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DRUGGIST Complete Optical Room STATEHOOD BILL IS ABANDONED Ho Legislation at Present Session oi Congress. SENATORS MAKE CHARGES •tatements Read in Commltt** by Messrs. Nelson and Beveridge Alleg ing Corruption, Jury Bribing and Various Other Offenses Against leaders of "Gang in Control of New Mexican Political" Washington, March 1.—Tim will be no statehood legislation for New Mexico and Arizona at the present session of congress. At a meeting ot the senate committee on territories all members, regardless ot party, iu a sensational scene, abandoned consid eration of the house bill. The members of the committee left the room without any one suggesting further meetings for its consideration. This remarkable action occurred at the conclusion of the reading of state ments presented by Senators Nelson and Beveridge charging corruption, Jury bribing and various other of fenses against certain officials and leaders of what was termed the "gang which is In control of political affairs in New Mexico." Among the statements read was a telegram from J. J. Hagerman, for mer governor of New Mexico, reflect ing on the character of the people who are in control of political affairs of that territory and declaring that these men expect to continue their control alter the territory becomes a lUt*.. Would Delay Action. He strgRested that it would be well to wait until after the next census before admitting New Mexico to state- 1 $3,000,000,000 is the amount paid by the American Hen to the Poultry Raisers of America last year. Are You Guarding Your Interests? Are you assisting your Hens? Are you taking every pre caution and making every effort to get your share of this amount. In no other instance do we think more applic able the words, MULTUM IN PARVO, than in reference to DRS. HESS & CLARK'S Poultry Panacea and Instant Louse Killer Much because of the results and little because of the cost. THE HARVEST IS ON. Are your sheaves coming in via the Poultry Yard. Are the hens ready for the spring work? We have a full line of helps for the poultry raiser A N E S O N .WHjtix stat' ti.'-nl was read re counting the difficulties experienced by Ormsby McHarg, who went to New Mexico in 1907 as an agent of the de partment of justice to prosecute land rauds. This statement declares that Mr. McHarg was hampered in his work by Governor Curry and his at torney general, Judge A. B. Fall. Among other confidential informa tion produced by various senators were a number of Indictments re turned against the territorial officials and there wad read also a letter from W. F. Wilcox, a former newspaper man of Santa Fe, who asserted that his life was threatened and he be lieves the threat would have been car ried cut had he not left the territory. It is regarded as extremely likely that the committee on territories will decide to conduct an investigation in New Mexico before acting on an ad mission bill. Senator Beveridge in troduced a resolution which author izes '.he committee to conduct hear ings if thought to be advisable. WASHINGTON'S CASE StlMUl? Roosevelt Calis Attention to Rejoicing Over His Retirement. Washington, March 1.—Pointing out the parallel between the attitude of certain persons in 1797 toward the retirement of Washington and the re joicing now in certain quarters that he is about to quit the White House President Roosevelt, after the cabinet meeting, called the attention of re porters to an article which appeared in the Aurora of Philadelphia March 6, 1797. The Aurora was edited by Philip Freneau, a satellite of .Jeffer soi and had long been violent in its antagonism, first to Hamilton, but later to Washington as well. The Aurora's expression of rejoic ing at the retirement of Washington presented a parallel close to some of the expressions now being voiced by the critics of President Roosevelt, Prominent Wisconsin Man Dead. Madison, Wis., Feb. 27.—George Baxter Burrows, former speaker of the state assembly and member of the state senate, prominent Mason and Elk and an extensive dealer in timber lands, died here from catarrh of the stomach. He was seventy- OF ACTA BAKIHGPOWDER Absolute!/ Purl i.y,,.»^, », I fie unij |A/frucT made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Royal does not contain phosphatic acid (which is the product of bones digested in sulphuric acid) or alum (which is one-third sulphuric acid), unhealthful substances adopted for other baking powders because of their cheapness. JEWELER A. F. Laity, Optician PATRICK STILL FIGHTS TO SECURE FREEDOM Lawyer Convicted of Murder in Court Today. M«w York, March 1.—Before the appellate division of the supreim oourt today appeared Albert T. Pat rick, the lawyer convicted of the mur der by poison of Millionaire William Marsh Rice, on a writ of habeas cor pus. His appearance before the state court is a continuation of his fight lor liberty, which failed in the United States supreme court. Patrick is seeking freedom on the ground that the commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment by the late Governor Higgins was not warranted in that it was a change to a punishment not provided by statute for the crime of which he was con victed and that the change was to the prreoner's disadvantage in that it was an imposition of a different and great er punishment. His petition says that "life imprisonment is not only entire ly different from but is in fact greater and more horrible to endure than tin death penalty, alone prescribed by gem-ral law for murder, first degree.' Patrick asserts that his conviction was procured by fraud and collusion of "divers persons of vast influence, power and wealth." His petition for freedom is opposed by the city, coun ty and state authorities. BRITONS HONOR POE TODAY Poet's Fame Extolled at Dinner of the Authors' Club of London. London, March 1.—At the annual dinner tonight of the Authors* club of this city, the principal literary organ ization of the British metropolis, th^ chief theme of the speakers will be the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, the American poet whose cen tenary was celebrated in January in the land of his birth. The list of patrons of the dinner in cludes Joseph Chamberlain, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Justin McCarthy, Lord Fairfax, Lady Essex, Mrs. Corn wallis-West and William Archer. Girls Rescued by Policemen. Chicago, Feb. 27.—Two firemen were Injured by a falling wall during a fire which destroyed the Albert Dickinson seed warehouse No. 2 in West Taylor street. Three girls were knocked down in the rush of fifty oth ers for the stairway, but were rescued by policemen. The loss is placed at $150,000. Robbery th« Supposed Motive. Pittsburg. March 1.—The bodies of two men were found at Gratztown Westmoreland county, near here, and apparently both of them had been murdered and robbed. Two empty pay envelopes were found beside the bod ies. The men are believed to have been employed at one of the mines in the vicinity. An inv^4#AU°& lac made. WpSFrmk. T** MADISON, SOITH DAKOTA, MONDAY, HI ARCH 1, 1909 ON STAND FOR HETCFENSE fi overnor Patterson Testifies in Carmack Case. DID NOT EXPECT TROUBLE Tells of Meeting Colonel Cooper on the Day of the Tragedy and Warn ing Him to Avoid a Personal En counter—Says the Aged Defendant Was Very Angry at the Newspapef Attacks Being Mads on Him. Nashville, Tenn., March 1.—The ftaturo of the day in the Cooper Sharp trial for the murder of ex Sen ator Carmack was the appearance MALCOLM IL PATTERSON. ctrt?.%ii »ii(i dial tlin neuaiix had uu right Id us«- hix name thai lie felt as though man WH« HIIHIIIIK IU $1000.00 OD the stand for the defense of Governor Malcolm R. Patterson. The governor atified that on the day of earmark's •loath he hunted up Colonel Cooper as a result of a telephone message from tie latter's daughter, Mrs. Burch. The iverTutr told how, with his private cretary, Mr. Scruggs, he hunted Mr. ooper and finally found him at the Maxwell House. "I round Colonel Cooper In the writ ing room, writing a letter or dictating one. He told me to wait a minute. I nt for Attorney James Bradford and Kobtn ('ooper. They arrived in u few minutes. Then I learned that the let he had been dictating was to Mr. armack. "I urged him strongly not. to send K Bo did Mr Bradford and Robin agreed with Colonel Cooper was vtirv An£v 'It- said he wan u jjrlvafi- his face ouch morning "I told htm thai If b« sent that let tei it mlglit provoke an eucounter, a personal encounter, which I told him must he avoided at all costs. "The letter was turned over to Mr. Bradford, who promised to adjust the difficulty. I left then, as it was neai noon, and Robin went with me up through the Arcade. I told Robin if I were him 1 would remain near Colonel Cooper that day." "Did you anticipate any trouble?" "No, sir, for the letter Colonel Coo per wrote was un.signed and in Mr. Bradford's possession." What was Robin's manner at the interview?" "He was very anxious to effect a peaccable settlement and when he left lue in the Arcade he thanked me for what I had done and as he did so bis eyes filled with tears." When the defense was through the state announced that it would not croBS-examlnt* 4h# governor at the present time. IN HIDING IN KENTUCKY Tennessee Senators Run Away to Pre vent a Quorum. Hopkinsville, Ky., March 1.—Eight •f the thirteen runaway senators who Secretly left Nashville to prevent a quorum in the Tennessee legislature are hiding in Hopkinsville from the sergeant-at arms and deputies, who have warrants for their arrest. Others are in Alabama. They say they will continue these tactics indefinitely to prevent objectionable elections. ALL GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES Three Men Convicted of 8tealing Forty-six Cente. Chicago, March 1.—Three holdup men accused of the theft of 46 cents were sentenced to life terms in the penitentiary by a jury in Judge Ker 8ten's court. This sentence was made possible by the passage of a law two years ago providing the severe pen alty indicted for highway robbery com mitted with the aid of deadly weapons. Given (or any substance in jurious lo health found in food lesulting from the u»e of Calumet Taking Powder JOINT NOTE TO SERVIA UNDER PREPARATION Believed That Country Will Heed Warning ot Powers. itorttn. March 1.—The situation The brighter outlook along the Dan ube resulted in a firm rise in price* on the bourse. VICTIM GOES INTO COURT Attaches Money Belonging to Qang of Alleged Swindlers. Davenport, la., March 1.—Packages supposed to contain $60,000 shipped here by alleged swindlers under ar rest at Little Rock, Ark., have arrived here by express. The express com pany was served with a writ of attach ment. and garnishment papers on be half of John Cavenaugh of Daven port, one of the men, who, by a fake wrestling match, is alleged to have been swindled out of $37,0U0 by the Little Rock prisoners. The express packages probably will be allowed to remain unopened deposited in safety vaults until produced under order of the district court here at the April term. The men arretted at Little Ro k made their headquarters at Davenport for several years. They nad no visible means of support and absented themselves periodically. General Arbitration Treaty. Washington, March 1.—A general arbitration treaty will be negotiated between the United States and Ven ezuela as soon as the minister to be appointed by that country arrives In Washington. Under its terms a com promise containing the questions In the disputed claims between the two countries which are to be referred to The Hague court will be drawn uy and sent to the senate for ratification. DECISION OF JUDGE CARLAND Claims exclusive Jurisdiction l» Rail road Rate Case. Sioux Falls, S. D., March 1.—Judge Garland of the United States court, as the result of arguments made be fore him, decided that his court had Jurisdiction to the exclusion of all other courts in the ease involving the act. of the state legislature reducing passenger fares In South Dakota from 3 to 2 rents [n»r mile. 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It is assumed here that Sot via will accept this advice, particu larly as Austria-Hungary has declared her willingness to make trade eono-s sions to compensate for the abandon ment of the claim for a portion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. j) w.oj[)7(. —THE E)R. H. P. GULSTINE, MADISON, i D. FARM LOANS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES VAL BLATZ BREWING CO. MILWAUKEE BEER ob draught FRED KURTH'S, J. S. MURPHY, PETER HEAGNEY Prioate stock, Wiener style, Bottle beer ftlttll Leading Saloons in the city. L. J. AHMANN, Agent. j\VY (Equipped with Smokeless Device) to die room you want lo heat—suitable lor any room in tho house. It has a real smokeless device absolutely preventing smoke or smell—turn the wick as high as you can or as low as you like—brass font holds 4 quarts of oil that gives out glowing heat for 9 hours. Fin ished in japan and nickel—an ornament anywhere. Every heater warranted. '/teybL, it the luap lor (1M student or reader. It gives I brillixM. tfesdy tint nuke* »tudy luiuri. 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Many have paid the entire cost cf their farms and had a bal ance of from flO 00 to S20.00 per acre as a result of one crop. Hprinie .IIKI Winter WBMti Outs. Hnrley, Flax and PMU are the prinriial crop*,while the wild grasses brine to per fection the best cattle ever sold on the Chicago market. 'ft s -a J. M. MCLACHLAN, Box 11S. Watertowa, S. D. 's'i.W. z*1 •J& •t i let w,r V r-f Ji.