bwners-~rHow the Amionr Country Is Affected by the DecisionOld TaXes Will Now Be Settled In Full. "l *' Special to The Journal, Armour, S. D., Dec. 5.Probably no more important tax decision has ever been made by the supreme court of this state than one just handed down. It involves many persons who have purchased real estate in this-state in the past few years and5 WOULD REOPEN THE CASE Another Attack on the Anticompact Law in South Dakota. PIERRE, S. D.A. summons was served On Insurance Commissioner Perkins yesterday afternoon in a case brought by the Commercial Mutual Fire Insurance association of Mitchell to test the anticompact provision of the state insurance laws. At least that is what it appears on the surface, but in fact, its purpose is to attempt to use this as an amended bill of com plaint for reopening the case which was brought in the United States court by foreign companies and decided in favor of the state by Judge Carland. The case will be heard in Davison county. EVARTS. B. D.Ed Lemmon Is Just in from the range and reports cattle doing well in fact, far better than, expected considering the eondU tlon of the grass. Some stock was lost by drowning while crowding around the drinking holes. SALEM, 8. D.The Masons elected the fol lowing officers at theiv annual election: Dr. Robert T. Dott, worshipfnl master prank Bush, senior warden William H, Gapp, Junior warden W. A. Vye, "secretary Frank I Moore, treas urer. .. ' ' STUJtGlB, S. D.^-joh'n Oergeh. wanted for the shootimjof Christine Keffler, was caytiired hy Sheriff Brown alou twenty miles west of Koch ford. - ' . . BODY TAKEN FROM GRAVE Ijudwlok Believed to Have Been Poi soned and Hia Wife Suspected. BRUNSON, MICH.Deputy Sheriff Flsk, assisted by Drs. Cornell and San ders of this city to-day. exhumed the body of John Lordwick, who died a week ago under circumstances indi sating poison by arsenic. Analysis of. the internal organs will be made. . After an acquaintance Ludwick was married to an 18-year-old Polish girl, living south Of this city. It is alleged she declared she would never live with Ludwick, but her parents in sisted upon the , marriage. After an illness of. three days Ludwick died with symptoms indicating the pres ence of arsenic in his system. Deputy Sheriff Fisk.secured a writ ten statement from the widow, and it is alleged that- its incriminating char acter caused the. exhujnatioh. -- ' ' . BBTTERORE MUST BE HAD - Michigan Mine at Rockland Said to Be a Disappointment. ROCKLAND, MlCH.^The Michigan mine, which started to stamp some weeks ago, is proving a great disap pointment to its friends." " There is practically no copper in the lower levels and the .treasury is exhausted. ^ A meeting of the directors has been called for the purpose of levying ah assessment with which to continue ex plorations, AITKIN, MINX.The state farmers' Institute met here yesterday. About 150 farmers were present. The speakers were A. W. Trow of GlenVille. Minn. Forest Henry I I Ell SATURDA Y EVENING , IOWA WHY THE BANKER WELCOMED DEATH CHECKS WERE COMING IN HE COULD NOT PAY. \, Suicide of Wood of Colfax Explained by Later DispatchesHis Bank There Was in Hard Dines and There Is Fear that Like Institutions at Four Other Points Are Involved Details of His Sensational Suicide. Special to The Journal. Colfax, Iowa, Dec. 5.Banker G. D. Wood of Colfax, faced by a check for $10,000 for county funds, which he could not honor, took a revojver and blew his brains out. A week ago Wood received word that he would be. expected to turn over to the out going county treasurer, Al W. Lay man, $25,000 In funds belonging to Polk county. The same day he called upon his brother, who is In the hard ware business, and asked that an or der be sent to Chicago for a special make of revolver. Treasurer Layman, in Des Moines, drew his check for $10,000 on the iBank of Colfax, and the check was taken up by the-local clearing-house n forwarded by the night mail to Colfax. Yesterday the banker re ceived the check. He called John Maine, a partner in the stock business, and R.-A. Penquite, associated with .Wood in the bank, to his residence, at 10 o'clock and told them that business .matters had weakened his brain and .he must give up. The lifetime friends .tried to calm the banker, but he re fused to be comforted. Excusing him self, Wood left the men. He slammed the door behind him and in another moment the pistol shot rang out. The banker was picked up dead. - / ^ Bank in Distress. Mr. Penquite, cashier, admits that the bank is in hard lines financially, but says that the depositors - will be paid in full. He asserts that the banks owned by Wood at Ira, Mingo, Baxter and Mitchellville are solvent. Wood's property holdings are valued at $20:0,000. Mrs. Wood has insisted that-all -be sold at once to satisfy her husband's creditors. - - The deposits -at Wood's five banks' amount to more than $1,000,000. All of the banks have been closed until after the funeral,-which will be held next Monday. Great uneasiness'is felt in financial circles in central Iowa be cause of the admitted insolvency of the Bank of Colfax and the fear that the other four banks may be involved. - Polk county funds deposited in the Bank of Colfax and also in the Wood bank at Mitchellville are protected by bond. Eli Dotson, a wealthy farmer, will have to pay the county for any Shortage. The deposit made at Colfax by Treasurer Layman is the first coun ty money ever, deposited outside of the county. who may be obliged to pay the back personal taxes of prior owners. Two years ago the treasurer of this county, to clear his tax lists of back personal taxes, ad vertised the real property of the man owing the taxes, whether the property was,still in his name or not. State's Attorney Wanzer is in receipt of a telegram from the clerk of the supreme court at Pierre, notifying him that the court affirmed the "holdings of Judge Smith of this circuit, in the case of V. K. Harris vs. W. F. Stearns, treasurer, of Douglas county. . The question involved is as to what con-, stitjites a clear tax receipt. In this case Harris purchased a quarter section of land formerly owned by M. J. Renshaw, and since 1899 has paid the taxes, receiving clear receipts in his own name. Two years ago the county treasurer advertised the land for sale for the personal taxes of Renshaw for the years from 1884 to 1889. Mr. Harris, -with seventeen others who were interested in similar cases, secured an injunction- restraining the treasurer from selling the land for such taxes, tolding'that he held a clear tax receipt under the statute, and the treasurer could not legally sell the property. The..judge of the circuit court held that' the treasurer could sell the land for the personal taxeB of Renshaw, tho the land was owned by Harris. , -- Many real estate' dealers are affected by this ruling-of the courts Johnson Brothers of this city ate "involved to the extent of =$1,000, taxes they must pay under this decision 'before they will have, a clear title. It will also clear up thousands of dollars of old taxes on the .lists of this and other counties. WIFE NO. 2 NOW PROSECUTES Evangelist Taylor to Be Returned from Delaware on Bigamy Charge. DES MOINES, IOWAAfter hav ing been set free by the court at Wil mington, Del., on the charge of bigamy, Rev. I. B. Taylor was made the object of requisition papers which wife No. 2 asks from Governor Cum mins, and Sheriff Bates of Keokuk county has telegraphed the Delaware authorities to hold Taylor until he arrives to bring him- back to Iowa to answer to a similar charge in Iowa. Taylor, a handsome young . Bible student at Wesleyan university, M't. Pleasant, achieved an enviable repu tation as an evangelist. Two years ago he married Florence B. Graves, the belle of Marthisburg. A brother from Delaware visited him, discov ered that. he had a wife and child here and, returning to Delaware, ap prised the real Mrs. I. B. Taylor, who with her two children had been de serted two years before, of the situa tion. - The real Mrs. Taylor sent for- her husband and he returned - to Dela ware to settle the case but of court. She had him arrested, but under the Delaware law it was held both wives must live in that state to constitute bigamy. The Iowa wife at first re-* fused to prosecute and commenced taking in sewing to support herself and child, but her approaching ac couchement has stirred her father to insist on the filing, of charges which will cause his return to-Iowa. MICHIGAN and unless something new is opened up tlie mine will undoubtedly shut down within a year. SATJLT STE. MARIE, MICH.A. M. Ches brough has purchased 13,544 acres of hardwood land from the Francis Talms estate for $40,633. REFORMATION OF CATHER Clemency Asked for Him, Altho He Has Not Yet Been Sentenced. MARSHALL/TOWN, IOWA The case of Thomas Catfter, convicted of attempted manslaughter, is develop ing some peculiar features. Altho he has not yet been sentenced, his attor neys have asked Governor Cummins for clemency. The members of the jury that ..found Cather guilty have signed a petition asking the gover nor to parole him. Cather's crime seems to have brought him to '- his senses, for since he became involved in his quarrel with a bartender named Ellis, whom he cut with a knife, he has led an exemplary life. N. A. Carmean, who was sentenced to two years for embezzlement, se cured bonds yesterday and the case will be appealed. He left last night for California, where his wife lives. Mrs. Josie Prescott was granted a divorce and $1,000 alimony from J. H. Prescott, who was formerly a well known architect of this city. The evi dence in the case went to substan tiate the charge ot adultery. Mrs. Prescott testified that the crime was committed at Dubuque, where the de fendant and a woman registered as man and wife- The woman is alleged to have been one Rachel Etzel of Ce dar Rapids. A photograph of the Et zel woman was introduced in court, also several letters. The Prescotts were well known In society here. , STTLIi ANOTHER CARD 1 ofdOlmsted ty, Minnesota, and A. W.v coun- LJtchar of Alleghen y county. New York.John Bishop, who went hunting on. the 22d. has not been heard of since. Searching parties Tiave been looking for him. WASECA, MIKN.G. B. Brnbaker, a member of tb'o legislature in 1000, slipped and fell on the sidewalk this afternoon arid sustained a serious injury to -his hip. A back was sum moned and be was Farmers' Co-operative Society May Have a Department Store. MASON CITY, IOWA.The board of. directors of the Farmers' Co-opera tive society of Rockwell met to-day to discuss the question of putting in a department 'store. Last year the so ciety did a business of $300,000, or, as they figure it both ways, buying and selling, $600,000, and it cost it less than 1 per cent. When the association was founded fourteen years ago the majority of business men considered it a business calamity, but outside of the lumber and machinery dealers it did" not prove disastrous. But the merchants now say that if the association purposes to go into the business of selling clothes and shoes, why not drugs and dry goods and stationery, and absorb all the business of the town. There are 400 members who have a special privilege of buying things cheaper than any one else, and with these 400 families" bound together in a practical commune, no merchant has lifted' into it and takeu to his home. : . To strengthen the nerves, jjpurify the ^ blood and open up the clogged bowels, the Bitters should betaken at once. It posi- tively cures Sick Headache, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, i ^ STOMACH 0 OTTERS Chills or malaria, Be sure to try a bottle. *it.' s.'i' i imsmmmmmm THE MINNEAPOLIS" JOUBNAL. MARRIED HALF A CENTURY Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Greenman. of De Smet, S. D Who Recently Cele- / ^ rforated T M a chance to offer successful competi tion. Merchants say that if the assor elation decides to-day that the store is to be a general merchandise store, it means a department store at an ex pense they cannot compete with and they might just as well look for other locations. IN BLYTHE'S OLD BOLE Byers Said to Be tine Warwick of the .Cummins Administration. Special to The Journal. ' Des Moines, Iowa, legislative appointments, . or urging this or that legislator or senator for a place on some one of the prominent house or senate committees, ' have learned that there is a new power behind the throne at the.statehouse. ' - The man who practically holds the place in the present administration that Blythe of Burlington held when the "old machine" administrations were in power, is ex-Senator H. Webr ster Byers of Harlan, Shelby county, "Web" Byers gained his prominence and the position which he'..will make felt at the coming session of the Iowa legislature by an honorable tho dif ficult feat of political engineering. With Temple and Clark battling for the speakership of the next house, and prospects ahead for lively breakers in the first caucus of the Cummins men, Byers, always popular and ag gressive, was called in by Governor Cummins to arrange a compromise. It was Byers who made the deal which has resulted in the withdrawal of Temple from the contest, leaving Clark the choice of the house without opposition. MINNESOTA BURIAL OF A PIONEER Guilford D. Coleman Had Lived in Anoka Since 1856. ANOKA. MINN.The funeral of Guilford D, Coleman was held yester day afternoon at the M. E. church, Rev. E. C. Clemans of Duluth offi ciated. Mr. Coleman was born in Vas celboro, Maine, and came to Anoka in 1856.' He leaves six children, Dana S. Coleman of Hankinson, N. D. Esther F. Fitz of Monterey, Minn. Eleanor J. King, Bozeman, Mont. Ammi C, Coleman, Great Falls, Mont. Lucy E. Russell, Lewlston, Mont, and Nellie W. Coleman, Kendall, Mont. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Sarnuel Ives died Friday afternoon of pneumonia. The Masonic lodge has elected as officers, T. J. Abbett, W. M. O. F. Warnes, , W. P. G. Woodward, J. W. O. S. Miller, treasurer Frank Hart, secretary. Frank B. Laflin and Miss Ruth M. Esty were married this week.Rev Father Duane is recovering from a serious illness.The juniors of the high school gave a party to the sen iors last night at the home of Miss Alice Norell. Mrs. J. A. Chesley is entertaining Miss Ada Nelson of Wahpeton, N. D. The ladies of the Baptist church are making preparations for their an nual sale and supper on Dec. 10. The Philojectians will meet next FrM day with Mrs. S. A. Sherwood. Sub ject, "Women-in English Literature." . ^NTERLpCICING DEVJCE , Improvement* at Hastings and St. Croix Junction to Guard Trains. HASTINGS, MINNSuperintend ent M. J.-Fry of the Milwaukee road telegraph system is superintending the installing of an interlocking de vice at this station in connection with the tower at St. Croix Junction, for the purpose of locking the block sig nals and protecting trains. By its op eration there will be no chance for two trains in the block at the same time. Operators at the l\om will unlock the signals for trains go ing west, and the dispatcher at the junction for trains going east. There will be several semaphore poles erect ed for signals when the track is clear. At 'the junction a forty-four-lever machine, has been placed, and three dispatchers will be employed,. each working eight hours, and controlling .all trains between that point and St. PauL The train "on both roads will run up the Burlington track and down on the Milwaukee, making a double track. By pressure of the electric but ton a current is sent "which Instantly releases the latch on the machine lever, to give- clearance. The new service in expected to be far superior to the old. - Dec.logging 5.Iowa politicians who have been- for LIEUT. COL. 6 ^ THE FIRST : . Election to Fill the Vacancy to B& Held in St. Paid To-night. T LAKE CITY, MINN.The election of a lieutenant colonel of the First regiment, M. N. G., will be held in St. Paul this evening. ' The contest seems to be between Majors Frank T* Corriston of Minneapolis and Major C. T* Spear of St. Paul. Each of the. three majors will probably receive the complimentary vote.of their battalions on the first ballot. Adjutant General E. D. Libbey will preside The annual meeting of the officers of the Minnesota National Guajrd vKl be held at the capitol on Jan. 9, ac cording to an order issued by Adju tant Genera\ Libbey. The service uni form without sideai'ms will be worn. It is probahleir an order will be issued soon adopting the uniform of the regular army for the Minne sota National Guard. General Libbey has the report of the uniform board In his hands, and several companies are already prepared for the change. Many of the officers are in posses sion of the new regulation cap and saber and other equipment that will be necessary. ST. OLAF'S CHORAL UNION Annual Concert to Be Given at North field on Monday Evening. . NORTHFIELD, MINN.-The St. Olaf Choral Union of one hundred voices under the direction of Profes sor F. M. Christiahson will give its an nual concert next Monday evening in the gymnasium hall of St. Olaf's col lege. The chorus is far^ better-and some what larger than those that have rep resented the ' institution in previous years, and an entertainment of un usual excellence is looked forward to. The program, consists of two parts. The first will be a cantata, "The Fatherhood of God," by P. A. Schnec ker, with words by Addison Andrews. The second includes, besides the solo numbers,' the following choruses: "Sunshine Song," by Edw.- Grieg "A Song of the Vikings," by Eaton Fan ning. The chorus last year very ably and creditably presented Gaul's cantata, "The Ten Virgins," and two years ago "The Hply City" by the same composer. - ":. " \, BYERS, HASLAN, IOWA. SHOOTS HIMSELF ON THE STREET Carlson Begged the Physician for the Privilege to Die. RED WING, MINN.Axel Carlson created much.. excitement on the streets late" yesterday afternoon by shooting himself. Ther act was com mitted in the presence of many per sons, and some Who saw what he was going to dp scrambled for places of safety. _ ...... ., i Carlson intended to shoot himself thru his heart, but. in some way the bullet entered below the right shoul der. When a physician was sum moned, he begged for the privilege to die. ,it is said he had been drink ing. He is about 30 and unmarried. Recently he has-been working $# a teamster. It is not known whether or not the wound will, prove fa^tal, e station FABIBATJIT, MIHNMr. and Mrs. B. Thomp son have issued invitations' for the iuarrlasre Of their daughter, Fredericks, to Anthon Thomp son on Dec. 8.The M. W". A. ban elected the fol lowing officers: O. H. Durham, V. . E- H. Iddstraud, W. A. F. Jlr,Pierce clerk .T. Wil liams, banker E. E..' Arner, escovt J. Christian son, watchman: M. -I-f. Terryll, sentry: P. H. White, mauacer Dr. J. B. White, medical ad viser. . , ' , - '' WISCONSIN ,*A-i.V v.' CHOPPED HP ^ : GOOD PESHTIGO PRIEST MAKES - - MANY CURES. Takes a Commonsense View of His Powers and Scorns to Be Known as a HealerKonine, Crippled with Rheumatism, Was CaVried to the Priest's House and in a Short Time } Was Able to Walk to Ills Home. Special to The Journal. Marinette, Wis., Dec. 5.Altho Rev. Father Dagnault, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church in Peshtigo, admits curing many people of various ills, he distinctly states that it is not to any exercise of divine powers thru him, and he,abhors the idea of being de ignated a healer. He says that his treatment is by electro-therapeutics, and is due to the odic force in the human body. Many. Marinette people have taken treatment there, and many miraculous cures are reported. .Nicholas Konine was carried into' the priest's house crippled with rheu matism. The priest rubbed his hands over the afflicted parts, and in a short time Konine was able to walk home, and has since chopped up -^ his crutches. Mrs. Rochon of Niagara, Wis., had a tumor or ^swelling of some kind in her face, for years. It disappeared in one night after Father Dagnault had treated her. _.. CARCASS OF A DEER ^toee Stood Guard Over It and Went to Law for Possession. BARABOO, WIS.A case out of the ordinary was. decided in Judge Halstead's court. On Nov. 25 Morris CowTes, who resides hear this city/ shot and killed a wounded deer and proceeded to dress it. O. J. Tabor and Frank Meyers of Prairie du Sac ap peared and asserted they wounded the deer, having followed its trail. Meyers put a hunter's license tag upon the carcass. With cocked rifles the three men stood guard over the carcass all night and part of the next day, when Meyers tools, the carcass home. The matter was referred to Game Warden Hul bert", but he-had no authority to de cide the dispute. j Cowles placed in the hands of the sheriff a writ of replevin and the deer was brought to Baraboo. Fifteen wit nesses were examined in the trial. The court decided in favor of Cowles. Tabor had already killed two deer, the number allowed by law, and had the court decided in his favor, Game Warden Hulbert stood ready to arrest him: for violating the game law. atthe". ing. '-.- \i -: meet- ? TO BUELD A CHURCH - ' - ." ^ r i SAVED BIT A DOG Imported St. Bernard Drags a Drunken Man to Safety. LE SUEUR, MINN.Seven years ago Gottfried Valdemar emigrated to this country from.. Switzerland, and brought with him a magnificent great dog of the famous breed so noted for their rescue of travelers at the Hos pice of St. Bernard. Last night Valdemar was awakened by the howling of the dog beneath his window, and on going outside to see what was the matter discovered an unconscious human form lying in the snow. It was thai of a neighbor whose name is, fW obvious reasons, suppressed, and who had fallen by the roadside in a drunken stupor about art eighth of a mile away from the house, and from which place the faithful St. Bernard had drawn him by the collar of his coat. The man-had his face and hands slightly frost bitten, but was - other wise no worse for his foolish adven ture. He offered $50 for the dog, but the owner Would not sell him. Lot Is Donated and a Fund Started at Millston. BLACK RIVER FALLSrThe citi zens of Millston, twelve miles east of here, have decided to build a new church. They have used the town hall for religious services. Edward Mills donated a lot and $100 and sev eral hundred dollars more have been subscribed. In the town of Knapp the farmers have been cutting grass with mowers on top of the ice. Eleven mowers were running at once and half as many horse hay rakes. The water was so deep they could not cut the hay last fall, and there will be a great dearth of feed before grass grows again. 'The advance sale of tickets for the Hbb'son lecture"^ is the largest ever known in the city, John Livingstone, who is. 85, re ceived a stroke of-paralysis which de stroyed his speech and the use of his right side, but has completely re stored his lost hearing. CHURCH DEACON DISAPPEARS Fooled by a Woman, Evans Fled to Escape Shame and Notoriety. LA CROSSE, WISDeacon J. P. Evans, one of the most prominent DECEMBER 5, 1903. churchmen of Bangor, has disap-^ peared and his wife sued him for dU vorce when his relations with Mrs. Mary McDougal of La, Crosse were discovered. ..-'-. The panel house game was worked on Evans and under what he said was blackmail he left to escape the shame of notoriety. Evans was brought to La Crosse by the woman and was then claimed as her fiance. Mrs. McDougal says Evans repre sented himself to be a widower and promised her a part of his estate. r i HIS CHDIGHES MILWAUKEE, WIS.Alderman William H. Murphy of the third ward and Sigmuud J. ttichter, former alderman of the second ward, were arrested last night upon complaint of mem bers of the citizens' committee of ten. They are charged with having solicited and accented bribe*. ASHLAND,, WIS.The iron ore shipping sea son closed yesterday with a total of 2,823,119 tons shipped., a falling off. as compared with last year of 730,000 tons. ' MAKIHEXTE, WIS.Frank Krupski, former ly a flouring mill owner of Crivitz, Wis., Is in Jail charged with obtaining money under false P rct6nfl69 CABLE, WIS..Jerome. Qurley, a well-known hunter and trapper, was found dead in his cabin. He had a brother in Chicago: , , ^MONTANA FAILURE AT GREAT FALLS Two Twin City Hardware Firms Are Among tlie Creditors* , HELENA, MONT.The Western Hardware company, which engaged in business in Great Falls last March, has made an assignment for the benefit of its.creditors, Thomas Curry being the assignee. The liabilities are about $11,000 and Mr. X*urry,estimates that the creditors will-receiye about 50 per cent of their claim's. - The of fleers arid stockholders, who came from Minnesota,," :-.are F. 0. Beuch, president H. A Hanson, vice president, and H: G. Wilcox, secre-v tary and treasurer. . Mr. Hanson and Mr. Wilcox have left the city and no statement has been obtained. The principal local creditor is the Conrad Banking company of which the assignee is-a representative^ Oth er creditors include Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co, Chicago . Cribbert, Sex ton & Co , Nelson-Bouquet-Halliday company, Minneapolis Hackett-Wai ther-Gates Hardware company" Of St. Paul, and Helena Hardware company of Helena. :. ... '"MURDER WILL OUT'? / Body of Strangled Infant Found in an Abandoned Shaft. BUTTE, MONT. Two miners, George Farlin and his nephew, named Craddock, while making an examina tion of an abandoned shaft prepara tory to closing it for. good, discovered the body of a recently born baby boy, a hundred and fifty feet under ground. Around the neck of the tiny corpse Were the sleeves of a Woman's shirtwaist, tightly. drawn, showing that the infant had been strangled. . The body was wrapped in a suit'Of woman's underclothing -and a man's old shirt. Fresh blood clots on the body indicated that the corpse had been thrown into the shaft but a few hours before it Was discovered Had the perpetrator of the crime delayed secreting the body several hours the abandoned shaft would have been closed and the tragedy would prob ably never have been made known. WOMAN'S AWFUL DEATH Arms Torn i'rpni Her Body and Skull Crushed by a Ranch Bujl. RED LODGE, MONT.Mail ad vices received here last night from the Big Bend ranch on Muddy river, across the Wyoming border, tell of the goring to death of Mrs. F. E. Har nish, an aged woman, by an enraged Mexican bull. Mrs. Harnish was crossing the pas ture when she was set upon by the maddened animal, who bore her to the ground with its horns. The bull inflicted terrible wounds, from which the woman died several hours later. Her skull was crushed, both arms torn from her body and her abdomen torn open. Her clothing was reduced to shreds by the long horns of the animal. HtlMBOLPT, IOWAMr. and Mrs. Frank B. Shelley .saUed from Sari Francisco this week for their new .home at Zamhoanga, lij the Philip pine Islands, whgre Mr. Shelley will he stationed as paymaster of the United States army. Mrs. Shelley .waft formerly a prominent young lady of Humboldt. The manufacturers of Royal Baking Powder have had 40 years of scientific experience. Every method of breadrand-eake raising has beenex- haustively studied in this country and abroad. The result is a i perfect product in Royal Baking Powder, There is no substitute for it. The purity and efficiency of Royal Baking Powder have been commended by the highest authorities of the world. These facts mean two important things to all house- keepers : ,, Firsts that Royal Baking Powder is healthful and makes wholesome food/ Second: that Royal Baking Powder makes food good to taste, . , - n ABSOLUTELY PURE &&$??** IOWA^ LORD STEYNE : BEFORE THE BAR MOCK TRIAL OF IOWA UNIVER SITY JUNIOR LAWS. Characters in "Vanity Fair" Succeed "Hamlet" in tlie Court of Justice Judge Horace Deemer Again Pre- sidingFamous Rake of Fiction Sued for $100,000 for Alienating the Affections of Becky Sharpe. ia f c Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 5.Lord Steyne, a character in Thackeray's famous novel, "Vanity Fair," is on trial in the - court of the junior law class at the state university,. charged with alienation of the affections of Becky Sharpe Crawley. The action is brought by Sir Rawden Crawley to recover $100,000 damages. The trial opened yesterday, with Judge Horace B. Deemer of the state supreme court on the bench. Judge Deemer presided at the famous trial of Hamlet on a charge of murder, last year, by the junior class. The trial is attracting much attention at the uni versity. . . Important testimony for the defense was brought out to-day in the cross examination of Butler Garretson, the' chief witness for Sir Rawdoh Crawley. , Xoi'd Steyne's Money. ' Garretson stated that Beckj: ceived Lord Steyne. in. regard to the amount that she owed .Mrs. Briggs, and told him double the aniount, which he paid. When asked if this money was not paid over to Sir Raw don, .the butler stated: that he did not know of any such payment. Asked if. there was not apparent to him, as a person habitually about the house, that there was an agreement between Sir . Rawdon and his wife that ' she should cajole the guests,, while Sir Rawdon fleeced them, the butler stated that he did not have sufficient knowledge, to form a belief. Sir Rawdon Crawley, according to thevtestimony of the butler, was a garnbler, a man who won large sums on card tables and also lost large sums. He was never known to work, and the source of the money he spent was unknown to the butler. Becky's Changing Moods. " "Lord Steyne's advent added much to the hospitality of the house. Things were always going on after that. En tertainment was.'carried on with a lavish hand," testified the butler. In the presence of. Lord Steyne, Lady Crawley seemed to have-a buoyancy 6f spirits that she did not have when he was absent. "So far as I know, Sir Rawdon never objected'to any -of his wife's guests. He seemed to enjoy them and was not averse so far as I could tell, to accepting the money of any or all of them over the-card tables." The witness was asked if Becky Sharpe Crawley was not,, in fact, a dutiful and loving wife to Sir Rawdon. "That depends upon what you call loving," said the witness. "Whenever her husband was about, her demeanor was decidedly chilly. She snapped at him and talked in a provoking man ner. . This was all after Lord Stevne's advent. Before that I observed no coldness or snappy speeches." ELDOKA, IOWAProsecuting Attorney Frank H. Noble is in receipt of iutellifrpio of tho death at Wauseon, Ohio, of Dr. .T. tv. Caninhell one of the state's main witnesses in the Blvdeu burg poisonlnjr ense. NORTHWEST WEDDINGS HASTINGS, MINN.John A. Blaser of St. Paul ana Miss Fannie A. MeDermott of Denmark were married and left upon a wedding trip to Chicago. SALEM, S. D.William Tilley and Miss Jessie Hetts. well-known young people of Canistota, were married at Fort Atkin son, Wis. TYNDALL, S. D.Miss Amelia Kiehl bauch and Mr. Atka of Ashley, N. D.. were married at the residence of the bride's parents last night. is the rtant B AKIN G POWDER ' M 4 $ t i * 9\ de- A* \ 4 f i A "'$ -d v^S of' *& r. :1