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'. If" tW ,- ii-v t: tr: v: i". r:. l-v- Cfce JTarmers lUatier CANTON, a IV AKTHDB LECH, PUBLMKBU 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. rr -ryr.^ 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 (.to 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. fw ,v.: 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." •. 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 :jf- .. 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 1 -, 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. •Tl.iU, 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. 1 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. Jirieirifwv*9r»rw'i 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. 1 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 reputable clack w««M increase Its ajk 4* b. V' fV te 'V I? St $ f: in hp rfc t* it ¥,*• ty fell it W