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•THE STANDARD
By C. C. Knappen
SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Why is a housefly, anyhow?
Tli« merciful man la now very mer
Stfal to his beast
We know of some oats that mn
Ml to cone back.
Tbe Moros seem to be leae da*
gerous than ice cream coses.
There are 130,000 foreign waiters
In London, all with palms extended.
How aeronauts have cities at their
mercy In mimic warfare is becoming
amazing.
With a new record every day it
seems there Is no limit to the powers
of an aeroplane.
The Chicago woman whose ear was
bitten off by her husband, probably
didn't feed him enough.
There Is a very bad $2 bill In circu
lation. Insist on getting your changa
In twenties and fifties.
A Kansas judge rules that It is the
duty of pedestrians to dodge automo
biles. Also the necessity.
Few horses are wearing bonnets
this season, probably bccauso bonnets
are absolutely out of style.
If you can't swim stay near the
shore. If you can swim ba satisfied
to tell your frleads about It
Two Phlladclphians have lost their
lives running for trains. Such unusual
hast* was sure to be fatal in Philadel
phia.
Just bottle up your weather grouch
and strike a temperature average for
the year on the 31st day of next De
cember.
It may soon be possible to telephone
to England from the United States.
Very well, but how about getting mon
ey that way?
Still there is an abiding of optimis
tic faith that It will prove easier to
dodge an aeroplane than an automo
bile or motorcycle.
It would seem that more people are
giving their lives to the perfection of
the aeroplane than to any former
scientific achievement.
In twenty-seven years the Klmber
ley diamond mines have yielded $420,
000,000 worth of diamonds. Still our
western cornfields do a lot better than
that
The man who Is earning his own Hy
ing In these days, however mildly he
may be going about it, is truly enough
earning his bread by the sweat of his
brow.
Ylmorous males who are frightened
at the way women are Invading men's
occupations should take heart at the
success some achieve in trimming
hats.
Going down to the sea in ships was
the ancient Idea of peril. But it was
common place safety beside going up
In the air In the most modern style
or ships.
Ten or flrtoen deaths among the
comparatively few aeronauts and avia
tors in the last few months are not
only depleting their ranks but showing
up air flights as mighty dangerous
pas
timing.
In printing the new passenger tick
ets to be used on airship lines care
should be taken to have it specified
that stop-over privileges may be had
when necessary without the signature
of the conductor.
Counterfeit buttermilk is being sold
In some of the drug stores in the east,
and the health authorities say it is
yery dangerous. Will it never be pos
sible to get a good thing that the coun
terfeiters can't counterfeit?
Farmers after experiment report
that the cows yield their milk better
when the phonograph is kept going in
the barn at milking time. This seems
to offer a grand scheme of relief In
the form of moving all the -phono
graphs to all the cow barns.
Tbe oil-burning torpedo boat de
stroyer Roe reached a speed of 31
knots an hour In a test off the Dela
ware breakwater, although the con
tract requirement was only 28 knots,
and Is now acknowledged to be the
fastest exclusively oll-burntng torpedo
boat destroyer In the United States
navy. The American shipbuilder has
the reputation of cultivating a margin
ot safety, and. tuning out boats which
exceed the maximum requirements of
contracts.
When the automobile collides with
the locomotive it Is seldom that tbe
latter has to go to the repair shop.
The work of a contributing edltc.
Is sometimes made difficult by the
friends who lnslst on coming around
4urlac office hours to talk politics and
tell hunting stories.
Having all the news about the hot
gpeU that waa fit to print, and
sa«e
.Quit was not news, It seems that wo
ht hats a Utto cool weather tot
la tfeo MWS columns.
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TO GIVE MILLION
THOUSANDS AT SUNDAY MEET
tNG APPROVE PLAN TO RE
STORE CATHEDRAL.
TRIBUTE TO NORSELAND
Trordhjtm's Historic Structure May
Regain Its Leet Glary.—Stirring
Speeches in Norwegian Tan
gue Mark Gathering.
Hamline, Minnesota..— The nation
al flag of Norway anil the StM-s
and Stripos hanging together on the
speaker's stand typified the spirit in
which the raising of a 11,000,00# fund
by the Norwegians ef America as a
present te the land of their fathers
was given its initial impetus at the
•state fair grounds Sunday.
An enormous crowd of Norwegians
listened to addresses by Ben of their
nationality prominent in political and
educational circles, to songs in Nor
wegian by the Twin City Male chorus,
and to a poem written and recited by
Angell Hanson, of Elbow Laka.
Governor Eberhart, Senator Thorp,
Prefessor D. Ristad, of Fergus Falls
Lutheran college S. G. Ivorson, Chas.
A. Dalby, Professor H. O. Hall, of the
Norwegian-Danish Theological semin
ary, Evanston, 111. and Prof. H. E.
Stub, of Hamline university, were the
speakers.
The purpose of the "sterna" was te
arouse Interest in the movement to
raise a fund of $l,6t9,*00 among Nor
weglan-Amerieans, part of whioh will
be devoted te repairing and recon
structing the famous Trondhjem oathe
dral, and tke rest to be preserved as
a permanent fuad, the proceeds to be
applied as tbe Nerwogian storthing
nay decide.
Committee te Reise Meney.
A national executive committee has
been appointed to raise subscriptions.
Executive cemraittees fer Ramsey
and Hennepin counties have also been
named to wcrk under the supervision
of the national committee. It is hoped
to raise the fund by 1914, and to turn
It over to the Norwegian government
as a token of the good will borne that
country by her sons and daughters
bere.
"France presented the statue of
Liberty In New York harbor to this
country, and every returning Ameri
can, when he first sees the statue,
thinks gratefully of France," said Gov
ernor Eberhart. "Every Norwegian
or lover of Norway, when he gazes at
the restored Trondhjem cathedral will
think gratefully of the United States.
Every purpose to which the proceeds
of the permanent fund may be put will
raise up a nost of well-wlehers for
the United States in Norway. The
bonds which unite these two great
countries will thus be drawn closer
and knit more firmly. It will bring
us with great strides toward the am
bition of all who have the welfare of
mankind at heart, the" establishment
of universal peace."
Professor Ristad, in a Norwegian
address, traced the analogy between
the former splendor and power, the
subsequent decay and the recent re
storation of the vigor of Norway, and
the same conditions in the Trondhjem
cathcdral.
Its Former Spiendor.
"Three centuries ago," he said, "the
cathedral of Yrondhjem was a magnifi
cent pile, and the ecclesiastical au
thority of its head was recognised
through all Scandinavian countries.
The power and splendor of Norway
were also at their height. From then
until 1814 the nation of Norway and
the cathedral of Trondhjem fell Into
decay. Since 1814 the cathedral has
been partially restored and the nation
has advanced with giant strideB in
every form of development.
"It is fitting that the American sons
and daughters of Norway should assist
in putting the cathedral in splendid
condition again as they have, by fre
quent contrbutlons of money and by
sending back to Norway many of her
sons who have gained progressive
Ideas in this country, helped to re
store the national vigor of Norway."
With "America" as a benediction,
the crowd dispersed, after having tes
tified by tumults of applause their en
thusiasm in the endeavor to raise the
million dollar gift.
Internal Revenue Collections.
Washington, Aug. 16.—The govern
ment derived $289,728,015 from collec
tions of Internal revenue, including
the corporation tax in the fiscal year
ended June 30 last. This is an in
crease of $43,515,296 over the previous
fiscal year.
Three Votes Make Nomination.
Jefferson City, Missouri. Three
votes received by A. A. Spear of Osage
county at the state primary election
August 2, made him the Republican
pominee for congress from the Bightb
Missouri district. The party bad no
candidates for this office.
Negro Excursion Train Wrecked.
Raleigh, North Carolina.—A negro
excursion train on the Southern rail
way, returning from Durham, N. C.,
was wrecked in the union station. Sev
eral negroes are dead and a number of
others reported Injured.
Armour Employe Indicted.
Chicago, Illinois.: Thorn*# G. Lee
of the dressed beef department of
Armour & Co.. was indicted on a
charge of perjury by the grand Jury
which is Investigating the alleged com
bination of packers.
GAYNOR IS IMPROVING
INFLAMMATION PAS8ED AND
COUGH IS 8UBSIBINGU
Law Is Urged Making Attempted As
sassination of Public Officials
Capital Offense.
New York, Aug. 16.—Steadily gain
ing in strength and free so far from
any trace ef blood poisoning, Mayor
Gaynor is one step nearer recovery
from the bullet wound inflicted on
Tuesday by James J. Gallagher.
He rested well Saturday nigkt, spent
a satisfactory morning, took nourish
ment at intervals with satisfaction,
had his wound dressed early and was
pronounced "looking fine" by tho phy
sicians and was resting easily last
night.
During the day bis average tempera
ture was Dii degrees, so near normal
and so devoid of fluctuations that his
surgeons are positive that no blood
poisoning has developed.
At the Hudson county jail in Jersey
City, Gallagher attended morning
mass, then spent an uneventful day in
his cell.
Prayers for the wounded mayor's re
covery were offered throughout the
city Sunday. Protestant, Catholic and
Unitarian congregations bowed their
heads while clergymen prayed that he
might be spared. Rev. William Wil
kinson, preaching on the grounds of
the uncompleted Episcopal cathedral
of St. John the Divine in the upper
part of the city said in part:
"A free people should make deadly
assaults upon its officers a capital
crime. Christian men and citizens of
all classes should rise in resentment
against lawlessness and against the
carrrying of concealed weapons. With
three presidents dead by violence and
Mayor Gaynor alive by a miracle, the
Church of God should teach and
preach obedience to law."
In an address made before a politi
cal club former Coroner Julius Har
berger announced that he would pre
sent a bill to the next legislature mak
ing an attempt on the life of a pub
lic official punishable with death, or
life imprisonment, and barring the de
fense of insanity.
DROUTH STOPS THRESHING.
Farmers at East Grand Forks Have to
Haul Water.
East Grand Forks. The farm
ers living northeast of this city after
losing a good share of their crops be
cause of heat and drouth, have run
against another big problem. The
continued drouth and heat has caused
an unusual lack of water, and in some
cases the farmers are unable to go
ahead with their threshing until some
arrangements are made for securing
water. August Lietieg, a farmer liv
ing near Key West, was In the city
today, endeavoring to find some
means of securing water so that he
can do his threshing. A small stream,
known as the Marais, is in that vicin
ity but it has been entirely dried up,
necessitating the hauling of water
from Red Lake river below Mallory.
This is an unusually long distance to
haul water for some of the farmers in
a nortbeast direction from this city,
but it wil undoubtely have to be done
if threshing operations are to con
tinue. Farmers have to haul water
for their cattle, being unable to get
sufficient supply on farm land.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE DIES.
"Angel of the Crimea" Passes Away
At London Home.
London, Eng. Florence Nightin
gale, the famous nurse of the Crimean
war, and the only woman who ever re
ceived the Order of Merit, died at her
London home. Although she had been
an invalid for a long time, rarely leav
ing her room, where she passed the
time in a hlf recumbent position and
was under the constant care of a
physicion, her death was unexpected.
An attack of heart failure brought the
end.
Her funeral wftl he very quiet.
On May 12 she celebrated her nine
tieth birthday and was the receipient
of a congraulatory mesage from King
George.
FALLING WALL KILL8 RESCUER.
El Paso Mayor Who Warns Firemen
Loses Own Life.
El Paso, Texas. W. E. Robinson
mayor of El Paso, lost his life while
endeavoring to warn firemen of immi
nent danger from a tottering wall. Todd
Ware, a fireman, was instantly killed
and William Robinson and Dave Sulli
van, firemen, were injured.
The casualties followed a fire which
broke out at 2 a. m. in a dry goods
store. Mayor Robinson approached the
building to instruct the fireman to stop
further work on the unsafe walls. A
large portion of the wall buckled and
fell, crushing Robinson and Ware and
knocking the other men down. Mrs
Robinson witnessed the accident from
the sidewalk. ..
German Aviator Falls."
Johannisthal, Germany. The Ger
man aeroplanist. Helm, met with a ser
ious accident at the. aviation meet
h*re\
WhUe flying at a height of
about 225 feet in a Wright machine
one of the propellors broke. The oth
er continued to run causing the craft
to turn over several times. It fell
with a crash and was completely de
mollsked. Heim was carried off the
field unconscious. Later he regained
jonsciousness, but his injuries are con
sldered very grave, and his recovery
is considered doubtful.
DAKOTA PROTEST
GOVERNORS AND SOLONS PETI
TiON PRESIDENT TO MODIFY
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
LANDS ALONG THE BORDER
Dractic Ruling Seriously Menaces
Lemmon District.—Resolution Urg
ing Changes in Conservation
Is Sent to Washington.
Huron, S. D. Among those at
tending the conference here to dis
cuss recommendations to President
Taft and Secretary Baliinger for mod
ification of the rules governing an
order withdrawing from homestead en
try certain lands in Perkins and Hard
ing counties claimed to be underlaid
with lignite coal, were Governor Ves
sey. Senators Crawford and Gamble,
Congressman Martin, Governor Burk«
of North Dakota, Logan Berry of Lem
mon and D. P. Norton of Hettinger.
The confercnce resulted In sending
to Washington by Governor Vessey,
Mr. Norton and Mr. Berry the follow
ing recommendations:
"We have been in conference in the
city of Huron, upon the urgent request
of 17 commercial and homestead clubs
of the Lemmon land district In North
Dakota and South Dakota, to consider
the serious nature of tke situation in
which homesteaders arc plaeed In that
district in part as the result of the
order of the department of the date
of July 21 and executive order ef
July 7, withdrawing from entry, sals
aDd disposal certain lands in said dis
trict and other districts similarly situ
ated.
"The situation from the standpoint
of the homesteaders is really critical.
Drouths have prevailed during the
present season, resulting in wide
spread crop failure, causing many
more settlers than otherwise would
have done so to offer commutation
proof in order to obtain prompt titles
to their land. Action upon several
hundred of such proofs had been de
layed theretofore in the department
and now since the promulgation of ue
executive order referred to the local
land officers have adopted the prac
tice of suspending all homestead fil
ings and proofs until definite Instruc
tions should be issued by the interior
department as to the scope and effect
of the orders referred to.
Committee Makes Suggestions.
"We have considered the various
acts of congress and the said order
with great care and as a result make
the following suggestions and recom
mendations:
"First—That neither the order of
withdrawal nor the law under which
It Is made impair the rights of bona
fide homestead settlers, such settlers
have full right to make commutation
proof and entry and to receive patent
promptly unless their lands are classed
as coal lands or are protested as con
taining coal, In which case they can
accept a patent reserving the coal to
the United States
"Second—That lands embraced in
lawful homesteads initiated prior to
the date of the order of withdrawal
are expressly excepted from the force
and effect of the withdrawal order by
the terms of the conservation act of
June 2.5, 19-10, and are in no way af
fected thereby, that there is no au
thority or Justification for the suspen
sion of action on commutation proofs
upon such homesteads.
"Third—That it is manifestly un
just to bona fide homestead settlers to
suspend action on their homestead
proofs if they are willing to accept
the limited patent with coal reserva
tion as provided in the act of June 22,
1910. It is also unjust to delay action
indefinitely on final proofs protested
for alleged coal character of the lands.
Fourth That all final or commuta
tion homestead proofs were protests
have been made solely on the ground
that the land contains coal and the
homestead settlers have filed consent
to accept title with coal reservation
should be released immediately from
suspension and be passed for examin
ation and approval for patent.
"Fifth—We recommend also that
the classification contemplated by the
president's withdrawal order of July
7 should be made with all possible
speed and that an adequate force for
this purpose should be put into the
field immediately.
(Signed) "John Burke, governor of
the state of North Dakota.
"R. S. Vessey, governor of the state
of South Dakota.
"Robert J. Gamble, United States
senator from South Dakota.
"Coe I. Crawford, United States
senator from South Dakota.
"Eben W. Martin, representative
from South Dakota.
"P. D. Norton, delegate commercial
and homestead clubs, North Dakota.
"Logan Berry, delegate commercial
and homestead clubs, South Dakota."
Chinese Students Are Coming.
Washington, D. C. The United
States minister to .China has informed
the state department that seventy
eight Chinesse students, who are to
enter American schools and univer
sities to be educated at the expense of
their government, will reach San Fran
cisco Sept. 10. They are a part of
the students which China intends to
educate in this country out of the
Boxer indemnity money which tbe
United States several years ago re
mitted to the Chinese government,
BELGIAN FAIR IS BURNED
TWO KILLED, MANY HURT AS
PEOPLE RUSH FOR GATE8.
Thieves Ape Busy—-Wild Beasts
Roast in Cages.—$100^00,000
Probable Losa
a
Brussels, Belg. The white city
of the world's fair as the Belgians
called their 1910 exposition, is a mass
of flames and smouldering ruins. A
spark falling Into inflammable mate
rial in the telegraph building, burst
into flames which, driven by a high
wind, swept rapidly In all directions.
Soon tbe Belgian, English and French
sections were destroyed. The firemen
and detachments of soldiers, called
to the scene, found themselves baffled
by the gale, which oarried the burn
ing embers to all parts of the grounds.
The loss in tbe exposition Are is
estimated at $100,000,0*0.
To the left of the main building
arose the picturesque roofs and spires
of "Bruexelles* Kermesse," a Belgian
Coney island. This place was alive
with Sunday crowds, and before they
could be gotten out the Kermesse was
afire. The crowds became panic
stricken, and men, women and chil
dren fought to escape. The exits be
came choked with the struggling
masses and many were trampled un
der foot and badly injured.
An engine corps from Antwerp at
tempted to dynamite the bridge of
Mie French section, in the hope of
checking the fire, but the flames leaped
aoross and engulfed the Italian, Rus
sian. Austrian, Japanese, Chinese and
Norweciaa buildiags. Forty bouses
en the avenue Solbosch. adjoining tbe
exposition, were destroyed,
At the time of the outbreak ef the
flre not less than 100,#00 persoas were
circulating in the grounds and the
Kermesse. Troops were ordered out
and came at double-quick to aid the
police In clearing the grounds. This
was accomplished in fair order, ex
cept within the limits of the Ker
messe, where the crowds became en
tangled in an almost inextricable
mass, fighting desperately to find an
escape from the flames which swept
viciously through the tinder-llke struc
tures.
Soon the enormous facade tnmbled
in ruins. Considering the rapidity of
the conflagration, the small death less
Is marvelous. So far as is known
only two are dead. The injured, as
officially announced, number 30, but
probably many hundreds received
minor hurts.
As the flames reached the menag
erie, it was decided to shoot the
beasts, but the heat drove back the
soldiers and the animals were left to
their fate.
Bands of thieves engaged in pillage,
and a soldier was stabbed while at
tempting to arrest three men whom
he found raiding a jowelry exhibit.
Many jewel exhibitors were unin
sured. In the French art section, the
priceless Gobelins, paintings and
sculpture, were ruined, as were the
rich treasures in the English, Belgium
and Turkish sections. All the archives
burned and it will therefore be im
possible to confer medals and diplo
mas.
The fire was due to a short circuit..
In addition to the panic that prevailed
in the Kermesse there were several
minor panics at other points within
the grounds, and women and children
were crushed down in the rush. Some
of the wild animals escaped from
their cages and added to the excite
ment. It is believed several of them
are still at large.
LO, POOR INDIAN IS MARKED.
Land Owned by Redskins Regarded as
Legitimate Prey.
Sulphur, Oklahoma. "Every inch
of land owned by Indians is look
ed upon as the legitimate prey of the
land grabbers,"
This statement was made by a mem
ber of the committee appointed by the
house of representatives to investigate
Indian land contracts. Besides the
charges of Senator T. P. Gore, the
committee Is inquiring into Indian land
conditions.
"Some of the land grabbers'
schemes certainly will be called to the
attention of congress," said a com
mitteeman.
"As there are in Oklahoma some
thing like 20,000,000 acres of Indian
lands it seems absolutely imperative
that congress take prompt steps to
prevent further land grabbing."
Football Player Stabbed.
Chattanooga, Tennessee. W. A.
Wasmund, quarterback pf last year's
Michigan football team, is in a hos
pital here suffering from a score of
knife wounds inflicted by .D. Barnes,
a night watchman. Both are em
ployed by a construction company.
Wasmund found the watchman off his
post of duty and reprimanded bim.
A fight followed.
Banker's Sentence Commuted.
Washington, £. C. The president
has commuted to three years, with al
lowances,' the five-year sentence of
George D. Harris, charged with misap
plying the funds of the Hot Springs,
S. D.. National bank, and with falsify
ing accounts. Harris already has
served two years of the sentence.
Harris was an employe in a bank, one
of whose depositors owed him $2,000.
When the man made a heavy deposit,
Harris is alleged to have subtracted
the amount of the indebtedness,
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A MEMORIAL FUND
FRIENDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA'S
MISSIONARY BISHOP TO
ERECT BIDDING
IN HONOR Of BISHOP HARE
Building to be on Spacious Grounds
of All Saints School the Insti
tution he Founded and
Largely Funded
Sioux Falls—The effort to raig»
funds for the erection on the grounds
of All Saints school of a memorial
building in honor of the late
Bishop Hare, has taken on new
impetus and interest lately and
the committee in charge of that work
is encouraged to believe that the fund
of $25,000 will be raised with much
less work than would ordinarily be
required in such an undertaking. The
South Dakota Bishop Hare Memorial
Fund is in charge of ths following
named persons:
Executive Committee—Bishop Fred
erick F. Johnson, chairman Rev.
George Biller, Sioux Falls, vice chair
man J. Howard Gates( Sioux Falls,
secretary Jesse A. Smith, Flandraau,
treasurer Rev. B. S. McKenzie, R«
George S. Kellar, Hon. Geo. W. Bunt
side and Mrs. J. D. Anderson.
In the letter to the people of the
state, announcing the inauguration of
tbe effort to raise the fund with which
to erect ths Memorial, Bishop John*
son says:
"During his life time Bishop Hare
made very few appeals to the people
of the state for assistance in building
or maintaining the school. Through
long years of leanness in a new and
undeveloped country, he was ever
busy raising funds among his friends
in the East in order that the daugh
ters of his friends in the West might
have the very best of educational ad
vantages at prices which they could
afford to pay. The years of leanness
now are gone. The years are years
of fatness. The time has surely come
when the people of the state will wish
in some substantial way to express
their admiration of what Bishop Hare
was, and their appreciation of what
he did for South Dakota.
"As a result of the untiring efforts
of Bishop Hare during the past twen
ty-five years, All Saints school has
now a beautiful property, conserva
tively valued at over $100,000. It i3
entirely free from debt and from
liability to encumbrance of any de
scription. It has an endowment of
$93,000, and there is a movement fully
under way at the East to raise an
addition of $50,000 to the endowment
fund as a memorial to Bishop Hare.
"All Saints school is not a personal
or private enterprise. The title to
its lands and buildings is vested In
an incorporated board of rust. Tn
forming this corporation, care was
taken that there should not be gath
ered together in the hands of a few
persons, resident in one city, the pow
ers which ought to be distributed
among many persons living In differ
ent parts of the state. Nine different
cities are represented in this incor
porated board of trusts.
"The earnest and loyal and helpful
co-operation of every person In South
Dakota who loved and admired Bishop
Hare is asked toward raising ''The
South Dakota Bishop Hare Memorial
Fund."
New Hospital For Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls—This city Is talcing a
long step In advance, In providing
more hospital facilities for unfortun
ates. The latest is the Samaritan hos
pital, completely equipped with the
most modern facilities and under the
immediate charge of Doctors R.
Stevens and N. J. Nessa, two young
men who have had their training in
some of the largest and best hospi
tals of the east. Every device and ev
ery convenience known to modern
science is to be found here. The ar
rangements of the operating room,
the rooms for patients, the furnish
ings, are all new, and the hospital
building, one of the nicest properties
In the city, is convenient to business
and yet located where the noiee and
bustle of the city will not disturb the
unfortunates, who will surely conside(^
themselves fortunate Indeed if they
fall into the hands of the good Sam
aritans.
County Division in Campaign
Mitchell—It appears the division of
Lyman county will be a big factor
in the campaign this fall aside from
the political end of the proposition.
For the *art three or four years the
division of the county has been up
permost in the minds of those who
have to travel over a hundred miles
to the county seat at Oacoma, which
is located In the extreme eastern part
of the county. While division was vo
ted on two years ago, it was defeated
but the supporters ef the idea this
year believe they will be able to win
ou. Murdo has taken the lnilative in
the county division matter, and a
commltte consisting of Nicholas Mu]
long, M. C. Burnham, F. J. Carpenter,
E. B. Townsend and J. R. McLean has
been appointed to have charge of the
campaign. Lyman county is 1S6 miles
long by thirty miles wide. Efforts
have been made in the past two years
to change the county seat to a more
central point, but this was never suc
cessful.
Killed by Falling Rock
Lead—Through a most peculiar ac
cident which occurred on the 901-foot
level of the Homestake workings,
Benjamin D. Summers, aged 29, was
instantly killed and J. B. Killoran and
Charles Erbe were painfully but not^
seriously injured. The men were^
blockholing when some large rocks
weighing about a ton eacb fell, one
of them killing Summers and another
exploding some dynamite that injured
the othjer two men. Summers was a
native of Oalena, Kan., and came hers
la JNMUMT. He lsavss a wife.

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