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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
lust HIS WAY OF DOING 1T.
Ex-Ontlaw Commits Double MUIR,
der While Acting ms Peace
officer.

r. -.H-" r.H.".-. 49,
Wichita, Kan, Dec. 1.-Reliable In
formation has just reached here that
Sam Smith, the notorious outlaw, who
kept Sumner county, Kansas, in a con-
slant state of terror several years ago
and committed numerous crimes, Is
now marshal in the town OF Nowata,
I. T., and that he is the man who COM
mitted a double murder a few days
ago over trouble growing out Of No
wata's dual government.
The town of Nowata is composed Of,
n mixed population of Indians, half
breeds and whites. The Indians and
whites both have d city government
marshal and town council. There have
tween the two governments. The law
less element profited by this divisioni
and obeyed neither faction. !
Recently a decision was rendered by
the courts in favor of the white gov
eminent. The indians, however, were
sullen and refuserd to give UP their
offices. Several encounters between
the leading spirits of the rival factions
have occurred.
The latest report from the scene Of
conflict is that the marshal for the In-
dian government was sick and depu-
tized his son to act for him. The SON
mingled too freely among the whites
and was killed in cold blood by Smith.
Word of the killing reached the young
mans father and he got up out Of bed.
went Immediately to Smith and de-
manded to know why his son had been
killed. Smith replied by shooting the
father through the henrt n
The affair has caused great excite
ment in the community and more trou.
Bile is looked for.
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CAN ALL TALK BYE AND BYE
Telephone Lines From Pierre to the
.- IilIr -N.

Pierre, Dec. 1.-Activc work on
the construction of the telephone line
between this city and Rapid City will
begin this week. The project is being
pushed by the Rowe brothers, who
have been at work on the preliminary
arrangements for some time, and who
have now on the ground the material
for the first twenty-five miles of the
line. with the balance contracted for,
to be delivered as rapidly as needed.
They expect, if the weather does not
become too severe to work, to have
the line in operation by the 1st of
March. They believe that with the
completion of their line they can Sc
cure the construction of the long dis
lance line in the eastern part of the
state to this city, and thus make a
complete system between all points in
the eastern half of the state and the
Black Hills section. This will be aid
ed by the local lines in the Hills, which
touch all the towns of Importance and
extend far north into the range coun-
try. The line from here west will
touch at Midland and Smithville, and
give points of communication with n
large part of the range country be.
tween here and the Hills.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
GRANT COUNTY NAN
COTOVER THEDEADLINE
Outcome Of Case for Damages for
a Sore Head and Lacerated
Feelings.
ESCORTED 4 YOUNG WOMAN HOME
Under the Circumstances He viii
Never Go There Any Morc-~
Mayhem Refuses the Com.
m%tssioners Test Check.

Chamberlain, Dec. IA case tried
at the last term of circuit court in
Grant county which excited consider
able public interest was hat of Rob-
ert J. Ewing, a young man 10 years of
age, against Matthias S. Druecker, a
prominent merchant, for $ 1000 dam
ages for assault and battery commit
ted upon him on the night of Sunday,
July 4. On the night in question Ew-
ing accompanied home from church
the Oldest daughter of Druecker. While
the old gentleman has been married
twice, and in his younger days an
doubtedly enjoyed the pleasure OF
walking home with the young ladies,
lie insists that none of the young men
shall keep company with his daugh-
tiers. The boys who have lived near
the family for some time, understand
the old mans temper and peculiaritics,
and when escorting the daughters
home take the %precaution of bidding
them good night at an adjacent street
orn Young Ewing, however, who
was IL comparative stranger, walked
boldlysup to the garden gate with the
young lady. just as he lifted his hat
to make a bow, preparatory to walk
ing away, he was rudely and violently
accosted by the irate father. who in
formed him that he wanted him to go
into the house, where he could get a
good look at him. Having the young
a at a serious disadvantage, the old
a by force took him into the dwell
ing. in vain the young man protest
ed that it was late and he wanted to
go home. Druecker's two sons were
on hand and assisted, and Ewing testi-
fed that all three pounded him unmer-
cifully. His testimony was corrobo,
rated by witnesses who Glanced to be
passing the house at the time. Final.
ly Ewing succeeded in escaping rom
their grasp. He rushed from the
house, his three assailants following
him some distance. So severe were his
injuries that it was a month before
he was able to be about. He then con.
suited IN attorney, and the $4,000 dam
age suit was the result. Druecker en-.
gagged three good attorneys, and the
case was bitterly contested. 1t occu.
pied more than 4 day in court, and the
jury was put about ten hours. Eleven
jurors were practically agreed upon a
verdict of $500, but the twelfth would
not consent. They finally compro-
missed upon a reasonable amount. The
affair cost Druecker nearly $500. with
a narrow escape from it costing him
about $1,000. Nevertheless, in future
the dead line will remain at the ada.
cent corner instead of at the garden
pate. -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
MEAD COUNTY ELECTION CASE
States Attorneyship tho Bone OF
-u Contention.


Sturgis, Nov. 3O.-Therc has been a
very interesting fight since the election
in Meade county ove the states attor-
neyship. The victory was claimed by
both the republican candidate. Judge
Polk. and the populist, Attorney Nc
Mahon. The county commissioners de-
cided the election in favor of Polk, CIV
ing him seven majority. Mcmahon took
the case into court before Judge Plow-
man, who rendered a decision in his ia
vor. Thereupon Polk appealed the case
to the supreme court. which has just
rendered q decision giving the election
to Polk and reversing the decision of
Judge Plowman. There has long been a
disputed point whether votes from Fort
Meade were legal or not, and on several
occasions important elections have been
decided by a few votes from the fort.
This was a question touched upon in the
decision of the supreme court. Two
votes of the majority OF Polk were found
to have been cast by persons living at
the fort. The court disposes of the mat
ter in these words:
1.-THE Inhabitants of these military
places cease to be Inhabitants of the
state, and can no longer exercise any
civil or political rights under the law.
of the state"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
THORN TELLS HIS WEIRD STORY
Female Portion OF the Audience
Leaves duo To Nature OF
tho EYidenGe.

New York, Dec. 1.-Word was
passed around among the women who
appeared at the Thorn trial today that
much of the evidence the defcnAe
would introduce would be unfit for po-
lite ears. The result was that only
three women We're among the specta-
tors when the court opened for the
trial of the alleged murdered William
G%uldnsuppe.
Howe. counsel for Thorn, moved the
court dismiss the charge of murder
against his client. The court denied
the request. Howe then began tie
address with n declaration of Thorn's
innocence. This was supplemented
with q terrible araignnent Of Mrs.
Mack, who was denounced as the real
murderer of ~Guldensuppe. AT the con-
clusion of the address the defense
called several witnesses to testify to
the prisoners good character. Then
after q short recess Thorn went on the
stand to testify in his w behalf.
The prisoner said his real name was
Forceswisky; he briefly related tha
facts OF his life up to the time he met
Mrs. Mack eighteen months ago. Gull
densuppe was boarding with her at
that time. Thorn rented a room from
her. lie understood that GuldensuppG
was her husband, later. Continuing
Thorn said: "She first made love to
me and ! returned her love. ! was very
fond of her and loved her up to the
moment she took the witness stand in
my first trial. Thorn told how he sup.
planted Guldensuppe; how the latter
gave him such n thrashing he had to
go to the hospital; how Mrs. Mack met
him OTTER afterwards and they vent to
places of amusement. Thorn at the
suggestion of his counsel then told in
his own way what Mrs. Mack said TO
him afterwards.
Mrs. Mack told me- said Thorn.
"She wished to live with ~Guldensuppa
in some quiet place. We visited tlla
Woodside cottage and hired it. on juno
"a, ] gave the key to Mrs. Mack. rs
ing at the cottage. Eleven or ~ O'Clock
Friday, the 25th, Mrs. Mack met me at
the door. She said: 4 have Guldeu-
suppe. up stairs. He is dead, l have
shot him. She then requested nc to
help dispose of the body Thorn then
went on to tell the story how they
carried the body into the bath room.
Mrs. Mack with a knife and axe cut
the body into pieces, the same as Re
told it in his public statement. That
done they encnsed the dead mans head
in plaster paris and brought it away
with them, fetching Guldcnsuppe's
clothes, with saw, knife and revolver
in another bundle. Crossing Ninety
second street ferry he threw the head
into the river. When he reported at
Mrs. Nack's house in Ninth avenue,
she had burned Guldensuppe's clothes
in the cook stove. Witness then told
of the surrey ride and disposition of
the other portions of the remains the
following day. Thorn told of the meet
ings and conversations with Mrs. Mack
up to the time of her arrest. He de-
clared he told Barber Gotha Mrs. Mack
killed ~Guldensuppe and how the body
was disposed of. He informed him
that he CThorn) intended to surrender
himself to the police.
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DROPPED FROM THE WIRE.

Peter Latham, the champion IA
quet player, beat George Standing nne
won the purse of $4,000.
The differences between Nicaragua
and Costa Rica have been adjusted and
a war has been happily averted.
Turkey has ordered new guns, ignor.
ing the protests Of the car.
The records Of the internal revenue
bureau show receipts for five months
Of the fiscal year exceed those Of the
same time last year by SS,000,o00.
Milton E. Allis of Sydney, O., has
been appointed private secretary tc
Secretary Gage.
Pettigrew and Dubois left Hawaii
yesterday enroute home. They arc
against annexation.
The revenue cutter Bear has sailed
for the Attic ocean 70 relieve the
whalers.
A federation Of grain dealers Of
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska
was formed at st. Joseph behind closed
doors,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
TROUBLESOME TIME At DAWSON.
Miners From the Mining City 9
of Serious Conditions Ex-
~ istinu There.

Seattle, Nov. SO.-Twenty-ive mensar-
rived here Sunday on h CITY OF aeae-
tie, direct from Dawson City. They are
divided into W parties. the last one o.
which left Dawson City October ~. Ihe
party consists Of Thomas Magee, ST..
and Thomas Magee, 5r., OF San I
cisco; Swift Water Bill" Gates. Joe
Boyle, William. Huskins, F. Eckert, II.
Robertson, H. Raymond. Bert Mason
John w. Brauer, Fl. Chambers, -. w.
Pound, E. w. Ash, w. Gillespie. Tnom-
as Wilson, P. McGrAw. Jack Dalton
William Leak. Arthur Celine, Joseph
Fairburn, J.. Smith. 4. Warren and jim
Stephenson. They came out over the
Ds!,on trail. They are reported to nave
between $500 0 in drafts and $200,0oo IN
gold dust. All tell stories OF a food
shortage in Dawson that is almost a
famine.
The Last person to leave Dawson was
Jack Dalton. When Dalton left the
steamers Alice and Bella had reached
there. The Bella's cargo consisted OF
whisky and billiard balls. she
brought no provisions, The
government mounted police chartered
the Bella and gave all who wished a 1ree
pass to the Yukon. The Bella is re-
ported to have left about October IL
with 200 men.
According to the statement made py
members of the Dalton party, there is
likely to be trouble of the most serious
kind this winter in Dawson. All the
people talk about at Dawson IS the food
famine. Men gather in groups and curse
with might and main the newcomers
that are constantly coming into the
Klondike loaded with scarcely n pro
visions. The mounted police are Offer
ing free transportation to the grub
placers further down the Yukon to Fort
Yukon, but to the countless
who had labored hard all through the
summer accumulating a grubstake the
prospect was uninviting, to say the
least.
The men figured that 1t would take all
their earnings in gold to pay their hv-
ing expenses at Fort Yukon during the
winter and In the spring they would not
even have enough left to a passage
money back to Dawson, to say nothing
of purchasing enough food to subsist
upon until they could get started again.
To these poor fellows the offer Of the
mounted police was no better than the
prospect at Dawson Of being compelled
to live on half rations until the supply
boats could reach the digglngs in the
spring.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
WAS HARD UP AND DISCOURAGED
Michigan Man Kills Himself After
Trying to Murder His
DAUGHTER.

Mason. Mich, Nov. 27.-scott a,
Bowdish shot his o year old daughte,
last night fatally, and then killed him.
self. The crime was not reported un.
til this morning. According to the
girl her father awakened her during
the night kissed her and asked heI
where her heart was. He felt about
her breast till he located the heart,
and then drew a revolver and shot hel
twice. Then he located his own hear.
and shot himself dead. Bowdish wat
hard up and discouraged.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
He HYpNo1lzEs HIS PUPILS.
Professor Ferguson of sheboygan,
Wis, Uses Students for
Suhferfa VI.

sheboygan, Wis, Nov. 3o.-Quite q
sensation has developed in public
sclrcnl circl.s in this city through one
of it's professors, who has been prac-
ticing the art of hypnotism on school
children. Prof. Geo. w. Ferguson, in
~structor of drawing in the public
schools, is charged with taking eight
or ten pupils from one of the ward
schools and using them as subjects for
an exhibition.
Mr.. Ferguson does not deny the
charge, but asserts in his own defense
that no injury was done to the chill
.dren and hat he did not. imagine
there would be any objection on the
part of the parents. The school board
has been asked to dismiss the pro-
fessor, and a special meeting will be
held to hear the case.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
LABOR UNIONS on IMMIGRATION
Those IN ST. Louis Do Not Favor
IN Further Restrictions of
LEGISLATION.

Those In st. Louis DO Not Favor
III Further Restrictions of
Legislation.
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 29.-By a vote
of Al to S the delegates of the central
trades and labor unions have placed
themselves or record as being opposed
to further restrictions of immigration.
The question was discussed for over
three hours. The resolution passed.
sets forth that restriction of immigra.
ton is in direct contradiction to the
progressive spirit of the age and is re.
actionally an attempt to check the pro.
gressive government by the wage earn,
ers of all countries. The resolution
further held that immigration is not
responsible for the present condition
of wage workers in this or any other
country, and that the industrial OF
commercial crisis from which this
country has been suffering sevcra,
years is the result of certain economic
conditions which may In the near flu
ture cause a new and more serious in.
dustrial and commercial crisis regard.
less OF immigration. Notification Of
the proceedings will be sent to head.
quarters of the American Federation
Of Labor.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
FRIEND IN THE LITTLE BROWN Jug
A Michigan Man Furnishes a Sur
prise for IL Duet OF

. .H
Niles, Mich, Dec. 1.-Edmund Pc
tiers left Utica last night for his home,
four miles distant. He was loaded
with articles which he had purchased
at the village store.
Among his purchase was a small
sized jug which lie handled with care.
Reaching Il point half way home. j,
was accosted by two men who barred
his way and ordered him to hold up his
hands and deliver his possessions.
Peters grasped the jug tightly,
and. using it as a weapon, dealt ons
of the robbers a blow on the head
that felled him to the ground. Ills
companion took to his heels and d's,p-
peared in the darkness. The follow
begged for mercy and on regaining his
feet made his escape.
Peters took n new hold on the Jug
and continued his journey hons with
out n second interruption. lie refuses
to tell the contents of the ing, but his
neighbors feel certain that it con.
tuinel vinegar.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
BIG SUPPLY Of sTEpMoTHERs
Alleged Indian Bisnmist Said to
Have at Least Eleven
IA. ft M Hand H

Jackson, Mich, Dec. DIR. Angus
tns Charles Mendenhall, Indian doc
tor" who was brought here from War
saw. Ind, to answer to. the charge or
bigamy, is said to have eleven step
mothers and his wife eleven mothers-in-
law. his father having been married
that number OF times. The present wife,
who is the second as far as heard from
of DR.. Augustus, says she was induced
to come here from Syracuse, N. Y, with.
her mother. Here she married Menden-
hall by contract. The other wife is in
GAINESVILLE, O., but will come here to tes-
tify against him. Mendenhall says he
contract is not binding on him. He will
not tell where his father is. but he is in
the west.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
RELATING TO FILING BRANDS
Some Dissatisfaction With the Pres
~ cut IInW. - --

T .I-.- CnC 1Juws 81
Rapid City, Nov. 3o.-A request has
been sent to all the stockmen of the
state by Secretary of State Rodde.l,
requesting that the filing of stock
brands be completed as soon as posi-
BILE before the meeting of the stock
brand committee. Considerable dis
satisfaction is shown among the small
er stockmen against the brand law.
There has been but little mixing of
brands and very little trouble in time
past, and it is thought that the new
brand law will cause n great deaf of
trouble among the cattlemen of the
east and the western ranges of the
state. Without u doubt the same
brands are in use in both sections Of
the state and no conflictions ever
would occur, but when the brands are
all registered there can be but n
brand Of the same design, which will
necessitate the rebranding of a great
many cattle.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
BETTER THAN UNCLE SANS
Silver Counterfeit Coin Ahont in
Cincinnati Tint Fools the


San Francisco, Nov. 27,-Dollars, bet
ter in the quantity of silver they con.
tain, than those turned out by Uncle
Sans mints, are in circulation here.
Several of them have been detected at
the United States subtreasury. So
good an limitation Of the genuine is
this bogus coin that it passes current
at the banks. Such coins as have so
far been detected are not nodded but
made with a die. The milling is defec.
tive in some places, in fact this is the
most noticeable flaw in the coin.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
TRAIN CREW AspAYxlA1EO.
Three Men In the Grand Trunk
Tunnel Arc Found

Port Huron. Mich, Nov. 29.-As-
p%hyxiation caused the death Of three
men in the Grand Trunk tunnel last
night. The dead are:
Henry j. Courtney, engineer of thu
tunnel.
Arthur Dunn, conductor.
John D. Alton, brakeman. IL
The train, being hauled through to
the Canadian side, broke in two. The
engineer backed down to get n de-
tached portion, but for four hours
nothing was heard of the crew. Fin
ally a searching praty found them
dead.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
BUTLER NO LONGER in The SWIM
Followers of Butler, the Populfst
Chairman, are DESERVING

st. Louis, Dec. LA Raleigh, N. c..
special to the Globe-Democrat says:
Senator Marion Buffers day in
North Carolina is past. One year ago
he was the most powerful leader the
state had ever known. Today he has
few friends, eve in his own party.
There is a feeling of bitterness against
him throughout the state. His down
fall began last winter, while the legis-
lature was in session here. At that
time he is alleged to have broken faith
with Senator Pritchard. Il republican,
who had been his right hand mar In
securing cooperation between repub.
licans and the populists in this state.
lie tried to defeat ~Pritchard's re-elec-
tion, except upon his conditions.
In this he was unsuccessful, by rea-
son of a revolt of about twenty popu.
list members of the legislature to
Pritchard.
The war went on in populist ranks
until this summer, when the discovery
was made that Buffers committee was
against him. Then he began to grow
more bitter and abusive, both in his
paper, the Caucasian. and on the
stump. Seldom, in North Carolina has
feeling been so intense against n pub.
lie man.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-12-04
TO PUSH DuRRANT's HANGING.
Attorney General Fitzgerald of Cali
f0rnia Radically Advises
" rAnu Hale

San Francisco, Nov. 3o.-Acting At
torney general Carter has received
word from Attorney General Fitzger-
aid that he will advise Warden Hale
to carry out the hanging of Theodore
Durrant regardless of any legal pro-
ceeding that may be instituted by Dur
rant's attorneys after the present le-
gal bubble has been decided.
Durrant will be resentenced as soon
rs the controversy now pending shall
be settled. after which the attorney
general Of the state believes no legal
step can accomplish further delay in
the proposed hanging.
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Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 3o.-cash quotations were
as follows:
Flour-Steady.
Wheat-No. 9 spring. 9OG91c; No 8 spring,
S4a94c; No. 2 red, 96G97Iac.
Corn-No. 2. 25AQ2Sc; No. 2 yellow, 2G4
oats-No. 2, 2o&c; No. 2 white, T.. O. b.,
2aa@244c; No. 3 white. +. o. b., 22hQ23%c.
Rye-No. 9, Acc.
Barley-No. q. 4. o. b., 25kG42c.
Flax seed-No. /, s1.o4ai. 09ls.
Timothy Seed-Prime, s.. Go.
Provisions.Mess pork, 81: 25a7. 80: lard,
sailed shoulders, 81. 75Q5. so; short clear
sizes, s. .45QI4. so.
Sugar-Unchanged.
15Q22c.
E~ggs-Firm. Fresh, lSc.
Cheese-Quiet at SQS1sc.
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OAuNrLEss sHuNs THE OFFICERS
Fireless Rover Of the Southern Seas
sAgafn IInnds Arms and Am.
----- .,.aaiAso 49, &C., 6a-n.--- -t-----

.--.EEl oSO1s "H@#a.
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. The
steamer Dauntless has again eluded
the officials OF the government and Is
off for Cuba with a corgo of arms and
ammunition. The Dauntless left this
port November 10 for Savannah, Ca,
with the schooner Jennie Thomas in
tow. The schooner was supposed to
be without cargo and when the famous
flibnstercr was held up at the mouth
of st. Johns river and searched by the
cruiser Vesuvius little attention was
paid to the Jennie Thomas. Nothing
was found on the Dauntless and after
hours Of delay she was allowed to pro-
coed with her tow. The schooner is
said to have had a large cargo OF muni-
tons. The schooner was towed to the
mouth Of the Savannah river and drop
ped and on Monday the Dauntlcss was
boarded by Captain John O'Brien. bet
ter known as Dynamite Johnnie" and
Immediately put to sea. She is believ-
ed to nave effected a landing on Sum
day night on the southern coast of Gu
In