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It 1 $0V. VE88EY RECOMMENDS THE OBSERVANCE OF RUARYY 12. {•f OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST *he Capital City, the Various Stat* Institution! and D)i m-" .Hffcnt Parte of tfta State. Pierre.—Gov. Vessey has issued the following Lincoln day proclamation: In honor and in commemoration of the great Lincoln, our state legislature has set aside the 12th day of February in each year as a legal holiday, and at this time I desire to recommend a gen eral observance by South Dakota's entire citizenship of the anniversary now near at hand. The record of Abraham Lincoln's lifers so incorporated into and so ctaapy' allied to the history of our country that with it all Americans are well acquainted with his early boy hood, his youth, his maturity and by America and all the civilized* world he is revered as a hero, a martyr and as a man. Although he was born in poverty and his earlier years were passed in obcurity and an environment of toil and difficulty, the innate forces and qualities of his mind were such as to fit him, and well fit him, for the posi tion he later assumed—that of the na tion's deliverer. Patient and wise, with a mighty brain and a warm heart, he piloted us through the dark est of national perils, serving with un questioned loyalty and devotion the right for which he always sought. The life of Abraham Lincoln was the exemplification of real integrity, of honest nobility and is an inspira tion to all true Americans. Railroad Commission Meets. Pierre.—The state railway commis sioners in their regular monthly meet ing ground a good grist of routine bus ness. The Farm and Home Telephone company was ordered to connect with the Missouri Valley at Wagner. The commercial superintendent of the Ne braska Telephone company appeared braska Telephone company appeared in person and presented a new sched uijMpr all rates of his company in the 6tatS, which was accepted by the com mission subject to revision. The same action was taken regarding the rate schedules of the Great Western, and Alii Reed Telephone companies. The Great Northern was ordered to construct new cattle sheds at Garret son. The Illinois Central at Rowena, and the Milwaukee at Wentworth agreed to keep agents at those places, and the M. & St. L. was given until February 10 to install an agent at Troy. The request of the Milwaukee and Northwestern for an extension of 96 days in which to install a^ connect ing track at Vilas, due to the present inclement weather was granted. The petition of the Marshall Oil company for a lowered rate on returned oil bar rels was denied. The St. Louis and Northwestern settled the complaint of C. H. Lovelace, of overcharge from Conde to Stratford, by paying the same. A special hearing for February 21 was scheduled in the case of Chas. Slack & Co., the Sioux Falls post card firm, against the Wells-Fargo people, on the charge of discrmination. State Aid to Schools. Huron.—The legislative committee of the South Dakota County Superin tendents' association concluded its session in this city, by drawing up a number of recommendations, which will be presented to the association for it to push, if its members so de sire. In brief, the following are the rec pMiiendations: Sate aid in rural districts, referring socially to newly settled or thinly settled portions of the state. State aid as an inducement to con solidation. maintaining courses in manual traln mantaining courses in' manual train ing and agriculture. A higher salary for the state super intendent. Measures to further increase the ef ficiency of the county superintendents' offices. This refers especially to a field deputy in the larger counties, to look after details that the size of the coun ty makes impossible for one man, such as the compulsory attendance law, etc. Provisions for the financing of in dustrial contests in the various coun ties. These have been tried in some places and have proven most benefi cial. The removal of the term limit of the county superintendent's office. The limtt now is two terms, or four years, and South Dakota is the only state in •which such a law is in force. One or two other measures of less importance were also suggested. Counties in Debt. Pierre.—The footings of the state land department of interest due on the permanent school fund for the first of January, shows that the different counties owe that fund $143,370.20. Th« counties owing the larger amounts are Beadle, $6,000,86 Brown, $5,695 Gregory, $.1,473.37 TjnfiPin, $4,579 Jerauld, $4,876.78 $4,695. Practically every coun ty in the state is on the list with the exception of the new counties in vUch there are yet ao loans i. & {Many False Pedigrees. Brookings.—Over a hundred false pedigrees have been found attached to horses standing in the South Dakota stud by the office of the stallion regis tration board located at the state col lege. At the present time there are la South Dakota 2,941 stallions and jacks that have passed the veterinary exam-f ination and licensed to be used tor breeding purposes. Probably no other factor has been so influential in improving the horse breeding industry of South Dakota as the registration board established two years ago, with Prof. J. W". Wilson of .the state college as secretary. According to the present law no horse or jack is allowed to stand in the state without having been exam ined by a licensed veterinarian and then registered by the board. If a horse has any contagious disease or transmissible unsoundness he is re fused a license for public breeding purposes. Among many horses which have been rejected, 46 per cent had side-bones 23 per cent had some va riety of spavins, and 17 per cent had blindness or transmissible eye disease. About one-half the horses allowed to stand in South Dakota are full blooded. It is to South Dakota's credit that she stands among the first dozen or so states which have passed rigid laws regarding the breeding of horses. One of the greatest benefits which the state derives from the stallion regis tration board is the fact that this state can no longer be used as a dumping ground for breeding stock which is in eligible to the stud of neighboring states. The present tendency W.'f# mongrels to leave the state. Reception for Prof. Sarvls. Brookings.—Prof. Johnson Sarvis of the botanical department of the state college, was tendered a reception last week by the Commercial club of Brookings at is semi-annual meeting, and its first' meeting in the splendid new quarters in the city hall. In view of the fact that Mr. Sarvis so ably served the city and the county by his expert decorating and arranging of the county exhibit at the state fair and at the Mitchell corn palace, and his work as special demonstrator on the Governors' Special, the Commer cial club of Brookings deemed it best to recognize his services in a public manner. Mr. John D. Deets, commis sioner of immigration at Pierre, was present at this meeting and gave a splendid address on the booster spirit shown by the Commercial club of Brookings. He complimented Mr. Sar vis' work very highly. President H. It. Slagle of the state college, A. A. Harris, president of the Commercial club, and others paid tribute to the ef ficient service Mr. Sarvis had ren dered the state and the Commercial club. In response, Mr. Sarvis spoke of the importance of being represent ed at fairs and expositions, and out lined the trip and the work of the Governors' Special throughout tllft east. Money from Government. Pierre.—The governor has received a check from the government fqr $5, 900 for the quarterly payment to the state for the support of the Hot Springs Soldiers' home. This payment is based on an anuual per capita of $100, and the present remittance on an average number of 236 inmates for the quarter ending December 31. Inquiring About Roads. Pierre.—The state engineer is in re ceipt of a communication from R. O. Wynne-Roberts, provincial engineer at Regina, Saskatchewan, Inquiring about international roads, and the pro gress of the same in South Dakota, and evencing great interest and desire for Canadian reciprocity with the state in building the same. State's Atorney Denu of Pennington county is arranging plans to trace the murderers of Bert Morrison, whose charred remains were found in the burned shack near Canyon lake two weeks ago. The sheriff is looking for the Hanley brothers, who were in the cabin just prior to the burning and it is thought they can throw some light on the affair if they can be found. Mor rison's whereabouts up to the day of the murder having been traced so far. Peter Erickson has been lodged in jail at Clear Lake to serve 30 days for an unusual offense—the brutal pound ing of his own aged mother, whom he attacked with his fists while under the influence of liquor and while he imag ined that as a pugilist he was the equal of, Jack Johnson. In addition to the jail sentence he also was fined $50. His arrest was a difficult matter, as he was a little better than a mad man, and it required the assistance of a number of citizens to make him a prisoner. It Makes a Difference. "Is the father of that girl across the room rich?" "I don't know, why?" "I was just trying to make up my mind whether she is skinny or merely slender." In one day 2,500 head of sheep were shipped from Colome to eastern mar kets, this being the largest single ship ment of sheep ever made from the new county of Tripp. The sheep left here on a special train of 12 cars. Marietta, which for some years has been one of the trading points in the interior of Stanley county, is passing out of existence. The postofilce has been discontinued, all mall formerly coming there now going to Wellsburg, and in the near future there will be nothing to mark the location of tht old town -m few* BIG FIRE AT GEDDES GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNS WITH tt)8S OF ABOUT $10,000. HAPPENINGS 0VERTHESTATE What la Going On Here and Thar* TJtat la of Interest to the Read* era Throughout South Da kota and Vicinity. Geddes.—The grain elevator belong ing to the Farmers Cooperative com pany, containing about 5,000 bushels of grain, was burned to the ground here. The fire broke out about 10:30 p. m. and an alarm was responded to by the local fire department. The hydrants were frozen and it was some time be fore water could be secured. For a time it looked as though the whole string of five elevators on the north side of the track would go. The loss on the elevator and con tents will be about $10,000, practically all of which is covered by insurance. The general opinion is that the fire was set by an incendiary. Judge Gaffy Succeeds Hyde. Pierre.—Judge L. E. Gaffy, of this city, was selected as president of the First National Life and Accident In surance company, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles L. Hyde. Bank Merger at Sioux Falls. Sioux Fails.—The American National bank of Sioux Falls have purchased -he Sioux Falls Savings bank, the tran saction involving half a million dol lars. The banks will be consolidated. GREGORY COUNTY SEAT. Proposition Will Be Submitted to a Vote Again. Dallas.—It Is underBtod that at the regular April session of the board of county commissioners in this county a resolution will be adopted by that body again submitting the question of the permanent location of the county seat of Gregory county. This duty is mandatory upon the board, as Fairfax, the present county seat, located in the extreme east end of the county, is only temporary location, and in order to become a permanent seat it must re ceive a majority of all votes cast at the next general election. Four years ago Herrick, Burke and Gregory con tested for the honor against Fairfax, neither of which towns received a ma jority, and in consequence Fairfax re mained the temporary location. It is quite likely that Herrick, Burke and Gregory will again make a try for the honor, with the strong probability that the seat will remain unchanged. Cold Storage at Salem. Salem.—Henry Kuhle and M. F. Kuhle of this city have purchased the old butter and egg house of Nick Jel gerhuis, formerly mantained by W. T. Hutchinson & Co. The property is sit uated along the tracks of the Chica go & Northwestern railway company of this city. The Kuhles propose to romodel and improve the plant, mak ing of It a large modern cold storage, enjoying statewide patronage. They have incorporated as the Salem Pro duce company, and from the location here at Salem, which they claim is ideal for the business in this state, they are confident of making it one of South Dakota's big business insti tutions. Highest Flight on Record. Huron.—At the South Dakota state fair held here a year ago, the weather bureau sent up a number of sounding balloons from the 'ground in this city, and in the annual report of the chief of the weather bureau for the past fis cal year is the statement that one of these balloons reached an altitude of L8.9 miles above Aie sea level. The experiments here were made by the aerological staff of the Mt. Weather ob servatory, and the results of them were never made known hew. Bank Doors Closed. Huron.—Word comes from Wesslng ton that the Henderson State bank, of that city, has been closed and is now in charge of the state bank exam iner. The bank was capitalized for $25,000. It is said there is sufficient cash on hand to pay depositors in full, but it is estimated the stockholders will lose abuot 40 per cent of their in vestment. Search for Check Forger. Aberdeen.—Search is being made made for Herman Schilling, a young man 25 years of age, who last week forged a check on one of the local banks for $10, cashed another check bearing his signature for a like sum and borrowed $15 from a local attor ney on a bogus check. Narrow Escape of Family. Corsica.—Boiling coffee for a meal in a copper coffee pot came near caus ing the death of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Watson, who re side on a farm near here. The coffee was poisoned by the copper and before the parents realized what was hap pening their children were taken se riously ill. The father made a record dash to town for a physician, who ar rived on the scene just in time to save the lives of the six children. An hour's delay and it is believed all of them would have been dead. MAJ. WARNER'S CASE. Roaebud Cltizena to Make an Elfort for His Parole. Dallas.—Prominent citizens in the Rosebud country are being urged to use their efforts with the federal board Of parole at Leavenworth, Kan., to secure the release of Maj. E. J. War ner, recently convicted of land frauds in the federal courts at Sioux Falls and sentenced to serve a year and a day. Mr. Warner Is well known through out this territory and his friends are active in his behalf, and it is thought that their efforts Will prove successful It is pointed out by his friends that he is a splendid man of splendid habits, high ideals and a keen sense of honor, and that the humiliation of imprison ment for one day is as much punish ment for him as though he served his whole time. He will be eligible for parole In four months from the time of his confinement. Up until a few years ago Mr. Warner was the Indian agent on the Cheyenne reservation and was a competent and faithful of ficial. He was convicted of irregular use of soldier declaratorles on public lands in the Cheyenne reservation. Heirs Have Been Found. Aurora.—After a three years' search, the heirs have been found of the es tate of Gus Frank, for years a well known resident of Aurora, who three years ago took his own life. One of the heirs is a brother, and there also are two sisters of the dead man. They now are proving their relationship. The three will share equally in the distribution of money belonging to the dead man, which since his tragic death has been in charge of the authorities of Brookings county. Homesteaders Organize. Goldfield.—A Homestead association was organized at Eleanor with an en thuiastic membership. They expect to affiliate with the associations at Chalk Butte and Gold Field. Perma nent officers will be elected at their next regular meeting. Talk of the or ganization is current everywhere in this country and a general feeling of protest exists owing to the fact that legislation beneficial to the homestead ers has not been enacted. Farmers Will Grow Sorghum^ Pierre.—Residents of the southeast ern part of this county are arranging to put in a large acreage of sorghum for the coming crop year, and have made arrangements for the putting in of a mill for handling the cane this fall. It has been proven that sorghum can be successfully grown in this sec tion of the state, and there is no rea son why there should not be a good profit in handling it to the farmers who take up that crop. "Jack the Peeper" Caught. Aberdeen.—The local police have finally located "Jack the Peeper," a young fellow who has been annoying residents of this city for the past three months by looking into the win dows of their homes and scaring the women and children. He gave his name as Charles Smith, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 25 days in the county jail in lieu ot a foO fine..- Blg Pierre Ice Crop. Pierre.—Ice cutting on the Missouri here is becoming quite an industry. Besides the hundreds of tons which are cut and stored in this city and Fort Pierre every winter, the ship ments to ice houses along the railway are increasing, it taking many cars of ice each year to fill the orders which come from towns almost to Huron, and north on the Gettysburg branch of the Northwestern road. Thieves Raid Martin Home. Deadwood.—Friends discovered thJtt burglars have within the past few days broken into and rifled the home of Congressman E. W. Martin here, during the absence of the family in Washington. The whole house was thoroughly ransacked and much silver ware and other valuables are missing. There is no clew to the thieves. Large Meade County Tract Sold. Sturgis.—The Sturgis Record con tains a notice of sheriff's sale for a large tract of Meade county land, owned by C. K. Howard, and comfnon ly known as the Pot-Hoow ranch. The land is sold to satisfy a mortgage of over $19,000, held by the Cattle Feed ers' Loan company. Deuel County Pioneer Killed. Sioux Falls.—Nels Forseth, aged 60, a pioneer resident of Deuel county, is dead as the result of injuries re ceived when he missed his footing and fell from the haymow in his barn, crushing his skull. As a result of the county commis sioners of Stanley county furnishing seed grain to needy farmers there will be more crop acreage than heretofore this year. The provisions are such that all can take advantage of the low er prices of seen grain. The middle man is cut out and the railroad is bringing in the grain at greatly reduc ed rates. Home Defined. i-Iome is a magic word, and we sel dom try to analyze it. A little Polish girl in a public school was asked re cently to write a definition of "home." "A nome," she wrote, is where peo ple live, and where a man or some body comes home and finds peopk there, and then eats!" Overcominf the Grouch. A grouchy p:ospect doesn't see hiJ,f so groucliv when you stand ri»? ui to him and state your propositi! ii: a fearless manner. FOURTEEN MEN PERISH IN BRIT ISH CRAFT AFTER COLLI SION WITH GUNBOAT. "A3" VICTIM OF ACCIDENT Many Lives Lost in Similar Accidents «--Ve»»eIs of 8ame Type Have Figured in Long List of Mishaps. Portsmouth, Feb. 3. The British submarine A3 sank after a collision with the British gunboat Hazzard, off the eastern end of the Isle of Wight. A cruiser is standing by. The commander-in-chief the Ports mouth division of the British navy has confirmed the flooding of the sub marine "A3" and the drowning of her entire crew. The submarine "A3," which went out of the harbor this morning to car ry out a series of diving and torpedo exercises, sank like a stone immedi ately after her collision with the gun boat Hazard. A big escape of gas which was ob served on the surface immediately after the boat sank indicates that the vessel filled with water. The subma rine lies on the Princess shoal, almost on the same spot where the submarine "Al" was lost with all hands March 18,1904. British submarines belonging to the "A" class have been singularly un fortunate. The "A5" had six men killed and 12 injured by an explosion at Queenstown, Feb. 16, 1905. The "A8" sank off Portsmouth on June 8, 1905, when 14 men out of her crew of 18 lost their lives. The "A4" sank during the manoeuvers at Portsmouth on Nov. 16 of the same year, but the whole of her crew were rescued with considerable difficulty. The "Al" had seven oft her crew badly injured by an explosion on Aug. 6,1910. This class of boat is a single screw submersible of a modified hull and type with a length of 100 feet and beam of 12 feet 8 inches. Their dis placement is 180 tons. They are driv en by gasoline motors when on the surface of the water and by electric motors when submerged. They have a surface speed of 12 knots and a sub merged speed of 8 knots. The motors develop 500 indicated horse power on the surface and 150 horse power when submerged. Their armament consists of two torpedo tubes. U. S. SHORT $22,358,000. Total Balance In General Fun'd Now $123,414,000. Washington, Feb. 3.—The deficit of the federal treasury for the current fiscal year has risen to $22,358,000, the deficit for the month of January being $960,000. The total balance in the general fund when the treasury opened was $123,414,000. The total amount of gold coin and bullion held in trust by the United States for the redemption of notes and certificates on Jan. 31, was $1,035,612,000. The calendar year closed with $1,010,956,000 in these funds. Work on the Panama canal up to date during the current fiscal year has cost $20,990,000. The total amount of the national bank circula tion outsanding is $741,494,000. THIRTY INDICTMENTS. Charges Drawn in the Indianapolis Investigation. Indianapolis, Feb. 3.—'Thirty indict ments growing out of the govern ments investigation into the dynamite conspiracy have been drawn. After its six weeks' inquiry to as certain who besides John J. McNa mara, James B. McNamara, Ortie Mc Manigal and other men already indict ed, were responsible for the hundred or more explosions which occurred from Massachusetts to California in the last four or five years and which culminated in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building, the grand jury will report to Federal Judge A. B. Anderson. The indictments, if any are returned, will be secret, although the number of indictments will be made public. Who are indicted will be kept secret arrests are affected. Mr. B. D. Barn* ex Sheriff of Warren o u n y e nnessee, in a letter from Mc i nnville, e nnessee, writes: I a o a o u e lintll Suicide Follows Failure. New Orleans, Feb. 3.—Immediately after the announcement on the floor of the New Orleans Cotton exchange that Charles D. Finley, member of the cotton brokerage firm of Finley & Simpson, had committed suicide, news of the failure of the firm was given out. This is tho second failure in two days. School Banks Prove Popular. La Crosse, Feb. 3.—After a trial of 29 months the penny savings account, in connection with the public schools shows that 2,229 pupils are enrolled in the system and that the sum ol $8,344 has been deposited bjr them in local banks. Wabash Certificates Awarded. St. Louis, Feb. 3.—Receivers of th( Wabash Railroad company awarded Kuhn Loeb & Co., of New York, th issue of $10,000,000 receivers' certit ::ates on the financial film's bid of i $25,000 premium. II 'i Health Gone Suffered with Throat Trouble mm a n a three doc tors treating e A failed to do e a n y good, and onounced my health gone. I con e 1 n ded to try Peruna, and after using four bottla can say I was entirely cured." Mr. B. W. D. Barnes. Unable to Work. Mr. Gustav Himmelreich, Hochheim Texas, writes: "For a number of years I suffered when ever I took cold, with severe attacks ei asthma, which usually yielded to the comr mon home remedies. "Last year, however, I suffered for eight months without interruption so that 1 could not do any work at all. The va rious medicines that were prescribed brought me no relief. "After taking six bottles of Peruna, two of Lacupia and two of Manalin, 1 am free of my trouble so that I can d« all my farm work again. I can heart ily recommend this medicine to an) one who suffers with this annoyinj complaint and believe that they, jrill obtain good results." A DRAW. A Old Grouch—So you had a fight with Clarence. He claims he licked you. Cholly—Oh! the boastah! It's twus he wumpled my cwavat dweadfully, but when it was all ovah. his collah was fwlghtfully wilted. No Waves. A young mother who still consider# Marcel waves as the most fashionable way of dressing the hair was at work on the job. The precocious child was crouching on its father's lap, the baby fingera now and then sliding over the smooth and glossy pate which is father's. "No waves for you, father," to marked the Little One. "You're beach." & 1 THE CARELESS GROCER Blundered, and Great Good Came of HI A careless grocer left the wrong package at a Michigan home one day and thereby brought a great blessing to the household. "Two years ago I was a sufferer from stomach troubles, so acute that the effort to digest ordinary food gave ma great pain, and brought on a condition of such extreme nervousness that 1 could not be left alone. I thought 1 should certainly become insane. I was BO reduced in flesh that I was little bet ter than a living skeleton. The doc tors failed to give me relief and I de spaired of recovery. "One day our groceryman left package of Grape-Nuts food by mis take, so I tried some for dinner. I was surprised to find that it satisfied my appetite and gave me no distress what' ever. The next meal I ate of it again, and to be brief, I have lived for the past year almost exclusively on Grape Nuts. It has proved to be a most healthful and appetizing food, per fectly adapted to the requirements ot my system. "Grape-Nuts is not only easily di gested and assimilated, but 1 find that since I have been using it I am able to eat anything else my appetite fai des, without trouble from indlges tlon. The stomach trouble and ner vousness have left me, I have regain ed my plumpness ani my views life are no longer de^ondent fmd gloomy. "Other members of my family, espe cially my husband, (whose old enemy, the 'heart-burn,' has been vanquished) have also derived great benefit from the use of Grape-Nuts food and wa think no morning meal complete with out it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and It is ex plained in the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letterf A one appears from time to tlaie. The? M? iS« «tf taSMH HMereat. i••••••