The Aberdeen Democrat., February 05, 1909, Image 1

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VOLUME 7—NUMBER 16
PASSES GREAT NUMBER OF BTT.T.S
AND RECEIVES
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Important Measures Pat
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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withdrawn from the state, and has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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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-
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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.
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METHOD OF PROCEDURE WILL BE
DECIDED UPON TOMORROW
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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-
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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
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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.
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The state department Officials are
anxious to obtain action on it before
the present session of congress ex
pire^...
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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.
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HITCH IN AGREEMENT
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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.
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WITH EACH BLOCK OF SEPARATE
PLAT BUILDING RECORD IS
COMPLETE
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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Roosevelt Opposes Billiiv^.^v
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 4.—Gover-
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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
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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.
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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
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