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•zmt iVl a? df .SP3? Cbc sfree jprcss BY S. G. DEWELL PIERRE, SOOTH DAKOTA. It may be true that radium will snake bit©, but that's all. I#'® melons is just naturally Si-"1 I# 1 #f# Iji ft *%3 mp i§ jSfv I Pi it/-* #fc. s.' Champion May Sutton is consider ably above the California peach aver age. It is only a case of introspection when a person seeB no good in the world. A Berlin professor says that ham mering will cure a red nose. The best cure is to quit. "E. H. Sothern, the actor, is soon to 'iave a 3£rr -38? with hook of verses published." Oh, well, he can afford it. HS| 10-cent cotton, and water going tunk! tunk! the south happy. There are too many people in this world who are in favor of the goo !, out opposed to its enforcement. ., One of the evil results of the war for Japan is that it has shown her how easy it is for her to borrow money. Rubbing the nose is, according to a German professor, a relief for hay fever. So is sneezing, but It doesn't seem to last. V:" One of the scientists says chickens propagate tuberculosis. It will be best, however, to keep on shutting the coop at night. A New York woman left hsr hus band because he gambled. She says his money is tainted. Her conclusion seems to be regular., A summer in which a Newport so ciety woman was not robbed of some enormously valuable jewels would not seem like the real thing. Miss Abbie Taggart of California has killed seven bears and a moun tain lion, but she candidly admits that she has never scrubbed the kitchen •floor. |H *SL Both Germany and France claim to be victorious in the Moroccan affair. Wouldn't this be a splendid old world if air quarrels could end in that lovely way? Junl Alio,' the Finnish poet, has been granted a pension of $750 a year, If he has any spunk that will hardly he enough to keep him from writing Poetry. A shortage in the Maine spruce gum crop is reported. Otherwise the af fairs of the nation seem to be going as smoothly as could be expected at this time. You can't persuade the fireworks men that the $15,000,000 which it is estimated was spent for fireworks for the celebration of Independence day was misapplied. V. The old bachelor who declared he Vould have nothing to do with women because they are deceiving and hard to see through Jived before the days of the peekaboo waists. IV The Pennsylvania judge who decid ed that a woman is the ruler of the kitchen wisely refrained from' specify ing whether he meant the mistress of the house or the hired girl.. Abdul Hamid, Sultan of Turkey, is reported to be in a critical condition. The case wouldn't be so bad if the sul tan could only feel sure ttiat the doc tor wasn't trying to poison him. rl There is no merchandise that awak-1.. ens fairer fancies, starts lovelier1 dreams, or calls forth sweeter remin iscence, than a bunch of fishing poles in front Of a grocery.—Ohio State Journal. The Chicago man who has H&Ver tised for a atenogr&phfefv Attesting that she "state het *ige^V^»\li doubt less be surprised to teftHk that ail lady stenographers are between the ages of 18 and 22. yr^jPauI Morton has cut the salary of ua?e fe. Tarbell's stenographer from fl2.0ii0 to $10 200 a year. Mr. Morton nj*y a» well bes Ri,ven to -.understand now that be Will from this time on be as real mean. a iJ & 1 1 1 a a a W89 nf his latest took burned twice. history of Venice, but he ha^e made it dreadful dry. He Ifrfade four drafts of it, hut evidently iftf-gOt to open tl'e damper. M•• *'if I, The Massachusetts Supreme Court! ^tat.ue by an Amoric&n sculptor to has decided that a' man must be in good health when he takes out a pol-1 The Russian. Doukhobors are pf^jVar icy. Hence the large number of men-J who are in the insurance business for, Canada. The community at Yakutsk their health. ..ii jnfiAin He nbau who thinks 1t Is inconsist ,0th his dignity ever to use a pos fVbe reads that 110,000,1)00 postal ubifi.ifjad from, the tactory .,l%fJMalno during: tl*e month ^f »^r^n iprtfefe ot.Fot ^Ojwn, wrhHet Valjibg- the ",'^iiecii pr«ne«s aW^oobiJing, frparklttg, iffng"!'fttirff Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Hays of Minnesota, in his cotton re port, practically charges John Hyde, late statistician of the board af agri culture, with being a party to the leak which has created such a sensa tion. It was definitely announced at the state department that the first meet ing of the peace envoys will take place an Aug. 5 on board the Mayflower, oft Oyster Bay. President Roosevelt will entertain the envoys at luncheon in stead of a dinner, as was previously arranged. Crimes. Bigler Johnson was hanged at Tow anda. Pa. The crime for which John son was hanged was the murder of his wife. Norman Williams, who murdered Alma Nesbitt and her mother March 3, 1900, was hanged at the Wasco (Or.) county jail. Daniel Ripley, former city detective and a nephew of former Chief of Po lice Joseph Kipley of Chicago, wts taken to Joliet penitentiary to begin a sentence of fourteen years for the murder of Joseph Hopkins in a quar rel founded on jealousy over a woman. As the result of a quarrel of long standing Charles E. Dodge, a brake man employed on the Soo road at Gladstone, Mich., shot H. E. Hammer, also a Soo road employe, at that place. Several shots were fired, but cily one bullet took effect, passing through the flesh of Hammer's thigh. His condi tion is not serious. Emil Walz, undergoing a life sen tence iri the Marquette, Mich., prison for the murder of a Detroit boy, whose body was mutilated in a terrible man ner, has committed suicide. The de tails of the deed are not ascertainable as yet, but the tragedy occurred in tne penitentiary hospital, where Walz was receiving treatment. Railroad switchkeys were found in the pockets of John McGraw of Cleve land, under arrest on a charge of opening a switch on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus railroad at Bar berton. With these keys he would be able to open switches on the Erie, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylva nia lines. McGraw was formerly a railroad man. State Senator F. O. Butt was arrest ed at Berriville, Aj'k., on a be.nch war rant from Little Rock charging him with bribery in connection with the bill appropriating $800,000 for the completion of the new state capitol. The indictment alleges that Senator Butt paid $100 and promised $400 more to Senator R. A. Adams of Grant coun ty for the latter's vote in favor of the bill. United States Senator Mitchell, con victed of using his office of United States senator to further the law prac tice of the firm of Mitchell & Tanner of Portland, Ore., was sentenced to pay a* fine of $1,000 aud six months penal servitude. Pending a review of the case by the supreme court of the United States, execution of the sen tence will be deferred. In the mean time Mitchell will be placed un.'er bail to the amount of $2,000. Cbe Hews )4l Of tbc lUeek I? In the Canltfcl. M- Foreign. -J A nephew of Postmaster General Cjjrtelyou is ill with yellow fever at Panama. The British Medical society has ac cepted the invitation to meet at To ronto in 1906. Dr. Juan Pablo Rojas Paul, president of Venezuela from Feb. 20. 1888. to Feb. 20, 18.90, is deas^ French Minister of Marine Thomp- son has decided to send & squadron to visit the United States at the end of October, 4^'% i1.— Amerlcajl Sculptor, Waldo Story of DOfttOQ, will make .the statue ofJh€ late Si£ William Harcourt, th! first a place in the house of comm3ft% taS.tbr another large emigritton to ts selling its property an4 preparing to leave In jrtody. Jean ^Sa^lthe, the distin guished paih^rr, in Paris after a long Illness. Yield membership in the Institute '4&. France and was a grand officer the Legion of Honor. ResEy A'^WR^ral Rojestvensky haJ3 un dergone 4 Buecessful operation at To kio. A worind on his forehead was opened and a small piece tit bone was removed. His connection is consid ered satisfactory. ''The American challenger Manchea ter defeated the Alexandra in the third races of the series at Douval, Quebec, and took the Seawanhaka cup, for which eight unsuccessful American land English challengers had previ ously-raced. 0feen and Gaynor have withdrawn tfceir petition for leave to appeal to Uie privy council at London and the, ftorpua -proceed ings which will come ur .before Judge Ouimet at Ottawa about Aug. 7, will settle the case. One hundred and sixty leading mer chants of Chiklang province, China. Tjaye infonned t6e. board of foreign af fairs that the^jpw.suhscribfed money ^9tMVin^po ratttyfey -without foreign assistance, Thojr petition the board to cancel any concession t» tbreigners. The shah of Persia, while stopping In Paris, suffered a brief fainting spell from the effect of the heat. The attack passed off without serious in convenience. An unsuccessful attempt to assas sinate Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, was made during the Selamlik at Con stantinople. The sultan escaped in jury, but many members of his suite were killed artd injured. Sir James C. Browne, author of var ious works on mental and nervous diseases, in an address before the pub lic health cdngress in London, de clared it was a good working hypothe sis to regard the natural life of man as 100 years.- It is understood that Premier Bal four has decided to remain in office until the end of the session and to dis solve parliament in October. No au thoritative statement., however, will be made until Monday, and in the inter val this decision may be modified. List of Casualties. John Groce fell into a hidden cis tern and was drowned at Chillicothe, Mo. The Cedar Rapids Transfer company warehouse, filled with machinery and household goods, was destroyed by fire at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Loss, $100,000 insurance half. The list of Bennington dead is now 62, a Japanese mess attendant named E. Tacate and M. A. Metiu3, a pay clerk, having died. Metius was thought to have recovered, took a walk and collapsed. The New York Central acoommoda tion train No. 56 ran down nine track hands near Tribe's hill, N. Y„ instant ly killing six. The men were all Ital ians, members of a gang that was ballasting the track. Three boys were killed and a num ber of others were severely injured by the collapse of a two-story cotage in Chicago. The building was" being torn down, and the boys were gather ing wood for use at their homes when the crash came. Supt. Mossman of the East Helena smelter at Helena, Mont., while bath ing in a lake was horrified on coming in contact with a corpse, which proved to be the body of John Neid, a former employe of the smelter, who quit his job on July 3. Nothing about the body indicated foul play. Domestic. "«ep»aa(fT~".-- Mrs. E. D. Rand, widow of million aire Burlington, la., lumberman, died in Florence, Italy. She was the moth er of Mrs. George D. Herron. Chairman Morton of the Equitable announced that the pension of $25,000 paid to Mrs. H. B. Hyde, widow of the founder, would probably be abol ished. The strike of the street railway em ployes in Bay City, Mich., started seven weeks ago, was ended when an adjust ment of the matters in dispute was arranged. ... Judge Noah W. Cheever,' who has been prominent in the affairs of the national prohibition party, died sud denly of apoplexy at Ann Arbor, Mich. He was sixty-five years of age. Eight prominent, temperance women of Clay Center, Kan., smashed a sa loon owned by John Peterson. With hatchets they broke open a barrel of Whisky and several cases of beer. Senator E. J. Burkett, of Lincoln, Neb., has received a letter from Sec retary Loeb in which it was stated it is the president's intention to call a special session of congress on Nov. 11. Insanity in Iowa is on the increase, according to the report just issued by the board of control. In three in sane hospitals of the state the number of inmaves has increased 200 since June, 1904. Through a misdirected letter-, Ross Holzmann, the bi*okfekY Who disap peared from Cintsihh&U gome time ago is now ktt©\vh tft b'e In Panama. An effort will to&ftifc'ii'e to locau him. Col- Lamont, secretary of war during the second administration, of President Cleveland, died suddenly at his home at Millbrook, Duchess coun ty, New York. Heart failure was the cause of death. The Alabama Staiie fiaptist associa tion has voted unanimously to accept $25,000 offered by John D. Rockefeller toward building a science hall to How ard college at East Lake. There was not a word of protest amongst the hnn dreds of delegates against accepting the gift. Judge Staples, in court at Strouds burg, Pa., requested a witness to put on his coat before going on the wit ness stand. The judge expressed his regret for being compelled to make such a ruling during the hot spoil, but maintained that the dignity of the court' must not be lowered. j||||Ig The official returns from tfce census of Hardin county, Iowa, show that while the population of the county has decreased since 1900 the towns have, with few exceptions, showed a good gain, thus following the prevailing re turns throughout the state, which in dicate that the rural population fcas fallen off. It is eemi-officlally denied that the German: government Intends to estab lish a penal settlement In the Admir alty Islands or anj'whereelse -,, South Seas. Jb iOxe KAISER EAGER EOR REVENGE TRIED TO PLOT WITH CZAR TO OFFSET REBUFF FROM SCANDINAVIA. HIS INTRIGUES THWARTED FORESAW SEPARATION AND AS PIRED TO BE CALLED AS KINGMAKER. '•"I?". PEACE OF EUROPE MENACED BECAUSE KAISER'S CANDIDATE FOR NORWEGIAN THRONE WAS TURNED DOWN. London, July 30. Replying to a the highest authority that Emperor William's suddenly arranged niesting with tlip czar on the Baltic sea was planned as a set-off for the stinging rebuff he received when he sought to put Prince Albere of Schleswig-Hol stein on the throne of Norway. He had hoped to get" Danish influence for his candidate, who sprang from the Danish royal house, and thereby con ciliate Denmark. He had also asked the king of Sweden's influence in fa vor of his nominee through the exer tions of King Oscar's Danish connec tions. But the Norwegians declined to accept or even consider as a candidate any German prince, and neither Den mark or Sweden would assist. Emperor Is Chagrined. Emperor William was then informed that Prince Charles of Denmark was favored by the king of Denmark, the king of Sweden and the prince's fatll er-in-law, the king of England that the Norwegian ministry had formally offered him the throne with an appan age of $290,000,« palace at Christian and a steam yacht, both maintained at public expense but that Prince Charles was holding off for the assent of the Swedish parliament, King Os car's approval not being, in his opin ion, or that of his advisers, a sufficient guarantee against possible trouble from Sweden. The Swedish ministry resigned this week because it would not ask parliament, At King Oscar's Request, to assent to Prince Charles becoming a candidate for the Norwegian throne. The kaiser is using every possible influence to checkmate this scheme, especially as it would redound greatly to the prestige of his uncle, King Ed ward, whom he hates and fears. In his anger he though he would -jivo England and the other powers con cerned something else to think of, and accordingly made this effusive demon stration of sympathy toward Russia. The kaiser has foreseen for years that Norway and Sweden would sep arate. Three years ago he greatly Affronted King Oscar in conversation with him by referring to it as inevitable. For four years he has been cultivating both Swedish and Norwegian popularity, visiting their shores annually on his yacht and mak ing himself generally agreeable with the obvious expectation that.'when the split should come he would be called in as umpire and kingmaker. But the Scandinavians entertain the profoundest distrust and dislike for the kaiser, so all his blandishments were wasted. His chagrine and an noyance are correspondingly bitter, so at the moment his temper is a real peril to European peace. His hurried visit to Copenhagen is connected with this intrigue, but King Christian has notified him beforehand that he can not offer to entertain him owing to his great aae, X*dopt Referendum Plans. Christiania. July 30. The special committee of the storthing, to which was referred the government's pro posal for a referendum.on the dissolu tion Of the union with Sweden, has unanimously decided to recommend the acceptance ©f the proposal.* The storthittfe at last evening's ses sion unanimously adopted the propos al, fixing Aug. 13 for the submission of the question to the people. AUTO SCORCHING CHECKED. Guards at Fort Sheridan Ordered to Stop Machines With Bullets. Chicago, July 30. As a result of the reckless manner in which some of the automobilists have been speeding through the Fort Sheridan reservation along the finely macadamized streets, the post authorities have put on extra guards, armed with Krag-Jorgensen rifles, to see that the machines do not run faster than fi/e miles an hour. Every entrance to the fort is guarded. The guards have orders to shoot the tires of the machines if their orders to halt are not obeyed. ie iji EMBARGO ON WAR NEWS .English Newspapers May Re strained by Legislation. Loiiftoh, July 30.—It is learned on •question in the house of lords yester day, the marquis of Linlithgow, secre tary for Scotland, stated that the ad miralty hoped to make representations in responsible newspaper quarters re garding the danger of the publication of news in war times or times of na tional emergency. If these representa tions failed, he said, legislation may become necessary. JL.... EEVER DEATHS ON INCREASE BUT FIDENT SITUATION IS WELL IN HAND. FRIGHTENED ITALIANS SEEKING TO GET OUT OF PLAGUE CORDON. OF SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO FEARED. New Orleans, July 30.—Although the unofficial reports made public yester day showed a larger number of deaths than Thursday, when there were only two, and the appearance of a number of new cases the men of science who are warring against the yellow fever plague ended the day's labors confi dent that the situation was well in hand, and with no immediate prospect of becoming alarming. The official report of Thursday's progress of the disease shows that the entire section above Canal street was free from a single new case, and that the fever was only spreading in the poorer habitations of the down-town section, with New Cases Isolated except in the heart of the French Mar ket quarter. The health authorities continue to hold also that the plague remaing Jtelian infection, al} Jut two of the twenty-six cases reported yesterday being of fhat nationality. The state board of health met yes terday and finally ordered a quaran tine of the state against the city. That action became necessary in order to protect all the points in the state out side of New Orleans from being quar antined by Alabama, Texas and Mis sissippi. In spite of all that is being done to reassure them, many of the Italians are still ^greatly frightened [and desperately Seeking to Get Out of the plague cordon. The supersti tious among them feel that they are victims of a Divine visitation of wrath. In many casQS they have abandoned their household effects and have slunk out of the infected territory. The Mississippi authorities in justi fication of the severe quarantines which the state has established, say i» became necessary because New Or leans penn'o have been resorting to all -crt- of irxticdr to set into the state. In some cases they are charged with riding to the state line and disembark ing and then quietly slipping over the line. The Illinois Certral has offered spe cial trains to the Mississippi officials to enable them to enforce the quaran tine regulations. Shotgun Quarantine. Owing to the increasing number of local quarantines it is practically im possible to go twenty miles through Mississippi without a health certifi cate. Not only in Mississippi, but in Louisiana, the shotgun quarantine is again in evidence, and there is every indication of a revival of,the panicky feeling of seven or eight years ago Meantime New Orleans, is sitting down with increasing faith in the mos quito theory and except for 'the quar antines and the news in the papers strangers arriving there would have no evidence of the prevalence of any unusual Illness here. favors Strict Quarantine. Memphis, Tenn., July 30.—By a vote of 9 to 3, the executive council of Memphis went on record late yester day as favoring a strict quarantine against New Orleans and other fever infected points. The quarantine will become operative immediately. Fined for Embalming Meat. Barron, Wis., July 30. M. Genski, who runs the only meat market in Chetek, Wis., was fined (25 and costs for preserving meat with boracic acid. The meat embalmed was pork saus age, a sample of which, after having made a trip of 300 miles to the stata chemical ^office and back, which took about ten days, is said to have been as free from taint as if Just made, it was so well preserved. Three Young Women Drowned. Vancouver, Wash., July 30. Miss Edna Fisher, Miss Lillian Zeigler and Miss May Zeigler, whose ages range from 16 to 28, were drowned in the Columbia river off Government island yesterday. They went in to bathe, got into deep water and perished in sight of two women companions, neith er of whom conjd swim. "V General Store Burns- $ Cofcttto, Minn.,' July 30.-—Early yes terday morning the building owned by Isaac Nelmi of Calumet, Mich., and oc cupied by Mike Jokela as a general store, was damaged,by fire. The loss will be about $2,800 insurance $400 on building and $1,500 on stock. §EiiI Fairbanks to Help Soo Celebrate. Sault. Ste. Marie, Mich., July 30. Vice President Fairbanks last night wired that he will be present at the semi-centennial of the opening of St.' Mary's canal. POOR PEOPLE THE VICTIMS MONEY RAISED FOR APPEAL SHOTGUN QUARANTINE IS ON HOCH NEVER GAVE UP ROPE REVIVAL OF PANICKY FEELING WAS OVERJOYED WHEN NOTI- ,tf J0HANN IIOGtl GETS REPRIEVE MEN OF SCIENCE ARE CON- CHICAGO BLUEBEARD IS SAVED FROM GALLOWS AT THE LAST MOMENT. ATTORNEY PUTS UP $500 AND A WOMAN EXPRESSES WISH TO HELP. FIED THAT STAY HAD BEEN GRANTED. Chicago, July 30. Johann Hoch, "Bluebeard" and confessed bigamist, ser'•.-need to be hanged yesterday for poisoning one of his wives, was yes terday afternoon granted a reprieve until Aug. 25 by Gov. Deneen. The stay of execution followed hours of anxiety on the part of Hoch, who had never given up hope, and was allowed by the governor only after the lattc-r had been assured that the necessary sum to appeal the case had been raised. The amount, $500, was given by an attorney and friend of Hoch's counsel. The attorney declared he was actuated purely by humanitarian motives. An incident at the jail during the preparation for the execution was the appearance of a physician and a wo man who told Jailer Whitman that they wanted to Help in Hoch's Battle 11 for life. They said they wished to" raise funds for the condemned man and asked Jailer Whitman to delay the hanging as long as possible. Hoch's attorney, however, had already been in communication with the authorities respecting the stay of sentence. All arrangements had been made for the execution yesterday, and in view of the action of Gov. Deneen Thursday in refusing a stay of execu tion and similar action by the state board of pardons, Hoch's chances for life were considered slight. Hoch, even several hours before the time set for the hanging, was quite confident of executive clemency, al though at times he seemed to despair of receiving a reprieve. Meanwhile, unknown to Hoch, the negotiations for the reprieve were progressing. It was noon and the de lay up to this time li'iSiiired Hoch with renewed hope. He ate dinner, smoked a cigar and read. Half an hour later he received the news of his re prieve. He declared that, he was the happiest, man alive. The crowd about the jail sent up a shout that was heard for 'blocks. The prisoners joined in the demonstration and Hoch was al most overcome. Hoch said: "If the supreme court decides against, me I am willing to die. I ask no mercy and no favqr. I believe in the law, but I feel that tf the supreme court has a chance to review the case it will result favorably to me." Hoch's attorney announced that he would at once prepare to appeal the case. .•r- YOUNG GIRL HEROINE. Ruth Brock, Thirteen Years Old, Res cues Two Children From Death. New Haven, July 30.—At the annual! picnic of the Whitneyville Congrega tional church Sunday school at Double Beach, Helen Clark, aged tOv andl Rachael Clark, 13, fell in the water and were carried out by a current. Ruth Brock, aged 13, saw the- peril of her playmates, and, running to the shore, jumped in and swam to them. Helen had been down once and Rach ael had sunk twice when Rut hi grabbed them and tugged until' both landed safely in shallow water, where strong hands took them ashore' and re vived them. DIVINE BECOMES CARPENTER, More Money irr Building Barns Than in Saving Souls. Norfolk, Neb., July 3.O.. J. W. De Merritt of Hartington,. Neb., has quit preaching and taken up the carpen ters' trade. He says that there is more money in driving ten-penny nails into a substantial ranch barn than in trying to hit nails- of truth and re ligion on the head in an abstract way before an audience that is unappreci ative. 1 was formerly pastor of the Baptist church at Anoka, Neb., and before that was statioaer.h at Battle Creek, Neb. PLOTTED TO KIT.L SI TAN. Dissatisfied Turks Mac's Kustenji. in Rpumania, Headquarters. Bucharest, Roumania, July li lii :-v.% II 11 Si illif tiM 'S'fif' in •m It sill' 3-D. plot against the life of the sultan ot Turkey has been discovered by the au thorities at Kustenji. A search ol houses occupied by Turks disclosed large quantities of revolvers, rifles, cartridges and tompromising docu ments- The Roumanian officials sub sequently discovered cases of rifles hidden in the hold of a Turkish steam'. er now in Kusteaii. •, ?K: A