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HOT SPRINGS STAR.
Hot Sprinss, S. D.
J. A. STANLEY. PUBLISHER
PUINTKIiS ON STL!IKK
FlVci HUNDRED UNION JOB MEN
ARi OUT IN CHICAGO.
Representative* ol" the TypothtM
•Says Km plovers Will Have No
Trouble in (iniing All the Mn
XI117 Want Union is Confident.
An acute stage has been reached 111 a
new lanor war 111 1 'hieago. Nineteen of
tile larger printing houses of Chicane
wore without union compositors Thur*
day evening. the result, of a series
strikes inaugurated tiy Ty pogra pliiea I
Union No. 10 against llie members 01
the" Chicago Typotlietac. the purpose o.'
the sinl es being to compel the Typothi-
tae as an organization to accept the de
111:1
1 1 S lor tile "eh.^eil si,op" ainl tliat
eight hours const it ute a day's work. Fur
ther strikes are expected in case otiiei
houses iiuiiertakc to do work for con­
cerns at w.iicli strikes hav* begun, as tie
result of posting ot notices of an intention
to inaugurate "open slio]i" and "niiii
hours." where it is claimed contrary con
ditions had Keen the rule. Pending such
assistance to strike-affected linns tin
strike leaders pronounced the strike com­
plete and declared the outcome a mattei
of endurance, a spread in Chicago or
i)ther cities not being contemplated, foi
the present at least.
Not counting !icr employes in i!.t
nineteen printing hour-is i:.voived, print­
ers
1 0
the number of fit 111 are idle. Tin
strikers claim i.iat the larger establish
ments will remain neutral, not accepting
work ir houses when
1
1 1 1
strikes are ii
progress, and in these shops and else
where members of the union would
lie at work helping to supply funds for
strike benefits. Anions the establish
ments at which the latest strikes wen
inaugurated were Poole Bros.. M. A.
Donarue «,V Co., and the Methodist Hook
Concern.
Contrary to the assertions of the oltl
,'ers of the typographical union, Secreta
ry Hanim, of the Typotlietae. says em
phatically that lie does not know of a
simile desertion, and that the effect of
the strike will be overcome in short or
lor.
THANKS OF THE CZAR.
Remarkable Messnsi' is Sent to
President Roosevelt.
"Accept my congratulations anil earn
est thanks for having brought tile peace
negotiations to a successful conclusion,
owing to your personal. eicrgetic efforts.
My country will gratefully re--ogni:-
.-
the
great part you have played in the Ports­
mouth peace colliereucc.
"Nicholas."
President Koosevelt at Oyster B:.y
Thursday received the foregoing cab!"
grant Irotn Fniperor Nicholas. That the
Kussian emperor should thank President
lioosevclt lor his efforts to insure peace
between liussia and -lapan was to have
been expected, but it is particularly sig­
nificant that in Ins cablegram the em
peror extended to the president his
wannest ihanKs for having brought peace
negotiations to a successful conclusioti."
The dispatch is retarded as one of ih"
most remarkable ot its kind ever s--:it
by the head of one nation to th.it of an­
other.
CARRY OFF A SAFE.
Burglars Make a Bi«j Haul ir a
Hummer Home.
A st, el fate of considerable weight,
which is understood to have contained
Jfliiu in cash and jewelry valued at over
.S-tU'iMi. mysteriously disappeared from
the summer residence of Paul l»oimer at
Nirvana. Conn., on the sound, during
Wednesday
1 1
11.
The family believes that burglars enter
ed the house through a window on the
lower floor and conveyed the safe to the
.shore and placed it aboard a vessel.
lo finance Devlin Interests.
A plan to finance the properties and
interests of C. J. Devlin. of Topeka.
Kan., bankrupt, is now on foot. It is the
intentic.i of a number of eastern capital
ists
Chicago and New York to form a
close corporation for t'.ie purchase of
the claims of creditors and for the dis­
charge 01 the receiver by the Unite:!
States court.
IiOolCN ikr Dual Drowning.
Mi.-. I". P. llaver. wife of a real estate
dealer, and infant son. securely tied to
geihcr with a stout e.ird, were recovered
1 roll 1 the P.esscuicr ditch at Pueblo. Colo..
Thursday. The woman evidently deliber
ately drowned herself and hi child.
Warship Vermont is I.aiuwlied.
At (.Junior, .Mass.. the battleship Ver
mont. built lor the I'nited States gov
ernment by the Fore Itivcr Shipbuilding
Company. was successfully launch'd
Thursday.
Siou\ Citj Stock 3larket.p||
T'hursdaj's quotations
0
:1 the Shu:
City stock market follow: Butcher
steers-. X4.75. Top hogs, ,S7i.!0.
Tnf't Sails lor Japan.
Secretary Taft and party -ailed from
Manila 011 the transport Logan at 11001.
Thursday for .lapnn. There was a nota
ble demonstration in the hay. Many val
uable presents were presented to Miss
Alice Iioosevelt by the natives after she
had gone aboard the Logan.
One Perishes in Fire.
The Abbey roadliouse. near Chester
Park Cincinnati, burned Thursday from
41 gasoline explosion. Charles Odom. of
.Cairo, 111., a jiiaao player, lost his life. 1
VOLCANO IN RAGE.
Vesuvius Throws Out Grcut Masses
of Imvit.
Naples advices say that Mt. Vesuvius
is 111 full eruption and is throwing out an
enormous mass of lavu.
A dispatch from Messina, Sicily says:
The ancient crater iti the island of Strom
boli is in full eruption. A panic prevails
ill the villages around tile volcano.
Violent earthquakes are reported from
Sultana and Palena. Italy, simultaneous
ly with the eruption of Vesuvius and
Stiomboli. Many houses fell, church stee
ples tottered, and there is a great panic.
The population of the two villages tied
to the country. Two persons were killid
and more than 100 wounded.
Not since September, liiul. has the
mountain that overwhelmed Pompeii and
Ilercuhincuiii presented such a dangerous
appearance. At that time the eruptions
were greater and more destructive than
any since 1S72. Sept. I!i04, observa
tion showed that in eleven hours there
were 1.S44 violent explosions, and that
masses of redhot stone and boiling lava,
weighing many tons, were tosseil out
I he crater like so many feathers. The
lava flow at that time melted the iron
rails of the Fernicular railroad, and burn
ed away many houses and huts. Veg
etation within one mile of the crater dis
appeared and many farms and vineyards
were destroyed.
Vesuvius has a remarkable record.
Since 7!t A. It., when Pompeii was over
whelmed, there have been sixty tre
mendous convulsions and thousands of
lives have been lost iu the upheavals
of
the volcano. The mountain then rested
for 124 years, and in U».'i A. 11. 0,111:0
the second recorded eruption. I11 -172 the
eruption was so tremendous that ashes
were carried over the whole of Kurope
and even to Asia and Africa. The fourth
great eruption was in lO.'Wi. and the fifth
in 11131. There were then a number of
smaller convulsions. It was
not
until
17711 that modern scientific men began
to study the volcano closely.
In 17!M there was an eruption that
overwhelmed the town of Torre del (Jre
co. A ureal hole was opened in the side
of the mountain near the base and the
lava poured through the opening. One
stream of lava alone is estimated as hav
ing contained 4(1.000.000 cubic yards of
molten rock. I Miring the last century
the eruptions were frequent and deadly,
the flows of lava hi 1R50. 1K55 and 1858
being especially important. Then, in
April, 1872. came the big overflow of the
tury. In 18.82. 188(i. 1S01 and ISO
there were forceful eruptions.
MUST FACE TRIAL.
Officers of the Benniiif to be Court
mart ialed.
A Washington special says: Secretary
Bonaparte Wednesday acted upon the
finding of the court of inquiry in the case
&f the Bennington explosion. He disap
proved of so much of the findings as de
•lare the Bennington was "in ail excellent
Mate of discipline and good and efficient
condition" at the time of the explosion.
Hud is particularly severe in his comment
upon the failure of the otUcers to look af
ter the safety valves.
Hi' further says the court of inquiry's
'a lure to make any finding respecting the
captain of the ship. Liicien Youug. docs
suit meet his approval, and lie. therefore,
declares that to clear himself Young
must appear hefiM'c a courtniartial. En
sign Charles T. Wade, iu charge of the
machinery, is also ordered before a court
martial.
BEGGAR HAD THOUSANDS.
Police Find $12,000 in Gold arid
Bills 011 Person.
A trembling, ragged old man, with wa
tery eyes and whining voice, proved to be
the richest prisoner, in cold cash, not
even barring autoniobilists, that the New
York police have overhauled iu a year.
He was Nathan Lipsk.v. ."5 years old.
and goes to the island for six months as
a vagrant. The police say he is the
wealthiest professional beggar in New
York. They found over .fJ.UMt in cash 0:1
him, besides deeds to valuable property.
He has been arrested at various times
since 1S'.I2, for the same offense.
Yellow Fever in Vickslmrjj.
A Jackson. Miss., dispatch says: Sec
retary Hunter, of the state board of
health, received at noon Wednesday a re
port from the physicians of Vicksburg
that there were two oases of yellow fever
in that city. pmg
Stack Markets Affected.
There was a buoyant feeling exhibited
Wednesday on the stock exchange at
I.ondon and at all continental bourses.
Stocks of all descriptions made advances,
Kussian and Japanese bonds showing
substantial gains.
Phipps' Sons Not Guilty.
An Edinburgh dispatch says: J. S.
II. i'. Phipps. sons of Henry Phipps, of
Pittsburg. Pa., charged with shooting
and wounding Three salmon fishers on
July 5, were Tuesday found not guilty by
a jury.
Will of tile Late Jolm Hay.
A Washington special says that Join"
Iiay has been admitted to probate. Let
ters testamentary were granted to Paynr
Whitney and .Tames Waleott Wadsworth,
Jr.. upon their filing a special bond of
$250,000.
Finla Arrives in New York.
Anthony Fiala. commander of the Z.ieg
ler polar expedition, arrived at New
York Wednesday on the steamer Oceanic
Irom Liverpool..
Dr. Salmon is Cleared.
The report of Solicitor McCabe, of the
agricultural department at Washington,
D. C., made public Wednesday, exoner
ates Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau in
that department, from any wrongful acts
in the conduct of his bureau.
Convict Knds Life.
At Lincoln, Neb., Victor Alexander,
aged 21. a convict, hung himself with a
cord which he had smuggled into his cell.
He had been sent to prison for burglary
from Merri?k Couuty.
THE WAR IS ENOED.
Peace Conference Comes to nti
Agreement.
A Portsmouth, N. H., special says:
Peace between Russia and Japan was
practically concluded at Tiesday morn
ing's session of the peace conference.
In the final struggle the Russians
achieved a victory. Kor Ute sake of
peace, the Japanese, with magnanimity
worthy of tiieir heroic achievements in
this war, met the ultimatum of the e/.ai
and abandoned their demands not only
for reimbursement for the cost of the
war, but for the repurchase of the north
fin half of Sakhalin, Kussia at the same
lime agreeing to a division of the island.
The Japanese also withdrew articles
10 and 11 of the peace conditions orig
inally proposed, the demand for the sur
render of interned yarships and the limi
:ation of the Kussian naval power in the
far east.
The delegates of the respective missions
were called in afternoon session, and the
actual work of formulating a treaty ot
peace has begun.
The news that pe.ice had been agreed
ipon caused most intense excitement at
the hotel where the envoys had been
staying. Everywhere there was a delir
ium of jubilation.
An armistice probably will be arrang
ed immediately.
Witte, accompanied by Baron de Ito
sen. came to the hotel for luncheon. I'p
011 their arrival there was a wonderful
demonstration. A great crowd had col
lected under the port cochere of the an
nex, where the Hussians are quartered,
nnd wh.cn their auloutohile drew up the
air was torn with terrific cheers. Hats
were thrown aloft.
Witte, as he stepped out of the motor
oar. seemed quite overocme. He was too
full for utterance. He could only grasp
and shake the hands that were extended
to him. Baron Hosen was equally moved
and received the congratulations of the
crowd iu silence.
ror about live minutes the two plenipo
tentiaries were kept upon the porch lis
tening to the incoherent praises of the ho
tel guests.
"I)o you pay indemnityV" was the uni
versal interrogation.
"Pas 1111 sou" (not a centl, was Witte's
response.
The two plenipotentiaries have re
spectively proposed to their emperors the
conclusion of an immediate armistice.
The details of the armistice were dis
cussed at Tuesday afternoon's meeting,
and immediately after the question of the
release of the Russian prisoners.
FEVER SPREADING.
Much Worse Conditions Outside of
New Orleans Than in the City.
Owing to the fact that the total num
ber of foci at New Orleans, which have
been printed from day to day is mislead
ing and that the number of cases reported
under treatment is inaccurate, on account
of a defect in the formula in which they
were figured, these figures hereafter wil'
be dropped.
Keports of new cases from the coun
try Tuesday are: Lake Providence.
Amelia, 4: Bayou Boeuf. 2: Adrouyue,
llounia. 1: Keniier. .": Hanson City. 2:
Ninth ward of Jefferson parish, 1: St.
ltose. .1: Patterson. 3: Wavel.md planta
tion. 2: Port Barrow. 1.
The weather forecast is for continued
showers. Whatever work has been done
in the matter of oiling and salting gut
ters will, of course, be undone by the
rain, but Dr. White's organization is
not sufficiently perfect to insure that
there will be prompt reoiling and re
salting when clear weather cotues again.
ONE HUSBAND A YEAR.
Eight Helpmates Alleged Record
of Woman.
At Philadelphia. Pa.. Mrs. Nelhereott,
Mrs. Quinn. Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Cox. Mrs.
Mitchell. Mrs. Pierson. Mrs. Maloney
and Mrs. Helper awoke in Moyaniensing
prison Tuesday morning, and found her
self alone. Not one of her eight hus
bands, who are all alive, had come for
ward to offer the .?800 bail which holds
her on charges of bigamy and perjury.
Elmer Smith, husband No. {, who is
good at mathematics, has prepared a ta
ble to show that Mrs. Helper took eight
husbands iu seven years.
It was Smith who informed Helper
that only one-eighth of Mrs. Helper's af
fections really belonged to each of them.
These two caused her arrest, and they
appeared against her before Magistrate
Harris in West Philadelphia.
Eight Hnrt in Chctnical riant.
Eight employes of the Maiiinekrodt
Chemical Works at St. Louis, Mo., were
injured by ail explosion of chemicals In
one of the buildings of the plant late
Tuesday, one of whom. John Kenney,
was so badly burned that it is believed he
will die. Eire followed the explosion ttnd
did $1,000 damage.
To Sell Road Back to China.
As the result of a conference between
thi' president and J. P. Morgan, at Oys
ter Bay, Monday, the Chinese Develop
ment Company held a meeting Tuesday
and ratified the sale of the Hankow rail
road back to China. It is said the price
to be paid is S7.OOO.000.
Issues Defi to France.
The sultan of Morocco has replied by
letter to the French minister that he con
tinues to regard the recently arrested
French Algerian merchant as a Moroc
can subject, and will refuse to comply
with the demand of the French govern
ment for his liberation.
Baby is Hanged in Bed.'"1'
The 7-months-old son of Mrs. Joseph
Baker, living near Hawson, O., was kill
ed by hanging himself in an iron bed.
After falling or crawling through the
bai? the child was unable to get back
and in the absence of its mother was
choked to death.
Fire at Princeville, III.
A Peoria, 111., special says: Fire Tues
day destroyed six business houses, includ
ing the hardware store of Finkler & Har
rison, at Pnnceville, 111. Loss $50,000.
WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
S%
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON.
DENSED FORM.
John Conoyer Captured by Marshal
John R. l'etrie—Wanted for Steal
ing Horses—Was a Former Mem
ber of the "Jack" Sully Gang.
After almost constant trailing for a
period extending over three days and
three nights, John K. l'etrie, deputy Unit
ed Slates marshal, and one of the most
celebrated of western officers, has suc
ceeded in running down and capturing
John Conoyer. a former member of the
band of "Jack" Sully, who was known as
the "King of the Cattle Hustlers." and
who was shot and killed about a year ago
by a posse under Deputy Marshal l'e
trie.
The deputy marshal has arrived at
Sioux Falls with his prisoner, who has
been placed in the county jail pending ac
tion upon his case by a I'nited States
grand jury, which will convene in Sioux
Falls next October.
The particular charge 011 which Cono
yer was arrested this time by the federal
authorities was the theft of eight head of
horses from a Sioux Indian living on the
Pine Kidge reservation. Conoyer is a
mixed-blood Sioux Indian and is about
150 years of age.
lie is one of "the leaders of the old Sul
ly gang of horse and cattle thieves, the
scene of operations of the gang being
iu that portion of southwestern South
Dakota which lies immediately adjacent
to Nebraska, and which includes the
Kosebud and Pine Ridge Indian reserva
tions and the ceiled portion of the Rose
bud reservation, in the Rosebud country.
Conoyer is a desperate character. He
was arrested about a year ago by the au
thorities of Lyman County on the chnrge
of larceny, alleged to have been commit
ted within the boundaries of the county,
but succeeded in making his escape from
jail. lie rejoine,". his companions and
continued his raids on the cattle and
horse herds of Indians and white set
tiers.
Finally he violated the federal stat
utes by the theft of the horses from the
Pine Ilidge reservation, and a few days
ago Deputy Marshal Petrie, who has
never yet failed to "get his man," was
given a warrant for his arrest.
The deputy marshal proceeded to the
region in which Conoyer and his band
operated, and by persistent efforts soon
got trace of the man he was after.
The chase was continued for a period
of three days and nights. Conoyer finally
became utterly wearied nnd headed for
the old "Jack" Sully place, near the Mis
Fouri River. Deputy Marshal Petrie was
aware of the general direction the fugi
tive had taken, but was not certain he
had gone to Sully", old place, but himself
proceeded in that direction.
ITe had just rounded one corner of
the house when Conoyer emerged from
the doorway preparatory to continuing
his flight.
IMMENSE CORN CROP.
Vanktou County Anticipates a Yield
of at Least Sl.OOO.OOO Bushels.
Men who have recently made long
drives throughout Yankton County are
very sanguine of a first class crop of the
staple crop of corn. Last year the yield
for Yankton County was exceptional,
and it is not supposed that the present
year will reach the high figures shown by
the state census. Three million two hun
dred thousand bushels were produced last
year in the county, and while the wind of
iast Sunday did considerable damage to
the crop. yet. barring a very early frost,
the yield this year will be in the neigh
borhood of .",,000.000 bushels. Few coun
ties, if any. will surpass this amount.
OIL DISCOVERY.
Experts Find Oil Springs Near Fort
Pierre.
Two oil experts visited land on the
west side of the river a short distance
from Fort Pierre. While on the trip they
discovered fcwo places at the foot of the
bluffs, near the water's edge, where an
oily substance was bubbling from the
ground, and the experts declared them
both to be oil springs. As a proof of their
assertion a tlame was applied and at both
places the flow burned freely. These
finds have greatly strengthened the belief
in the finding of oil there, and the pros
pects for a contract for a well are bright
at the present time.
Sentence May be Commuted.
Efforts are being made to have the sen
tence of Edward Wilson, a life prisoner
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary, commut
ed to twenty years. If successful. Wil
son would complete his term in l'.HU. less
time allowance for good behavior. Wil
son was placed in the penitentiary on
April -4, ISO.'!, having been convicted of
murder, alleged to have been committed
in Moody County in the fall of 1892.
Posses Rare Coins.
Charles A. Frost, of Alcester. has sev
eral rare old colony and English coins
bearing date from 17-1"! to 1770. He lias
$7 and pieces, some of them hear
ing the stamped warning, "To Counterfeit
Is Death."
Threshing Machine Boiler Explodes
A threshing machine belonging to Olc
Ringsrud blew up near Elk Point, caus
ing a damage of about $25. Det Smith,
the engineer, was painfully though not se
riously scalded.
New Round House at Klk Point.
The old engine house at Elk Point, is
being torn down to make room for a
much larger one to house an engine and
cars that are used in the new train serv
ice from Sioux Falls.
Escaped Prisoner Captured.
James Carey, one of the men who re
cently escaped from the Day County jail,
was captured at Montevideo, Minn.
Woman Kills Two Rattlesnakes.
Airs. Cleo. Dixon, at Canning, was pick,
ing beans in the garden and took hold of
a rattlesnake, which she let go of so
quickly that it did not bite her. She then
went to the potato row and discovered
another rattlesnake. Both snakes were
promptly killed.
Two New Game Warden*.
Gov. Elrod has appointed as gajjhe war
dens Denver D. Barnes, of Mattfso'n, for
Lake County Mons Monson, of fcisseton,
for Roberts County, and W. HJ Payne,
of Bangor, (or Walworth County.
RATTLESNAKE ADVENTURE.
Rancher Raa Thrilling Adventure
with Poisonous Reptile.
John Barr, a rancher, living in the
ceded Sioux lands between the Missouri
River and the Black Ilills, in western
South Dakota, had a thrilling adventure
with a monster rattlesnake, which suc
ceeded in fastening its fangs in one of
his fingers.
Barr, with rare presence of mind, in
stantly cut open the wound so the blood
would flow freely nud carry off the poi
son. He then tightly tied the injured
finger lielow the wound, and then shot
and killed a meadow lark nnd bound some
of the still Wrtrtv. flesh 011 the places
where the fangs of the snake had pene
trated the finger.
Had Barr not taken the precautions he
did he would without doubt have died
from the deadly stroke of the snake.
Even as it was. his hand and arm became
badly swollen and exceedingly painful.
Sll MOTHER IS BLAMED.
Siotix Falls Girl Who Deserted Her
Baby is in a Hospital.
Coroner L. 1). Miller, of Sioux Falls,
summoned a jury to conduct the investi
gation into the death Thursday morninji
of a newly born babe which was found
in the western portion of the city near a
viaduct. A number of witnesses were
examined. At the conclusion of the hear
ing the jury returned a verdict to the ef
fect tnat the death of the child was due
to the negllg?uce of the mother, Miss
May Haines.
Miss Haines has been taken to the city
hospital, where she will be cared for un
til she fully recovers. Iler parents re
side at f!
arret son. but she has been em
ployed in several Sioux Falls business
houses, afterwards accepting a position
as domestic in a family, where she re
sided at the time the child was born.
Miss Haines has steadfastly refused to
give the name of the author of her ruiu
SIOUX FALLS SELLS BONDS.
Paper Brings Good Premium—Chi
cago House is Buyer.
The Sioux Falls board of education has
opened bids for the purchase of bonds in
the sum of $75,000, which, as the result
of a recent special election, were author
ized to be issued for the construction of
a new high school building. The bonds
will draw interest at the rate of 5 pei
cent per annum and will be due and pay
able in twenty years from the date of
their issuance. A Chicago house was
the successful bidder, its bid offering a
premium of !j!7.1(i0. being the best sub
mitted. THUS the bonds sold at a pre
mium of a little more than Ul/ per cent.
The sale of the bonds at the good pre
mium offered is very gratifying and illus
trates the confidence the financial houses
have in South Dakota cities.
CHILDREN AND MATCHES.
The Combination Caused the Loss
of a Fine Farm House.
Word has been received tit Sturgis that
the residence of Edward Maudlin at
Hereford has been destroyed by fire.
The home was a new one, and besides
all the household effects' and clothing a
brand new piano was destroyed. Mr.
Maudlin had been called to a distant
ranch on business and Mrs. Maudlin left
her two children home while she went
to look after a bunch of sheep. When
she came back an hour later the house
was in ashes. The two children hail
set fire to the structure by playing wifh
matches. The children escaped without
injury.
SIOUX FALLS PAPER SOLD.
J. Tomlinson, Jr., Disposes of His
Interest in the Argua header.
The Siotix Falls Press announces the
sale by .T. Tomlinson. Jr.. of his three
fourths interest in the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader. The deal has been pending for
some time, and for the last eight months
Mr. Tomlinson has been in Chicago, the
editorial control of the paper having been
directed by his partner. C. M. Day. Mr.
Day retains his one-fourth interest and
will be the editor under the new owner
ship.
The names of the purchasers are not
given.
WILL BE NO ELECTION.
Sioux Falls Will Await Decision by
Supreme Court.
A special election which was called for
Sept. 5 for the purpose of voting upon
the question «f leasing the municipal wa
ter works system in Sioux Falls to the
People's Water Company, has been called
off. It has been deemed advisable to post
pone action until the Fnited States su
preme court decides the case involving
the right of the city to operate its own
water works system, which is now be
fore that court.
The decision of the court is expected'
to be handed down in October.
Hail Does Damage,
Hail damaged uncut grain considerably
in the vicinity of Hecla, Columbia and
Putney, in Brown County, and at Web
ster. in Day County. Over 75 per cent
of the grain in the sections visited is cut.
Of the standing grain the damage is es
timated at 20 per cent in Brown County.
The damage was greater in Day County,
running from 25 to 00 per cent around
Pierpont.
Woman and Child Injured.
A Miller special says that Mrs. .Tim
Horner, who lives twenty miles south of
that town, and child were injured by their
house being blown to pieces by a cy
clone. The other buildings, stacks and
crops in a small area were destroyed.
Immense hailstones fell, and there were
several narrow escapes.
A Sad Accident.
The 2-year-old son of William Scliarff,
living near Forney, was drowned in a
watering trough which stood in the yard.
The child was toddling about the yard
and fell into the trough, which contained
sufficient water to drown him.
Insurance Company Pays Losses
A11 agent for a St. Paul hail insurance
company is settling claims for damages
done policy holders in bis company by the
hail storm last week in McPherson and
Walworth Counties. So far over $30,000
worth «f claims have been allowed. The
largest amount paid was $7!/0. ,\
Flour Mill Chaises Hands.
George' Laurence, of Whttewood, has
purchased the flouring mill property at
Tilford, and has already made arrange
ments to equip the nill throughout with
up to date machinery.
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The state beard of review, for the first
time in the history of the state held a
meeting of more than a f«w hours to lis
ten to protests on the figures set by them
at a meeting as a board of assessment.
The telephones, which had been given a
radical increase, were represented from
many points in the state. As a 11 suit of
the discussion of the situation, it was de
cided that telephone values had been
•placed at a point where their taxation
would he out of proportion to other prop
erty of the state, and it reduction of 15
per ceil! was granted from the figures
which were first fixed. The assistant su
perintendent of the Western Union Tele
graph Company appeared, and asked for
a reduction, that company having been
given a 11at raise o' !?U0,0G0. After a
showing they were granted a reduction of
10 per cent on their value as it was fixed
by the board. The matter of mineral
lands assessment ".hicli were returned
for the first time this year, brought rep
resentatives from the Black Hills section.
The valuations returned weft! increased
by the board sit its first meeting. LT per
cent in Lawrence County, 15 per cent in:
Pennington County, and 10 per cent in
Custer. The showing made by the xlills
delegation was such that this increase
was stricken off and the return as made
by the assessor was allowed to stand.
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The first monthly report of the state
vital statistical department has been
made out at Pierre and shows the re
turns from all the comities of the state
except a few small ones, which did not
pet in reports, presumably 011 the grounds
that they had nothing to report. All of
the counties have reported the births,
deaths, marriages, divorces and naturali
sations. occurring during the month of
July with the following exceptions. No*
reports have been received from Buffalo
nnd Sully Counties. These counties have
very small population and it is possible
that there were no occurrences therein
warranting reports. I'nion County re
ported the bifths and deaths but did not
send the marriages, divorces and natur
alizations: the clerk of courts being ab
sent upon a vacation and leaving no one
in charge of his office to make the report.
Six hundred and twenty-seven births
were reported, being one for each t00 of
the white population. There were 340
male infants and 287 females.
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The management of the Portland expo
sition has fixed Sept. 12 as South Dako
ta day at that exposition, and Gov. Elrod,
has issued a proclamation declaring Tues
day. September 12 as South Dakota day.
The proclamation being:
"Many South Dakotans have already
visited the exposition, designed to com
memorate the success of the Lewis and
Clarke expedition, which expedition
crossed what is now the state of South.
Dakota a hundred and 0110 years ago.
In the record kept by I^'wis and Clarke,
characteristic mention is made of their
passing through the territory that is at
present, included in our commonwealth.
It is my earnest wish that many of our
citizens shall arrange to be present on
the above named day. to join in meeting
and greeting former citizens of South
Dakota, now citizens of Oregon and oth
er western states, who undoubtedly will
be present to participate in the South
Dakota day festivities."
T.'p to the present the state taxing board
has done nothing in the way of listing
private car systems for taxation in this
state. At the late meeting of the board
of review this matter was brought up
and a resolution carried for the investiga
tion of the number of such cars operat
ing iu the state, and the manner of taxa
tion followed 011 such property in other
states. Under the new revenue law. the
board has until Deo. 1 to investigate and
place on the tax list, any property which
has escaped taxation, and it is the intent:
of the board to take some steps toward
eollectisg the proper revenue from this
source, and it is more than likely that this
class will get 011 the list this year yet.
and a certainty that they will he placed
011 the future assessment returns.
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Deputy Warden Martin, of the Siotix
Falls penitentiary, reports that seventy
tloaen shirts per day is the output of the
new shirt factory which was established
tit the penitentiary a few weeks ago. 't"
tleputy warden also states that the men
and factory machines are working most
satisfactorily and that the new industry
seems to please rather than displease the
men who are employed. A number of the
convicts are now working in the state
quarries each day, while others are em
ployed in hauling from the quarries to
grounds near the buildings, so the stone
may be ready if it is needed in the
construction of the proposed new bindei
twine plant
W7hile the Republican state convention
of last year was considered a large body
with 1,014 delegates, the convention of
next year will contain 1,309 delegates,
under the provisions of the caucus law
which fixes the apportionment. This
means that the man who get3 a nomina
tion will have to get there with not less
than (185 votes in the convention. Fiider
the law the representation of most of the
counties is largely increased, although
there is a slight decrease in a few coun
ties.
A request has been made that Gov. El
rod appoint delegates to the national good
roads convention which meets at Port
.Huron. Mich. South Dakota is not as
much interested in good roads as are
states further east, but a list will proba
bly be selected in case anyone can be
found who cares to attend such a gather
ing.
Two hundred and fifty-two deaths,
were reported in South Dakota during
the month of July. The average age at
death was 32 years. Seventy children
died before attaining the first year. There
was one death for each 1,720 of the
white population. If this average is
maintained throughout the year it will
give us a death rate of 7 per thousand
annually. v'--i
Gov. Elrod has appointed O. A. Grif
fis, of Brown County, a member of the
state board of pharmac}