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I v,1.r 4fs- |X0Zr mbS^tr -**i 77re FIRE BOYS DO SPLENDID WORK. One of Watertown's Best Institutions Sustains a Severe Loss by Fire. About four o'clock Thursday morning the fire alarm aroused some of the sleep ing citizens of this city. The fire de partment responded promptly to the call and upon arriving at the scene of the fire which was in the Watertown Carb onating Company's .buiiding, were un able for a few moments to determine the exact location of the fire as the entire building was enveloped in one thick veil of stifling black smoke. However, it did not take the boys very long to make up their minds as to where the fire was located, and they immediately entered •tdt FAMOUS the building and commenced to play several lively streams of water on the flames and soon had the fire under control. The damage to the building and ma terial belonging to the plant will amount to several thousand dollars and the plant will be out of working commission for several days, if not longer. In conversation with Policeman Olson who rooms on the second floor of the building with Joe Minover, he said: "I was awakened about four o'clock in the morning by a violent coughing spell and as soon as I could arouse myself I realized that there was a Are in the building and just as quick as I could get th^ window up and get a breath of INDIAN mm LIFE Yankton Agency Sionx Prefers Death to Arrest ON TRIAL FOR SECOND TIME John St. Pierre, Slayer of Albert and Clarence Shay, Gets a Total of Five Years. Rather than submit to arrest and 'tearing violence at the hands of ofll oers who were pursuing him Moses Iron Cloud, an educated Sioux Indian 'belonging at Yankton Indian agency, placed the muzzle of a shotgun to his breast and pulled, the trigger. The heavy charge, fired at such close -range, tore a great hole in his cheBt and he died instantly. While visiting Yankton agency Iron CJgtid EBt drank and grew noisy and L. G. HILL, M, '•w J3CULIST jf$ AURIST »ii --i i" EYE ijt' a&j. BAR NOSlf THROAT O LASSES FITTED .First National Bank B'ld'jj V. ^t}aa fresh air I went back to the bed where Joe was sleeping and tried to arouse him, but Joe was sound asleep with his tongue out and breathing vary. hard. I finally succeeded in getting him partly awake and took him to the window where with a few breaths of fresh air he finally came to and together we started down the hall to make our exit from the building. The hall was black with smoke and more of it was- pouring up thro the floor and around the mop boards. As we started down the hall the electric light in the hall went out COMPANY and we proceeded to feel our way down the hall and down the stairs to the open air. It was as narrow an escape as I ever want to experience." Mr. Dory had just had part of the up per floor arranged for the Eagles lodge and the boys had not had a meeting in the new hall yet. Both Messrs Dory and Wagner are at a loss to know how the fire originated. Frank Craft, state fire inspector, was present this morning and gave it as his opinion that the tire in ust have started from a defective olect ric wire. But of course, that is only a surmise, and probably no body will ever be able to tell just what caused the fire. The loss was partially covered by insur- dangerous. For a time he eluded the agency police, but finally he set out for his home some miles away. The Indian police gave chase, soon com ing -within sight of the fleeing Indian. Iron Cloud went into the home of Thomas Bates, an acquaintance, snatched up a shotgun and killed him self. When sober he was regarded as an industrious and progressive Indian. SHIPPERS KICK ON RATES Railway Commissioners Give Ear to Complaints. Chairman D. H. Smith and George Rice of the railway commleslon held a hearing at Fort Pierre Saturday to hear complaints of shippers west of the Missouri river regarding freight rates in that part of the state. Ship pers or their representatives from points along both the Northwestern line and the Milwaukee line Were present to voice their grievances. General Manager A. C. Johnson of the Pierre, Rapid City and Northwestern road at the close of the hearing made a short statement as to the position of the road on the complaints presented. Claims Dead Gfrl as-Daughter. Another tragic element In" the kill tag of Rose Adams, the seventeen year-old schoolgirl, by her adopted mother, Mrs/ Mary Harbour of Rapid City, came lo light with the arrival of the aead girl's own father, Domenic Rosso pf Minneapolis, and his son-in law, John Rone of the same place. Rosso first learned of the sensational death of his" daughter through the newspapers and for the first time in nearly seventeen ryeara was. able to learn the whereabouts of the ohild, who, he claims, was kidnapped. Jf VOL. 6, NO. 39/ WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1908, Sis Did D. Quiet Baby Gets No Milk, Advertise in the Saturday News •ft It^f What D. C. Thomas Has Dtfoe for City of Watertown Has he ever built a single building in the city of Wa tertown? 4 1 ft Has he built a cement walk the city of "Watertown? Who did D, C. Thomas have made a member of the Board of Correction and Charities, on last Saturday? Eastwood, see? Who paid for it? Ask the Dakota Central c'oinfiliy liow tily came to deed to D. C. Thomas the first towiisite out of Wa tertown on their line of road, and have it named "Thomas Ask the mothers of children, who had to live on 25c to 75c per week, while their husbands gambled their week's earnings away down town, who was mayor then? i., If you want your trees thinned out where they are too close to live, speak to D. he will have it done at the ex pense of the city. Then if you want them removed from the land, the city can furnish men and teams to haul them away or plant them in the city parks, this will be cheaper for you than to do it yourself. Did D. C. Thomas subscribe $200 tb the M. & St., L. railroad extension? Was it not rather big pay for D. C. to charge the rail road committee the full $200 for the one or two days* work he did for said committee? Who goes to church and Sunday school now? D. C eive. Did D. C. Thomas subscribe $200 toward the federal building site in Watertown? Has D. C. Thomas paid his large subscription of $10 to the Carnegie library fund. If he has we would like'to know the date when paid,either before or after this publica tion. BOOST FOR WATERTOWN! Did the attorneys of Watertown p\y for entertaining the state bar meet? '.,f Did the treasurer of this society ever see the color of* D. C. Thomas' money for his share?(All the rest have paid What, A LIVE WIRE? Did D. C. Thomas enjoy all of the banquets given to entertain all of the conventions held in Watertown this sea son on a COM-PASS? Don't you think D. C. Thomas was v* ry liberal,when lie presented each teacher at the state institute with a five cent box of cheap candy? ROYAL ENTERTAINER It must have hurt D. C. to pay $41,50 for his own check of $200.00 which he gave to the committee on the federal building site, and in the deal cause a lot to be sold which he had a great interest in. The fuse from a Live Wire can burn the name of g, .Thomas off from any subscription list you can find it* on. Some fellows are boosters but they are cheap boosi-'^ ers, they are doubled gaited, their feet don't -track, they try to go around the circle in two ways at the same time and S"*t on the opposite side, but they can't do it. ~J. A. CRESSEY. "•A 1 1 Did D. C. Thomas ever sanction the building of any ater extension while mayor? 7 Yes. He caused to be built a water main on the north side rnnning four blocks no$kh ofaaybody's house, so as to connect with his own farm joining the city on the north. __ iffy* 4 The people owning lots fronting on that street -sotithP of his farm. f'i" J&j 41 1 7 Did D. C. Thomas ever refuse to have a sewer built in any part of the city? v' Ask the Third ward. Did D. C. Thomas make light of a sewer in the Third Ward? Ask the people in the ward. Did D. C. ever draw up a deed for the out-let of the sewer in the city? .. 1 4 '$&'+-• Did it cost the city $400 more for another deed? Ask Poulson. K*" rV si* t"- t. 1 ,, Did D. C. Thomas get pay for the work h? did in get ting right of way for the Dakota Central railroad into the city of Watertown? C. Thomas kick and cry when the federal com mittee would not allow his bill to offset his subscription in the full amount of $200, but only allowed him $158.50, en dorsement, for his wonderful BOOSTING QUALITIES?' •*$r wye4 UP fib D. C. against ttsis kind of a man or woman. "It" will occupy two seats and seem to think it is entitled to the whole car and it is not disturbed in the least if a woman and four children are crowded into one seat. And right ia every day life you may notice the same sort of an individual, the one who has such an exalted opinion of himself. It may be that he has never been outside of the town or county in which he lives,but his overbearingmamier and "exagger,^, ated ego" air is meant to give the impression that he is all impor-.: tant, and no doubt he is—in his own estimation. Not many fair minded people like this kind of a character, and^he is exalted and important only in his own mind. Don't forget that there are millions of .others. A Dutchman addressing his dog said "You was only dog,but I vish I vas you.Ven you go mit der bed in,you shust durn round dr^e times und lay down. Ven I go mit der bed in, I haf td lock up der place und vind der .clock, und put der cat out und un dress mineself, und my vife vakes up und scolds me den der baby cries und I haf to valk him -up und down, den maybe ven I shust go to sleep it is'time to ged up again. Ven you ged up, you shust stretch yourself, und scratch a couple of times und you vas up. haf to light der fire, put on der kittle, scrap mid my vife alretty und maybe ged some breakfast. You'maybe blay 'round all day und haf blenty of fun. I haf to work all day und haf blentjr of XP ^91#e»'3!Lou Vfja^ea4 »ni I die Oaf to go to, HtfL, yet'*gr We'wili^take off bur hat to the aubui^i haired woman who presides over the destinies of the Watertown Herald. She iscer a brick when it comes to butting into political games and the grapes. She has taken up the insurgent end of the I fis^$|^^o^ncoiujey agyj landed the county printing and now she has secured an appointment from Gov. Crawfoffl on the state board of charities and corrections and will pick up $5 per day and expenses from the state. While we have never had very much use for her in a business way, we cannot help but admire her pluck and nerve. If we all had a wife like that we could stay home atld make the buckwheat cakes. Sis, you're a brick and are entitled to wear the pants in yotir family. t~* ^Sr SH" It amuseS us to 'see some of our pxchari|fes Squirm in an effort to offend no one. The newspaper that can be published so aa to offend no one is a jewel and the editor is entitled to a pair of gold wings. Human nature is so constituted that some like to see others "ripped up the back," others don't some like to a paper six or eight years and never pay a cent and get mad and stop their paper when they get a statement of account, others don't. It is not in the province of a paper to please everybody and the editor can extract consolation from the fact that the Lord himself failed to please everybody when on earth —Ex. ii «^r -U5 .*1 -v "Get four delegates at any cost," was the text of a message which went over the telephone to an insurcrent leader in county on Wednesday night. The next day" the Cra,wford or^an in Sioux Falls claimed "four votes" in Hamlin county, though the whole delegation of nine had been selected long before and always credited to the stalwart column. Is there some funny work going oh in South Dakota?-.*-.- Alderman C. H. Lester mil be elected over both Messrs. Thomas and Martin for the mayoralty. People appreciate the I good work he has done on the city council and would like to see 1 him mayor of our city. He has done more good, hard work for the city of Watertown in his official capacity a« alderman than any other man who ever sat on the council.- Merit ought to win and we believe it will. Why should the people of South Dako^lie reque^ to elect to the United States Senate one who has dpdged around from pillar to post in his insane desire for office? Better stand by the man who has proved his mettle than elect a man that cannot stand thirty minutes without hitching. Let us return Senator by .the hero of .the vr-.. -. Why is a horse afraid of an automobile? A Kansas spinster explains the horse's mental state by likening-.'the' animal's feel ings to the sensations she would experience if she should see run ning toward hesTd. pair of trousers without any man in them. To one at this distance it would seem that this state of mind would be disappointment other than fright. mm Sis has got poori old Cassie Chadwick si it comes to the leg-pulling process, It'pays to "irisurge," don't it Sial JS ajr g^'SSi aw $1.00 PER YEAR fWr SHARPS AND FLATS By BILLY BOUNCE HUMAN HOGS Aim There are others! Strange, Isn't it? "And yet nearly^ everjjf"''®* day you meet -with the human hog "who imagines that he is the only being on the face of the earth who is entitled to any considetv atiori or attention. You never travel on a railroad but you run ,%!•»hJ 1 J§8k $ a mile when l| *r® -v 4 $ imM