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4 I I ft ttbc VOLUME 7—NUMBER 16 PASSES GREAT NUMBER OF BTT.T.S AND RECEIVES MORE 0 5 su s' as 2 S a 2. Important Measures Pat We the •••tti Foreign Corporation B. 1 Bill, the Bill for Taxatio public Dances, and the Bill abmit County Option at Next General Election—Doings in the House. 'Pierre, S. D., Feb. 3.—The senate did a fair stunt at legislation this afternoon: passed Senator Ewert's bill which allows service of summons directed to a corporation, which has withdrawn from the state, and has no resident agent or manager to ac cept service for it, to be made on the secretary of state also Senator Bat es' bill, giving councils and town trus tees authority to license, regulate and tax public dances, to license or pro hibit fortune tellers, clairvoyants, fakirs, etc., an dto license and regu late plumibers and electricians Sen ator Bates' bill to authorize cities to construct sewers and to assess and collect the cost thereof was made the special order for February 8. Sen ator Andrews' bill, providing for sub mitting county option at the next general eleotion, passed. Senator Stokes' bill to accept the provisions of the Carey irrigation act was am ended so as to require publication of a notice of the date of opening the land to settlement. Senator Nor beck's bill, limiting the votes of stockholders of incorporations to one vote for each stockholder, regardless of the number of share held by him, was referred back to the judiciary committee. New bills were introduced into the senate as follow: .by Senator Highly, to fix attorneys' fees for fore closures by publication at $10 for foreclosing a chattel mortgage and $25 for a real estate mortgage by Senator Andrews, appropriating $1, 000 to pay for lectures and demon strations on agriculture, and the ex penses of the Corn Breeders' associ ation by Senator Lockhart, to ap propriate $1,000 to pay off the in cumbrance on the Taylor lands by Senator Lockhart, to prevent tres pass on state lands iby Senator Lock hart, to prevent male animals from running at large by Senator Dan forth, to appropriate $14,000 to pay George Mackey and Oscar Hunt, for injuries received by the accidental discharge of a gun while on duty in the state militia by Senator Stokes, amending the law governing the distribution of water for irriga tion purposes by Senator Byrne, cre ating the tenth judicial circuit. The senate passed a house bill to authorize holding terms of court in towns other than county seat towns when the county seat Is more than three miles from any railroad v'"'In 3-S Pierre, Feb. 3.—The decision the Egan case which was expected today, was not handed down. It is thought the delay is due to the ab sence of Justice Whiting, who is de tained at home, by Illness in Jhis family. The two cSfflt fare bill has"nin'"Its course as a bill and Is mow a full fledgetg law. Governor Vessey ap proofed and signed the bill at 2:30 I thli'dfternoon. The legislature has i- done Its part. It is up to the courts to do theirs. There is some curiosity among the members as to what the railroads, will do now that it is their next move. The law Is so brief, sim I' t.ple -and explicit that the only way (out IM is to obey it, and take their chances. Ninety days in jail are not a long time, but It would seem long to the man on the lnsldes, put there for just stepping lightly on the law. There have been recent rumors of a comlng blll to Increase .the member ship of the board qfpKarities and cor rections to five menibers. The bill has not yet made Its appearance, and It is quite possible, never will.' It would have bard sledding all-the way through, especially in the house Paste it in yjur hat that this legisla ture Is not making many new ofllcei, (Continued on Pace 27TH BALLOT TAKEN BUT WITHOUT RESULT No Material Change in Illinois Sena torial Deadlock Is Noticable—As sembly Adjourns and Scene of the Battle Is Again Transferred to Chi cago. Springfield, 111., Feb. 4.—The twen ty-seventh senatorial' 'ballot taken to day in joint ssesion produced no ma terial change In the deadlock. In cidentally it ended the balloting for this week without the accomplish ment of anything looking to a final solution of the struggle that is rend ing the republican party in Illinois. With the adjournment shortly after 1 o'clock today the battle once lpore transferred itself to Chicago. The house and senate will hold perfunc tory sessions tomorrow, but by agree ment there will not .be a quorum present in the joint assembly and consequetnly no senatorial 'ballot will be taken. CHIEF ORATOR OF ROSEBUD IN DIANS IS DEMANDING AN NUITIES Asks for 50,000 Copies of Picture on $5 Certificates—Accompanied by Other Chiefs of His Tribe—Money Wanted Is Part Payment for Rose bud Lands. Washington, D. C., Feb. 4.—An In dian who looks like real ready money has come t:p town. 'His name is Hoi-' low Horn Bear, and he is the chief orator of the Rosebud Sioux tribe of South Dakota. Hollow Horn Bear is reputed to be the handsomest ad most typical In dian in the country, and that's why head and there is enough hair to It was put there because the con noisseurs in Indian beauty regarded him as the finest Indian now extant. Hollow Horn Bear is 59 years old and as straight as an Indian ought to 'be. He hasn't a gray hair in his hea. dand there is enough hair to make a mattress. In addition to being beautiful. Hollow Horn Bear is long with the "white man's game," as he^ calls the art of conversation. In truth, he has most white men lash ed securely to the bowsprit and the sinking head on, when it comes to the art of talk. He comes every once in a while to talk a few hundred thousand out of the stony-hearted bureau of Indian affairs. That's what he wants on- the present trip. A Fortune Delayed The bureau has been holding out on his tribe some $300,000 of money which the tribe thinks ought to be distributed to minor children. It re presents part payment for the lands of the Rosebud reservation, the de partment maintaining that it would be a waste of the money to turn over their shares to the minor child ren. The law, however, provides for the distribution, and the Indians Want the cash. Hollow Horn Bear hopes to take home about 50,000 cop ies of his .picture on. the $5 certifi cates. Along with Hollow Horn Bear is a delegation of Sioux, one of whom Is Chief Good Voice. Oddly enough, Good, Voice is no orator at all he grunts occasionally, but Hollow* Horn Bear does the talking. Reuben Quick Bear, High Pipe, John Colombo, Eagle Horise and Stranger Horse are the others of the. delegation. •Colombo is a thrifty aborigine. He owns more land than he can tell about The government gave him 640 acres, his wife 320, and each child-160 acres, and Colombo has nev er got far enough in mathematics to be able to figure all he holds in the fainily. He lives on a 20-acre piece at the corner of hiB Osteite, and rents the rest to white men. -."White man works lor we," he says disdainfully as be cranks up the carburetter of his auto for be owns and drives a ma chine. i. 3S37:« ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1909 CAN IT BE THE UNITED STATES IS BECOMING UNEASY OVER JAPAN? Philippines and Hawaiian Islands Are Objective Points for Shipments of Guns and Torpedoes—200 Subma rine Mines for Subig Bay—Govern ment Is Painting Ships a Leaden Gray—'Much Comment at Frisco. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 4.—The close of the present week will see an unusual amount of war material and supplies shipped from this port to the Philippines and the Hawaiian Is lands. This fact, taken in connec tion with the arrival of the navy transport Buffalo from Honolulu to day painted leaden gray, the color that is associated in the popular mind with the fighting garb of the American navy, and the unexpected return of the torpedo fiottilla from the south, is causing some local com ment. Tomorrow the bark Mohican will clear for Honolulu, carrying two great disappearing guns destined to form a part of the defense at Pearl Harbor. Saturday the Pacific mail liner Asia sails for Manila and Japan carrying 3,500 tons of cargo, 2,000 tons of which consist of army and navy stores for the Philippines. In cluded in this shipment are 200 sub marine mines, which are to be plac ed beneath the waters of Subig Bay at the entrance of Manila Harbor, and 2,500 cases of small arm ammu nition. The army transport Sheri dan also leaves for Honolulu tomor row laden with 3,000 tons of general supplies for the troops in the Is lands. In connection with the change made In the color of the Buffalo, it is said that orders have gone out to the Pacific fleet that the ibig fight ing ships be similarly altered in ap pearance on their return to Magda lena Bay from the South American cruise. This is the first time since the ibuildlng of the new navy, "the white navy," as it has been widely known, that the color of the ships has been changed except in time of ATTEL KEEPS CHAMPIONSHIP Californian Pugilist Disposes of Kelly in Seventh Round New Orleans, La., 'Feb. 4.—Abe At tell of California found no difficulty in retaining the featherweight cham pionship when he met Eddie Kelly of New York in a scheduled ten round foout before the Southern A. C. here tonight. Kelly's seconds threw up the sponge in the seventh round. At the start Kelly assumed the aggressive, but was unable to admin ister any effective punishment to At- tel1- STEPHENSON MAY 13 TAIL OF ELECTION gay- ___ If Present Feeling Agaii&t Him in Wis consin Legislature Must Be Set Right—Still Lacks Four Votes of Election. Madison, Wis., Feb »4.-r-if the pres ent feeling of the members of the Wisconsin legislature, with regard to the election of a tjnited: States sen ator, continues, it looks as though the chances of electing a successor to United States Senator Isaac Stephen son in the near future are Very slim. While the senator continues to poll within a few votes of a majority he has fallen behind three votes from the showing of the firet and second joint ballots and today, as on yes terday, be lacked four votes of re election. The conference committee on the primary investigation Is still 'strugg ling over the method of procedure. ft' METHOD OF PROCEDURE WILL BE DECIDED UPON TOMORROW PERHAPS ,re-= fr Hundreds of Citileiis Sign His Bonds —Is Arrested on Charge of Fraud in Town Lot Sale—One of His Fellow Defendants Is Too 111 in Los Angeles to Return to Okla- homa.u =m~ Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 4.—No meth od of procedure in the town lot fraud indictment cases will be decided up on/until after the arrival of Governor Haskel'l here tomorrow. A dispatch from A. Z. English, who is 111 at Los Angeles, states that, his physicians have decided that it will be impos sible for him to come to Muskogee before April 5. A number of lead ing citizens of Muskogee have signed his bond, and it will be sent to him for his signature. Attorneys for the indicted men have not yet reached a decision as to whether they will de murr to the indictment or not. ..! Governor Haskell will be repres ented by an array of attorneys when placed oh trial, which probably will not take place until May or June next. Blank sheets of. paper have been attached to Haskell's bond, and hundreds of citizens signed them to day. PRETZER GETS ICE SS OFF LAKE KAMPESKA H. Pretzer yesterday received the first shipment of ice from Lake Kam peska, near Watertown, and is now engaged in filling his ice house on First avenue east. He will put up 'i 50 tons of "Kampeska ice to make ready for the summer season. The ice is of transparent clearness and is over 20. inches thick. ......... AMBASSADOR BRYCE AND NEW FOUNDLAND AUTHORITIES GET TOGETHER Questions to Be Submitted to the Hague in Fisheries Controversy Are Fixed—Some Slight Conces sions Made to Colonial Govern ment. .. I-::' '»4 S. Washington, D. C., Feb. 4.—It was said tonight in official quarters that Ambassador Bryce and the New Foundland authorities have reached an agreement in the matter of the questions in the fisheries controversy to be submitted to The Hague court for arbitration. Some concessions were made to the 'colonial govern ment at the recent conference In Washington between Mr. Bryce, Sec retary Root and Minister Kent of New Foundland, which were incorpo rated In the treaty signed with re servations by Mr. Bryce and Mr. Root. This compromise has won over the New Foundland authorities and as soon as the signed treaties are for mally exchanged the American copy of. the treaty will be sent to the sen ate for ratification. r*j The state department Officials are anxious to obtain action on it before the present session of congress ex pire^... A ST. AGNES GUILD' There will be a meeting of St. Ag ness Guild this evening at St. Mark'# rectory. The meeting will be an Im portant one and all members are ur ged to be present. fW, hit Democrat f-V HITCH IN AGREEMENT yWITH VENEZUELA -mm vv Signature by That Power Withheld for Present Over Misunderstanding of Case of New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company, ppp Caracas, Feb. 4.—It was learned In Caracas today that the protocol drawn up by W. I. Buchanan, the special commissioner sent'down her$ by Washington to effect a settlement of the outstanding disputes between the United Statesc and Venezuela, and Gonzales Gulnan, the Venezuelan foreign minister, had been found un satisfactory to Venezuela and would not beBigned In its present form. The hitch haB occurred over the case of the New York and Bermudez asphalt company, for the arrangement reached with regard to the arbitra tion of other claims apparently Is acceptable to Venezuela. Check up Register of Deeds—Pocket Gophers Victims of Class Legis lation -j:" Yesterday the board of county commissioners was engaged chiefly in taking an inventory of the county hospital and Checking up the register of deeds' ibooks. The members of the county 'board of insanity were reap pointed. A bounty on gophers was also declared, five cents each for poc ket gophers and two cents for all others, the bounty to be paid for gophers killed between the first of April and the first of June. jmiA WITH EACH BLOCK OF SEPARATE PLAT BUILDING RECORD IS COMPLETE y-,r* City May, When Plats Are Finished, Tell at a Glance Where Each Build ing in City Is Located—Will Be of Aid to Assessors—Builders Must Have Permits for Structures. V'J City Engineer Washburn is having a set of records compiled whereby It will be possible to know at any time just where any building in the city Is located, also dts size and the ma terial of which it is constructed. A plat of each iblock is -being made and the actual measurement of the build ings taken, the plat being large en ough that all necessary detail can be provided. When complete these plats will be arranged In loose-leaf book form and with little trouble can be kept up, to date. The system ip^simply that adopted In most of the larger cities, and as the town grows larger, becomes almost indlspenslble. From this record, too, the assessors will be able to make up their lists largely. Of course the making of such a record means a great amount of work but it will be pushed right along and it is hoped that this sea son will see the completion of the work. In connection with this matter Mr. Washburn would again call attention of those who propose to build struc tures within the city limits, no mat ter what the size or expense, they must .secure a building-permit. This permit costs absolutely nothing but it Is required that it may be possible to keep the above record. Then, too, some kind of supervision is ne cessary that structures which might be regular fire-traps or a menace In soine other way to public health is provided against. Although It does not cost anything to secure the 11 $Shse it will be expensive not to do so as the ordinance provides for a fine where 'buildings are put up without the., required building license, -m '&JR Wi m- 0 .•'»V „I fin' iSSff,'1' if ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. BELL SEGREGATING Tunrar fsoX ,WHITE SCHOOL flmT.THMry "''SllPi 'i-V" PASSES ASSEMBLY Other Radical Anti-Japanese Fail of Passage, One by Reason of Tie Vote—Another Bill Pusses Requiring Japs to live Apart From Whites—Roosevelt Opposes School Bill In Telegram. Mi COUNTY FATHERS END THEIR MEETING Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 4.—Grove L. Johnson's bill compelling Papan ese to attend separate schools, pas sed the assembly today by a vote of 48 to 23. Johnson's other bills, 'prohibiting aliens from ibeing members of the boards of directors of corporations and restricting them in residence dis tricts at the option of boards of sup ervisors, were defeated, the former by a vote of 54 to 15 and the latter measure failed of passage because of tie vote, the friends of the bill being unable to muster the required 41 votes. The roll call finally stood 37 to 37. Johnson changed his vote from aye to no and moved to recon aider tomorrow. Mr. Leeds of Los Angeles chang ed his vote from no to aye on the school bill and moved to reconsider that also. There was little support for the corporation measure, the votes for the bill falling thirteen short of the number cast for the Drew blll^f! jLJ The principal debate was upon the' residential segregation bill. Many who voted against the land and cor- 4 poration measures announced that they favored segregation of undesir able aliens because that waa effect ive anti-Japanese legislation. Shortly after the disposal of the Johnson bills Mr. Drew moved that 5«| ih IV & £& j: "•i 1 the vote by which his land bill waB defeated yesterday be reconsidered. He offered to amend the measure by striking out a sction which it had been declared, violated the treaty rights of several nations. He declar striking out a section which it had been passed and that was the one against which the president objected most strenuously, the assembly should go a step farther and pass SS'jf the land bill also. $$$8 The motion was lost, the vote being 36 ayes and 38 noes. This showed a gain of ten votes for the gf® proponents of the bill. •111 Roosevelt Opposes Billiiv^.^v Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 4.—Gover- -Gover- &H| nor Gillett this afternoon received the following telegram from Presld ent Roosevelt: "Washington, Feb. 4, '09. 'J. N. Gillett, governor of Califor nla "Your kind letter Just received. iSf® What is the rumor that the Callfor nla legislature has passed a bill ex- Mr eluding the Japanese children from fefi? the public Bchools? This is the most offensive bill of all, and In my judg ment is clearly unconstitutional and we should at once have to test it in the courts. Can It be stopped In the legislature or by veto? Theodore Roosevelt." ''I GST" Bit, Governor Gillett immediately wir-^ YV,' ed a reply to the president and ask ed for an answer at once. He refused ife"" to discuss the nature of the message^ to Washington, but will make all^|^':s correspondence by wire public upon the receipts of the president's next/*1 telegram, if possible. htfi* The bill having already passed the =".v assembly, it Will now go to the gov ernor for his signature, after which it will be come a law. Governor Gillett has signified his intention to sign the measure if passed by both houses. 1 not J' Hf i- rv CALIFORNIA HITS BLOW TO HORSE RACES Sacramento, Cal.,. Feb. 4.—Racing in the state of California received a vital blow when the senate today by a vote,of 33 to 7 passed the Wal ker-Otis anti-racing track gambling bill, which prohibits pool selling, bookmaking or gambling on horse races. geg Mi