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HOT SPRINGS STAR,
Hot Sprines, S. D.
}. A. STANLEY.
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PUBLISHER
A ROYAL MANU-'KKTO
CZAR'S PROCLAMATION OF AS.
SEMBLY FOR RUSSIA.
J'lie People to Have a Voice— !ti
Some liespccts lidvcrniiit'iil Will
be Popular—Svlioitic is a Greul
Mtep in A(1 iiir iluMSians.
St. rsottrg advivs t::t• 1 i:st I"::!
peror Nicholas Sntintl.iy nttiiuUhcod
Hie the people li'.ts-
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tubly In 1 ("ii!•:i:,v] by cic.-t
td i*i .i c-ent nt !vt i':-n!ii il: whole of lir.s
SIM. 'l'lic i!,111 ri:ii 11. i:si!'• •t•. which was
published simultaneously at Si. I
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Idiiu and in Moscow. will ln read in :ii]
the climcies
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the empire,
P-.ssia's national
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ivi'
IVSSIMI:-
lily. tli,. fruit Hi' i!,'i'.n!r' of stress iul
-.striving in!- reform which endows the
Kiissii:!! people with ti:i' light of being
oi,suited hpIIIL'II tlii'ir I'iiiiscn I-•]»I-i••
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prepa r:Nion aim
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a Ii ]. i.inv takes its plac
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tiic fundamental ins itutions i.i
the re.
In a sob-uin manifest,i Emperor Nicho
las a:,niitiiic ,| Saturday morning to his
.subjects tlu' fruit ion of his plans sum.
twining th'1 represent at ives of the people,
as outlined by him in a rescript issued on
March last, ami fixes the ilate for tin
fiist '''invention is nii'l-.lanuMry. ami in
a .'.kas:', addressed to tlu* senate, for
mally idlers that body to register as
tlie impelia 1 will a law project, fonnuia
in^r he nature, powers ami proee.lure ut
jthe new governmental organization.
I he !i,ainfi st'i, ukase anil project were
published Saturday morning in special
editions "f the KIi«• i:s 1 Messenger in St.
Petersburg ninl .Moscow. 'I'liev were giv
en out for pul'lication at noon to all news
papers throughout the empire, many ot
"wIxii issueil extra e'litions to signalize
a inoiueutniis historical event, overshad
owing in importance the liberation ot
(he rfs in TS01.
PLOTS TO KILL FORMER WIFE
Hugh Watt, I.oiutoii Financier, Held
for Hi^h Crime.
A jxivut sensation is Im'oii oivattMl at
il.omlon liy the an-'Vt of Much Watt,
fii.iincier and formerly nietulier of parlia
ment. I'rnin tin' (lainlichie ilivisioti. (lias
gow. on a charge of attempting to pro
ur" a private iletcctive to assist in the
murder of his former wife.
Iletcctive Marshall testified in the po
lice court Friday that Watt offered him
.$'J.-|.iiO if iie would induce the woman
to entile to Watt's tint, where he proposed
to kill her li.v the administ rati in of chlor
•(ol'ortii and tlien remove the smell ot
...chloroform with peppermint.
Watt is remanded for trial on liail
of .Si.iKiil.
I hi' police found lmth chloroform.. an.d
peppermint in Wittt's apartments.
STEALS SI0.000 IN CASH.|||
Messenger Was Sent to Hank, but
Took a Train for New York.
ii:s 1 ii'lilis. a messenger employed 1 jy
til'1 dry goods house of ("has. A. Stevens
iV 1'iios.. at Chicago. has disappeared
with
I.I KM I ,,(• I
...
he linn's money, and a
reward of has lieen offered for his
capture.
I'.obbs was employed in the place of
the tvgular messenger. who is on vaca
tion. lie was sent to the hank to make a
deposit. carrying .SlO.ood. He did not
appear at the hank and later it was
h.iriiid he had left for New York ovei
the Nickel Plate road.
Disinfectants Are Deadly. |«S|f
As a result of spraying their bodies
with disinfectants to destroy tleas, Kr
nest A. Craham and Alva Cain, of Cin
cinnati. (are in a serious condition,
and may die. Since the First regiment
tinned from Vickslwrg. Miss., the arm
ory has been infested with tleas brought
from the south by the soldiers.
Russia Makes Concession.
The Associated I're-s is informed that
W it to soon wil] make an otlicial an
nouncement in America of a reduction by
liiissia in the duties on American ma
chinery. tools, etc.. which have been op
rative since lUi'l. Ambassador Meyer
seemed this concession aftir extended
Kcirot i.it ions.
Mistakes Poacher for Deer.
Hit roll Speck von Sternberg, of Hefliii.
1 t'other of the (ierman ambassador at
••Washington, shot and killed a female
poacher at midnight in mistake for a
del r. Sternberg voluntarily surrender
ed to the police and has been allow,'!
bail.
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in by Tramps.
Miiitie llaekett, the lS-year-old daugh
ter of Levi ,1. Hiickett, a fanner, living
iiileen miles northeast of Augusta, .Me.,
•was murdered Thursday night by men
supposed to be tramps.
Sioux City Slock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux City
."lock market follow: Uutcher steers,
!f-Lo5. Top hogs. !?."».! l.'i.
Kills His Own Daughter.
Frank Ward, foreman of the yard gang
at the Pueblo (Colo.i steel works, caused
the dealh of his daughter Frances, aged
10 years, by forcing her to swallow a
quantity of poison. He then committed
suicide.
Heavy Pair of Twins.
A Lead, S. 1., special The larg
est twins ever born in this country were
..given birth to Wednesday by Mrs. Joen
Julius, of this city. They weighed re
epi'Ctively 8% and J) pounds.
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INTO AN OPEN DRAW.
Excursion Train ('lunges Into the
Klizabclli Itiver.
Miiny people \ver»' drowned and a score
or more of others injured as the result of
:iu excursiosi train on the Atlantic Coast
line bound from Kinston, X. ('., to Xor
lolk, t., piiin^itiu through an open draw
over the western branch of the Klizabeth
Kiver, ei^ht miles from Xorlolk, Thurs
diiy afternoon.
ihoii^u only ten bodies have been re
covered, the latest details indicate that
forty is it conservative estimate of tile
number of dead.
It is beiieved there are thirty or thir
ty-live people in the first car now at the
bottom of tlie river, and only live of these
neaped. Cithers perished in the second
coacli.
The railroad otlicials slated Thiirsdaj
"itfht that they arc at a loss to know whv
hiiiiineer Kei^s tailed to stop his train
before eomin- to the draw, this bcin- the
custom of passenger trains crossinu' draw
brutes. An investigation will i,. mad.
at once. Keiu-s could -ive no explanation.
:!e was taken ti, the hi-'pital at .Norfolr..
onditctor McCoy said that the respon
nihility Cm- (],,, accidenr was olivious, and
Fireman Freeman added:
••We were running tift.-.-n or twenty
miles an hour as we approached tin
draw hridjre. I cri'w ahirmcd. but said
tlothitiv, as I supposed the knew
his business. When we ot within ii few
feet of the draw. I said: 'Man. ain't you
.iroinir to do nothingV*
Mr. HeiiTs then applied the emergency
brak'-s and told nie to jump."
ESCAPE AN AWFUL DISASTER
Oreat Western Train Nearly Wreck
ed on a Trestle.
A Ies Moines. IM.. special says Chi
cago rent Western ollicials are conu'rat
ulatins themselves over the narrow es
eape which the Kansas City Limited had
Thursday nioniinji from wh.at minlit easi
ly have been a horrible accident. Whil,
the train was crossing a trestle lieai
Norwoodville, la., the trestle support
went down. The train was over in safe
ty. «it t!ie excejition of the two rear
sleepers, which sank in two feet at tin
approach way and lurched nearly over.
Mad the bridfre given away but a few
seconds later an awful accident would
have taken olace.
NOT HELD FOR MENTOR WRECK
Telegraph Operator Minor is Re
leased by Coroner's Verdict.
Coroner Siegc-lstein, of Cleveland. O.,
has rendered a verdict in connect ion with
the wrecking of the Twentieth Century
Limited on the Lake Shore road at Men
tor. O.. on the night of June 1.'5, in
which nineteen lives were lost. The coro
ner holds there is not sutlieient evidence
upon which to issue a warrant for Wal
ter F. Minor, the telegraph operator at
Mentor.
The coroner states that the Lake Shore
ollicials greatly facilitated his investiga
tion by willingly co-operating with him.
ORDERS PUBLIC KITCHENS.
Spanish Government Takes Meas
ures to Feed the Starving.
A Madrid dispatch says the govern
ent has ordered the Audalusian author
ities to erect public kitchens for the sup
ply of food to the famine-stricken vil
lages and towns.
The minister of agriculture has reipiest
ed the railways to commence the work
of repair and construction on all lines
in order to give employment to the great
est number possible of the people.
|!||j llobbers Hold I'p Stages.
Meugcr details of a daring robbery by
highwaynien of the \osemite valley
stage, running between Katuiond and
W awona, reached Fresno. Cal. The
stagis were held up one at a time about
three iir.d a half miles below Ahwahnee
and the passengers were relieved of
their manor.
An Augury ol' Peace.
The correspondent of the London
Standard nt Odessa says that the order
for the departure of the infantry division
1hat was mobilized in the southwestern
provinces has been countermanded. This
is- popularly interpreted as indicating the
robubility of a successful issue "f the
peace negotiations.
(juarantini! Against Kentucky
Dr. Kgnn. at Cairo. 111., savs that, ow
ing to the fact that Kentucky has public
ly invited refugees from the south inside
her borders, strict iiuarautine regulations
would be established against Kentucky.
The work of inspection will by transfer
red to Cairo Junction, where all trains
wiii 'oe inspected.
Shot Down at Church Door.
At Czestochowa. Russian Poland, two
policemen were killed and one woman
fatally shot by an unknown man at the
dcors of the Churi-li of the Virgin. A
pilgrimage was leaving the church after I
mass, when the assault on the policemen
occurred.
Almost (.'nanimous Vote.
Complete returns received at Chris
tiania from hist Sunday's referendum on
the question of tile separation of Xor
way from Sweden show that .'iOS.lilMI I
votes were cast for dissolution and
against it.
L'lntah Drawing is on.
May Daniels, of I'rovo. L'tah, was the
first name drawn from the box ut the
drawing for homesteads in the L'intah
reservation, which began there Thurs
day.
xffi® Forty Jews Killed.
An official account received at St. Pe
tersburg Thursday of the disturbances at
Bielostok, Russian Poland, confirms the
report that forty persons were killed.
Jews opened fire on the troops, who re
plied with volleys.
Terra Nova hails for London.
The arctic steamer Terra Nova, which
rescued Anthony I-'iala and other mem
bers of the Ziegler polar expedition, sail
ed from Bergen, Norway, Thursday for
Loudon
HIT BY A FAST TRAIN.
Trolley Car Smashed in Cincinnati
Suburb.
A Cincinnati. «special says: Through
the mistake or ncirh^eiice of someone a
fast r.immiK through express from New
York to Cincinnati on the Hallimoro and
Ohm Southwestern crashed into a W
ill
ton Place trolley car on the ^rrade eross
itiL' iit Mitchell Avenue. Winton I'lace,
a suburb of this city. Wednesday night,
and three people were killed and tun oth
ers injured.
Th,' dead are IJobeit .i. Smith. William
Tucting, Jr., and an unidentilied man.
The seriously injured are A. 11. New
ton. mail clerk S. P. Spaulding engineer,
of ChiHicothe. ().. head and arms cooked
by steam: probably will die Wilbur
Malsh and William (ialligan.
According to eve witnesses of tlu
wreck it was due to an error of John
liriseoll. gate tender at tile crossing. 11c
had let the gales down to allow a freight
train to pass the crossing. The engine
of the freight emitted heavy clouds of
smoke, and alter it passed the gate tend
did not notice the passenger train
bearing down at a high rate of speed to
ward the crossing, lie raised the gat"
and gave the signal for the car to pro
ecu! across the tracks. With a frightful
crash tiic engine struck the back part of
the car and it was tossed, a wreck, in all
reel ions.
Tiic engine and mail car were also
thrown from the track and ploughed
through a truck garden and demolished
tiiree outbuildings.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Foreman of Nitroglycerin Works
Killed and a Dozen People Hurt.
One man was killed and a dozen were
seriously injured in an explosion which
destroyed the nitroglycerin house of tile
Jiulson Dynamite and Powder Company
at Point Isabella, near Ilerkeley, Cai.,
Wednesday afternoon.
Ki!w:.rd Kdris. foreman 'if the nitro
glycerin department, lost his life. lie
was blown into atoms at the building
where he worked.
The injured, who will all survive, are
Chinese, who were employed in llie mix
ing room, lit 1(1 feet from the nitroglycer
in plant. A second explosion followed tin
hour after the first, destroying the mix
ing works, about ."(i(» feet from the
wrecked nitroglycerin plant. The shock
was greater than the original explosion.
Kxplosion number two was due to the
igniting of powder particles and acid on
the ground in the vicinity. Twenty men
had narrow escapes from the second ex
plosion. The property loss is about
81."I.(XHI.
F||S ALFONSO MUST ACT.
Spanish Peasants are on the Verge
of Revolt.
Cadiz advices state that the famine
which commenced last March has now
reached the point of actual starvation
throughout the fertile valley of Andalu
sia. The workmen arc unable to secure
food. They are too weak to work and
arc becoming desperate. The children
are living on lir cones and the fruit of
the wild cactus.
The London Daily Mail's dispatches
with regard to the famine conditions in
Andalusia. Spain, state that the Span
ish government has entirely failed to
give relief, and that, as the money grants
are absolutely inadequate to meet the
necessities, the resources are completely
exhausted.
Hunger riots are of daily occurrence
and are becoming more and more serious.
TWELVE CRUSHED TO DEATH
Hock Slide in Quarry near Allen
town, Pa. Catches Workni"ii.
A quarry accident occurred Wednes
day afternoon at Ormrod. Pn.. the site of
the Lehigh Port hind Cement company's
big mill.
The report says twelve were killed. The
coroner has gone to the scene.
The local hospital has received in
structions to prepare to receive six in
jured men.
Thirty-live men were caught in a slide
of mck. Twelve bodies have been re
covered. Out of the balance still in the
quarry it is feared many are dead.?4
Sienkewsicz, Sentenced.
At Warsaw (Jov. (Ipu. Maxiinovitcli
.sentenced Harry K. Sienkewiscz. the
Polish novelist, to detention for an in
definite period in his residence for sign
ing and publishing papers in protest
against the Kussiticution of schools in
Poland. A number of other notable?
were similarly punished.
Trouble for the Dutch
A telegram received at Amsterdam
from Batavia. Dutch Kast Indies, reports
sin ugly outbreak of Aehinuse rebels, who
attacked the Dutch post at Hambong,
killing two otlicers and twenty-two men.
Only six men of the post succeeded in
escaping and these were wounded.
Accuses Wil'. of Arson.
Mrs. Frank Silversack, wife of a busi
ness man at I'.cmidji. Minn., is in the
county jail on a charge of arson prefer
red by her husband. It is alleged by Sil
veisack that his wife attempted to burn
both tiic saloon building and a large barn.
Mrs. Silversack denies the charge.
Xejjro Business Men Meet.
Two hundred colored business men
opened the sixth annual session of tile
National Ncbro Business League at New
York Wednesday. The object of the
league is to bring together negroes who
are engaged in business for themselves,
for mutual help and support.
Norway to be a Republic.
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The plan, supported by Great Britain,
for Prince Charles of Denmark to as
cend the Norwegian throne has failed, ac
cording to information received tat Ber
lin from Copenhagen. The expectation
is Norway will establish a republic.
Mine Men Blown to Atoms.
Nine Italians were blown to shreds and
their hut reduced to atoms by a dyna
mite explosion at the construction camp
of Dunleavy Bros., about six miles frnj
Durbin, \V. Va..
WEEK'S HAPPENINGS narrow ESCAPE
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
"Yellow Berry" in Wheat—New En
emy Lowers Its Food Value—
Changes Protein to Starch—Causes
a of 2 Cents a Uu*liei.
Profs. LeClarc and Chilcott, experts
of the agricultural department who are
traveling through the wheat growing
states from Texas to North Dakota, in
vestigating crop conditions, were in Aber
deen and vicinity for several days. They
report the discovery of a new wheat ene
my. heretofore unknown to the depart
ment. which for want of a better name
they call "yellow berry." The disease
consists of a yellow spot on the berry,
sometimes covering half of the berry, and
which changes the composition of the
berry from protein to starch, lowering
the food value of the grain.
The experts estimate that the value of
the grain is reduced at least cents
JUT
bushel by the existence of "yellow ber
ry" in ii wheat field. The professors
found but very few wheat liehls in South
Dakota affected with the new disease,
but report the trouble quite prevalent in I
Kansas and Nebraska.
Isaac Lincoln last spring planted some
seed wheat procured at Devil's Lake. N.I
D. Some of the seed was retained, and
the experts found at least ."(• per cent
it al'fecied with "yellow berry." An ex
nmination of Mr. Lincoln's field griwn
from il:e seed showed not over 1 per
cent of the wheat affected, indicating that
the disease is nm transmitted from the
S
A Pierre special says: The first thresh
ing machine returns from this part of the
state conn- from llighmore. showing a
yield of 1M0 bushels of oats from ten
acres. Wheat is rapidly being placed in
the shock, and a few days more will s(
it all safe. While there li 's not yet been
any of this grain threshed, several new
machines h-ive been brought into this sec
tion to help h-tndle the crop, and old
time wheat raisers are estimating the
yields all the way from HO bushels to MO
bushels an acre.
The weather in this part of the state
lias been ideal for maturing crops, and
the section never showed a better pros
pect. Within a few d.-ivs the machines
will be showing just what the result of
the summer work has been. Corn is in
good shape, but there is a great deal of
complaint of the ravages of worms, which
nre at work in almost every field.
fi'here is a strong demand in this sec
tion of the state for workmen to assist
through hay harvest and threshing oper
ations. Not day passes but the citv is
being searched, for men who are willing,
to go out into the fields arid on the ranch
ps for work. Good wages are being of-j
fr-red to men who are willing to get out
into the country, but the demand is so
much greater than the supply that many
farmers and ranchers are going to bo
hampered in their harvesting operations
unless they can soon secure the needed
help.
RAIN IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Farmers Delighted with Storm
Just in Time.
The corn growers of Clay County
were just ready to cry for rain when
along came old .1. I'luvius with his water
wagon last Saturday afternoon and Stiti-:
day and served up an inch or two of the
choicest rainwater on record.
I'uder a real hot sun for three weeks,
the corn has been jumping along at a
rapid pace, and roasting ears on the
farm have been in order for more than
week. The violent wind storm of Sat
urday afternoon flattened fields pretty
badly, but from reports received later the
stalks will straighten up pretty well,
There is every indication that the corn
crop in Clay County, though retarded in
the early summer by heavy rains, will
come out all right.
Remembered Fellow Prisoners.
O. 1. Bncheckcr. the wealthy Wal
worth County man who was recently
taken to the Brown County jail nt Aber
deen, charged with threatening to shoot
his son. has been released, having fur
nished bonds for his appearance in cir
cuit court in the sum of $2.7iOO. I'pon
liis release Btichccker went to a store
and purchased a fine silk hat and then
went to a bakery, where he bought a large
quantity of food which he sent to the
county jail for the benefit of his fellow
prisoners.
T.J lipase Waterworks.
The Sioux Falls city council has au
thorized the holding of a special election
on Sept. ."i. at which time the proposi
tion of leasing the municipal water works
system will be submitted to the voters.
Competent legal authority has declared
that the city plant can be operated at
once if leased to a company composed of I
citizens, and the special election on Sept.
5 is to determine whether or not the plant
•hall be leased.
Workman Uatlly Injured.
The lirst serious accident in the oii
struction of the government building at
Pierre occurred Tuesday when Frank
Canty fell about thirty feet, striking mi
steel beam, breaking his hip and elbow
and receiving internal injuries, lie is in
a serious condition. Ilis home is some
where in Massachusetts.
Progress on Government Builditij
Workmen "ti the new federal building
nt Pierre are Hearing the top of the sec
ond story with the Bedford rock. Two
big derricks rapidly swing the blocks into
place and the building in a few months
will have the appearance of Hearing
completion.
Death of a Centenarian.
4
Mrs. Hannah Bisby Sage died at the
home of her son-in-law, .John Ervin. in
Parker, aged 101 years. 3 months and
27 days, of general debility.
For Parkston Waterworks.
Bids for a new and complete system of
waterworks and elevated steel tank
were opened by the Parkston council
Wednesday evening, and the bid was
awarded to W\ D. Lovell, of Minnea
polis, for $14,198.
Farm Residence Burned.
The residence of Charles H. Browu, a
farmer of Worthen Township, Hanson
County, together with its contents, was
consumed by fire. A defective flue is
thought to hnve been the cause of the
€re. Tli? property was insured.
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Sewing Machine Agent Nearly
Di-owned in Cheyenne River.
In iin attempt to cross the Cheyenne
river, near Hermosa. Morris (Joetz, of
I.t-ad. and M. Almit, of Uapid City,
were nearly drowned. Both men are
representatives of a sewing machine
company. Tlie.v started iu a wagon with
a driver and two machines for the Pine
Hidge agency, and met with no acci
dents until they came to the liver.
Owing to the rains the Cheyenne is very
high, and at the point where they tried
to cross it is very rapid. They got
about hair" way over when the wagon
went into a hole and tipped over, spill
ing all the occupants out. The driver
and Mr. Almit swam ashore, but Mr.
Goetz was carried further down tho
stream, clinging to the wagon. One of
the men ran to a farm house and got a
long rope, which was thrown to Goetz
and he \t :'.s pulled out.
HARMLESS AS A CALF.
Dlack Hills Has Lost its AVickcd
Reputation.
A Deadwood special says: The Black
Hills, long known as the most wicked
country in the world, will soon be as
harmless as a yearling calf. The good
example set by Deadwood and Lead in
the closing up of gambling and the en-,
forcemeat of the saloon regulations re
garding screens, curtains, etc., is being
followed throughout the Hills. Not only
has Sturgis played to the cards already
on the table, but it is reported on the
basis of authority that Itapid City. Belle
Fourche and Ilot Springs will soon be
without a faro table or a roulette wheel. I
This will work the greatest revolution In
Belle Fourcfie. as since the ordinances
in the northern Hills this town, lively,!
by reason of the great irrigation work','
has been a goal for many of the gamblers,
and spurting men.
CRUSADE AT SIOUX FALLS.
War Has Been Declared Upon Dis
reputable Characters.
The Sioux Falls authorities have de
clared war on disreputable characters,
and especially on women who occupy
rooms iu the business blocks for illegal
purposes. As tile result of a raid made
bv the police nine of the women were I
rounded up at one time and taken before
ii justice. All were lined. Some were
able to pay their tines, while others did
not have the necessary sums and were
placed in jail.
One of the women had enticed lier 15
year-old sister from one of the surround
ing country towns to her rooms and was
severely reprimanded by Mayor Bum
side in open court. The mayor ordered
that the girl be sent back to her home.
DRUGGISTS NAME OFFICERS
Pharmaceutical Association Will
Meet Next Year at Sioux Falls.
The South Dakota Pharmaceutical As
sociation in session at Aberdeen, select
ed Sioux Falls as the meeting place fop
liMXi. the diite to be fixed later by Sec
retary Bent. Oliicers were elected as
follows:
President, W. F. Michels. Willow
Lakes: first vice president. George C.
Sabin. Redlield: second vice president.
Dr. Crosby. Hitchcock: secretary, E, C.
Bent. Dell Ilapids: treasurer, A. A.'
Woodward. Aberdeen.
E. C. Bent was elected delegate to the I
National Association of lletail Druggists
ar Atlantic City. N. J.. on Sept. 4.
The business sessions were completed
Thursday afternoon.
TRUE HEROINE IS DEAD.
Mrs. Axtel Peterson, of Charles Mix
County, Succumbs to Injuries.
Mis. Axtel Peterson, wife of a Charles
Mix County farmer, who was run over
by a team of horses and a binder while
attempting to rescue one of her children,
after lingering several days died as the
result of her injuries.
In attempting to make the rosette she
proved herself a true heroine. The
horses drawing the binder ran away and
dashed toward the Peterson home. See
ing one of her children in what she be
lieved to be the pathway of the frighten
ed horses, she rushed out of the house
to the rescue of the child and was her
self fatally injured by being run over
by the horses and binder.
An Alleged Thief Arrested.
A young man probably 25 years of
age, who worked as farm hand two
or three days for F. W. Pischke. in Al
toona township. Beadle county, stole his
employer's purse containing about .$50
and also two certificates of deposit, and
donning a new suit of clothes also belong
ing to Mr. Pischke. left. He was cap
tured at Frankfort and is now in jail at
Huron awaiting the sitting of the cir
cuit court. He gives the name of Jo
seph Ataekehvitch.
Own 0,000 Pigeons.
Over 100 Russians comprise what is
called the Bosedale colony, about twelve
miles southeast of Mitchell. One of the
features of the. colony is a large pigeon
farm, where 0.000 birds can lie seen the
year round. Over S00 squabs are ship
ped to the Chicago markets weekly.
Lane to Have a Saloon.
After a delay of three months the
boa iii of county commissioners of Jerauld
County has approved the bond of Fred
Siefken as a retail liquor dealer at the
town of Lane. Heretofore the board
lia.s refused to approve any bonds for re
tail liquor dealers iu the county.
Hoy Drowned in a Pond.
Tom Peck, the 17-year-old son of Sol
Peek, residing about live miles east of
Wessington Springs, was drowned in the
Miles pond while bathing. His body
was recovered about an hour later.
Died of Rattlesnake Bite.
The (i-year-old son of William Taylor,
living thirty miles west of Pollock, was
bitten by a rattlesnake and died in a
iiiort time.
Labor Celebration at Ashton.
As'aton will offer $1,000 in prizes for
the various events at the two days' La
bor day celebration on September 4 and
5. The celebration will consist of horse
racing, a baseball tournament, dancing
and other amusements, besides the usual
speechniaking.
GOT. Elrod Names Mitchell Man.
Gov. Elrod has appointed M. M. Ra
mer, of Mitchell, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of George W.
Nash, as state superintendent of pub
lic instruction.
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The gain in population on the part
of North Dakota, when placed in com
parison with South Dakota for the past
fifteen years, since thii separation into
two states, is being made the subject of
discussion of the reasons, and the re
viving of the demand for tin immigration
department lor this state. North Dakota
has looked well to this line of work, anil
beside what the state has done, the two
great railroads which cross that state
keep in existence working immigration
bureaus of their own. The result is
shown iu the census figures, with all iu
favor of the north state. Every legis
lature which has been asked to assist ill
this line has refused to consider the
proposition, and nothing has been done.
Heal estate men in northwestern cities
outside the state when asked why they
turn their clients to North Dakota in
stead of South Dakota frankly say that
it is easier to induce men to come to a
state v.hich is assisting them in their
work than to one where they hnve to
stand all the advertising expense them
selves, and that is the reason they go to
North Dakota instead of coming to 1his
state. The agitation is on, and with
the evidence of results to be seen in the
census, it is hoped that the next legisla
tive session will take some steps in tin
line of state advertising.
Crop experts and farmers are puxzleJ
to account for the condition of wneat in
some of the lields iu tho vicinity of Do
Smet and it may develop that agricul
turists have it new enemy to light. Tho
wheat in the fields affected prescutf, a sick
appearance, different l'rom grain affected
by rust, smut or other known untavorabld
conditions. The heads have the appear
ance of stack burned grain, -.l the
straw is dead just below the head, and
green from about three inches below the
head downward toward the roots. The
affected grain was just going into the
dough stage when the unknown blight
struck it. The heads are practically
worthless, as the kernels are nothing but
bran. Even the macaroni wheat, which
is generally acknowledged to be of
hardier variety than the ordinary wheat,,
is somewhat affected by the mysterious
disease. Some explain the condition on
account of too much water, while a few
hold to the theory that either too much
wheat has been raised on the land, or
that the poor seed of last year is the
cause. Some uneasiness exists as to
whether the same conditions will develop
elsewhere in that part of the state.
The first prosecution tinder the new
automobile law, which was enacted by
the legislature at its session last winter,
and which regulates the running of autos
on the public highways of the state, grow
out of an incident which occurred ill
Deuel county. Three men who were
riding at a rapid pace iu one of the ma
chines frightened a horse driven by
llans Melliy, a farmer living in Deuel
county. Instead of stopping their ma
chine when thay observed that the horse
was becoming frightened, as the law
requires, the occupants of the machine,
paid no heed to* the trouble they had
caused Melby and proceeded on their
way. Melby swore out it warrant for
the arrest of the three men. The owner
proved to be A. F. Schultz, of Water
town. He was arrested and lined $'J5
for his share in the incident. The de
fendant declined to pay his tine a»d took
an appeal to the state circuit court, fur
nishing a bond in the sum of .$21)0 for
his appearance.
The vital statistics law passed at tlin
iast session of the legislature has now
been iu operation one month and thi
benefits to be derived from the keeping
of the law are already apparent. The
law contemplates a careful record ot
births, deaths. marriages, naturaliza
tions and divorces. The records will lit
in the hands ot the state census departs
inent which will make them much morr
accessible. The keeping of the county
records falls on the clerk of courts ami'
nnd adds materially to his duties,
the need for such a statute has been so
pressing in the state and the benefits 'fc»
be derived from it are so great that tho
additional labor and expense will
small in comparison.
Governor Elrod has returned from a
trip of several days over the northern
part of the state, and says he never nr
better crop prospects for that portion
of the state, than for this year, lie
pronounces the "rust" stories' to be .-til
false, and that there was not a particle
of evidence of rust in any of the field*
which he visited while out. and that he
made it a particular point to visit ant?
examine as many of them as possible
Friday the State Board of Equalization
and Assessment practically closed its In
bors by fixing the levy for the current
year at 7 mills. This total Includes
mills for the general fund, 1 mill under
the Sheldon act for the payment of Ui«
floating debt of the state, 1 mill for th*
university, nnd Ys mill for the cunimou,
school fund. Last year the total levs
was 6 mills.
Plans and specifications for the foun
dation work of the east wing of thr
capitol have been received at Pierre ani'i"
the capitol commission will at once ail',
vertise for bids for construction of th*
foundation, and every attempt will IK
made to get that portion of the work
completed before cold weather this vear
W. B. Saunders, treasurer of the state
St. Louis fair commission, has returned'
to the state treasurer $1,252.94, unex
pended balance out of the .$35,000 appro
priated for the South Dakota exhibit at
that exposition.
Farmers in difierent portions of South
Dakota who this season experimented
with the raising of winter wheat are gen
erally well satisfied with the results. The
winter wheat yielded well this season
having run from 25 to 35 bushels to the
acre. The quality is said to be much
better than the quality of spring wheat
in ninny localities. The farmers in the
vicinity of Wagner, Charles Mix county
who experimented with winter wheat
this year are so well pleased with the
outcome that they will next year sow an
aggregate of about two carloads of win
t«r wheat seed.