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Wishing all our friends and the trade
a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, we con
fidently announce our ability to be of
further benefit to those in searce of the
Newest and Best Merchandise at Lowest
Prices,
We solicit a continuance of your
ued patronage.
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SATURDAY, JAN. 2,1909
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STATE NEWS
Ifatertown—Governor Coo I. Craw
ford has received a communication
from J. Frank Bell, chief of staff at
Washington, asking that a delegation
from tbe South Dakota national guard
be «ent to Washington to take part in
the inaugural parade. The matter has
been referred to Charles H. En^lt'shy,
adjutant general. AH much as the
general would like to send a com
pany to the federal capital, he ia a
little afraid that he will be unable to
do so as the state guard is a little short
of funds at this time. It may be,how
ever, that he will manage to iigare
out some way ao that a company
composed of the beat men of the
gnsxd will be able to go.
Dallas—The city council this morn
ing ordered the public schools to be
closed for a week on account of an
epidemic of diphtheria. The small
son of John Rogers, of the City bak
ery, died this morning of diphtheria,
and it is feared others have been ex
posed. Every precaution is being
taken to check the spread of the dis
ease.
Aberdeen—«u. A. Adams Is under ar
rest here, charged with forging a check
on the Bank of Pierpont for flO.
Adams cashed the eheck at Honneger
Bros saloon in this city, signing tbe
name of A. C. Roberts. The barten
der who cashed the check telephoned to
Pierpont and when the bank stated uo
nun by tbe name of A. C. Roberta had
deposit in the institution Adams'
•treat followed.
Miller—A double rainbow, with all
the bright and varied colors of a June
morning, hovered over this town Tnes
day, following a warm shower. There
bo thunder during tbe summer-
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liRe shower, but in other redacts it
was a perfect reminder of a rain in
June.
Pierre—0. C. Doken, tbe state com
mteaioner of school and public lands,
has issued his tenth biennial report ol
the business of that department,which,
as it helps to rddnce the school taxes of
tbe Plate, is of vital interest to every
taxpayer in the state. While it is
filled with detailed information of the
workiugs and financial affairs of the
department, which wil be jf value to
legislative members at the corning ses
sion. It also contains recominerula
tions directly us to wnat Ccmmiesioner
Dokken considers of special import in
the way of legislation affecting the de
partment.
Alierdeen—Charles K. Zirbes, chief
of police in Aberdeen for the past five
years, has resigned his positiou and af
ter a trip to Hot Springs, Ark., will
again enter the employment of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road. He was a conductor on that road
when be resigned to become chief of
police.
Philip—Although one of the compar
atively new counties of the state, this
(Stanley) county is able to make a fine
financial Hhowim*. Reports by the
eleven banks which are doing business
within the boundaries of the county,
show they have aggregate resources of
l,204, i36. The aggregate deposit? of
eleven banks are nearly a million
dollars or, to be exact, |989,271.H8.
The population of the county is conser
vatively estimated at 20,000, and tbe
vote of 4,100 cast at the election in
JNovember would appear to bear out
this estimate. This means that the
per capita bank deposit is $10.46 for
every man, woman and child in the
county.
Deadwood—Although Joseph Fallon,
a rancher residing 110 miles-north of
Belle Fourehe, is sixty-two years old,
he will undent a grafting operation
that would be severe on one half his
age. Fallon has a miraculous escape
from death in a runaway near his
home. He was thrown out and dragged
a quarter of a mile by two frantic
horses, which he finally succeeded in
bringing to a halt. Then it was found
that he had lost nearly all his scalp,
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which had been torn from his head
and the «ight of the right eye wai
gone. Fallon was nursed by a trainee
nurse, which is holding down a claim
in the vicinity, and when able, wai
brought to the hisDital here, where thf*
surgeons will attempt to grow new
skin on the lacerated head.
Washington—The world's total nold
jutput in 1908 was |42?,(WOtOOu,
against 410,5r"»,000 in 1907, according
fo today's preliminary estimate of Di
rector of the Mint Leach Gold produc
tion in the United States was
018,2.%, an increase almost of $0,000,
000. Silver aggregated 51,798,Of*} Huh
ounces, a net deciease of 4,700,0"»
ounces flow the previous year. Alas
ka, California, Colorado and South Da
kota showed increases reaching alto
gether over 110,500,000.
Miller—J. W. Wenriek, a reliable
farmer living northwest of here, saw a
meadow lark tbat, owing to the mild
weather, had not left the country. It
had in its bill something that looked
like a worin. This is likely, as the
ground in places has not leen frozen
much. Ouly a week ago a lark was
•still lingering on the edge of tbis town,
presumably waiting for cold weatber
before going south.
Foley's Orino laxative cures chronic
cnostipat ion and stimulates tee liver.
Orino regulates the bowels so they will
acl naturally and you do not have to
take purgatives continuously. J. 11.
Anderson.
Hoarse coughs and stuffy eolds that
may develop into pneumonia over night
are quickly cure.! by Foley's Honey and
Tar, an it soothes inthumd membrane*
heals the lungs and expels the co from
the syiiteui. J. 11. Anderson.
OF
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USOAUNTEREST
President's New Year Recep=
tion at White House,
OCCASION IS MEMORABLE
Many Citizen* Take Advantage of
Last Opportunity to Meet Their
Present Chief Executive—Italian
Disaster Recalled by Presence of
Ambassador of That Country as
Dean of Diplomatic Corps.
Washington, Jan. 2.—Seldom has
there been a gathering at the White
House so fraught with elements of
Interest as that which assembled New
Year's day tjj extend to President
Rooattvolt -wishes for a happy new
year. It was the last opportunity of
the public to meet their present chief
executive and It was distinguished by
the attendance of diplomatic represen
tatives of nearly all the nations of
the world, of officials from every
branch of the government and of citi
zens in every walk of life.
A shadow of sadness was cast over
the company by the recent terrible
calamity which has fallen upon the
Italian people, whose ambassador was
present as the dean of the diplomatic
corps, and by the absence of the rep
resentative of the emperor of China,
who is wearing a badge of mourning
for the late emperor and dowager em
press of his country.
To Mr. Roosevelt the occasion was
memorable beyond any in which he
has participated since his elevation to
the presidency. In tbe exchanges of
salutations there were many refer
ences to the events of his career dur
ing the coming year, when he will
fact) the dangers of the African wil
derness. As many of those present
have come Into office during his ad
ministration and with him will retire
to private life after March 4 next
there were abundant subjects for con
versation concerning the uncertainties
of the new year.
The first greetings of the day were
extended to the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt by the vice president, mem
bers of the cabinet and their ladies
without the least show of formality.
These felicitations were exchanged in
the private rooms on the second floor
of the mansion. This was followed by
the reception of the diplomatic corps,
the justices of the supreme court, sen
ators and representatives in congress,
the army and navy, government offi
cials and the public In general.
Railroad* Will Make Few
Improve­
ments Thig Year.
Chicago, Jan. 2.—That the railroads
of the country will not undertake new
work in the way of extensions or im
provements in 1909, at least in the
early part, is certain.
This is shown by the expressions
gained irom railroad presidents and
executive officers by the Railway
Journal. On the question of the pro
posed advance in freight rates, hostile
legislation and agitation and exten
sion and improvement there seems to
exist no difference of opinion among
railroad officials, all favoring the pur
posed increase in freight rates and
pleading for a cessation of hostile ac
tivities.
A Personal Appeal
If we could talk to you persorally
about the great merit of Foley's Honey
and Tar, for couehs, colds and lung
trouble, you never could be ii ducod to
experiment with unknown preparations,
that may contain *ome harmful drugs.
Foley's Honey and Tar costs you no more
and has a record of 'orty years of cures.
J. 11, Anderson.
EARS OF RUINS
OW MARK SITE
Town of Bapara, Calabria,
Completely Wiped Out.
ALL HER RESIDENTS DEAD
Report
Says That the Entire Popula
tion of Ten Thousand People Per
ished in Disaster—Fire Followed
the Earthquake and Finished the
Work of Destruction—City of Reg
gio Almost Completely Devastated
Catanzaro, Calabria, Dec. 81.—A re
port received here says that the town
of Bagnara, on the coast to the north
of Reggio, has been completely wiped
out, fire finishing the work of destruc
tion. The report says that "all the
Inhabitants of Bagnara are dead." The
town counted about 10,000 people. In
a few days lime will be scattered over
the heap of ruins which alone mark
the site of a once populous town.
The prefect of Reggio, Signor Orso,
who was thought to have been killed,
has reached a coast point in safety
after twenty-four hours of fearful ex
perience. The man could hardly talk,
but he said Reggio had been almost
entirely devastated that the dead ran
into the thousands and that the sur
rounding villages also have been de
stroyed.
The region between Kocella, Jonica
and Caulonla, not far from Reggio, is
flooded.
Reports from Pizzo, thirty mile9
west of here, declare that the death
list in surrounding villages reaches a
total of ,3,325. Many wounded per
sons are still under the wreckage.
The survivors are camping in the
open air. Most of them are without
clothing and food is lacking.
A report received here from Santa
Enfemia, a town of 6,000 people six
teen miles northeast of Reggio, de
clares that the dead there number
1,000, the wounded exceeding that
figure. The houses that were not de
stroyed we now In flames.
THOUSANDS BURIED ALIVE
Meeting Slow Death by Fire, Injuries
or Starvation.
Catania, Dec. 31.—One of the Mes
sina survivors says that only a small
proportion of the total population
escaped. Thousan4s of persons are
still buried alive in the ruins, where
they are suffering slow death by tor
ture.
The flames are still making their
way slowly over the devastated area
in an cxorable advance. Imprisoned
and pinioned human beings, unable to
extricate themselves, are being burned
alive, others are dying of their in
juries, while many are starving.
The streets are filled with confused
masses of bricks, mortar, beams, fur
niture, chimneys and roofs. In many
cases the streets appear as enormous
crevasses, twisted into fantastic
shapes. The Avenue Palazzati, which
runs along the sea front from tht
university to the postoffice, is quite
impassable. All the public monuments
that were there have entirely disap
peared.
All the water pipes, sewers and gas
pipes of the city have been destroyed
and water and filth are flooding the
torn streets. Gas explosions occur
frequently and result In the breaking
out of scores of small fires.
REFUGEES REACH NAPLES
Compelled to Go Long Distance to 8t
cure Relief.
Naples, Dec. 31.—The appalling
magnitude of the tragedy in the south
of Italy is being brought home to the
people of the north by the arrival
here of refugees, wounded and un
scathed, from Messina. The fact that
dying people have to be brought such
a distance for medical attention shows
the immensity of the disaster and the
inadequacy of the relief measures at
present possible.
The German steamer Seraphin came
into Naples with 800 refugees. The
wounded are all in the cabins and
their condition is pitiable. A few ol
them have had their heads and limbs
bandaged, but many of them have not
yet received medical attendance. The
Seraphin had to come to Naples be
cause all the hospitals in the prin
cipal towns of Sicily are overflowing,
while there are not enough doctors
and nurses for the work In hand and
medical supplies, bandages and sur
gical instruments are lacking.
May Have Perished in Disaster.
Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 31.—Misi
Margaret K. McMillan of Fond du Lai
and Mr. and Mrs. Thornton A. Oreen
of Ontonagon, Mich., are believed to
be victims of the earthquake in South
ern Italy. The party was at Rome on
Christmas day and were then leaving
for Sicily. Miss MeMilJan and Mrs.
Green are daughters of C. A. McMil
lan, millionaire lumberman and furni
ture manufacturer of Fond du Lac.
Consul Cheney and Wife Dead.
Washington, Dec. 31.—A dispatch
received at the state department from
American Consul Gale, at Malta, con
firms the reported death of Consul
Cheney and his wife at Messina. The
bodies, the dispatch aays, have no!
been recovered.
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CANNOT YET BE FORETOLD
Outcome of the Fight for the Ohio
Senatorship.
Columbus, O., Dec. 31.—The sena
torial fight which is being waged here,
With Representative Theodore E. Bur
ton of Cleveland, Charles P. Taft of
Cincinnati, brother of the president
elect, and Senator Joseph B. Foraker
as the central figures, is in many
ways one of the most interesting po*
litlcal struggles the country has ever
witnessed. The complexities of the
situation are such as to cause the
oldest of the political leaders to hesi
tate about predicting the outcome. Mr.
Taft and Mr. Burton are doing the
bulk of the fighting, while Senator
Foraker is looking on with no small
degree of satisfaction over the active
hostilities between the two men who
arc opposing his re-election. Senator
Foraker hopes the fighting will con
tinue for some time yet and Is op
posed to a caucus of the Republican
members of the legislature prior to
Jan. 12, when the first ballot for sen
ator will be taken at the statehouse.
Mr. Burton also has announced him
self as opposed to a caucus at this
time, but Mr. Taft and his adherents
are still hopeful of bringing matters
to an early issue before a binding con
ference of the Republican state sen
ators and representatives.
POSTOFFICE IS BURGLARIZED
•afe Is Dynamited and $100 in Cash
Secured.
Echo, Minn., Dec. 31.—Yeggmen
blew the safe in the poBtofflce here,
securing over $500 in cash. The
stamps were not molested. A cigar
box containing small change, stand
Ing on a desk, was also overlooked.
Heavy tools were secured at a
blacksmith shop and entrance was
made through the front door. The
front of the Bafe was completely
wrecked.
PRINCESS DE SAGAN
RETAINS CHILDREN
Petition of Count Boni de Gas
tellane Denied.
Paris, Dee. 81.—The petition oi
Count Boni de Castellane that the
custody of his three sons be given to
bis mother, the Marquise de Castel
lane, was denied. The court ruled
that the children remain in tbe cus
tody of their mother, Princess de Sa
PRINCESS DE SAGAN.
gan, formerly Miss Anna Gould of
New York.
The court ruled further that the
children should not leave the Con
tinent without its permission. Begin
ning Oct. 19, 1909, they are to be
placed in a college situated within a
hundred miles of Paris.
WOOD PULP MAY BE FREE
Steel, Hides and Lumber May Also Be
Favored by New Tariff.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Chairman
Payne of the ways and means com
mittee has strongly intimated that
wood pulp will be placed on the freo
list in the new tariff bill. It is not
certain that steel will go on the free
list, but the Payne bill is liable to con
tain free hides and free lumber.
The bill to be reported will be a
maximum and minimum measure,
wherein the maximum will run about
20 per cent above the minimum.
The law also will provide a legal
remedy, as far as possible, for the
undervaluation of articles shipped
here by foreign manufacturers, thus
evading the loss of millions of dollars
now withheld by men who deliberate
ly place the wrong valuation on their
goods.
NARROWLY ESCAPES INJURY
Mrs. Long worth Rescued From Under
Feet of Horses.
Washington, Dec. si.—Mia. Nich
olas Longworth narrowly cs_ared be
ing trampled beneath the hoofs of a
pair of spirited horses whon she was
caught between an ambulauce and a
carriage in front of the new National
theater. The president's daughter
screamed and as the prancing animals
were about to sprint: upon her Police
man Catt.s, who was a short distance
away, leaped forward and grasped her
by the arm, hurrying her to the side
walk-
Cattle Starving to Death.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 81.—Accord
ing to reports from the Antelope val
ley thousands of cattle are roaming
the government ranges in that sec
tion with nothing to eat and hundredl
are said to be dying of starvation.
SHED TEARS WHILE
GIVING TESTIMONY
Major Hains on Stand in Trial
of His Brother.
Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 81.—Major
John Hains, U. S. A., a brother of
Thornton Hains, now on trial as a
principal with hl3 brother, Captain
Peter C. Hains, Jr., for the killing of
William E. Annis, was the principal
witness for the defense. In a voice
that trembled from emotion Major
Hains told the Jury of the changes
that he had noted in Captain Hains'
mental condition from a year ago to
the time when the captain told of
those happenings that led to the sep
aration from his wife. All through
his testimony the tears fell from Ma
jor Hains' eyes.
Major Ihtins said that Captain
Hains displayed evidences of being
Irrational and that his mind constant
ly reverted to the things tbat had
been told him concerning his wife's
alleged conduct with Ann Is.
Airs. William E. Annis, widow of
the man killed by Captain Hains,
listened to the testimony and de
clared after adjournment that the
faith in her husband was not shaken
The case was adjourned during the
afternoon session on account of ill
ness of Mr. Mclntyre, chief of counsel
for Thornton J. Hains.
Wife Died a Week Jfcflft,
Providence, R. I., Dec. 31.—Profes
sor Benjamin Franklin Clarke, pro
fessor emeritus of mechanical engi
neering at Brown university, is dead,
aged seventy-seven years. Professor
Clarke's wife died last Thursday.
Woman Commits Double Murder.
Washington, N. C., Dec. 31.—John
Emerson Stone, aged twenty-two,
highly connected In Boston and New
York, graduate of Holy Cross college,
Worcester, Mass., was shot and killed
here by May Woolard, who then shot
herself twice and may die. The
tragedy followed Stone's call on the
woman to say he was leaving bore
forever and going home.
Bomb Under Tenement House.
Kansas City, Dec. 31.—A bomb waB
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TAFT AND FRIENDS CONFER
Political Matters the Subject Under
Discussion,
Augusta, (la., Jan. 2.—BeyoWd the
remark that the withdrawal of Charles
lore E. Burton was a move in the in
terest of party harmony President
Elect Taft would say nothing on the
subject. It was, he said, a matter re
garding which any statement made
should naturally come from his broth
er Charles.
Another conference was held at the
Taft cottage on the subject or the
best means to take advantage at the
proper time of tbe real 3entiment In
t!ie South which favored a political
change. Charles H. Sherrill of the
National Business Men's league of
New York, who is here, was one of
the conferees, while Messrs. Taft,
Hammond and Hitchcock were the
others.
The Republican organization is to
b? maintained in all the states and
efforts made to Increase the ranks of
the Republican party as fully as pos
sible. With the purpose, however, of
securing* the assistance of those who
do not desire to ally themselves with
the Republican party as Republicans,
but only wish to act independently of
the Democratic party in natioual
campaigns, it was thought best to se
cure the names of those who would
take charge of this Independent move
ment in each state, with a view to
their subsequent organization at a
time when such political action would
be opportune.
NEW SALOON LAW IN EFFECT
Uouieiana Statute Provides Many
Changes in Regulation.
New Orleans, Jan. 2.—Variously in
terpreted and threatened with a test
of its constitutionality in some partic
ulars the Gay-Shattuck saloon regula
tion law, which went into effect in
Louisiana Jan. 1, will compel many
changes, some of them drastic, in the
present method of conducting the
whisky business in this state.
The attorney general of Louisiana
and the city attorney of New Orleam*
are wide apart in their construction
of the law. The latter holds that sa
loonkeepers who are already In busi
ness need not secure permits to con
tinue for 1909. The attorney general
thinks that the prescribed distance of
300 feet or more between saloons and
schoolhouses or churches means
exploded under a tenement house in measurement by a straight line. The
Gillis street occupied by Antonio Ar-]city attorney believes it means street
menio, a prosperous saloonkeeper,! or road measurement.
and his family. None of the members The clause of the new law which
of the family was injured and the prohibits foreigners from operating
damage done was slight. I^ater Ar- barrooms will undoubtedly involve a
menio told the police he recently re- test on constitutional lines. Many
elved an anonymous letter demand- claim that It is an abrogation of treaty
Ing that he pay $5,000. riehts which thev participate In.
MEAT PRICES
Beef by the Quarter, 51/2*
Diamond Mince Meats,
California Hams
Have you tried onr own Sausage?
We are complimented every day
on our excellent sausages.
We are butchering some of the finest beef ever hung up in a Madison
Market Tiy us for a Nice Beef Roast or a Juicy Steak.
Stewart
HEATERS
The.ru are many points
about*the construction
of the Stewart Heater
superior to other
makes in regard to
heating— consuming
Less Fuel
We have been selling
stoves for the past
thirty years, always
alert in buying the
best brands to recom
mend to our'custoraers
Hardware Man.
Ginder-Beard Meat Market
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