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rs\. yrm Y E S O U v E S O V E THAT SHOVI 15 NOT THE OILY THINlG THAT FALLS THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, OUR PRICES ARE COMING DOWN ON -SOME of ouf^ VERY best VALUES, we DoriT WAN%AHY LEFT- OVERS i^^BUSTERv- PRJCE-S HAVE FALLEN, HAVE NOT FALLEN ON SHIPPED IN "FAKE" STUFF. HAVE LEFT OF THE REGULAR, LINE.S OF GOOD MERCHANDISE. IT 1,5 IMPo5-5I5LE YOU KNOW, TO &UY JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SELL AND No MORE. WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF OUR WINTER GOODS WE SHALL SELL AT 2,0()0 yards of Mottled and Outing Flan- 171/ nels, 9c and 10c values, now /2C 1 lot of Plaid Dress Goods, 25c values now 1 lot of Dress Flannels, Broad Cloths and Lighter Weave Dress Goods to clean up re- 1/_ (\fC gardless of cost /3 V-JlT 500 Dress Goods Remnants that are marked to sell at LESS THAN COST. On all our Women's, Misses' and OA07~ f~\CC Children's Underwear m\3 /0 V-Jll On Prints, Percales and Sheetings 10% OFF We want to clean up all our Cloaks, Suits and Skirts and are making Lower Prices Than Ever. Get Busy before they are all gone. For your next order. Prompt delivery. PRESTON'S Y ®lje ^aily £cafcet MiOIIOX. BOOTH DAKOTA. TELEPHONE, NO. 269. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 190!) •IBM Of IDBIVMrTIOlf. By •»U,l y*tr 14.00 Bjr Mil, 9 months #.00 By mall, months 1.00 By mail, I month .86 By carrier p«r w««k .. 10 F. hTAHL PiopiMot, 11. A. HTAHL. BBKIBVIK* STATE NEWS Sioux Falls-More than 400 Knights of Columbaa of IOWR, Minnesota and Booth Dakota, beside a few scattering delegates fiom further state? gather, in Sioux Falls Sunday as gue^t* of Marquette Council. No. 815 of this city. The gatnering was the largest K. C. event ever held in South Dakota, •nd marked the Dig annual initiation of the local council. Sixty-fivo candi dates were initiated. Pierre-The present warm weather following the late severe cold has start ed the streams west of the river run ning. The ice has broken up in Bad river and piled onto the ice in the Miaaoari at the month of the smaller i* th ,,, i, .f '1H V ,5, v V A 1 1» t-' teai :•. I .%• •srrew rTtAs- bUT THEY HAVE FALLEN ON WHAT WE j. A. JOHNSON. Phone TON'S GROCERY THEY THE FOLLOWING PRICED: PHONE 225 stream, backing up the vater to a depth of several feet. It is also re ported that the ice in Cheyenne river is broken up. But while a few more warm days will make crossing the river on the ice somewhat dangerous, no to the present teams are yet using the ice bridge daily. Huron—The recent death of Mrs. Ja cob Haar at the family homestead in Hutchinson county is worthy of more than pausing mention, for the reason that she ip survived by much more than the usual number of grandchil dren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Haar was 70 years of age,and had been a resident of Hutchinson county for a period of thirty two years She was the mother of thirteen cnildren, of whom five are dead. 8he had ninety fix grandchildren and eighty-one Krewt-grandchi ldrcn. She bad a wide acquaintance throughout Hutchinson and adjoining counties and was affec tionately called "Grandma" by scoria of people by whom she was highly re spected and loved. Beresford—The interest of the farm era of the extreme southeastern portion of the state is centered at present in the annual corn show and farmers' in stitute which will be held at Beres- 1 wrrrt n, 1 f&f 5'. «.* 'Jt-.f i "7 W 5 ford on Thursday, Friday and Satur day of this week. The affair will be tin! big event of the year "in that part of the state, and it is expected ttie attendance will be greater thaa at any former corn contest and farm en' institute ever held in that region. .John Sundberg, of Whiting, president of the Iowa Corn Growers' association, who scored the corn at the national corn show at Omaha, and the state corn show at Sioux Falls, will be pre nant anil score the exhibits of corn. Sioux Falls—P. T. Unruh, formerly postmaster at Tyndall. faces a charge bv the fedetal authorities witd an at tempt to defrand through the United States mails. It is claimed that he tried to cheat the Mennonite Aid plan, a mutual insurance organization,out of 'iirge sums of money, through the medium of tne mails. In the com plaint brought by the federal attor neys in the federal court here, it is alleged that Unruh mailed, at Emmett, Neb., March 1H, 1908,a letter addressed to David Ewert, secretaiy of tne Men nonite Aid rian, at Mountain Lake. Minn His object the complaint states, WHS to defraud the mutual association. The prosecuting witness for the govern ment is J. A. Tracy of Sioux City. Otuer witnesses named are Jerry Carle ton,of Sioux Falls and Davicl Ewert of Mountain Lake, Minn In a hearing before United States Commissioner White, Unrah was bound over to ap pearance before the federal court undet bonds of f1,000. FIRST PIONEER Burial of the Ashes of W. W- Brookings at Yankton Yankton, Jan. 2(i Very quietly and totally without ostentation a little metallic box was deposited in Yankton cemetery. It contained the ashes ot Wilinot Wood Brookings, whose re mains were cremated in Boston a year ago by bis request. Cairying out an other wish, his ashes were brought here to be buried near Yankton, where in the early days the name of W. W. ISrookingH carried as much weight and authority as ever did toe most fore most citizen of this city. A massive ^ray granite shaft was at once placed over the ashes, with the simple inscrip tion: "First Pioneer, Brookings.'' This brief record is sufficient for the pioneer, who will recall that W. W. Brookings was one of the small oand of "fifty riners" who risked their lives again and again that Dakota territory might be settled by the whites. He WHS a member of the in trepid band that first settled Sioux Kails, only, after a short stay, to bt driven out by the Indians, who killed anl scalped Brookings' nearest neigh bors, the AmidoiiB. who were killed by Little Crow's baud in 18G2. Mr. Brookings was a member of the famous "squatter" legislature, was pi evident of the state, and acted as provisional governor of the territory part of the time. He served in the first legislature and held many promi nent offices during the early days. He also enjoyed the distinction of pre euipting the first land in Dakota terri tory, the tract being the present site of the Queen Bee mill and Brookings is land at Sioux Falls. The name of Brookings is prominent in the histcry of Yankton and her industries, and his career, is, in'fact, very largely that of the early history of the state. Brook ings county was Reamed after him, as was the county seat of the same county. A very few of the earliest pioneers are still alive, among them G. W. Kingsbury. Ephriam Miner and J. R. Hanson,all of whom were present at tne interment of the ashes of their early day friend. Dututh Fireman KMiea. TMiluth, Jan. 27.—John Kelly, a fire man connected with headquarters of the Are department, was instantly killed by falling three stories from a burning building. While he was at a third story window or the Exchange hotel a terrific explosion occurred, which hurled the fireman to his death. Lincoln's Birthday a Holiday. "Washington. Jan. 27.—Making Feb. 12 a epccial letal holiday in the Dis trict of Columbia and the territories of the United States In commemora tion of the birth of Abraham Lincoln was the first business brought before the house. The house passed the res olntion nn'ie.Inuni1 ly. Notice of Special Election. Be it resolved bv the city council of the city of Madison, S D.: That notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the city of Madison. S. D., on Tuesday, February 2nd, 1909, at which time the following proposition will be submitted to the electors viz: Snail fifteen thousand dollais (#15,000) in I onds ot the Independent school district, No. 1, of the city of Madison, S. D., be issued for the pur pose of erecting a public school build ing in the said city of Madison. The voting places shall be as follows: In the Fitst ward, northwest jury room in court house. in the Second ward, firemen's hall. In the Tbiid ward, north room, N. L. Anderson's shop. In the Fourth ward, office of Sea ton livery nam. At said election the polls shall be open from 9 o'clock in the forenoon un til 4 o'clock in the afternoon fuA. no longer. Adopted Jan 18th, 1909. —Oeo. H. IVaskey, Mayor. Attest —Wm. Rae, Auditor. OKLAHOMA TOWN LOT PROBE OPEKS Predicted That Prominent Men Will Be Indicted. Muskogee. Okla., Jan. 27—Special Interest attaches to the sitting of the federal grand Jury here to investigate the alleged town lot frauds by reason of the implication of the governor, Charles N. -Haskell, in the invest^a tlon. He, in turn, declares the entire matter is due to the enmity of Will iam K. Hearst. This ramification of the case is an echo of the presiden tial campaign of last year. In the years 1900 and 1901 a large number of lots were disposed of to purchasers, who registered their names with the movement in much the same manner as when land is "homesteaded." Federal authorities now claim that unscrupulous men scheduled the namOs of a nirmber of "dummies" »nd thus obtained titles to a number of lots when they were entitled to but one. About two hun dred and fifty persons whose names are said to have been used in this manner are now htere, having been subpoenaed by the government from Texas, Ohio. West Virginia, Tennes see, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Virginia and Arkansas. They are ex pected to testify as to what part they had in the registering of their names in applying for land. It Is confidently expected by many that several men "high up" in local affairs will be hit by the investiga tion. BRITISH WORKERS'DEMANDS Measures Advocated by Labor Party, Now in Convention. Portsmouth, Eng., Jan. 27.—The ninth annual meeting of the Labor party of Great Britain, which assem bled here today, will discuss matters of importance to the working people of this country and to those in other lands who are interested in measures looking to their advancement. The Labor party has thirty-one represen tatives In parliament and it was largely due to their efforts that the old age pension law, which went into effect Jan. 1, was enacted. Among the proposals to be dis cussed at the meeting or convention, as it would be called In the United States, is one fixing the old age pen sion limit at fifty-five years and grant ing pensions to physically incapaci tated workers at the age of thirty. To provide the necessary funds It is proposed that an income tax of 2 shillings in the pound be levied on in comes of £20,000, 3 shillings on in comes of £30,000 and corresponding rates up to £200,000, beyond which all incomes shall be confiscated to the state. James R. MacDonald, member of parliament for Leicester, the secre tary of the Labor party, will submit resolutions Including demands for the special taxation of state conferred monopolies, increased estate and legacy duties and a substantial be ginning of the taxation of land val ues. Other resolutions will demand ptate insurance foV workmen, the maintenance of school children, a universal seven-hour day, the nation alization of land, railways, mines and hospitals, a minimum universal wage of .10 shillings a week and a universal adult franchise for males and females. SITUATION MORE SERIOUS Bulgaria Preparing to Go to War With Turkey. Berlin, Jan. 27.—While It is admit ted in German official circles that the Bulgarian-Turkish situation has grown more serious with the recent mobili zation of Bulgarian reserves an im mediate collision between the two powers is not apprehended. It is pointed out as an encpuraging circum stance that the Turkish government has made no claim for territorial com pensation in Eastern Roumelia, but this has been decided as not feasible in diplomatic circles. Should Turkey, however, claim a part of Roumelia the situation might become critical and Bulgaria might forthwith tab# up arms. Preparing to Welcome Taft. New Orleans, Jan. 27.—Arrange ments for the reception which the city of New Orleans will give in honor of President-Elect Taft and the mem bers of his party when they return to the United States via New Orleans Feb. 13 are already being made. Vari ous commercial bodies will take a prominent part in the event, while the city and state officials will also contribute their share towards the welcome. ROOT TENDERS RESIGNATION Robert Bacon to 8ucceed Him as Sec retary of State. Washington, Jan. 26.—Secretary of State Root has tendered to President Roosevelt his resignation, effective on qualification of his successor, Robert Bacon, whose nomination, along with that of J. C. O'Loughlin to be assist ant secretary of state in place of Mr. Bacon, was sent to the senate. Girnell Student Electrocuted. ItTiaca, N. Y., Jan. 26.—On the eve of the festivities of junior week, the most brilliant social epoch of the Cor nell year, the undergraduate commu nity was shocked by the tragic death Of Parkman Leavitt of East Orange, N. J., a freshman in the college of mechanical engineering. Leavitt was tlectrocuted BY a UYO wire. First Survivor to Rsach America Tells Vivid Earthquake Tale. "SEEMED LIKE WORLD'S END." "Thouflht I Was In Purgatory," lay* Giuseppe Cutroneo, Who Witneasod Sicilian City's Fearful Fate—Tidal Wave a Terrifying 8ight. Giuseppe Cutroneo, a butcher of Messina, who lost his wife and three ehildren in the recent earthquake tvhlch devastated Sicily, is the first witness of the great disaster to reach New York. In telling of his escape from death he said in part: "I was in the cattle business in Mes sina, and to this fact I owe my life. On the morning of Iec. 28 I got up at 4:15 o'clock to take a trip Into the country to buy steers. All was quiet as I left my home, 188 Corso Victor Emmanuel, and walked to the station, about a mile distant. As It happened, the car In which I took my seat was the last coach, which stood outside the train shed. Had I taken a forward car I doubtless would have been killed. "Of a sudden the car shot up in the air, falling with a crash on one side. A deafening roar filled my head. The air became suffocating. My body seem ed to grow numb all at once. I don't know how long I lay in a sort of stu por before I realized that there was a hole over me, through which 1 climbed. "The spectacle again stupefied me. I thought the world had come to an end and that I was in purgatory. 1 could not at first recognize what I saw as Messina. Still the earth trembled, and quakes came Intermittently, each one toppling over walls that had been cracked or left standing by the first shock. I looked back at the station. It had collapsed, and the train shed had fallen on the forward part of the train and crushed it almost flat. "As soon as I realized that I was still alive I thought of my wife and three little children. I rushed back into Messina, although now fires had started in all directions. Here would tower the flame of a broken gas main, roaring and leaping like a gigantic torch. There the wood skeleton of a house blazed like a hundred bonfires in one. The air was full of smoke and dust, yet I could see close to the shore a great rift, where the earth had been torn apart. Into it many of the houses had fallen, catching fire as they fell, so that the smoke that rose made the ditch look like an elongated volcano. "I looked Beaward and was trans fixed by the most terrifying sight of all. A wave was advancing toward the city that grew as it approached until It seemed as high as the light house. It tumbled the ships about like toys, turning them turtle or tossing them on their beam ends. It came with tremendous velocity, but to me it seemed an age before It swept over the lighthouse and engulfed the city, tearing away the piers like paper and swallowing the shore front. Far in land it swept, extinguishing many of the fires. "The people running about in the streets acted like lunatics. Some were clambering over the ruins in their nlghtclothes searching for relatives. Through cracks the people that still lived cried to those they feared were dead. Other survivors whom I met had wound around them bits of carpet or bedclothes, while others had for gotten all about apparel. "I found only a heap of bricks, twisted iron and wood splinters where I used to live. The five stores had tumbled into a heap about fifteen feet high. My home was in a four room flat on the first floor. It had been burled at the bottom. Without think ing how impossible was the task I be gan to dig in the ruins. Down below I could hear moans, and they made me work like a madman. "I would sometimes think I heard my wife's cry, and I would yell down Into some crevice, 'Floria, Floria, here is your Giuseppe!' and then I would call to my children—to Diego, my six year-old little boy to Tony, who was four, and Natalina, the baby. I was still digging when some Russian sol diers came and asked me If I did not want something to eat. Eighty people were in the house where I lived, and only one or two besides myself escaped. "For two days and a night I wan dered about Messina until I thought the sights of crime and death would drive me crazy. Ghouls began to prey upon the dead, digging up corpses to rob them. When the soldiers caught these fiends at work they would riddle them with bullets. "Never will I forget my run toward my home. I saw many persons. Sev eral had been injured by falling walls. One man, with his legs broken, worked his way painfully along, leaving a trail of blood behind him. Again I saw a woman crawling over a mass of ruins, clinging to a child. God! If I live a thousand years 1 can never for get those sightsl Here an old man was making his way along, searchiug wildly among the smoking ruins for loved ones. I saw another man scram bling over the ruins, calling his wife's name as I was doing. A year was lived in that day. "On the evening of Dec. 28'about 200 of the survivors, including myself, went aboard the Regina Marguarita, which the government had made use of as a transport We were carried to Palermo. On reaching Palermo I went to a hospital. On my wny I met a well dressed man. who on learning I wanted to come to Ajoerica, gave me |38 for my passage." V COAL is one of the most convenient articles in the home both for comfort and in sickness. We Carry the Best Hot Water Bottle Made, so good that with this store we give a Two Guarantee a PHONE 195 fOIETSHONEWCAR •top* tl&e cough and heals lunga 8tomach trouble is hut a symptom of. and not In itsf If a t*uo dispas.. We think of Dyspepsia. Heartburn, and Indigestion as real diseases, yet they arc symptoms only of a curtain spedfi# Nerv« sickness—nothing *'tfw. It was this fact that first eorrcetly 1P1 Dr. Shoo# In the crention of thut now very popular Stomacf Rem .ly—Ir. Shoop's Hestonitivc. Going direct to tin- siomaih nerves. a!om* brought that suctvsj and favor in Or. shoopiuid his Resolutive. With out that oriKinal and highly viw,lprinciple.no 3i.ch lafting Hccomplishnients were ever to be had. For stomach distress, bloatinf. hilimisness. lad breath and sallow complexion, try Dr. shoop'a Restorative—Tablets or Liquid—and sec for your self what it can and will do, We «*dl and chair, fully recommend Dr. Shoop's Restorative CHRIS SCHUTZ. every bottle purchased at that it will not leak or wear out in that length of time. If it does not give the service for two years bring it back and we will exchange for a new one. We have the regular 2 and 3 quart sizes, also combination bottle and fountain syr inge in regular sizes. We have these goods in several different styles and prices. Jones Drug Co, CORNER DRUG STORE Phone 260 PHONE 256 We handle only the best and deliver to all MlffCT I IM'll 11 :SSOHg«iSHMI parts of the city JONES BROS. GRAIN CO., Regular Hams 13c California Hams, 10c Cudahy Rex Bacon, 15c CINDER-BEARD Our Own Sausage Sealshipt OysterS Received Twice Week. E. W. KETCHAH will deliver promptly to any part of the city the best grade of HARD AND SOFT COAL* pdimi y u i COAL MARKET Hoarse coughs and stuffy eolda that iuav develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, as it soothes inflami membranes heals the lunps and expels the cold from the system. J.U. Anderson. A Valuable Tip After exposure or when you feel a cold coming on take a few doses of Fol •VI ne* "ntl Hr acd wil1 the cold from your system. It cures the moat Htubborn coughs and colds, and prevents pneumonia. J. H. Anderson. f. J. GALLAGHER ...Graduated Veterinarian DENTISTRY and SURGEBY A Specialty Office and Hospital, Corner Harth Ave. and Third Street. MADISON SO. DAK