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DEWEY COUNTY ADVOCATE THE ADVOCATE MINTING CO. TIMBER LAKE SOUTH DAKOTA. EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. IRE SNORT BUT INTERESTING Brief Mention of What l« Transpiring Ip Various Section* of Our Own and Foreign Countries. CONGRESS. Progressive Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas was unanimously elected by the progresive caucus as Its candidate for speaker of the house. The democratic party, in full pos session of the executive and legisla tive branches of the national govern ment, are turning the wheels of leg islation toward a revision of the tar iff. Setting aside precedents of more than a century, President Wilson ap peared in the halls of congress to de liver his first executive message in person. He had announced to demo cratic congressional leaders that he would go to the floor of the house when it convened and there give that body his views on the tariff. Bills and resolutions to reform the cation's currency system, to prevent floods in the Mississippi river, to provide for relief of flood sufferers, to build government railroads in Alaska, and a host of other public purposes were adopted in both houses of congress at the opening session. The measures represented weeks of work on the part of senators and rep resentatives in the preparation of legislative drafts to be urged for im mediate action. GENERAL. Woman suffrage was defeated in a recent election in Michigan. While hunting near Carter, Neb., James Crover, 11 years old, was shot and killed. Six strike rioters were shot by the police in Auburn, N. ,T., during an at tack which a mob of i!00 made on the plant of the Columbian Hope company. Two of the six are fatally injured. Five former members of the fam ous Mabray gang of swindlers were arrested at Winnipeg, Manitoba, fol lowing complaints by several citizens that they had been swindled out of hundreds of dollars by the men. The home office, London, denied the report that Mrs. Emmeline Pank hurst, the suffragette leader now in jail undergoing three years' penal servitude, had been forcibly fed and is consequently in a state of collapse. Failure has overtaken the German Arctic expedition under Lieutenant Schroeder-Stranz. Most of the mem bers are believel to have died on the ice from the exposure and scurvy, and the comtaander-in-chief is miss ing. The sentence in London of three years' penal servitude imposed on Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the militant suffragfttes, for inciting her followers to destroy property has aroused the militant suffragettes to fury and they threaten strong repris als. The average condition of winter wheat on April 1 was 91.6 per cent of a normal, compared with 80.G last year, 83.3 in 1911 and 8G.3 the ten year average. There was a decline of 1.6 points from December to April I, compared with an average decline of 3.6 in the past ten years. Mrs Catherine Waugli McCullach of Evanston, 111., told the Mississippi Valley Suffrage conference which be gan a three days' session in St. Louis, that women who march in suffrage parades should not trust too implicit ly in the chivalry of American men. It is well, she said, for girl marchers to have a chaperone. After having hung in an Isolated colonial mansion of Maryland for more than a century, a portrait of George Washington, painted in 1794 or 1795, by Gilbert Stuart, has been sold to a wealthy New York collec tor. The price paid is said to have been between $15,000 and $20,000. Labor unions the country over have focused their attention and ef forts on Sioux City, la., to make it a closed shop town, asserts C. R. ttott, •ecretary of the Sioux City Indus trial association, an organization ol business men having for its purpose the opposition of this movement. Declaring that the consumers pay too much for farm products and that the farmer does not receive a com pensation commensurate with the service which he renders the public, the first national conference on mar keting and farm products was held In Chicago Wednesday and Thursday. The Canadian Pacific railway has announced that it will soon begin con struction of the longest tunnel in America. The tunnel will be built through Kicking Horse pass in the Rock mountains and will be sixteen miles long, costing $14,000,000. Hundreds of corporations will be relieved from paying the federal cor poration tax by a decision of the su preme court to the effect that corpo rations leae'ner all their propen. and no income except thf.t yl' fV" lease, are not "doing therefore in att aub- A heavy snowstorm is raging in Minnesota. Several persons have been killed by I tornado in Missouri recently. Mrs. iloke mith, wife of the sena tor from Georgia, is seriously ill at her home in Washington, D. C. Just before inspection drill, Lieuten int Bahagdin, N. Y. N. G., had his quartermaster sergeant sworn in as 1 deputy sheriff. By blowing his own breath into the lungs of a baby for forty minutes, Dr. Benedict Williams of Bellevue hos pital, New York, saved the young ster's life. The railway strike is becoming general throughout the whole of Australia and has assumed serious proportions. Passenger service is seriously curtailed. Mistaken for a burglar, Charles Pen nington, a commercial traveler whose home is believed to have been in Cleveland, was shot and killed in Chi cago by Harry Farrell, a friend. Antone George, the 8-year-old son of Val Sitzmann, living south of Le Mars, la., hanged himself while play ing in the barn. His body, with a rope tied around his neck, was found by an elder brother. Hundreds of Turkish soldiers who survived the siege of Adrianople are dying of exhaustion, dysentery and cholera in the concentration camp In that city, according to the corre spondent of the London Daily Tele graph. Four firemen were injured, two of them probably fatally, in fighting a fire which destroyed beef house No. 2 of Armour & Co. in the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The loss on the building and its contents is esti mated at $500,000. Great Britain has no intention of following the lead of Washington in recognizing the Republic of China, the house of commons was informed by Francis Dykke Acland, parlia mentary under secretary of foreign affairs, speaking on behalf of the for eign office. The supreme court has directed that its decree in the "hard coal case" be amended to give the federal dis trict court in eastern Pennsylvania time to decide whether four certain '65 per cent contracts" should be ex cepted from the recent decision that 3uch contracts were void. The German military dirigible air ship, Zeppelin IV. made a landing in the military parade at Luneville, France, and was seized by the French authorities. The incident has caused tremendous excitement notwithstand ing the fact that the German officers iboard the airship explained that they had been lost in the clouds and did not know they had crossed the French frontier. The little kingdom of Montenegro has thrown down the gauntlet to the six great powers. She declines to yield to the demand of the powers to abandon her attempts to gain pos session of Scutari, and has officially announced that "there will be no de parture from an attitude which con forms to the necessities of the state •f war existing between the allies and Turkey." In the future it will be unlawful in the state of New Jersey to wear hat pins unless their points are guarded. Governor Fielder signed a bill which becomes effective immediately mak ing it. an act of disorderly conduct, punishable by a fine of from $5 to $20, for any person "To wear in a public place any device capable of lacerating the flesh of another person, unless the point is sufficiently guarded." Upon complaints filed by members of the Ohio National guard, A. H. Os man, Columbus undertaker, whose place of business is near the flood district, was arrested on a charge of larceny. Two guardsmen told Chief of Police Carter that Osman had offered them $25 for every body that they might recover from the debris if they would turn them over to the Osman undertaking establishment. Direct election of United States senators by the people was author ized and made compulsory when the Connecticut legislature ratified the constitutional amendment submitted by congress less than a year ago. The situation that results throughout the country, where many legislatures have adjurned until 1915 is such as to leave confusion in the minds of members of the senate as to how the early steps toward direct election of senators will be carried out. Connec ticut was the thirty-sixth state to take action in the matter. 8PORT. Official announcement has been giv en out that the fourth annual national clay court tennis tournament will be held at Omaha week of July 21. Batting two Kansas City pitchers hard and taking advantage of two er rors, the Pittsburg National league baseball club administered a 14 to 1 defeat to Kansas City players. The county commissioners of Lan caster county, Neb., by unanimous vote, adopted a resolution granting the Lincoln team of the Western league permission to play baseball on Sunday at any place in the county outside the incorporated cities and villages. Ebbetts Field, the new $750,000 home of the Brooklyn National league team, has been formally opened. The Chicago Nationals opened their local season by beating the Indianapo lis American association team by a score of 5 to 2. The New York Nationals easily de feated the Baltimore Internationals 12 to 3. The Chinese base ball team from Honolulu defeated the Stanford uni versity, 7 to 3. The Chinese proved to be fast in the field and on bases,* Sut lights hitters. Stanford made seven errors. FIRE AT SPRINGFIELD FIRE COMPANY, AIDED BY HEAVY RAIN, SUCCEEDS IN CHECK ING THE FLAMES. HAPPENINGS OVER THESTAtE What Is Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Read^ era Throughout South Da kota and Vicinity. Springfield.—Fire which toeke Out here at 12:45 o'clock in the morning threatened the entire business district and caused a loss of from $60,00 to $70,000, a part of which is covered by insurance. The flames destroyed the general merchandise 'store of J. L. Turner & Co., which has been estab lished since 1870, one of the pioneer concerns of South Dakota. It is thought the fire was started by the ex plosion of a gasoline stove in a res taurant. The Crockett restaurant also was damaged to the ex tent of $1,000 to $1,200. A well equipped fire company, aid ed by a heavy rain which started fall ing shortly after the flames were dis covered. saved the property of the Fullerton Lumber company, whose offices and yards are directly across the street from the Turner store, and and prevented a further spread of the fire. Within a short time the flames, fanned by a strong east wind, had spread to the Holland Hardware com pany's store, which was practically destroyed, entailing a loss estimated at from $18,000 to $20,000, partly in sured. PASSENGERS LUCKY* Mystery How They Escaped Death In Dakota Wreck. Arlington.—How it happened that no lives were lost in the Northwest ern railroad wreck between Arlington and Volga is a puzzling problem to the hundreds of people in this section who have visited the scene. Only two v.ere injured and these not seriously. Engineer McKaig of Huron suffered a broken shoulder and a scalded leg, and Baggageman Martin of Arlington was bruised. The wrecked passenger train was going The cause of the trouble was a. loose shoe on the drive wheel of the engine. The entire (rain left the track excepting the rear coach, this being the only car that was not ditched. The front of the engine, was buried in the bank down about ten feet to the left of the track. The baggage car landed up against th~ cab of the engine, the cab being push ed over on top of the bailer. The ter. tler was thrown ten feet further or.. The mail car was thrown into th ditch on the other side of the tracic. The smpking car landed near the baggage car. Superintendent Dickin son of Huron found the track in per fect shape where the engine left it. A Peculiar Accident. Mobridge.—Louis Mahouri. a Rou manian. has been discharged from the hospital here after ten days' treat ment for the consequences of a pecul iar accident. At the Milwaukee round house here there is an acid vat that the machinists dip the injectors into, so as to let the acid eat off the greasf After taking the injectors out of tho vat, they place them on a bench to dry. Mahouri came along and sat down on a bench full of the injectors. The acid ate the seat out of his over alls and trousers, and inflicted pain ful burns which Squired hospital treatment. May Get County Fair. Selby.—A movement is on foot in this (Walworth) county to establish a county fair here this fall. Wal worth county is just emerging from a wheat county to diversified farming, nnd farmers are now going heavily in to stock raising, alfalfa and other di versified farming, and the promoters of the county fair idea believe it will aid materially in increasing interest In the new fanning movement. Sunday Schol Rally. Parker.—A union Sunday school ral ly of the Sunday schools of Turner -:ounty was held in Parker, two meet ings being addressed by Mrs. Mary Sryner of Chicago, who is the secre tary of the Intermediate division of t.he International Sunday School as sociation, and is in South Dakota for the state convention, which will be held in Sioux Falls this week. Singular Coincidence. Yankton.—F. J. Fejfar, for many jears a business men of Yankton, now of Utica, this county, buried his eld est son, Frank, aged 40 years. On '•lis return to Yankton from the ceme tery he was notified of the death of a son, William, who had been ill in a hospital here. Poison Proves Fatal. Elk Point.—Charles Tucker, aged 49, died at his home four miles south of Elk Point from the effects of drinking alcohol and paris green, which he took with suicidal intent. He is survived by a wife and threo chil dren. Deceased was formerly super intendent of the poor farm of Union county and his father, the late John Tucker, was a prominent citizen of this community, having been a mem ber of the legislature and county com missioner of this count/ lor several rears. WAGNER MAKES STATEMENT Former U. S. District Attorney Adds Another Chapter to Hyde Case. MitchelL—When Attorney General WlckorshaVn published the statement last week disclosing the foundation upon which he asked President Taft to issue a pardon for Charles L. Hyde, who had been sentenced to a term in Fort Leavenworth prison, it was expected that E. E. Wagner, for mer United States district attorney, would make reply. It was through the efforts of Mr. Wagner that Hyde was convicted of the charge of using the mails to defraud purchasers of land in the vicinity of Pierre. Efforts were made by the attorney general to secure from Mr. Wagner staements that would serve the purpose of the pardon of Hyde, but Mr. Wagner steadfastly refused to have anything to do with the situation, and resigned his position rather than be associated with the release of Hyde's sentence. Wickersham's version of the evi dence and that of Mr. Wagner are quite at variance, the attorney gener al's conclusion being drawn from a source which permitted him a wide liberality in making it possible to urge the granting of the pardon. The rath er sensational statement made by Wickersham that Judge Elliott had said he was obliged to send Hyde to prison to vindicate himself, it having been the charge before his appoint ment that he was a corporation man and likely to favor a rich man in his court. It is asserted by Wickersham that Elliott was quoted by foiir men as saying beforehand that he would not send Hyde to prison, that he changed his mind afterward because of the charges against him. Attorney Wagner declared that be fore Wickersham wrote those state ments into his report, he was inform ed both by telegram and letter by him self and Judge Elliott that this report was entirely false and that Elliott had never said anything of the kind. It is believed from this that Wicker sham garbled the evidence in order to make his report satisfactory so that a pardon could be granted to Hyde. Flour Industry Hit. Brookings.—One of the former big industries of this state which has suf fered materially in the past five years is the flouring mill business. Without much notice these mills have been gradually closing until there are but few left. This is emphasized by the announced retirement of George P. Srxauer & Son of Brookings, who have been recognized as one of the leading flour mill firms in the state. O-Q May 1 they will cease grinding fiour. and will hereafter engage in the r'-ed business. Mr. Sexauer declares taat there is no money in flour grind ing. and that the small mills of the state ha^e been crowded out by the big mills of the northwest, which are able to get the better milling wheat at a less cost in transportation charges than can the small mills. At one time the flour grinding business of the state was one of the big indus tries. Five years ago, Mr. Sexauer said, there were 132 flouring mills in the state. This number has been grad ually reduced until now there are less than twenty-five. Surgical Operation with Razor. Cottonwood.—By acting as an ama teur surgeon and giving first aid to the injured, Michael Huffman, a resi dent of this place, played a part in saving the life of Amos Slack, a young boy, after the latter had been acci dentally shot by his brother Joe. The bullet lodged in the boy's left shoul der, entering the muscles, inflicting a very painful wound. The only physi cian who makes hie home here chanced to be making a call in the country, and in this emergency Huff man volunteered his services. With no better surgical instrument than a razor he set to work to find the bullet, which he finally succeeded in cutting out and removing, treating the wound with carbolic acid to prevent blood poisoning. The boy stood the crude sugical operation without a murmer, but his mother was over come and fainted. Death of Wealthy Yankton" Pioneer. Yankton.—Word has reached Yank ton of the death in Chicago of James A. Danforth, the heaviest holder of Yankton real estate. The deceased, who was a brother of President F. C. Danforth, of the Dakota National bank, was single and very wealthy. He had great faith in Yankton and was constantly adding to his realty holdings here. He was 65 years of age. The funeral took place at the old home at Charles City, Iowa. Dairymen Get Together. Newell.—Temporary organization of the dairymen of this section was effected at a well attended meeting held here and plans laid%or a perma nent organization, which will market the products of all the dairymen in this vicinity. J. R. Beresford was chosen temporary president and W. C. Staiger temporary secretary. The newly formed association will next meet in NiBland and complete its or ganization. War Holds Up Contract. Aberdeen.—The war in the Balkan states is holding up the completion of the Aberdeen National bank's new $75,000 building here. A large portion of the marble used in the interior is from the quarries on the island of Ski ros, Greece. The men on the isSe are busy fighting Turks: Held for Killing Husband. Aberdeen. At Leola Mrs. George Giffin waived examination and was held for trial tot band. murdering her bus POPE IS IMED ACTION OF PONTIFF'S HEART SUCH AS TO REQUIRE CON STANT ATTENTION. LONDON REPORT STARTLING Assert* That Physician. Does Not Ex. pect Pius to Last Out the Pres ent Month—End May Come Suddenly. Rome, April 11.—All official reports regarding the condition of Pope Pius agree that his case is not grave and that there is no immediate dan ger. Anxiety, however, continues on account of the weakness of the pon tiff and the action of his heart which is in need of constant attention. Find Improvement. Physicians found that the condition of the pope had improved during the night and this improvement was main tained throughout the day, although the afternoon temperature rose slight ly, but the difference from that of the afternoon was hardly perceptible. The patient's weakness is being treated by the Regular administration of eggs beaten up in milk, but the lack of nourishment contributes to the depression from which the pope suffers. The relapse is following the same course as with original attack of in fluenza, a cough being present, with irritation of the bronchial tubes and difficulty in respiration, which had led to the report, in some cases, that the pope is afflicted with asthma. This, however, is erroneous. The condition of albuminuria, which usually accom panies influenza, is also present, in dicating an inflammation of the kid neys of greater or lesser degree, but it is hoped that this is of a transi tory character. Visitors at Bedside. Prof. Marchiafava visited the pope only twice during the day, and ex pressed satisfaction at the course the illness is taking. The pope's sisters and niece spent much time at his bed side, and when not there they were kept constantly informed by telephone as to the progress of events. It was reported that Cardinal Katschthaler, archbihsop of Salzburg, had postponed his departure, as he wished to be in Rome in case of eventualities, but this proved not to be true as he left here for his home and this is considered another evi dence that the pontiff has really im proved, or at least that the danger is not imminent. Indignant at Reports. Prof. Marchiafava. in a statement to the Associated Press expressed himself as highly indignant at the ex aggerated reports that had been cir culated. He gave solemn assurances that the pope's illness was running a perfectly normal course, and said that if no complications arose he would guarantee that the pontiff would be convalescent within a week. Dr. Marchafava spoke with the greatest apparent sincerity. Perfect calm prevails at the Vat ican and the normal routine seeming ly has been resumed. Little Hope Held Out. London.—A Rome dispatch to the Chronicle says that one of the pope's physicians has expressed the opinion that his holiness will rally for a time, but that his general condition ren ders it unlikely that he will last out the present month, .and that the end may come suddenly from heart fail ure. Milwaukee Bonds Placed. New York, April 11.—The Milwau kee railroad has sold to a syndicate, headed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the National City bank, $30,000,000 of its general mortgage gold 4% per cent bonds due in 1989. The previous iSBue of these bonds have born interest at 3 Yz and 4 per cent. Proceeds from the sale will be used for general purposes. The open winter permitted a large amount of double tracking and other improvements and about $14,000,000 was needed. DAILY MARKET REPORT Twin City Market*. Minneapolis, April 10.—Wheat, May, S7%c July, 89V£c No. 1 northern, 88%c No. 2 northern, 86%c No. 1 durum. 91c No. 3 corn, f2Vfec No. 3 white oats, 32c barley, malting:, 57c: No. 2 rye, 58c No. 1 llax. $1.27*5. Duluth, April 10. Wheat. May, 88%c July, 9014c No. 1 northern, 87%c No. 1 durum, 94c. South St. Paul. April 10.—Cattle Steers, $6.75f« 8.25 cows, $4.26tfx5.50 calves, $5.50ifr7.50: hogs, $8.S5@9.00 Sheep and lamb?, $5.65@7.C0. Chicago l*lve Stock. Chicago, April 10.—Hogs—Receipts, 20.000 strong to shade higher bulk of sales. $9.00@9.20 light, $8.95@9.30 mixed, $8.806 9.25 heavy, $8.60@9.15 rough. $S.60(u 8.80 pigs. $6.90^9.20. Cattle—Receipts. 15.000 slow, gen erally steady beeves, $7.2Q@9.20 Texas steers, $6.6507.85 westorn steers. $6.85 &18.IO .stackers and feeders, $6.10o S.10: cows and heifers, $3.70@8.35 calves. $6.00 8.60. Sheep—Receipts, 23,000 steady to 10c lower native, $6.35@7.40 western, $6.35 7.40 yearlings, $7.30 8.50 lambs, native, $6.90@9.10: western. $7.2509.10. Body to Lie in State. New York, April 10.—The body at 3. P. Morgan will lie in state from the time of its arrival on the liner Prance on Friday until Monday in the red room of his Madison avenue home, where the financier met his directors and transacted the greater part of bis business in recent years. The room, which is on the Thirty-sixth street side of the house, opposite the library, is 35x40 feet and is built of white stone with red Turkish carpets and hangings. The casket will be placed on (iwil bier. OYSTERS AT ARCACHON B^&IM Writer Tells of Trip Through the Bedq —Enjoyed Eating Them Fresh From the Sea. Arcachon, France.—In the Bassioi 4'Arcachon there are about fifteen hun-, dred acres of oysterbeds. Getting) across to the beds is short work, either by skiff-sailing or motorboat, and a* good-hearted boatman will, If you dot not want to wade, carry you through, the shallows in no time. There, yoni can handle the limed tiles and examine the tiny oysters, sometimes as manyj as two or three hundred on one tile, at) your pleasure, says a writer in CoutH try Life. When the little bivalves are a year old they are carefully scraped from these tiles for commerce and ex portation, many of them being brought to Whitstable, there to be fattened and Carting the Oysters to Market. cold as "natives." It is reckoned that 56 per cent, of the embryo oysters never mature. On the beds, both men rod women work, but chiefly women, raking in their treasure and making pretty pictures, too, with their vivid scarlet culottes and blue aprons, while standing, often knee deep, in the shal lows. Sorting seems to be done, for the most part, by the elder women, who, sitting outside their cabines, sejx arate with dexterous hands the mature from those too small still for use, the former being packed for sale and the latter put aside in nets in some shady corner, and ultimately thrown back on to the beds for further develop ment. In Arcachon, the hotel propri etors may well be profligate in their supply of oysters, for they are a cheap luxury but for real enjoyment, give me half-a-dozen fresh from their beds, scooped from their pearly fluted sheila by deft hands with a pocket-blade as I ride across the water in Miohel's swift boat. These are oysters to re member! The whiff of the sea, blow ing right across from Biscay's bay, glancing emerald waves lapping against the prow, blue skies above blue seas around. MOTHER SAVES JEWEL THIEF How a Kansas City Woman Reemft ered Gems Worth Over $2,000 From Wayward Son.- Kansas City, Mo.—An honest moth er's Influence over her wayward saa was responsible for the return to the owner of more than $2,000 worth of Jewelry that was stolen recently from the home of Mrs. Edwin Godron of this city. A young man called at Mrs. Godron's home and told her she could recover the jewels if she would agree not to prosecute him, would pay him the reward of $100 she had offered, and would follow his direc tions. Five minutes later she was valking along Benton boulevard, near Iter home, as the young man had di rected. Suddenly she was accosted by a well dressed woman, who said: Don't ask any questions," as she handed Mrs. Godron a box containing the jewelry. "Here's your diamonds," the woman added, "all but two rings. I could not get them. My brother is not & thief. We are not people who wear diamonds. Brother came home drunk one morning wearing a diamond stud. Mother went through his clothes and o u n e e s o e i n s I a most broke her heart She's a gooft church member." Mrs. Godron then handed the wom an the reward. The two missing dia monds were valued at $160. The value of the Jewelry was $2,300. NAPOLEON KIN IS A LABOREft Grandmother Matron of Hospital at St Helena When "Little Co* poral Arrived. Los Angeles, Cal.—Search by the Crittenden Memorial society of Sa* Francisco for a reputed grandson ol Napoleon Bonaparte epded in a Los Angeles lumber ya*C William Gor don, a workingman, the person sought. William Gordon is a son of the late Jofcn Gordon, a San Francisco jeweler, Who, according to the Crittenden soci ety was unquestionably a son of the "Little Corporal." The remains of John Gotfon rest in a cemetery near the 9vlden Gate. William Gordon is sixty-three years of age. He says his father was not born on the island of St. Helena, as: has been asserted, but near Edin burgh, Scotland, November 11, 1818. John Gordon's mother was a Scotch woman—matron of the hospital at 8t? Helena when Napoleon arrived them an the Bellerophon—and he was gives 'its mother's name. John Gordon married Amelia Jones, a Welsh woman, in London In 1M& and they came to America, settling tm New London, Conn., where Williaa *M bora In 1MI.