Kingsbury County independent., September 01, 1905, Image 2

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SIMSBURY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
FRED W. WRIGHT, Publisher,
DESMETi SOUTH DAKOTA
Queer relies of the Spanish armada
are being brought tip from the bottom
»»l Tobermory bay, on the coast of Scot
land, during the present search for
sunken treasure. Among the articles
brought up by the divers the other day
v.ere two masses of powder, weighing
about five pourida each, one with the
impression of a musket barrel marked
distinctly upon it. The other discover-:
ies {include the lid of a copper pan, fos
sils, a bullet, a human rib and an at
tra< tlve piece of copper plate. The bul
let, which is cylindrical in shape and
two inches in diameter, weighs about
two poundß and was evidently cut off a
bar when ammunition for weapons of
that caliber had run short. The rib
was that of a Spaniard of powerful
build, and the copper plate, which was
gilt, had engraved upon it a monogram
and lines slrnewhat resembling Masonic
emblems.
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When the shah of Persia was in Paris
last year he was accompanied by an of
ficial named Mahmoud Khan, who is
not with him now. A French Journalist
(who remembered Mahmoud put some
questions about him the other day to a
frnember of the shah's retinue. "What
has become of Mahmoud Khan?" in
quired the journalist. "He is dead,
monsieur,” was the answer. "Poor fel
low! Hut surely he was young and
seemed to enjoy excellent health."
"It was excellent,’ assented the Per
sian functionary. "Whs he ill very
long?” "No, monsieur, he was not ill
st all. He (lied quite suddenly.” "In
deed! How did It happen?” The Per
sian functionary explained, with a
slightly embarrassed air: "He was not
sympathetic to the grand vizier.”
Some curious facts are disclosed Ir,
H blue k dealing with the revenue of
Great Hrituin during the year 1903-05.
Fine# for slave dealing brought In
about S3OO. while "cons, lence money"
came to over $5,000. The revenue on
playing cards amounted ,to over
$1,000,000. The sweeping of the gold arid
silver rooms In the mint realized $5,890,
while some of the properties left over
from the coronation of King Edward
were sold for $35. Nearly a dozen pen
sions on the civil lists of George IV.
and William IV. are still being paid.
A London Chronicle reporter who
was fully alive to the dangers of the
situation, wrote sis follows from the
scene of the recent automobile races at
P.rlghton, England: "Motor cars at
racing speed sometimes run out of the
course, and to prevent the possibility
of any loss of valuable lives the ground
level of the promenade will be occupied
only by representatives of the press."
According to the following entry In
Pepys' diary of March 7, 1869. royalty
rose somewhat earlier in the day than
Is the custom now for the purpose of
witnessing sport. Pepys says. "I hear
that the King Charles 11. and the Duke
of York set out for. Newmarket by 3 In
the morning to see some foot arul horse
races.”
"What a comfort the exchange sys
tem is,” exclaimed one woman shopper
to a friend she met In the elevator of a
big department store. "Yesterday I
bought u hat which I didn’t like after
I got it home, so today I brought it
back and got three pounds of butter
»nd a mousetrap for it.” *
An extremely unintelligent Philadel
phia "repeater” was arrested at the
last election In the Quaker city. He
asked what crime was laid at hts door,
and the policeman replied; "You are
Charged with voting twice. "Charged,
am I?” muttered the dazed prisoner.
"VVhv. 1 expected to be paid for It."
The trm of a Veil known London
man might well be described an n
RVnwtloglcal tree, for It is rapidly being
covered with dates, in addlton to ills
own and his wife's birth dates and
,the record of their marriage he has the
namd ntai <J?t *** of tb> birth of each of
bis children.
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The French board of trade publishes
a table which shows that Germany has
242.000 employes In the postal telegraph
.ind telephone service. The 1 nited
States comes next with 239.000. fol
lowed by England with 184,000, while
France has only 81.000.
Phe Ore alarm box with the glass
front, which may be quickly put into
operation, but which may not be tam
pered with until the glass front is brok
en. was suggested bv Charles Dickens,
though few have ever heard of him In
this connection.
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The hens In the United States now
produce one and two-third billion doz
ens of eggs a year, and at the high av-
I! < r, ce price of the year the hens dur
ing their busy season lay enough eggs
in a single month to pay the year’s
interest on the national debt.
Mark Twain once missed the train
which should have taken him to his
work. He did not wire any excuse. His
telegram to his employer took this
form: "My train left at 7:2<». 1 arrived
at th* station at 7:35, and could not
catch it.” _
The five htghesr structures in the
world are the Eiffel tower, Paris, 984
feet high, the Washington monument,*
555 feet: city building. Philadelphia,
635 feet; cathedral of Cologne. 511 feet;
uithedru! of Straw burg, 466 feet.
According to a French international
almanac, which has Just been sup
pressed. it appears that as long as he
remains in Russia the czar draws an
nually from the Russian exchequer no
it »utn thun sw.ww.tiw,
T. W. Davis is the champion bicyclist
of - bis age in the world. He is 77 years
old and has ridden 107,781 milek on his
bicycle. He began bicycling at the age
Of 61.
There it* a beacon in the Arizona
desert to guide travelers to a water
hole. This 1« lighted at night, consti
tuting a "light house” several hun
dred miles inland.
The population of the United King
dom on March 31 last was 43.219,778.
England and Wales had 34,152,977. Scot
land 1 ..676,603* and Ireland 4,390.208.
tv -onous nicotine in lobacoo ds re*
p<’vo l by steeping the leaves In a solu
*'•>- of tannic add. This is the method
looted by a German chemist.
Firth day celebrations are unknown
titriont: the female Moors. The consider
St complimentary to be absolutely ig~
0 norart of their a?e.
The ruined gamblers who kill them
reive® at Monte Carlo are buried to
t'et ■ - r irt a cemetery within half a mile
of the Casino.
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Lake Balkhash in Asia Is remarkable
for the transparency of the water, the
limit of visibility being eighty feet.
Fi rman jspstofßoe employes must ob
tain the special permission of the gov
ernment before they may marry.
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SOUTH DAKOTA TO
PRODUCE SUGAR
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i Eastern Capitalists May Install
a Factory at Aber
deen.
A GOOD BEET COUNTRY
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'Seels Have Been Raised in That Vicin*
ity Which Yielded 16 Per Cent, of
Sugar Before Sorting Out
Inferior Roots.
Aberdeen, d. 1)., Aug. 26. The Abcr
; dern tommercial club Is in Correapond
! ence with capitalists from Madison,
Wlh„ who want to put In a beet sugar
factory at Aberdeen, if conditions are
i favorable. The capitalists have been
Invited to visit the city and look over
the ground. Sugar beets raised in the
; vicinity of Aberdeen yield 16 per cent.
: of sugar before sorting out inferior
roots.
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HAIL. DID SOME DAMAGE.
Brown County Crops Pounded in Re
cent Storm.
Aberdeen, S. I)., Aug. 26. -Hall vis
ited sections of Brown and Day coun
i ties on Tuesday night. In Brown coun
ty in the vicinity of Putney, Ileela and
Columbia standing grain was dam
aged about 20 per cent. Fully 75 per
cent. »f th«' wheat bad been harvested,
however. In the vicinity of Pierpcnt, in
Day county, the damage is estimated
at from 25 to 60 per cent, of the stand
ing wheat and a large proportion of
tlie grain is still uncut.
The yield of ail sorts of grain so far
threshed fully bears out the expecta
i tlotis for a bumper crop in northern
I South Dakota. One field of macaroni
1 wheat near Warner in Brown county
went over fifty bushels to the acre. E.
W. Powers, a leading ranchman and
stock grower of Fid murids county re
ports a yield of seventy bushels to the
acre from a field of mixed oats and
spelt. William Graham, of Groton,
grew twenty bushels of No. 1 northern
wheat to the acre and sold it direct
from the thresher for SO cents per
bushel. P. C. Cavanaugh raised twenty
bushels of wheat per acre from 100
acres, c. m. Biddings reports a yield
of sixteen bushels of wheat per acre.
Charles Flagg, fifteen bushels and
| Thomas Noyes eleven and one-half
I bushels. In nearly every instance the
| wheat is of excellent quality and grade
well.
South Dakota farmers ;jre paying
i good wages for harvest hands and
i threshers, but do not allow themselves
jto be robbed. There are opportunities
! for thrifty fellows to make good money,
; however. One Aberdeen man has se
cured a Job running a separator for the
threshing season at $5 a day. His wife
I will cook for the threshing crew at
$2.50 per day, seven days in the week.
| The couple expect to have employment
! at these wages until snow flies.
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MOTOR LINE PROPOSED.
May Run from Sturgis to New Tow.,
in Irrigation District.
Stuigis. S. IX, Aug. 26.-The re if, a
j move on foot for the construction of a
motor line' from this city to the site
of the prope.sed government town to
I be established In the irrigation district
i Parties have been before the board ol
! county commissioners here and asked
concerning the probability and possi
bility of securing a franchise. The
matter will com*/ up at a later meet
ing of the board. The city council will
also be approached at its next session
to sound the sentiment of the < ity to*
ward the enterprise.
HAND COUNTY CYCLONE.
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House Razed and Several Pcrsor.
Were Injured.
Mill* r, S. IX, Aug. 26.—Dr. MeWhor*
! ter is just back from twenty miles
j southeast of here, where Mrs. Jim Hor
; net’ and child were injured by their
house btin£ blown to pieces by a cy
; clone. The other bulldifigs, stacks and
i < rop in a small area were destroyed,
j Immense hailstones f H. and there wtr*
! several narrow escapes.
BIG ISSUE OF BONDG.
Sioux Falls High School Building to
Cost 57C.C00.
SioUX ! alls, S. !>., AUc 26. Bids i'oi
th. purchase C#f bonds t<» Tiieumuun i pf
$75,000. which, as the result of a rec ent
special election, were authoriz'd to lie
Issued for the construction of a new
Jilgh school building in this city, have
been opened by the local board of edu
cation. It was found that n Chicagc
house was the I -st bidder, it offering
a premium of $7,160 for the bonds. Ac
cordingly It was awarded the bonds.
Thus the bonds soli at a premium of t
little more than 9V4 per cent. The sale
of the bonds at the good premium of
fered iA very gratifying and diuatratos
the confidence the financial houses have
in South Dakota cities. The bonds will
draw interest at the rate of 5 per cent
per annum and will be due and payable
in twenty years from the date of the :r
issuance.
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WANTS SENTENCE REDUCED.
Lifa Prisoner at Sioux Falls Wcrkir. w
to Have It Commuted.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 25.-Edward
Wilson, a life prisoner in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary, Is making an effort
to have his sentence commuted tc
twenty years. The application for the
.commutation will come before the state
board of pardons ut its next meeting,
*Jf the application Is granted. Wilson
will complete his term in 1913, less time
allowance for good behavior.- He was
placed in the penitentiary on April 24,
1893, havtng been convicted of murder,
alleged to have been committed in
Moody county in the fa!! of 1892. It h
said Wilson has been a model prisoner,
and that on one occasion since being
placed in th- penitentiary he prevented
an insurrection, which, if it had not
be*n nipped in the bud through fir
effortK, might have resulted In thr
death of several men.
PRAIRIE CHICKENS SCARCE.
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i But Heavy Rain* Have Increased Wttv
i Duck Crop.
| yierfe. S. D., Aug 25,—The Westerr
\ Star, publtehod at Midland, out on Bat
| .•river, rays that on account of the heavy
I rains early in the season the prairie chick-
I tn crop in that section is a light one, but
1 that on account of the moisture a uumbet
I of wild ducks nested In that section thU
I year, and that the bunting of the jv-ui.*
{ wild duck v.-UI take me p.ace of . |ut*.wJ
] ebeotlog on *he lunge Uib yejj*.
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IS LIKE HIS FATHER.
Kermit Roosevelt Reaches the Blacl^
Hills and Plunges Into the Wilder
ness in Search of Bear.
Dead wood, H. D., Aug. 25. —Kermit
Roosevelt, like his father, Is after bear.
I’nllke his father he will probably not
get any.
He arrived in Defdwood Monday
night on (he Burlington railroad, and
is the happiest boy In the county at
the prospect of a ten days’ camping
trip with Captain Seth Bullock and
friends. The party will consist of Cap
tain Bullock, his son Stanley, Kermit,
Congressman Martin's son Paul and
two guides.
These guides are both old, experienced
trappers, versed In all the vvoodlore of
the west, and with Captain Bullock will
see that young Roosevelt misses noth
ing of interest.
"I always anted to come west,"
said Kermit. "Ted came out here once,
but I never came before. He wants
very much to come back. I’m coming
again, too. if Captain and Mrs. Bul
lock will have me. Yes. I can shoot
pretty well with a rifle, but I am no
good at all with a shotgun."
‘ He Is a wholesome, hearty little lad.
with his father's cordial manner, and
finely shaped head, and a simple, pleas
ing personality, quite devoid of any
ostentation or pretense. He shakes
hands with you with a staccato like lit
tle grip that reminds you of his father,
uni Is so apparently delighted with
everything that It is refreshing to meet
him.
He is very anxious to get a bear, but
bears are fast becoming ancient his
tory in the Black Hills and the party
will probably encounter nothing more
alarming than rabbits and trout.
They go first to Sand creek, where
the trout fishing is exceptionally Hne.
From there they make their way by
easy stages further into Wyoming, and
then north to Cave hills, where an
other forest reserve is located. They
come back by way of Belle Fourche
and the great irrigation canal.
They are after all legitimate game
which they may encounter and are
sure of a good tinje. The entire party,
with the exception of the driver of the
grub wagon, go on horseback, and are
dressed for the true life of the hunter
and trapper.
"I don’t get very far from the grub
wpo’on," said Kermit.
The trip \ ill last for .only ten days,
as the boy must return east at the end
o’* that time to be in readiness for his
school at Groton, Mass. He ma; never
be president, but he is sure to be a
fln«, manly young man and a credit
wen to his father.
LIQUOR LAW SUSTAINED.
Op inions Handed Down by Justices
Fuller and Haney.
Pierre, S. D.. Aug. 25. —In the supreme
court yesterday opinions were handed
down in the following cases:
By Justice Fuller—C. J. Miller, appel
lant, vs. Thornton Gudmenson and T.
J. Exhus Minnehaha county; affirmed.
By justice Haney—C. A. Barton vs.
J. Dee et a!., appellants, Brown county;
affirmed. State of South Dakota, de
fendant Jn error, vs. Jay Delamater,
plaintiff in error, Potter county; af
firmed.
This was a test case, brought to test
the constitutionality of the liquor
license law \ ich proposed to prohibit
the soliciting of orders for liquors from
private individuals, not dealers, for
houses doing business outside the state.
Delamater was soliciting for a St. Paul
firm and was arrested and convicted
on the charge. The court upholds the
constitutionality of law, and Jus
tice Haney holds that there is no proof
of violation In the specific case, while
Judges Corson ami Fuller dissent, hold
ing there is proof of guilt.
State of South Dakota, defendant in
error, vs. Henry Shanley, plaintiff in
error, Sanborn county: reversed,
Shanley was convicted on a charge of
shooting with intent to kill and sen
tenced to six ye, rs in the penitentiary.
The low**i court is reversed and a new
♦ via! is gi anted in the case.
CUTS A COWBOY IN TWO.
Roland Pair Was Trying to Board Mil
• waukee Train.
Aberdeen, S. L)., Aug. 25.—Roland
Pair, a cowboy, aged 23, was killed at
Evarts while trying to board a Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul freight
train. Pair was at JSvarts in charge
of some cattle which were being shipped
♦o Chicago.
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RAIN DOES LITTLE HARM.
Crop rteperts for Past Week Show*
Excellent Progress Throughout State.
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 24.- The weekly crop
bulletin for the wiek ending Monday, Aug
-21, follows:
( All reference to wheat applies to spring
wheat, except where otherwise noted.)
The tempt rature during the week was
favorable, Itnlnft somewhat retarded har
vesting.* stacking, and threshing of small
grains in th< eastern portion of the state,
but field work was resumed the latter
part of the week. Threshing from shock
Is in progress In the southern counties,
where also stacking of small grains is well
advanced.
In the northeastern counties, wind and
rain lodged some standing wheat and late
oats, and there was also some local dam
age from hall in several counties in that
section of the state.
Wheat harvest is practically completed,
except tn the northern counties, where,
however. It Is now general and with fav
orable weather will soon be finished.
There has. on the whole, been no material
injury to wheat from rust, and reports in
lioate that the crop is now practically
past danger therefrom, and, where
thr*-?hed, mostly good yields and quality
if grain are indicated. There is, however,
considerable complaint of smut.
The oat crop is on the whole good, and.
except m a few northern counties, cutting
is finished. There is a little local com
plaints of oats In shock being Injured by
the recent ruins. The harvesting of a
good < rop of spelt is nearly completed.
Barley harvest is practically completed,
but there is considerable complaint of bar
ley being discolored..and recent rains have
locally injured some in shock.
Corn m.ub* very good progress. Is In
promising condition, and much of the ear
ly is in the roasting ear stage. In the
southern counties, corn was much bene
tittcal by recent rain<.
Potatoes, tiax, millet, grass and alfalfa
did well. Flax Is very promising, some
has been cut, and the outlook for pota
toes is good.
After harvest haying is in progress. The
outlook tor a generous crop of hay Is good,
and much is already well secured in
stack. I.i at urea are in good condition, and
•ive stock is doing nicely.
PROVIDENTIAL RAIN.
Saved Buildings at Chamberlain Indian
School from Being Burhed.
Chamberlain, F. D,. Aug. 24.—Fire
yesterday afternoon totally destroyed
the large born at the government
Indian school in this city. Five valu
able horees were burned. The loss is
a'xiut SIO,OOO. Only a providential rain
saved the entire group of valuable
buildings from deal ruction
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OEPRIVEO OF FATHERS
An Unprecedented Run of Hare
Luck Accidents Is Reported
From Yankton.
FARMER ATTACKS WIFE
Used a Six-Shooter, Stove Leg and a
Flat Iron, but in View of Pre
vious Good Name He Was
Not Prosecuted.
Yankton, Aug. 25. -Ole Torgerson, a
farmer residing near Aten across the
river, while returning home Saturday
from Yankton, was in some manner
thrown from his rig and died shortly
after being found by his family. The
learn was discovered tangled up in
:nmc u ir>* not far from home. A
search revealed Toergerson, uncon
scious, lying by the roadside. Physi
cians were unable to revive him and he
died without regaining consciousness.
A wife and eight children survive.
J. P. Nelson, who was killed last
week, also left eight children, while
William Scheel, who killed himself
accidently while hunting a short lime
since, also left eight children, thus
makirg twenty-four children left fa
therless through accident in this com
munity within a my short space of
time.
A coroner's inquest, held Saturday,
completely exhonerated Tom Pfefferle
front all blame in the death of Martin
Hagge, who apparently died from the
effects of a broken thigh received by
being thrown down by tiie saloon keep
er Pfefferle. .\Jedical testimony showed
that Hapg ■ died from hemorrhage, re
sulting from the rupture of some blood
vessels, caused by a constitutional dis
ease of long standing.
Reports still c ome in about Sunday
night's storm, especially from the north
| part <>f the county, where even grain
j stacks were torn to pieces. Many farm
ers lost burns, amongst them George
I farter, Abe! Abelson, William Hill and
(others. The last named also lost his
house, the storm cleaning the place
completely, so report has it. Corn is
picking up around town, but north the
crop is permanently damaged.
Benjamin L. Smith, a young farmer,
was in justice court yesterday charged
with assaulting his wife with a six
shooter. u flatiron and a weapon pre
j pared from a stove leg. Great brutality
' was revealed, but the state's attorney,
In view of a little family, and the prl
| soner’s evident repentance, gave him a
' chance to reform. The next offense
j will land Smith in the state peniten
' tlary on the c harge of assault with a
1 dangerous weapon.
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ENDEAVORERS ELECT.
i Annual Meeting at L-tcher Character
ized by ['lection cf Officers.
Letcher, S. It.. Aug. 25. —A Christian
Endeavor convention, representing four
counties, ws held at Letcher Saturday
and Sunday. The speakers were Rev.
j A. Kraig Bowdish of Mitc hell, Rev, A.
M. Work of Artesian, Rev. George L.
\V. Kilbon of I.dcher, Professor Smith
of Yankton college and Dr. Minty of
Woonsocket. All meetings were held
In the Congregational church. The
Methodist church dismissed its services
and took part in the convention. At
i the close of the meeting the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President Mary Coman of Miteh
j ell; vice president, David Lane of
Woonsocket; secretary, Mabel Stuart
of Woonsocket: treasurer. Hugh Jarn
i ison of Canova; superintendent of ,jn
nior work, Mr Huntly of Wessington
Springs.
RED HAT FOR O’GORMAN.
Interesting Rumor, Built on Theory,
Comes from Sioux Falls.
I Sioux Fails. S. D„ Aug. 24.—Rt.. Rev.
Thomas O'Gm man, bishop of Sioux Falls,
according to a report in circulation here,
is talked of an the successor of Archbishop
Chapelle, of New Orleans, who died of
y* low fever wo weeks ago. Although the
report lacks official confirmation it has
1 attracted considerable attention here,
i Since the taking over cf Cuba and Porto
I Rico by the American government the
i archbishop of New Orleans has been
1 Rome’s special representative to these
countries, and Glshop O’Gorman, on ac
count of bis identification with the Taft
commission to Romp, .n regard to the friar
problem in the Philippine islands, is said
tc. in the Vast equipped of the American
hierarchy for the position. It is said blsh
' op O'Gorman, on account of his extensive
acquaintance at Washington and Rome,
would he a valuable man in the settling
of the intricate questions of church and
slat? that arc bound to arise in these pos
' sessions.
In connection with the story that O'Gor
man may be made an archbishop rumor is
already busy selecting a successor to
O’Gorman. Among the names mentioned
is that of Bishop St iriha, of Lead, S. D.,
who is a very energetic man from the Hills
country: Rt. Rev. Thomas Flynn, vicar
general, and Rev. VV. S. O’Meara. It is
said Father O’Meara would have t very
*»rong following among the youeger
clergy, of which the greater rart of (he
...ocese is mad** Up.
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BOUNI i ON RED SQUIRRELS.
First _tep in Fight to Be Made on Pine
Deadwood, S. I)., Aug. 24.—A special ef
fort Is about to be made by the forestry
department to exterminate the bark
beetles which have been playing havoc
among the pine forests of the Hills. Mr.
Plnchot, the head superintendent of the
forest reserve, has been making a visit
to the Hills, and with CaptuitT Seth Bul
lock has mapped out a plan of warfare.
The first fight will be made upon the red
squirrels. It has been decided to offer
what is practically a bounty for the hides
cf these little animals. Every boy who will
bring to any forest ranger ten tails, heads
or scalps of red squirrels will receive free
a box of 22-calibre cartridges.
• One of the best ways to exterminate the
beetle ts to exterminate the red squirrel,
as this animal destroys the birds, especi
ally the woodpecker*, which are the nat
'rii foes of the beetles.
BUILD POWER HOUSE.
Improvements Made at Soldiers’ Home
at Hot Springs This Summer.
Hot Springs, fcv P.. Aug. 25. —The
board of managers of the National
home at Hot Springs has made a con
tract with Mr. of Plattsmouth.
Neb., for the construction cf the pow
er house, which will begin at once.
The power huu.se will cost about $15.-
000, The improvements on the State
Boldins* home at Hot Spring* are
nt fut flv lshed now and the institution
ts In gm-d condition. *
Beetle.
WEDS ON HIS DEATH BED
First Wedded Over Fifty Years Ago
Recently D'vorced, and Now Recon
ciled Because of Accident.
Grand Forks. N. D., Aug. 24.—Ed
ward Fallen, lying on a sick bed at th<
Deaconess hospital, from which it if
certain that he will never arise, w:c
married to the woman to whom he \\.i>
wedded over fifty years ago, when botl
were In the prime of life, and fron?
whom he was divorced a little over i
year ago.
Four wrecks ago yesterday Fallen
who has Been an employe of the Great
Northern for more than a quarter oi
a century, slipped and fell down a
chute at the coal tipple, landing in th«
tender of an engine fifty feet below
with a load of coal. He was taken to
a hospital and it was found that he
had sustained a broken back, being
paralyzed from his hips down.
His terrible injury, and the fact that
he has but a few days to live, led to a
reconciliation, and in the presence of
their two grown children and the hos
pital attendants they were married for
the second time.
WIND DOES DAMAGE.
Storm Sunday Night Wrecked Houses
on Farms Near Ethan, S. D.
Ethan, S. D., Aug. 24.—The report
was received here yesterday morning
that a severe wind storm visited a
section of country six or seven miles
south of this place, doing considerable
damage. A farmer named. McLean is
said to have had his house and barn
blown down* and several stacks were
destroyed by lightning. At this place
there was a fine rain that will be of im
mense benefit to the corn crop, which is
in a very promising condition.
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TO ERECT BIG FLOUR MILL.
Canton to Have Mill Turning Out 100
Barrels a Day November 1.
Canton, S. D., Aug. 24.—G. \V. Rosen
crans, who has been for many years
engaged In the milling business at
Bridgewater and Mitchell, has com
pleted arrangements to establish a
large flour mill in this city. The plant
will be fitted up with large elevators
and the latest Improved machinery,
will be thoroughly up to date and have
a capacity of 100 barrels of Hour per
day. The proprietor expects to have
tlie plant in operation by the first of
November.
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CANNED BEANS IS FATAL.
Two-Ycar-Old Boy Couldn't Digest
Them Like the Older Ones.
Rapid City, S. D., Aug. 24.—A death
has just resulted here from poisoning
through eating canned beans. The
victim was the 2-year-old son of Mrs.
VVyrlck. of this city. The little fellow
\vas poisoned, while on a berrying trip
a short time ago. He was sick for sev
eral days, but although doctors did all
possible there seemed to be no remedy.
No one else who ate the beans suffered
any inconvenience.
a blessincTto CANTON.
South Dakota Town Profits Greatly by
the Change of Schedule.
Ganton, S. D., Aug. 24. —A new pas
senger service was introduced on the
Milwaukee system here- yesterday
morning which gives this city a first
class service for the first time in its
history, on account of which there is
great rejoicing. The old service amount
ed to actual oppression. The new order
of things brings a passenger train
through Canton from Sioux Falls
to Sioux City at 8:05 a. m., returning
at 7:35 p. m., and another between
Sioux Falls and Mitchell,’ passing
through Canton at i»:15 a. m. and 7:35
p. m. Stilt another passenger arrives
from San'ocrm in time to connect h4re
with both the other trains, mornings
and evenings. The new service brings
the evening edition of The Daily Trib
une within two or three hours after it is
printed, which is greatly appreciate d.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS ACTIVE.
County Convention at Sioux Falls
Elects Officers for Year.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 23.—The annual
convention of the Minnehaha County Sun
day School association, which has? just
been held in tins city, was the most suc
cessful ever held by the association.
Twenty-eight schools were represented at
the convention. The secretary received
complete reports from forty-eight school,
showing an enrollment of 471 toachersfcind
officers ami 3,210 pupils.
Counting the schools not reporting the
estimated number of Sunday schools in
Minnehaha county is about 4,000.
At a business session priov to adjourn
ment the following officers ■were elected
for the coming year: President, Rev.
Frank Fox, D. D., Sioux Falls; vice presi
dent, J. J. Allen, Sioux Fails; secretary,
Mrs. F. P. Leach, Sioux Fals.
Valley Springs was selected as the place
for holding the next annual convention.
THIRD GIFT ~*OF THE KIND
Within Four Days Three Explosive
Packages Have Been Sent.
New York. Aug. 22.—Guncotton
enough to kill a man, arranged in
an Infernal machine and disguised as a
gift in a cigar box, was received to
day by Precinct Police Captain Miles
O'Reilly.
This is the third deadly explosive in
strument of similar construction sent
through New York mails in the last
four days, the other two having been
received last Friday by Jacob H. Schiff,
the banker, and M. Guggenheim Sons.
Captain O’Reilly received a cigar box
which in weight and every detail mis
led him Into taking it for a genuine
present. Unusually heavy and te
nacious nails fastening down the cover,
however, caused a suspicion. When the
box had been carefully opened at the
ends, matches were found glued to its
inner surface In such a manner that
they would be ignited by the friction
necessary to raise the ltd.
The police found that the flare of
one of the half dozen would have
caused the death of Captain O'Reilly.
COLLIDE ON BIG BRIDGE
if
Brooklyn Bridge Is the Scene of a
Fatal Crash Between Two Trolley
Cars Today.
New York, Aug. 22.—One man was killed
and five persons injured in a trolley .car
collision on the Brooklyn bridge teday.
TAFT AND PARTY AT CEBU.
Cebu, P. 1., Aug 22. —Secretary Taft
and party arrived here this moraine
on the transport Logan. The Logan
was met outside and escorted into the
harbor by scores of launches and bo&ts.
The entire city • was decorated. The
program of entertainment includes a
purude, race meeting and visit to Ma
gellan’s monument. A banquet and
ARE SEPARATING PEACEABLY,
Christiania, Aug. 22.—The storthing to
day adopted proposals of the government
for formal opening of negotiations with
Sweden for dissolution of the union.
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TREMENDOUS WIND IS
INJURIOUS TO CORN
Yankton and Vicinity Reports 9
Wind That Travels 56
Miles an Hour,
CORN IS ALONE DAMAGED
Other Grains Are Not Harmed Per*
manently and It Is Possible That
the Damage to Corn la Now
Overestimated.
Yankton, S. D., Aug. 23—Yankton
and vicinity were visited by a wind
Storm last night that traveled fifty-six
miles an hour. Extensive injury wai
done to corn. It was laid flat in many
fields. Damage to other crops is be
lieved to be temporary. It is quite pos
sible that the corn will recover from
ihe damage In manv places and that
Ihe extent of the damage is now over*
estimated.
KILLED IN THE HOMESTAKE.
Miner at Lead Sustains Fractured
Skull and Cannot Survive.
Lead, S. D., Aug. 22.—Thomas Forrest, a
miner In the Homcstake mine, w as struck
on the head Saturday mormr.g by some
falling rock and his skull fractured. The
best medical attendance possible was pro
cured for him and he was taken to bis
Home on West street, but he <ll i ba re u i
O’clock in the afternoon. lie 41 '/ears old
and leaves a wife and five children,
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FIGHT BECOMES A MURDER.
Yankton Saloon Man May 3e Held
Accountable.
Yankton, S. D., Aug. 22.—Chris Hagge. a
county charge for years, died at the hos
pital of the Sacred Heart, and owing to
the fact that he may possibly have suc
cumbed to Injuries which he received i
in altercation with one of Yankton’s sa
loon men, Thomas Pfc-fTerle, It :s expected
than an inquest will be held as soon as
Coroner H. F. Livingston returns to Yank
ton. Hagge was employed in a minor ca
pacity in Pfefferle’s saloon and a disagree
ment arose over wages due him A scuffle
followed, in which Hagge, who was 60
years old, fell to the floor an J broke hit
thigh.
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LIGHTNING BOLT HITS HIM.
Farmer Is Struck Down in the Presence
of His Sons.
Yankton, S. D., Aug. 22.—Ti ; funeral
of James P. Nelson, of Walsh township,
who was struck and killed by a bolt i t
lightning, took place Saturday. The par
ticulars of the tragedy snow that Mr.
Nelson was at work with a team and near
him were two of his sons when tile light
ning struck. Both of the boys were
Stunned by the shock, but Mr. Nelson was
(to severely shocked that he Uil not re
cover, dying some thirty mm :• s lap a
He leaves a wife and eight eh i !r< \.
MINING MEN MAKE PROTEST.
Additional Assessment of B ack Hills
Land Is Regarded as Menace.
Dead wood, S. D., Aug. 22.—.4 ’. in* • ring
of the Black Hills’ Mining M* • '.- associ
ation the recent action of the s- !■ author,
•ties in raising the assessment -,n mining
property was the chief topic inte est.
The entire association protest* '. against
the raise, feeling that tt would * * u ser
ious drawback to the mining i: -rests in
this country. A committee was ../pointed
:o draft resolutions protesting against thh
ir.d another committee consist gof R. S.
Grimshaw, Chambers Kcllar an ' ne oth
;r. will leave tonight for Pierre *,> attend
:he meeting of the board and pr< -*nt
:he protest from the people of tin- IHIls.
it was the general opinion of mining men
that the enforcement of this r*: . wo;.ld
stork great hardship to properties it tin
tourse of development, and rn*. i.v
properties now on a paying basis would
aot be able to operate. As the state board
jf equalization is composed entirely of
members from the agricultural ilstriet it
is not strange that they skou'. i not i e
conversant with the needs of this s* c»
don.
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FIND PROMINENT MAN BEAD.
Leading Physician Was L> -vj in an
Alley When Discovers::.
Deatlwood, S. D., Aug. 22.—Dr. Rogers,
jne of the best known old turn- physi
•iuris, died at tit. Joseph’s hospital yes
terday. He was fount.. in an ur. luscious
condition in Broadway alley In ihe moili
ng by the chief of police, and was taken
from there to the hospital. A physician
was called, but all efforts at resu-eituti* >n
were in vain and he died about > ■ u. Dr.
Rogers came to the Black Hails in I*.7S
and was for many years a very prominent
as well as successful physician. Hu was
born in Kentucky sixty-seven years ago
and lived in the south for a larg • part "f
his life.
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THREATENED HIS OWN SON.
Such is the Charge Filed Againnt
Buchecker at Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aup. 22.—Major J. H.
Holmes, who was on the bond of O. 1«.
Mucheeker, the Wa.worth county man
vhise sensational escapades have made
:hingj interesting for the peace authorises’
jf two counties, rurrondered Buchecker
to the authorities on Friday and he is
again confined in the Brown county Jail to
await the fall term cf circuit court, when
he will be tried for threatening his sou's
life. Buchecker was released from jail on
Thursday upon promise of good behavior,
after having been arrested for drunken
ness.
ARRESTS MURDERER.
Father of the Prisoner Aided in Boy's
Arrest.
Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 21.—William
13111 s was captured near Logan by a posse,
of which bis father was a member, and is
held on a charge of having killed Kob
ert Murphy, a deputy sheriff, who was
bringing a prisoner hero from Virginia.
Ellis ways that he mistook Murphy and
his party for others with whom ho had
had trouble.
TURNED CURVE TOO FAST
Sixty Persona on Street Car Are Thua
Overturned with Disastrous
Results.
Milwaukee, Aug. 23.—Henry Altpasa
was killed, several other persons seri
ously injured and many others slightly
hurt in an accident to a street car near
White Fish bay late last night.
The accident was the result of a car
overturning from too .rapid running
around* curve. There were sixty per
sons In the car at the time.
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