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A HEAD-ON COLLISION
FOUR KILLED AND SIX OTHERS
INJURED.
kThreo of These May Die—Accident
on Louisville and Nashville Caused
by Disobedience of Orders—Crew
Buried Coder Avalanche of Steel.
Middlesboro, Ky.: A head-on collision
between two freight trains, one a double
header, on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad at Shawnee, Tenn., Sunday re
sulted in the death of six others, three of
.whom may die.
The known dead are James Klutz, fire
man, Middlesboro George ivlooney, en
gineer, Corbin Will Harris, fireman,
Corbin Brakeman Laughley, Norton,
Va.
Those oelieved to be fatally injured
are Will Terry, engineer, Corbin, inter
nally injured Will Killinger, conductor,
Corbin, leg broken and mashed L. P.
Larue, engineer, Corbin, skull injured.
Those seriously injured are Fory Oak
(ley, flagman, Corbin Lon Sprinkler, fire
man, Corbin Brakeman Stotser, Ben
nington Gap, Va., injured about the
head. ... ..
The southbound train should have .met,
the northbound, which was a doubleliead
er, at Wheeler, Va. The trains met 300
yards east of the station at Shawnee, on
a slight corse, nad came together with
terrific force.
All three engines were completely de
molished and Fireman Klutz, Engineer
Mooney, Fireman Harris and Brokeman
Laughley were buried under an ava
lanche of steel. The northbound train
•was carrying twenty-five cars, seven ot
,which were demolished. John Eaton,
conductor, of Corbin, aud his brakeman
saw what was coming and escaped by
cutting loose the caboose one mile from
the spot where the trains came together.
FIRED ON THE MOB.
Women and Children are Shot Down
in St. Petersburg.
St Petersburg: Sunday was a day of
unspeakable honor in St. Petersburg,
ffhe strikers of Saturday, goaded to des
iperation by a day of violence, fury and
'bloodshed, are in a state of open insur
rection against the government. A con
dition almost bordering on civil war ex
ists in the terror-stricken Russian capi
tal. The city is under martial law, with
Prince Vasilichikoff at the head of over
60,000 of the emperor's crack guards.
Troops are bivouacking in the streets.
The priest, Gopon, the leader and idol
©f the men, in his golden vestments, hold
ing aloft the cross and mveiling at the
head of thousands of workmen through
the Narva gate, miraculously escaped a
volley which laid low half a hundred
persons. The figures of the total number
killed or Wounded at the Moscow gate,
at various bridges and islands and at
•the winter palace vary. The best esti
mate is 500, although there are exagger
ated figures placing the number as high
as 5,000. ___________
SEND WARSHIPS TO DOMINGO
United States Will Comply with Re
quest of Commander Dillingham.
Washington: Commander Albert C.
Dillingham, of the navy, who was sent
kgr the state department to investigate,
conditions at Santo Domingo relative to
the finances and indebtedness of the
country, has asked that a warship be
sent 'to Santo Domingo City. This re
quest will be complied with. A brief re
port received from Dillingham indicates
that conditions in the island are improv
ing and he will start for Washington
next week. It is said President Morales
is anxious to pay the debts of the coun
try, particularly those to American cred
itors, but is unable to do so because of
the activity of the insurgents. The only
cities Morales absolutely controls are San
Domingo and Monte Christi. The opin
ion prevails that the United States -will
be compelled to straighten oat Domini
can affairs.
PASSENGERS HELD UP.
Bold Train Robbery Near Eastport
Station, in Oregon.
Portland, Ore.: Passengers on the
Oregon Railway and Navigation train
No. 4, known as the Spokane flyer, were
robbed'justaftcr the train left the East
port station shortly after 6 o'clock Sat
urday by four masked men, who boarded
the rear platform of the last car, known
as the Walla Walla sleeper, at the east
side of the station. The track enters
Sullivan gulch, a dark ravine, a few
hundred feet south of the station.
As the' train turned into the gulch the
four men entered the smoking compart
ment aud commanded the occupants to
throw up their hands. The thieves pro
ceeded to go through their victims, from
whom they secured about $100 and one
gold watch.
Officers are in pursuit of the robbers,
who stopped the train and jumped off.
•'Spotted Fever" Kills Lumbermen
Dover, Me.: Three men are dead and
two others critically ill as a result of au
outbreak of spinal meningitis, or "spotty
fever," in a lumbering camp at Lake
view plantation, where thirty men have
been eifiployed.
Sionx City Stock Market.
Sionx City: Saturday's quotations on
the Sioux City stock market follow:
Butcher steers, $4.15@4.C0. Hogs, $4.35
@4.00.
Two Killed in Maryland.
Mountain Lake Park, Md.: An engine
attached to a Baltimore and Ohia freight
train exploded near this place Sunday.
Several cars were derailed and Brake
man E. Johnson aud Fireman J. L.
Simpson were killed. Engineer A. W.
Stranhagen was seriously injured.
Burned to Death.
Iron River, Wis.: The residence ot
George Barnes, one of the best known
farmers in northern Wisconsin, was
burned early Sunday. Four persons per
ished.
More Chadwick Finery.
Cleveland, O.: United States Customs
Collector Leach has found valuably
ivories and laces belonging to Mrs. Cas
sie L. Chadwick in the Chadwick home
in Euclid Avenue. The goods were tak
en to the office of Receiver Nathau Loe
ser and examined by an expert. Their
value is about $10,000.
Shoots Wife in Sleep.
Loudon:' A remarkable case of som
nambulism occurred Saturday morning at
Stockwcll when an ex-secret service
agent ro^e from bed and shot his wife'
twice with a revolver without being
aeions of what was doue.
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DISAGREEMENT AT NEW ULM
Jury in the Koch Case is Discharged
by the Judge.
New Ulm, Minn.: After pondering
over the evidence for nearly forty hours,
the jury in the trial of Dr. George R.
Koch, charged with murdering Dr. L. A.
Gebhardt, a rival dentist, in this city
Nov. 1, failed to agree, and they were
discharged by Judge Webber.
The jury on the final ballot stood 0
for acquittal and 8 for conviction.
The defendant was remanded to the
county jail without bail, pending the set
ting of the next trial.
The report of the jury came ns a sur
prise to the defendant, who was expect
ing that he would be acquitted. He was
visibly affected by the sad news, hut
confidently predicts that he will bo ac
quitted in the next trial. He will prob
ably ask for a change of venue, and if
the case cannot be reset immediately he
will likely ask to be released on bail.
The disagreement closes another chap
ter in the mysterious murder case. Dr.
Koch was arrested Dec. 9 and indicted
Dec. 16, and the trial was started
Dec.. 27.
ATTEMPTED LYNCHING.
Negro Suspected of Fatally Injuring
a Woman at Reno, Nev.
Reno,- Nov.: An attempt to lynch au
unknown negro was inadehereFriday.the
negro being suspected of having tried to
kill Mrs. James E. Harper, a prominent
woman of this place, who is so seriously
injured that she cannot recover.
Mrs. Harper's assailant broke into her
house and with #n ax struck her as she
lay in bed with her two children. He
then dragged her body, into a, woodshed
and was preparing
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Refuses to Come Forward and Re
ceive Reprimand.
London: Special dispatches from St.
Petersburg say Hint Father Gopon, lead
er of the strikers, was summoned by
the minister of justice to receive a repri
mand, but he refused to appear, pleading
ill health and pressure of work.
Father Gopon declared that he had
taken effective measures against the pos
sibility of his arrest. He admitted that
he began his campaign for the work
men under the guise of a socialistic agi
tator, because only under that odious
flag could he have come forward at all.
It Looks Serious.
Paris: Information reaching author!
tative quarters here from Caracas, Ven
ezuela, says President Castro has decid
ed to give a negative reply to the rep
resentations of the United States. His
attitude lends to apprehensions here that
the situation in Venezuela may develop
serious complications.
Kills Two with Towel Roller.
Concorn, N. H.: Mrs. Mignonette Sea
vey, of Barrington, a patient at the state
asylum for the insane, Friday killed two
inmates and injured a nurse. The victims
were Isabel Merrill of Lyme, and Ophe
lia Cossett, of Gonic. Mrs. Seavey's
weapon was a towel roller.
Expelled from Miners' Union.
Indianapolis, Ind.: Delegate Randall,
who charged President Mitchell with
having sold out the Colorado miners, was
Friday expelled from the United Mine
Workers' Union.
A Texas Bank Fails.
Washington: The comptroller of the
currency was Wednesday advised that
the officers of the American National
Bank, of Abilene, Tex., had closed the
bank. A receiver has been appointed.
Shall be No Territory Grabbing
Washington: Secretary Hay has secur
ed positive assurances from the powers
that there shall be no attempt made up
on the integrity of Chinese territory.
Both Men Will Die.
Montonville, 111.: In a street encounter
Friday, following a quarrel at a dunce,
George Weshyberman and Thomas
Butts shot each other fatally.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Sioux City: Friday's quotation on
the Slottx City stock market follow:
Butcher steers, $3.50@4.75. Top hogs
$4.55.
Terre Haute Tied Up,
Terre Haute, Ind.: Fire entailing a
loss of $150,000 occurred early Friday in
the powerplant of the Terre Haute Trac
tion and Railway Company and business
is paralyzed to a considerable extent.
Few streets cars are running.
Wnges Are Advanced.
Marshalltown, la.: The conference of
the engineers' aud firemen's committees
with General Superintendent Sweeney,
of the Iowa Central, closed Friday night
by the men being granted au increase
averaging 50 per cent of their demands.
Starving Indians Relieved.
San Diego, Cal.: The committee in
:harge of the distribution pf supplies to
the starving Indians on the Campo reser
vation has concluded its work. When
the Indians has been relieved on the five
reservations to which the public's atten
tion had been called, the committee had
on hand supplies which were not needed
there. These have been distributed
among the Conejos and El Capitans.
Hitch School Pupils Strike.
Charleston, 111.: Fifteen high school
pupils went out on strike here Friday be
cause the principal would not permit
them to change their scats.
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sevgr her head
from the body when he was frightened
away by the children's cries for help.
A strange negro was arrested by a cit
izen and the sight of the man taking his
prisoner to tho county jail at the point
of a shotgun caused the formation of
a mob of a thousand people. The negro
barely escaped lynching.
SHOT BY A NEGRO.
Kentucky Man Wounded While
Protecting His Wife.
Lexington, Ky.: C. A. Wagoner was
perhaps mortally wouuded in his home
Friday. He told the police a negro had
entered the house and attempted to crim
inally assault his wife, and while protect
ing her he was shot by the negro, who
made his escape.
It was learned later that a negro also
attempted to assault Mrs. Loois Jones,
living near the Wagoners. In the strug
gle Mrs. Jones seised the negro's re
volver. The negro then beat her into
insensibility. She probably will die.
Blooduounds have been sent for.
SICK AND WOUNDED.
Over Eighteen Thousand Arc Still
in Port Arthur.
Tokio: It is stated there are 18,556
lick and wounded prisoners at Port Ar
thur. Of these, 3,657 are connected with
the navy.
An aide de camp of the emperor left
today, taking with him nine carloads of
imperial gifts for the officers and men of
the army in the ficl.d.
The business men of this city celebrat
ed. the capture of Port Arthur Friday.
Speeches were made by Premier Kat
sura, Admiral Togo and the ministers
of war and navy.
FATHER GOPON STANDS PAT
Schlowanggave bond Thrusday for $!,
500 in the court of criminal correction
to appear for trial Feb. 9 on the charge
of forging validating stamps for railroad
tickets."
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MURDER OF MISS SHAFER.
Two Arrests Blade no the Result of
a Confession.
Bedford, Iml.: Frank Evans and Will
iam Elmer Browning have been arrested
on warrants sworn out by John 11. Un
derwood, an attorney,-, charging them
with the murder of Miss Surali C. Shufer
on the night of Jan. 21, 1004.
The arrest is due to a story told by
Mrs. Cook, the divorced wife of Brown
ing. According to her story her husband,
from whom she was at the time sepa
rated, told her that he and Evans had
killed Miss Shnfer. In the confession
she says he made to her ho said that he
and Evans lmd planned to assault Miss
Shnfer. The two met at the alley, and
ns tho girl passed Browning struck liei
on the head with a slungshot, stunning
her.
Evans caught her and carried her into
the cab shed, where with rock he
struck her a blow on the forehead, which
resulted iu her death.
Evans changed his clothing, giving his
blood stained garments to Browning
with instructions to bum them. Brown
ing gave tliem to his wife, who hid them
Where, it is claimed, they were found a
few days since. Among tho clothing is
a cuff with a button to mutch the one
said to have been found in the cab shed
a day or two after the murder.
TOLD MILITARY SECRETS.
Portuguese Man is Tried at Yoko
hHiua nnd Convicted,
Yokohama: H. B. Collins, a man of
Portuguese blood, but who has long been
a resident of Japan, was publicly tried
Thursday on the charge of disclosing
military secrets. Tho evidence showed
thut Collins visited Port Arthur and
Tientsin last year, and received a thou
sand yen from Gens. Ogorodinkoff and
Dessino, together with a private, cipher
that he might transmit information.
Last October Collins wrote from Yoko
hama detailing the proposed dispatch of
Japanese troops, giving their, number,
their destination and thejr /•feuis^s^. to
Gen. Dessino, but the lettei^was stopped
at Nagasaki.1'
The maximum penalty fo^'itne.'^ffeMe
is six years' imprisonment. TW,passing
of the sentence was deferred.
BOTH SIDES ARE FIR
Pennsylvania Road Faces Serious
Trouble.
Philadelphia: The situation in the
controversy between the Pennsylvania
Railway Company and the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen is most acute.
P. H. Morrissey, grand master of the
brotherhood, who was called to this city
by Vice Grand Master Lee in a final ef
fort to procure if possible an amicable
settlement of the differences, arrived
Thursday night and was in conference
with the board of adjustment until aftei
midnight.
The main question at issue is that of
compulsory firing by breakmen. The
company requires a freight brakeman to
assist firemen in feeding locomotives on
difficult grades. The vote of the men in
favor of a strike was confined entirely to
this question.
MADE FORGED PLATES.
St. Louis Printer Arrested on a
Serious Charge.
St. Louis: Otto Schlowang, a printer,
has been arrested on the charge made by
J. H. Norton, manager of the St. Louis
Joint Validating Agency, that he had
furnished forged validating pasters and
plates to ticket' brokers. He is is held
on a warrant charging forgery. Norton
charges that during the last few months,
including the entire world's fair seastfn,
Schlowang's- operations have contribu
ted to a loss of between $50,000 and
$100,000 to the. different St. Louis rail.:
roads.
WANTS "BUM" CUT OUT.
Rhode Island Man's Nam* a Bar to
Marriage.
Providence, R. I.: Representative
Newell, of Central Falls, presented a bill
in the assembly Monday to have the
name of August Bumgardiuer changed
to August Gardiner.
Representative Fitzgerald explained to
the members that Mr. Bumgardiner had
courted a girl who had consented to
marry him, provided he changed hif
name, as she balked at "Bum," and
would not carry it about the country.
"She wen't stand for 'Bum,'" said
Mr. Fitzgerald, "but will marry him aa
soon as he gets rid of it."
The house passed the bill and sent it
to the senate.
MRS. CHADWICK'S BAIL FIXED
Attorney Expects to Secure Release
In a Short Time.
Cleveland, O.: Upon application ot
Attorney Dawley iu the criminal court
Thursday Judge Neff fixed the bail of
Mrs. Chadwick at $20,000 for her re
lease from jail pendiug her trial on thre*
indictments.
In order to secure her freedom Mrs.
Chadwick must furnish security to the
total amount of $40,000, the federal
court having fixed her bond at $20,00C
several days ago.
Seven Men Killed.
.Little. Ilock, Ark.: A special from An
toine says: Seven men were killed by
a caveiu Thursday in deep cut five
miles north of Antoiiie on the Gihlon and
Fort Smith railroad.
King Oscar,Not 111.
Stockholm: There is no truth in the
report from Copenhagen that King Os
car is dangerously ill with facial paraly
sis. The king is .enjoying perfect
health.
Kditor Commits Suicide.
Butte, Mont.: Daniel J. Walsh, night
editor of the Butte office of the Anacon
da Standard, shot himself in the head
with a pistol today and died three hours
later. Despondency, caused by ill
health, was the motive.
Hundreds O.e in Earthquake.
St. Petersburg: An earthquake at
Shemakha, seventy-six miles northwest
of Baku, buried hundreds of people iu
the ruins of buildings in the lower par
of the town, which was densely popu
lated.
Formally Elected.
Lincoln, Neb.: Elmer J. Burkctt was
formally declared elected senator to suc
ceed Charles H. Dietrich, by the lieuten
ant governor Wednesday, immediately
after the reading of the proceedings tak
en separately Tuesday. No vote was tak
en. Mr. Burkett was invited to address
the joint convention, and when he ap
peared he was cordially greeted.
Austria Masses Troops.
Rome: Uneasiness is felt here at the
concentration of Austrian troops on the
Italian frontier, the Patria going so far
as to say Austria is preparing tor war
against Italy
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WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
Station Agent Rojibed i»t Baltic—
At the Point ot Revolver Two
Bold Bandits Relieve Him of $200
on the Depot Platform. .'
No clow has yet been found which
•will leud to the identity of two strangers
who in an unusually bold manner held
up and robbed N. L. I-Ielm, agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul Rail
road Company at Baltic, a little town
twelve miles north of Sioux Fulls.
The robbers secured about $200 iu
cash, which belonged to the railroad
company. The robbery was committed
on the depot platform soon after the
last freight train for the night had pass
ed through Baltic. The agent was at the
diepot alone, and shortly after the depart
ure of the freight train he counted his
cash and found he had over $200.
Placing the money in his pocket he
stepped out on the depot platform, when
two men suddenly appeared before him.
One of them thrust a huge revolver into
his face with the stern command:
"Throw up your hauds, and be quick
about it!"
The agent could not do otherwise than
promptly eomply, and while the mail
with tho gun kept him covered the other
stranger went through his pockets and
secured the money, in addition taking a
valuable watch belonging to. him.
After satisfying themselves that he
had no other valuables on his person the
two men backed away and soon disap
peared in the darkness. The agent
speedily gave the alarm,, and within half
MV hour a posse of eitiens was scouring
the town and surrounding country, but
not,,the, slightest trace of the two men
could be found.
It all happened so quickly that Agent
Helm is unable to give a good descrip
tion of the.two ,men, and this has handi
capped the authorities in apprehending
them
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WOMAN TRIES TO BUY DIPLOMA
Board or Health is Investigating
Kroeger Institute.
A decided sensation was created Fri
day at the semi-annual meeting of the
South Dakota state board of health
when the members of the board took up
the subject of the Kroeger institute at
Epiphany, S. D. Representatives of the
institute were present at the
^request of
the board aud the whole matter regard
ing the right of the conductors of the in
stitute to practice medicine in the state
was gone into.
On the request of the board, the diplo
ma of the late Father Kroeger was pre
sented for examination. It was found
to be a small document, written with a
pen and dated at Cincinnati, O., in 1871.
So far as the board has been able to dis
cover the college from which the diplo
ma purports to have been issued was
never in existence.
The woman who now has charge of the
•institute, and who was Father Kroeger's
partner, has no diploma except one giv
en her by Father Kroeger. The woman
appeared before the board and made an
eariiest plea for a license in order that
the business of the institute might be
continued, she offering to pay the sum of
$1,000 for a license.
Alfalfa ia Great Success.
The success with alfalfa experiments
west of the Missouri River the past year
means that' a large amount of that crop
will be sown in the valleys this year.
When it brings from four to five times
the same wegiht of feed per acre as can
lie secured from the natural hay, it is a
product whhih is very attractive as a fod
der crop.
Cowboys to Go to Inauguration.
A party of Black Hills cowboys, 30 to
CO strong, is beiug organized to go to
Washington for the inauguration of
President Roosevelt March 4. The men
will take their own horses and be dress
ed in cowboy costume. Capt. Seth Bul
lock, who has just returned from Wash
ington, is organizing the party.
South Dakota Girl Missing.
Rev. Samuel Ileghin, of the vicinity
of Pierre is in conference with the post
office and police authorities to ascertain
if possible the whereabouts of his sister
in-law, Miss Ruth Collins, who has been
missing from her home and friends since
Dec. *7, 1904. When last heard from she
was in Omaha.
Orators Are Choaen.
In the preliminary debates at the state
university at Vermillion to determine
Who shall represent the institution in the
annual contests with Brookings Agricul
tural College and Creighton University
the winners were Miss Reeves and
Messrs. Crippen, Lyons, Shouse, New
comb and Sweet.
Horse Thief Goes to Prison.
Officers from Lawrence County Mon
day placed in the Sioux Falls peniten
tiary H. E. Farington, who pleaded
guilty in that county to the charge of
grand larceny and was sentenced to
eight months' imprisonment in the peni
tentiary.
Free Delivery at the Capital.
The committee of the Pierre city coun
cil which has in charge the numbering of
streets for free delivery purposes, are
busy on the proposition, and will have
•the work completed in time for the be
ginning of the delivery,the first .of Feb
ruary, :n
Veteran'Editor" Fatally III.
The condition, of Gen. N. C. Nash, Of
Canton, editor if the Sioux Valley News
and secretary of the South Dakota sol
diers' home board. iyas not improved
Thursday, and his physicians gave abso
lutely no encouragement for his recovery.
Had Gold Nugget in iu Crop.
A chicken with a gold nugget worth
$2.50 in its crop, was sold in Deadwood
last week. It came with a shipment
from Hay Springs, Neb. Mining men
are wondering how gold nuggets grew so
far from the mining districts.
To Guard Against Fire.
The Clear Lake business men and town
authorities do not propose to take any
chances so
thi
sis serious fires are con­
cerned, and accordingly have engaged a
night watchman, whose duty it will be
on windy nights to phtrol' the streets.
To Enlarge Insane Asylum.
The state board of charities and correc
tions will recommend an appropriation
for another building at the hospital for
the insane at Yankton. They also have
a proposition to submit to the legislature
for establishing a shirt factory at the
penitentiary.
ACorn Sheller Victim.
Lewis Todt, a young farmer living
dx miles west of Irene, was severely in
jured in a corn sheller. He was brought
to Yankton and taken to the Sacred
Heart hospital, where it was found
ntwnaary to asmove all bnt the index fin
fsr sf ~Ms left hand.
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SOUTH DAKOTA FRUIT MEN.
State Horticultural Association in
Session nt Huron.
The annual meeting of the State Hor
ticultural Association was in session at
Huron Wednesday, with a fair attend
ance. In the absence of John II. Mil
ler, president, the sessions are being^ pre
sided over by C. W. Guerney, of Yank
ton, vice president. Among papers pre
sented and discussed, was one on market
gardening, by It. D. Whorton, of Huron,
Plum growing occupied much attention.
It developed that the growing of plums
can be made very profitable in South
Dakota with proper care. A new varie
ty of grape, especially adapted to this
climate, was presented, aud is known as
the Beta the industry gives fair promise.
Tomatoes were discussed at length, the
most favored being the Dwarf, the 15ar
linnu, Early Jewel aud one or two other
varieties, a'l of which are givfcig splen
did satisfaction. Asparagus culture was
next considered, and from statements giv
en it appears that a number of persons
are extensively engaged in raising this
luxury. Gray Bros., of Yankton, have
a 40-acrc tract of celery, especially for
the wholesale markets.
As. to strawberries, there was much
said, indicating that their raising is both
pleasant' aud profitable, and there are
very many people in South Dakota who
have achieved marked success in the
growing of this fruit both for their table
use and for market. The South Dakota
strawberry always finds, a ready and
profitable market.
TWO BROTHERS MURDERED.
Found Clubbed to Death West of
Rapid City.
News lias just been received by carrier
of the murder of the Cain brothers, two
bachelors who lived at Tamarack mine,
fifteen miles west of Rapid City.
The murder is a great mystery. It is
known that the brothers had trouble
with some neighbors, and they are sus
pected of the crime.
l'he carrier states that the bodies have
the appearance of having been clubbed to
death.
One theory is that the men were mur
dered for a wagon load of merchandise
•recently purchased in Rapid City. The
men were well known in that section
of the Black Hills and owned lands and
valuable mining property.
INDIAN'S PECULIAR MANIA.
With Weapon of Any Kind Ho
Desires to Slay.
Officers passed through Sioux Falls
Sunday in charge of Joseph Longe, a
mixed-blood Sioux Indian, who escaped
from the government Indian insane asy
lum at Canton.
His case is a peculiar. one. He has
been mentally unbalanced since child
hood, and is as docile as a child except
at such times as he secures a weapon of
any kind. Then he becomes a raving
maniac, dons his war paint and proceeds
to kill his fancied enemies.
MTRKS GETS $2.
Verdict of the Jury-in the Damage
Case at Platte.
The jury' in the Marks-Arnold damage
case reurned a verdict on the convening
of the Charles Mix circuit court Monday
morning, giving Dr. Henry W. Marks,
who sued Banker J. R. Arnold for $50,
000 damages for alienating his wife's
affections, a verdict for $2.
Dr. Marks was immediately arrested
on a charge of conducting a lottery and
is held in charge of the sheriff for trial
on a failure to secure bonds of $1,500.
Victims of Swindler.
A large number of citizens of Vermill
ion are mourning the loss of money be
cause of the recent visit of a smooth
grafter, who claimed to be deaf aud
dumb. He was said to be an agent for
several popular magazines aud business
'came his way. It has now beeu several
weeks since the supposed agent collected
money there, but the magazines are nol
forthcoming.
Held for Attempting to Rob.
William Cox, a young man whose
home is at Garretson, was arrested on
the charge of attempting to rob a Gar
retson business house during the tem
porary absence of the proprietor. As
the result of his preliminary examina
tion the defendant has been hound over
for appearance at the next term of state
circuit court in Sioux Falls.
A Brutal Husband.
While thermometers registered^ 14 de
grees below zero a Parkston citizen re
turned home about 2 o'clock in the morn
ing in an intoxicated condition, pulled
his wife out of bed and abused her to
such an extent that she fled in her night
clothing to a neighboring residence for
protection. The loving husband was nr
rested and fined $10 and costs.
Child Ate Match Heads.
Eating the heads off matches caused
the death of Minnie, the 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Baker,
well known residents of South Shore.
The little girl was playing with match
es, and, unnoticed by her mother, ate
the heads off a few of them.
A Terrible Charge.
Nicholas Wagner, a prominent farmer,
living near New Hope, Minnehaha Coun
ty, was arrested and brought to Sioux
Falls to answer to the charge of beiug
responsible for the delicate condition of
his daughter Stella, aged 14.
Jews for Dakota.
A movement, the intention of which is
to establish thousands of Jewish families
as agriculturists in the state of South
Dakota, has been started by the Jewish
Agriculturists' Aid Society, of Chicago.
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A A to a
James B. Wells, on attorney of Brit
ton, N. D., dropped dead in Mitchell
Sunday as he was entering the court
house. Death was the result of an at
tack of heart disease.
Smallpox in City County.
Clay County has at least two well de
veloped cases of smallpox, one ot Meek
ling and the other near Wakonda. Strict
quarantine measures have beeu establish
ed, and it is not believed the plague will
get a firm foothold iu Clay County this
year.
Bounty for Hessian Fly.
At a meeting of the state board of ag
riculture Wednesday a resolution was
adopted asking the legislature to appro
priate $2,000 to be used in the extermi
nation of the Hessian fly.
Retail Merchants to Meet.
L. S. Tiler, secretary of the South Da
kota Retail Merchants' and Hardware
Dealers' Association, has completed the
work 6t preparing the programme for the
eighth annual convention of the associa
tMfi/which will be held in Sioux Falls
on ian, 24, 25 aud 26.
A Present for the President.
John Flinn, superintendent of the In
dian school at Chamberlain, presented
President Roosevelt with a Sionx war
bonnet trimmed with eagle feathers,
painted, and a genuine buckskin hunting
coat, on behalf of himself and friends
of the presMeut at Cfcaabcvlaia. I
Legislative.
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HOUSE.
The house action Monday included only
the introduction of bills and reading of
a petition from a number of farmers
near Bloomington asking that the legis
lature provide nn appropriation for the
payment for horses killed by order of the
state veterinarian.
Other house bills introduced were by
Groce to prevent the practice of veteri
nary surgery except by graduates of rep
utable veterinary colleges by Bratrud,
to again make the term of county court
begin March 1 instead of Jan. 1, .the
change having been made by the Code
commission in their compilation by Mar
tin, providing for the construction of a
stone library building on the state house
grounds, and appropriating $20,000 for
that purpose by Johnson, compelling
long distance telephone companies to al
low connections to be made by locals by
Parmeley, to provide for a parole law
for good conduct prisoners and by Car
roll, to allow sureties on bonds to limit
their liabilities.
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The house secured the first roll call of
tho session on the senate resolution for
adjournment from Thursday to Tuesday.
The call was demanded and the resolu
tion adopted by a vote of 05 to 20.
The first attempt at specchmoking dur
ing this session of the legislature was in
the house Tuesday, when Van Osdel, of
Yankton, spoke in opposition to the reso
lution memorializing congress to pass the
640~acre lipmestead bill. He went back
to ancient history to prove that it is not
necessary and announced his opposition
to the measure.
The first roll call of tho session was
also demanded on concurrence in the sen
ate -resolution for a recess adjournment
resulting in adoption by a vote of (5
to 20.
Other house bills were by Lindley mak
ing homesteads subject to mechanics'
liens by Wolzmuth, fixing the salaries
of county auditors and registers of deeds
on a population basis by Stokes, of Mar
shall, to provide a manner of refunding
county floating debts.
The house Wednesday passed a joint
resolution requesting congress to pass the
640-acre hometead act. The vote on this
memorial was 75 to 8,
The principal bills were introduced by
Kribs to require a state license for mo
tor cars and fixing the speed limit at
20 miles an hour on highways and from
4 to 10 miles per- hour in cities, aud by
Wilson defining a confidence1 man and
making his operation a penal offense.
Most of the members of both houses
returned on Tuesday's trains aud short
sessions were held late Tuesday after
noon.
In the house two bills were presented,
one by Bratrud, of Minnehaha, to allow
stock insurance companies to invest their
surplus in securities outside the state,
and the other by Van Osdel, of Yank
ton, to allow electricians to use that
power for healing purposes under certain
conditions.
An attempt to bring up the bill to al
low towns to condemn property outside
the municipal limits for water works
purposes for final action resulted in its
being sent back t» the judiciary com
mittee.
Groce, of Lake,' Wednesday attempt
ed by resolution to reduce the pay of
legislative employes to the same rate as
for the last session, but did not, find
much encouragement in the vote on the
proposition.
The house educational committee rec
ommended the passage of the resolution
for a constitutional amendment to take
the two-term limit off county superin
tendents.
A resolution of sympathy was adopted
by the house on the fcath of the wife of
Representative Brown, of Sanborn, and
a fund was raised for flowers.
The house took up senate bills Thurs
day, passing one to relieve the state land
commissioner from passing on titles in
question on sales of state lands, and the
bill to allow cities to condemn- property
outside their limits for water works pur
poses. This measure passed the senate
without a dissenting vote, aud no oppo
sition was taken, when it failed to receive
the necessary two-thirds to pass an
emergency measure, and only went
through by a majority. It was a Black
Hills bill, aud the opposition came from
the eastern part of the state.
The speaker announced a committee to
attend the funeral of the wife of Repre
sentative Brown, of Sanborn.
New house bills on Thursday were
these:
By Rogde, to provide for municipal
water plants and legalize bonds issued
for their construction and allowing mu.
nicipalities to sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of municipal plants.
By Peterson, providing for a state
state board of veterinarians to examine
applicants for the practice of veterinary
surgery.
By Clark, to appropriate $40,000 for
buildings at the soldiers' home.
By. Apland. declaring a poem written
by Sten Sindell Peterson, of Centerville,
to be the state, song. This was by the
speaker referred to the committee on im
migration.
The house committee on live stock re
ported favorably Friday on the bills in
creasing the annual wolf bounty from
$5,000 to $10,000 a year, and to allow
counties to offer rewards for horse rus
tlers.
The Krebs bill to require all gasoline
cans to be painted red was passed and
Newton introduced a bill cuttiug out the
requirement for publication of probate
cases.
The house on Saturday broke out of
its placid calm which has prevailed from
the beginning of the session, aud several
members developed considerable heat
over the resolution to allow county su
perintendents to hold office more than
two.terms. This measure brought on the
first general discussion of the session and
filially went to the table.
The bringing up of the bill to appro
priate $8,!)23 for the deficiency at the
soldiers' home was opposed by Van Os
del, who took the ground that there«is a
legislative provision making it criminal
for an institution to incur a deficiency,
and that he believed that the deficiency
was brought about by extravagance at
the home. The bill passed with but four
negative votes.
The house passed bills fixing the be
ginning of terms of county auditors at
the first Monday in March and to make
the terms of officers of mutual insurance
companies three years.
The penitentiary twine plant received
its first attention Saturday in two bills,
one by Thoreson, of Minnehaha, to ap
propriate $75,000 for the plant and ma
chinery, and the other by Hebal, of
Deuel, which carries an appropriation
of $150,000 for the purpose.
Other house bills introduced Saturday
were as follows:
By Chaney, to make the office of town
ship marshal appointive instead of elect
ive.
By Pennington, cutting off all exemp
tions from a single man.
By Tamer, of Brown, preventing drng-
gists in no license towns from sullln^
liquor oxcopt on prescription. Jy
The house committee reported
llnl'|rjfOTr
nbly on the liill to appropriate ijUCOOO
for the state fair grounds at Huron.
A joint meeting of the c:\pitol building
committees of both liouwes was held Sat
urday, the members of the committees
going over the proposed site with mi
architect to familiarize themselves with
the situation.
SENATE,
The senate made the lirst move for a
recess from Thursday of this week to
Tuesday of next week by adopting a res
olution to that effect.
A number of bills were presented
the senate Tuesday, being duplicates of
house bills. The principal measures in
that body were by Nortlirup to prevent
the introduction of noxious insects into
the state by Wagner, providing for tax
ing the costs of a suit to the
plaintiff when the same is brought in the
wrong county.
B. F. Williams and W. W. Boyd were
sworn in as committee clerks of the sen
ate.
A horse l'lay bill was introduced fftla
the senate Wednesday to provide
state inspection and dipping of jaefera*.-
bits with an official dipping tank at
geographical center unless it could be
shown that the tank was more accessible
to the rabbits nt some other place. Tho
bill causcd considerable merriment.
Presumably it is a take-off on the bill
introduced into tbo legislature a few days
ago providing protection for the jacks.
The bill is not taken seriously, but the
introduction of such a bill is due to the
fact that a Sionx Falls firm has con
tracted to supply tho French market with
10,000 jack rabbits, and that expert
marksmen are now at work in the jack
rabbit districts getting the requisite num
ber. This has agitated sportsmen, par
ticularly those interested in coursing
meetings, who believe that such a whole
sale slaughter of the animals will cause
them to become extinct.
The senate, after routine work, intro
duced the following bills: By Shobcr, to
limit the liability of policy holders in
mutual companies and providing for the
election of insurance commissioners by
Neil, empowering sheriffs to levy taxes
on goods of transient merchants, and by
Hutchinson, to make lightning rod and
machine notes non-negotiable.
Both houses then went into joint ses^
sion to listen to an address by J.
Shepard, the chemist nt the agricultural
college, on pure food. All members then
left for their homes on the afternoon
trains, the adjournment being to Tues
day, the 17th.
The senate Tuesday passed bills allow
ing towns to condemn property outside
the municipal limits for water works
purposes. A bill appropriating money
for expenses of presidential electors and*
a memorial to congress asking for the'
opening to settlement of the Cheyenne
River reservation.
The jack rabbit dipping bill was dis
posed of by a committee report sending
it to the waste basket.
Bills were introduced by Frieberg, of
Union, relating to garnishment, and by',
Wilsie, of Pennington, giving county
commissioners power to build additions
to county buildings without a vote.
State Secretary Wipf filed the primary
election petition in both houses Wednes
day, and in the senate it was referred
the elections committee without readi:
Its introduction was followed by the
troduction of a bill by Shober to en
its principles into law for submission
the people at the next election... In tl
house it was read before being referi
to the elections committee and the read-1
ing was followed by a resolution by.
Rogde, of Minnehaha, alleging that at
number of names were duplicated and.
others were not those of voters, while"
names had also been secured by misrep
resentation, aud asking for an investiga
tion before action be taken by the house.
Among the senate bills introduced
Wednesday were these:
By Douhty, limiting municipal taxes
on agricultural and horticultural lands
inside city limits.
By Wright, to provide for a twine lien
on grain crops.
By Mortimer, declaring all unuavigable
waters of the state to be public property
for irrigation purposes.
Senators Bonney, Branson and Vessey/
were appointed a committee to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Brown, wife of the rep-*
resentative from Sanborn.
The senate bill to provide for the tak
ing of the census and collection of vita?
statistics was passed by the senate and
pushed to a second reading in the house.
All opposition has been removed to the
Cooper bill in the senate to legalize li-«::
quor licenses granted by towns and citiotp
when no vote was taken last spring, wd ..
the bill has been favorably recommenqKed.
by the temperance committee. Thejjjlr'"
plan of the anti-saloon people willrto
light this, but they will allow it to go
without opposition.
The cattle dippiug proposition is begin
ning to be shaped up in a meeting of
the committees of both houses with the
state veterinarian, and a bill is being
prepared which will be satisfactory to all
purties interested.
Senate bills Thursday were as follows:
By Vessey, limiting the cause for di
vorce .to acts committed in the state or
by residents of the state without its
borders, nud to fix jury fees at $3 per
day and mileage".
By Wilsie, to make the closed season
for game fish from Oct. 1 to May 1.
By Payne, prescribing powers of coun
ty commissioners in relation to the erec
tion of county buildings.
By Frieberg, to repeal the law allow
ing eighth grade pupils to be sent to high
schools at district expense.
By Northrup, to provide for, the redia
tricting of cities into wurds.
While neither branch of the legislature
attempted any great amount of business.
Friday, the senators started a number
of new bills on their way, the principal
one among them being that of Koepsel
aud Lawson to appropriate $52,500 for
the erection of one industrial building for
the Aberdeen normal school by Able, to
grant to a city power to issue bonds
sewers and to provide a special asse:
ment on abutting property for sewer puri
poses by Niell, providing for a paid jaiij
er in counties in which jails are erects4',
and by Wagner, requiring all propert}*'to
be listed to its total value for assessments
The senate state affairs committee fa
vorably reported the house resolution:
memorializing congress for the 640-acre
homestead law and passed the bill appro
priating the $890 deficiency at the school
of mines.
In the senate a resolution was intro-'
duced by Cook, memorializing congress*
for the election of United States senators
by popular vote, and bills by Cordill to
require steam engines on highways ta
give right of way to teams, and by Wag
ner to provide for the collection of fundi'
from parents for the education of their
children.
The bill legalizing liquor licenses grant-',
ed the past two years where a no license'
election has beeu held was favorably re
ported.
Righting a Wrong.
Pllnks (angrily)—I understand yoa
said my face would stop a clock.
Plunks—I never said it, old man.
Plinks—Then I have been misinform­
Plunks—That's what. Why, instead:
of stopping at sight of your face say
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